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Mod Asylum has posted a guide about Building a VGA Dummy

Modders that build so called HTPC or Home Theater Personal Computer might have encountered a little problem in their planning. Whenever only the video output is sent to the TV, most video cards will fail booting because of missing VGA. A simple patch to this problem is putting a secondary monitor, but stand-alone Divx box might need more independability... And what about monitorless MP3 machines?
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LITTLEWHITEDOG has published a guide on how to run SETI@Home as a service on a Windows NT / 2000 / XP machine.

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ModAsylum has finished a guide to understanding IR

To fully understand remote controlling, let's figure a TV and VCR set with it's remote controls. The way the remote controls work, is generally using IR (Infrared). Infrared is light which is not visible to the human eye. The IR signal sent from the remotes to the devices (TV or VCR) are pulses of that "invisible" light arranged in a way the TV or VCR will understand, a little like your modem pulses electric signals to send/receive information with your ISP.
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ComputerSphere has posted a new guide: "How To Setup A Cheap Home Network"

After building my new computer, I decided to network the old Pentium III 550 MHz, and the new one together, so I could share a internet connection, printers, and files. I thought it would all be quite easy, however, it was anything but. So incase I ever have to FDisk or what have you, I decided to write a tutorial 'How to set up a cheap home network'. So here is a step by step guide on how to set up a network, I will also explain: How to crimp RJ-45, Configuring your router, Configuring your computer(s), and configuring your router with a HTTP server.
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Modasylum has finished a write-up on Maintaining your Dremel.

Ok, now your probably saying to yourself 'but I already read everyone else’s guides and I know everything there is to know about my dremel,' but when is the last time you stopped and cleaned it? Clean it you say? Believe it or not, there are steps that should be taken to keep your tool operating at peek efficiency and prolong its life, and this guide will show you how.
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