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House has cat5, do i need a switch?

Just found out that there's ethernet cables hidden behind the wall plates with the ones that only have voice/cable. I bought a bunch of keystones from monoprice and wall plates with 3 slots. Going to get rid all voice jacks so I have 2 drops of ethernet. 110 punchdown block is leviton right? I...
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- Post #14
- Feb 20, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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House has cat5, do i need a switch?

Took a look at the patch panel, there's no sockets for rj45, so how do I hook up each line to a switch? Could it be just phone? I've taken apart one of the face plates that has sockets for phone, cat5, and cable. All 3 are connected. How do I test if there's a switch?
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- Post #12
- Feb 17, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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House has cat5, do i need a switch?

I've no idea, I'll go check tomorrow, but I got a feeling there's no switch, why do these home builders add cat5, but skip the switch??? Not like they're pricey.
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- Post #8
- Feb 15, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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House has cat5, do i need a switch?

It should be cat5, Downstairs in the living room, the wall plates have coxial, phone, and cat5. 2 extra bedrooms has only RJ11 and coxial, but i took one wall plate off, 2 wires are not connected and wrapped around the cable, so I'm assuming that's cat5. Lol I should've really paid attention...
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- Post #6
- Feb 15, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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House has cat5, do i need a switch?

I haven't checked (not at the home), but do the patch panels have rj45 sockets on the back to connect each port to a port on a switch?
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- Post #3
- Feb 15, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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House has cat5, do i need a switch?

There's cat5 wired in all the rooms. There's a central networking cabinet in the master, it looks like it's only a punch down block, do I need to get a switch? How exactly do I connect the wires from the punch down to the switch?
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- Feb 15, 2012
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Networking
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About time I upgrade?

I could wait till April.
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- Post #6
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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About time I upgrade?

I'm not a huge fan of AMDs so I'd like to stick to Intel. budge is probably going to be about $750 for the mobo, cpu, and 8gb ram. another $300 for the GPU, but I'd be willing to wait on that.
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- Post #3
- Feb 1, 2012
- Forum: Computer Building
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Auto switch between GMA and dedicated.

So these new intel chips have built in graphics, are there programs or built in functions that allow you to switch your graphics based on program? IE if I'm running anything on Steam it will switch to the dedicated card.
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- Feb 1, 2012
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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About time I upgrade?

I'm currently on a Q9450, nforce 780i, 4gigs ram, and ati 4850. couple raptors and an intel 320 ssd. Time to upgrade? Will I get a big boost in speed? I do play games and I'd like to play everything in max. I'm thinking of selling all my raptors and maybe getting 1 or 2 more intel 320s...
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- Feb 1, 2012
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Computer Building
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gifts/toys for blind and deaf...

What sort of toy could I get my 102 grandpa that is almost blind and deaf? I want to find something that can keep his mind active because he just sits in his chair all day doing nothing.
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- Apr 29, 2011
- Replies: 2
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Worth it to get Linux cerf for web dev jobs?

I'm currently an SEO (over 6 years now), but I'm looking to switch into development. I've got a RoR cert 2 years ago from UW, but haven't really touched it since I got it. Now I'm trying to get back into programming by learning PHP. Since I've never had a dev job before, would I have a...
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- Feb 7, 2011
- Replies: 0
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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network admin vs programming job, which best for wrist problems?

I've got a kinesis advantage, which does help quite a bit. what actually bothers me the most is the prolonged mousing.
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- Post #17
- Sep 13, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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network admin vs programming job, which best for wrist problems?

I received my rails/ruby cert almost 2 years ago and I haven't really worked with it since I completed it nor have I developed anything major while procuring my cert. So my programming is really rusty, most of the web dev I've been doing is hacking wordpress. Do you guys think it would be...
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- Post #15
- Sep 13, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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network admin vs programming job, which best for wrist problems?

I've been looking at all the possible roles in IT and system admin seems like a career I could get into vs network admin. As far as time actively working on the computer, which position one is less? sys admin or network admin?
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- Post #13
- Sep 13, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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network admin vs programming job, which best for wrist problems?

What about working at a NOC, will that be less stressful for my wrists? I can probably get a position at xbox noc here in Redmond if I learn a little bit of about windows admin. I've got a steelcase leap chair, kinesis keyboard, and vertical mouse, but things are still going downhill with my...
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- Post #7
- Sep 13, 2010
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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network admin vs programming job, which best for wrist problems?

Since I got laid off 3 month ago from my marketing manager position, I've been thinking about switching to IT. I'm thinking of going into either web programming (know ruby, learning php) or network admin (no real prior exp, so I'm likely going to get a RHCE or some related certificate)...
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- Sep 13, 2010
- Replies: 18
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Switching back to air...need case with large HD capacity

does anyone know if the haf 932 include 5.25 to 3.5 converters? Are drive bay converters universal?
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- Post #5
- Jan 26, 2010
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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accelero s1 work on the 8800gts?

I saw the specs for the accelero s1, it doesn't mention support for the 8800gts, does anyone know if the accelero s1 supports the 8800gts?
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- Jan 26, 2010
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Switching back to air...need case with large HD capacity

I've been using liquid the last 1.5 years, but I haven't maintained it, now there's so much gunk in it that I've gotta dismantle the whole setup. Since I don't do any sort of overclocking and I don't do a lot of gaming anymore. Maintaining this system just isn't worth it for me. I'm...
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- Jan 26, 2010
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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best store to buy pre-built budget computers?

