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    Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4P de-activates 2 DIMM slots

    Now you tell me ;-). I just ordered an MSI P55-CD53, but have not ordered the memory as yet. I planned to get 4 gig of DDR3-1600 , so presumably I would not have the problems mentioned here (if I understand the issue) However , if I decide to buy another 4 gig down the road, it might...
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    MSI's Quality?

    msi neo4 (AMD 939) here running 15 hours a day for over 3 years. once in a while, when swapping memory I've had some wierdness but as far as reliability goes, its a trooper.
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    DEAD - Unreal Tournament 3 $20

    Bet I know why. Cause there's no bots and hacks for the new game and 95% of online players are cheaters.
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    JVC Marshmallow Headphones

    I'm sure all the et's except the ones I got are amazing. I'm telling you they sucked. I have to assume they were defective, but for <$10 these buds sound fine, especially with a minor amount of eq via Rockbox parametric.
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    JVC Marshmallow Headphones

    Listen carefully. These are quite good if you customize the cushion. The crap they come with are too hard, they suck. I use soft earpads, the yellow kind (industrial) but any soft pad will do. Get them at a Rite Aid or any drug store. You cut them to about 1/2" long, burn a hold in the...
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    How to best set up a fileserver

    You're using Windows, I assume? Turn off "use simple file sharing" in Explorer>Folder Options>View (all the way at the bottom of the list) and you will get a new "security" tab for setting folder permissions. If you want to block the server from the net, you can block it's IP on the router...
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    Oh @#$% privacy invaded

    It might, if it's a simple one and shows up as a regular process. Run these (free) to be sure: http://www.microsoft.com/techn...s/RootkitRevealer.mspx http://www.majorgeeks.com/Icesword_d5199.html You can also install a firewall, which will likely catch the keylogger trying to phone home...
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    Babylon 5 - Seasons 1-5 only 19.99 each @ Best Buy

    Babylon tapes are shipping. At least seasons 4 & 5. Gayboy shadow9d9 will be getting his wrapped in pink paper.
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    Attn Sci-Fi Afficionados..

    So if it doesnt have sex and violence in spades, its not for adults? Wow, how far we have sunk
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    Attn Sci-Fi Afficionados..

    shadow9d9 dislikes Babylon 5 , because his homosexual advances to cast members were rebuffed. Frankly, anyone that doesn't like B5 is not only a closet case but an imbecile as well.
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    Attn Sci-Fi Afficionados..

    You have to realize shadow9d9 is a closeted gay boy. Ignore ANYTHING she has to say, it's tainted with suppressed homoism. shadow9d9, why not seek help at your local church, I hear they can cure your condition. hormones might help. Until then , keep your illness private.
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    Recommendation on NB cooling fan

    Don't use a 40mm fan. 40mm fans are bad news. They develop high-pitched whines after a short period of time and will drive you crazy. You'll be much better off with a volt-modded 60mm or 80mm fan running at low RPMs if you care about noise. If you don't mind the noise, a 40mm fan will work...
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    What's a good SATA DVD-Writer?

    I bought one of those last week. Works as advertised so far.
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    Do I have to remove from the box thermal compound?

    Mineral spirits, rubbing alcohol, or similar, will get rid of the standard compound.
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    Can't identify this motherboard

    Those are some blurry photos!
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    BUFFALO WHR-G54S and Tomato? Please advise

    That's called AP+WDS mode I think. http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq#how_do_i_use_wds
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    Babylon 5 - Seasons 1-5 only 19.99 each @ Best Buy

    shadow9d9, you might be interested to know that the University of Oregon did a study on those that felt Boxleitner in his role of Sheridan was fake, vs those that felt he did a professional job. 96 % of those that did NOT like his performance, were found to be closeted gay men. The...
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    Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4

    Are you all using fans on the northbridge? I put an 80mm fan over it because without one the NB seemed like it was about to melt. The NB on this board is a horrible design. It would have saved a lot of trouble if it was a regular NB with 40mm fan, not this huge and useless chunk of molten copper...
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    Recommendation for MOBO to replace Gigabyte 965P-DS3

    At this point, if you want overclocking performance, you would be silly not to get a P35 board. P35 simply performs better than previous chipsets, without any tradeoffs. Why would you not want to get one? They're already on sale at a few stores. If you want low cost, that's another story...
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    Free alternatives to Windows Home Server?

