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I am able to get my Android phone, my iPad, and my laptop to wake my desktop computer as long as I am home within my home network. I have tried a few apps and software to allow wake on WAN (wake my laptop using an internet connection from outside my home network), but none will work. All...

I just moved to an appt that only has wireless. What do i need to connect my desktop? My ipad is veeeery slow, so need something (for my desktop) that will receive or boost a weak signal.

I have a video card and a hardware raid card with one empty slot between them. I would like to find a PCI card cooler that will take the heat from the two cards and exhaust it out the end of the card. Anyone know of such a thing?

I will be adding an Areca ARC-1882ix-12 in a few weeks and want to use four each 500GB drives with it. Any suggestions as to which drives will work well with the raid card? I have heard that some WD drives will stop working, killing the array. I was actually thinking of using WD 1TB Black...

These are used parts from an old build that was about 20 months old. I have links to the original supplier and am willing to negotiate pricing. OCZ DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory 8 x 2GB = 16GB http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-ddr3-pc3-12800-gold-low-voltage-triple-channel.html New = $40 each...

Is there an overclocking guide for this motherboard? I have an Asus P9X79 Pro and the rest of my hardware is listed in my sig. I use my computer for video editing and with a mild overclock (130 x 33 = 4.2 GHz) I get crashing when transcoding (100% cpu load). I can run Prime95 for 2 hours...

I had just opened my video editing program when the computer crashed, and I saw the blue screen and then the computer quit. The BSOD went so fast, I could not read any of it. Now the computer will not boot at all. It acts like it will boot, but the only thing that happens is that the case...

Using an Asus P9X79 MB with i7 3930K. When I boot into bios, the keyboard and mouse work just fine, but when I try to boot into Windows, the mouse and KB do not work. Both are USB type. Also, I insert a USB pendrive and the bios sees those without issue. What am I missing?

Here is a list of drivers and other files downloaded from the Asus website for the P9X79 Pro motherboard: 01-Bios-P9X79-PRO-ASUS-0802.zip 02-AUDIO-Realtek_Audio_V51006446_V6016446_XPVistaWin7.zip 03-LAN-Intel_Gigabit_V16500_XPVistaWin7.zip 04-USB3 HOST...

I just ordered an X79 motherboard and a i7 3930K and the Corsair H100. I have a Coolermaster ATCS 840 case that has 2 large fans at the top of the case and was wondering if I should mount the H100 radiator there? If so, should I remove the 2 case fans? Also, saw some videos on YouTube of how...

I am planning to upgrade to a X79 MB and really like Asus boards. The two I am looking at are the P9X79 Pro and the Sabertooth X79. I have looked at the two on the Asus website, but find it difficult to swap back and forth. It would be nice if they had a comparison chart. Anybody have a...

My motherboard has only sata ii from ICH10R and I would like to put two SSD's in raid 0 attached to the motherboard. I would like to have the fastest ones in the 100 to 128GB range. Any ideas?

I have used WD Black 1TB drives and they seem relatively fast for what I do. Are their 2TB drives as good? I am not stuck on using WD, so any suggestions will be considered.

I have a X58 M/B with only sata ii ports on the ICH10R. I would like to get a Micron M4-256 SSD and either connect to the sata ii ports or get a sata iii controller card. The other option would be to get 2 each M4-128 SSD's and put them into raid on the controller card. So, here are my...

I am a bit confused about which drivers I should be using. I have 4 HD's attached to my Asus P6T motherboard and have a Revodrive x2 on order. The Revodrive has its own driver but my HD's currently have Microsoft 6.1.7600.16385 drivers for my Win7-64 system. I have also heard about Intel...

I will be installing a new SSD as my OS and programs drive in my desktop computer. I will be putting a new install of Win7-64 on the Crucial C300 - 256GB SSD. Here is a short list of notes I have made and wanted to be sure I haven't missed anything. Change Bios to AHCI Install...

I want to use my first SSD for OS and programs. The current size of that partition is 84 GB. I was looking at 100 and 128 GB drives. Is 100GB large enough for my needs?

I am ready to get my first SSD for my desktop computer. I have the choice narrowed down to a 120GB drive: either the Intel X25M or the Intel 510. My motherboard is an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 and only supports SATA at 3GBs. Will I see any advantage to getting the 510 over the X25M? Of course if I...

A friend gave me an 8Gb memory stick (a Geek Squad brand) that has some valuable information from school that he would like to have back. When I put it in my computer (I tried it in 3 computers), it is not recognized at all. I even downloaded two separate repair programs, but they do not see...

I am looking for a color/b&w printer that can do the following for $350 or less: Fast printing - 30 to 35 pages per min wired connection (ethernet) wireless connection print CD's and DVD's using printable media I prefer HP printers, but will consider any reliable brand. BTW, my PC...

