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    Temperature monitoring software

    hi, I've recently built an extra PC with some fairly old components. The BIOS reports my cpu is idling at 14 degrees but it doesn't have a reading for the mobo. It is a Biostar motherboard with an micro atx form factor and has a athlon x2 3800+. I dont know how accurate this particular...
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    Do i need to format and reinstall windows xp?

    Hello I'm going to rebuild an old PC but have a few questions. Hope you can help please. My current PC's motherboard,intel pentium IV cpu and memory are in need of an upgrade so i'm changing these components to an amd motherboard, athlon x2 3800 wth 1GB of DDR2 ram. If I change these parts...
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    Setting up a network on xp pro and vista

    i'm trying to setup a small network between my PC running xp pro and my laptop (vista). I've heard from many collegues at work that this isnt an easy task really struggling with this. I have a wireless router and the pc is hardwired into it, whereas the laptop connects to the internet...
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    RAID 1 Mirroring question

    I've used RAID 1 before and love it, so for my new rig i'll be setting up RAID1 again. do have a question about it with RAID1 does it give twice the read speed than normal? i.e it accesses files twice as fast compared to a single drive with the same info? i ask this because I read the...
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    E-Sata can it be connected to SATA

    hi, I have bought a new enermax chakra ATX chassis and it contains a front e-sata port. Inside the case, they've provided the e-sata cable which connects from the e-sata front port and i presume has to be connected into the compatible E-sata header on the motherboard. my question is, most...
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    sata conversion rate

    Am a bit confuddled right now....how can Sata II which transfers data at 3gigabit per second be equal to 300MB It does not compute it should be either 375MB/s (based on 1000) or 384MB/s (based on 1024). I'd have thought. I've looked at several websites and worked out gigabits to megabits then...
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    Building a New Rig For the First time in Years!help

    Hi, i'm new here.Looking to build my new PC within the next few months but its been many years since I did this so i'm very rusty. Am aiming to very soon. I've considered the following Phenom II X3 720 akasa revo thermodynamic heatsink and fan(i chose this as it appears quite small and not...
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