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Ok guys I have an EVGA X58 SLI LE motherboard and I want to check for a bios update since I am having problems with a 2TB drive. Problem is EVGA doesn’t seem to list my motherboard. I assume they changed the name of it or something along the way but to what I don’t know? And the last thing I...

Really not sure where to ask this question and searching here seems to turn up little discussion about AMT. Anyway I am putting together a new WHS that will sit in my basement closet with my network gear. I am looking at using a Q57 vpro system to give me full remote control of the WHS. I...

I was going to post this in the hot deals thread for this drive but it’s really not the place to discuss the drive. So I will ask my questions here. Hot deals thread is here. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1035762614#post1035762614 So is storage review no longer a good...

Hey all I just finished up running cat6 through a friend’s house and now he is ready for some new hardware to manage his network. I have a Compaq Armada M700 with a 650MHz PIII and 256mb of ram. Device Manager list the built in NIC as an Intel PRO/100+. So I was thinking I could pick up an...

I just built a new system and while I am testing it's overclock ability I have Gigabyte EasyTine6 installed On my first reboot after installing EasyTune I got nagged by vista asking me to approve GUI.exe. At first I was like WTF is this but then I recognized the icon and realized it was...

Guys I have a Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P with an Enzotech MST-88 MOSFET heat sink on the way. For those no familiar with the products above the heat sink is a one piece design that mounts to the board and not a stick on sink. My question is a TIM related one. While I don't receive the hardware...

So I have a question for you guys who work with acrylic in your case mods. What I would like to know is how accurate is the thickness of acrylic sheets? I have been working on a case design for some time now and I am nearly done with the design work. However it just dawned on me that I did...

Does anyone know if Best Buy usually stocks any router compatible with the DD-WRT firmware? I don't really have any other local source and would like to stop at Bust Buy after work today and pick one up. But I have not fount any easy way to compare DD-WRT compatible routers too what Best Buy...

Ok so hear is the deal. A buddy of mine and I got together and bought an old house. It's a 4 bed room 2 story no basement home built in the mid 50's. We have dedicated the smaller bedroom on the first floor as the computer room. Right now we are in the process of updating the entire home. Modern...

Today I was given some networking gear from a local business that shut down. One piece being a 24port 10/100 with 2 10/100/1000 ports 3com switch and a Cisco 1841. Looking at the back of the 1841 it has a card installed in slot 0 marked WIC 1DSU-t1 V2 and slot 1 seems to just have a cover...

I would like to order some parts for a WHS system but I really have no clue what way to go on hardware. I would consider AMD but would prefer Intel even if it means a little more money. The system will be used to back up 5-6 computers and serve up music and movies to up to 3 computers as once...

I am ordering a switch today for my network upgrade and I am looking for some advice. I am doing a 2 stage network upgrade to my house. First stage I am working on now and involves replacing my current router with a PFSense box and VLAN capable gigabit switch. The second stage will come...

I have been looking to update my home network for a year now and keep putting it off. Meanwhile things are starting to get really bad. I had been using an SMC barricade router for a few years expect it didn't seem to be powerful enough to handle SPI but with it off the thing was great and...

Yesterday, I was playing EVE when all of a sudden my screen went corrupt and as I reached for the power button I noticed the smell of magic smoke leaking from my PC. I pulled out the video card and sure enough a chip on the back was fried. Being this close to Christmas I really don't have...

Not sure where to post this and maybe it's been covered but I am having no luck searching. To start with I avoid running ad blockers since the sites I visit are free and they have a right to earn an income to keep the sites open. However I have recently removed some sites from my favorites...

I am unsure where to start so I will just start at the beginning and hopefully you guys can skim the needed details from what I expect to be a rather long post. Yesterday my cousin brought me her laptop telling me it wont load windows. It's a gateway from 06 running MCE. So I powered it up...

Ok guys I am having problems with a PC that I haven't been able to solve. I will admit I have a few things to test still but while I do I thought maybe you guys could give me some feed back. The system is a C2D (known good since it was my old CPU. The board is a NIB Gigabyte P35 chipset. The...

