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    Water cooling questions

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    CPU usage spikes when HDD is being accessed

    its not running in PIO mode and I did load the chipset drivers, but I'll reload them and see if it makes a difference
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    CPU usage spikes when HDD is being accessed

    its an athlon 64 s939, 1 gig of corsair LL ram, 120 gig seagate HDD,
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    CPU usage spikes when HDD is being accessed

    When bitspirit is running, or opera is doing a download, etc The CPU usage (more importantly the kernel times) reach 100% What is causing this? and how do I stop it. There are no unwelcome processes, and all virus-spyware scans turn up negative.
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    High CPU usage when loading pages

    every time I start my comp I check for rogue processes. that is not the problem, but thanks for the input. ;)
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    High CPU usage when loading pages

    When using flock or opera. the CPU usage goes to nearly 100% when loading a page with many pictures. Why is this and what causes it? Most importantly, how do I stop it? 1GB corsair LL ram (running in dual channel) athlon64 3000+ s939
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    Free CAD software find

    I downloaded it and the software seems pretty good, I still prefer maya though.
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    Single-board computer

    it is a full computer, but you would need to power it through a backplane. if you want to make something like the OQO then I would recommend getting an old laptop and modding Ebay normally has some sony picturebooks. they would do nicely
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    Keeping the computer on?

    unless I'm messing with the motherboard, or vid card, or installed some new software. then my computer is NEVER off.
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    Dual LAN? What do you use it for?

    linking a computer to 2 separate networks simultaneously
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    Laptop Battery Care

    lithium ion cells are a bitch with voltage. the charge and discharge voltage constraints are very annoying... at least for the cells themselves
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    what smart phone should i get

    blackberry 7100g
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    will Analog be around in 5 years?

    I spend a considerable amount of time playing games on my LCD (viewsonic VG191) and the response time is not really and issue. I can't tell the difference between my LCD and a friends CRT. oh yeah, if you're going to use a LCD use a digital interface, its soo much better than analog. (yes, you...
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    What's faster? AMD vs G5

    One thing I would like to see are video cards with zif sockets for their GPUs and slots for the RAM. and a Unified OS.
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