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I have some spare parts that I will be using to build a router/gateway with one of the Linux or BSD SOHO router/gateway distros like PFSense, Monowall, etc... and I just need a case and power supply. I found this one here...

I have a Christmas list I need to make and I am interested in either one of these video cards. Which one would be the better card? I know they are both not out yet, but which is most likely to be better. I currently have a GeFirce GTX 295 and am looking for an upgrade in performance. Also...

I am looking for a way to customize driver installations so that only the dirvers are installed and not the customized application that comes with many of them. Like I would like to install NVIDIA video card driver only without the NVIDIA service and control panel. I also want to do so for...

I have a bunch of computer equipment that I am going to hook up in my basement. Me and my Dad are going to install 2 new dedicated 15 amp circuit breakers with one electrical outlet for each one. Now, will 2 of them be enough power to power all of my equipment? I have 17 computers (some new...

My system will occasionally power off and then power right back on. It does this just randomly for no apparent reason. Specs: *Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 overclocked to 3Ghz (375 * 8) *Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R motherboard updated to the latest F12 BIOS *2 2GB DIMMs of Geil DDR2 800MHz memory...

the outlet I am plugging it into is on it's own circuit and all the devices I plug into it do not exceed 1800 watts of power draw. I come to this conclusion because an outlet is rated at 15 amps at 120 volts and 120 * 15 is 1800 watts. Is this all I should be concerned about, or are some...

It says in the manual that I can update the BIOS with the built in Q-Flash utility using a USB flash drive or a floppy. However, it can never detect anything but a supposed floppy drive. I don't want to put a floppy drive in my computer and want to be able to update with a USB flash drive using...

I have an Ethernet Network Interface Card card that says Pulse 1012 on it, but I can't seem to find any driver for it, let alone a Linux driver for SmoothWall. It is a PCI card. I did a search on Yahoo and Google, and can't seem to find who makes this card or any actual place to download a...

I have a Dell Precision Workstation 220 system that won't turn on. I have concluded it is the power supply because I swapped out a power supply form another Dell Precision Workstation 220 and it worked, I also tried the failed PSU in the other working Precision Workstation 220 and it didn't...

My grandma just got an HDTV and a cable box. She seems to be lost with how to turn the box and TV on as they arenot the same thing. Is there a way to make it operate like a regular TV with a single remote control so that a single power button on the remote control will turn on and off both...

When I was trying to remove a heatsink, I accidentally scratched the back of my motherboard with a flathead screw driver. Is this a problem if everything is continuing to work normally. Should I get it fixed and will it lead to problems later on? Or is it no big deal as long as it didn't...

I was just at MicroCenter and I needed to chose between the ASUS P5K Vanilla, the Gigabyte GA-P35 DS3R, or the ABIT IP35 Pro. I heard that the ASUS P5K Deluxe motherboard uses 20 to 40 watts more power than the other brands of Intel P35 boards. Is this true only of the deluxe version, or is it...

I got $550.00 to spend in gift money for a birthday gift in mid to late March. I wanted a GeForce 8XXX series video card. I thought a refresh with a die shrink might be coming so I decided to wait a few months before I spent the $550.00 gift money. However, now seeing that there was no die...

I currently have a SeaSonic S12 600WATT PSU powering: *ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 Motherboard *AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 CPU overclocked to 2.81GHz (undervolted from 1.35 to 1.325V) *2 CD/DVD drives *4 SATA hard disk drives (2 Western DIgital Raptors and 2 7200RPM Western Digital) *2 1GB DDR...

I am currently running 2 GeForce 7800GT video cards in SLI. Both of the video cards are using NV Silencer 5 rev. 3 coolers I have $550 to spend from a gift. I am thinking about using it to buy a Geforce 8800GTX video card. Now a couple of questions. I hate too much noise and I don't want to...

I need to install a fresh installation of Windows XP SP2 (SP2 is integrated on the install CD of course) onto a system with an Intel 875P chipset and a system with an NVIDIA NForce 2 chipset? I'm pretty sure Windows XP SP2 recognizes these chipsets without needing the manufacturers chipset...

I am thinking about getting a Core 2 Duo CPU to replace my Socket 939 Athlon 64 FX-60 The Core 2 Duo CPUs look awesome and I am tempted to get one. I have had an Athlon 64 FX-60 for about four months, and I wish I would have waited to get a Core 2 Duo. Now, I want a chip that is fast and...

