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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 4:44 pm EST
Dude, you can't have a motherboard without all the newest features like SLI, on-board awesomes, and breast suction pumps...
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KnocK
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 1:50 pm EST
I'm running a biostar mobo right now... I think it's great.although mine doesn't support breast sucktion, that's in the newer models. |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 2:32 pm EST
...but it looks like you already have one...
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 7:24 am EST
cool.....i dont know much about biostar...but reading around on the net it seems pretty goodwhen your done.....i want to come over and setup a virtual reality setup like this..... 
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 2:17 am EST
Well, if it's true hardware RAID, it'll just show up as a single drive anyway, so it'll be cool.I'm thinking about replace the mobo with this guy, since my on board SATA controllers are failing. |
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 11:26 pm EST
man i never mess with Linux so i dont know
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 8:52 pm EST
Can anyone recommend a good, cheap RAID 5 card with 4xSATA II internal ports that works in Linux? |
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 5:13 pm EDT | Last modified: Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 5:15 pm EDT
most raid setups are pretty easy if its built into the motherboard....if not you need a raid controller. but its usually a command like f12 while you are booting...and its usually a pretty self explanatory graphical interface. but without specifics its hard to say cause its different for every motherboard.this might help you a lil bit |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 4:22 pm EDT
Anyone have any experience with RAID setups?I need to set up a RAID 5 system. It needs a minimum of 3 drives. I have 4 that can go into it, but I've seen diagrams that show up to 5. I want to max it out so I don't have to worry about expanding later. (If I want to expand later, I'll replace the entire array -- 1TB drives are ~$130 now...ridiculous). Also, what's a good card? |
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 11:36 am EDT
these days your pretty much screwed when it comes to AGP cards....your best option for AGP is to find an old nVidia 7900 GT 512mb memory.....that is prob the fastest you will find in AGP.....everything else has gone to PCI express.
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 10:35 am EDT
I need to upgrade my video card and need some help. I have a Asus A7N8X Deluxe mb and the slot is AGP 8x I believe. What is the best card for the money? I need it mainly for video editing, not games so a mid end would be sufficient.
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 5:30 pm EDT | Last modified: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 5:32 pm EDT
mabye this thing Poohalso found this too |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 4:12 pm EDT
 My dad has a router that my laptop can pickup and use the "Very Low" signal, but my PS3 requires a better signal. What is the cheapest (not homemade) method I can use to boost my dads signal. I can boost it at the sending in, but rather boost it at the receiving end. Is there something I could use to hop the signal? Something I could hook up to my PC? |
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 9:56 pm EDT
Yeah, fuck land lines I checked it out though, I think Cox has the faster speed for less money and no commitment. |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 8:59 pm EDT
Sweet. Naked DSL is the way to go. Fuck landlines. |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:15 pm EDT
I checked into that already, and my address is eligible for JUST internet with ATT.
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:04 pm EDT | Last modified: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:05 pm EDT
Actually, you should just use your parents since their house is so close. You may need to buy a router with greater range, but that beats monthly charges.
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:02 pm EDT
I'm pretty sure ATT makes you get land line service to get the DSL so your second option is probably best.
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 3:49 pm EDT
Cable companies lie?!!!?? That's crazy talk!!! Hehe. I've never had a problem with internet service, speed-wise. I just don't know what I have been experiencing. I'm guessing 1.5mps. It seems to be the cheapest one too. I've got phone/internet/cable with Cox. I've got an HD-DVR and a couple of premium channels, I think. Here is what I'm looking to do.ATT wireless and internet / Cox cable or ATT wireless / Cox cable and internet Whichever is cheaper. |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 3:28 pm EDT
Also, keep in mind that telecommunications companies (AT&T, Comcast, Cox, AOL, etc), all fucking lie.25x faster than what? And is that upload speed? Or only download? 56.6K physically (and I think, legally) maxes at ~48K, which is the same as 0.048Mbps. 0.048x25 is ~1.2Kbps. If they take "advertised" speeds (the 56.6K, and like they do with hard drive capacities), they can promise you speeds up to 1.4Mbps (which can then be rounded to 1.5Mbps). You'll probably see about half of that during regular surfing hours. And your upstream will probably be something like 128-256K. But anything will be faster than dialup. Significantly. Just keep in mind they're still lying to you. |
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 2:52 pm EDT
I have the slower Cox, 1.5Mbps I think and it has worked just fine. Would that be about 27 times faster than dial up? I'm not sure. I pay $26.95/month.Wages could tell you for sure about the speed, he has the same thing. This probably goes without saying, but he loves Cox. |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 1:36 pm EDT
Ok, we know that internet service is faster than dial-up. Duh. They divide their plans by how many times faster the service is than dial up. Base level is 25X faster. We are well past dialup days, so I want to know, can I get basic service? Is 25X still pretty damn fast?
