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So did you manage to sort this out BH?

FreeNAS is another popular "turnkey" alternative. Or perhaps OwnCloud if you prefer a more "Cloud services" oriented approach to file storage and data management.

What were you having problems with exactly? Have you checked your applications against the current Wine application database?

My sentiments exactly. Granted the alternatives to popular commercial Windows software are not always obvious or well publicised but I have yet to be left wanting after a proper search.

Over-driving CRT monitors could result in permanent damage. I would expect an LCD unit to just fail to display (not that I would be willing to blithely make changes without checking the supported modes of course).

UPDATE: I started to write this in response to post #218 but got distracted before posting. I see some dialogue in the interim has covered some of my points. Nevertheless, here's my input unaltered. Clearly your chosen combination of hardware/software has uncovered unwanted behaviour but...

Sorry Mike, although a fan of XKCD your point eludes me.

BH: You may be glad to know your new CPU has gained best value Gaming/VR chip in it's category on Anandtech.

I believe the inside is aluminized and the dissipative coating is on the outside to leak any accumulated charge away. EDIT: That's weird - half of this page didn't refresh before I replied. All of a sudden I can now see the "missing" comments. That's a first.

Fortunately, CCleaner doesn't run on Linux ;)

Answering myself, I've just checked the photo you posted. Whilst I can see it's sitting on an anti-static bag, it's still on a non-conductive surface (cardboard box). That's fine for build/testing of course but I'm wondering if running it for extended periods is building a static charge...

Personally I'd want to be certain I didn't have a dud MoBo or power supply. If you're absolutely certain there is no chance of any MoBo shortage as you have it mounted currently, can't you rig up something a little less Heath Robinson than shorting the pins with a screwdriver? Also have you...

Using Virtualbox, as long as the host you move the image to runs an Intel processor (i386/amd64 using Linux architecture nomenclature) you should be good to go.

Is it sitting on an anti-static bag or other form of insulation? I'm just wondering if any part of the MoBo is shorting underneath. Just to be sure I'd also try swapping the ethernet lead as well. Certainly this isn't right. Might be my sleep starvation, but clarification is required: are you...

I've never had an issue, although I don't rely on the default repo version preferring to use the most recent version on the Virtualbox website. Or are you referring to having to also install the extension pack which is supplied separate because it's supplied under a different (non-GPL) licence...