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Hi everyone, I haven't been here in a few years, and I've got a pretty unusual situation. Now, I know most of the time when people talk about upgrading laptop screens the common response is don't try it. I'm trying it. So please don't respond if you're just going to tell me not to try this. So...

Hey guys, been a while since I've been on this forum. I've been running windows 7 for a while now, completely unprotected, and finally got my first malware. Nothing major, and Malwarebytes cleared it right up. I was just looking for suggestions on what is currently good protection for 7. Back in...

I got a job about 2 months ago working for this small computer repair shop. It's not a great job, but considering I have no certifications at all I'm glad to have landed anything in the tech world. The place I work at has a history of it's employees being "poached" by the local university, or...

I'm having some serious overheat issues with my Athlon FX-62. I think I've solved the problem but I can't get anything to accurately give me the cpu temperature in windows, so I have to shut down and go to my bios to check it after running it at heavy load for a while. As you can imagine this is...

So I ordered some parts for my friend, and set up his new computer, in exchange for which, I traded him my x2 6000 for his FX-62. I figured they were fairly equal processors, and I just wanted the FX as sort of a status symbol. But now, specifically when playing counterstrike source, I'm having...

Well, after thorough error checking, then a few transfer-readback tests, and making sure every system on the network can use this setup, we went with NTFS on a windows XP machine, with the root of the raid shared, and an incoming folder with write access. Kinda like an ftp server. Seems to be...

I just got my 2 500gig drives, and I wanna set up my terrabyte sata raid. Me and my roommate are discussing what filesytem to use for it. It will be a mainly network drive for like, our media server. Now we have several machines we could slap this in. 1 running ubuntu, 1 running gentoo and one...

Well I guess.. in an extreme case.. your PSU could have taken out your old mobo and your keyboard... I guess? I mean power supplies can be violent when they're dying so its totaly possible... I've just never heard of it happening before. As for your discrimination against via and emachines, I...

Yes! Indeed that was the problem! the little black 6-pin connector! My previous video cards never required this, thanks so much for your post!

pci-e mullox is different? more info please. I did not know that, and it may indeed be the problem!

I also love KDE, but I have a minor complaint with it. The freakin naming convention, where everything needs to start with a K. I can't stand konsole and konqueror and all that nonsense, so I just rename stuff. As far as this XFCE thing, you guys make it sound pretty neat! Which livecd is it...

Yeah they sell 100% plexiglass cases on newegg, and I havent read any complaints about it.

It will run for about 5 seconds.. I've done that before, not the same way... but shorted a power switch accidently while making a swank casemod. Yeah, that high pitched noise does seem to point to your power supply.

I have a geforce 7900 gs and when my machine starts I get a message that the nvidia tool has detected that it's not getting enough power, and is automaticaly lowering its settings. Still runs great, its not a problem, but this also means that I can't use the ntune utility to overclock my video...

Well, if this is the machine listed in your computer then I would suggest getting a new mobo. A socket 478(right?) motherboard would be super cheap right now, and even if that isnt your problem it would be a great upgrade. I really dislike the mobo's they use in emachines. Don't forget the...

Overclocking to the point where you get a performance increase is very, very easy. Overclocking to the point where you get the perfect optimal performance is a bit harder. Try to find a website documenting OCíng your specific chip(Just google it). Now using these websites may not give you...

I like DIY, probably saves money though it is a bit of work. At my local lumber store they sell UV reactive plastics sheets, and all kinds of fun stuff that could really make a window project look nice, so you might wanna check that. And if you have a cheap case anyway theres not much to lose...

Hmm, tried to think of a crappy rare game, couldn't think of one. You're probably right. Didn't they work on the original Perfect Dark? And man... DKC, that game has earned a place in history.

Yeah, I don't see why EU gets the short end of the stick on console gaming so much. I mean, theres plenty of gamers over there. From what I hear though, the reason that japan gets releases first is that the average japanese gamer has more money than the average gamer anywhere else in the world...

You're right, there arent any games that require Directx 10, but there are a few new games that are vista exclusive. I just don't remember this many problems when xp came out. Anyway I suppose I was a bit harsh, and I am really glad to see the other side of the argument here, that's kind of what...