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    HP dv9207's 7600Go: temps and overclocking

    Hey all, I picked up an HP dv9207 on sale at CompUSA. I was messing around with it and I noticed to things. First, the video card gets really hot. Even in 2d mode after a about a half hour, the video core is sitting at around 80C. Is this normal for this laptop? Haven't really tried...
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    Merom in HP dv9207?

    Hey all, I read about the HP dv9207 laptop on here and I picked one up on sale yesterday at CompUSA. Anyway, it only has a Core Duo in it. That's fine for now, but I was wondering about the possibility of upgrading to a Merom sometime down the road. Has anyone tried this or know if...
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    Widescreen afficianados: help with web pages, games, and pics

    Hey all, I'm currently deciding between two laptops at work. One had a widescreen and the other doesn't. The widescreen model is a Dell Latitude D810 with the WUXGA Ultrasharp display. I'm liking the quality of the screen, however, I have some questions. Is it possible to have web...
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    "flashing" web pages on Viewsonic VP930b and Radeon X800 GTO2

    Hey all, I'm having a little trouble diagnosing a problem I've been having in some web pages. When I view pages on my ViewSonic VP930b, sometimes the screen goes flashes on and off and when it's on, there's a bunch of black lines all thru the image. It does this until I close the browser...
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    Asus A8N-SLI Premium new 1011.001 beta bios

    Available here: http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket939/A8N-SLI%20Premium/1011-001.zip Haven't tried it yet. Curious to see if it changes/fixes/breaks anything. Super
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    19" LCD's: telling which have 6 bit and 8 bit panels

    Hey all, I'm pooling my birthday and Christmas money together and deciding to pop for a 19" LCD monitor. I've been doing research and reading on here that I should avoid the 6 bit TN panels. The reason why seems obvious to me. I can tell the ones at work have the dithering which tend to...
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    Boosting home wireless network signal

    Hey all, I'm trying to tweak my home network to go all wireless. Our current setup involves the cable modem sitting in the family room, with a cable running to our Linksys WRT54GS wireless router in our living room. We're renting my friend's house and he won't let us just put a cable drop...
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    Sapphire X800GTO2 back down to $199

    It was up as high as $229 today, so this is a $30 price break over earlier. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102595
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    XP64 vs Server 2003 x64: which to use for home?

    Hey all, I was digging thru some conference stuff and I found an MS kit that had a 180 day eval of XP64 and a full not-for-resale version of Server 2003 x64. Considering that I don't have to worry about running out of time on the Server version I was wondering: Can Server 2003 x64 be...
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    Thermalright SI-120 fan: which direction should it face?

    No this is not a dirty question. I couldn't find a definitive answer on thermalright's side, so I figured I'd ask. Which is more effective ... having the fan "suck" the heat away from the processor, or blowing cooler air down onto it (and the RAM)? I have it sucking right now and seems...
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    Gotta love Asus support

    I submitted a trouble report ticket regarding the A8N-SLI Premium a few weeks ago, to find out more information regarding the vCore issues, what could be done, and what I could do on my end. I checked on the incident and it was listed as closed. No email, no response. Nothing. Gotta love...
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    Anyone OC with a Gigabyte SLI board?

    Just curious to see if there are still the problems with overclocking on Gigabyte NF4 SLI mobo's. Articles I've seen are a little dated ... earlier this year with the F6 bios ... and show that there are problems when pushing about 250 HT. Thanks, Super
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    Asus A8N-SLI Premium: New beta bios

    Someone posted this over at the Asus forum about a new bios for the A8N-SLI Premium. vCore is supposed to be better, but there are problems with 4GB RAM still. Downloaded it, but haven't tried it yet. Here's a link. Please post your reports...
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    Newegg's site down?

    Is something jacked with Newegg's site today? I can't get to it from work or home. Since work uses a different ISP, I can't blame it on Comcast. Anyone else experiencing the problem?
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    Hating Asus A8N-SLI Premium - need alternative

    Hey all, My first post here. You guys seem pretty knowledgeable about A64 boards, so I thought I'd post and ask. This is my first A64 build. I have built some Athlon machines, but not for myself. I've used Intel at home for the last several years. The X2's were just too compelling...