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Hey guys, working on getting the parts for an ITX HTPC for the family room. Nothing will be stored on it. It will be streaming content from my server via wifi for now until I get time to wire the house. I already have the case however still working on the other parts. What do you guys...

I'm sure this has been asked a million times however I know what I'm going to get however I just wanted to make sure. A quick summary of how my setup will be. This is in the family room (it is small so no need for speakers - I have my HT with speakers in the basement) The TV will go on...

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Hey guys, so my video card has issues (see this thread: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1036167417#post1036167417) So I dug up an old computer to use while I test the video card more however when I connected it and after loading windows it turned off on its own. I started it again...

Hey guys, tonight I started getting $ signs all over the screen after the Asus motherboard splash screen during post. The strange thing is that I just started the computer. I was not using it at all and it was off since Friday night. After windows boots, I login then I get squares of varying...

Hey guys, we have a wiki at work and I wanted to track visits to it and to see if it is getting any use. Is there a software or a report (free) that I can use to do that? Thanks for the help.

My wife has a 3GS iPhone and I set her up with Google Sync for Google mail/contacts/calendar. Mail first started giving problems where some emails won't show or takes forever to load so I disabled that feature of Google Sync and add the email using the Gmail included add-in with the iPhone...

Hello, I bought a WRT610N on Friday to replace my WRT54G and while it is running great I have a small issue. If I go to browse my local network, I don't see a list of computers like I used to with the WRT54G If I type \\computername then I can access the shares on each computer as...

Hey guys, I have a P5K motherboard and I bought a 2.5 external enclosure to put the 80GB HD I removed from my PS3 after upgrading it to a 320GB. This is the enclosure and it supports eSATA. When the PC is booting, I see the hard drive being listed during the POST however it does not show...

Hey guys, I want to upgrade my 80GB hard drive to a 320GB but have a concern about the save game of Assassin's Creed II. The Assassin's Creed II game save is copy protected so you can't just copy it to a USB key. The other option is doing a full system backup however I'm not sure if that will...

Simple question, I need to buy a fighter game and wondering between these two. I'm not a hardcore fighter game player, and back in the day when I had xbox I used to play DOA 3. So I want the one that is close to DOA 3 This is for PS3 btw. Thanks for the help.

Hey guys, I wanna get a fighting game for my PS3 and I was wondering which one is better. Street Fighter IV Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Soulcalibur IV Or should I wait until Tekken 6 (date of Oct 27, 2009 on Gamespot)?

Hey guys I want to upgrade my current router and I've narrowed it down to two. http://www.linksysbycisco.com/CA/en/products/WRT400N and http://www.linksysbycisco.com/CA/en/products/WRT610N Other than the storage link, what is the difference between these two routers. Once says "Simultaneous...

Hey guys, they have a promo for the upgrade version of win 7 at FS http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10126082 Would it be safe to assume that this copy is also contains the full version as well just like Vista? Is it worth it or should I just...

Hey guys, I started having this issue with my HTPC this past weekend. It has been working fine since I set it up a year ago. The PC is a Dell Windows XP SP3 P4 3gig 1.5 gig ram Asus ATI AH3450 (AGP) Sound is onboard TV Sony KDL46W4100 Sound from TV is connected to the Sony home theater in a box...

Hello all, I want to get two hard drives that will be used to store my ripped DVD movies. For now they will be installed inside the HTPC as seperate drives meaning no RAID or any other disk management. I narrowed it down to Seagate or WD 1.5TB drives. Seagate...

Hey guys, I will be buying an iPod touch today so I just wanted to see which skins do you guys use to protect it. If a skin covers the screen, does that make it hard to touch or needs one to press harder on the screen for it to register? Thanks for the help.

Is that a good deal for this game and is it good on the ps3? I want to play it but don't want to get the PC version due to drm crap. thanks for the help.

I titled game packages since they are not exactly new games but an update and a repackage :) http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/chroniclesofriddickassaultondarkathena/index.html http://www.gamespot.com/pc/puzzle/crysismaximumedition/index.html I loved the original Riddick and an update to...

Hey guys, I have a $40 gift card from EB Games and Ridge Racer 7 (to trade in) and I was thinking of going to EB to get me a new PS3 game. These are the ones I'm interested in, help me decide. It is going to be tough since we have 8 hours to go so lets get cracking :D Battlefield: Bad...