    FreeNAS can use any hardware RAID controller supported by FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html#DISK The real problem with FreeNAS is that it doesn't support NTFS writing yet. You're also not limited to FreeNAS. All you really want is an OS, preferably with...
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    NetBIOS browser won't cooperate

    I thought it was called Linux? :laugh: Yeah, I've looked at that and offered it to them. It's a pretty big leap from a free 10-user WinXP Pro server that came with their hardware to a 15-user ~$1400 SBS server. Most of the features of SBS are overkill for this simple office, they don't need...
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    NetBIOS browser won't cooperate

    Found it... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882 Home: 5 Pro: 10 I get the feeling that this XP Home limitation has something to do with those few computers not being able to browse the network when they're all connected. I guess there isn't a hack/crack to...
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    NetBIOS browser won't cooperate

    I have a couple of questions about a problematic network that I'm repairing. First of all, does Windows XP Home (hey stop laughing, it wasn't my idea to use that) place limits on how many PCs can connect to it simultaneously? All the computers on the network can see the computer using nbtstat...
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    Slow downloads on vista

    Vista has problems with some Bittorrent and eMule clients due to the new TCP/IP stack.
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    Best Way to Increase WLAN Bandwidth

    Thanks for everyone's help. I didn't suspect it was a bandwidth issue, their database vendor's tech support said it was. I think it's probably too many connections on the Linksys that they're using plus a lack of QoS. I think I'm going to get a wired router, wire the back half of the...
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    Best Way to Increase WLAN Bandwidth

    I'm doing a job for a small office. Right now, they have too much traffic for the single WRT54G that they're using. They want to stay wireless. So what would be the faster WLAN setup for 9 clients and 1 server (database) + internet (cable)? A single Draft-N router, which AFAIK are...
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    What is the best consumer Wireless router for the money?

    Tomato seems to be a little safer. DD-WRT uses some "unusual" NVRAM methods so it is more prone to accidents. I'm using Tomato now, after flashing over Sveasoft Alchemy 1.0, and it has significantly improved the performance of my wrt54g. No more lockups, or stalling that I had with Sveasoft...
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    Demo of DX10 Running in XP

    No, it's not emulation. It compiles the shaders into machine code fed directly to the graphics card so that DX10 isn't needed to run them. It might even be faster than DX10 because there's less overhead.
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    Demo of DX10 Running in XP

    Might not need Vista for DX10 after all. http://alkyproject.blogspot.com/ EDIT: Sorry, this was supposed to be posted in Operating Systems. Had too many Tabs open in Firefox.
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    which 650i mobo to get (or other suggestions)

    Get one good card. SLI is more problems than its worth unless you need dual cards because you play at 1920x1200. Ever notice how many games have trouble with SLI? One 8800 is already basically the same as having SLI 8600s, I think it even beats them and will use less power. I suppose you...
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    ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

    Well then I really don't know what else to do to get this Pentium D 805 to 166 FSB. It just won't go past 158 stable. Memory is ok, voltages ok, board ok, temps ok. I guess I got a dud CPU?
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    ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

    I'm using the 93.81 drivers with my 7600 GS without any problems. The newer drivers have been buggy, especially the 100 series.
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    ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

    My vCore is intermittently fluctuating from 1.34 to 1.28. Overall it is steady at 1.33 about 98% of the time. Would turning off thermal throttling help?
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    ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

    Any Pentium D 805 users here? What kind of OC (not volt modded) did you get on this board and WHY? I can't seem to get past FSB 157. Even FSB 158 becomes unstable in games and Firefox. Yes, I tried all sorts of RAM timings, messing around with drive strength, PCI delay, fast writes, etc. I don't...
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    Replacing X800xt Plat

    Thanks for the suggestions everyone, now it makes me want to upgrade my PC even sooner. What could you suggest if I had to spend about $300 for the vid card, around $250-300 for the CPU, a cheap decent mobo (I will not OC) I will use my HD's (3 SATA raptors) and sound card and I will scrape up...
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    Replacing X800xt Plat

    Is there a noticeable difference between AGP and PCI-E that warrants the wait? I have a enermax 500 watt PS.
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    Replacing X800xt Plat

    I got a 3.2g P4 HT and 2 gigs of ram. Most of the new games get slow FPS so which card could I get that costs around $300 that will give me significant improvement? I will update the CPU, MOBO AND MEM over the next 6 months.
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    Why do motherboard manufacturers have the worst Websites? (rant warning)

    Maybe if you live in the 1990s. Come on now. There's no legitimate reason for that these days other than unadulterated stinginess. How difficult is it to add mirrors? You don't even need to open new offices. Another thing these manufacturers need to do is add decent forums. Abit has the best...
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    ASRock 775Dual-VSTA

    S3 standby works for me (BIOS 2.6a), except afterwards my OC settings are lost and the system reverts back to default speeds until I reboot. In a related power issue, the power on the PS/2 ports never turns off, even when shutdown.