Recent content by Fatalist

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    Motherboard or RAM Problem?

    I'm leaning towards the RAM now. It is the regular Ballistix, not tracer. Although not exactly the same speed, I think this sums it up for me (along with some Google research): http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820148069 30% of the votes were the lowest possible score...
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    Looking for the Lowdown on Ballistix Sticks

    I have regular non-tracer ballistix 2 x 1 GB PC 6400. One of the sticks had errors after just a few days. Now the other stick, by itself since the other one was RMA'd, has flipped out too.
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    Motherboard or RAM Problem?

    Summary: Microsoft memory checker reports massive errors, first RAM stick still on RMA. Is it really a motherboard problem instead? When I first put my new computer together in July 2008, I would sometimes have programs crash at random. It affected almost all programs, such as Explorer...
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    Upgrading Piecemeal

    I am looking to upgrade my desktop piecemeal as good deals come along. I am particularly looking to upgrade for Age of Conan at 1600x1200 or 1920x1200. My desktop hasn't been upgraded in quite a while. I currently have an Athlon 2 GHz 2800+ / 1 GB RAM / Radeon 9700 (AGP) / 200 GB HD / Antec...
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    Upgrading, can I stick to my Antec True Power 430w?

    Are there different versions of the True Power 430? I have the same basic question (E8400/8800GT/HD/DVD) with the same PSU but I thought the side of my PSU said 20Amps for +12V Maybe I just misread my PSU
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    low end budget ~$400

    Don't know where you are, Atlanta Fry's has E2200+ECS945GCT-M1333 for $80 this weekend
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    Mythbusters to take on "the plane and the treadmill" conundrum?

    The key to this problem is that the force of friction has an upper bound. Ff = u N u : coefficient of friction N : normal force Ff : MAXIMUM force of friction What is the normal force in this scenario? It is perpendicular to the direction of motion: the weight of the aircraft. Note...
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    So what's YOUR video card?

    7800 GTX Go $270
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    512 7800GTX sold at Ebay for more than US$ 1500 ( 1320 Euros)

    $800 is too low ... there is one on e-bay right now for $850 and it has a bid!
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    Atlanta Comcast Users: Outages?

    Dunno, but my DSL was bouncing off and on tonight close to that area
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    2/3 Monitors

    I had a physical switch like that about 4-5 years ago. The problem was all of the switched video had horrible ghosting. You can get high quality switches but they generally run $500+ Here is an example KVM: http://www.cybex.com/web/en.nsf/Content/SwitchView+PC+4-port Actually it seems...
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    LCD - When will native resolution become the past?

    In Windows XP: Control Panel - Display - Appearance tab - Font Size - Large or Extra Large
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    Konica Minolta magicolor 2300W Color Laser Printer $239.96 AC/AR Shipped!!!

    Math is not computing for me: 500 - 150 = 350 350 - 35 = 315
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    Freeware programs and applications

    File Compression: 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org)
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    Finding all registered domain names matching a pattern?

    Is this even possible? For example: www.something*.com