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    Latest HP 8510p bios does wonders

    Those of us who "suffered" through the older bios revisions need not anymore. The (not exactly new) latest bios cures a few things: Unlocks the gpu/mem clocks to their standard 500/600 Fixes some BSOD issues Changes CPU fan heat-speed ratios, which in turn seems to allow the CPU to run cooler...
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    List of laptop GFX from best to worst

    I think that list is quite inaccurate. For me, I have a Mobility HD2600. It lists the card as having DDR2 and GDDR3 as possible memory configurations. As true as that is, it seems to benchmark on the DDR2 side, pushing the card way down. 3dmark06 @ 1024x768 gives 3100ish, it says. I run...
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    Your Laptop Picture [H]ere (read first post for rules please)

    It gives me wood?
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    FutureShop online pre-order for Crysis game (somebody's last day at work?)

    http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10074190&logon=&langid=EN The system requirements portion is especially interesting... (read: there's more than just bland system specs.. somebody must be having a last day at work).
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    Your Laptop Picture [H]ere (read first post for rules please)

    HP Compaq 8510p C2D T7300 2.0 2GB 100GB Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 Intel 4965 BT DVD-RW/DL 15.4" WSXGA+ matte 8 cell battery (~4.25 hrs)
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    How to Physically LOCK Down your computer?

    You can get past a guard dog, but nobody !@#$'s with a lion.
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    backup for my laptop while its getting repaired

    For simple portable backups and/or transfer: Vantec Nexstar3 2.5" eSATA + Seagate Momentus 5400 2.5" SATA in any size flavour you wish. Not the most inexpensive, but really handy as it just runs off the power from 2 usb ports and has eSATA compatibility which is always a plus and only a few...
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    Z-5500 Speakers - any good?

    Don't forget about onboard audio -- most onboard audio solutions are notorious for creating background noise that manifests through the audio ports. However, the interference pattern will change when you type, move the mouse, utilize the video card, hard drive, NIC, et cetera.. so if it's a...
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    Can I get my data back?

    You can also try "Restoration" from here. I just used it earlier today at a LAN when I was transfering a huge amount of files between drives and deleted the directory by accident (too big to fit in recycle bin which I mistakenly pressed Enter on the verify message box) Also used it again...
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    Dell 2007 fp/fpw Banding issue.

    Granted, I've got a PVA panel (viewsonic vp2030b), and I had the blurry text.. but that was only over DVI-A at 1600x1200. Once I got it in DVI-D, the text is pixel perfect, 0 ghosting, almost perfect colour gradient, and colour fidelity like I've never seen before. see sig for my thoughts on...
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    Non-Native LCD Resolutions in Games

    As I currently have a 17" lcd, I try to run in native as much as possible because I find everything looks terrible. When a game doesn't support 5:4, I run the next highest 4:3. No need to do that anymore since I'm in the market for a VP2030B.
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    AMD Opty 165 O/Cing Poll

    2430 craps out, 2403 (267x9) seems perfectly stable not impressed, but couldn't really care that much considering it's still a 600mhz increase. saved me ~$400, and I'm not into the highest numbers game.
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    does more L2 cache really make THAT big of a difference?

    Exactly. Besides, even if you get a not-so-great 165 (like me.. 0551, major tweaking before it reaches 2.5GHz stable), you've still saved 40-45% in cash on an "equivalent", but baseline, X2 4800+ :)
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    how well do Lazer LEDS light up?

    I've had some experience with 4x 5-LED UV versions given in the link above, and they're actually not that great. Not only do they not give light as pictured above, but only that which it shines directly on will actually be lit up (since LEDs do not include any kind of diffusing). They're point...
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    Which cooling for Opteron 165?

    No, you're not the only one.. I've got a Big Typhoon waiting for the rest of its home.. It's huge, it's not very asthetically pleasing (atleast, not compared to the Zalmans), but it's extremely quiet and it works incredibly well. I vote for the BT, but only if you haven't looked at it yet...
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