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June 3, 2008

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I N T H I S I S S U E

FEATURE STORY:

The Budget Gamer: The LAN Party PC
You go to LAN parties to play, not show off your expensive rig. Can you find LAN party goodness on a budget? Read this story

MORE STORIES:

Nine Ways to Wipe Out Spyware
We've rounded up the best (and worst) of the apps dedicated to finding and killing spyware. Read this story

Mystery Chip Powers New $299 UMPC
Ingenic Semiconductor has turned-up in a small Ultra Mobile PC ready to power Windows in the future. Read this story

GPUs and the Decline of PC Gaming
PC gaming is healthy, but not the growth engine it once was. So GPU makers
have to think beyond gaming. Read this story

The Ultraportable Race
ASUS may be leaving its just-released Eee PC 900 behind in favor of the more expensive 901, while MSI's Wind is getting Pushbutton overclocking. Read this story

PODCAST:

ExtremeTech Podcast #130
This week the team at ExtremeTech discuss topics regarding the new P45 and G45 motherboards, Falcon NW E8400 LAN Fragbox, and Nvidia takes on Atom. Read this story

DISCUSSIONS:

Dusty Computer with Boot Problems
ET forum member Cody123 is helping his sister salvage an old computer. However, the rig is freezing during boot. Here are the symptoms: A burning smell then the computer froze, loads BIOS but not OS, and was very dusty. Any tips to saving this rig? Read this story

College Budget for the Best UPMC
Student Trafalger wants to buy the perfect UPMC to replace an old laptop. Now the budget cannot go over $500. Any suggestions? Read this story

System Clock Changes After Waking from Sleep
Builder Neilyos is getting a very rare glitch with this computer. After waking from the
Sleep state, the system clock changes time. However, in the initial boot the time is correct—it’s only after the wake from Sleep that this problem occurs. Any solution?
Read this story

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