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Has anyone done testing with the patch that landed last night? I noticed the amount of CPU to transcode has dropped quite a bit, like an unreal amount and I was wondering if anyone else could verify either way. I turned on the GPU transcode as well, (new setting), but with the new GPU monitor on...

Does anyone have a quick handy site or explanation for what the smart data values are in WD green drives? A coworker has a drive that is acting funny, and he gave me the following screen shot. I explained to him that if one of my drives "acts funny", I buy a new one and toss out the old one...

I am getting ready to build a dedicated server to house disks and run plex plus backups on my network rather than running it on my main system. I want to build a smaller system that is a little better in power efficiency and such. So my question would be has anyone tested several simultaneous...

I have a weird issue that is bothering one of my customers. We have this box that has two raid arrays using the internal Intel ich9r raid controller. One is raid 1 and the other is raid 0. Sometimes upon reboot, one of the disks will not be seen or be reported as bad/missing by the Intel...

I am just starting to get into Plex server software for distributing my movie collection throughout the house. Essentially I need to do a few things, like rip my movies, then compress them, but not reduce the resolution. Then I need to have Plex serve these, (which is seems to be doing) to a...

I have built an A8-5600K system for my wife and a few others and typically I use the retail HSF that comes with the CPU. Lately though, that thing has been pretty damn loud in my wifes build particularly. I'm just looking for a lower cost quiet HSF to replace the stock units for these types of...

Hello all. I have installed and like Windows 8 so far. When I purchased it directly from MS and downloaded the OS, it installed fine. I also got the free media center thingy too. I have it installed even though I don't use any of the media center functions at all. However, I got an email...

This may be a newb question, but I was looking at my startup processes in Windows 8, and under Steam, it is starting dead rising 2. Even though its a small amount of resources, I just don't want anything from DR2 starting up, since I don't even have the game installed. Anyone seen this before...

I just installed windows 8 fresh install. I had all of my previous windows 7 folders on a separate drive, including the email folder. Now I cannot seem to figure out how to import the mail files/folders into the new windows 8 mail program.

I'm planning on building my wife a new rig as her x2 6000 is pretty long in the tooth. She does some light gaming, (loves portal 1/2 and plays alot of farmville/zooville or whatever). I'm going to fill out the required questionaire then ask some questions, because I have a few pieces in mind...

Well my DLP finally bit the big one, and the three repair shops I sampled want way too much to repair the thing. It was a good 9 year run I guess. Anyway, so I'm looking to get a new larger screen TV. My budget is roughly 1.5k or less and I'm looking for something hopefully in the mid 50's...

Just yesterday I turned on my 56" Samsung DLP, (few years old), and most of the screen is covered by what looks like dust. I went to clean the screen, but there is no dust on the screen. This seems to have happened overnight. The bulb is about a year old, but not sure if that would do what I...

I have just moved into a new house and my home theater area does not have wired network to it, and it doesn't look easy or clean to run cables to that area. I have six devices that use network, and I have a Dlink 8 port switch that I typically keep to connect all of that equipment. My problem...

I have a vertex 3 SSD drive as my OS drive in my system. I have heard there have been several firmware updates that include fixes to some of the issues I have been seeing with my drive. I want to update the firmware, but it says I cannot do it due to being the OS drive and that I need to put...

I recommended my exact build to a friend, (as seen below in sig), and he bought everything and just got it all assembled two days ago. Everything appears to be working right for him, except the CPU temps as reported by AI Suite. The idle temps with the Antec Kuhler are roughly 30 degrees C...

I'm getting ready to start my new build and I am lacking on my current case knowledge. Here is what I am looking for, plus a few questions. Thank you for the help... I'm looking for a case that has filters on the input fans, as I am sick of cleaning my computer every month. I like the...

Is there a way to assign a system service credentials or tell that service to use a specific credential? Here is the situation: I have some software that wants to run as a service rather than an executable. The service then wants to write out data over the network to a Samba mount, which...

I just got one of those shiny new VSX-1120-K Pioneer home theater receivers and need a powered sub for it. My current HTIB sub has a proprietary connector, so it will not work with the new receiver. I mainly watch movies on the 60" so that will be the focus, with some light music duties. I am...

Amazon has the http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Desktop-Upgrade-SNV425-S2BD-64GB/dp/rebates/B00378KHUK/ref=rebate_olp_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&qid=1288121323&sr=8-4 I had to select new and then choose amazon. I am not sure how Kingston is with rebates, but this was cheap enough for me to...

Just purchased one of these hybrid drives from Newegg for my son's laptop, since it only has a single drive bay. I have a few questions for those that have this drive out there, if you have the time... Does the drive get recognized as a spinning disk by the OS and the SSD portion being...

