Recent content by drednox

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    How do I hook up a digital antenna to Component Input ?

    Hi I want to get rid of my cable desperately as they keep jacking up the prices and dividing watchable channels into packages so you have to pay like $100 a month in order to watch the 5-6 channels you usually do :( likewise with u-verse, u-verse is about $10 cheaper, not a significant...
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    looking for laptop recommendation

    thats not bad, any other ones ?
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    looking for laptop recommendation

    hi i'm looking for a good laptop deal, basically what i need something along the following: under $400, 2 gigs of RAM, windows vista O/S, needs to have a built in webcam, needs to be able to work in europe, asia and americas as i intend to travel a lot with it. its main function will be...
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    How to connect my computer to my TV - wireless ?

    Hi I am looking for a way to connect my computer to my TV set, bireless, so that I can watch movies from hulu and alike on my TV set, but I would like to do this wireless instead of running cables all over my apartment. My home theater / Bluray player has a USB input jack as well as DVI...
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    Okay odd question, what products do you lot all want to see at frys?

    a couple things 1st off i actually shopped for new hardware recently at Fry's Woodland Hills, CA they did not have any DDR3 RAM in stock whatsoever. Also, I would like to be able to buy a wireless USB headset. Not just headphones but a full USB headset with a mic to use to talk to...
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    intermittent power problem ?

    ok, i seem to have an intermittent power related problem that i am not sure how to troubleshoot. basically, right when i start my computer, it stays on, and right when it starts going into bios, it turns itself off, then 2 seconds later back on, then off, then on, then off, and so forth. i...
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    problem with Assasins Creed

    ok i can not get assasins creed to work properly. i think its an issue between teh game and my O/S. i run vista 64 bit, home premium edition, full retail. what is happening, the game does not run in full screen mode. it does not even let me maximize it. i tried administrator mode, safe...
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    looking for a new GOOD FPS game ... if there are any.

    ok. so i am looking for a GOOD new FPS. i understand that what i define as good, is subjective and not the same as that of the next guy, so i will give some examples. i like FPS gaming. here is a list of FPS games I have enjoyed and some reasons i enjoyed them: Doom - first good 3d...
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    Battlefield 3 anyone?

    no. BF2142 has turned me off from BF games sooooo badly. particularly, lack of support for vista 64, lack of ability to fully remap controls how i want them to be, and the idiotic / moronic responses i got from tech support about these issues. these thinsg helped me make up my mind and made...
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    Cancelled Age of Conan, went back to WoW

    i used to play Anarchy Online, so i am fully aware of what Funcom is capable of. BTW, it took them 2-3 years after game launch to finally work out all the bugs out of my primary character class, which was Martial Artist. And these bugs have been there in teh game since beta, i know because i...
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    going wireless and online gaming ?

    hi i would like to get a wireless DSL/Cable router because its easier then rearranging furniture or running new cables inside my walls, hehe. but, i know that going wireless makes higher latencies. causes a bit of lag and of course squeezing out every last bit of a low ping is critical in...
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    nvlddmkm stopped responding ?

    i do not overclock. i run all my stuff stock. also had plenty of cooling. and i should also add i have a good P/S. also, if you had read, i did post initial driver hang happened when i purchased and instaleld bioshock and it automatically updated my driver. and i also added taht with each driver...
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    nvlddmkm stopped responding ?

    that is a false statement. it is directly inacurate and/or at best based on heresay and no facts whatsoever and it obviously comes fro ma person taht is compeltely clueless with regards to this issue. i also had this problem, the following is how it all went down: in february / march i...
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    good sound card for vista 64 ?

    neither the Chaintech AV-710 or the M-Audio manufacturer sites appear to offer vista 64 drivers. i dont see them anywhere. hence they may or may not work and most likely only work on some configurations. i am looking for a sound card, other then creative or ac97, that actually has official...
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    good sound card for vista 64 ?

    are there any ? my built in sounds horrible and my soundblaster x-fi is causing too much drama when using microphone via head set, tried like 5 headsets to boot now as well, same crap. i have a turtle beach riviera but that doesnt have vista support and wont work on my system at all...