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Well, the time has finally come to upgrade the router. It's an old WRT54G, that has been running DD-WRT for over 10 years. It's worked well for me, but I need more wireless bandwidth and gigabit wired ports. It's also probably a good idea to get up to current wireless security standards...

I'm working on upgrading the monitors on my triple monitor machine. I quit gaming years ago, and I'm a long way from being current on hardware trends anymore. This is just a 3 headed web browsing machine, but it suits my needs. It's pretty old stuff. It was 3 19" 4:3 monitors at 1280x1024...

I'm looking to install some ethernet lines in the house. Getting TV's, stationary streaming devices, and other bandwidth hogs off the wireless... I presently have a 10/100 router & switches. This is adequate for now, but I want to wire for Gigabit for the future. I have everything I need...

When did nVidia's Geforce cards start supporting 3 or 4 outputs simultaneously? I have 3 monitors on a computer using a GT240 and a Geforce 210. I'd like to free up the second PCIEx x16 slot, and I'd like to do so with a single card with 4 outputs, and the capability to simultaneously use...

I have Centurtylink DSL (10Mb). It's not much, but it's the best available in my rural area. I own my own DSL modem so that I don't get ripped 5$ a month to rent a $50 piece of hardware. My aging modem is on it's last legs. It drops out a lot, and reading the log file on it indicates it...

Quick question. I know this is old stuff, but the objective here is a free build with leftover parts I have available. It's a dell 780 small form factor pc. It's just a little web browsing/light gaming computer for the kids. Onboard graphics are adequate for what they're doing. I have...

I am not an expert at electronics soldering. What I've learned, I've picked up online (here, and badcaps.net), or figured out by trial and error. I have had some good results replacing bad caps on a variety of items. Three or four tivo power supplies, a handful of flatscreen monitors, a...

I'm looking for something an adapter to connect the HDMI port of my Geforce 240 GT to a VGA monitor. It's kind of an unfamiliar area for me. I've had two geforce cards in my triple monitor setup for a long time, and only just recently realized I could use the hdmi as a third monitor port, and...

Does anyone know where to find a windows 7 driver for a geforce FX 5950? It seems nVidia dropped official support for the FX series of cards before Windows 7. I can get a Vista driver to install, but the performance is abysmal. I have in the past gotten cards to run on drivers after support...

My kids have laptops (so spoiled). A week or so ago I threw together a couple desktops from salvage, for them to play with. Something I could put 3D cards in. Something to show them what real games look like. Q2, Q3A, UT, all the classics, as opposed to the minecrap they have today...

I just got my new e6300 (new wolfdale core, not old allendale) upgrade to my old e2160, on an abit IP35 Pro, with the last official bios (b17). Nowhere in the bios can I find the screen for enabling VT. I'm pretty sure it is supposed to be on the same page as the C1E & EIST features, but I...

The trade info: I'm looking for a 600-series prescott. Cannot be a 6x1 or 6x2 series. I would prefer a faster one (3.4ghz and above), but will settle for the one available at the best price. I'm new to forum trading, so I have 0 heat, but I've got over 100, 100%positive ebay feedback. In...

How do you spend your rebate cards? Two of my recent Corsair rebates have come in the form of prepaid credit cards. For example, say I want to buy an $80 item online, and I have a $40 card. Is there anyway to use two cards with an online vendor, using up the $40 prepaid card, and paying the...

Is there a way to do windows updates offline? I have several friends/family/etc for whom I am "tech support". Several of them are still using dialup. One is too stingy to spend for the dsl, the others live out in the country, beyond the reach of dsl. Is there a way I can roll up a...