Recent content by dawbs

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    XP 2000+ and MSI K7T266 Pro 2-A @Fry's $139.99

    Hello, Esquared is correct on his statement...... I currently live in Sacramento, CA and previously leaved in the Bay Area. The Sale ads for Fry's are not always the same. I remember a couple of months back purchasing some Mushkin memory for $59 in Sactown and figuring that I would be going...
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    I removed the fan from the powerunit!

    Hello, I agree with Paulson.... I don't mind the noise.... It's a great wife thing... I could be in my computer room and my wife will call me to do something and....hehehe low and behold I heard nothing. ;) Hey ....fans can also be your friends too... :) I make it a point to always have a...
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    Help with DVD decoder and SB live!

    Hello, Sigma Designs made that card for Creative Labs... You could try their drivers... seems like their beta too... it might or might not work, but worth a try.... :) dawbs Windows 2000 & XP drivers
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    what is the different between Category 5 and Category 5e internet wire?

    hello, Why not use firewire....400 megs per sec Only limitation is cable can only be 15 ft long.... per pc But that is SMOKING" comparied to 100 megs.. I have it setup and it really fast.. just my $0.02 dawbs
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    Samsung hard drives... How Reliable are they ???

    Hello, I'm thinking of purchasing 3 new hard drives... in the 80 gig range and noticed that Samsung has 7200 rpm drives. I was wondering on the quailty and reliability of these drives. I also saw that there is other size models also, so possibly the information on those would also be...
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    Do the Athlon Palomino MP 1.0 and 1.2 Gig CPU's have .....

    Hello, Do the Athlon Palomino MP 1.0 and 1.2 Gig CPU's have the QuantiSpeed architecture ??? I am think of purchasing them through a neighborhood computer shop. I can get them for $55 and $65 . Thanks for the help. dawbs
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    Free smoothies April 16th- 20th from Jamba Juice

    there is 8 locations in my general area of Sacramento.........mmmmmmmm The closest is rractically in my back yard... Smoothies everyday till Saturday !!! dawbs
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    Shot-gunning ADSL??

    lastig21, You can have have DSL on every "GOOD" working cable pair to you house or place of residence. If you have a DAML (which is 2 numbers on a single cable pair) you cannot have DSl at all, until your line is re-provisioned by your local phone company or carrier. dawbs
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    Shot-gunning ADSL??

    NOOOO...this cannnot be done...each dsl account is tied to 1 number and your DSL is started at your Dslam port (too much detail to explain)(this goes around the switch at the centeral office). You actually do not have to have dial tone to have DSL... dawbs
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    LAN and fibre optics question

    I agree with DUG.... with wath your hard drive can process.... after saying that .. my neighbor is running his lan using firewire and it is very stable and fast... I will be setting mine up this weekend... your only limitations are hard drive and cable length (15 ft) of 6/6 cable ...
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    Smoking hot!!!!!DSL for 29.95 month from SBC Ameritech Detroit,MI maybe nationwide

    Hello, I feel for everyone in regards to your DSL problems.... I actually work for SBC Pacific Bell..... I used to work as a DSL installation/maintenance tech... but I 'm now current back with the mother company... The SBC internet has gone to .... I cannot actually type it, for I am at...
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    lines in monitor

    Hello, I have 4 KDS AV-195TF Monitors .... After I had them a couple of weeks, I thought they were all bad from shipping, because of the same two lines you have mentioned. I emailed KDS about 2 years ago and this was the response from their tech support... Because the monitor display is an...
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    Is It Possible to Use Two Cable Modems on one PC?

    Hello, I forgot to mention that,I, at the time, had 2 different cable companies with cable Internet services..... My home oweners association and AT&T.. dawbs
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    Is It Possible to Use Two Cable Modems on one PC?

    Hello, I did it before with netswitcher..... dawbs
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    do any of you use thumbscrews to mount your drives?

    Hello, I agree with QTPie... I use them on all my PC's and PC's that I build that are not screw-less.. My previous employer was going to throw away 2 packages that had about 500 of each of the floppy and hard drive screws.. He was mad because they were "thumb type" and could not be used with...