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    Conductive Packing material

    I was wondering if the packaging material is conductive or not. I bought a motherboard from NewEgg, and it shipped with the motherboard AND the foam pad INSIDE the static bag. I was wondering if I should RMA this before I open it just in case, or if it's nothing to worry about. I have to do an...
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    New cable wired/wireless network questions

    We just got cable internet and we wanted to network all the computers so everyone could use it. The only problem is we have two houses (one a home office). The internet in in the office with two computer, and we have three computer in the house. It's a direct line of sight, so after asking...
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    Video capture software for CS

    What's good (or any) program that I can use to capture video from a CS match? At our last lan we had some really funny CS moments and I thought it'd be cool to be able to save them, but i don't know how. Thanks!
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    Choosing some 120mm case fans

    I'm looking into getting some 120mm fans to replace my current 80s. I'm basically trying to quite my case down without raising the temps. I read on another forum that the specs posted by some companies aren't very accurate due to different testing methods/setups etc. So how should I choose my...
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    Off brand of a CRT

    I'm thinking of getting a 21in CTX from a friend. Anyone heard of this brand before? What kind of quality can I expect? Spec page I'm guessing at the model number, so this is just to give people an idea. Thanks. Erich
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    Fan related questions

    1) What direction should the CPU fan be blowing? Onto the heatsink/cpu, or away from (drawing from) the heatsink/cpu? 2) How loud is ~45dBA? Does fan noise stack? For example, if I had four fans all running at about 45dBA, would it the output be about 45dBA still? 3) Would a fan on the...
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    External Enclosures

    I'm looking for an external enclosure that has USB and Firewire. Anyone have any suggestions of brand? Or suggestions of a place to look/buy? I've been looking around on newegg, and it doesn't look like I'll be getting one for less than $50 :( (that's about what I paid for the hard drive...
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    Date of manufacture on KR7A-RAID

    Anyone know where to find the date of manufacture on the KR7A-RAID? We need to RMA ours, but first we need to find out if it's still under warranty. We've looked all over the board, but can't find a date anywhere. Thanks.
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    A7N8X Dlx: Enabling the SPDIF port

    How do you do this? I have a Yamaha receiver I want to hook up though it. It's all set up, and the receiver outputs to the speakers (test-tone function), but I can't get anything from the computer. Any ideas? I don't have the SPDIF add-on card, but I might be able to get my hands on one...
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    DVDs play poorly

    I am helping a friend up grade his laptop and we're having a problem with his DVD play back. He has an HP laptop, ~650mhz, 128-256mb RAM... running XP Pro (formally ME, the reason we're upgrading :)). I've turned off all (or most) of the visual extras of XP, and the system is running great...
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    Password in WinXP

    Is there any way to reset the admin password for XP pro if you don't know the current password? ... without reinstalling xp. A friend just called me from work, and someone (they don't know who) changed the login information, so they can't get onto the computer. I told him how you...
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    Dust

    Does anyone have any suggestions on how to limit (or stop) dust getting in my case? I just opened it up, and man is it dusty... and it doesn't seem like it should be, as I just cleaned it this past summer. I remember seeing some fan filter things but I don't remember where. Anyone used...
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    Computer speakers vs. Home audio system

    Which is better? Is there a noticable sound difference? I've asked this question before, but I guess I still don't get it... Take the Logitech z680s : 5.1 500 watts (188 sub, 62 sat, 69 center sat) Digital THX $399 Am I missing anything? Or I could get something along the lines of...
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