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Father Loki
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[quote]Posted: Friday, November 2, 2007 at 5:02 pm EDT
I would never get a WD they just seem to fail more often imho, however Seagate isnow my preferred, alot of good luck with em so far. Great price and 5 year warranty =) Fujitsu get an honorable mention as well as long as the hd is at least 60+ , under that seems to get unreliable i unno.... |
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Friday, November 2, 2007 at 2:22 am EDT
i like WD....but both of mine are seagate.....one has been in my puter for years with no probs |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 10:45 pm EDT
Hey, what hard drive brands do you guys like? Someone was asking today at work, and I couldn't say...I remember when Maxtors really sucked, then they were really good, and last 3-4 of my drives that died were Maxtors. What about WD? Hitachi? |
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Friday, June 15, 2007 at 2:58 am EDT
i like linksys cause of this (of course there are others you can use)make sure you get the right one....i did it and it works perfect! ive always been partial to linksys cause ive honestly never had one go out |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 10:41 pm EDT
I lost my Netgear 8-port switch in a lightening strike the other day. I'm wanting to get something cheap -- maybe an 8-port and a 5-port, or even just 2 5-ports. What brand do you guys like these days?I'm planning on taking the 5-port (I'd be happy with just 2 ports even) and putting it in the entertainment center. I'll plug in my Myth box and WAP (since the entertainment center is more central to the house, I'll get better coverage with the laptop). The other switch will go in the office. |
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 1:40 am EDT
cool CPU fan
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 at 4:47 pm EST
Here you go Edge. An "affordable" Blu-ray player.BTW, a TGI Friday's meal is sound good right about now. 
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Monday, February 19, 2007 at 2:37 pm EST
this is the tuner card I have. I have it pluged stright into my dishnet reciver and can record shows from it. It came with all the software it needs to tvguide and setup timers and it does all the encoding on the hardwear side so it takes lees cpu power to to it. now viewing hd content takes a bit of the cpu but thats different.I *think* though that it will only record the chennel I have it tuned to for my dish, but with my local channels I can tell it which one. The card has 2 coax in so I can have cable and locals in at the same time, but from dish I use svideo in on the card. Oh and a bonus the remote works with mediaportal so I dont have to use the kboard and mouse... |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Monday, February 19, 2007 at 1:37 pm EST
Yeah, that's what I'm wanting to do -- build a mythbox with an HD card. Although, somebody was telling me about connecting straight through to the cable box via firewire and pulling the stream digitally that way. Though, I think the card's the best way to go -- that's the only way you'll get hardware encoding.But hdd space is cheap now. You can get a few hundred gigs for less than $150 now. |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Monday, February 19, 2007 at 1:05 pm EST
According to this article, all I have to do is wait a couple of months. Maybe build a HTPC while I wait. I wasn't really thinking about getting HD content via web, but now that you mention it.... I was more interested in just using it as a DVR for shows I can get through my cable provider.
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Monday, February 19, 2007 at 12:27 pm EST
I use usenet and nzb files to get all my hd content to my htpc. I also did not want a hd-dvr so I built a htpc box useing mediaportal and windows xp. I have a hd tuner card also so I can record my hd shows, but I dont have a very larg hdd in it so I don't do that yet, sicne recoding them = 5+gigs and downloading them from someone else <= 1 gig files... This also works great as a video on demand service, I can load up some movies on there and watch them when I can, the delete them after I see them. |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Monday, February 19, 2007 at 11:50 am EST
So we are getting our HD(EDIT: TV) tomorrow, and will have HD service in a couple of weeks. I don't want to pay for a HD-DVR, so what other ways can I get HD content to my PC?
