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I have an Opty 165 with an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 on a DFI Lanparty DR-SLI expert. I was using the paste that came with the freezer 64, and I couldn't get it past 2.6 ghz (9x289) because of heat issues (core 1 was 60C under prime95), so I decided to move to AS5. With it applied, my idle...

I just picked up a DFI Lanparty UT NF4 DR-SLI Expert and an Opty 165 to replace my aging 754 system. I'm having two issues with the usb on the board. First, I can't get the usb headers to work. No matter what I plug in, nothing is recognized. Is there some bios setting I'm missing, or did...

I need to buy about 500 of the little black two pin plastic connectors used for the motherboard end of power switches and hd leds and such. Does anyone know where I can find these in bulk?

What do you all think of Linux as a gaming platform, both now and in the future? I am specifically interested in answers to three questions: • Have you considered or are you currently using Linux as a gaming platform? • What do you see as the future of gaming on Linux? • What do you see as...

I used to love thinkpads, but I haven't used one for a while, so I'm a little out of date. I'd like to buy a T61p later this summer, but several of my friends are telling me that the build quality of thinkpads has dropped substantially since the lenovo takeover. They're specifically comparing it...

I'm looking for a mini-itx or smaller form factor motherboard that includes a pre-soldered u2200/u2100 or u13/14/1500. Has anyone heard of such a thing?

I'm trying to find a device that allows me to switch a monitor to a black screen with the push of a button. The idea is to plug a vga cable from the computer into one side, plug the monitor into the other side, and use the box to switch between displaying a black screen and displaying whatever...

I'm looking for a device that will sit inline on a vga cable and allow me, with the press of a button, to switch back and forth from displaying whatever's coming down the cable to displaying just a black screen. I've seen this done in classrooms, but I can't seem to find a device that will do...

I'm looking to upgrade my rig over the next year or so. My current processor is being cooled with a slighty-nicer-than-stock generic copper hsf and some generic paste. It keeps it about 50C load and 45C idle, which, while it has never caused a problem, is a little higher than I'd like. I'm...

I'm in a situation where I have a program that I have to use that has trouble with dates after 2000. I was wondering if there was an easy way to write a .vbs to change the date to a specific date (say, today's date, 1999). I know this should be easy, and I've used vb scripts quite a bit, but I...

In this thread, http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1124999, I recently agreed with someone who said that it's fine to place a motherboard on a static bag when testing it, and gave my understanding of the subject. Some folks disagreed with me. Now I'm willing to bet that they're right...

I have a rather bizarre problem. I'm using a Canon S530D printer on Windows XP, and about 1/3 of the time, when I cancel a print, the entire system instantly shuts down and restarts. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing it? I'm assuming that it's not hardware related, because the printer...

For about the last six months, I have been slowly collecting spare parts with the intent of building a machine inside an old xbox case I have. My biggest issue has been finding a way to power the machine. The xbox has one of the old version 1.0-1.2 power supplies with the pins all in a line...

Does anyone know if it is possible to get windows running off of a raid-0 array created through the dynamic drive function in disk managment (or any other software raid)? I have a pair of old wd300bbs and would like to run the OS off of them in raid-0. Its not a big enough deal to invest in a...

My backup system consists of a 1.8 Duron on an Asus A7N8x-E Deluxe with three sticks of 512 PC3200 in dual channel mode. A few days ago, I started overclocking it. I set the divider to 133% and moved the fsb from 133 to 137. The multiplier on the duron is locked. I ran a full 32m of SuperPi...

We just purchased 9 brand new high-end Gateways at work. I get to set them up. It was going fine until I tried to reset the home page in IE to our company's home page. I can access and change the field in "Internet Options," but as soon as I click apply or ok it changes back to the...