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For years, my system was stable but in the last month it crashes under specific cases of general usage (no gaming, just surfing on web and MS office). I have an i-5 2500K overclocked to 105x 4 (4.2Ghz). O/C never had a problem until now. 1) I opened chrome + website that loaded a 360 view of a...

My ASUS asus o play hdp -r1 finally stopped wanting to play Digital Audio OUT + Analog video out. It works on HDMI. So what should I get? An updated ASUS O! Play for $80? A Western Digital Live Player? Please help. System: Old TV projector, Receiver with digital audio/analog audio, no HDMI...

Background: My systems are a bit dated. A Dell desktop hibernates and can resume after the power plug is turned off. An A64 and a E6750 on an Antec sonata 3 box can hibernate on XP and Windows 7, but if the power plug is turned off, hibernate does not work properly. Question: Do i have to buy...

Is it possible to build a comparable PC that has boot up and shut down times as available with lenovo? In this article, it says Enhanced Experience is only available with lenovo/microsoft... http://www.lenovo.com/news/us/en/2009/09/Windows7-debut.html

I originally had OCZ Platinum 4-4-4-12 1x1 = 2gb. I added OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-18 DDR2. I started getting BSOD in Windows 7 x64 after about a month. Setting was CL5-5-5-18. Removing the 2gb platinums and all was fine. E6750 is overclocked to 400x8. Is...

I bought a Vantec case and 2tb seagate 5900rpm hard drive. when i disconnect the drive from XP or win7, it will disconnect the USB connection, but the hard drive does not power down and is still spinning. I have another vantec + 200gb maxtor setup and the maxtor would power down. Is it...

On facebook fans page, this site came up: http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com It's quite good. Here's a top list, for example, of apps for linux. http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/1237/what-are-the-most-useful-programs-that-you-guys-install-after-installing-vanilla

I just saw this lookalike mbp: http://www.futureshop.ca/EN-CA/product/id/10140112.aspx intel i3, 2.13ghz 4gb memory intel HD gpu Another option is the HP 5610s for around the same price. It uses the older C2D cpu. p7370 @2ghz 4gb, 15.6" lcd radeon 4330 Which one should I get, or should I stay...

Is there a good image resizing software tool (shareware or commercial) that can be used to resize a batch of JPGs? I ask because I have full size 10MP images I wanted in a lcd photo album. The lcd photo album displays @ 800x600 so I want to resize all my pics to this resolution.

I am not a mobile worker, nor do I travel a lot and therefore need a very light solution. Does this describe you? I wonder for those who are the same, why would you buy a UMPC like the asus eee, acer aspire, or msi wind? It looks to me that the laptop has the best performance bang for the...

I've recently come across two old dell pc's. I've fixed one up and sold it to a friend but I underpriced myself and my work :) Dell 4300 P4 1.6Ghz, 256mb, 40gb hdd, geforce2- wiped out xp home and installed ubuntu. Load time was under a min vs 3+ min. I sold it for $70. Ebay listed it as...

You install ubuntu and it doesn't play mp3's, avi, windows media. What's up? Turns out due to legal issues they don't distribute that directly: Here's a good Ubuntu/Linux startup guide i found: http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2008/04/things-to-do-on-your-new-ubuntu-804.html Nvidia...

I have a DI-524 router set up and connected to the modem. When I started overclocking I had my MCH to normal, on the DS3R. I upped that to +0.1 to ensure the gigabyte LAN would work (it could not connect/no network connection). 4 Months later this morning I booted to have that same message...

I really don't want to start another thread about overclocking the DS3, but I've read the sticky, gone to other sites and have generally not gotten very far in pushing (overclocking) my system from stock Goal: === Overclock the system mildly without introducing any noise (i.e. non-intel...