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    Reformat X25-M G2 from HP laptop

    Hey all, I've been doing a lot of research to try and answer my question, but I still need a little help. I just bought an HP laptop with a 160GB X25-M G2 already installed, and I would like to do a repartition and clean install of Win7. Main reason is because HP reserves a partition...
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    Battery Life between mobile Core i3 and i5?

    Hey I was wondering if anyone knows how battery life generally fares between core i3 and i5 laptops? I did a bit of searching and most reviews don't compare between the two, but maybe if you know something about the power consumption of each, you can provide some insight. Specifically, I'm...
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    Battery Life between mobile Core i3 and i5?

    Hey I was wondering if anyone knows how battery life generally fares between core i3 and i5 laptops? I did a bit of searching and most reviews don't compare between the two, but maybe if you know something about the power consumption of each, you can provide some insight. Specifically, I'm...
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    Dual channel problem. Identical RAM showing different timings?

    I've been out of computer-building for a long time, so this might be a really dumb question. I just ordered a duplicate RAM for a small desktop system to double the RAM for dual channel. Old one was in DIMM1 and I put the new one in DIMM2. However, POST and CPUZ both show that it's still...
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    Thinkpad T60 -- VGA port issue

    I think this is a hardware issue, but when i hook up an external monitor to my laptop, it displays the desktop fine. When i move the mouse into the display area, it goes black. After about 5-6 seconds, the mouse shows up on the screen, but there is horizontal banding where the mouse is. The...
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    Project Request: Port Slime Volleyball to Cell Phone

    hey this is totally random, but i was thinking since cell phones all run java, that it'd be awesome to put Slime Volleyball on my cell phone. However, i don't know a thing about programming... If anyone is feeling adventurous and knows how to do this, that'd be awesome! I have a Nokia 6126...
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    recommendations for a fast, easy-to-use photo scanner?

    I'm thinking of getting a scanner for my parents so they can digitize our old photo albums. However, since me and my bros will be gone for school after the break, it has to be something they can use as well. I'm looking for something that scans quickly and is really easy to use. Good image...
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    Old School: Underclock/volt a pentium 4 mobile

    I have an old toshiba laptop (sucks) that i leave in the common room to handle skype calls and play music, so it's left on all the time. It can get really loud though, and i'm a little worried about how much power it uses. So i wonder if an undervolt or underclock will help at all? I looked...
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    Do i have the right PSU?

    It's been a while since i've built a computer. My system looks like this: Sapphire PE-AM2RS690MH -- AMD 690 chipset Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (65W) DVD-RW drive (SATA) 80Gb HDD (3.0Gb/s SATA) 1 DIMM 1GB DDR2 800 PC6400 RAM and that's all. I'm using this PSU: FSP300-60THN ATX12V 2.01 300W...
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    Long-term satisfaction with your mp3 player

    I almost bought a 30gb ipod video, but then the battery in my brother's (5th gen) just died after a little less then a year. A lot of my friends who have ipods also had something mess up (usually battery) after a year or two - which makes me a little worried about getting an ipod. What are...
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    Budget sound system upgrade

    I want to upgrade my car's sound system, but don't want to spend too much money. It's a '96 bmw 328 with the stock sound system. I don't want to spend more than $200 but i don't know if that's lowballing it too much. anyway, i most importantly want more clarity in the sound, not so much a...
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    What would cause a computer to just stop responding at all?

    Lately my computer will just stop responding after being left on for a while (at least an hour or two, at most... 12 or more). The screen freezes (no blue screen or error msg) and keyboard, mouse doesnt respond. Can't even turn capslock on and off. I can only hit the reset button or hold power...
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    setting up network between apt rooms

    I'm gonna be sharing an internet connection between 3 apartment rooms in the same building soon. One next door and one directly below. We have a 10M/1M cable connection and are planning to share to the other rooms via wireless. There's four people in each room, and the other two rooms are all...
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    digital camera for my mom!

    hey, so my parents are going on a trip really soon and my dad wants to get my mom a camera for the occasion. It's been a while since i've been in the camera scene and i tend to avoid "user-friendly" cameras..... so.. i'm helping to look for a small camera in the $200 range. Any...
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    DVD Playback has no audio

    My DVD's have been silent for the past few months. It worked fine in the summer and i can't remember what sort of changes i may have made to my system since. The picture quality is perfect yet in both PowerDVD and WMP, there is absolutely no sound. Maybe a small clicking sound. I've tried...
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    Picasa2 help anyone?

    yea... Picasa is a nifty program, but it's using near 300 megs of my C: drive for thumbnails!!! >:o anyone know how to store the thumbnails somewhere else?
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    Program for Batch volume adjustment on wav files?

    I have this old game on my computer that uses wav files for all the sounds, and i also like to play music on my computer all the time. But the wav files are all really loud. is there a program that'll just let me select all the wav files and lower the volume? theres like 100 files so im way...
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    hi-fi speakers on a PC?

    i was entertaining the idea of hooking up a small pair of hifi bookshelf speakers to my computer, particularly for music-listening purposes. Does anyone know how to hook something up like this? You just need the speakers, an amp, and the right cables right? Do you need a special sound card or...
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    static-y audio for DVD playback

    I have an old Rosewill (i think) DVD drive, Terratec DMX 6Fire 24/96 sound card, and Cyberlink Power DVD. When i play DVDs, the sound quality is really bad and has a constant ticking. I just tried out the newest version of power DVD, too but same problem. If i use WMP, i get good sound, but...
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    CPU Fan spinning too fast -- w/ AMD Cool n Quiet on

    I just upgraded my PSU, vid card, and a hard drive and had to do a CMOS reset on my mobo. Now, my cpu fan is spinning like crazy. Before the upgrades it idled at around 3300 rpm and would go up to maybe 4500 on full load, but come back down quickly. Now it idles at around 4800 - 5000 rpm...
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    Easy way to restore program after reformatting windows partition?

    I just reformatted the partition i keep for windows and like essential plugins to fix some issues. I keep most of my bigger programs on a separate partition. Is there a quick n easy way to go through and "re-install" all the programs i have on the second partition? so they show up in the...
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    Computer does not send anything to the monitor, doesnt boot properly

    So this morning i swapped an Enermax PSU i bought off someone into the computer and am certain i connected everything correctly. I also put in some new components for my computer that i had tested before with my old PSU. When i booted the thing up, all the parts power up, but nothing got sent...
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    Whats a good wireless keyboard - not too big?

    I've been content with a old grey dell keyboard for a while, but i want to go wireless now. Most of the keyboards out there these days are friggin enormous though. Anyone got suggestions for a good keyboard that's not too big? Like one that has a detachable wrist rest, if any? oh, and i want...
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    can't get workgroup comps to see each other

    I'm having some trouble getting file-sharing to work between the computers in my house. They are all windows XP and are connected through one router, which has wired and wireless connections. I cannot get all the computers to consistently see each other or access shared files. Last time i...
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    Retrieve XP key from non-booting hard drive

    I'm trying to fix a friend's computer which always gets stuck at the login screen. He says he got a virus through one of those myspace links through AIM. I popped his drive into my computer and ran virus scans and disk checks but it still hasn't solved the problem so i think i'll need to do a...
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    Do i need a bigger PSU?

    I'm going to be upgrading my vid card soon, so i got a little worried about power consumption. my rig: PSU: Antec SL350S (350w) Athlon 64 3200+ 1 gig cheap ram 1 SATA hd 1 PATA hd sound card 9800 pro 1 optical drive I'm gonna be upgrading to an x800xt aiw. (agp) I figure since...