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by oliver.leitzgen

Question by powhound: When it comes to installing two optical drives, is there a preferred slave/master choice?
DVD multi and CD-RW/DVD-ROM.

Does it matter if one is slave, the other master? My thinking is that it makes no difference which is which.

Thanks for your input.

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Answer by mortisink
nope master/slave does not matter

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by camflan

Question by Carlos F: When it comes to speed, which is better, Solid-state drives or regular hard drives?
If I’m not mistaken,

Solid-state = slow write, fast read
Hard Drive = fast write, slow read
?
It’s for a laptop (MacBook Pro).
Does it make any difference?

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Answer by ✿Sakura✿
Is this for a laptop or a desktop?

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by Tim McFarlane

Question by Jose: My computer has a power surge protector. When a bad storm comes, Should i turn my computer off?
I was wondering, I have a power surge protector with a battery backup hooked up to my computer.

I still shut the computer down though during bad storms, But i was wondering if this mad a difference at all now that i have a protector.

Should i shut my computer down during bad lightining storms even with a power surge protector?

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Answer by smgray99
A little extra safety couldn’t hurt. A lightening strike, if close enough, will fry a surge protector and may also jump past it as surge protectors are not designed to handle that much of an overload.

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by Daroczy Laszlo

Question by : Computer processor comes with a free cooling fan?
hey, i am thinking of buying a new processor for my laptop
and just recently i heard that all computer processors come with a free cooling fan

is this the same fan that is already in my computer?
or do i need to replace my fan with the one that came with the processor?
or can i just leave the original fan inside and just install the processor?

please get back to me
thanks

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Answer by Achmed the Dead Terrorist
Actually it is a fan that is mounted over the processor to the motherboard. They give you the fan to ensure proper cooling for the chip. Without the fan, the chip get very hot and will go bad quickly.

Some motherboards and cases offer temperature alarms if the CPU overheats.

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by petritech

Question by ..: Is Intel quad core i7 9xx better than AMD processors when it comes to running things like 3D AutoCad?
I’ve mostly owned AMD boards/processors but am thinking about making a switch to intel i7 9xx series. What do you think?

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Answer by C-Man
Oh yeah, you betcha.

For video editing or complex 3D manipulations working in programs like AutoCad, Maya, Blender and 3D Studio Max etc. the Core i7 smokes Phenom II like a cheap cigar. Of course it’s also much more expensive.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/47?vs=102

Updated- battle of the six core CPUs:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/142?vs=146

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by PiAir (Old Skool)

Question by rebel413: What is meant by bridging when it comes to wireless ranges? Can routers be ran in tandem?
I am attempting to get wireless farther than what the router is putting out, How can I get the signal to go farther than what the N puts out? Wondering if 2 wireless routers can be hooked in tandem in order to reach the location desired.

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Answer by Andrew L
Yes, that is exactly what bridging does. It allows multiple routers to transmit the same wireless network. To do this you have to place the routers into bridge mode. Do this by entering their settings. If they support it, the settings will be in there.

Fun Fact: The city of Anaheim has a massive Wi-Fi network consisting of hundreds of bridged routers. It covers the entire city.

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by AV Hire London

Question by Anthony: When it comes to LCD Projectors, should you leave them on or turn them off to preserve bulb life?
I work for an elementary school district as a computer tech. We’ve recently installed LCD projectors into every classroom. A teacher asked me a pretty good question…

She uses her LCD projector daily and wanted to know the best way to preserve the life of the projector/bulb….is leaving it on all day (roughly a 7 hour school day) or periodically turning it off (like for recesses/lunch) better for the projector/bulb?

My initial thought is to turn the projector off whenever it’s not going to be used for an extended period of time, but is it more damaging to have the projector cycle (heat up and cool down) 3 times in a 7 hour period or is it more damaging leaving it on (and staying hot) for the entire 7 hours?

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Answer by JDizzle
Turn it on to start the day, turn it off when you’re done for the day.

’nuff said.

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