First, let me start by saying that I haven't done this before and have been reading as much as possible on the subject, but still have some doubts and questions. What I want to do, probably like most people, is to take the thousand or so DVD movies I have and put them on a disk farm for...

Hello everyone, I have some probably simple and stupid questions about credentials for Windows 7 and some LDAP questions as well. First, is there a way to attach your current log in credentials to a service? For instance, as we all know, services run under a different credential than the...

I just purchased a 1TB USB backup drive and hooked it up to my DGL-4500 router USB port. I didn't know you needed a driver to connect to the device to do backups. I was wondering if there is an automated way to connect to the drive using the shareport utility at a certain time just before my...

My router just blew up so I was looking for another game fuel router and newegg has the DGL4500 router for 135 shipped. This is about 60 bucks less than anywhere else I could find it. Not sure if its as good as my trusty 4100 that just smoked, but gonna give it a try...

OK, I am a current AMD user and plan on switching to Intel very soon, (within a month), and need some advice. I have been reading the forums and reviews and such, but would like a few quick suggestions. I am looking for a board that I can use my current 8800GTX and 4GB of ram. I will upgrade...

How about a new title for being over 8 years lurking in the forums? Like uber forum lurker or or something cool...

My son wants an Xbox360 for xmas this year, ( I won't go into how he has a gaming computer, Wii and PS2 all with tons of games), and I don't know a thing about the consoles. I am a computer junkie, so I haven't been following along with the console stuffs. My question would be what is the best...

Came home after a long day at work yesterday and found that my wife and son had purchased me the 24" Soyo from OM. Now I have the 24" Soyo and a 22" Acer sitting on my desk. I am running an 8800GTX using the latest beta drivers, 163.67 or something close to that. Now, I would like to be able...

I posted this a while ago in the video card forums, but no luck on that one. I currently have a 22" TN panel LCD that I am running with an 8800GTX video card, (specs for rig in sig). I want to move to a dual display setup, possibly picking up a nice 24" monitor around the holiday seasons...

I have an 8800GTX, (system specs in sig below), and was thinking I really want to go with two screens for my gaming rig. I have a 22" TN panel lcd right now, and was wondering if my system would work well with a nice 24" for primary gaming and still be able to use the 22" for other stuff, like...

I just upgraded my system recently. Went from a 3800 dual core to a 6000 dual core and installed an 8800gtx. My rig is below in my sig. I completely formatted and reinstalled XP, using all the latest drivers available, (standard drivers, no betas). The new rig is running terrible. It is the...

I just purchased and installed a new 8800GTX card from the Egg. When I installed the card today, the text on the desktop and in games, (and in word/excel), look slightly fuzzy or out of focus or something. I have a 22" Acer widescreen btw. Now the 7900GT that was installed looked great...

Ok, I am a slacker, and have not plunged on Vista. I want to go that direction, for my primary gaming PC to see how things work out, but I am not sure which version of Visat to purchase. I know that sounds lame, but I remember at launch time there are certain versions that you have a limited...

My aging 21" Nokia CRT is starting to have alot of ghosting and is getting progressively worse. I am thinking of changing out to an LCD as they seem to be coming down in price quite a bit. Just a quick check of opinions, would going to one of the $300 22" LCD panels satisfy me, or would it...

I bought two copies of BF2142, (one for me and one for son), and no matter what I do to my son's system, it always comes up and says to insert the dvd, even when the dvd is in the drive. The game installed fine, and I can browse the dvd no problem, but the game doesn't recognize it in the...

How does one get into the castle at kvach? I am following the captain of the guards to the gate, but the gate is closed. The mobs on the top picked off all the other guards that came with us, and the captain of guards is standing at the dang closed gate. Is there a way into the castle? Did I...

Got my 7800GS from monarch and it was DOA. I didn't buy the extended warranty so I have to exchange it through EVGA who is going to exchange it, but this would be a warning to those who purchase from monarch to buy the extended warranty to protect against DOA parts.

I have a Hercules GTXP, the original 5.1 version. I was wondering if I should upgrade to the X-Fi they have onsale at BB today, the extreme music version for $99. The question I have is that I noticed there are only four ports on the back of the X-Fi, and I currently use speakers, (creative...

I need a cheaper card for my son's rig, since his gf3 is running long in the tooth and he cannot play BF2. I don't have a ton to spend, say under 200. Which card should I get, the evga 6800 128mb card or the 6600gt 128mb? Honestly. I would try to unlock the plain 6800, but it seems to be a...