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Jedi mind powers, obviously.

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And have a safe 2013.

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this box get a regular scan with Mcafee AV+, which hasn't shown anything bad to date. mbam showed no issues.

if I try any other scan tools, can I just leave the files in the recycle bin, or do I have to put them back in the temp directory?

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after dumping them in the recycle bin, I ran a hijackthis scan that didn't seem to show up anything terrible. But I'm no expert there.

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found these in the temp directory of an XP machine. Do they mean anything in particular?

~tmp1337.exe
~dos1337.exe
~cln1337.exe (edited - not "cls")

hacker crap? windows stupid? other?

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There ya go. I plugged the other 4GB DIMM into the DIMM3 slot and the machine booted up fine, recognizing the 8GB memory total.

I think I'll run with this for a while and see where it gets me.

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Yeah, that is the way it is supposed to be. However you could try the second stick in slot 3 or 4 just to see if the system works with both sticks. yeah, someone on the thread I have on the Intel community boards suggested this as well. I'll try it. IIRC according to some Intel documentation the sy...

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DIMM1 and DIMM2 are the blue slots - these are the ones I used. The other two slots are black.

DIMM 3 (Channel A DIMM 0)
DIMM 1 (Channel A DIMM 1)
DIMM 4 (Channel B DIMM 0)
DIMM 2 (Channel B DIMM 1)

So it's one stick in Channel A and 1 stick in Channel B then? Or have I misread this?

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Buggers. After flashing the Intel board bios from 0057 to 0094 (the most recent), I still can't get that second stick of Crucial memory to run in the board - same memory error and 32 post code. Chat with Crucial rep suggested doing the flash BIOS update first. Could it just be a bad memory slot? (Bo...

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yeah, I got an old cd of powerdvd 5 that came with the old Dell, but I get the impression that it is not compatible with 7. Would it be a waste of my time to install Windows Media Center? From looking at it I don't think I need a lot of Media Center's features. Then again, maybe I'll just try VLC ag...

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What say you all? Free is a plus.

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AceCombat wrote:
dissent wrote: Where do I go to apply for my geek merit badge??
http://www.comptia.org

heh. I don't think I should get my hopes up. Maybe I can just get a hat.

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Yeah Ace, well ya see, I read through the SSD Megathread ( a couple times, actually (although we shouldn't assume I understood everything I read :lol: )) . . . but then I kept on reading, via Google. See, now I'm just to the point where I have enough information that I can be a danger to myself (and...

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I often listen to music when I'm working on the pc, but never with headphones. OK, so now I want to optimize the ssd and hdd usage (avoiding excessive writes to the ssd, storing all data on the hdd's, etc.) What are your favorite things to do for this or favorite web sites that describe the procedur...

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Hey Krom, that list of components you gave me is working out fine. I didn't used to think that my old Dell box made all that much noise, but this Rosewill case, PSU and CPU cooler are way, way quieter. Very neat.

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well the disk formats will take a while, but it seems everything is mostly working.

woohoo!! Thanks Krom, Ace and Heretic for your help. I'll probably run into a few more items, I expect, but so far so good.

This is terrific! Where do I go to apply for my geek merit badge??

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OK, with one of the good RAM sticks in slot 1, I went ahead and installed windows 7 on the ssd in the new build. Install went fine. Then I reconnected the SATA cables to the 2 seagate hdd's and they show up just fine now in the config page of the bios. The I flashed the intel board bios from the 005...

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ahhhh! tyvm! I guess that explains why the Barracudas didn't show up in the BIOS config screen.

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the seagate drives are these - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148725 The Intel docs say that the blue and the black SATA ports run through the PCH, and the gray SATA port "SATA 6.0 Gb/s connector through a Marvel 88SE9172 controller (gray)". Surprise - I have no i...

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Thanks Krom. Should I be concerned that I am not getting a single beep when the system powers up? Everything seems to come up and I get to the BIOS screen just fine; well, except for the 2 Seagate drives that I have to move their SATA connectors when I get home after work. Does getting to the BIOS s...

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Should I be suspicious of an incompatibility of the DZ77BH-55K board with the Crucial memory?? Would that be a common thing that any of you have run into when spec-ing out board/memory combinations? Crucial's web page says that the CT2KIT51264BA160B is a bona fide upgrade kit for this board, but Int...

