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    Dual monitors not setting right refresh rates?

    Hi there. I am running dual monitors right now. My main display is 1680X1050 @ 61hz and the secondary is 1920x1080 @60hz (it's a tv so that I can play games on my couch/watch stuff) The problem is that my main monitor tries to set itself at 60hz and I get screen tear something awful. I can just...
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    ASUS M5A97 + Phenom 1045t OC?

    I have a phenom 1045t stock clocked at 2.7, and I currently have an ASUS M4N68T-M V2 motherboard. I have read that this motherboard is terrible for overclocking (I know absolutely nothing about overclocking, but looking into doing it since 2.7 is so low) My questions is: Is the ASUS M5A97 a...
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    Slow WiFi on Netgear WNDR3400v2

    I had a thought: Does it matter that I am on a single, regular band wifi dongle? It's 2.4ghz or whatever is standard. I was getting 3-4 megs download speeds on my last sisco router, but with this, it's dual band so maybe I am not getting the best signal or something?
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    Slow WiFi on Netgear WNDR3400v2

    Hello! I have been having terrible (to me/in comparison) speeds while using wifi with my new WNDR3400v2 dual band router. my connection is usually around 4.5 megabytes down, and 600k up. Since I got this router the other day, my down speed hasn't gone above 1.8 though :( I have tried: Hard...
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    Network slows to a crawl when my tablet is in use

    I apologize for bumping, but does anyone have an idea of what could be causing this?
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    Network slows to a crawl when my tablet is in use

    Well, just as the title says, my internet connection slows to a slug covered in molasses in january when my tablet is online. We have a 50 megabit (6.2 megabytes) wireless connection (of which we see around 2.5 megs down to 4.5 megs down) and whenever my tablet goes online to watch netflix, or...
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    Running indoor/outdoor cat5 outside

    If I am using a pvc pipe solution, it seems like it'd be pretty viable to just get a regular cat5 then right? It'd be protected from UV rays AND water if it was in the pvc pipe underground.