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    Did my computer just kill my brand new UPS?

    I tried to boot up my computer during some hardcore troubleshooting and I think it may have shorted out, killing my 1500VA UPS. Now everytime I try to turn on the UPS, it says it's overloaded, even when nothing is connected. It is an APC RS1500 Battery Backup.
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    New System Won't Post

    Athlon 3000+ S939 CPU Chaintech VNF4 Vanilla Motherboard Antec Titan 550 Case + Antec 550W Power Supply Corsair Value Ram 1gb DDR400 Samsung Spinpoint 80gb SATA drive GeForce 4 MX4000 YE-DATA Floppy Drive Asus CDRW Drive This is going to be a file server but we're still waiting for the...
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    Does BF2 use HDR?

    When I stare at the sun, things infront get darker. Is this HDR or just regular dynamic lighting?
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    Flying with a computer

    I am travelling with my tower on Tuesday and have to figure out what I'm leaving it in and what I'm taking out. So far I'm thinking: In Backpack: -hard drives -ram -video card In Luggage: -case w/ motherboard, dvd-r inside What should I do with the cpu and heatsink? Will they...
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    X800XL or 6800GT for BF2?

    Which card performs better in this game? I'll be playing at 1280x1024 and 1280x960 and I need 4xAA and 8xAF. edit: I am selling this system off. That's why I will need a new card.
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    Buy yourself a goddamned UPS, NOW!

    This morning as I was finishing up a rigorous session of BF2 power-leveling, a goddamned transformer exploded down the street, causing a brownout(?). Just milliseconds after the explosive sound, my computer violently shut off and rebooted itself. At first, it refused to even boot up. I kept...
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    Finding a Program's Local Port

    I have been trying to set up the traffic shaping feature on my IPCop router but I can't even find the local ports of many programs. Some of them even seem to use different ports everytime I use them. Is there a program which can tell me? I am trying to find the local ports for the following...
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    doubleposted, sorry

    doubleposted, sorry
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    Interest Check: Universal "Matchingmaking" Game Client

    Don't we all love Halo 2's matchmaking system? How much time have you wasted looking for a server so you and your 3-10 friends can all play? Wouldn't you love for someone to take all of your troubles away and design a universal matchmaking system? So would I. =( How difficult would something...
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    Battlefield 2: Vote Map Command?

    What's the command to initiate a map vote? T've checked every major forum and I'm still stumped. Here are some a I did find though: FPS = renderer.drawfps 1 NAME = game.changeplayername yournamehere
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    Gaming with Dual Monitors

    This is just a public service annoucement to all those using dual monitors. When you are ingame it will really help if you turn off the secondary. I used to keep mine on, not thinking about the actual performance dip. I always thought everything was a little sluggish but I thought it was just in...
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    Vote or Die! v2.1 (updated Q&A)

    I have $1500 for a new computer to go with my new monitor. I'm selling the one in my sig. Help me choose parts (sorta). These are all tossups for me. I'll buy whichever part wins its poll and post pics of my new build on July 11th. Don't just choose the most expensive options. Think...
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    Let's Shave Some Skrilla Off Of This System

    Update 1: Chopped Off Case, Power Supply and Motherboard; saved $146 $120.00 - Antec Sonata II $139.00 - DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D $575.00 - Athlon 64 X2 4200+ $599.99 - eVGA GeForce 7800GTX $079.99 - Corsair Value Ram 1GB (512*2) $117.00 - Samsung Spinpoint 160gb SATA-II w/ NCQ...
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    8 Port SATA RAID Card

    I'm buying some parts for a server from Zipzoomfly and I'm looking for a good RAID card. Hardware assistance is not important. A 3000+ is going into it. Is this a good RAID card? http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=132621 I am taking recommendations, as long as...
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    NForce 4 Passive Chipset Cooler

    What is a good replacement for a noisy NForce 4 chipset? It's for an MSI Neo4-F, nforce 4 vanilla motherboard.
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    Passively cooled NF4 vanilla Motherboards...

    If not, which passive chipset cooler would you recommend?
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    Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 1 + 2405FPW

    A few minutes ago, my father asked me about an external LCD for his laptop and I showed him a picture of the 2405FPW. I could hear his jaw dropping over Skype. Now he's hooked and wants to buy one immediately. I had to setlle him down so I can make sure it will work. Does the XPS Gen 1...
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    Building a 1TB+ File Server

    I am building a file server for my father and need some recommendations. Only one computer will be accessing it. He currently has two Lacie BigDisk 500gb drives, totaling 1TB of storage. They are just iffy however and I would like to hook him up with a nice RAID setup. What we're basically...
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    Complete System Overhaul for $100!

    A friend of mine is buying my computer (below) with a monitor, keyboard, mouse, n52 and speakers next week for $1400. I'm going to use the money to buy this: Shuttle SN25P Socket 939 Barebone NEC 3520A DVD Burner Maxtor DiamondMax 10 160gb SATA Hard Drive w/ NCQ Maxtor DiamondMax 10...
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    Most Expensive Looking Tower?

    Would it be a Lian Li v1000 or 2100?
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    I swear... IPCop is one difficult motherf

    I set up ipcop on one of my old machines and I'm having some serious problems. I can connect to it from the "green" side of the network where I have my main computer but I have no clue how to get it set up for the internet. I have a Westell Wirespeed modem that I use in conjunction with a...
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    Best Co-op/2 player PC game?

    My friend and I are on the same network and we're looking for a new game to waste time on. We've been playing Dawn of War and EEII but I've been whooping his a5s in both and he's sick of it. Are there any other good 2 player or Co-op games that we can play over an LAN? I'm guessing we're pretty...
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    I am load balancing two 3000/768 connections

    I have dual gigabit ethernet and two separate verizon dsl 3000/768 connections. I have two modems and two routers with one connection going into each port. If I open up Newsleecher and Azureus, they will use separate connections, allowing me to max out both of them. All of my other programs...
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    Can't set up this network for the life of me!!

    I have two computers connected on a network via a wired modem. I have them both in the same workgroup and I am pretty sure simple file sharing is enabled on both of them. My computer is running XP Pro and works with the laptop on the network, but the second desktop (XP home) isn't showing up. If...
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    Small n Light SFF barebone for my A64 system

    I am going away this summer and I need to take my computer with me. I don't want to travel with my Sonata case, so I need to buy a temporary case. It needs to be a Shuttle or some other SFF case. It can be a box OR an HTPC (flat) style case. This following items MUST be able to fit in it...
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    eXXXtreme router cooling

    http://img139.exs.cx/img139/4282/heatrouter002large2wx.jpg Nuff said. Temps have dropped 10-15°C. The heatsink feels very warm though. Maybe I'll throw on a Tornado just in case.
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    Plugged my computer into router twice...

    I have dual gigabit ethernet on my motherboard so I decided to connect my computer into my DI-604 router twice for redundancy. I have been having "cable disconnected" problems lately and I figured that this might help a bit. Little did I know, my router is smart enough to use the two connections...
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    So I have this copper block...

    I have a big 1lb heatsink from an old Thermaltake doohickey. What should I do with it? Can I mod it to fit my 6800GT? Here is the heatsink in question, next to a regular 3.5" hard drive. http://img137.exs.cx/img137/633/heatsink004medium7tb.jpg...
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    6800GT issues

    Today I replaced my defective Chaintech 6600GT with an EVGA 6800GT and all of a sudden my computer is running like a paraplegic. Video Card Performance This morning, I opened up my case and took out the old 6600GT without uninstalling the drivers. I was in a rush but it was the last...