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    How much memory will the new IvyBridge Chipsets support?

    anybody know whats the maximum DIMM size IvyBrige chipsets will support? 4GB, 8GB, 16GB? Now that i think about it its really not the chipset, since the Memory controller is on the CPU?
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    Over Clocking Question?

    I havent done any overclocking for quite a while, but back when i did i remember one of the big issues was that when you overclocked by increasing the FSB you were also increasing the PCI bus as well from its normal 33Mhz and this could cause pci periphials to not work correctly or erraticly...
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    Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D & Opteron 180, Will it work?

    I want to upgrade my CPU from a AMD64 3200+ to a dual core chip, but the one i want the X2 4600+ is hard to find, so i was thinking of putting an Opteron 180 in it instead. The problem is that the Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D motherboard doesnt specificly say it supports any Opteron CPUs, and newegg...
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    16X10 vs 16X9 why?

    Why is it that computer monitors come in the 16X10 aspect ratio instead of 16X9? Did the computer industry just want to be different? Why didnt they just go with the HDTV ratio of 16X9 for wide screen monitors? This has always bugged me, i dont know why but it has.
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    Why is Flash so cheap compared to ram?

    Just wondering what everyones opinion is on this. I can by a 2GB SD card for like 20$ from new egg but a 2GB dual channel DDR2 Ram kit costs like 200$. Why is this? Flash has a much more complex structure per cell in silicon than does ram. Dram is about the simplest structure there is 1...
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    Why dont HardDrive Manufacutrs make 5 1/2" drives?

    Im just curious as to why we only have 3.5" drives for desktops. I would imagine with current dencitys we could have 1TB hard drives pretty easy if they made 5.5" drives. Size isnt all that big of an issue in most desktops. Just curious if there is any reason behind it. Any ideas. What do...
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    How to Switch which monitor is ID #1 and ID #2?

    I am having the hardest time with this. I have a projector that i ocasionly like to play games on but the games i play dont allow the resloltuion i want if the monitor/projector im using is not montior with ID #1. Is there a definitive way of switching which monitor is #1 and #2? I tryed so...
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    802.11 Ad-hoc/IBSS network question

    Ive been working with a wireless embeded module and have had some trouble with adhoc networking. The module has 2 options for adhoc networking, Join only, and Join or create. We want highly reilable networks with not single point of failure so we set up all of our embeded devices in Join or...
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    Why are there no highend microATX boards?

    Ive been looking into helping my brother build a new computer. He does video editing and needs a fairly highend system with reasoable expansion, but he would also like as small a formfactor as possible because he spends about 2 days a week in a different office so he has to tote his computer...
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    Problem with batch renameing on windows command line (ren command) please help

    Here is what i want to do. I want to prepend some characters to a batch of files for example say i had files Bob1.abc, Bob2.abc and Bob3.abc and i want to rename them so all have "00_" prepended to the names resulting in 00_Bob1.abc, 00_Bob2.abc and 00_Bob3.abc. So this is what i tryed "ren...
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    2001FP question

    Question about the 2001FP Is it possible to have the 1:1 pixel mapping work for widescreen resolutions say 1600X900 or 1280x720. When i set my resolution to 1280x720 and turn on 1:1 pixel mapping i get a screen that is 1280x720 streached verticly to 1280x1024 pixles so everything is skinney...
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    Old Card With Loud Fan? What Fan will Fit?

    I have an old Gigabyte 8500LE Model:GV-AP64D and its fan has a problem that causes it to be anoyingly loud. Im just using it in a web server. What, if any, Fan could i buy to replace the one on it. The Fan on this card is also part of a very large heat sync that covers the RAM and connects to...
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    Maximizing Windows to 1/2 the screen

    I was just thinking the other day when i was playing with my brother new 24" widescreen dell monitor that it would be nice to have a utility that would enable me to maximize windows to 1/2 the screen. Say for example i want to have 2 browsers up side by side or one brower and some other app...
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    512 MB showing up as 448 MB any ideas???

    I just recently put togeter a shuttle system for my mom. It uses the shuttle sk43G barebones system. Its a Socket A that uses the VIA KM400 + VT8237 chipset. For some reason when i put a 512 MB ddr dim into it it only shows up as 448 mb. I swaped dimms and get the same results. A dim that...
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    PC Turns off, but Power light stays on????

    My system: MB ASV333, Proc AMD 2100+, 1GB Ram, ATI 9600pro, WinXP SP2, My computer has been randomly turing off. It doesnt say anything on the computer everyting just turns off without any warning. The strange thing is that the power light stays on. In order to reboot i have to hold down...
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    why so few Dual DVI cards?

    With the popularity of LCD skyrockting, why dont the mainstream dual head graphics cards come with dual DVI? I want to run dual LCDs , but I cant do it with a new 9800 or 5900. Any ideas as to shy this is? Is anyone planing on making dual DVI cards based on these GPUs?
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    Win2000 NTloader

    I am trying to set up my system to triple boot(Win2000,WinMe,RedHat). I dont want to use the win2000 loader that lets me choose which os, I want to use Boot Magic, this is what I have done so far. loaded Win2000 on my D: partition, Then Loaded my ghosted Image of WinMe on to the C: partition...
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    Help RAID-0 Crashed??

    Did my Raid-0 die? I am using the ABit KT7A-Raid MB with the Highpoint Raid controller. When I use a boot disk to boot up I can access my raid drive and see all the names of the files, but when I try to access any of the files (move or copy them) the system crashes. In windows I simply get a...
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    Sound And Monitor Problems in 2K

    I am having a couple of prolems with my monitor and sound in win2K 1)Monitor Problem when my system goes into suspend mode (Turns off the monitor) my monitor goes crazy. It starts to act like it does when you change monitor settings. The screen is blank, but it keeps trying to change over and...