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 11:25 am EST
booby mousepads anyone?
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 8:47 pm EST
sweet, i'll check it out.oh, you meant pooh. poo. |
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 8:19 pm EST
I have the samsung ht-q80 and I'm pretty happy with it. It includes a 5 disc dvd player that plays divx...which is cool cause you can get like a whole season of sopranos on one dvd. It has HDMI in and out as well as optical audio in so you can get 5.1 from your dish network receiver. Its like 350 at sams.Come over on Thursday and I'll let you test it. |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 4:40 pm EST
That's cheap to me, but to Star, I think I need to stay under $300. It's up to her, really.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 3:48 pm EST
What's cheap? $350?
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 2:11 pm EST
Well I think if I get something it will be Onkyo 5.1s. It appears that small home theater systems are hard to get cerified. Oh well.
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 9:50 am EST
Someone find me the cheapest THX certified surround sound for the TV. I'd be happy with at least 5.1
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StArLeTz
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 10:41 pm EST
Damn Del what's that pic? Was that after Evan got done with your laptop? Pooh said it looks like Megatron threw up on your table. Spoken like a true geek. 
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 8:28 pm EST
Presario R3000
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 6:22 pm EST
What model do you have?I've got an NC6400 now, which replaced my NC6000. [edit: er, NC, not CN] |
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 4:08 pm EST
I suggest being wary about buying a Compaq/HP laptop. My power connecter died in the pc and I spent 30 bones plus 160 labor to get it replaced. It required a total dismantle and soldering. Yeah I got ripped off but I couldn't find anybody to even attempt it. It happened again 3 months later and they only guarantee their work for 1 month. I decided to take on the task myself and bought a solder gun. I noticed from an internet search, several people have had this problem.It took about two hours, but the son of a bitch works now. I'm so stoked. 
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 4:53 pm EST
pooh: I have used this in the past... Edge: Yes it does |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 3:31 pm EST
Hey Edge, I'm seeing some HD-DVD/Blu-Ray combo drives coming out second quarter. Not sure on price yet though.I need some input. Is there a piece of computer hardware that can recieve faxes and convert it to a file? I need to keep the existing phone line. I just want my computer to recieve the fax, and convert it to a file that I can print out later. |
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Edge78
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 11:49 pm EST
Does anyone have the HD-DVD drive for the xbox360? If so, does it upscale regular DVDs?
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KnocK
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[quote]Posted: Thursday, November 23, 2006 at 11:05 am EST
Boom.
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 8:41 am EST
I need some round, in-ceiling speakers for my rear surrond sound channels. I am having a hard time finding a good rating system for these types of speakers. I'd prefer to spend no more than $150 for the pair and it would be cool if I could pick them up locally (like best buy or circuit city) but if their is a better set I can only get online I'll wait. A lot of these produce stereo sound out of a single speaker...that is not a necessary feature for me.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Monday, October 16, 2006 at 8:13 pm EDT
yeah, i did one for my mom. it was a cheapy, with basic onboard video, but it was still freakin' nice.
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KnocK
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[quote]Posted: Monday, October 16, 2006 at 4:43 pm EDT
Time to get an Xbox 360?Quade, I just got a Biostar this past summer and I like it. |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 6:48 pm EDT
So, what's good for motherboards these days? I've used Asus and Gigabyte, but I've heard bad things recently about both. Anything you guys like? I'm looking for AMD64, mATX, and cheap. I'd also like onboard video if it's got DVI output. |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Monday, August 21, 2006 at 12:40 pm EDT
Finally. A PS2 for Edge.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 4:17 pm EDT
well, that is the magic word, afterall...
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 4:01 pm EDT
well, okay...but only because you said Chop-Chop.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 3:50 pm EDT
NOW! Chop-chop!
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DelMonte
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 3:07 pm EDT
don't tell me what to do
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 1:09 pm EDT
Try it now
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 1:14 am EDT
i got an error....can you show which one your talking about again
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Friday, August 18, 2006 at 10:17 pm EDT
Best. Keyboard. Evar.Seriously, like, everyone has this thing in my office now (and keep in mind, I'm the only PC user on the floor). It's fucking nice. |
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at 8:03 am EDT
there is a setting in security that could have done that.. well cool good jorb
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Edge78
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 11:01 pm EDT
I dont know what exactly fixed it, but I went to the internet options menu and chose to reset IE, which basically defaults it, and everything works agian. It resets everything, history, cookies, temp. internet files, settings, so i guess something in there was hosed, and it fixed it.
