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 July 22, 2008
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FEATURE STORY:

Hosed--When Overclocking Goes Bad
Analyst Joel Durham Jr. learns the consequences of overclocking memory on a machine full of important data.  Read this story

MORE STORIES:

Going Solar Power: One Month Later
After a few weeks of running the solar power system, I got my first power bill. Plus, the monitoring system is up and running. 
Read this story


The Editor Gets a Playstation 3--for Movies
So I get a Playstation 3. But I have no desire to buy any PS3 games. If I'm not alone, does this spell trouble for Sony?  Read this story


PODCAST:

ExtremeTech Podcast July 21, 2008
The team at ExtremeTech sits down and discusses up-to-date topics in Solar Power, the new Intel Atom CPU, Power-Per-Watt PC by Jason Cross, and a special guest interview with Dolby’s foreman John Griffin.  Read this story


HOT NEWS:

Intel Slices Core 2 Duo Price
Intel made a few price adjustments to its microprocessor lineup, with the largest cut being made to its E8500 Core 2 Duo processor.  Read this story


DISCUSSIONS:

Hard Drive Troubleshooting Secret
Just recently I found an issue that can help us ExtremeTech forum members.  My hard drive was causing my computer to lock-up.  So, I replaced the hard drive for a newer one.  No avail.  Next, I bought a different brand hard drive, and the same problem occurred.  Finally, I was messing with the BIOS and the system indicated that the overclocking went bad.  Bad?  So I set it back to defaults and the system ran perfectly.   I suggest: Be careful when you overclock--it helps to read Joel Durham's Hosed--When Overclocking Goes Bad.  
Read this story


I’m Confused: Crossfire, CrossfireX, and X2's
O.K, sometimes I get confused about the differences in CrossFire, CrossFireX, and X2.  My question is: What would be better for a budget of mine, getting two cards to run CrossFire or getting a X2 card?  Read this story


Overclocking Massacre
I thought that getting advice from an IT specialist would help me overclock my system but it seemed to do the opposite.  My computer cannot boot-up after the overclocking.  Furthermore, after I finally got the computer up-and-running, the system did not register for the last one gig of RAM.  However, before the overclocking it registered all four gigs.  Please help.  Read this story



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