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    Media center front end

    I don't use a separate file server for it, but I wrote a bash script (I use fluxbox for my interface) which goes out and parses my multimedia partition and fills in an included fluxbox menu with everything found (well, this is just for video, not music). If I were to adapt this for...
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    Top 5 Programs you can't live w/out for your HTPC

    fluxbox xine ffmpeg vobcopy dvdauthor Total cost? Free. Completely customized HTPC interface? Priceless. For htpc building blocks, there's Open Source. For everything else, there bash. :D
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    Linux on HTPC w/o DVR

    I've got Gentoo linux on my box, and just use FluxBox for the interface - in particular the "right-click on screen pulls down the system menu". That is, the flux menu is my interface. I put my media onto an encrypted partition, and wrote a script (accessible from the menu) that will re-make my...
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    Where do you buy your H2O cooling stuff?

    Frozen CPU, Sharka Computers, Danger Den.
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    Need something to control fan speeds.

    I bought a "3-way" house light switch (SPDT) and mounted it onto a 5.25" plastic drive cover for my case - mainly because radio shack didn't have any SPDT switches in stock. One pole has 12V, one has 5V; the third pole goes to the 12V pin on a molex connector - along with ground - and the case...
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    Custom Micro ATX Case

    Very nice. In my X-Qpack I put a fan controller (the vantec one) in the 3.5" slot. If you need a floppy to load raid drivers for installing windoze, there's articles out there on how to burn your own setup cd that includes your own custom drivers... If you just want a 3.5" floppy in it then...
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    $1100 SFF System

    My Seasonic 430W (nice and quiet) fits with a plextor slot-load DVD (god, I love the look of that drive, and plextor's are amazing drives) - certainly when the dvd is in the bottom 5.25" slot... haven't tried it mounted in the top slot, although it looks like that might be a problem.
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    Steeeeve's Qpack

    You should let the water system run without the mobo powered (jumper the 20/24 pin connector - lots of sites show how) for a while to get all the air (those bubbles and "cloud" you are seeing) out. I haven't tried my new t-line setup yet (yes it's in a X-Qpack, but I don't have the radiator...
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    X2 4400+ too hot!

    I am water cooling, but my idle is about 3C above case ambient, and about 9C above under load. Is not overclocked, but Asus A8N-SLI deluxe said it was undervolting it a bit by default; changed that to the high end of spec voltage... (bios also was undervolting my ram)
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    48C...what is going on?

    If those temps are correct then there should definitely be something wrong. I have used both the drop-in-the-center method that AS recommends, and the old thin-spread approach, and I also prefer a thin spread. But then again I also use Ceramique (non-conductive) instead of Silver... With the...
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    48C...what is going on?

    Side note: I have the XP-120 (different system than the one in my sig) and prefer to blow into the HS as I feel I get more air flow over the ram sticks and the voltage regulators... added bonus is that it's probably easier to blow the dust out as it is on top when I pop the fan. [edit] then...
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    Building an inline temperature sensor

    Uh... girls have to replace their nail polish occaisonally. I really don't want to have to drain my system to touch up my nails... :p
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    Building an inline temperature sensor

    I just bought a cheapie lcd + thermocouple at frozencpu for the external cooler I am building; I plan to either use part of a heat pipe from left over equipment (if the pipe is actually sealed - I looked at one and it was not) or scounge up a small piece of copper I can drill / dremel. I plan...
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    New Rig Overheating Issues

    Same mb, same cpu, don't have the 7800gtx installed yet (waiting for ramsinks), possibly same ram (can't look it up at the moment)... My system booted fine, but when I tried the slightest OC it would bomb out. Finally realized that the Asus bios (and I did flash it with the latest stable as...
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    Best DVD software for HTPC

    There is some kind of audio upgrade available for TT (US$25), so maybe that's why audio sucks... :p From what I have heard (especially from a DVR point of view) KnoppMyth is a good shot; it is a "live cd" (based on Knoppix - the grandaddy of live cds), so you just put it in your CD drive...
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