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    Hardware BSOD due to Nvidia/Direct X Drivers (?)

    Hey guys and gals, the other night I was playing some GTA IV and the game froze for a second and then my computer blue-screened. On attempting to turn the computer back on, it blue-screened before I could get to the Windows 7 login screen. The information from the blue screen: STOP: 0x00000116...
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    Hardware Headphone Recommendation (I'm Unbeknownst to Headphone Jargon)

    Hey everyone, I'll try and list out what I want and we'll go from there. Budget: $330 AUD ($309 USD - at time of writing) Headphone type: Over the ear, comfortable for long use. Wires: Preferably wired as opposed to wireless due to price & no charging necessary. Build/Sound Quality: The best...
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    Two strange "issues" regarding dual monitors & VLC.

    I use the term issues as both are annoying but not problematic. Issue #1: Scenario: Gaming/using full screen applications on monitor 1(Primary) and watching something on VLC via monitor 2. Issue: When moving the mouse to the right, the machine percieves the cursor as being moved into the...
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    Hardware HDD powering down despite being accessed

    Alright, my 2TB WD Black Caviar Edition drive seems to be acting a bit funky. The drive should power down (Windows 7 power settings) after being idle for 20 minutes. However, if the drive is being used for non-intensive functions such as music or video playback, the drive seems to power down for...
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    Hardware Recommend me a steering wheel/pedals combo!

    Hey everyone, I've always been tempted to purchase a driving combo for my PC but was always afraid it wouldn't be worthwhile. Looking back, the amount of hours I've inputted into driving/racing game is quite large. I'm just after a quality driving combo that you're able to vouch for. I do...
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    Gaming Bundle Stars $5000 Steam Game Giveaway

    Hey everyone, gifi here. The guys over at Bundle Stars are holding a raffle of sorts (Quite similar to how Tempmas works) The ways to obtain entries are as follows: Easy entry for all BundleStars fans on Facebook Join the Bundle Stars Newsletter Mailing List Follow @bundlestars on Twitter...
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    ISP blocking specific website? Please help me out here.

    I recently upgraded my Optus 120GB monthly plan to an unlimited connection and took full advantage of it. I've been doing loads of downloading and now the private tracker torrent site that I'm on won't load up. I can load the website using my phone's mobile data, however, if my phone is...
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    Bypassing limit for cache on Firefox

    Hey all, the limit for the cache in Firefox is 1024MB (1GB). I'd like to allow more drive space for the cache. My question is: Is there a hidden option or any way to allocate a larger amount of space to Firefox's cache? If so, what do I need to do to allocate more space?
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    Hardware Looking for a great gaming mouse.

    Hey everyone, I've been gaming with a horribly shit mouse and keyboard for some time now. I just recently bought a 'Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard' from Amazon (Been dispatched, just waiting for arrival, supposedly just after beginning of May) and now I'm looking for a good mouse. What I need in...
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    Opinions on Grimm?

    Does anyone here watch Grimm or has anyone watched and given up Grimm? Mind giving me your opinion? I'm deciding whether or not I should download it and give it a watch but I can't afford the download if I dislike it. I'm on a 120GB cap per month and I'm about 20GB away from the cap. I have...
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    Letter and Number seperation?

    Just a quick question: If you sort items by name, you can usually sort them into groups like: 0-9 and A-(Whatever) Can anyone tell me what it is when sorted like that and how it's split up (What does A go to then what else?)
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    FIXED! gbatemp.net no longer is the portal.

    Going to the all too familiar "gbatemp.net" now no longer leads to the portal and instead to the forum index. Any reason for the change?
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    The Human Brain is Absolutely Amazing.

    It continuously occurs to me of how incredible the brain is. The human brain is able to link different information together with each being a sort of trigger. You may have noticed this whilst being at school and taking an exam. When you study for an exam, you remember certain information in...
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    Have you ever had a lucid dream?

    I've been watching some of Vsauce's content and he did a video on dreams and part of that video contained information on 'lucid dreams'. Lucid dreams are dreams where you are in control of the dream. If you want to go fly with the birds, then you have the power to do so. Unlike normal dreams...
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    Hardware Detectability of HDD failure?

    One of my HDD's tends to be grinding when in certain directories. I immidiately considered this to be a sign of an incoming failure and am about to head off to back up all my data off that drive. Before I got around to that, I ran both Seatools (I have a WD HDD but Seatools is compatible) and...
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    Hardware Windows supposedly relies on two drives to boot.

    So, I went to go create a system image of my SSD onto my external HDD and found out that I would need 1TB of free HDD space to back up. My SSD is only 120GB so I went ahead and checked it out and found out it was also claiming that one of my WD 1TB drives was being included in the system image...
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    Gaming Chivalry - An epic game of medieval warfare

    The video I post here can give a better show-off than I can by just rambling, so I'll let it do most of the talking: uIieSwo6jDQ Now that you've watched that, what do you think of it? I found it as an LPer I watch had posted some in game content and I loved it. It only costs $24.99 (Pre-order...
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    So, Dexter Season 7 has arrived.

    Alright everyone, season 7 is here, the first episode has aired and if you haven't already watched it, I highly recommend and encourage you to do so right now. If you have yet to have watched the show, please go and access Netflix/go to the shop/download it or however you access your shows and...
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    Android Looking for a game that is similar to Professor Layton?

    As the title states, I'm looking for a game similar to the Professor Layton series of the Nintendo DS... I'm moreso after the puzzles (How they are word questions) Can anyone recommend me an app?
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    Dark design changes? [Complaint/Suggestion]

    Hey all, I know the dark design isn't completed but I have noticed one things that is bugging me to no end. That is the portal. The front/home page if you will http://gbatemp.net This is how it looks, using the dark design What really bothers me is all the grey on the sides and inbetween the...
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