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    Latitude D630 memory upgrade

    I have a couple of months old D630 which I got with a single 1GB memory stick. I decided to add another 1GB to it. I ordered this module from newegg: GeIL 1GB. I got it today, and installed it. However, as soon as I turned the machine on, I got the first screen with the Dell logo scrambled...
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    XP Pro OEM and Update to Vista

    I will need a computer for a specific task a few months down the road, and it has to be running XP Pro. I'm thinking of just buying XP Pro OEM with Vista upgrade from Newegg or ZZF. The OEM versions they sell there have a deadline of 3/15/07 for a Vista Upgrade. If I buy the XP Pro OEM before...
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    UPS Usage

    I have a UPS which has 4 battery powered + surge protected outlets, and 4 just surge protected outlets. However, I have a need to support more than 4 devices in case of power outage: 1) Cable modem 2) Router 3) Network switch 4) PC 5) Monitor So, I plugged a surge strip into one of the...
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    Some questions on Nero 7 Ultra Edition

    I'm thinking of picking this one up Nero 7 Ultra Edition, and have a few questions. Firstly, on the rebate -- it says to send the title page of the manual of a competitive software. I have Pinnacle Studio 8, so do I just tear off the front page, and include it with the rebate form? Next...
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    NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder and WMP10/GB-PVR

    I recently posted the same message on another site's forum, but didn't get any responses after 11 days :( So, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this. Just recently rebuilt the computer I'm using as my multimedia machine. What I do on that machine is PVR-ing, if there's such a word :)...
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    Installing a single SATA drive

    I ordered my first SATA drive, and I'd like to know if I need to install any special drivers first. I did a search, and it seems like all the hits I found we related to setting up a RAID, but I'm not doing that. I have AOpen nCK804a-LFS nForce4 motherboard, and will be using the onboard SATA...
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    Old PC fails to boot

    I had some old PC parts around, and decided to build a NAS out of them. Here're the parts I have: -- ABit BX6 M/B -- Celeron 300A overclocked to 450 -- 3 sticks of PC100 RAM (I'm guessing 2x64 + 1x128) -- Hitachi CD/ROM -- Mitsumi Floppy -- 8MB AGP card -- Netgear NIC -- 8 GB Maxtor...
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    SATA II drive on M/B with SATA only support

    I have AOpen nCK804a-LFS motherboard that supports SATA (1.5) but not SATA II (3.0). Having looked at the hard drives on the market now, I see many more SATA II drives than SATA ones. Will there be a problem of using a SATA II drive with this motherboard? Is it just a jumper setting on the...
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    Problem mapping drive in XP

    Need some help. I'm not a networking expert, and my search for the answer on the web didn't yield any results. Here's the set up: Machine 1: Work notebook which I log on as a member of the domain (user@company.com), and connect to VPN. Machine 2: Home desktop which I log on with an...