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    Q9450 @ 3.2GHz with 1.275V too high voltage?

    My Q9400 will do 3.6Ghz on that voltage, so it may not be the cpu voltage holding you from stability but possibly the GTL, NB, or RAM settings. There's a lot to play with ;)
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    Wake on Lan

    ^^ What he said, there are some free WOL utilities. But to find out what packet type your NIC supports, it will usually say in the driver properties. For the utilities though, you'll need your MAC address. a side-effect of using WOL is that it is sent out via Broadcast, so every machine...
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    Wake on Lan

    what you could also do is setup the auto-turn on feature in bios if it exists. Most newer boards I've seen do support that.
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    Wake on Lan

    yes, you can. However it depends on several things. 1st being to find out if your school will allow WOL packets through routers. Where I work, they're blocked. 2 - what type of Wake Up packet does your computer accept? If the schools routers block WOL packets, one way to get around...
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    [Official] [H] 8G of ram thread

    I've got 8Gb also. LOVE it. I can finally leave my virtual machine up for work while running other things (movies or games or even multiple VM's) with no lag at all. I added some of my other ram to my HTPC so it has 6GB now.
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    FS: nsk2480 w/o PSU

    wow talk about low-balling it. you'd basically be asking him to sell that super nice case for what... $30 depending on shipping cost?! Super nice case though...and in nice condition too. bump for ya.
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    Microsoft Retires Windows 3.x

    Now what will M$ run on their servers for those "I'm a PC" commercials?
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    Weird Vista Ultimate x64 USB Issue

    I have a similar issue with my HTPC and the Soundgraph iMon VFD. It will lose itself after a while and come back after a restart. Annoying as it's also the IR receiver for my remote :p I've also disabled all power management but nothing seems to resolve. Even re-installed Vista to no avail.
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    What game looks more worth my time dead space? or fallout 3?

    I played a bit of Dead Space at a friends the other day and the atmosphere was nice.. great sound and graphics. It reminded me of Doom3 though. I didn't get to play enough to see if it was as scripted as Doom3 was though (same monster jumps out of the same spot the same way every time kinda...
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    HTPC mobo+ram

    you might get better input in the htpc forum. But here's a start that you won't need a discrete video card if you're not gaming. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131348&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_- Will handle your Q6600...
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    Laptop miraculously returned after stolen, check history?

    check the event logs also - all of them. in case you're not familiar - Start>Run>Eventvwr.exe will get you there
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    Is Mass Effect for the PC worth it???

    I never had any issues with bugs.
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    Newegg has stopped showing shipping cost of items

    I never purchase more than 1 item from them anymore anyway. Especially Fans or small items like that. Paying more for shipping per fan than what the fan costs is rediculous in the first place. When I purchase more than 1 item, it's almost always from ZZF. They seem to calculate your...
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    Is Mass Effect for the PC worth it???

    I enjoyed it. It was nice as it had a bit of a different storyline. Although, I have to admit that once I finished it, I was wanting more. Not sure if that's because maybe I felt there should have been more to the game...or perhaps the fact that I just enjoyed playing it. Gave it to my...
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    asus hd4850 top or gigabyte hd4850, what is a boy to do?

    WHOA! That's seriously messed up. I just went to newegg to search the 4850 and in the search results they had the Asus TOP model listed at $164 + 30 rebate. When you click on it, the product page that comes up says $179 + 30 rebate. You might call them and see what the REAL price is. One...
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    ~50" 1080p Plasmas?

    The Panasonic Viera 42" I got was a 720p. It was $699 - $100 credit from Fry's. I don't mind at all that it's 720p vs 1080p as the distance at which I'd be watching the difference wouldn't be noticed anyway. That and the fact that it'd be in the bedroom means it won't be watched as much and...
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    HTPC Video csrd that outputs 7.1 LPCM over HDMI

    nope sure didn't. have a link? I haven't even installed the board yet so I can always trade it in for the nvidia based board.
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    The Official P45 Asus P5Q Motherboard Thread

    yeah...I ordered an ASUS P5Q-EM to replace the board and gpu in my HTPC. Trying to reduce as much heat output as possible...and removing the 4850 and replacing it with the Asus with a G45 w/HDMI out will not only allow me to reduce the heat and power consumption, but also move the 4850 to...
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    Thermal compound on CPU pins - any problems?

    what kind of compound? If it's electrically conductive or has capacitive properties you may have something to worry about if there is any left behind. I've gotten non-conductive paste on cpu pins before and had no issues though.
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    The Official P45 Asus P5Q Motherboard Thread

    That's quite possibly the ATI HDMI Audio out. You can download the driver for it either from Realtek or ATI. I have a 4850 on my HTPC and a device similar to that was in device manager until I installed the HDMI Audio drivers.
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    HTPC Video csrd that outputs 7.1 LPCM over HDMI

