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    P8P67 PRO bites the dust... did it take my CPU along for the ride?

    The System: Antec P182 i5-2500K (oc'ed turbo boost to 4.4ghz) Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme G.Skill DDR3 1600 (2 x 4gb) P8P67 PRO (rev3) --> P8Z68-V/GEN3 Corsair HX520 Probably not exactly thinking straight after spending a sleepless night trying to decipher this issue, but I'll try my...
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    Freezer 7 Pro, Overclocking, and dBa...

    So I have a new system I put together recently: Core 2 Duo E6420 Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Asus P5K Vanilla Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC2-8500 5-5-5-15 eVGA 7800GT (with Arctic Cooling X1) Corsair HX520 PSU and it's fairly quiet with everything on stock, much to my chagrin. Started...
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    Broken ZIF socket lever...

    Ok, so somehow I managed to snap off the level on my ZIF socket while it was up. Now I can put in the P4 but can't slide the socket to how it should be when the lever is in the closed position using my barehands or some force care of a screwdriver, as POST reporter keeps repeating that there's...
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    Suggestions for my little project...?

    I've been asked by a professor of mine to build a device that will pretty much perform the same functions as the Axis 250S (http://www.axis.com/products/cam_250s/index.htm). He is buying them for $800 a pop and would like a cheaper, more versatile solution. Here's what it needs to do: 1. Do...
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    Want to ditch the Papst off my Swifty MXC370...suggestions?

    Than damn Papst, 60x60x25, 33CFM @ 43dBA, is keeping me up at night and bothering me when I use my computer. The rest of my case is filled with Panaflos...so I'm looking for a quiet 60x60x25 fan to shove on the MXC370 to save my sanity. Any suggestions?
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    MSI Pro2A Bios Fried...Help with IWILL KK266 plz?

    Well, livebios killed my Pro2A bios, so I sent it for an RMA. I'm trying to use an IWill KK266 for the time being (plan to return to Fry's when i'm done with it); however, I can't boot. Lights go on, power flows, fans spin, drives spin, and I can hear the memory testing, but I get no video, and...
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    I know grease is supposed to dry on on Tbirds....but....

    Have to get this computer shipped out today and don't have time to pick up some more Arctic Silver. I have some Heat Sink Grease from Circuitworks, stable from -40C to 172C, guaranteed not to dry out, harden, or melt. I know grease is supposed to dry out on TBird because of the extremely hot...
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    Can an orb handle 1.1ghz?

    Putting together my new system and don't want any heat issues. I have a Fong Kai 320 with a Panaflo 120mm intake in the front and a Panaflo 92mm exhaust in the rear. I've got my 1.1ghz sitting here, read to be installed, but I read that Tbirds over 1 ghz get extremely hot at the core. With my...
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    Getting a New System, finally...Opinions Appreciated.

    Hi. Finally deciding to upgrade this 300mhz PII. I have an old college friend who is an OEM distributor and is getting me some good deals on some of the components. Here's what I have lined up. Case: Fong Kai (FKI) FK320 Motherboard: Microstar K7T Pro 2-A CPU: Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz...
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    Check out my satire on the computer underground scene...any comments are appreciated.

    I got a new site up, intended as a joke toward everything that has to do with warez, hackers, virii, etc... Check out http://www.l33tnews.com and tell me what you think. Posts on the message board and votes on the poll would make me look less pathetic, so any actions toward those two are...
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    Can someone critique this new computer for me? It's my birthday present....to myself...from me.

    Please look over the specs I have listed here. I'm finally gonna put my Intel P2 400 to rest and want to get a new computer for under $3000. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Processor PIII 933mhz (I'm sticking with it, I'm getting it for $600) Street Price: $750 Motherboard ASUS CUSL2...