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    Can onboard ethernet (nforce3) go kaput?

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    Dual external drive enclosure (uk)

    Looking for something similar to this - http://www.directron.com/directron/venusds3r.html Dual drive, external, fast interface, doesn't break the bank. I plan to put a couple of 500GB disks in it and use it as backup / transport. Trouble is, they don't seem to sell those in the uk. I can...
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    Simple Freewave audio recording/cutting software

    Looking for a Freeware / open source proggy that can record and cut wav files. conversion to mp3 would be a bonus, not needed though. It doesn't need to be complex, just very simple recording and cutting will do. Platform is win xp. Cheers
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    DVD -> blur a fixed area -> back to DVD

    Hi, got the following problem. I need to blur out the credit card details on a DVD video clip. The area they appear in is static (its a recording of a windows session). I have a fairly good idea how to cludge it step by step (done a bit of ripping and encoding and such), but can anyone...
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    Suggest a laptop for audio/video crunching

    Hi, I'm looking to get a new lappy - but will need to do a fair bit of audio/video crunching for work on it. I've no bias between AMD and intel, and any spec will be more than enough for simple web/email - I just want to know what will perform best when crunching large video files and such...
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    Can onboard ethernet (nforce3) go kaput?

    Tried all the usual stuff.. reinstalling the nvidia drivers, deleting the old ones by hand, setting up the network connections again. But I simply can't communicate with anything any more. No packets in, no packets out. Trying to disable the device or do much else with it causes a system...
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    The gaming mouse monopoly

    Logitech and Razer seem to have a monopoly over the gaming mouse market.. but recently I have noticed some other brands of mice that share some of the looks and features of the MX510 and the razers, but at a significantly cheaper mice. I know the logitechs and razers are quality products, but I...
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    "Guide for taking good rig shots with low to mid range digicams"

    This guide will be aimed at people with no special photography knowledge or equipment. People who simply want to take really neat pro-looking pictures of their rig, or of their gear for trading, etc. I reckon such a guide would be useful. Just a paragraph or two, or a list of bullet points...
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    1GB -> 2GB upgrade on non dual chan 754 mobo - is it feasible/sensible/practical?

    Ok, first off, here's my needlessly over-detailed system spec pasted straight from a file I keep - Gigabyte Aurora MSI K8N Neo Platinum nForce3 250 (so no dual channel) Hiper Type R 580W Modular SLI ready A64 3200+ NewCastle 0.13u @ 220 x 11 =~ 2420 MHz Thermalright SI-120 with 1½”...
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    Vid card upgrade - please help! :(

    I know it's all there in the threads - prices, benchmarks, comparisons, pipelines.. litte green elves. But I've been perusing all the info for the last 3 hours and my head is like fallin off.. it nearly 5am, I ain't slept much, and my (demnding) mate wants his upgrade recommendation by tommorow...
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    £250 budget upgrade?

    That's a shade over $400 (taking into account the fact that stuff is a bit cheaper in the USA) My friend needs a budget upgrade - mobo/ram/cpu/gfx (and a new PSU is gonna be required to power that I guess) How do you fit all that into £250 / $400 ? I was thinking.. £58 / 1GB...
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    Audigy 2 ZS driver problem

    Just bought a new Audigy2 ZS off ebay. Works fine. No driver CD though. So, I downloaded the drivers off creatives site, and everthing seems tickety-boo. I can hear sound. However, I cant seem to find any utility where I can test individual speakers (I have a 5.1 setup). My crappy old onboard...
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    Getting thread title changed in trade forum

    If I want to get a thread title changed in the trade forum (I added more stuff, the title is a bit rubbish now), do I PM one forum mod at random or what? What's the established method? Thanks :)
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    FS (UK/EUROPE/US) Raptor 36GB, 1210SA RAID, 7.1 Speakers, 6600GT 256MB, Audigy 2

    WILL SHIP TO EUROPE / AMERICA 1. SOLD £50 ($85) - Western Digital WD360 Raptor. Used lightly for 2 months before upgrade. 2. SOLD £25 ($43) - Adaptec 1210SA RAID card (Retail box). Unused - box not opened. 3. SOLD £50 ($85) - Creative T7900 7.1 Surround Speakers. Unused. Foam packing is...
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    Duke vs Quake

    The originals! Who would kick who's arse? Which is the better game? Leave your handbags at the door. No flaming please, ladies * * :p :p :p
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    WTB ( UK ) : drawing tablet

    On a tight budget, looking for something 2nd hand. Preferably a Wacom. Got something you need to get rid of? Send me a PM! :)
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    Quietest PCI slot exhaust fan?

