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    Moving RAID5 array from old, dead computer to new system.

    The mobo on my computer just bit the dust. Since the computer was relatively old, I've decided to buy or build a new system, rather than deal with replacing the mobo on the old one. I'm curious about the sort of trouble I might run into while moving the hard-drives, though. My storage drive...
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    TV condensing 5.1 signal to 2-channel. Need some sort of switching solution.

    Here's my situation. Instead of a proper surround-sound receiver I have a Panasonic all-in-one home theater system with a built-in DVD player. Unfortunately, the thing only has one optical audio input. My TV, a Samsung LN40B630, has a whole mess of HDMI inputs and an optical output. So I...
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    Making the leap to RAID after my latest HDD failure. Got a few questions.

    My storage drive, a 750GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, bit the dust recently. While doing diagnostics I realized that my OS drive, a 500GB Barracuda 7200.10, is showing some worrisome SMART values, and should probably get replaced soon as well. The inconvenience and expense of sending the...
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    Which Ubuntu distro for eeePC 1000?

    I'm planning on getting an eeePC 1000 in the next few days and installing Ubuntu on it. Doing a little searching, it looks like there are several flavors of Ubuntu that have been customized specifically for the eeePC. I've found Ubuntu Netbook Remix from the official Ubuntu site, Easy Peasy...
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    Vista 32bit vs 64bit

    So I'm planning to upgrade to Vista in the not-too-distant future. Probably in a couple of months once the DX10 games start coming out. I'm sort of curious about the 64bit version. So I've got some questions: Do all of the "flavors" of Vista come in 64bit versions? Or is there just one...
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    Looking for 2.1 computer speakers with shielded cable.

    I've been having problems with my computer speakers making really terrible, loud bursts of static whenever I adjust the volume. Whenever I move them a good distance from my monitor, the problem goes away. So I figure this has to be some sort of EM interference from the monitor...
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    Second Core Running Slower Than First?

    Every now and then when I run Orthos on my E6600, the first core runs through the tests much faster than the second core. For example, I have currently been running a "Blend" test for about ten minutes. CPU #0 is already into Test 7. CPU #1, on the other hand, is still working on Test 1...
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    My computer shocks the bejesus out of me.

    When I built my new rig a few weeks ago I moved the old computer downstairs to my living room to set up as a media box. Since I moved it, it has been shocking the hell out of me whenever I touch it. Sometimes from inches away. It doesn't seem to affect the computer, except for once when I got...
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    Need a new game

    So I got myself a new gaming rig, and I need to do some gaming. And I'd love to play online. The last time I was really, heavily into online PC gaming, I was playing multiplayer Return to Castle Wolfenstein. God, I loved that game. The multiplayer was so well balanced and was designed in...
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    Odd fan speed reported

    I have an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. The fan speed is rated at 2500 RPM at full blast. My NVIDIA system monitor, however, reports over 5000 RPM at full speed. Any ideas why?
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    Temp Under Load vs. Temp While Gaming

    So here's a question. I just got through playing a session of Call of Duty 2, all settings maxed out, for about an hour or so, and the CPU temp never got above 54 degrees. This is nearly ten whole degrees cooler than it got while running doing stress tests with Orthos. Considering the fact that...
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    Thermal Paste

    Recently put together my computer. I have an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro HSF on my Core 2 Duo E6600. The heat sink came with a slab of thermal paste already applied to it, so I just used that. I am starting to run into some cooling issues with the overclocking I've been attempting, though...
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    8800GTX crashes at MPEG1 playback

    EVGA 680i motherboard, Core 2 Duo E6600 cpu, and a BFGTech 8800GTX. I just put them all together this week. Everything works perfectly except that it crashes when I try and play any video file encoded with MPEG1. That is, any .mpg or .mpeg file, or .avi with an mpeg1 codec. Before displaying...
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    Overclocking E6600 on an EVGA 680i SLI board

    Hello there. I just put together my new computer, built with much help from you awesome folks at the Anandtech forums. I got an E6600 processor and EVGA's 680i SLI board. I'd like to do some overclocking, but honestly I'm not sure where to begin. Any overclocking I'd done on previous...
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    Building A New Computer

    For X-Mas my folks have given me a $2,000 computer-building budget. Here is what I have come up with so far Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 MoBo: Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (or the DS3 if NewEgg gets it back in stock before I place the order) Memory: 2 gigs, Patriot eXtreme Performance DDR2 800...
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    Faster System Drive?

    Looking into building a new box. I saw the Western Digital Raptor at Best Buy and went "Ooooh! 10,000 RPM! Fast!" Now I'm at home actually researching all the new parts for the box, and it looks like the mobo I'd be getting will support SATA at 3.0Gb/s, whereas the Raptor is going to be only...
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    AGP card under $200?

    Recent problems with my Radeon 9800 PRO (see my other post) have got me thinking that, whether or not it's fixable, the card is still starting to show its age. So I'm thinking about upgrading, but I really can't afford to throw a lot of money into my computer right now. I particularly can't...
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    Video Card Fried?

    I've got an ATI Radeon 9800 PRO, and I've been getting sort of weird video artifacts in games, usually under certain lighting conditions. It looks like a spattering of single pixels, in some games blown out pure red, white in other games, and black in some games. (Specifically, black in HL2...