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    Dead BIOS Chip - What do I do ?? HELP

    Hi again: I have a Shuttle XPC SS51G Barebones system with a FS51 motherboard and a corrupt Phoenix BIOS D686 chip. I can't even get into the BIOS - I tried everything such as clearing CMOS, proving all the other components, etc. I was hoping to flash the BIOS but that is impossible at this...
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    My Shuttle SS51G XPC SFF motherboard (FS51) died on me ...

    Here's a link to the motherboard specs - Shuttle no longer supports this model as it has been discontinued : Shuttle XPC SS51G SFF Barebone Computer I am currently running a Pentium 4 Northwood 2.26Ghz CPU and 2x512MB PC2700 DDR RAM. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
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    Motherboard suggestions for Barton XP 2500 CPU

    Hi everyone: I just got my hands on a Barton XP 2500 (AXDA2500DKV4D) processor. I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for a good overclocking motherboard to pair with it. I heard the Abit NF7-S v2 is the board to get, if you can find one. Any other boards I should look at?? Thanks
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    Need Help Building a Restaurant Point of Sale System

    My family owns a small restaurant which has been in business for over 12 years - without a Point of Sale System. For the most part, things run pretty well. However, I noticed that servers sometimes make errors on the orders, handwriting is not very clear at times, drink orders are mistakingly...
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    Which Linux distro is best for VIA Chipset???

    I would like to know if system is compatible with ubuntu, suse, etc.
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    Linux equivalent for Quickbooks Pro

    Just curious to see if anyone knows about a decent equivalent of Quickbooks Pro for SUSE or Ubuntu - I am aware of GNUCash which is similar to Quicken.
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    How to clone a triple-boot drive ???

    I have XP Pro, Vista & Ubuntu on a drive with multiple partitions, using GRUB bootloader. I would like to clone the setup on to another drive for backup purposes, just in case something goes wrong. Do you guys have any suggestions as to how this can be done? Will Acronis Trueimage or...
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    Burning smell from PSU

    Never had a problem until a couple of days ago - I woke up and noticed the computer was off and there was a burning smell near the rear of the computer case. I opened it up and sniffed around the mobo, cpu, videocard and when I got to the PSU - the smell got more intense (like burnt rubber)...
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    How do I connect stereo system to computer wirelessly?

    Any ideas or input appreciated.
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    Lost XP Serial on Case

    I remember reading about a utility that will retreive all the serials on the system - does anyone remember the name or link to the website? Thanks
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    System very slow when using Mozilla Firefox

    I use Mozilla Firefox & Internet Explorer on my old Dell laptop (Inspiron 2500, Celeron 900Mhz, 512MB PC100 RAM). Lately, Firefox has been hogging a ton of resources - my CPU Usage approaches 100% and the system is as slow as molasses. Internet Explorer, however, has been working just fine -...