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Just a heads up really, in case someone Google's this I have an Asus X202e Vivobook, its great, but overheats and CPU throttles like a motherfucker. There is no way to control the fans, speedfan and every other fan control software I used couldn't control the fan speed, so the laptop would...

I have a Socket775 Q6600 and a P35 based motherboard. It has served me well these last 3 years or so. It was starting to get long in the tooth, but I wanted to wait till the next round from Intel before I upgraded, supposedly around April. In order to try and get a bit more performance out...

After an afternoon of failures I have worked out how to flip the Removable Media Bit (RMB) on usb drives and SDHC cards under a 64 bit install of windows 7. This is based off the Hitatchi Microdrive trick, but I found a 64 bit compiled version of the driver on some german site. I did not make...

I just bought a new HD6870 to play skyrim, From benchmarks I have seen a lesser 6850 should be able to run skyrim at Ultra 1280x768 8xAA 16xAF FXAA between 50-60FPS I'm running fewer pixels at 1280x720 but i am getting 25fps, max and often dropping to 15fps I''m running the newest AMD...

I use a 720P projector, max resolution is 1280x720 the low resolution has helped keep my 8800gt serving me for an extended time, but with BF3 and Skyrim i think i need a boost. What card is going to let me turn everything to max, but still give me the best bang for the buck? under $300...

Here is my dilemma, I have my main gaming PC hooked up to a LCD projector in my Home Theater. my gf likes to watch shows and surf the internet on the projection screen and with the Home Theater speakers. When she is watching something I don't like, say Americas Next Top Model. I would like...

My laptop just died. Luckily I have backups on my whs I bought a replacement (not the same model) and did a restore from backup. It sorta restored, my files are there but all the programs are corrupted. No firefox or office not even IE works. I expected to need new drivers for the hardware...

I have a WD TV Live set up in my bedroom. I would like to set up some small 5.1 speakers. however, the speakers need to have a digital in (either HDMI or Toslink) as these are the only 5.1 outputs from the WD TV. I would only like to pay $200-ish. Is there no decent affordable alternative to...

I have a homebrew WHS, I have 2x500GB drives and 2x320GB drives. My drive pool is now full and I want to replace the 320GB drives with larger 1+ TB drives. Problem is, I only have 4 sata headers, they are all full. How does WHS handle this? Can I pull one drive and install the new one and will...

I am trying to set up a backup solution in my office. Problem is I have two offices in one building but on opposite sides of the building (within wifi range) for whatever reason, one half of the building has one ISP (shaw cable) and the other half of the building has a different ISP (Telus DSL)...

I am a long time Ratpadz owner, I have had them for years, going back to the original, the GS and the newer XT's. I have converted everyone in my office to use Ratpadz, as well as most of my friends and family. I honestly think the Ratpad is the best mousepad around. But almost no one...

Acer Aspire EasyStore H340 Windows Home Server I have 4 office workstations to backup, about 1TB of data Max. I would like to get the EasyStore H340 + 2 internal 1TB drives for the drive pool and folder duplication. As well as a third 1TB drive in a eSata enclosure to take off site. The 4...

Just wondering, I cant find anything on the WD site or elsewhere. :confused:

So I am building a WHS for my small business backup. I have 4 workstations that I want backed up. We currently have one machine that acts as a workstation/server of sorts. It hosts a lot of shared documents that the other workstations access via file sharing. My question is, should each...

I run a small business and have a few computers I am planning to backup on a WHS box. The WHS will provide a backup, but will not provide protection in event of flood/fire/theft. For that I really need an off-site backup, I have been taking home a monthly backup on DVD. Since WHS...

I have two wireless networks on opposite sides of a building, I cant run a cable to connect them. they each have an independent internet connection and several computers each. is there a way to bridge the connection so that the computers can see each other on a LAN? they are in range of each...

I have been using an older laptop as a media extender in the bedroom, it has an original Centrino Pentium M 1.6ghz and an ATI x700 in it. It works great for non-HD files but when I try and play something in HD the CPU cant handle it, uses 100% and lags badly. I was wondering if there is a...

I can't seem to get my onboard nic to connect at gigabit speed. I have a gigabit switch cat 5e cable and another machine with an intel gigabit nic that connects at gigbit speed just fine. I have swapped cables and ports but I can seem to force it to ruin at full speed it will only connect at 100...

I have a RTL8168 gigbit NIC onboard my motherboard (Gigabyte Ga-P35-DS3R) i have it connected to a gigabit switch with Cat5e and another cat5e cable connected to WHS box with an intel gigabit PCI-e NIC the WHS box connects at 1000mb/s both under device manager and as show by the link LEDs on...