    Those fans with ducting that exhausts case air through a pci slot. Does anyone know which brand/make is the quietest? Manufacturers dBA ratings are always a bit dodgy. I'd love one where you could attach your own fan. Stick a silent 80mm, 120mm (or whatever) on it and slot it in next to your...
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    Quietest hsf solution for 7800 family in SLI

    I hear the v-1 ultra and arctic 5 (or is it 6? the latest one, anyway) rev 3 are pretty silent. but do they fit in SLI? Ignornig that irritating 7800GT with the swing arm fanless heatsink, how would you go about making your 7800 SLI setup as quiet as possible? Fan/volt/whatever mods are...
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    Only getting 10 Mbyte/sec between SATA channels

    Transferring 50GB of large TV video files between SATA drives on different channels. I'm averaging about 10 Mbyte/sec, and the speed is very erratic and using up a lot of cpu time (making windows slow). Got a gig of ram and a 3200+ processor, so this really shouldnt be happening. Any idea...
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    7800 family comparisons?

    Saw an article a few days ago benchmarking a load of different 7800 configurations. Might have included 6800 too, I can't remember. Had quite a few games, doom3, fear, farcry etc, and then 7800 GT, 7800 GTX 256MB, 7800 GTX 512MB, and then each of those in SLI too. Provided a good...
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    Dual display settings

    This is probably a driver issue so I'm putting this thread here. I'm trying to configure a dual display the way I used to have it set up. 2 desktops, each on one of the displays, so that if you maximise a program it maximises to the display/desktop it's on. Using my 6800GT though it...
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    Memory timings - any benchmarks?

    I'm looking for some benchmarks where various memory timings are compared (whilst keeping other variables constant), over a range of different apps. (gaming, data processing, etc etc). I know it's already debated how much of a difference they make, and on which chipsets and such, but what...
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    Modular power supplies are bad - I don't buy it

    There's been a lot of hearsay lately that modularity in a power supply is a real disadvantage. I'm not convinced though: for all the speculation, I haven't seen any hard evidence (ie rigourous lab testing) to support either side of the argument. Re impedence, how much of a voltage drop do...
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    'nuff power?

    I'm using a 400W nexus 4090 silent PSU. Check out this snapshot of my voltages :- I'm not sure what the acceptable tolerances for power rails are. Is 4.95v ok for 5v? What worries me most though is that I'm only getting 1.55/1.56 (varies) on the pumped up 1.6v vcore. I'm sure it used to...
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    What's that opengl/3d demo app

    Some ray-traced looking spheres/objects flying about inside a building (chapel?) Can't remember the name now. It's something unpronouncable. Mostly consonants. Anyone know what I'm on about? ;)
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    Can't up the FSB on my A64 very high

    I'm messing around doing some mild air-cooled overclocking on my a64 3200 newcastle / k8n nforce3 / pc3200 ram. I can do htt 220 x 11, ram 1:1 fine yielding ~ 2.4 ghz, but upping the htt beyond that doesn't work. I figured the next step would be to put a 4:5 divider (that's the closest to...
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    Odd high frequency noise

    My computer emits a very high frequency and very irritating noise. It's hard to explain, sort of, um, 'digital' sounding. Like constantly going on/off. It's only become obvious since quietened all the fans in my case. I've tried unplugging the hard drives and stopping the fans (PSU, vga, cpu...
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    Fan : better than Nexus / Yate Loon

    I noticed a few people lately talking about a (possibly new?) fan that gave better performance than the nexus / yate fans in the silent category. But I can't for the life of me remember the name or where I read it. Any ideas? Ta
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    New build, not sure on a couple of things.

    If I get a 7800 series card, how much better is a GTX over GT, and is it worth going SLI incase I ever get the money to stick the 2nd card in? Also re the CPU, I'm going AMD and hopefully dual core, but am undecided between A64 X2 and opterons. Why does everyone rave about opterons? They just...
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    Wanted: (UK) ATX backplate

    Hi, I need the CPU backplate from an ATX mobo. I lost my original when I changed heatsinks, and I've since junked / given away all my spare mobos. I'll be fitting it to a socket 754 mobo, but am I right in thinking the spec is standard over all ATX mobos? Just the backplate would be...
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    Thermalright V-1 Ultra - UK?

    I can't find the V-1 Ultra on sale from any UK distributors. Does anyone know any that are stocking it? Cheers
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    Raptor + bid disk

    If you have a 10k raptor and a misc 'big disk', what's the optimal partitioning scheme for standard single user, gaming/office/graphics type application? You put windows on the raptor obviously. Games (say), is it particularly important where the go? Or does it not matter too much, because...
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    Hardware fault due to overclocking, suggestions?

    Hi, my friend recently purchased a new PC. Shuttle SN25P, Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB Corsair PC3200. Apparantly one of his friends (with little knowledge of overclocking) pushed all the bios o/c settings way up ( :rolleyes: ). By the time I got to the PC it was crashing every minute or so -...
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    Best way to utilize 2x 10k rpm 36GB raptors

    Hi all. I am rebuilding my modest system this week (new case, fans, that sorta thing), and have the following problem :- A while back I bought a second 36 gig raptor in the somewhat naive belief that linking it to the first one in RAID 0 and using that as my boot / program drive would result...
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    Router with 100mbit WAN port?

    I looking for a "home use" (ie price) router with both 100mbit wan AND lan ports.. does such a beast exist? Currently I have a linksys and it really is a piece of crap. Even though the uplink is rated 10mbit it wont manage more than 2-3 mbit.. and the internal cpu/software/firmware must be...
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