I'm going to replace my parents old computer this xmas and I need an suggestion on where to buy a prebuilt computer...around $300-$400 without monitor. Don't have the time to build it myself.
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- Nov 18, 2009
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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how to move/copy large quantity of files?

I just setup a Raid 5 array and I want to move all my data on to that. The data is split between 2 drives and 4 partitions. I don't trust the windows copy so are there any apps that can do this and also verify afterwards that everything was copied over?
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- Jun 28, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows
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Get a NAS or a nice dedicated RAID card?

I'm going to pick up 3x 1tb drives and 2x raptor drivers today. I only have 4 sata ports on my mobo so I'll need to pick up a raid card. A decent one with RAID 5 will set me back $300-$400. For another $200, I can pick a NAS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16822122010)...
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- Jun 22, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD Burner burns, but can't read.

fixed it! one of the drive emulators was causing the problem.
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- Post #7
- May 26, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD Burner burns, but can't read.

Wouldn't verifying be considered reading? And it looks like I can rip dvds too, but while a disc is in the burner and I try opening it in Windows, it says it's a blank disc. the heck?
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- Post #3
- May 24, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD Burner burns, but can't read.

I have a LG GH20NS15 I bought last year, I can't seem to be able to read from it, but it still burns discs. I've tried it with a retail disc, but can't read it. It burns and verifies fine. I've tried discs I've burned with this drive on my other comp...works fine. What's the problem?
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- May 24, 2009
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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What should I do with my old 1800xp+

i'm gonna donate it to my parents lol, not much of an upgrade, but still better than their ancient 1600xp+ its not a 1900xp+, gonna put in another 512 mb of ram, so 1 gig of ram. hopefully it'll run win 7.
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- Post #3
- Feb 7, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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What should I do with my old 1800xp+

I've got a old HTPC that I'm not using anymore because I upgraded. What could I do with this. I was thinking of building a Linux box, but what's there to do? Dedicated firewall?
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- Feb 7, 2009
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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Should I take an lower paying helpdesk or an higher paying SEO job?

lolz, I worked for the SEO company for like 4 month then left, now I work at home telecommuting...the life, heh. although, I think I'm going to get a MCSE or something.
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- Post #33
- Feb 5, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What kind of power converter for a 220v product?

hey dat is a goood idea.
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- Post #12
- Jan 10, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What kind of power converter for a 220v product?

thats what I said, but they said the pressure cookers here doesn't have as many features.
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- Post #11
- Jan 10, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What kind of power converter for a 220v product?

Hmmm, do I need to worry about over heating with just a 1000w?
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- Post #4
- Jan 10, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What kind of power converter for a 220v product?

My parents bought a pressure cooker when we went to china, it's 220v, 900w. Do we need to get a 220v to 110v converter or 110v to 220v converter? Second, can we just get a 1000w converter or something larger like 3000w? We were told buy 1 salesmen the converter would overheat if we only...
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- Jan 10, 2009
- Replies: 19
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Can you setup an RAID 5 without losing data?

I currently have 1 TB drive that is partitioned to 3 smaller partitions. I plan to buy 2 more 2 TB drives and start a RAID 5. When I setup RAID 1 for 2 of my other hardrives, I had to wipe both drives. Will I need to wipe the current 1 TB drive if I want to do RAID 5? Will I also need...
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- Oct 4, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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How do I scan for rootkits outside of windows?

well I ran Rootkit revealer, found nothing really suspicious, maybe I'm just paranoid. nod32, trojan hunter, panda rootkit, rootkit revealer showed nothing.
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- Post #7
- Sep 17, 2008
- Forum: Security
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How do I scan for rootkits outside of windows?

my friend says it may not catch all the root kits, that's why I'm going to check outside of the OS
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- Post #5
- Sep 17, 2008
- Forum: Security
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How do I scan for rootkits outside of windows?

sweet! is it the rootkit tool or is it one of the other free tools?
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- Post #3
- Sep 16, 2008
- Forum: Security
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How do I scan for rootkits outside of windows?

There might be a chance that i received a trojan of some sort because I installed something early today, left for a hour and when I came back I saw 2 cmd prompt windows opened executing or making save1.exe Since NOD32 and Trojan Hunter didn't find anything, I'm going to check for a rootkit...
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- Sep 16, 2008
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Security
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Upgrading whole system, upgrade my 8800 GTS?

I'm upgrading my whole system and also getting watercooling. I bought a 8800 GTS 640mb in march, should I upgrade that again since GPU waterblocks are over 100 bucks, would it be worth it to upgrade my GPU again rather then, get the waterblock for the 8800 then upgrade again next winter and...
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- Jul 18, 2008
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Upgrading, new need PSU

Here's my upgrade specs. evga 780i sli mobo 8800 GTS (640mb) Q9450 proc 2x raptors 3x sata drives (maybe for if I go RAID) 2x 7200rmp ide drives 2xDDR2 dram water cooling, I'm thinking of either getting the one of the external kits(koolance exos2) or build my own from dangerden. I'm...
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- Jul 18, 2008
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Power Supplies

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