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    Hard Drive Recommendations

    My 4TB drives are nearing capacity and I'm looking at larger drives. What drives are you guys using? I see this amazon sale on a seagate 8TB 5400RPM drive for 109 but seems it is shingled and not very good.
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    Ethernet Cabling Questions

    So I bought a couple new routers, amplifi alien, to upgrade my network and have one be a mesh point. I may add a third later. While I've got wire in the walls now for the existing router, I want to make it to be more professional with actual jacks in the wall instead of just little holes. I did...
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    Online Glasses

    So there was some discussion about this in the something random thread. But I thought I'd start this thread for discussing ordering glasses online. I was going to order some from zennioptical.com. I priced out the glasses for my son and they were like $30 which is great as he lost his $300 ones...
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    HP laptop still slow -help me determine why

    This is an HP dv6 AMD Turion II 2.3Ghz 4GB RAM laptop. Installed windows 10 when it came out and since has been really slow. Took it apart a while back, there is probably a thread around here somewhere, as I thought the temps were too high. Thought I had those under control but I don't think the...
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    Skylake i3 6100 integrated graphics of AMD Radeon HD 7770?

    Currently I put my old graphics card in my new box. But I'm wondering whether the integrated graphics make it outdated. Skylake i3 6100 integrated graphics or AMD Radeon HD 7770? Which is better?
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    HP Pavilion DV6-2157US Laptop Issues

    So my wife has a HP DV6-2157US laptop. It was just shutting off. So I opened it and checked for dust and replaced the thermal compound between cpu and the heatsink. It doesn't shut off anymore. View of fan / heatsink View of CPU My first question is should I have replaced the thermal pad on...
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    Laptop Recommendations

    So as I indicated in another thread my main desktop is quite old and the location means it isn't used much. So I'm considering a laptop. I was looking the at 15" retina macbook pro and the xps 15 with the high res display. Then I thought maybe just hook the laptop up to an external monitor as I...
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    gateway NV570P touchscreen going crazy

    So I've been tasked with looking at this gateway NV570P laptop with a touchscreen that is going crazy. By going crazy I mean randomish touches all over and if the onscreen keyboard is brought up it types like crazy. Windows 8 ish. Looks like the nephew tried to reinstall windows but it has a...
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    Nice article on filesystems at ars

    http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/bitrot-and-atomic-cows-inside-next-gen-filesystems/ I haven't read through it but it looks to be good.
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    LED lightsaber project

    So I have this group of kids that I want to do this build your own lightsaber project with. I found instructions online here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-lightsaber/ Then I backtracked that to more recent instructions from the group that originally made them...
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    Which OS Upgrade for old computer?

    So mom's got a Athlon 64 X2 4000+ based Dell E521 with 2GB of RAM that I bought her back in 2007. As XP support is going away, I'm thinking I should upgrade the OS. So which MS OS offering should I buy? The windows 8 upgrade seems to be about $95. I don't have windows 8 on my own computers...
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    New inexpensive build - how did I do?

    So a computer motherboard died. No video, some bad looking caps but everything seems to get power. Maybe bad video card. Anyway it was old and time to replace. And they wanted an inexpensive replacement but with the SSD. So I picked out these parts. Let me know the good / bad. Also what...
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    Mount Nexus 7 in Dash?

    So I'm wondering whether it would be a good idea to mount a nexus 7 in dash to replace the radio. I'm assuming I'll have wifi available via my actual phone. And that they can link via bluetooth so I can do hands free calling. - GPS will work with only wifi provided by tethered phone? - Speaker...
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    Laptop Recommendations?

    I need some recommendations for laptops say $600. This will be the primary computing device for the family. I was thinking core i5 and at least a 15" screen. Probably won't travel much, be used primarily in the house. Needs to be able to take a bit of abuse as younger kids may be using. I found...
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    Harmony Remote

    So our verizon remote sucks. The buttons don't respond well. New batteries help but for a short while. I was looking at the harmony remotes but they seem insanely expensive. What do you recommend? Complain to verizon and ask for a new remote? Buy a harmony on ebay?
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    Headphones and static discharge

    So I got a new PC at work. SSD, new dock, new ac adaptor. I have a radioshack headphone extension cable that runs across the desk. Then I plug my headphones (cheap philips pair of in-ear SHE2642). The head phone extension plugs into the dock. Computer is Dell Lattitude E6420. Works fine...
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    When is crossover cable needed?

