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    Operating System for Media Access?

    I have a reasonably old laptop (early XP era) that I have donated to my parents to act as a basic media center. I am looking for an OS that simply does web access and iPlayer or any similar media viewing software? Do you have any recommendations, ideally it needs to be easy to use and be as...
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    RAID 0 With Backup

    In my PC I have two 80gb HDD's (kind of redundant now) so am considering putting them in RAID 0 to make them faster and give me 160gb or storage in one place. However the data I am considering putting on these hard drives is really important stuff like work my holiday photos etc.. things I...
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    RAM Layout

    Quick question on the correct layout of RAM. I have the Striker II Extreme and am just wondering with the two 2gb modules of DD3 1333mhz RAM whether I should put them in slot 1 and 3 or slot 1 and 2. I have always put my RAM next to each other in pairs however someone mentioned somewhere that...
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    Best solution for media streaming

    WOW. Thanks for the massive response. I already have a blue ray player so the added advantage of the PS3 is rather irrelevant to me. Loving the sub argument. I found all the information very help full. I will post when I make a descision on what product to get. Pez,
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    Best solution for media streaming

    On my computer I back up all my dvd's to avi. I then have these files on the network and UPnP so all the people in the house can watch any of the films from their computer or Xbox. I just got a brand new Sony Bravia 42" and now want to be able to do the same for it (it takes HDMI & VGA). What...
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    Ways to get around software block

    The it admins at work have taken it too far now! I plugged in my usb key as usual to boot up firefox portable and discover they have now blocked the use of exe's. I have tried renaming it to firefox.com or to firefox.bat but both of these are blocked. Do you have any other file extensions/ways I...
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    Atx Case

    Hello, I am looking for advice on a new case, I am planning on buying a atx motherboard and am looking for advice on a spacious (but small) case. The case needs space for three hard drives and one dvd burner. The motherboard I am planning to buy is here...
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    Ide to sata converter

    Does anyone know of a good ide to sata converter? I just bought a new motherboard and it only has one ide port, however i have 4 ide drives. Does anyone know a good reliable, stable, fast converter for cheap? Thanks,
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    Lack of IDE

    Can you reccomend one that takes 2 ide hard drives at once yet is still quite cheap. So far i am totaly redoing my pc for only £212 (New ram, graphics card, motherboard, cpu) Also does anyone know of a motherboard solution,i really don't want to mess with more things that can go wrong my pc is...
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    Lack of IDE

    I don't know what that is. I also have a small budget and everything was nice apart from this motherboard not having enough ide :(
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    Widescreen LCD Recommendations ~$200

    Belinea 2225S1W 22" LCD for £211 ,do note it only has VGA input.
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    Lack of IDE

    Someone has to know of a equivalent
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    Lack of IDE

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=518624 I love this motherboard but I have a dvd drives and three hard drives and these are all ide. Is there a mother board the same as this but with more ide?
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    Sewp My Pc

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=518624 I love this motherboard but I have a dvd drives and three hard drives and these are all ide. Is there a mother board the same as this but with more ide?
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    Sewp My Pc

    Does anyone else have anyother ideas so I can compare builds
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    Sewp My Pc

    Ill see if I can stretch to the Athlon X2 3800+, and obviously also I can sell old parts of the machine on ebay to raise up case to "re upgrade" if you get what I mean. I sold my ds as all my colleagues/mates broke theirs and thus I has no one to play with :( Edit: Oh and thanks for you...
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    Sewp My Pc

    I have just sold my PS2 and my Nintendo DS. And now have £200 to burn, as recently my pc has been getting more and more unstable I decided to make it even better. I built my pc from scratch with a very low budget and over time have been adding to it. Attached you will find a everest and a...
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    1080p Projector

    Hello, I run trade shows and currently "show off" our companies equipment using a huge 64" 720p lcd screen. However with airport tax and stuff increasing I can't afford to ship this over to America, Germany and Dubai everytime its needed. I suddenly came up with the idea of getting a high...
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    LCD and Tv Tuner

    Wow thanks for the help, ill do some more in-depth research and be back
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    LCD and Tv Tuner

    I currently own a 'phat' dell crt 20" monitor that takes up to 1280x1024, however I think this is a waste of my PNY Ge force 6 Nvidia 256mb Graphics Card. I am looking for advice, I need a LCD monitor preferably 22" WIDE that takes up to 1650x1050 (I think that's the resolution). Preferably...
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    Geforce 6

    Ok thanks, It has a 6 month warentee but something weird i just noticed is that when this happens anymusic I am listing to stops until the screen turns of and gets better, bit more complicated than i thought in the first place.
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    Geforce 6

    I recently bought a Geforce 6 but now i am recieveing errors often the screen freeses for about 20 seconds goes black and then is all better again this happenns often when scrolling fast or something similar Here is my everest: --------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc...