Recent content by dr wily

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    new sata dvd drive won't spin

    yes its powered.. and it ejects disks just fine from the button on the drive and the eject disk command in windows. i have a sata hd that works fine so id be hard pressed to believe its a sata problem on the mobo. But it is a crappy ECS micro board from Frys so who knows..
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    new sata dvd drive won't spin

    Hi guys, my dvd drive was going south so I got a samsung from newegg. Its SATA, recognizes in windows and in the bios, but it won't boot a vista or XP disc at startup, nor will it load anything when in XP. It just shows a blank explorer window. Tried making the drive my only bootable drive...
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    splinter cell double agent limited edition for 40$ at EB

    same price as standard.. 45$ at the zon (normal v). http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=200226
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    Zelda: Twilight Princess for Gamecube

    link is still good.. i can add to my cart and everything i think ill checkout just to get the email and rail at them later maybe even complain to BBB
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    Hot : DVI Cables

    i concur on the monoprice thing, i got some optical and hdmi cables for wicked cheap and ridiculously low shipping. i have a thin dumpy component cable from radioshack, and a fancy heavy gauge one with the tight gold connectors that cost 80$ long ago and cant tell a difference. ' oh yeah...
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    Kill-a-Watt Electricity Usage Monitor $29

    i just got one a month ago.. found that it costs 70W just to have the monitor on and 4W to have it in sleep.. oh and 3 cents to cook a burger on the george forman :)
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    resident evil 4 (RE4) for GC Gamecube: 19.99

    i went to ebx and picked it up for 20.. AWESOME game.. so fun, and hard.. will definitely play through again. from what i know it is not a players choice.
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    resident evil 4 (RE4) for GC Gamecube: 19.99

    Finally dropped I verified EB and Gamestop eb link Text
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    ATSC Tuner ( HDTV ) $69.97 Radio Shack

    i bought one used off a guy on these forums since I couldnt find one and it works great.. I was using an old AM antenna from an old receiver and jabbing it into the coax and actually got a semi-decent signal in most cases. Nice!
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    I can't edit my profile

    I'd like to change my email address as it is no longer available (attbi), but it says my username is invalid. Is that because I have an underscore in my name? Can you please fix or help me change my email address?
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    "major brand name" 52" dlp, DVI, component, no tuner 1199 in the friday frys ad!

    Saw it in the portland ad, thats a fantastic price I got my toshiba 52 incher with no tuner for 1600 on clearance back in september. "major brand name" could be samsung toshiba panasonic mitsubishi the picture looks like a samsung, but that is misleading I'm sure
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    metroid prime 2 19.99 at EB

    metroid 1 preowned is like 5.99 or something at eb as well..
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    metroid prime 2 19.99 at EB

    one bump oughta do it for this.
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    metroid prime 2 19.99 at EB

    Text i've been waiting forever for this one