Forum: Hardware
12-05-2006, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 787
Re: Buying a laptop...
Take a look at the ASUS laptops. Very well made, tend to have nice high end video cards in them for great prices. They're a major maker of motherboards, ODM/OEM laptops, and other computer parts.
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Forum: Hardware
07-29-2006, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 467
Re: New hdd... component recognition?
Be carefull, swapping out hard drives can be more than you may bargin for in old sony vaios. If you have on that has a USB cd drive only, be aware without the restore disks, windows can not...
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Forum: Hardware
07-14-2006, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,444
Re: Hard Drive Problem
You may need to have a professional data recovery place swap out the pcb. If that doesn't work and it's something internal unless you have thousands to spend on recovery you're not getting anything...
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Forum: Hardware
07-07-2006, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 914
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Forum: Hardware
07-04-2006, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 825
Re: wierd problem
It looks like you're running a vista beta.... the reason: because it's a microsoft beta :) Or maybe you just have a really good skin and I'm an idiot.
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Forum: Social Lounge | Off Topic
07-04-2006, 11:37 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,812
Re: Flirting
Most of them... and they're way too much work. Been there, done that, it's never worth it no matter how hot they are.
Everyonce in a while you'll find someone that's pretty and fun to be with. ...
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Forum: Social Lounge | Off Topic
07-04-2006, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,812
Re: Flirting
Ehh, if I'm in a club or something and want to dance with a girl I just make eye contact and smile. Simple, easy, and rarely fails me :)
That list is pretty good, but remember just because she's...
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Forum: Hardware
07-03-2006, 11:05 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 761
Re: SATA hard drive
There's also a little known, but VERY usefull windows live cd (er you make it from your windows cd so there's no sticky copyright issues) take a look at BartPE.
Anyways back to the topic - check...
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Forum: Hardware
11-16-2005, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 554
Re: O Ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check out the dslr forums - i think they had a channel lineup floating around for a while. I'm eagerly awaiting fios tv also. Finally some good quality HD - and it'll be cheaper then...
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Forum: Hardware
11-16-2005, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 539
Re: Confused.
you can't call one the same because of the different archetectures. there's no hard equivilant. amd would say the "xxxx+" number is the equivalent of that processor in intel. however, somethings...
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Forum: Hardware
11-07-2005, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 684
Re: monitor problems PLEASE HELP!!!
Unplug the power to the motherboard, and press the power button on the case to clear out any existing charge left in the capacitors. Plug it back in, and turn your box on, it should be fixed :) -...
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Forum: Hardware
11-07-2005, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 523
Re: CD drive woes
Do you have p3 toshiba sattelites by any chance? My family had two of them, and both of them a cd drives failing, exact same thing as you subscribed. I googled and it's a known problem.
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Forum: Hardware
11-01-2005, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,987
Re: post ur internet speed
An OC-12 is 622 Mb/s ;) I don't think he has one. His internal lan speed is probably 100Mb/s fast ethernet but then again I doubt that's his external internet speed. PPPoE overhead is the space it...
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Forum: Hardware
11-01-2005, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,987
Re: post ur internet speed
Yea I could - I might switch for the upstream my servers are hungry. In Fairfax County they have the 30/5 for $55 also. And I just checked - FiOS TV is availible!!!! I'm ordering right now!
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Forum: Hardware
10-31-2005, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,987
Re: post ur internet speed
15 Mbps down/ 2Mbps up verizon fios. I get 14.8 down/1.8 up (pppoe overhead). 3-4 MS Pings to google.com. I love FiOS - and TV should be rolled out by the end of the year. Oh, and did I mention...
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Forum: Hardware
10-24-2005, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,079
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Forum: Hardware
10-23-2005, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,078
Re: Windows Vista
MSDN subscribers (where I used to work) have it :) It sure was fun to get payed to play with it!
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Forum: Hardware
10-23-2005, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 675
Re: I got something good for ya
Yes but what if the hand slips... The fact that the psu is turned off is irrelevent, they are still deadly. Your bad zap was lucky.... it could have been a heart stopping zap.
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Forum: Hardware
10-23-2005, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 675
Re: I got something good for ya
Yea let's see $5 on a new fan vs. risking getting electricuted because power supplies are very dangerous to open up and hold incredible amounts of power in them even when off - enough to kill! I...
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Forum: Hardware
10-23-2005, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,078
Re: Windows Vista
The biggest thing is it's going to require a good graphics card.. the last generation dells with integrated video won't run it. For it to run smoothly and prettily you'll need a fully compliant DX9...
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Forum: Hardware
10-23-2005, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 607
Re: Graphic Card Question HELP
It's the best ONBOARD video card out there - it's basically the same chip as a Radeon X300 integrated with a few things disabled. All in all, the performance is ALMOST comprable to the discreet...
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Forum: Hardware
10-23-2005, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,079
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Forum: Hardware
10-22-2005, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,642
Re: New Computer
Actually, the Pentium Ds lost much of their edge in content creation (multi-threaded) applications to the AMD X2. Take a look at the benchmarks in this review and see what you think:...
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Forum: Hardware
10-22-2005, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 2,976
Re: Worried About My Son
Yea... underage is illegal but that stuff is just gross.... Bu, by definition - if he's a 17 year old son he's looking at porn.. I'd be more concerned is he wasn't.
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Forum: Hardware
10-22-2005, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 792
Re: PLEASE help me... (need expert)
With getting your docs in you My Documents folder - it's hit or miss, but make sure your username is diff. then your older username, or they could be overwritten.
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