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    Burning smell, doesn't boot

    Here's the deal. A friend of mine has a system that was sitting idle and started rapidly powering itself on and off, which he noticed as the blue lighting he has in it was flickering. After turning it off and back on, it sat with no video. The system is now on my bench, and will turn on --...
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    Brother HL-2170W Wireless Laser Printer $79.99

    Seems to be a good price for a well reviewed wired/wireless laser printer. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828113291&Tpk=N82E16828113 291 Coupon code: EMCMNMS95
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    Will this UPS work for my WHS?

    I'm looking to get a UPS to put my Windows Home Server box on. The machine right now runs a 45w AMD Sempron processor, 5 hard drives, on an Antec EA500 power supply. The power supply has active PFC, so my understanding is it's better to get a pure sine wave output? I believe our wonky power...
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    7MC Video stuttering

    I recently formatted my HTPC, which was previously running Vista + Mediaportal, and installed Windows 7. I followed the guide posted here, and only installed the basics: - Windows 7 Pro x86 - Mediabrowser - Metabrowser - Haali - CoreAVC - FFDShow - VSFilter - Firefox plus the ATI...
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    Soundcard vs Dac/Amp? E-MU? X-FI? EAX or No?

    I'm looking to upgrade the sound on my PC. Right now I'm using the onboard soundcard with a cheap older pair of Creative 2.1's which have started to die. I also plug in AD700's into the headphone port on my case. I get a constant hiss coming through the headphones while they're plugged in...
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    GF loved portal... game recommendations?

    Here's the deal. My GF, who hardly ever picks up a game these days, had a blast playing through portal with me and has even started replaying through it on her own. I'd like to encourage the game playing, especially on the PC, but have only just recently started playing again after a few year...
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