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OK, I see where the blue and the black SATA ports on the board run through the Platform Controller Hub. So what is the "discrete controller" that the gray SATA port is supposed to connect to? Just curious.

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Thanks Heretic. Every little bit's gonna help. Unfortunately this doesn't tell me what the "32" post code means, but that may not be the primary issue at the moment. I put up a post in the on the Intel community boards, and it seems like at least several other people have had a similar pro...

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No joy on the new set up Crucial memory sticks; with both in the DIMM1 and DIMM2 (blue) slots, I still get 3 beeps and the 32 post code. However, this time, when I test each stick individually in the DIMM1 slot, I get no beeps and a "00" on the post code display. I also notice that not all...

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Funny. I saw that if you click your heels together three times, you can go to Kansas. Really. I saw this in a movie. I thought this guy might be a real MacGuyver, but I kept waiting to see where the rocket motor appeared, and I was ultimately disappointed. also, see the 22 February 2006 panel here -...

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I'm not prepared to crap on the bios just yet. I pulled the two 4GB sticks and then tested each one in the DIMM1 slot. One of the sticks seemed to start up fine, but when I pulled that one and put in the second stick, I got the three beeps again and the same post code 32 on the board. So I am return...

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Hey Will. good to hear from you, bro'.

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hi ace. no, i haven't tried anything yet. just turned the system on to see if it would at least POST, then maybe install windows if I was lucky. i'm not lucky. how do you flash the bios? (just to show you how much of a noob i am). EDIT - Incidentally, anyone, the Win7 Pro x64 OS noted in Krom's list...

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ok, got a displayport to vga adapter for the old vga monitor that I have, so plugged everything in and fired up the new system. cool, lights come on and all fans spin . . . . unfortunately, the system doesn't POST properly. I get repeating three beeps and a POST code 32 on the board. three beeps ind...

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woohoo, the parts all came in. Let's get to buildin' . . . ok, all put together. I've got one plug left over, labelled "HD Audio". I don't see where the plug is for this on the mobo. Let me poke around some more. Oh, and I have to find a spare power plug to plug it in. And I think I'll get...

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heh. Yeah,, went looking for that info and by the time I got back you had already posted. I copied in the wrong number of the 064D model, but i guess it doesn't matter. I guess I should just spring for the MZ-7PC128D/AM kit anyway, since I'm gonna need the 2.5 to 3.5 drive adapter doohickey anyways,...

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I do find this thread humorous - starting from the title Goofy shutdown and reboot(Windows of course)" Reality = PEBKAC , . . . Obviously. That's why I pleaded for help for a new build. Noob's gotta start somewhere. Well, Krom, I just went for the items in the list you supplied. Thanks for tha...

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HB, Goob.

Take the time to enjoy a cold, adult beverage of your choice, won't you?

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A stock clocked Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge system with no video card and just a couple drives will run on a really puny PSU. The ones I built draw 30-60w at the outlet, literally so small a load that the PSU is probably drawing a third of that itself (granted, they are dual cores not quad cores, ad...

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I'm going to score the 2nd prez debate also as basically a wash, stylistically. Obama finally showed he had a pulse on debate day. Romney was pretty much the same as before.
So the score -

Obama/Biden: 1.0 -------- Romney/Ryan: 2.0

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nope, it's a chemical reaction. The cans could of been inside a house and they'd still of ignited. grammar nazi time. I see this more and more it seems (I'm not just pickin' on you, woody; it just that you have a twofer here). "could of" is supposed to be "could've", a contracti...

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WaPo fact checks the veep debate.

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Here's WaPo's timeline. Puts some more perspective on what vision posted. Is more pointed at noting the Administration's emphasis early on of the purported effect of the video and Muslim demonstrations (or not).

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I'm going to score the veep debate as a wash, style-wise. Although I think Ryan's closing statement was better, and better delivered, than Biden's.

So, my running tally -

Obama/Biden - 0.5 .................. Romney/Ryan - 1.5

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I'm honestly not sure why so much importance is still placed on debates in this day and age. (Lord knows you couldn't pay me enough to watch one.) I mean, there was obviously a time when they played a huge role in people's perception of a candidate, but in the era of the 24-hour news cycle, if you ...

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