The manual is a bit confusing on this. How do I set the WOL function on this board?

I am a bit confused. I will be adding software to my newly finished Asus P6T Deluxe V2 / i7 920 computer. I will start with XP Pro x86, but will be adding Win 7 x64 in a few months. I just finished loading the XP Pro and need to add drivers, etc. I downloaded the new bios and chipset...

Anybody know if this is available, and if so, where I can get some: 18" 4 pin molex to SATA power cord - with ONLY the Molex at one end and the SATA at the other. (it can be a bit longer, but not shorter) I have found some but they have a second SATA connector, which I cannot use.

The Asus P6T Deluxe V2 has 5 fan headers: 1 CPU, 1 Power, 3 Others. Does anybody know if Speedfan (or one of the others) can control these 5 fan headers? By control, I mean adjust the speed of the fan. Is anybody using Speedfan on this M/B or are the drive bay controllers the way to go?

I just bought a Coolermaster ATCS 840 case and will start my new build soon. I think the ATCS 840 may need some additional intake fans, but I do not want excess fans to add to the noise factor. So what I thought I may try is to start with one fan on the place on the floor. The next step (if...

How many fan headers on the Asus P6T Deluxe V2? and are they PWM capable? I will have 2 for the CPU and 4 case fans that I would like to control using speedfan.

Will the Noctua fit in the case (Coolermaster 840) ? Also will the Noctua, with both fans installed, fit on the Asus motherboard with the memory slots filled? Also, I have heard that the Noctua is hard to install. Is this true? Is it harder or easier with the Asus P6T motherboard?

I am looking for websites that test and compare hardware, especially cases, so I can do some reseach in finding the perfect case. I found bit-tech.net and they do a good job comparing cases for cooling, and that is just what I am looking for, except I would also like to see some noise testing...

I currently have an Antec P180, but will be upgrading soon. My P180 has solid knock out plates for the external drive bays. On one of them, I've drilled some holes and mounted rocker switches. Since I want to get the HAF932, it looks like the knock out plates are made of mesh, so mounting the...

Will the Megahalem heatsink fit on an Asus P6T Deluxe V2 if there are 6GB of memory installed? And will the Megahalem fit in a Coolermaster HAF932?

I am ready to build a new computer, as I do this about every 18 months. Right now I am quite busy and am considering just getting the basics from one source, like a bare bones system. Does anybody have some good recommendations? I can google for this, but there are quite a few out there and I...

I have a 2 year old system (see my sig for details). I recently upgraded to 4Gb of memory so I can run Win7-64bit. It runs fine on 2Gb, but just wanted to upgrade memory. I could not find any DDR500 (PC4000), so I bought DDR400 (PC3200). So, I now have 4 sticks of 1Gb memory, all four are...

I thought I saw a site that had a program that scanned your computer to tell what type of memory is installed. I found the one on the Crucial site, but that is not the same one. Are there others? If so, which ones are they?

Intel vPro is also called AMT (Active Management Technology) and I read about it on the Intel website. My question is: is this technology part of the CPU or the motherboard? If it's in the CPU, does the i7 920 have it?

I will be building a computer for a friend. It has been at least 2 years since I built mine, but he wants an ASUS. He is getting an i7 920, Antec P183 case, G.skill memory at 6 Gigs of DDR3-1866. He says he will never use more than one video card and will be using only air cooling, and will...

I had a laptop that I used in the classroom to show (among other things), some PowerPoint presentations. The laptop had an S-Video out and the TV has a S-Video in port. I got a new laptop and it only has a vga video port. I thought I read that there was a cable that went from vga to S-video...

I will be building a new computer early next year. I would like to use a vid card with ability to run 2 monitors (CRT and/or LCD). I am not a gamer and will not ever run two vid cards. Which vid card would you suggest? BTW- I am not looking for the ultimate card, but I will be overclocking...

Somebody tell me if this idea will work. I have a desktop computer with an internal hard drive and a drive bay that houses a removable hard drive. I use this removable drive as a backup drive. I would also like to install two other hard drives and use them occasionally. In order to use them...

I am thinking about building a new computer and want to overclock it. I currently have an AMD Opteron 170 (see sig) and want to go back to Intel CPU. I seem to like ASUS, but that is not the only brand I will look at. I have not kept up with the latest technology. What is the hot M/B and...

I have an XP-SP2 system that has a 500 GB drive that I would like to clone onto a 250 GB drive. The 250 drive also has to be bootable into XP. Both drives are SATA-3 drives and are set to NTFS. The 500 GB drive probably has about 100 GB of data and is split into 4 partitions and contains the...