Recent content by jayracer7474

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    My build won't boot up

    remove anything that absolutely doesn't have to be plugged in, i.e. usb devices (including keybaords and mice) remove one stick of ram, double check power cables. Remove video card and go straight from motherboard. This is most likely the culprit for no video, probably a bios setting like IGP or...
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    PC making a whining noise.

    definitely a fan, psu has a fan as well
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    IT Pro: Seagate 8TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v5 Review

    I'd still rather have compellant
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    Acer's Chromebook 14 Extends Features And Battery Life To 14 Hours

    Im an education IT admin as well and they have literally saved our lives. We would have an 1/8th of the devices had it not been for chromebooks. The whole dead or dying thing is one guys opinion based on no fact. These things were selling so fast in august manufacturers couldn't make the...
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    Mixed Reactions From Major Tech Companies On Apple’s Backdoor Fight With FBI

    Biggest thing I took away from this is...look at how Apple a Private company is willing to fight for the privacy and security of its CUSTOMERS and how the Federal government doesn't even consider the privacy of its CITIZENS to be of any concern. Disturbing that they'd be willing to throw the 4th...
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    FCC Continues To Push Broadband Into Every Home

    This is a bogus article, basically the government trying to take credit for private sector gains after the hostile takeover they forced on us last year. I'm the asst director of IT for a public school in a rural area and we already have 1gb Internet to every site. The amount of hoops we have to...
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    Radeon Software Crimson Hotfix Released, Fixes GPU Fan Profiles

    Fallout 4 compas flicker made me fall back to 15.7, is it fixed or just being investigated?
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    Samsung Unveils Shiny U.S. Headquarters

    too bad they are being crushed by taxes....482 days left
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    What Net Neutrality's Approval Will Mean For You

    "if you like your internet you can keep your internet...except we will be watching/monitoring you, adding regulatory cost to your bill, and likely slowing down growth/speed investments"
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    Can My PC Handle a GeForce GTX 970?

    yea good to go, 970 is the best at that price point IMO
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    I am looking for a good router, please help!

    I stick to the asus routers, probably the best deal around is the rt-n66u its extremely stable and easy to setup, great for the house, if you are looking for wireless ac then the rt-ac68u will do for 75 more bucks
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    Guide for choosing a gaming laptop

    front page story http://www.tomshardware.com/news/acer-v-nitro-black-edition,28002.html acer used to be suspect but their latest stuff has all been fantastic, new ceo is really pushing gaming
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    Obama Calls on Private Sector IT Pros to fix HealthCare.gov

    this was made to fail and that has been the point the whole time, whats worse than the site is the health coverage you get when you sign up