Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 7th 10, 10:21 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 477
OT-DVD Playing software update
On 7/6/2010 4:46 AM, pheasant16 wrote:
CrackerJack wrote:
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Netbook has Windows 7 Starter. Got VLC Media Player last month from
someone here. Worked great, but have to load each...
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Forum: Asus Motherboards
June 28th 10, 03:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
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Replies: 7
Views: 664
I give up on RAID
On 6/27/2010 6:45 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
Your wife's company has a liberal policy compared to mine. But this is
my personal home computer and playing with it is a great source of
...
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Forum: AMD x86-64 Processors
June 9th 10, 04:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,alt.comp.periphs.mainboards.asus,alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64,alt.comp.hardware.homebuild
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,058
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 3rd 10, 05:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 68
Views: 2,296
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 29th 10, 09:11 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 5
Views: 531
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Forum: Asus Motherboards
May 25th 10, 07:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,167
(Asus) Realtec HD Audio Mngr.
On 5/24/2010 9:14 PM, Paul wrote:
It is not clear to me, how the BIOS setting, relates to a feature
like that. Whether the RealTek control panel overrides the BIOS choice,
or the BIOS choice...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 3rd 10, 07:21 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,440
Economy build for home use.
Paul wrote:
Motherboard for $100. Details in a moment.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138146
That one is "buzz word" compliant. It is a full sized...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 26th 10, 12:32 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,197
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 22nd 10, 08:27 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 379
Phenom II X3 versus Athlon II X3
Daniel Prince wrote:
It looks to me as if the only difference between the Phenom II X3
and the Athlon II X3 is that the Phenom II X3 has an L3 Cache of
6MB. How much difference does an L3...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 11th 10, 03:51 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 17
Views: 885
fact or fiction
jinxy wrote:
For whatever it is worth, I have had some success with the opposite
treatment, heating the drive in an oven to approx 120-140 degrees F.
The theory is that the failing...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 27th 10, 07:29 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,197
AMD versus Intel
Daniel Prince wrote:
Which would give the most performance per dollar, an AMD CPU and
motherboard or an Intel CPU and motherboard? Which would be the
most reliable and last the longest? Which...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 26th 10, 04:06 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 8
Views: 567
Proposed new build
Steve wrote:
In article ,
says...
I'm scoping a cheap system to replace the one I assembled four years ago,
which chokes...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 21st 10, 02:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 15
Views: 630
WD hard drives
Metspitzer wrote:
I seem to be having a large amount of WD drives failing.
What is your drive brand name of choice?
Failing HOW?
I haven't had a WD die on me in over 10 years.
Poor cooling?...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 4th 10, 08:57 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,837
Are PCs having TOO MUCH computing power?
VanguardLH wrote:
You think you need that 3GHz dual- or
quad-core processor with 4GB, or more, of system memory to run a word
processor (when then used to run back in DOS in under 640K on old...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 4th 10, 08:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,868
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 2nd 10, 04:45 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,24hoursupport.helpdesk
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,410
Problem 80 wire cable for hard disk
richard wrote:
I'm amazed that you could even get the 40 wire cable to connect to the same
connector as the 80 wire. They're generally designed so that you CAN'T do
that.
Huh? Same 40-pin...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 21st 10, 12:21 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 14
Views: 782
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 19th 10, 01:01 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 13
Views: 500
Favorite motherboard brand and why?
shegeek72 wrote:
On Feb 16, 9:25 pm, John Doe wrote:
Please tell me what your favorite motherboard brand is and why you
like them. What are they best for?
Gigabyte...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 15th 10, 09:04 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,000
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
February 15th 10, 09:04 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,409
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 8th 10, 07:57 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 582
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Forum: General
February 8th 10, 07:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 16
Views: 882
How move XP Pro hard drive to new PC
Flasherly wrote:
On Feb 6, 5:27 am, Vinni wrote:
I want to upgrade to a new PC and put my old XP in the new machine. (Later
I'll install Win 7.)
This is what I...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 8th 10, 07:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 16
Views: 843
How move XP Pro hard drive to new PC
Flasherly wrote:
On Feb 6, 5:27 am, Vinni wrote:
I want to upgrade to a new PC and put my old XP in the new machine. (Later
I'll install Win 7.)
This is what I...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 8th 10, 04:44 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 582
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 6th 10, 02:57 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 11
Views: 751
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