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Hey Guys, I ordered a MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4G into my local shop on a black friday special, works out to be $636CAD with tax and after $30 MIR. I got that new Dell G-sync monitor so i was all hot and heavy to upgrade my GTX680 after realizing I cant run rocket league at full quality at 144fps...

Hello, So while wheeling my D8000 from under my desk, I ran over the power cord which caused tension and pulled the plug on my esx box. This was the second time that has happened. At work a lot of our servers have metal retention chips that help hold the power cord in if they get yanked...

Hey guys, I actually do a lot of work with VMware as part of my job, but my experience is limited to IBM/HP blades. Currently I run a unraid server at home for my multimedia needs, which is working just fine but the mobo is a bit older doesn't have adequate PCIe lanes to support my new IBM...

Hey Guys, I'm gearing up to make my own ATX cable for my Seasonic X850 Gold. I'm noticing that some of the pins on the mobo side have two cables going to them. The PSU side has two modular connectors, I assume one of the two goes to the smaller connector is looks to be a smaller gauge. I was...

I was going to include this is my build log but figured it was worth it's own post. I had a bad fan controller and one of two power LEDs was dead on my Node 605, my first product from Fractal Design. I emailed their support and heard back from them within an hour or two with a short form to...

So with Haswell and the NCASE M1 coming out this summer and my 4850e/GT430 based HTPC getting extremely frustrating as more and more newer games gain full controller support... I've decided to start early by converting my 3570K desktop into a HTPC form factor device. :D This sort of...

Hello, I was wondering if a v8800 firepro will game well, or are they all hacked up to perform better in CAD etc? I might be able to get one for free, just wondering if it'd be an upgrade from my GTX260. Thanks.

It's almost here! http://www.ipcdirect.net/servlet/Detail?no=258 I hope the price stays the same :D

Hello, I've got some more resources that have hit my desk this morning. Two HS22V w/ Dual X5650! I'm excited to put these to good use. Should put my previous HS22s in their place.

Hey guys, I just setup fah6 on a SLES10.1 box and my client is having some issues... I start it up with ./fah6 -bigadv -smp 8 -verbosity 9, and everything is all good up until the "Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload blahblah". It just sits there. It shouldn't be a network issue...

Hello, I've decided to get a soundcard because all the interference on my on board has finally driven me crazy. I'm looking at the HT Omega cards and I have a question about the drivers. I intend to use these with headphone and speakers. Can you set a separate volume level for the front...

So here's the situation. I have a HTPC with multiple hard drives. I store movies on 2 drives, E:\Movies and F:\Movies. In VMC I need to have both folders in the library, which keep them separate. I'd like to create a share or something so that it contains the contents of both Movies...

I just re-installed the stock cooler on my 4870 with MX-2 and i downloaded ATi Tool to test it out. As soon as i opened the 3D window the card stars making a fluctuating high pitched whine and its not the fan, I stopped it with my finger. It reminds me of when I had a power supply go bad. I...

Hey everyone! So today my boss told me that he'd hire me full time in January if i get my CCNP. I'm currently doing a co-op term till the end of the month, then I go back to school for my final semester (ccnp 1 and 4 i think, the program is a Cisco alliance academy or whatever) then I'm...

Hey, I'm looking to pull the trigger on some new stuff very soon (few days) since I apparently got my supplier to get a few more Lian-Li PC-A05b's in stock (3 units) so i need to figure out my config FAST. My only concern is the heat pipes on the IP35 Pro. Will they not cool as...

What kind of performance are people getting with the new NFS? I just installed it, and fresh nvidia drivers and I cant seem to get over 26 fps. I know my hardware is dated (upgrading in dec/jan) but i cant even get playable frames at 640x480 with ALL the settings set to low and all the...

I'm trying to update some of the aging software that my company is using but I always hit a dead end when it comes to reboots on business critical servers. (ex. Our Symantec 9 corp admin server is running on our email gateway server which I'm not allowed to restart. the time i tried to restart...

I just started a co-op at a manufacturing company a few weeks ago, and I'm trying to talk my manager into doing as much cool shit as i can to get more experience. I've already got a proposal approved for buying gigabit switches to replace all existing ones (with fiber), which should be fun...

Hello, I'm looking to set up a cisco lab to help me with my school assignments and for when i do my certs later... Before i buy on ebay i figured I'd better check here since i prefer to trust geeks and the like with taking care of their equipment... So what i was thinking about was: (3)...

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Ok, so i'm gonna redo my home network since its geting out of hand. I need to get all of the gear out from under my desk and into the furnance/electrical room and i need more runs to eliminate 1 computer+network printer off wireless. Right now i'm rocking a WRT54G(hyperWRT) +...

