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Best replacement LCD panel for Dell XPS 15 (L502X)?

I accidentally cracked the display panel on my Dell XPS 15 (L502X) laptop. It looks like I can just replace the LCD panel rather easily by looking at the Dell service manual, but I am so confused about all the possible choices for the replacement panel models. This may be a chance to upgrade...
- fpbear
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- Nov 25, 2017
- l502x laptop lcd panel
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Displays
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Any cutting edge motherboard/socket/cpu worth waiting for, before I build a new system?

Would that be better than X299?
- fpbear
- Post #3
- Aug 24, 2017
- Forum: Computer Building
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Any cutting edge motherboard/socket/cpu worth waiting for, before I build a new system?

It's time to build a new desktop computer so I can get better video recording/playback performance for my 9 camera surveillance system (running Milestone XProtect on Windows 10). But before I grab the latest & greatest motherboard and CPU, do you think there's any new technology just around the...
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- Aug 24, 2017
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is it easier these days to swap out the motherboard without reinstalling Windows 10?

Last time I checked was years ago, when I was running Windows 7. At that time a clean install was the recommended approach. Now I'm running Windows 10 Pro and I'm wondering if Microsoft has made it easier to swap out the motherboard and CPU without having to reinstall everything. I have an...
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- Jul 10, 2017
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Motherboards
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Easiest way to migrate ICH9R Win10 boot drive to RAID 1?

I'm upgrading the drive on a Dell Vostro 460 which is running Windows 10. I would like to put the boot drive in RAID 1 after I clone to one of the two new hard drives. I think this computer has the Intel ICH9R RAID controller. I might also change the SATA port the boot drive is on...
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- Apr 7, 2016
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Fastest DDR3 memory I can buy for Z77 motherboard?

Yes I use up all the RAM when I do video editing when the surveillance camera captures something of interest and I export the video, it slows down, feels like it is paging to disk sometimes when I use certain editing features. I originally got 16GB rather than 32GB because memory used to be...
- fpbear
- Post #8
- Apr 4, 2016
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Fastest DDR3 memory I can buy for Z77 motherboard?

Good advice. Yes the reason is I'm looking to expand to 32GB because the system is using around 10GB when the computer is idle (probably mostly for background video recording to hard drive) and then when I open applications (to process, edit the video etc.) I have 6GB to work with. When I...
- fpbear
- Post #5
- Apr 4, 2016
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Fastest DDR3 memory I can buy for Z77 motherboard?

I have an Asus Sabertooth Z77 motherboard and I'm upgrading all of the other components to get the max life out of it without having to change the motherboard (already have SSDs, fast quad CPU, great MSI nVidia card, etc). I would like to make the Windows UI feel more "snappy" which I know can...
- fpbear
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- Apr 3, 2016
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Motherboard recommendations for video surveillance recording?

I originally started configuring Dell Precision Workstation T7600 so I could have 4x 3TB drives, but started getting into the $6,000 price range! So I decided I can custom build my own system much cheaper for my purpose, maybe for around $2,500. This computer will be running Milestone...
- fpbear
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- Oct 6, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS P5K Premium problems

Yes indeed there appears to be some kind of serious hardware problem on the P5K Premium. I RMA'd it and purchased an Abit IP35 Pro instead. I'm very happy with the Abit IP35 Pro. I highly recommend that anyone else with a P5K Premium return it to the store and get this board instead. I...
- fpbear
- Post #11
- Sep 5, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P5K-Premium O.S. Install Problems w/ ICH9R SATA Controller

Asus should add this to their P5K Premium product specs: Hard drive compatibility: Maxtor only
- fpbear
- Post #10
- Sep 1, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P5K-Premium O.S. Install Problems w/ ICH9R SATA Controller

I ended up RMA'ing the crapsus board and got the Abit IP35 Pro instead. Very nice, it has everything that the P5K Premium has (at least, I mean, those things that are useful for me) plus much better tweaking and fan control via uGuru. What irritated me to abandon this company is that Asus does...
- fpbear
- Post #7
- Aug 29, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Is RAID 1 underrated?

