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A couple of nights ago I noticed that when playing certain MP3s (one set in particular) located on my Western Digital Blue WD10JPVT, the hard drive would click rather loudly every couple of minutes, the click sounding like a read/write head suddenly parking. Panicking, fearing my <1 month old...

Last night when I turned on the external enclosure it was in, it spun up, stopped, spun up again, and then stopped completely, the computer not detecting it whatsoever. I turned the enclosure off and then on again, and this time it did the same thing except after the second spin-up the computer...

I have a Raidmax ITX-0907-BP ITX computer case that can accommodate 3 case fans: 1 x 80mm and 2 x 60mm. The 80mm fan's accounted for already, but 60mm fans are seemingly impossible to find with good (as in quiet) noise levels. The only supposedly quiet ones that I can find are made by SilenX...

I don't see this posted, and this looks like a pretty hot deal, so here you go: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5648426&Sku=H94-2810 Display Area: 28" Diagonal Size: 27.5" Display Type: LCD Aspect Ratio: 16:10 Contrast...

I have some newbish questions concerning the Acer H340, and I suppose some networking questions in general: 1. What kind of transfer performance is normal for it? I have it connected to my desktop's gigabit LAN card via crossover cable, and it took some 7 hours to back up about 350GB. Somehow...

I can connect to the network, but I can't get past the screen that asks whether you accept the usage terms and conditions (I can't "click" on anything -- the page might as well be an image). Anyone else with an iPhone or iPod Touch successfully connect at Border's?

Like the title says, what specific 1TB WD Green drive comes with the Acer 340 home server? WD10EACS or WD10EADS?

I just got an M-Audio AV30, and noticed that the power cable that's packaged with it is too short for my arrangement. Getting a longer one is in order, then, but being the utter n00b around electrical accessories as I am (which is the primary reason I have yet to touch my car's sound system), I...

Paranoia/OCD question: I have two Western Digital WD10EADS hard drives, and one of them ends up with 7MB of unpartitioned space while the other ends up with 8MB after being partitioned with the Windows XP CD. Both drives have a total capacity of 931GB in their partitioned volumes down to the...

I'm building a C2Q system right now with the following projected specs: Intel Q9300 P45 MBD 8GB DDR2 1066 640GB HDD 4 x 1TB HDDs in RAID 5 2 x HD4870 CF How much power might this build demand? I tried the Corsair PSU finder already, and it recommends the 1kW model (Intel Quad overclocked, 2 x...

^Has anyone done it? I just wanted to see if anyone has done it before, and what level of disassembly is required, because I think I may have to. My drive is starting to show some (however seldom) signs of weird behavior, like failing to read certain discs and preventing bootups by "trying" to...

I'm building a Shuttle K45 system at the moment, and after piecing everything together, the system turns on but fails to POST, the monitor doesn't seem to be receiving any signals, and the hard drive does not spin up (the monitor and hard drive are known to be good). I've tried several different...

Is there any way I can request a 64 bit version of the 32 bit Vista Home Premium that came with my Gateway P-6831FX from either Gateway or Microsoft, or do I essentially have to buy a separate copy/license? Thanks.

I just felt like sharing this story, which has to date, been my most brainless fuck-up computer-wise: So yesterday my mom called me to look at her external hard drive, because it refused to mount, and she had all of her data on it. So, I went to her house to look at it, and after initially...

I'm looking to buy a laptop relatively soon, and I spotted this deal at Micro Center: http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0279267 What's appealing to me about this laptop is that it's apparently pretty easily upgradeable. The CPU is, from all reports I've read so far...

This year for Valentine's Day, I opted to build my girlfriend a computer, rather than the usual flowers, stuffed animals, and chocolates routine (though they may still be necessary). Her ancient Dell laptop has seen better days, now routinely experiencing what appear to be seizures every few...

I'm presently in search of a new power supply, as the one I was using is going to go into another computer. However, I'm a bit at a loss in regards to power supplies in general, and thought maybe some people here might steer me in the right direction specific to my projected computer specs...

What the title says. Needs to be in good, perfectly-working condition. I'm aiming for $50 shipped.

I read the Wikipedia article, but would prefer a more [H]ard answer. What's the difference between the two? Is one better than the other? I'm asking because some recent kits I bought are single-sided, and I've never seen single-sided DDR2 RAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313019 Don't know if these are any good, but for $20/set...

I've never OC'd anything before, so this'll be my absolute first time, and I can't really say that I know what to do in practical terms. That, and the impression I was given with my first computer (it had an Athlon XP 1600+, I think) and how then-Athlons didn't have thermal protection features...

I DON'T know where these are available for sale, but I thought it was interesting enough to post: Source. I didn't know ECS was in the video card business. Not that I would buy a video card from them or anything...

I was browsing around Newegg looking at CPUs when I spotted this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103228 Based on specs and the picture (of the box), it appears to be a normal, non-Black Edition 6400+ that includes an HSF, and costs $10 more (on Newegg, at least)...

1. Does anyone know if there's going to be a Brisbane version of the 6400+ Black Edition? 2. Does the 6400+ B.E. have an unlocked multiplier like the 5000+ B.E.? 3. Which would be the better overall buy for speed, assuming: a. overclocking? b. not overclocking? Thanks :).

I plan to set up multiple monitors eventually (maybe after Black Friday :D), and I'm wondering how this works. I've done two monitors before by using the two connectors on my video card, and I suppose it works the same way with two video cards in SLI (just not with it on), which makes up to four...

I recently got a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic, installed the drivers from the CD, and applied the 10/06 patch (I'm on XP 32-bit). Everything is working fine, with the only "abnormal" incident being hearing persistent static, created after changing the mode while my media player was still running...