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Emulate an Xbox 360 Controller

Some games were built to be played with a gamepad not a keyboard and mouse, ie: Prototype GFW.  I found a nice little solution to make games think my nice little 7 dollar Dilong gamepad is an official Xbox360 gamepad.  Here is a great way to use software to emulate an Xbox360 Controller for your [...]

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Lazy Mans Power Vampire Killer

Since going green seems to be the thing to do now, I figured I’d jump on the bandwagon and do my part.  Ever since I got my new netbook I have been leaving the charger plugged in 24/7 and I’m starting to feel a bit guilty about it.  I could just crawl underneath my bed, [...]

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Applying Heatsink Grease

While I was building my new machine I took some snapshots as I was preparing the heatsink for the Phenom II X4 920.  I’m sure there are some folks out there that could use a small guide on how to properly apply heatsink grease to a heatsink.
The purpose of heatsink grease is to fill any [...]

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Flatten a Ratpadz

When I switched from a Ratpadz XT to a Ratpadz GS I had stored the XT in a rubbermaid bin in the basement.  I left it there for a year or two while I enjoyed my much slimmer GS pad.  Unfortunately the GS pads don’t last as long as the XT and after going through [...]

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Computerator, PC in a Fridge

This was one of the first projects we did back in the day of PCrivals.com, then it was migrated to Fragware.net, and now Finally it’s moved to the updated FragThePlanet.com. For this project we wanted to find out if we could successfully mount a pc inside a fridge and supercool the cpu. Check out the full write-up with pics!

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PCI Power Supply

You probably read the title and said.. what the heck did these idiots make now. :Let me tell you a little story before we get into the meat of things. Once there was this dude that decided to modify his power supply, he removed the covers, cleaned the fan, and checked out his rad power [...]

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Watercooling Radiator Drive

Ok all, here is a little project I did up today. Basically what Im doing is making a watercooling setup for my pc from scratch. I figured building a radiator would be the toughest part to do, but in fact it was fairly painless. Good thing I have a crappy job so I can draw [...]

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Frugal LANBOX Episode 2

This is an update to the original Frugal Lanbox Mod How To. Ported from PCrivals.com

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Frugal LANBOX

Turn a 20 dollar aluminum tool box from the Depot into a portable, kickass lanparty case.

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Teflon Mouse Tape

Do you have a Optical Mouse? or just a regular mouse with balls? Are you having problems with sticking rodent feet or getting sick of cleaning them all the time? Do u have a Ratpadz or an Everglide?  Just the other day my friend introduced me to this teflon tape and I have to say, [...]