    So when is a crossover cable needed. I'm going to be running a network cable from a lan port on my verizon router to the internet/wan port on my netgear WNDR4500 router. Should I use a crossover cable for this or just a regular network cable? I think crossovers are just for bridging routers...
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    Remove Windows 7 SP1 backup files

    From ddrueding (I put it here because I had a devil finding it with the search feature): As an interesting aside to this, if you have installed 7 SP1 and are OK with making it permanent you can get some space back by clearing the uninstall files: Press the "Windows" key, type "CMD" Right-click...
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    Windows 7 - Move Users Directory To Another Drive

    So I'll be reinstalling windows 7 on my new ssd and then I want to move the users directory to my 1GB samsung drive. The way I currently have it setup is to just add the My Files directory on that drive to the library and set it as the default. But stuff still gets written to the Users folder...
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    Email Group Handling

    So the local cub scouts pack has an issue with maintaining the list of people to email. What happens is that people just reply to an old email with the the entire list. So what happens is that bad or incorrect or no longer with the pack people end up getting e-mail. I've suggested switching...
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    Laptop Drive has bad sectors - what should I replace it with

    My wife's laptop hard drive WDC 3200BEKT-60V5T1 has some bad sectors. Laptop is just out of warranty (2/15/2011). So I'm considering what to replace it with. I was looking at that seagate hybrid hard drive the momentus XT but the reviews on the egg seem to indicate firmware issues and not...
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    Marvel HyperDuo

    Have you guys heard about Marvell's hyperduo technology? Looks like seagate's hybrid tech but separated out to have two individual devices. Looks like you can specify the stuff to keep on the ssd as well...
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    Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Heatsink & Scythe SFlex 12cm Fan

    Have a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Heatsink and a Scythe Sflex 12cm fan [SFF21F] for sale. This is the original version. Revision A of the Ultra 120 Extreme. Has brackets for the following chipsets: 1366, 775, 939*, AM2* & AM3*. * There is no backplate included for these. You'd have to...
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    Replacing heatsink on 939 based board.

    So I'll be replacing the stock heatsink fan that has been installed for years with a new one. Anything to be leery of when removing the old one? How should I get off any residue? I have to remove the motherboard for this correct? As I'll have to install a new bracket on the back of the...
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    Decent Inexpensive Headphones?

    So my headphones at work are starting to fall apart, the rubber around the part you put in the ear became separated. Basically the glue wore out. But just about every pair of inexpensive headphones I try doesn't sound right to me. I wish I could try out a good pair for a few days to see what...
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    Dell 2001FP

    I thought I would move the discussion regarding my 2001FP here instead of the U2410 thread. Anyway it was having a problem with just going blank, though the power light stayed green. Also it would not turn off. The power led stayed green as long as the computer was on. Once off it turned...
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    How to configure a slave router with no access to LAN?

    So I got this eye-fi card with that google promotion ($50 for 200GB of space on picasaweb and a free eye-fi 4GB card). But it doesn't support WPA2 with preshared key. When I called they said I had to use WPA2 Personal. There is no setting for that on my router (Actiontec MI424-WR Rev. D that...
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    USB Flash Drive Bootable XP Image?

    How do I take a 1GB usb flash drive and get it to boot an XP install CD image? I've got the iso for the CD image. Situation is a friend has an acer aspire one machine that she thinks she filled the hard drive on, so windows won't boot now. I'm trying to get to a point where I can delete some...
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    To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages.

    I get a prompt that says the following when I start my computer. "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes." I know how to get rid of it temporarily by resetting the "Compact Check Count" in the registry to 0. When it gets over 100 it...
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    I do want to buy a used car

    So my mazda lease is up in november. So I've started looking at used cars. This is a commuter car with 40 miles round trip each day. I have a budget of about $3500. What car would you recommend? Where do I find good deals? I've been tracking some stuff on ebay and autotrader.com and cars.com...
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    How to use a wireless router as a bridge?

    So my colleague has some devices that need a wired ethernet connection. But they are way far from his cable modem/wireless router. So he was thinking of using another wireless router in client mode to connect to the main wireless router via wireless. Is this possible with any router? Or do...
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    Old Stuff - Anybody want before I chuck?

    I have an old AMD processor here from a machine that kept overheating. Not sure if anybody here would want it but thought I'd check before chucking it. I think it is an XP 1800+. Maybe you could use the memory from it? 512MB DDR I think.
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    spinrite v6

    Anybody use spinrite? I tried using it on my Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R motherboard with the F7 bios version (this is an Award BIOS). I had to disable AHCI mode and set the SATA mode to disabled so it emulates PATA. This is just so FreeDOS can boot off the CD. But it gave me an error that...
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    Laptop 500GB drive roundup?

