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    News Working With a $1,400 PC Case: Assembling Singularity Computers’ Spectre III

    Considering the price and the limited run, I'd expect much more polish from the deliverables (and more of these as well). E.g. The LED strips should have been fully tested, and pre-installed into the channels before shipping out. I don't expect the strips to overhang the channel as well - they...
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    News AMD Might Be Selling Off Defective Xbox Series X CPUs

    It isn't. Based on the listing, there are 4 options for purchase: 4599 RMB for the unit with 16GB RAM & 256GB SSD 4799 RMB for the unit with 16GB RAM & 480GB SSD 5399 RMB for the units with 16GB RAM & 1TB HDD 5599 RMB for the units with 16GB RAM & 2TB HDD The info-graphics for the listing...
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    Review WD Blue SN550 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Best DRAMless SSD Yet

    Actually, that is probably underfill for the controller which is a small CSP chip. Considering the position (close to the connector) and the size/ type of the chip, the underfill is probably laid to protect against stress (thermally induced and mechanically from insertion).
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    Silverstone Releases CS280 DIY NAS SFF Chassis

    Thundervore: Most of these class of cases aren't going to be trayless. The tray allows for flexibility between choosing a 3.5" drive and a 2.5" SSD. The latter is especially pertinent considering that many of the software RAID options will allow SSD caching of the array (ZFS and even Windows...
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    When I use Google to search it says invalid URL or connection is not private.

    Looks like you have a transparent proxy enabled somewhere along the line that is bumping the SSL connection. What router or firewall are you using? It could be your service provider's proxy server at fault here.
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    Router with Vlan and RIP

    It would appear that the Linksys LRT224 would fit your needs unless you need wireless as well.
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    SilverStone Packs 700 W Into Teeny SFX-L Power Supply

    There are compact mATX cases that use an SFX PSU. You could run a compact dual card setup in them. E.g. In-Win BK series. Alternatively, you can run 2 sets of cables to a single power hungry GPU to reduce resistive losses over running 1 set with 2 connectors (the resistive power loss is related...
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    Why has my ping doubled?

    Do you have any electrical equipment running during that time then? Perhaps heaters, water pumps or any similar equipment that only runs later in the day or on a schedule. If it's during the night then perhaps more appliances are being used in the house and introducing more interference.
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    belkin router lock out

    You are connected to the guest wireless network on your Belkin router. What you need to do is to enter the main wireless network - search for wireless networks, then select the correct SSID. It is possible that a firmware update has reset (some of) the settings on your router including the...
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    RDP connection to a custom port with two routers on the way

    You need to port-forward 3391 from the first modem-router to the WAN IP of the 2nd router. Your 2nd router WAN IP should be static and in the LAN subnet of the first router.
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    Why has my ping doubled?

    Your latency appears to be high within the internal network -> See the first tracert to 192.168.1.254. That's the link latency between your machine and the router. This means that your powerline link is at fault. To troubleshoot, determine if you have installed any new devices on the mains...
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    Can't change password policy requirements

    Home Premium and lower editions of Windows 7 does not have the secpol MMC option. You can, however, manually edit the policy using the registry editor. There are some keys you can look at: For password complexity: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SeCEdit\Reg...
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    CAT6 wall socket - phone work - IPTV reciever don't

    Sounds like your cable installation is crossed. The IP Phone probably supports Auto MDIX and the STB doesn't. Check that both ends of the cable install are terminated to the same standard - EIA/ TIA-568A or 568B.
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    no network adapter drivers?

    To find out the model of your WLAN card, go to device manager, right-click on the WLAN adapter and select properties. Click on the Details tab. Under Properties, select Hardware_Ids. You should see something resembling "PCI\Ven_xxxx&Dev_yyyy&....." Write down or the VEN_xxxx&DEV_yyyy portion...