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    I/O Shield Tabs - are they really necessary?

    I got to the complete end of a system build to realize that I did not position two of the I/O shield tabs inside the case and they got jammed in the ethernet ports. I really did not want to tear down the motherboard. I view is as doing surgery for little reason. The risks of the surgery are...
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    Cannot post messages on Anandtech from my desktop

    Neither IE or Mozilla will work. Strange. Anandtech is the only site I have come across with this problem. Laptop works fine, obviously... Any thoughts?
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    anyone think dell are shipping laptops an pcs with too much cr@p on them?

    It sounds like a lot of the processes have utility though. I have 67 running on my Inspiron XPS at with the internet open at idle. I go into the task manager and half of them I cannot figure out what program they are related to and the other have I place some value on. The running processes...
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    Brand new Dell Laptop -> Can I completely wipe it?

    What do you gain by completely wiping the drive? I will admit that Dell loads a ton of stuff on there, but the system is pretty stable nevertheless. I was kind of irked though when I paid extra for the Sonic Deluxe bundle on my laptop and then Dell tech support had me uninstall it when my...
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    Is it worth upgrading to the ATI Mobility 9800 from the 9700?

    I didn't realize that Dell will not be offering an upgrade for the current generation XPS laptops beyond the 9800M. I put an order in for one, but it won't be here until December. I would put it in myself, but the protection plan is very valuable to me and I wouldn't want to risk not having...
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    Is it worth upgrading to the ATI Mobility 9800 from the 9700?

    There is no charge for the installation. It's part of the Dell at home warranty I purchased for the laptop. Dell does not want you cracking open the laptop, so they send a tech to do the installation update drivers, test, etc.
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    Is it worth upgrading to the ATI Mobility 9800 from the 9700?

    I have a Dell Inspiron XPS with the ATI Mobility 9700. I would like input on the practival value of upgrading to the 9800 mobility. Upgrading would cost $349 and would include a warranty covered installation by a Dell technician. What do you guys think? I have no trouble playing any game at...
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    Is it worth upgrading to the ATI Mobility 9800 from the 9700?

    I have a Dell Inspiron XPS with the ATI Mobility 9700. I would like input on the practival value of upgrading to the 9800 mobility. Upgrading would cost $349 and would include a warranty covered installation by a Dell technician. What do you guys think? I have no trouble playing any game...
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    Tribes Vengeance

    Is it worth buying if I like UT 2004, CounterStrike, etc? I didn't like DOOM III. I don't like the dark horror graphics and I want to be able to start shooting within the first ten minutes. I have no desire to get into the plot of a game as if it were a movie, I just want to play.
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    ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility or 9800 Mobility

    I know this may belong in the SFF forum, but I want the video card enthusiasts answer. For those of you who have high-end laptops, did you equip them with the 9700M or 9800M, if you with ATI? I just got my Inspiron XPS laptop and opted to get the 9700, as the 9800 was an incremental $300...
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    I wish laptops were as easy to upgrade as PC's.

    You can upgrade the video card on the Dell Inspiron XPS. You probably don't need to worry about much more than that for a while...
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    Have laptops reached the point of being suitable desktop replacements for a power user?

    With the Dell Imspiron XPS, you can update the graphics card under warranty and add RAM to your heart's delight. What more do you need? It's not like you are going to need a 4ghz CPU or anything any time soon...
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    How hot can super glue / Liquid Nails Perfect Glue get before it breaks down?

    I assume if I hit 80 degrees celcius I have bigger problems to worry about..........
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    How hot can super glue / Liquid Nails Perfect Glue get before it breaks down?

    Nevermind: PERFECT GLUE 2: 32 degrees farenheit to 175 degrees farenheit or 0 degrees celsius to 80 degrees celsius
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    How hot can super glue / Liquid Nails Perfect Glue get before it breaks down?

    I had to use some Liquid Nails Perfect Glue 2 to secure my blower to its copper heat sink base after I stripped the screws when I removed the blower to mount to the motherboard. I want to know if I should be concerned about the heat in the case in realation to the glue. The glue worked great...
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    what's the point of aluminum cases?

