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    Urgent hharddrive emergency!

    I'm leaving for college the day after tomorrow and need to bring a bunch of data with me so I have my music, ect when I buy a laptop (very soon), since I won't be coming home for a while. So I just bought a 2.5 inch Seagate Momentus 200 GB harddrive off newegg. The problem is, I can't get it to...
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    Water cooling: How do I select the parts?

    About 300, but I don't want anything but the best. Besides, I realized I just don't have the time to do it right now.
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    Water cooling: How do I select the parts?

    Thanks for the link Wile E. After reading that, I realized that I don't have the time or the money at this point to get the best stuff and do it right. I will definitely refer back to this post when I have the time though. Need to buy a laptop for college soon anyway!
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    Water cooling: How do I select the parts?

    So I decided to go with water cooling for the lower noise and the chill factor so I can OC higher. I've read guides, but they don't really tell me all the info I need. So far, this is all I think I can be sure about getting: 1/2 inch tygon tubing I just don't know how to tell what...
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    Striker 2 extreme posts, then stops.

    I'm pretty sure the BIOS is corrupted. Can I reset that memory somehow? It used to work (with a previous update version), so I just don't know what the problem is. I do only have one more day to RMA it though, so maybe that would be the best option? Unless I can delete 0701 somehow? I bought...
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    Striker 2 extreme posts, then stops.

    I recently built my system, and have had a million problems (fans leaking oil, ect). Now, when I updated my BIOS from 0402 to 0701, it just won't work. I've tried resetting the CMOS, and removing the battery, and nothing works. I'm pretty frustrated because I just can't do anything, other than...
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    Fan weight dilemma...

    I will probably go with the adapter :P Though that kind of stuff is interesting to me. I might try it on a rainy day with some spare parts. Thanks bro!
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    Fan weight dilemma...

    How would I go about doing that? Sounds like a much better idea!
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    Fan weight dilemma...

    I'm looking to run it at full speed actually. That is interesting though. Does that mean that with this connector I will not be running it at full speed? The fan is rated at 12V. What would you suggest I do here to get it to run at full 12V speed?
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    Fan weight dilemma...

    Ah, I see. It will be vertical by the way, but now that I know this I can just break off a bit of the 3 to 4 pin connectors I have in order to make one that fits a 4 pin. Thanks guys :) As a result, the fans will always run at full speed, right?
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    Fan weight dilemma...

    Awesome! So a 3 pin to molex cable would work as well? :) (I'm assuming it would physically fit)
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    Fan weight dilemma...

    Is 1380 grams (3.0 lbs) too heavy for a heatsink? I'm using an ASUS striker 2 extreme (for those of you who have seen my other posts, got all my new stuff working, only to find that my scythe slimstream fans were leaking oil everywhere), so I'd imagine it is meant for heavy heatsinks, but I...
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    Should my PSU face up or down in the TJ10?

    It will normally be on a wooden surface, so I'm guessing I should face it downwards. Thanks :)
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    Should my PSU face up or down in the TJ10?

    I can't seem to decide whether or not I should have my PSU facing up or down in this case. It has a bottom grill for airflow to the PSU, but I am worried that that might not be enough. The pictures speak better though (sorry for the terrible quality, my ditital camera is MIA): Without the PSU...
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    Striker 2 extreme: Does it matter what screws I use to connect the motherboard?

    Wow, thank you guys very much. I would be so lost without all the help I've gotten here... And thanks for the clarification. I was worried. Yes, I got one optional fan, called ASUS and the lady gave me another one, free of charge (even free shipping). I'd suggest you do the same, if you plan on...
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