Recent content by BeyondGomer

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    Apple quietly updates $999 MacBook, again

    my EPP price (legit btw lol) is ~$50 cheaper than the EDU, but....when you factor in the "free" ipod touch...
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    Apple quietly updates $999 MacBook, again

    no verification for the online rebate on the ipod touch?
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    Apple quietly updates $999 MacBook, again

    The following is all hypothetical ;) I graduated last year and moved from SoCal to NorCal and am no longer a student. I still have an active school email and a non-dated school ID. Hypothetically, if I were to go into an apple store would I have any problem getting the academic price on a...
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    Weird graphics problems: Card fried??!!

    It gets stranger. I was playing with an old harddrive and installed vista. Once vista loaded, the problem dissapeared (only within vista).
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    Weird graphics problems: Card fried??!!

    Thanks. I'll try and "underclock"..now off to find out how LOL.
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    Weird graphics problems: Card fried??!!

    Would video ram cause the odd color issues seen here? http://i20.photobucket.com/alb...ndGomer/Picture003.jpg
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    Weird graphics problems: Card fried??!!

    Quick specs: NVIDIA 7900GT AMD 3600+ (whatever came right before AM2) Asus A8N5X Problem: Initially I was getting what looked like dead pixel problems (red or green or blue pixels), except it wasn't with the LCD..it just looked that way. I knew this cause they scrolled when I scrolled...
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    Please help me optimize my system/budget

    thanks for the replies. I meant amd 1800XP not XT :-D
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    Please help me optimize my system/budget

    I currently have an old AMD1800XT and a 6600GT and it is dying with my 20" widescreen Dell and WOW (yes, I am a WOW junkie LOL). I am not looking for a screaming machine and would just like to maximize my dollar and get a pretty good upgrade (I do not ever plan on overclocking). I...
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    Best way to spend $500 on an upgrade

    LOL...well, I am alliance...but definately not a pally. How about a cute, puntable gnome warlock that started a year ago before the buffs :P Do you realize how depressing it is to be punted by a Tauren at 2fps....I mean, I don't even get to enjoy the free flightpath.
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    Best way to spend $500 on an upgrade

    I am not an extreme gamer but I do play World of Warcraft all the time (more than I probably should, but oh well LOL). My goal is to up my frame rates and decrease load time that isn?t due to server lag. Current parts (the ones that matter).... CPU: AMD 2600XP (333mhz) Memory: 2x512mb...
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    Computer keeps crashing ...some info but can't "decifer it"

    I have been having crashings that seem to be related to the game World of Warcraft. This crashing happens when playing the game. I ALSO uninstalled the game...tried to reinstall it and it then keeps crashing when it is almost finished installing. By crashing I mean, the computer...
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    New install-- I can't start windows without the CD! Please HELP

    I have been trying to get my new computer to run, but am having problems. I am ONLY able to boot and run a normal windows session IF I boot from the CD. If I do not have the Windows CD in, I get boot failures (as if there is nothing to boot from on the HDD..that non system disk error/boot...
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    NEED SERIOUS HELP FROM ANY AND ALL!! Spyware killed my computer (Fasttrack)

    1st, I am running WinXP Pro I had I-Mesh on my computer and I later read that it automatically loads up your computer with spyware without telling you. I got Ad-Aware and upon running the program, my computer did indeed have a bunch of spyware. One of which, Fasttrack, I could not delete at...
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    Which Geforce 4400 and 4200 are VERY QUIET?

    thanks, I'll give that card a look