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  1. xarik

    a new project

    Woah woah woah....like customized as in build a laptop yourself? Forget it lol!! Just build a "custom" computer on their website...I did this by picking a laptop with a good processor and G-card and then added my own ram and HDD for a good upgrade...
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    Upgrade laptop screen from low res to HD

    Hey guys, I'm trying to upgrade my DV6 TQE HP pavilion laptop. I want to go from the 1366X768 screen to the upgraded 1920X1080 screen. I want to upgrade for around $75 if I can. My old screen is perfectly fine, but I would just like to upgrade the screen for photo editing or what not if I can...
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    HDD Went corrupt and failed randomely

    Memory as in RAM or memory as in HDD? Not sure what this is testing now :P. I think I'll keep the BlacX Duet if you think it's a good idea. I have been SUPER busy and have only run antivirus and malware, nothing found. Will restart my PC and run a mem test later if it's a RAM test, will run it...
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    HDD Went corrupt and failed randomely

    I'm kinda leaning towards a drive failure...When plugged into a knopix system, all partitions were empty. When viewed in Hard drive manager is was viewed as a 1.8tb RAW file. My boss suggested I run a recovery. It ran for 40+ hours and located over 400GB of memory (somehow more than what I had...
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    HDD Went corrupt and failed randomely

    I ran this directly out of the box, the thing passed the long test. Everything that I moved onto the drive was already on my laptop though...but stuff just started going bad randomly
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    HDD Went corrupt and failed randomely

    AND ....I bought the dual station AND the HDD for around $150
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    HDD Went corrupt and failed randomely

    Hey guys, I recently put over $150 into a BlacX Duet docking station for a dual HDD bay. I also purchased this HDD: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T3GRN2/ref=oh_details_o03_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 the 2tb version of it Ok I purchased this like 3 weeks ago, I delete all of the...
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    Alternative to Spyder3????

    49 people see this and no one has an alternative?
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    Alternative to Spyder3????

    Hey guys! I do a lot of photo editing. I have an HP dv6 TQE and an old external monitor. I'm wondering if there is an alternative for screen calibration other than spending a bunch of money on a spyder3 or something like that? There's the Windows or the Nvidia one but I need a more accurate one...
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    Cheap monitor for photo editing

    Looks like a good choice for me! :) Thanks buddy! I'll be selling my iPod touch possibly and picking up this as my third monitor to do editing on! It's better than the 8 year old Dell monitor or my HP's screen! There's just something wrong with my screens. Hopefully a 1080P one will do the...
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    Cheap monitor for photo editing

    Hey guys, My external monitor isn't going to work for photo editing and I feel like my laptop monitor just isn't doing the trick either for some reason. I'm looking at selling photos soon and these monitors aren't allowing me to see good colors. Any suggestions to a CHEAP color correct...
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    New laptop, want ubuntu partition

    If I can get a live OS that keeps it's memory than that would be ideal! I have a 32GB flashdrive or a 1TB external. is there any way that I can load two OS's onto the 1TB so I can have one that keeps memory and one that restarts at every boot? I want one that forgets so that if I put it on...
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    New laptop, want ubuntu partition

    Can I run mint on a USB device? I need something for my IT job (just started) so I can view the HDD without their os.... Might clone to ssd to the HDD and keep the ssd cuz I lose a ton of money on this deal, but its going to a friend
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    New laptop, want ubuntu partition

    umm I had it for the past 2 weeks ;P lol...I'm not a pro at it but I can navigate it fairly well but I don't fully understand it, no sorry. why what's up?
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    New laptop, want ubuntu partition

    :( Sold the laptop before I could get this far...put in an SSD with a clone of a W7 HDD and he's buying it with the 320gb and I'll probably wipe the 320gb
  16. xarik

    Someone help with pictures of the stars plz :)

    also what will the RAW image allow of a large image? I can shoot RAW large no problem but I'm just wondering what the difference is :P
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    Someone help with pictures of the stars plz :)

    ok, I don't remember a white balance setting in the setting I used which prioritizes shutter speed so I'll look again and try again :) So are you telling me that this lens can do what I want it to do if I'm far away from the city? I was in town actually but I could clearly see the stars myself...
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    Someone help with pictures of the stars plz :)

    Hey guys, I have a canon t3i and I've been wondering about shooting images of stars for a while. I have equipment to allow hour long exposures if needed but I actually had issues with the images over 40 seconds of exposure (didn't get anything with less than 40 but a black image for some...
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    New laptop, want ubuntu partition

    Thanks! I'll take a look at that. I'm brand new to the Ubuntu/Linux world so I will have to take a look. It's confusing to navigate right now but it should get better with time :P I want to be able to switch between linux and w7 without shutting down but I doubt that's possible lol...I am...
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    New laptop, want ubuntu partition

    just picked up an acer-5742Z for $100 (steal :P)....I have an SSD that is just laying around and I want to load W7 and Ubuntu 1 on it just for kicks....recommended partition sizes and options for donig such a thing? I have a W7 home premium disk but if I put it in it won't let me boot and...
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