Finally

December 18, 2010
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Finally

Finally, it is done!  I have made FLAC work on Media Centre!  I have always been able to get FLAC to work on my desktop, but for some reason I always had a hard time getting everything to work on the HTPC.If you are not familiar with this for...

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HTPC Upgrade

December 18, 2010
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HTPC Upgrade

This was the easiest upgrade ever!  I switched out the LGA775 processor with another more powerful processor (Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 Ghz)  Things are working quite well.  It was a simple swap and CMOS wipe followed by some Windows Updates....

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New Build Continued

November 12, 2010
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New Build Continued

The board has flashed up and is running well.  The only casualty has been the CPU heatsink fan.  Luckily I had an old Sythe Ninja heatsink with a dead fan.  I've jury-rigged that beast with an old case fan and it is now working well with...

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The Build: The Main Desktop

November 10, 2010
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The Build:  The Main Desktop

So, i am struggling to put together the following build:CPU:  AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 6 Core Processor 2.8GHMother Board:  MSO 890FXA GD70RAM: 8GB DDR3  GPU:  Gigabyte ATI 5830 The first attept to power-up the build resul...

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Back at it:

November 8, 2010
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Back at it:

Started a new build Saturday.   Motherboard blew when power was applied for the first time.  Not good.  More to follow.C

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Books That Have Stayed With Me

September 14, 2010
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Books That Have Stayed With Me

Once again, I am borrowing an idea from a friend on Facebook. Mostly I ignore these things, but one of my book club friends did this and since I really do love reading, I thought that I would give it a try myself. Here are the instructions.List books...

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