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I've been out of the game a little while and this m.2 thing has me scratching my head. I have a B+M key sata m.2 ssd, and I need an adapter card to connect it to a pcie slot. All I'm finding are cards that require a separate sata cable connection to the motherboard for this to work, but my...

Ok, here's my situation. I just purchased an xfx 5770 as an upgrade to replace my old x800gt. I also have an ancient HIS 9250 pci card for a couple extra monitors (mobo only has one pci-e x16 slot). Win xp pro is the OS. Now, the x800 and 9250 played just fine together. I had to install...

I just got a new samsung spinpoint F1 HD103UJ, which is a sata 2 1TB drive. My motherboard is an ASUS A8N5X as seen in my sig. I was looking to replace my old IDE 200g drives. I performed a clean format and install of windows XP to the new drive, which was successful until it restarted, and...

I'm debating selling my current rig (see sig), and I'm trying to get an idea for a price (been a while, I'm not very caught up). As far as condition goes, the monitors are a little scuffed up, and the case has a few scratches. Other than that everything works and is in good shape.

I've got a budget of around $200, and my rig is as follows: ASUS A8N5X (socket 939) Opteron 146 (single-core, OC'd to 2.8ghz) OCZ valueram 1 gig, corsair valueram 512Meg 550W Aspire PSU Saphire X800GT 2x 200 gig IDE hard drives, both maxtor All stock cooling I'm not going to be fully...

Right now I have a D-Link DWL-G550 with stock antenna (ghetto tin-foil dish, for directional love). I'm giving this one away, so it's time for a new (better?) one. I'm across the house from the router, it's nowhere near my desktop, so high output is a must. That was a deciding factor in...

I'm getting sick of my current case (whole rig, actually. dang single-core...), and I'm looking at alternatives. I'm not looking to pay over $100 for a new case (or at least not much over), but I want something that's going to allow for very good airflow, and accommodate a Tuniq tower...

So, I've got an Asus A8N5X, bios 9002, and I'm trying to flash it up to the latest 1003 bios. However, at about 88 percent it slows way down in the writing process (I'm using the latest asus update prog. for windows). It will finish up slowly, then when it verifies the bios image it'll...

Hey, I've got a little bit of a confusing situation here. I've got a system (sig) with an Asus A8N5X, bios rev. 0902 (yes, it's out of date). The last few times I've started it up, it has been resetting the bios to defaults, and I have no clue why. I noticed this because by default NVraid is...

I've read a few lapping guides for IHS/HSF, but they seem to have contradictory information. Some say to lap in circles on sandpaper, others say to sand back/forth/back/forth, rotate, repeat. Is there one definitive lapping guide? I've never lapped anything before, and I want to do it...

Alright, here's my problem. I've recently gotten back into the MMO scene, and I need some help. I've got a dual-monitor computer. I want to game on one monitor while watching a movie on the other (it makes level grinding nearly painless). Currently when I do this, the game will be fine...

Alright, my buddy recently built a new computer, and it's been giving him fits. Here's the short version: He was having random BSD's, which he thought were HD related. He did a wipe/reload (win xp pro), but the disk wouldn't work (said files were missing). He used his mom's old copy of XP...

Alright, long story short, I got a friend of mine the following setup: ASUS A8N5X Opteron 165 CCBBE 2 gigs Kingston Value Ram EVGA 7600GT Aspire 520 (or 530 or something close) PSU. He called me up today, and wants some help overclocking it. I walked him through the usual process of changing...

I've asked for a little via system for christmas, and I want to mount it inside the case with main rig (been itching to do a mod lately) and use it as a firewall/all that. The thing is, I don't want to fool around with a second psu for a variety of reasons. For one thing, the PSU I have now is...

Alright, I'm living in a dorm, and the network here sucks. I haven't heard many complaints from other people, so I'm thinkin it may just be me. In order to get online all you have to do is plug into the ethernet jack in the wall, but there's also a workgroup called RESNET you can join. It's...

I had a very interesting idea yesterday. The computer labs at my college could be transformed into a lan gaming center! With a bit of spinning it could be played off as for a social club or something. I'm still working on that. Here's the specs for the machines P4 2.8 ghz w/stock cooling...

Wasn't sure if this should go on the video cards board or here. I figured it's a "cooling" question, so it'd go here. I've got a sapphire x800gt with stock cooler. Normally it'll run at 530/560 core/mem without a hitch. The problem comes when I fire up oblivion. My idle temp is 42-43c...

I've been looking around and I'm finding it difficult to find the power requirements of some laptops. Was wondering if you guys could give me some ideas. I'm looking for something basic. No gaming, no stressful programs, not much multi-tasking. Performance definately isn't the point. I'm...

Just wondering how hard it would be to rig up a nano-itx to run off battery. I'm talking about like with a pico-psu inside, and a battery pack or something hooking into that. Those things are dc-dc so it seems feasable. Is there an adapter or something for this? Or alternatively, is there...

Well I'm thinking crazy thoughts, and I have this plan to maybe put a via nano-itx system inside an external hard drive enclosure. So I'm wondering, what are some big plastic (no chance of grounding-related headaches) hdd enclosures? Something simple without much inside it would be perfect...

So the whole idea of super-tiny pc's has always appealed to me. I've been thinking of making a little via nano-itx machine recently, and I just have to wonder....would it fit inside an external HDD enclosure? I did a rough estimate that says it would, but would I have enough space for other...

Alright, I've got myself a x800 gt. This latest build was more about processor power than gaming ability, so the 100 bucks this video card cost me was about the limit. I've got it clocked up to 530 core and 560 mem. I understand due to the 256 bit interface it's sporting, it should be well...

Alright, here's my dillemma. I want a very very small portable-type computer. The thing is, I need multiple monitors for a variety of reasons. Basically I'm a heavy multi-tasker, and I can't live without two displays or more. So my question is, how small could I possibly get a dual video pc...

Alright, I'm a daydreamer. I've always had this idea of a wearable pc. Not your standard wearable (if there is such a thing) that does GPS and plays music, but I fully functional pc. I can sense the cringes before I even mention wearable eye-monitors. You know the ones, little mini-monitors...