Recent content by d1m1

Ugh, I've been having problems getting my credit card authorization for internet purchases (yes, the government has to clear it first before we can spend our $400...), because the programmers for their site suck (reading their source code makes me cringe). Anyway... I hope I don't get any DOA...

This sounds like something that happened to me with Firefox on Ubuntu (and possibly Win7 as well, but I don't remember). It was weird, and stopped happening once I upgraded it. Here's an idea: try to keep the process manager open, and see if any of them are causing spikes. Does this happen with...

WTH???? Ok, I've seen a lot of things inside PCs (although I only got a cockroach inside a PSU of a PC I was repairing for a friend once, and that was it) but mice?? *wonders how they got there in the first place* Also, to OP: that picture looks as if it came straight out of Resident Evil...

Hi everyone, thanks for all the replies. So, essentially, it would be a good idea to just wait until better options are available, right? To answer M0RPH's (good, I might add) question, I just feel my PC isn't as fast as it once was. I wanted to get a little -or a lot, preferably- more...

Seems my username is "spammy"... I'm trying to post something in the General Hardware forum, and it won't work. I suppose the post is in some sort of queue right now (the only thing is that I tried posting it two days ago and it still hasn't been approved). Edit: Oops, seems it got approved...

Hi everyone, this is my first post around here. I hope to stick around, and contribute what I can. I've been lurking around for a while and it seems this is a good place to get advice, so, here's the issue I'd like some help with. I'm reposting this because my original post seems to have been...

EDIT: I thought this post wasn't approved yet and did a repost only to find moments later that the post had indeed been approved. If by any chance this thread isn't deleted, the version with the poll is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4TiiNhehzA. Sorry. Hi everyone, this is my first post...