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    Stress testing a Pentium III-based build

    I forgot to mention that I currently wiped the hard drive, as I plan to reinstall Win98. I tried running IntelBurnTest (which also uses Linpack, albeit an outdated version of it) on it (prior to wiping the drive), but for some reason, it finished quickly. Doesn't any Linpack-based stress test...
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    Stress testing a Pentium III-based build

    I've built a retro PC with the following configuration: 1.4 GHz Pentium III-S (Tualatin core) Asus TUSL2-C mobo 512 MB Crucial PC-133 RAM 80 GB Western Digital HDD Lite-On DVD burner ATI Radeon 9600 XT w/ 128 MB of RAM Sound Blaster Live Antec case w/ 420W PC Power & Cooling Silencer...
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    Oh Noes! Stickam Shuts Down Forever

    Stickam gained attention because of Jessi Slaughter back in July 2010.
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    Your CPU progression

    Here's what I can recall: My builds: AMD XP 1800+ (Palomino) (first build) (will later upgrade to XP 2100+) AMD XP 2400+ (TBred) --> AMD XP 3000+ (Barton-400) (second build) AMD 64 3700+ (San Diego) --> AMD 64 X2 4800+ (Toledo) (current build) Core i7 3770K (New build) 1.4 GHz P-III (Tualatin)...
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    The Router Recommendations Thread (Consumer)

    If you're planning to get the RT-N66U, are you willing to flash Tomato on it?
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    New UPS suggestions

    I'm going to have to check which model of the APC UPS I got. I do know that I've bought it in 2003.
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    New UPS suggestions

    I've never replaced the battery on my old UPS. What specs would I have to go with for the current PC I have? I forgot to mention that the PSU I have is a PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 (610 watts) PSU.
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    New UPS suggestions

    I still have an APC UPS that I got in around 2002-2003, and its battery can no longer handle my current PC (AMD X2 4800+ [s939], 4 GB RAM, 500 GB + 1.5 TB HDD, GeForce GTS 250 w/ 1 GB RAM, 2 x 24 in. Dell 2408 widescreen monitors, Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speaker set). I'm trying to find a good...
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    New UPS suggestions

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    California Creates Special Unit to Fight Computer Crimes

    "...and you've been reported to the Cyber Police..." -- Jessi Slaughter's father
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    LibreOffice's compatibility w/ MS Office

    But will LO be able to read MS Office templates?
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    LibreOffice's compatibility w/ MS Office

    I currently have the latest version of LibreOffice (version 3.4.4) on my main PC at home. In my case, I typed up one of my research papers in LO Writer and saved it as a Word 97-2003 file, so I can open it in MS Office 2010 (if I'm on a PC)/MS Office 2011 (if I'm on a Mac) at work. I know...
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    Looking for good free image backup software

    I was looking at the same thing. I'm also looking for a good imaging software that has native AHCI support. In this case, my target PC is a PowerNotebooks laptop w/ a Core i7 720-QM, 8GB of RAM, a 750GB Seagate Momentus HDD, a DVD burner, and Win7 Pro SP1, which I installed with Intel's AHCI...
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    Best Music Encoding Software?

    For me. it's the following: *EAC + FLAC to archive the CDs *Foobar2000 + Nero AAC or LAME to convert the FLAC files to either AAC or MP3 *MP3Tag for tagging the files
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    Dell U2410

    I bought my Dell U2410 last August, and it's a rev. A02, made on July 2010. What's the latest revision, and is it possible to update mine to the latest version? Also, I'm planning to get another U2410 for my first dual-monitor config.
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