I am looking to build a dedicated Home Theater PC that can be used as an HDTV and SDTV receiver and Set Top Box. Very much like the third party set top boxes you can buy as an alternative to leasing one from the Cable or Satelite provider. I want to build a PC dedicated to a STB with an...

I tried overclocking the Opteron 175 to 2.8GHz at 1.5V. When at idle, NV Monitor reported the CPU tempertaure as 38C. WHen running dual instances of Prime95 (one instance for each CPU core), the CPU temperature read at maximum 57C. Both cores were never completely stable with dual Prime95, so...

First off, I purchased a DFI NF4-DAGF motherboard and an Athlon 64 X2 3800 CPU. I purchased a 600WATT SeaSonic S12 PSU as well. The RAM I have is 4 sticks of DDR 550MHz Corsair XMS RAM for 2GB total system RAM. When I put together the system, I try and test with Prime95 and MemTest to make...

I have an Antec P180 case with good case air flow. I have an Athlon 64 X2 3800 CPU running at stock speed with a VCORE of 1.35V. The cooling solution I am using for this CPU is a Thermalright XP-120 heatsink with a 56CFM 120mm fan on it. The thermal paste I have applied is Arctic Silver 5...

If you notice, Windows Server 2003 uses the NT 5.2 kernel where as Windows XP only uses the NT 5.1 kernel? Does that mean that the NT kernel in Windows Server 2003 is more up to date and offers better performance than the one in XP because it has a higher version number? Or should you not...

I am looking for a case that has mounts available for 4 120mm fans. It has been extremely hard to find any such thing. I am hoping to at least find a case with two rear 120mm fan slots and one front 120mm fan slot and possibly mod the front for another 120mm fan. Those have been extremely hard...

I have done some research and reading about various PSUs and their performance. I am looking for a high quality and quiet PSU. It seems that the SeaSonic PSUs are the best for quietness and are of very high quality. But I have a few questions to make sure I have enough power for what I intend...

I read the guide about power supplies for today's and tommorow's computers. I found the PSU calculator that was the only one he recommended. However, it only lists the total wattage power supply recommended for all of the componets you select. However, since the 12V rail is far more stressed...

I tried using a Digital Multimeter and followed this guide here to measure the voltage levels of my power supply to ensure it is providing stable voltages on all rails. The multimeter I used is a velleman DVM850BL. I bought it for about $15.00 at the local Micro Center in late 2003. Is that a...

I have an Antec TruePower 550WATT PSU that I purchased just a tiny bit over 2 years ago. I have done numerous upgrades to my system and have overclokced it since. I just want to make sure that this is still enough power for my system. The specs for this PSU are shown here *ABIT IC7-G...

Are there any games out there that will benifit from having a dual core CPU?? Are there any free games for Linux or Windows that are simple in design (like easy to adopt and play the game), but have intense graphics/video performance that take real advanatge of cutting edge systems?? I'm...

Right when Longhorn is first released, how much life do you think Windows XP will have left in it? Do you still think it will live a long time and widely supported for the latest motherboard chipsets and video cards even over 3 years after Longhorn is released?? Or do you think XP will be...

I have my Pentium 4 3.0GHz Northwood CPU overclocked to 3.75GHz. I have ran Prime 95 before and it ran without any errors and was perfectly stable. The temperature usually idles around 49C and when under load, around 56C. Now, I have notcied that it seems to get around 63-64C when under load...

I just upgraded from a Radeon 9800 Pro video card to a GeForce 6800 GT. Whenever I had the drivers installed for the ATI video card, my memory usage always seemed around 127MB upon bootup with about 815000 some KB of total physical memory available. That was with just the drivers, NOT the ATI...

I'm looking into getting a GeForce 6800GT video card. It will be an 8X AGP video card because that is what my current motherboard supports. I would like to be able to obtain GeForce 6800 Ultra speeds, but the ultra is a lot more expesnive. I did a search around and saw threads mentioing that...

Whenever I ipne a bunch of applications, I notice that the amount of physical RAM available as shown in Task Manager is significantly less than when I first boot up my system. I have 1GB of physical RAM in my system and the amount available upon bootup is approximiately 808 thousand some KB...