Hello everyone, I'm in the market for a 1-1.5tb drive mainly for storage. It will be installed in my pc and I will be backing up things to it. I was thinking about the 1.5tb seagate but all the bad reviews and press is turning me off...

Not sure if this has been posted before, search did not find anything but if someone posted then the thread might have disappeared with the forum issues. http://www.electronichouse.com/article/sony_planning_combo_blu_ray_movie_video_game_discs/

Futureshop has a deal that gives you Resistance: Fall of Man free when you buy Resistance 2. I just picked up Fall of Man a couple of weeks ago and when I saw the deal I went today and paid the difference and got Resistance 2 as well. Sweet deal.

Hey guys, Just a quick question to people who play video on PCs and PS3s What h.264 format do you use to play the files on both systems. I backup my DVDs and encode in h.264 AVIs with AC3 and they play fine on my PC but they don't on the PS3. What I do is use Fairuse wizard to encode the...

I was at Blockbuster renting Hancock yesterday when I saw that they have a deal on the 40gig PS3. $369.99 CAD and it comes with the remote. Is it a good deal or should I just pick up the 80gig. One of the other reasons I'm hesitant to get it from Blockbuster is that I wanted to get it...

Anyone running the new VLC? version 0.9.6. I installed it on my HTPC yesterday and when fast forwarding or jumping from one part of the movie to another, it gets very choppy and the sound plays while the screen is frozen until it caatches up. I uninstalled it and put in the old version that...

Hey there, So I got my HTPC connected this past weekend. I put in an Audigy Platinum card in there I pulled from another computer so I can use the remote that came with it. I got a mini to RCA cable so I can connect the sound card to my home theater receiver. I connected the mini jack to...

Hello, Anyone has ever come up with a solution to find out how many pages gets used per toner? The idea is to find out during a specific period of time how many pages the toner printed to be able to see what is cost effective, getting a new toner or fill it up.

I have an older computer that I will eventually hook it up to the 42" LCD TV that I want to purchase early next year. The only thing I need is an AGP card that will do 1080p. I won't be gaming (well maybe just Guild Wars) on it since it will be in the living room, so mostly it will be for...

Hey guys, I never still bought a game that has securom but FarCry2 and a couple other games seem interesting. Now if I buy them over Steam, would they have securom as well? I'm worried about the install limit as well as any interference with any other software I have on my PC. Thank you

Hello, I get this message: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item" when trying to open an audio CD (one that does not have special features to .exe to run) Also any DVD format disks I made or old DVD movie...

Hello, I have a USB printer and would like to find out what wireless print server would let me share the printer for printing and most importantly scanning? If any of you used a product that can let you do wireless document scanning then please let me know. If no print server is able to...

Hey guys, I'm looking to buy a 1TB external drive and interested in one of these two. Any recomendations or issues for the people that bough/used or know about these drives? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3617658&Sku=M122-7820...

Hey guys, What sotware do you use to convert mp3s and wma to real player and vice versa. Need to be free and works well Thanks

Hello, I'm new to SATA drives configurations so please bare with me and thanks for understanding. ========= I'm thinking of getting another SATA HD for storage. I have the Asus P5K and have the boot SATA drive on SATA1. I have the SATA DVD drive on SATA4. See screenie...

Hey guys, I'm getting a new LCD TV towards the end of summer and already got a computer that I can stick behind it for internet browsing/some gaming (guild wars :)) and playing movies. I started ripping the movies I have using Magic DVD Ripper but even if I choose the highest quality they...

Hey guys I just noticed that my P5K did not come with an SLI connector, I checked the pic on new egg and various sites and none show pictures of an sli connector in the included items with the mobo. Any ideas?

Hello guys, I'm thinking of getting vista x64 for my PC and was wondering if these copies are legal and if so, are they ok to reinstall on the same PC in the case of a reformat? http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=013275&cid=SW.815...

Hey guys, this is a question for the Canadian users that use Rogers' highspeed as an ISP. Any of you using their protection software? http://promo.yahoo.com/rogers/yop_learnmore.html If so is it good? should I get it or just stick with AVG/Spybot/Ad Aware? Thanks for the help.

Hey guys, I've recently been having a strange problem with my computer. Its rig2 in my sig. Computer was running fine the night before and then I just moved it to the other side of the desk and it stopped loading windows. The computer turns on and fans/psu/cpu fan/video card fan and light...