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    Official XX Olympic Winter Games Thread - Medal Count Link Inside...

    My Fifth grade teacher won the Silver Broom,in 76 or 77? What is there not to like about the Olympics?Athletes that work there butt off their whole lives and then have to pay their own way(usually) just to get a chance to compete.
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    Strange battery problem with my laptop.

    I'm experiencing a very strange problem with the battery on my laptop,I'm going to list the symptoms and see what you guys think. When I charge it often times it will stop charging before reaching 100%. When I run the laptop on battery it will act normally until it get's down to 55-60%...
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    Can't get into my A8V bios!Fatal Error!

    Fixed,thanks Northern and MaverickBP for the suggestions. Chris
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    Can't get into my A8V bios!Fatal Error!

    I'm at my wits end,I restarted my computer and went into my bios to load defaults and when it restarted again I got this error message..... CMOS Checksum Bad Chassis intruded! FATAL ERROR...System Halted I hope someone can help me with this because I haven't a clue to what is wrong.If...
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    Samsung 193P vs 710T

    I just bought a samsung 193P a few days ago,I really like it alot.The ghosting on it is minimal,I played UT2004 and it looked great.Some of the huge advantages of it are the viewing angle,and 16.7 million colors.Most LCD's have a viewing angle of 170 degrees or less,but with 178 degree angles no...
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    Did i make a good choice on my lappy? EDIT- With PICS!!!

    http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=285282 I got this one a few days ago,it's alot like yours but with more memory and a 2400+Barton.It also came with a 24x16x24x8 Combo drive instead of the listed 8x8x24x8 drive.Really nice looking laptop,I like mine alot. Chris
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    NM I Figured it out.

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    Laptops under $1K

    http://www.pcmall.com/pcmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=285282 I just recieved this for X-Mas,it's really nice but the specs are off a bit.The CPU is a 2400+Barton w/512k L2 cache and mine came with a 24x16x24x8 Combo drive instead of the listed 8x8x24x8 Drive.It's a refurb,but you can't beat it for...
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    Dell ATI Mobility 7500 64MB, Dell hasn't released updated drivers since 2002 - Can I install direct from ATI?

    I'm guessing because ATI doesn't even seem to support the mobile 7500.
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    Dell ATI Mobility 7500 64MB, Dell hasn't released updated drivers since 2002 - Can I install direct from ATI?

    grimreaper19 is right,I have a 7500 in mine too and the standard ATI drivers will not install so you have to use Omega drivers which is not such a bad thing,eh.
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    Torn between choosing 9500 Pro or 4800TI *Update 5/7/03*

    Easy,the 9500Pro.You might even get lucky and get one with 3.3 or 3.0 Infineon ram that's factory unlocked like me:)
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    Can't install new ATI drivers on laptop

    Thanks for the help,I installed Plutonium drivers and they work great. Chris
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    Can't install new ATI drivers on laptop

    I have a laptop with a 7500 video card in it and I am having a hard time updating the drivers for it.Every time I try to install the driver for it I get this message,SEVERE INF error,video driver not found.I have no idea what is wrong so if someone can help me with this problem I would greatly...
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    F@H: Statistics and Milestones for 05-Feb-2003 / Welcome, bmcclare and Scrapk!

    Hmmm,didn't make the list yesterday and left off of it today.Ah well,welcome to the new members and congrats to the milestone makers.
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    F@H: Statistics and Milestones for 25-Jan-2003 / Welcome, Mel!

    You did a fine job of explaining it,I had meant to say "thanks,guys". Chris