Ok last week I bought Vista and a few other upgrades for my PC. When I got home from work yesterday I put the new hard drive in and installed Vista. The install went very smooth but it took me the better part of the night to get it updated and set up to my liking. I let it run overnight and...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else here uses GamingZen? I have been using them for a few months now. Yesterday I was sent my new invoice for this month. Today I get a message when I try to connect to my ventrilo server. “This server has been remotely disabled. License terminated. Hosting...

Hi all, I have a project I am working on and I was hoping some of you might be willing and able to help me out. The project consists of setting up a hotspot/internet café to be part of a new store that is opening up at the Mall. Incase anyone cares and before I go any further let me just say...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115001 $1,359.99 In Stock - (limit 1 per customer) Free Three Day Shipping Not sure if this is "HOT" or not, I don't have $1,360 burning a hole in my pocket.

I need a functioning (no broken parts) PCB from the right hand side of the PSP, the one that contains the function buttons and power switch. I haven’t got a clue what it is worth but I am willing to offer $20 shipped since I don’t know that this will fix the PSP I was given. I was told by a...

I don’t remember your game name but thanks! I had a lot of fun even when I wasn’t shooting at anything. For anyone wondering that wasn’t playing. I logged in to the BF2 server a little after two. I had only got the game last night after work and got maybe 2-3 hours of SP practice in so I was...

Ok so I haven’t done all that much gaming in the past few months and it’s been like a year since I played a FPS online. The last one I played online was Joint Ops and honestly I enjoyed it. Heck I played the hell out of the demo while I waited for it. I quit playing because of all the bullshit...

I have been using Excel for a few years to keep members lists in order for a few local clubs and then using mail merge and templates to create mailing labels members cards and so on from the lists. This has always worked great for all involved and even though I have never had any Excel or MS...

Ok so I have been putting money aside so I can finally get a new laptop. My old p2 233 gave out on me over a year ago and I couldn’t afford to replace it. I am expecting a few decent bonus checks from work over the next few weeks. So I am trying to figure out what laptop to buy. I will...

I don’t even know where to begin so I was hoping some of you might be able to help. As some of you may know I sell Cell Phones for a privately owned store. Actually we have 2 stores right now and a third on the way. Each store has a business DSL connection with static IP. The static IP is...

Ok one of the things I do at work is make custom ring tones for customers phones. I do this primarily for Nextel phones. I am looking to upgrade this PC so the time it takes to convert the files is reduced. However I also need to reduce the number of steps it takes to go from audio CD to...

I seem to remember this question being asked and answered the other week but I just can’t seem to find the post. I am still googleing the solution but the sites I have found all seem to suggest contradicting things and or are rather vague about the whole thing. So I would appreciate it if...

Ok the PC I use at work is a 1.2 Duron with 256mb of ram, running XP SP2. It is mostly used to connect to web sites so we can run credit checks and activate phones. As well as rip MP3’s from CD and then convert them in to custom ring tones. I also use Word and Excel in combination to...

Ok so I had a Toshiba laptop brought to me the other day. The kid tells me he can’t get his drives to install. From past experiences I had decided it was best to have a look personally at the persons PC before bothering to ask for anymore details as most people really don’t have a clue...

Ok I need to find a replacement screen for an HP Pavilion ZV5000 laptop. Rant So for moths my aunt bugged me for advice on a new laptop. In the end she went to circuit city and bought what they recommended along with there extended warrantee. Selling her on the warrantee by telling her it...

Ok, so I am trying to design some flyers to handout for my friend. Problem is I haven’t used the Office suite much in the past 4 years, so I am having trouble getting things laid out right. So yea, I know what I want to do but I am struggling to make it happen, please help me. Ok so I want to...

Hi I recently got my hands on this OLD G3. It is suppose to have OSX installed on it but I don’t know what version. I spent the past week getting a keyboard and mouse as well as a video adapter for it. Last night while I was making dinner a friend of mine decided he wanted to hook it up and...