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    Asus P8P67 Deluxe RAID 1

    Hi all, I'm putting together my new system. I have 2 Western Digital Caviar Black drives (SATA III), 1 Corsair M4 256G solid state drive, and a SATA III based Blu-Ray burner. The mobo has 2 SATA III connectors from the Intel chipset, 2 SATA III connectors from the Marvell chipset, and 4...
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    Can you SLI 2 different nVidia cards?

    I'm about to replace my 8800GTX with a 260 core 216. I don't currently have another sytsem to pop the 8800GTX into so it will sit idle, but I was wondering - can you SLI 2 different boards like this? My gut feeling is no, that they'd need to be identical.
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    Swapping out a motherboard under XP

    I recently purchased a new video board, and unfortunately found out it will not fit in my system (my Asus P5K motherobard has caps in the way of the end of the slot, and the SATA connectors are right in line with the video board - My 8800GTX was short enough, but my 260 is not). Anyway, I'll...
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    Upgrading nVidia cards - driver question

    I'm upgrading from my 8800 GTX to a 260 Core 216. I'm running XP, and have the most recent released 180 drivers (not the 180.84 pre-release). Can I simply power down, swap cards, and power up? Or should I uninstall the drivers, power down/swap, power up, and reinstall the drivers? Thanks.
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    ASUS P5K, Can I use a PCI-Ex16 2.0 video card?

    I've got an ASUS P5K Deluxe. The manual says PCI-Ex16, so I am reasonably sure this motherboard does not support PCI-Ex16 2.0, but I'm not sure of the differences between the first rev and 2.0. I seriously doubt I can use a 2.0 video board in a non 2.0 mobo, but I thought I'd ask. Thanks.
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    Sony VAIO laptop BIOS password woes

    My very generous coworker bought a Sony VAIO laptop (a P4) for her neice several years back. The story is a bit murky, but somehow the laptop recently got a BIOS password put on - a boot up password. Turn the system on - goes through it's normal POST and such and then you must enter a...
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    Configuring a wireless router as an access point

    Hi all, I recently purchased a WRT54GL to use with DD-WRT firmware as my main router for my home. Things are working fine. The router is in the basement of my house. I have a WRT54GXv2 that I'd like to hook up on the main floor to use as a hub for other wired devices & to provide better...
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    Pics of my latest Build

    Hey all, Here are pics of my latest build. I really like the Antec case I bought, the P182, as I could route pretty much all the cables behind the motherboard tray and make the inside really clean. The only thing I was a bit disappointed in was the power supply bracket, since the Enermax...
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    P5K Deluxe SATA detection Issues?

    Hi all, I'm working on my new build. I just flashed the BIOS to rev 0501. I have a Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB drive (SATA) and a LiteON SATA DVD burner. I hooked up the HD to SATA1 & the DVD to SATA 2. When it booted, I found that nothing seemed to detect on the SATA. So I pulled...
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    My attempt at lapping the Thermalright Ultra-120

    Hi all, This is my first lapping attempt. Here are some pictures, in order. There were a few grits left out, I got lazy taking the pictures :-) Out of the box After 400 Grit After 1000 Grit After 1500 Grit After Simchrome Metal Polish After Simchrome metal polish (On angle for...
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    SATA cables

    I have some old SATA cables from when SATA was first starting to come out, and I never used them. Can I use them on newer hardware - SATA-II (SATA-300 I think is the other?) or are they dumpster material?
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    My new dual core build

    It's about time I get into something new. My last build was 4 years ago, and I've been asking plenty of questions on here about some of the newer tech. Here's what I finally decided & purchased. 1 INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6850 (BX80557E6850) 3.0GHZ EM64T DUAL CORE W/4MB CACHE 1333MHZ 1 ASUS P5K...
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    Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 Questions

    1. It looks like the "Crazycool" heatsync on the underside of the motherobard might interfere with other heatsinks. I see it can be removed. Will this be fine if I intend to use an Ultra-120 extreme heatsink? 2. Memory speeds: Can you adjust the individual memory timing parameters? I...
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    P5KC vs. P5K Deluxe?

    I was looking today at the ASUS boards and I really don't need the WiFi - I'll never use it on my desktop rig. I did notice that the P5KC does support DDR3 in addition to DDR2, for the eventual day (maybe a year from now?) that it might be worth getting (not my primary reason for looking at...
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    Where do you guys buy from?

    The places I buy from: NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com Directron: http://www.directron.com MWave: http://www.mwave.com Amazon: http://www.amazon.com (sometimes I find something at a decent price, though not my usual computer shopping place) Buy.com: http://www.buy.com (same qualifier...
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    Insanely confused on DDR2 and DDR3

    I'm *this* close to building my new system, and I was originally going to decide on a ASUS P5K3 Deluxe and I realize that DDR3 is very expensive. I figured that I could go to with a P5K Deluxe and DDR2 instead. The DDR2 will also be much cheaper. It doesn't seem that there is any tangible...
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    Installation on a new PC

    I'm definitely going to run XP on my new PC. I would like to have Vista, if only for the fact that eventually it will be useful (i.e. apps that will ONLY run on it...) and maybe for those DX10 games. A few questions for you all. I'm going with a Hitachi 1TB drive. Cooler/quieter/etc...
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    DVD "everything" drive for a new build

    It seems that most DVD everything drives are pretty much the same these days. Any compelling reason to get one over another? I picked this out of a bunch for $36. Black ASUS LightScribe SATA DVD Burner DRW-1814BLT, 18X DVD+/-R, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 8X DVD+/-R(DL), 14X DVD-RAM. OEM...
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    Overclocking for a New user to Overclocking?

    So I'm working on specing out my new system, and I thought I decided upon a E6700. In another forum, someone told me that I should just get the E600 as it can overclock just as well and is cheaper. I also wondered if the "Extreme" version was worth it and they said "waste of money". I...
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    P35 or X38?

    I'm gearing up to do a new system build to replace my aging P4 system. I've pretty well decided on a P5K3 Deluxe, but is there any compelling reason to wait for the X38 chipsets to appear? Its it *really* supposed to be that big of a deal?