    My CoolerMaster case is one big heat sink. Overclock the system in the winter and I can heat my office.
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    Anyone here use tornadoes as case fans?

    I had a couple of Tornadoes in my case. BIG MISTAKE.... WAY TOO LOUD. So loud that is disrupts your entire office environment and then you have to turn your speaker volume way up to hear the games you are playing. That fan has no practical use. Even if you buy a fan controller, what is...
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    Mounting Coolermaster Aero 7+ Fan on its copper base with stripped screw sockets....

    I decided to install a new Coolermaster Aero HSF with Arctic Silver 5 onto my ASUS A7N8X Deluxe MBO. As other users have had to do, it was necessary for me to take the fan off of the HS to properly mount onto the MBO. Upon reattaching the fan, I realized that nearly all of the screw sockets...
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    Need advice on how to attach Coolermaster Aero Fan to its HS with stripped screw sockets

    I decided to install a new Coolermaster Aero HSF with Arctic Silver 5 onto my ASUS A7N8X Deluxe MBO. As other users have had to do, it was necessary for me to take the fan off of the HS to properly mount onto the MBO. Upon reattaching the fan, I realized that nearly all of the screw sockets...
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    Cannot get Linksys Wireless A+G Notebook Card to Work Properly

    Okay, I purchased both the Linksys notebook adapter noted in the subject, as well at the Wireless G Broadband Router. I have a static IP address through Adelphia and have correctly programmed the router with my static IP, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS entries. Everything on my desktop...
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    *** Official ASUS A7N8X/Deluxe (nForce2) Thread ***

    Is there a good giude to overclocking this board? I've been working the overclock scenarios and I somehow cannot seem to get it just right. I up my FSB to 183, keep the multiplier on 13x, and up the core voltage to 1.85V. What else to I need to do? I've got an Athlon XP 3000+. What about...
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    *** Official ASUS A7N8X/Deluxe (nForce2) Thread ***

    Should I reverse it even though the BIOs seem to have it right?
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    *** Official ASUS A7N8X/Deluxe (nForce2) Thread ***

    In the BIOs, the chassis fan is correctly identified based on the RPMs. The funny thing is that the BIOs register no RPM for the PSU fan, even though the PSU fans are clearly spinnning at about 1100 RPM... This is strange!
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    *** Official ASUS A7N8X/Deluxe (nForce2) Thread ***

    My ASUS Probe Utility is monitoring the PSU fan as the chassis fan and the chassis fan as the PSU fan.... Should I just reverse the cables in the monitoring sockets? This is weird!!!!!
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    *** Official ASUS A7N8X/Deluxe (nForce2) Thread ***

    Just bought the Deluxe version of this board. Can anyone help by instructing me on what the final driver fix was to get the onboard NIC working? I cannot get it to work (work meaning get on the internet even though the LAN lights are on and the system recognized the LAN as being plugged in)...
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    ASUS A7V600 supposed to be better than A7N8X Deluxe?

    Is the new ASUS A7V600 expected to be a better performer than the A7N8X Deluxe Rev 2 or will the latter still be king? I think I read that the BIOs will have some better features than the A7N but will the VIA chip set be better than NVIDIA?
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    AMD to Intel Converts: Are you glad you made the switch?

    I'm curious to get some true objective and practical feedback from those folks who made the switch from AMD to Intel. Reading benchmarks is one thing, but practical experience is another. What was the biggest improvement, if any, you saw? Was most of the impact on gaming or basis OS...
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    A7N8X Set Up issues (ver2 1005 BIOS)

    I have this motherboard and run an Athlon XP 3000+ on it with 1Gig ogf Mushkin PC3200 Level II Ram. Just as an FYI, it runs VERY STABLE if you set everything for "Aggressive" mode in the BIOs. I think agressive mode bumps the FSB by 13%. I have the Rev2 BIOs 1.05 also. You should not see...
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    When are the new ASUS P4C800-Es hitting the market

    I am waiting to purchase either this motherboard or the Gigabyte 8KNXP Ultra or non-ultra. Does anyone know when the ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe will be available? Also, is this a 'better' board (better defined as more stable with user friendly OC bios) than the Gigabyte 8KNXP? Thanks!