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    Upgrading processor on HPE-570t

    I have a HP HPE-570t which has a Cleveland-GL8. It's chipset is Intel H67 and it's socket type is LGA 1155. Right now I have a 3.4GHz i-7-2600 processor on it and want to upgrade to the fastest processor possible. What would that be?
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    graphical artifacts at boot, can only boot into safemode, win7 reinstall fails

    thanks!
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    graphical artifacts at boot, can only boot into safemode, win7 reinstall fails

    Had a crash Saturday. Rebooted and saw graphical artifacts at the bios boot screen. They went away at the windows splash screen and the user login, but returned on my desktop. Ran an Ad-Aware full scan- it picked up five problems, two serious. Fixed the problems, rebooted, and now can't boot...
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    HP Win7 stock computer won't boot past splash screen or enter BIOS

    cleared the CMOS by popping the battery worked. weird.
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    HP Win7 stock computer won't boot past splash screen or enter BIOS

    Folks, I have a Pavillion Elite HPE-270f in the office that refuses to boot past the HP splash screen and won't enter BIOS with either the F8 or F10 key. When the F10 key is pressed the computer responds by saying it's entering setup... but it never does. Immediately before the reboot...
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    How to scan for available unsecured wifi connections and connect automatically?

    Wow, damn, I had no idea. I've connected to random unsecured wifi in residential neighborhoods several times while I've been out on an adventure and gotten lost and needed to google maps myself home. I didn't realize there was anything illegal about borrowing some bandwidth that's...
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    How to scan for available unsecured wifi connections and connect automatically?

    I want to use my laptop in my car. I travel a lot and it would be convenient if there was a way to automatically scan for and connect to available unsecure wifi connections on the fly. Is there a piece of software that could accomplish this? I've tried googling, but my search strings don't...
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    pair of 2 slot vid cards on a mATX board?

    thanks!
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    pair of 2 slot vid cards on a mATX board?

    is the only difference between the Rampage II and Rampage III $10 and SATA ports / RAID? I am surprised that the mobo with SATA 6GB is the cheaper one, but I'm probably missing something?
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    pair of 2 slot vid cards on a mATX board?

    thanks for all the links! But how can you tell if a mobo supports dual 2-slot cards? I only found out that the Asus Rampage worked because I found a review that stated that. Even the manufacturer web site didn't state it. Or, are all SLI cards supposed to support dual 2-slot cards?
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    pair of 2 slot vid cards on a mATX board?

    I can't stand it when I can't come up with the right search phrase for google to find what I need. I know the answer is out there, I just can't find it, so here I am asking you: Is there a LGA 1156 or 1366 mATX board that would support a pair of 2 slot video cards (like the Palit GeForce GTX...
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    Lynnfield SFF workstation: opinions?

    i just shopped at Dell for a laptop and was VERY disappointed. There are no options under $2000 that even comes close to the performance I'll have with a SFF. I'm more confident now than ever that this is the right direction. Now, if only there were a mITX that supported more than 8GB of...
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    Lynnfield SFF workstation: opinions?

    I sent an email to Matt at Lan Gear re: mITX case availability, but haven't received an answer yet. I hope it'll be available soon, but the SG07 seems like a great alternative- especially with the included 600w PS and 180mm fan. Yes, I have considered the laptop route. This was the...
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    Lynnfield SFF workstation: opinions?

    Since the CAD software I use is primarily CPU and RAM intensive, I would love to create the coolest environment possible and see what sort of stable overclock is possible. If I can easily and safely get 150%+ I will. I've read many cases of folks reaching 4+GHz with a i7 870 with air...
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    Lynnfield SFF workstation: opinions?

    So, in your opinion, stock cooling is a "better" solution than the Noctua? I don't understand.
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