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Anyone have any advice? An i3 seems like it would be overkill, but I'm not sure what direction to start in for finding a good mobo+CPU. Thanks!

I've been putting off my HTPC upgrade for the longest time...mainly because once you get out of following hardware, it seems difficult to get back into it. I feel like I'm coming in completely cold and have no idea where to start. SO, here are the parts I think I need: micro ATX...

It was mentioned before, but you should always use a doctype. Not using one forces browsers to render in quirks mode: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/

You've used vim and you're looking for something more powerful? Are you sure you used the right vim? You can do almost anything in it, it just takes a bit of learning. Notepad++ is my universal editor, though. Haven't been heavy in the unix world for a bit so have gotten away from vim.

I would say your best bet is some sort of imaging software. I've used Acronis True Image in the past and it's worked quite well for me.

Just a quick follow-up: Got a 5570 and PowerDVD 10 and all is playing very well now. Thanks for all the help, much appreciated.

No luck with that guide. I thought using PowerDVD 8 was a long shot but I figured I'd try it since it came with the drive. At this point, would getting a later version of PowerDVD do anything? Or is upgrading to a HD 5550 or 5570 the best route?

I'm using PowerDVD 8 as it came with the BR player. Does that make a difference?

Hello all, I've got a current HTPC box with the following: Motherboard: GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4850e Memory: 2GB DDR2 800 So here's the deal. I just got a Blu-Ray drive and I put it in this morning and the playback is stuttered. I wasn't real surprised at this. It looks...

I ended up buying a new PSU and slapped it in the computer and it's working great now. Thanks for all the suggestions and tips.

Memory seems to be working fine in the HTPC.

Clearing the CMOS did nothing. I turned it back on and within 5 seconds it restarted. I'll play around with the RAM in the HTPC.

I'll try clearing the CMOS now. I don't have a readily available PSU, no. No CPU overclocking. It takes about 3-5 seconds to restart.

My computer (the desktop in my sig) has just started automatically restarting the past day or so. I turn it on, and then without any warning it will just shut off and then process to boot again. I'm stumped as to why this is happening. Here's what I've tried: 1) Disconnecting all but the...

I feel like everyone is missing the joke...