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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 ...

    Thank you all for the input - Geecee, thanks for the ebay tip & the newegg link. WackyDan, let me know if you ever want to get rid of your Shuttle.
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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

    Anyone know of any linux-based pos software for ubuntu?
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    Need Help Building a Restaurant Point of Sale System

    Thanks Ribbon - I'll check them out.
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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???

    Did you install any special VIA drivers for video or sound? I also ran ubuntu 6.10 live and had problems with native linux sound and video. I noticed there are a few linux drivers on the ASUS website - will they work on ubuntu or SUSE ??
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    Which Linux distro is best for VIA Chipset???

    I'm sorry - the motherboard is A8V-VM - not A8N - my mistake. Here is a link : http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1003&l1=3&l2=15&l3=260
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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 ???

    Thanks guys - I was hoping it would be straight forward.
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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

    Just ordered a 500W TT .
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    Burning smell from PSU

    Actually, the PSU was pulled from my older computer - it's over 3 years old. Can't complain - it served me very well powering my file server. Anyways, as an update - I went ahead and opened up the old PSU just to see what was burning in there. I was amazed to find a couple of blown...
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    Burning smell from PSU

    The PSU was Thermaltake 400W - nothing fancy.
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    Burning smell from PSU

    Thank you all for the great advice - I'm out shopping for a new PSU. I guess I'm lucky nothing else got fried. You guys are the best.
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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?

    Hey Randomint, You are a life saver - Thanks. That's exactly what I'm looking for.
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    How do I connect stereo system to computer wirelessly?

    It's an older Panasonic system with Aux In - Basically, I want to stream mp3's from desktop to stereo system using some kind of wireless setup that would plug in to the Aux In jack on the stereo. I just don't know how to go about doing it - I know it can be done.
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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

    Thank you xcript - greatly 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

    Update : I disabled tab browsing and everything works just fine now. What I find odd, however, is that all was fine even with tab browsing in firefox. Only recently did it start acting weird. Oh well - beggers can't be choosers, I guess ;)
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    System very slow when using Mozilla Firefox

    I did that last night - I uninstalled Firefox 1.5 and installed Firefox 2.0. No improvement.
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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 -...
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    Best PCI Videocard?

    CompUSA has a bunch of PCI video cards