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 1:01 pm EDT
Quote by Edge78:I know this is as SW question, but I couldn't find a better place for the question(cause I am lazy). My PC locked up, and ever since then, I have been unable to use Ctrl-N to open new explorer windows or click a link that opens a new window. It just overtakes the current IE window. I even tried downloading IE 7, but that didnt help. Any ideas? Which Star Wars? The first 3 or the last 3. Hehehe....ok. Nevermind. |
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 11:29 am EDT
umm.. cause you didn't ask me? or did you?:)
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 11:22 am EDT
now, why didn't you offer ony of those suggestions when i was having that problem...
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 10:20 am EDT
did you get an error?The first thing I would do is backup your profile, by adding a bkup to the file name, reboot and relogin to the machine. thus letting it build a new profile. if your not useing log in to your machine, then turn it on and create a new profile... then delete it and turn it off.. run microsoft anti spyware beta 1(free from the msoft site) run the new stinger.. if your running XP formatting should be your last resort. let me know how that stuff works out and if you have any errors I would also check the eror log on the computer |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 9:30 am EDT
I'm sure you've got the latest service pack, and if you do, can you reinstall them? I've never tried it. If you can, it may fix your problem, and you can avoid the reformatting and such.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 7:05 am EDT
Sounds like your IE got hosed. That happened on my work laptop -- clicking on links would open a new IE window, but not open the page in it, and hotkeys didn't work. I tried reinstalling IE from MS's site, but it kept telling me that I had a newer version of IE (I had installed IE7b by this time), and wouldn't continue. The only recourse was to reformat/reinstall windows. If you're not ready for that, I'd recommend using a different browser for the time being, like Firefox or Opera (both are really good browsers). That might buy you enough time to still be able to surf, etc., and backup your machine. |
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Edge78
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[quote]Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006 at 11:14 pm EDT
I know this is as SW question, but I couldn't find a better place for the question(cause I am lazy). My PC locked up, and ever since then, I have been unable to use Ctrl-N to open new explorer windows or click a link that opens a new window. It just overtakes the current IE window. I even tried downloading IE 7, but that didnt help. Any ideas?
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 9:11 am EDT
fucking-a peterman!
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 12:43 am EDT
i only had $1.....sorry toby....but someone might give you another
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at 8:07 am EDT
sweet!Can I you spot me a couple of bucks? |
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Edge78
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[quote]Posted: Monday, June 5, 2006 at 9:45 pm EDT
Quade, here is what you need for your replacement server. |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Friday, May 12, 2006 at 7:31 am EDT
Well, if you're looking for an alternative to Windows b/c you don't want to use Microsoft, there's a couple of good Linux distros, like Ubuntu, whose aim is to make a desktop os that non-linux people would like.
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KnocK
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[quote]Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 9:52 pm EDT
That patch fucked me up, I started hating Microsoft and I personally couldn't tell you why. I have checked a lot of forums and found a lot of people are having that issue with the patch.Makes me wonder why I even use their OS, I feel like such a hypocrite.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 6:39 pm EDT
yeah, you probably just need to run this patch...
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 5:31 pm EDT
IE locks up? I have never ever never never ever never ever ever had IE lock up on me........never.
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 2:49 pm EDT
I use live.com... its totaly free and works greatif you use ie it seems to lock up the first time you try it, but after that its fine.. |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at 2:22 pm EDT
Ok, so not hardware, but any recommandations for an RSS Reader? I downloaded Newzcrawler, but don't want to pay for it.
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 4:22 pm EDT
And find a modem. I think my dad may have one.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 3:46 pm EDT
hold the receiver up to your mic, and go "what'd you say again?"although, modems (used to, anyway) had a wire to connect to your sound card. and you can then select recording source as "aux" to record that. though, you'll probably have to remember your AT commands... |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 11:10 am EDT
What is the easiest, and cheapest way to get phone conversations onto the computer as a sound file?