G.Skill DDR2 8500 or Corsair Dominator DDR2 8500 Is the Dominator ram worth the extra 15 bucks and MIR hassle? running Intel Q6600 GA-P35-DS3R Windows 7

I have never really done much HTML. I have been asked by my boss, since I'm "the techy one" to add a little feature to our web page, and I need your help I want to add part of another web page into our web page. Specifically I want the table which shows "1 to 10 years" from here...

I just canceled my Telus phone and DSL, switching to TekSavvy Dry DSL. I want to start using VOIP, for phone calls, I am looking for unlimited long distance as i call Vancouver and Edmonton frequently. I would like a "pick up the phone and dial" experience, i do not want to make calls from...

I am trying to install a copy of Windows 7 build 7077 x64 on my rig Q6600 2gb RAM Gigabyte P35-ds3R 8800GT When installing is almost finished, i get an error box that pops up with the error message "Windows Setup cannot configure Windows to on this computers hardware" or something to...

I think i know the answer to this but i want to be sure before i click "buy" I have two computers, in a LAN connected to a 100mbit router. I want a gigabit connection between the two. Computer #1 File Server built in 100mbit connection PCI Intel gigabit NIC Computer # 2 Workstation...

I have 6 hard drives all with different drive letters, I am starting to have trouble tracking down where files are saved and searching through drive after drive is getting annoying. Is there any way to make Vista see all the drives as one big disk with one drive letter, sorta like the WHS...

My main PC essentially acts as a media center connected to my projector and speakers. I use it sitting on the couch, for all intents and purposes it is a HTPC, but I use it for email, web surfing, gaming, yadda yadda. I am currently running Vista Ultimate. I want to buy some more hard drives...

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I have been thinking of picking up the DiNovo Mini HTPC keyboard/mouse/remote/gadget Reviews all seem very positive, but I was wondering if there is anything else comparable and cheaper or anything just plain better coming out on the market soon?

I have a PVR-150 but since I moved to a new apartment I'm no longer getting free cable tv and don't intend to pay for it any time soon. I was thinking I could try and snag some US OTA since I'm actually below the 49th parallel (Victoria BC, Canada) and I have a south facing balcony for an...

can WHS pipe out to a media extender like the XBox 360?

I have a first spin of the Galaxy 8800gt with the single slot cooler. The fan is really loud when spun up in a game. I was wondering if anyone has tried removing the shroud from the card and mounting a larger low RPM quiet fan to the card instead. i know there are some 3rd party HSFs that do...

I'm looking for a free software program that will let me scan documents to PDF. I have been using the software that came with my Brother MFC-7820N printer (Brother Control Center 2.0) but the PDF's are always HUGE! a 1 page pdf in 300x300 B&W is a whopping 350K. trying to email more then 2 or 3...

I have an HDMI equipped projector, but it only has one hdmi input i have 2 HDMI sources i would like to connect to it but my reciver is pre-HDMI. my sources are a upscaling DVD player (soon to be blu-ray...maybe) and a HTPC outputting via DVI-HDMI i am wondering if there is a simple...

i work for a company that has 2 offices in the same building but they are on different ISP's (FYI, Shaw cable and Telus DSL). its stupid I know but its a lame legacy email thing. nothing is going to change this. the one office would like to be able to print to our color laser printer rather...

I currently am using my main rig as both a workstation/games and as an HTPC. it isnt working very well. specs Q6600 gigabyte gap35 ds3r 2GB ram 2x200GB HDD, 2x320gb HDD, 2x500GB HDD, dvd burner. 1 Hauppage PVR-150MCE analog tuner. my problem is that my gf will want to watch HTPC...

even with SATA2, hybrid drives and the advances in Flash hard drives and storage are still the biggest bottleneck in any given system. when if ever do you think they will stop being the slowest part of the system. i hear Intel is working on some fancy new flash-esque technology but thats still...

I am trying to run some tests on my 2 Western Digital 500GB AAKS drives. i have been getting Raid0 errors so i want to make sure they are ok or if i need new drives. I have downloaded and burned both the newest "WD Data Lifeguard for Dos boot disk" and the "WD Data Lifeguard 11.2 Dos boot...

i awoke this morning to the intel matrix raid software telling me that a drive on my RAID 0 is failing. it doesnt tell me much more then that. the computer still runs fine. the RAID is 2 Western Digital 500GB SATA2 drives. they are maybe 6 months old. 3 questions 1) how can i find out...

I have a Auzentech Prelude connected over optical to a Sony STR-995 receiver. Every so often the prelude looses its connection to the receiver and sound stops. If i go into the audio control panel disable and enable the Dolby digital live output it reconnects. The analog connection is fine...

I have an EEE PC with 4GB internal flash and an 8GB SDHC I am trying to install some software to the 8GB SDHC card but the software i am trying to install will only install to a hard drive. since the SDHC card shows up as removable storage under Windows I cant install my software and the 4GB...