So i finally have the time to start putting my MDSNAA subscription to good use. I have a second box that i barley ever use except to archive my movies ect when my primary desktop's storage drive gets full. Now that i'm taking networking etc in college, I want to setup a cool server to fuck...

My home network has reciently expanded and and i'm having some issues with my new wireless rotuer (WRT54G) and my old BEFSR41. Orginally i had 2 desktops, a server and a printserver. Nows i've adeed on the wireless router for a wireless desktop and laptop. Basically i want to use the...

Ola! I've been rocking a 9800pro and a A8V since december and i'm sure some of you know the via K800pro chipset and radeon 9800series dont mix so well. Basically i've put up with 2d/2d screen coruption for half a year and i finally snaped on monday. I implusivly ordered a NF4 Ultra-D and...

Hey I just ordered a DFI Ultra D and i really need a PCI-E card. Had a buy lined up but it fell through :( 6600GT would be ideal but i'll pay a bit more for a 6800NU if i have to. I do live in Canada so that might be a problem for some US sellers. :o [email protected]

Lately i've been noticing some laggy performance when i've got multiple expolorer windows open displaying my media folders and the normal multiple firefox windows open... i'm a real multitasker. This lag increases alot when i'm done watching a video and after closing MPC. general system...

Long winded story/questionish statement.... So i'm going to be taking networking for school(after 2 years of wasting my money in multimedia design) and i'm already into that sort of stuff, i just dont have any experance with domain based networks. I'm been using workgroups since i boguht my...

After getting my 2nd rma'd 9800 pro back from msi (it took 40 days :mad: ) I've come to the conclusion that my a8v is never going to work with a 9800 series card. Apparently alot of people are having problems with this. And yes, i've probably tired all the fixes (4x apg, no fast writes...

Howdy, I got my 2nd rma'd nf7s back from abit, and to my surprise its got all the cool new coloured pvc parts on the newer board. So they probably built this board fairly reciently and they've ran out of the old black parts. Just thought i'd share: new/old Personally, i like the old...

Well, after 2 weeks of using my rma'd rx9800 something has gone wrong again. I just turned on my system to be greeted with my a8v boot screen, with blocky distortions! :eek: It continues onto the windows load screen, and in windows theres some dark pixels beside and following my mouse. I...

I finally had gotten my NF7-S back from abit rma, i set it up with FaH and it was good, for a time. I had to turn it off to take out my video card, snice its the one i use on my workstation currently and when i turned it back on DISASTER! The board wont post and is giving me the...

I finally got arround to setting up the NF7-S i got back from Abit RMA and i've hit a wall. I booted it fine with the system drive i used on my old NF7-S, i downloaded the drivers for my video card and tweaked the biios a bit (set ram timings and o/c'd my 2500+ to 3200+). I used the system a...

Well after 2 years of Multimedia Dev. at College I've come away knowing not much more then I already did and I'm still working my shitty non related job. I've always been intersted in computer hardware/networking, I dont know why I didn't do this in the first place and save alot of money...

I've reciently replaced most of my workstation's components due to dammage and now i've got all the rma'd parts comming back my way and I'm gonna build a second computer that I'll use as a file server, once i can afford some decient drives. Untill then I'd like to explore the ghetto side of...

So I'm in the market for a new gamepad, the d-pad on my 7.99 Destroyer Tilt is toast. I like the ps2 controller alot and i'm not totally sure about thoes psx to usb adaptors. I hear some of them dont make full use of the stick, limited them to throttle control or some lame shit. I'm looking...

I was wondering fi there are any bios hacks or anythign for the a8v that would allow me to get my ram voltages up to like 3.1? I'm looking at getting from ocz plat rev2 and i'll probably need more then 2.8v to hit 260+fsb

Long winded explenation (sorry) I reciently toasted my NF7-S and decided to buy a new a64 setup. I RMA's the NF7-S and Abit is sending my a replacement so now i have a spare mobo/processor and a 3rd stick of ram that i cant use in my a64 (dc only). I've decided to make a file server for...

Hey, I finally got my Asus A8V today after like a week :rolleyes: I set it up with my 2x256 sticks just becasue they just happened to be near by with intent to install my 512 stick later. I put it in and booted up, no post. I took it out, post. Put it back in the other free slot, no post...

This all started with me instaqlling a vga silencer on my rx9800 as seen here: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=835798 Now i tried another video card and i'm getting the same shit. On Power up: GPU/CPU fans start up, hard drives/opticals power up. No reassuring BIOS post type beep...

So i finally got some ram sinks for the damn card and decided to install the vga silencer. I pop off the msi cooler, remove thermal residue from core, apply ram sinks, apply AS cremique, screw on vga silencer.... Anyway, i pop it back on my nf7-s and booter up. The fan works but theres no...