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 10, 2006 at 5:59 pm EST
freakin' idiot!
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 10, 2006 at 4:53 pm EST
if you learn to read the article quade it says will most likely come without the antenna. GAWWWWD...SO STUPID!!
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 10, 2006 at 10:43 am EST
Yeah. Well FM radio is still stuck in the 20th.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 10, 2006 at 9:46 am EST
That's a sweet design. But with all this new technology that we have in the 21st century, and it still has a fucking telescopic antena?!?
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 10, 2006 at 9:21 am EST
This iRiver prototype is looking pretty sweet.
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 3, 2006 at 10:57 am EST
True. I've seen my dad's M and he played an episode of Enterprise on it. It was a night scene, and the office here is well lit. The picture was still crystal clear. No glare either. But it also should be said that I don't like Apple.
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 3, 2006 at 9:45 am EST
Also, at&t owns mp4, and is suposedly sueing apple and any other company that uses that for their video unless they pay at&t some royalties. So that may be another reason to hold out on video players for right now.Pooh not that I don't agree with you, but that comparison is not very good. One of the guys I work with here has one, and I watch videos of his son on it and it looks really nice. |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 3, 2006 at 8:55 am EST
Obviously, you know what I'm going to say. But I'll say it again, and post a link to a comparison. You'll see the obvious answer. Now this is if you want something comparative to the Ipod w\ video. Speaking of Ipod. You may want to sit on your hands for a bit, cause supposedly Apple plans on releasing a true VIDEO IPOD in the near future. Here's the scoop on that. |
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Chains
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 3, 2006 at 8:42 am EST
just mp3 wise i love my iriverbut if you want an all around mp3/video i say screw it and get a PSP and play games too |
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Friday, March 3, 2006 at 8:29 am EST
Well most every one I know has an IPod Video, which they seem to really like, so that forced me to get a toshiba gigabeat which I think is awsome. Now my gigabeat doesent play video, but right after I got mine toshiba released the gigabeat video at the same size to price ratio. So really it depends on how much of a lemming you are, follow the 90% of the U.S. and support apple by buying an ipod, or step out on a limb.If you can wait though, I would look at something like this, I know its by microsoft, but I saw a vid for it and it just looks awsome. Also with the way the world goes, msoft is making one so I be 30 other companies are too. |
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Edge78
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[quote]Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2006 at 11:25 pm EST
I was thinking of picking up a video/mp3 playerShould I get the ipod vidoe or something else like the creative labs zen? |
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Friday, February 3, 2006 at 2:24 pm EST
bet
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Friday, February 3, 2006 at 9:53 am EST
Ohhh. It's purdy, Seagate, and the price is right. Thanks. Hafta pass this along.
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Friday, February 3, 2006 at 8:06 am EST
Hey, iunno if you're still interested, but here's an external 250gb drive for $150 (and there's a $50 rebate, if you beleive in santa claus).
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nilrem
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 9:31 pm EST
I agree with quade, or use an app like ghost and make images of your hdd that you can go back to at any point. The latter is what I do, so whn I havea problem, I can install a new drive, run ghost and everything is identacle to how it was...
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 7:37 pm EST
as a completely personal opinion, i wouldn't sugget using the windows backup software -- instead, i'd suggest copying everything that you can onto your backup drive. things like your "documents and settings" directory (that'll include profile information, your desktop, application data, which will have your e-mail, etc...).
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 4:42 pm EST
So you think I'm safe to use Windows backup software?
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Quade
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 4:03 pm EST
I'd recommend building it yourself:A 300gb hard drive and enclosure (of course, you can probably find the same thing for around the same price at newegg) |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 12:33 pm EST
Which one do you guys suggest. I'm looking for backup options.Maxtor One Touch Seagate ST3160024A-RK |
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Dr. Pooh
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[quote]Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 at 11:50 am EST
You could also find a place that can custom make something for you to slide a gel in or whatever. Just draw something up with exact dimensions, and give it to them. You can have it made out of aluminum. Not sure how much it will cost though. Call around. Look up metal fabricators in the phone book. If you give me a sketch of what you need, I can draw it up for you in AutoCad, and you can use that to send them.
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Quade
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