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    Best bang for the buck upgrades for this aging SFF system?

    I bought this about 2.5 years ago and have recently gained a new affinity for gaming. However, I am a bit behind in the hardware section. I’d like to know your thoughts on the best bang for the buck upgrade to this system for gaming. Ideq 210P chassis Mobo K8NBP (proprietary) Chipset...
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    Power Good signal not good on Antec TruePower

    I noticed that my Antec TruePower 430 was acting a little flaky in other words... random reboots...etc while under load. I replaced it with another spare PSU and all was fine. I just bought a PSU tester and I tested the Antec. It shows that the power good (PG) signal is not there. at least it...
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    Poor screen quality with S-Video

    The wife actually had me build a machine to use for surfing the Internet on the TV and video playback. I decided that this would slowly evolve into an HTPC project. Well, I finally got to the stage of hooking it up to my TV tonight. I'm very disappointed. Here are my specs ASUS A7N8X E-Deluxe...
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    CM STACKER question regarding the 6 USB ports

    I have the CM Stacker and it has 6 USB ports at the top. However, I have the ASUS A7N8X E-Deluxe and it only has 2 onboard connectors which leaves me with 4 vacant ports. Is there an adapter that I can purchase or perhaps make that will allow me to attach the remaining 4 port cables to an...
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    Krylon Fusoin/Vinyl Color/Paint questions

    I searched the world over and I didn't find what I wanted so here goes. I have a Chenbro Netserver that I started to mod some time ago. But Now I want to finish it. I painted all plastic parts with the Vinyl color paint in black. Well, After about a year or so, I don't like the way it turned...
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    Tick...Click...Tick...Click Hard drive issue

    I'm sure this means the death of this drive. However the ticking goes away once it is accessed. It is a 10.1GB WD HDD. Nothing special and nothing new. It's just an old drive that I use for backups and misc files I download..etc. However, I have it in a removeable drive bay and it just started...
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    HELP...Biostar IDEQ 210P will not boot with AIW 9800 PRO

    Hey, I have an issue with my 210P and My AIW 9800 pro. The machine won't boot, post at all. I get the power light and that's it. When I press the power button the fan rotates for a second and quits. Now if I unplug the power connector from the radeon card, the machine acts like it is going to...
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    FS: Netgear, CPU, RAM, Fans, HSF cooling, PC Games...etc

    NETGEAR router SOLD SOLD SOLD Get it while it's hot because I'm heading to a LAN TODAY and who knows what will go. If you have any interest in any of these items, let me know tonight because they will be sold at fire sale prices at the LAN TODAY and this thread will be closed by Monday...
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    There is not enough memory available for this task.....

    I have a friend that is running Windows XP Home. The machine is a P4 2.4 with 512 MB, 20 GB hdd, and cd burner. He keeps getting "There is not enough memry available for this task. Please quit one or more programs to increase available memory and try again." Upon bootup. There is no error code...
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    File transfer over gigabit questions...

    Ok, I want to transfer large files between two computers. I am talking about 1-30 gig size files. I have an asus A7n8x E-Deluxe in PC#1. It has dual onboard nics and 2nd one is a gigabit nic. PC#2 would need a pci gigabit nic to use as a secondary. These machines are connected to a router with...
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    PSU fan dying...needs replacement...suggestions?

    I have an Antec smartpower 350 PSU with a fan that appears to be going bad...making vibration sounds...getting louder by the week etc. What fan would be a good replacement? It appears to be an 80mm Antec brand fan. I'm looking for adequate cooling with it also being very quiet. This PC (my...
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    Wireless Issues plus questions...new to WiFi

    I have the ASUS A7n8x E-Deluxe mobo and I recently purchased the add on wifi@home wireless card for the mobo so I could use it as an AP for my laptop. Well, I can get connected with the laptop but it keeps droppig the connection even when it is sitting right next to the AP or within the same...
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    Collages with Photoshop Elements 2? Help

    I'm totally having a brain blank out today. Collage tutorials wirth Photoshop Elements, is it possible? If so, have a linky or two?
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    Candy Apple effects...

    I'd l;ike to try and get a candy apple effect out of black. Is it possible? I was thinking about using an aluminum colored undercoat such as that found with metalcast kits. Why? I dunno, just something I thought of. I would call it Black Chrome. BTW, this is for a bike not a computer. I just...
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    Quad monitor issues..ati and Nvidia

    Ok, I have a friend that uses 2 dual head cards with 4 identical Samsung flat panel monitors in an amd machine. He uses it for business purposes. We recently performed a clean install of win xp home and afterwards we have experienced nothing but video card issues. He uses an ati radeon 7000 dual...
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    External Burner Mod Ideas

    Recently, I bought a used external HP CD writer enclosure USB. It works with my TDK VELOCD but the drive is too short to fit properly in the bay. So, I was thinking of either designing an enclosure and using the guts or modifying an everyday household or military device into an enclosure. The...
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    Non-RAID SATA Question

    Ok, I came into a deal for an SATA WD 120GB HDD. I have the following setup A7N8X E- Deluxe Rev? 2500+ Barton Thermaltake Silent Boost cooler 1 x 512MB Crucial PC3200 WD 80GB HDD Radeon AIW 9800 Pro My issue is that I want to use the SATA drive as a boot drive but there is nothing...
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    Photo Composition Articles

    Check it out... It looks like it might be a good resource.
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    Parting out Dually Folding Rig...FS only

    Ok here is the list. PIII 700/256/100/1.7 processors Quantity “0” SOLD CPU #1: 7035-B010-0521 SL4CH Philippines CPU #2: Q049A69-0203 SL4CH Malay SOLD Alpha Pal 6035 Heatsink/Fan combos. SOLD 512MB PC133 SDRAM LEI Brand. Used but in good working order Quantity “1”...
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    Looking for a small LCD Monitor

    I am looking for an LCD monitor that will fit in a 11.5 inch wide space. This will be a second monitor in my main system. If anyone has any ideas, I would greatly appreciate any links...etc. Height and depth do not matter. Thanks, James
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    I'm Back!!!!

    I just wanted to let you guys know that I am back in action after a few months off. My wife and I just had a baby and now more than ever do I realize the importance of this project. Anyways, because someone will ask.... We had a baby boy and he is 6 days old. He was delivered via c-section...
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