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    Q9550 Overheating badly

    Hi guys, I just built a new computer for my girlfriend. Here are the specs: Q9550 P5Q Pro 2x2GB DDR2-800 Muskin HP 996587 eVGA 9800GTX The initial problem was that the computer was shutting itself after maybe 10 seconds (at the post screen). At some point I was able to sneak in...
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    Building my first AMD based rig

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    Capture card

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    SAN & NAS

    I've been reading a few things and began a few books on the subject but it was pretty difficult to understand in some cases. I tried to find some informations to actually build one from scratch and havn't been able to find any good information about it. Do you actually know some places to find...
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    Asterisk

    I heard some people talk about asterisk which I think relates to voIP, but I havn't found clear info on what it does. Is it possible to configure without too much trouble, if anyone has a website or information on using it in an home network i'd be glad to hear it.
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    Frequent disconnection WRT54G & HP zd8000

    My laptop is an HP zd8000 connected to a v2.0 WRT54G and since a few weeks I got frequent disconnections. At first sight the problem is the router but the thing is, my desktop computer always stay connected. So my laptop doesn't work while the desktop has no connection problem. Do someone have...
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    1440X900 Wallpaper site

    I just bought a HP zd8000 laptop and I'm looking for nice wallpapers. Before I got my hands on it I found plenty of that resolution wallpaper and now that I got it I can't find any. Thanks for helping me out.
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    Different Ram speed in the same system

    Last week I called in a computer store and the guy ended telling me that two sticks of Ram of different speeds can work together in the same system (I mean 1 stick of DDR266 and the other of DDR333 in the same computer) I doubt this is correct but I want to be sure. Thanks and sorry for the...
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    NEC LCD92V Opinions ?

    I am about to buy a new computer in about a month and everything about the comp is planned but when it comes to the monitor, I am in a major dillema: Do I choose a 19 inch NEC LCD92V-BK or a 21 inch Viewsonic G220FB ? I've got two questions concerning those monitors that will help me make my...
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    Building my first AMD based rig

    I just had the opportunity to sell my rig in my sig to a friend so I'm looking to buy a new rig based on A64. However I have no experience with AMD stuff so I hope you guys can help me out. Here are the specs of the comp (don't jump because of the prices, they are in CDN and they are the cheaper...
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    Can't play some video files after a while+ ogg vorbis codec question

    As the title state, I download video files very often and I try to watch them over a few days or weeks later and they won't play; I try to play them in various player like WMP and DIVx and it won't saying that I may need some codec. The problem is not in the codec because I already played the...
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    Half Life 2 release date and requirement !

    I just came across a few info about HL2. It will come out september first. I got this info on Future Shop website. The price will be 59.99$ Canadian which is not bad at all for us. On the otherhand, the requirements will be a 1.2 Ghz Cpu w/ 256MB Ram, DX7 graphic card. Those are the minimum tho...
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    Unable to install OS on an old P2 233

    A few months ago I bought an old P2 233 w/ 4.3GB HD, AIW Radeon ????, 64 mb Ram,… When I got it, I took a few parts off it like a 120mb floppy and a regular floppy for an other computer that missed it. After that I installed Windows 2000 on it and it didn’t worked very well so I formatted the HD...
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    Capture card

    I am about to make a movie and my problem is that I need a capture card since I only have a 8mm camera so there is no other way to get video on my computer. I've seen some Pinnacle solutions but I'm not sure if it's the right choice because all I need is the hardware part of their bundle. They...
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    New 30 inches Apple Cinema Hd Display

    Apple has unveiled a complete new serie of DVI screens that works on Mac as well as on PC's with the digital video interface. You can only use the 20 and 23 inchers for now on the Pc because the 30 incher has a 2500X1600 resolution.
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    Hewlett-Packard Deskjet 5650 printer

    Anyone have this printer or have heard any opinions about it? I'm about to buy it and I just want an opinion on it to be sure before buying it. Thanks
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    ThermalTake cases

    Who think those case are ugly because I personnaly don't like them and I can't imagine people buy those fugly case. I don't intend to begin a flame war but I want other people opinions, so even if you don't agree with me don't flame me just give your opinions.
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    Dual Boot XP, Server 2003

    Like the title says I dual boot with XP and 2k3 and when the dual boot screen appears, I chosed Windows 2003 and then just after I hit enter, my screen come back to my MB welcome screen and it do the exact same thing as long as I choose Windows 2003. If I want to boot I need to choose Windows...
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    Games supporting 5.1

    I got some logitechs Z-640 at christmas and i've almost never use 5.1 so I'd like to know which games can handle 5.1 sound. So far I've played a few games that support it; Call of duty, UT2K3, Painkiller demo and I also think Rs3:Raven Shield got it because it sound's great. Anyway I just wanted...
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    iTunes Radio

    I was just wondering if some of you were sometime listening to Radio stations in iTunes because I just found out and I think it's pretty nice.
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    Fedora dual boot with XP

    I just installed Fedora Core on my SATA drive and i was pretty happy of finding a linux distro that worked with it. The only problem i've got now is that when I boot, there is the Fedora boot manager that has the option of booting in Dos(Win XP) but if you don't choose before 10 seconds it boot...
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