    According to AVSforums, the Intel G45 (integrated video) is supposed to provide 8 channel LPCM via HDMI as well. I ordered the ASUS P5Q-EM to give it a shot. Apparenly the G45 has no issues with accelerating dvd/blu-ray playback and sound via HDMI. I figured if it doesn't work as well as...
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    Upgrade time Q6600 Trying to decide on what motherboard to go with

    +1 but to each their own ;) I've got my older Q6600 G0 running at 3.2GHZ at stock voltage on a cheap-assed ECS board in my media pc. Stable as a rock and not even so much as a hiccup...even using the stock HSF for it. Replacing it with an Asus P5Q-EM here in about a week though. For...
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    The Official P45 Asus P5Q Motherboard Thread

    interesting... I couldn't OC for squat past 430Mhz no matter what voltages or timings I messed with. Put a fan over my RAM (touched them out of curiosity and they were hot as hell) and now I'm up to 455 and climbing :p might make for an interesting night at this rate ;)
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    Radeon HD 4850 X2 Spy Pics?

    Ya think? It's called sarcasm. shove the alphabet up your nose and sneeze. at first glance, yeah...the card name kinda looks like that.
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    Radeon HD 4850 X2 Spy Pics?

    sheesh...I've seen medical terminology that's prettier than that... and I've seen quite a bit of medical terminology in the past 6 months...
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    Finger marks on Q6600?

    none if you bothered to clean it with alcohol or acetone
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    So, you're let down by Far Cry 2? You might be stupid.

    Let the flames begin! In b4 b&
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    ~50" 1080p Plasmas?

    I recently got a Panasonic Viera 42" plasma for the bedroom and LOVE it. Picture is crystal clear, no audio lag, nothing short of perfect. The only bad thing I can think of about it besides it wasn't free is that it didn't come with the tilting wal-mount bracket.
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    5,25" switch mod

    Looks good. Next you just need to get carried away like I did and do this to it: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=801460 Mine came in handy at lan parties. It was the dedicated connection box since it had all those ports + wireless. Ran Smoothwall on it for a while and later...
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    The dreaded Far Cry 2 black screen.

    just got the game this weekend and got the black screen as well. I found that if I disabled the AA in the game's graphics options I'd never get the black screen.
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    looking for a good alternative to the p180

    2nd that. I got my 690 for a steal. Picked it up at a CompUSA store closing for $35. No rebates or anything. They had P180's there as well and almost picked up one of those at the same time (they were in the $80 range if I remember right). There's plenty of room inside, and I like the...
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    HOT! Antec Veris Fusion Black 430 w/ Mini Ninja Scythe $108.25 shipped

    that's sooooo tempting... only thing holding me back is the drive bays. I'd need at least 3x3.5 internal bays. I've got a 40gb boot drive and 2x1TB drives in my htpc in a Ahanix MCE601 (piss poor ventilation).
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    DVI cable - $10? or $65? what's the deal?

    www.monoprice.com direct link to their DVI section: http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10209 'nuff said.
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    FS: Ikea Galant Desk Dallas, TX 75052

    pretty much 'splains it ;) anyway...that is a nice desk. Saw that one at the Ikea here in Houston but don't have the room for it. Bump for ya.
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    How much $$ do you save in electricty with 80%+ PSU's compared to 60%?

    link to a listing of 80plus psu manufacturers http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_join.aspx maybe in that list you'll be able to find one locally? Quite a few names I've never heard of on there though so the reliability would come into question unless someone can verify.
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    How much $$ do you save in electricty with 80%+ PSU's compared to 60%?

    not sure on the power savings...but you should be able to run those on a 150w psu without a hitch. I run my Carpc off a 150w psu (Opus) and it's an older mini-itx board, P4 3.06Ghz, 1Gb ram, 1xDVDrom, 2x2.5" hdd's, PCI wireless and Bluetooth card, USB kb and GPS, and 2x 7" TFT Touchscreen. ALL...
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    Cooler Master Aquagate Duo Viva $34.99 free ship

    OIC. yeah...I think that system only comes with one pump/waterblock combo. You're right. I have the single cooling system, not the duo. But what I did was I picked up two and combined them into one system. Still didn't work that great :p I think with a better pump you'd get better...
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    Cooler Master Aquagate Duo Viva $34.99 free ship

    I don't follow? What does cooling a GPU vs CPU have to do with replacing the pump? The pump on these el-cheapo setups is built onto the waterblock, so in order to replace the pump, you'd need to get a waterblock as well. Unless you're saying leave the original pump/waterblock inline and just...
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    Cooler Master Aquagate Duo Viva $34.99 free ship

    you can replace the pump if you'd like - however the pump is also the waterblock, so to replace the pump you'd need a waterblock to go with it.
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    Q9400 Deal @frys.com

    I bit on the deal a couple weeks ago when they offered the Q9400 + motherboard for $229. I did have a Q6600, but was looking to upgrade the HTPC and this was the perfect opportunity. I have the Q6600 in the HTPC with the ECS G31T-M board frys was handing out (actually works very nicely)...
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