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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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...