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    Windows 7 on an EeePC

    I'm considering replacing XP on my 1000HD with Windows 7, but I'm concerned the battery life will suffer from this. Does anyone have experience with Win7 on an EeePC? Right now I get something like 3-3.5 hours (I'll have to check in awhile to be sure).
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    Hard drive suddenly not formatted

    I was going to install XP on a partition of one of my drives (Seagate), so I made a 50GB NTFS partition. It worked 100% fine until I rebooted later and Windows 1. reported the drive as not being formatted (RAW) and 2. said it was 128GB (it is 250GB). Has this happened to anyone before? Can I...
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    PhysX Cards

    Does anyone have one of these, and can they tell any difference? I'm not interested at all in buying one but I'm quite curious.
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    UPS Sucks

    BLOOMINGTON, IN, US 11/16/2006 9:55 A.M. DELIVERY Yeah, well, there's only one problem: it's not here. Tracking says front door. Guess what, it's not at my front door. Dammit.
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    The inside of your computer

    This has probably been done already, but oh well (if not you're well overdue). Post what the inside of your computer looks like, we'll see who's got a rat's nest and who spends time wiring. Mine
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    Asus Crosshair AM2

    Is this board any good? It has a lot of the ridiculous features of the Striker Extreme except for an AMD platform (and almost half the price), but I haven't heard much good about the nForce 500 series.
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    Which PSU...

    I'm trying to grab a good PSU for around $120 or less, and the Corsair 520w is like $118. I've also found an Aerocool one that is modular as well, supports SLI, is extremely quiet, but is 620w. What I'm not sure about is if the Corsair is good enough to make up for that extra 100w (they are both...
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    Minimum amount of power for SLI

    I need a new PSU, but I don't know quite how much I'll need for SLI. I know that the G80's will use secondary PSUs, so I'll probably get a 7900 or something, so think of their power usage because I'm not sure what it is. Thanks.
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    What C2D Board for SLI?

    I've been trying to find a good board that supports the Core 2 Duo's and SLI, but literally the only ones I've found on Newegg either suck or are $200. Are there any out there? EDIT: Also if there are any board like this that support Crossfire I'd be interested in hearing about those too. I...
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    Survey for school

    I have to make a survey for a Statistics class and I need at least 20 responses, I figure this will be the easiest place to get said responses. It can't take more than 2 minutes: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=998982514074 Also my brother's need like six more responses...
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    Kaspersky Anti-Virus

    I bought this for a family member's computer and decided to test it out myself. After the install I tried to scan my computer, only to find that it was going at a ridiculously slow pace (even on the fastest, least secure setting) and told me it would be finished September 9th. Is there something...
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    Locking HT Freq.

    I'm overclocking my 3700+, and I can't figure out how to lock the HyperTransport to a speed around 1000 (as I've heard, and as nTune annoyingly notifies me every time I open it, it's not good to set it too high). I have an A8N-SLI and I can't find a setting for it in the BIOS; the only thing I...
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    Single ATI vs. SLI Nvidia

    I just bought a new board, and it supports SLI, so I was wondering if I should use it or not. I'm not quite sure how reliable Tom's Hardware is - I've always been wary of them - but their VGA chart shows an X1900XTX beating out an dual 7800GT's on at least a couple of tests. Regardless of the...
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    New BIOS Chip for VNF4 Ultra

    I had a bad BIOS flash with my VNF4 and killed it. I've already ordered a new board, but I figure if I can get a new BIOS chip or find some way to fix it, I can use it for my dad's system. Any help? Also, on a side note, since I my new board supports SLI, what would you guys recommend for a...
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    Checking temps

    Whenever I check my system temps in MBM, all the temps are way too high (i.e. 200C) because it's old and doesn't support my board. I try Hardware Monitor, but it'll start out showing my CPU as 41 and then jump to 71. My BIOS shows the temps and being reasonable (I think it's actually 41C). What...
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    Sniper Kills 1 in Indiana

    A sniper killed one man on Interstate 65 in southern Indiana, and there were two more shootings on I-69 northeast of Indy. I live in Bloomington so I would advise people to watch the f*** out if they drive around there. http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/07/23/ap2897785.html
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    DDR2 Latency vs. Clock Speed

    Of course we all know by now that DDR2 latency is wildly higher than than DDR. However, my question is: where is the line drawn between buying lower latency or buying higher clock speed? For example, you could get CL3 DDR2 667, or CL5 DDR2 800, one of which is going to be faster. Both factors...
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    Conroe motherboard?

    What board would you recommend for a Core 2 Duo setup? My needs are basically dual PCI-E and DDR2 800 support (although the latter isn't needed but it would be very nice to support faster RAM). Since the NF5xx boards aren't out yet for Intel, the only ones I have had a chance to look at are the...