Phrontis, what I find curious and puzzling is why half the articles say that RAID 1 read performance is the same as a single disk, and the other half say that the performance improves because pieces of the data can be fetched from either disk, especially during concurrent access. That is at...
- fpbear
- Post #5
- Aug 29, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Overclocking Q6600 advice

I have a similar setup, with Q6600 G0, 4G Patriot DDR2 800 5-5-5-12, Abit IP35 Pro, Thermalright 120 Extreme, Antec 900 case. I am also a newbie first time overclocker and would be happy at 3Ghz. Can this be done with 800 RAM or did I pick the wrong parts? What would be the basic newbie-proof...
- fpbear
- Post #8
- Aug 29, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is RAID 1 underrated?

I see a lot of enthusiasts are setting up RAID 0, but I am wondering if RAID 1 is overlooked too often, and I would like to learn more about whether it offers a noticeable performance boost with concurrent access. For example, editing a video while running a virus scan at the same time. In...
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- Aug 29, 2007
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need advice re: ASUS P5K Premium MB and new system

For own system I thought about the DQ6 or the IP35-Pro. I ended up ordering the IP35-Pro because of the uGuru fan control. It has several fan headers on the motherboard and the voltage of each one can be adjusted based on the temp. This will help me build a quiet system. The DQ6 is a great...
- fpbear
- Post #6
- Aug 29, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Need advice re: ASUS P5K Premium MB and new system

The P5K Premium, Q6600, and SATA II drives will not work together. See the Asus Support forums for several threads about this defect.
- fpbear
- Post #4
- Aug 28, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P5K-Premium O.S. Install Problems w/ ICH9R SATA Controller

trowand, do you know if rev.2 worked for this guy? A lot of people would be very interested to know. Then it would indicate a hardware defect. Especially if he used Q6600 with SATA II drives.
- fpbear
- Post #5
- Aug 28, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Does anyone have Asus P5K Premium working with RAID?

The P5B Vista does not have this problem, but the P5K Premium does, these are very different models, different chipsets. So anyone with a P5K Premium that has RAID or SATA II and Q6600 working?
- fpbear
- Post #3
- Aug 28, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Abit IP35 Pro fan control of 200mm fan

If it were possible, I'd set it to slow speed at normal temps, and allow it to blow lots of air in case something goes wrong (really hot day, if house AC stops working, or OC experiment).. The size of this fan would make it good for making big changes to the system temp only when needed.
- fpbear
- Post #5
- Aug 28, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Abit IP35 Pro fan control of 200mm fan

excellent info. The 200mm fan is 2-wire. So the system fan header will not be able to control the voltage just based on temp? (I guess part of the feedback loop would be missing?).
- fpbear
- Post #3
- Aug 28, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Abit IP35 Pro fan control of 200mm fan

Is it possible (or a good idea) to control the 200mm fan in the Antec 900 case using one of the fan headers on the Abit IP35 Pro? I would need some kind of cable adapter because this large fan plugs straight into the 4-pin power supply connector. It must use a lot more power than smaller fans...
- fpbear
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- Aug 28, 2007
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Motherboards
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AHCI or IDE?

I didn't think of this before, never tried it, does anyone know the answer? In a few days I will hook up two drives that support NCQ and a SATA Samsung Writemaster DVD. Can these all go on the ICH9R ports with AHCI?
- fpbear
- Post #8
- Aug 28, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Does anyone have Asus P5K Premium working with RAID?

I couldn't get my P5K Premium working with the onboard ICH9R RAID controller. I discovered this is a large scale problem with these boards. In particular, if you have the Intel Q6600 and SATA II drives, the ICH9R RAID will crash Vista install. Now the interesting question is - does...
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- Aug 28, 2007
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P5K-Premium O.S. Install Problems w/ ICH9R SATA Controller

Anyone else having this problem should also see this thread: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view...page=1&SLanguage=en-us
- fpbear
- Post #3
- Aug 27, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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AHCI or IDE?