    Anybody out there done a 2.5" 500GB drive round-up? I can't seem to find any with google search. Google really should exclude product pages when you put review in the keywords or something like that.
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    ESATA/USB Drive Enclosures/Adapters

    Are there any good ESATA/USB Drive Enclosures/adaptors? I remember a thread where we were trying to find the best one around. I looked at those ones that you put the hard drive in the top and there seems to be plenty of bad reviews of them as cheap junk. I have two needs 1) for my laptop at...
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    sysprep - then constant reboot

    Hi guys, So my dads old computer is on the fritz. I took the drive out of it, slaved it in a workbench machine (AMD X2 3800+) and cleaned the viruses out. Then I put it back in his machine (an old athlon 1800) and syspreped it. It shutdown. I put it in the workbench machine as the only...
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    Which Car?

    My Toyota Sienna lease is up in december. So I'm trying to decide what to replace it with. And whether to lease/buy new or buy used. I'm leaning toward trying to lease as there just aren't any cars that I want to own, the gas mileage sucks on most of them. I plan to buy the chevy volt or the...
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    Intel Stock Cooler

    Anybody want a used stock intel cooler from a Q6600? Or a barely used (1-2 days) Artic Cooling AF9225 PWM 92mm fan? You pay shipping, item is free.
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    WD greenpower 1TB drive

    Have I gone crazy? I'm considering the WD greenpower 1TB drive. Storagereview review anandtech review I know it isn't the best performer. But I think because my PC is in my living room I'm considering the drive for the noise and power level consumption aspects. Even though it is probably...
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    Ipod Management Software that isn't iTunes?

    Is there any good ipod management software that isn't iTunes and works on windows xp pro x64? iTunes doesn't seem to like xp x64. It installed fine but keeps popping up a message that says it wasn't installed correctly and to re-install. It works - mostly. It keeps asking me to register the...
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    NSK2400 build notes

    So here is where I want to record my recent computer build notes. I used the Antec NSK2400 and a Q6600 and XP x64. I'm typing this from it all installed. I started about 9pm last night. It is now 4:30 am. Anyway some photos of the horrors I have now: http://willrickards.net/images/ You'll...
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    Google Apps For Your Domain

    So I signed up and setup "google apps for your domain" on my willrickards.net domain. I wanted to move to gmail instead of using thunderbird. Surprisingly easy to do. And everything is setup and working fine. I needed to change some MX records and add some CNAME records. But the process was...
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    SSD performance on Intel chipsets

    Article over at anandtech: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3064 SSD devices seem to be 11-21% slower on intel chipsets versus nvidia.
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    64bit Windows OS - Choices?

    So I'm building my new PC and figure maybe this is a good time to go 64 bit with the OS. I've never done that before though. So what are my OS choices (windows only)? And what are the gotchas? Any references out there on the web I should read?
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    Water Cooled Hard Drives

    http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070803-nec-and-hitachi-team-to-water-cool-hard-drives.html
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    LA meetup

    I'll be in LA (near LAX) for training July 9th through the 20th. I'm wondering if any member was in the area and wanted to meet up and hang out.
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    Data Recovery Situation

    I have a data recovery situation on my hands and need some advice. So my uncle's PC blue screened with unmountable boot volume. I figure no problem the mbr is probably hosed or something run the recovery console and do fixmbr. Only the hard drive is SATA and hooked up to an intel raid...
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    Motherboard Replacement

    So I have an AMD x2 3800 - socket 939 in a GIGABYTE GA-K8N ULTRA-SLI. But lately I've been getting lockups. I checked temps and that isn't it. So it is probably a driver or software problem. I don't really want to diagnose. This is a nforce4 chipset. I think I want to replace it with...
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    8GB Flash Drives?

    What do you guys think of this corsair 8GB Flash Voyager GT drive? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820233054 I'm wanting to get a bigger drive (I have 256MB now) and I think 8GB is about right. The newegg reviewers all seem to think it is fast but don't like the case. I...
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    Future of Cable TV?

    I thought we could discuss the future of cable TV in this thread. So merc says here that his cable company, Comcast, is getting rid of non-digital cable in the Chicago area. Chicago is probably a test run for the rest of the US. I had not considered that cable companies would be doing away...
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