Is hot swap the only difference between IDE and AHCI? I have some SATA problems with my P5K Premium (sensitive about which ports are used, RAID does not work with Vista x64). While searching forums I found that some people recommend using AHCI mode, but there is no explanation why. Any...
- fpbear
- Post #3
- Aug 27, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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ASUS P5K Premium problems

While setting up the P5K Premium with Q6600, two WD SE16 750G drives, and Vista x64 I ran into a similar problem. Vista install was snail slow and would always freeze. It finally installed when I picked the SATA ports carefully (only using ports 1, 2, and 6) and configured the drives as plain...
- fpbear
- Post #9
- Aug 27, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P5K-Premium O.S. Install Problems w/ ICH9R SATA Controller

I ran into the same problem with a just-purchased P5K Premium with two WD SE16 750G drives. When I plug the Samsung Writemaster DVD into SATA port 1 or 5, Vista x64 will freeze during the install. So I have to use port 6 for the DVD. Attempting to use any kind of RAID, 0+1, 0, or 1, would...
- fpbear
- Post #2
- Aug 27, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Soft mounting drives the Antec 900

When I saw how quiet the Antec 900 is at the store, I bought it without thinking about the hard drive seek noise. When I took the case home I noticed that the hard drives are held tight against flat metal surfaces which will act like a huge amplifier of noise. Now I know for sure that my 150G...
- fpbear
- Thread
- Aug 23, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Asus Q-Fan experiences?

Does Q-Fan work for you? I've read some posts where people cannot get this to adjust the fan speed, but I'm not sure if this is because of user-error or some limitation of the BIOS. I am planning to use it with an overclocked Q6600. Looking at the temp options I'm not sure if the max Q-Fan...
- fpbear
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- Aug 23, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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Can I slow the S-Flex SFF21F case fan with Asus Q-Fan BIOS settings?

I was planning to replace the fans in the Antec 900 with S-Flex SFF21Fs and have them controlled with Q-Fan in the Asus P5K BIOS. I read some messages though where someone couldn't get the Q-Fan BIOS feature working with the S-Flex... something to do with it not responding to the voltage...
- fpbear
- Thread
- Aug 23, 2007
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Where can I buy quality computer parts in Southern CA? Orange County?

Another other places besides Frys and Microcenter? Sometimes I can only find quality parts online, but I'm sure there must be some other places I should check out in Orange County. [b]Welcome to the best Forums on the Web. The majority of interest threads such as yours are in...
- fpbear
- Thread
- Aug 23, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best practical RAID setup with Intel ICH9R and Vista x64?

Here is an interesting configuration that I'm considering. I just purchased a 150GB WD Raptor and 2x 500GB Samsung T166 drives. I would use the 150G Raptor as the boot drive for Vista and all program files. Using the ICH9R Intel Matrix Storage feature I can create both a RAID 0 and a RAID...
- fpbear
- Post #5
- Aug 22, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Fans the Asus P5K Premium Black Pearl bridge?

I am setting up an Asus P5K Premium Black Pearl with a Q6600 and the Thermalright Extreme 120 CPU cooler. The P5K Premium special edition of this board comes with two fans for the board pipe coolers. Is it OK if I leave these off so I can keep the system quiet? I am planning to overclock to...
- fpbear
- Thread
- Aug 21, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Best practical RAID setup with Intel ICH9R and Vista x64?

Excellent explanation, the best I've seen! It is interesting - the OS drive is most important to keep running 24x7 on servers, so it is set to RAID 1. Whereas on home PCs the OS drive does not matter as much because Windows can be reloaded in case of failure. On home PCs it is the data such...
- fpbear
- Post #3
- Aug 21, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best quiet air cooler for Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6?

Ok I found the self-answer.. Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, and just remove the crazy cool backplate. However I'll probably get the DS3R motherboard instead.
- fpbear
- Post #2
- Aug 19, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Best quiet air cooler for Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6?

I was going to buy the GA-P35-DQ6 with the Zalman 9700 cooler but then I heard that the some part of the board needs a little trimming to make the 9700 fit. The system has to be pretty quiet. Is there another low noise air cooler that I should consider? Or just take the risk and take the...
- fpbear
- Thread
- Aug 19, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Best practical RAID setup with Intel ICH9R and Vista x64?

I'm going to build a custom system with a board that has the Intel ICH9R RAID controller chip but I can't decide on the RAID setup. I know that RAID 0 has the best performance, RAID 1 simple fault tolerance, RAID 5 or 0+1 for a mix in-between etc. but from a more practical point of view, which...
- fpbear
- Thread
- Aug 19, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building

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