Recent content by gbryant

ah, I'm not looking for a laptop. I'm looking for a small form factor pc that can be used for gaming (fit a full size gpu).

I'm gonna be hotel hopping for the next year and I'd like to bring along something to game on. Since I don't need it to be mobile, only portable, I'd rather just have the smallest PC I could instead of an overpriced 'gaming' laptop (I've already got a netbook for other taks). I've been looking...

Any idea how good the wireless mouse/kb is? I have a MS wireless "laser" desktop mouse/kb set that is driving me crazy. The keyboard loses signal, even right next to the receiver, all the bloody time and I drop keys when typing fast.

About a month and a half ago I built two identical computers with ECS 6100sm motherboards and each one with a stick of 512 mb of Kingston ram. I built them together, stress tested them together, and both ran fine. One is still working fine, the other one was going to be a Christmas present but...

I assumed it wouldn't be possible since I flashed the firmware with 3rd party stuff.

Lo, I bought a BUFFALO WHR-G54S a while back because of all the good buzz and it was working fine for about a month, but about once a day now it just stops accepting connections. The router is still broadcasting a wireless address/name, but I can't connect and connecting via ethernet doesn't...

I've been looking at some systems and it seems like people that have old CPUs (AthlonXP, old 939s) game fairly well as long as they are running a good video card like a Geforce 7800+ or a X1800 or X1900 (which are ultra cheap now). If you're looking at a bare bones bang-for-the-buck upgrade it...

I was thinking of getting a Zen Vision to partially act as an easier way to play Divx files on my TV. How is the quality when doing this and is there much headache trying to get Divx files playing? Will it output widescreen resolutions? Is there a device better suited to this (Mp3 player / TV...

I have a 26" Olevia with a 1366 X 768 res and I've found that after I added it into windows with powerstrip every single game I've played offered 1366 as a resolution option (WoW, Oblivion, source stuff, Civ 4, Guild Wars, Godfather w/ WS hack, etc).

Lo, I'm pretty happy with my laptop's screen for general windows work and browsing, but I could use something bigger for games and movies. Anyone have any experience with 23-27" cheap HDTVs for use as a psuedo-monitor? My laptop does not have DVI (Asus S96j) so it feels like a waste to get an...

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Yep, tried to forward a range, tried to upgrade the firmware, there's no software firewall. I'm running nmap to test the port also. Here's a funny thing though: the DSL has gone crazy and is changing the dynamic wan IP sometimes every 1-2min. Coud that effect it?

This is really really stupid, but we have a new Linksys standard BEFSR41V4 router that just refuses to port forward. This is not very complicated. It's got a port forwarding page on the router: I tell it to forward 2235 to .100 and yet the port remains closed. I was on the phone to linksys for 2...

Lo, since I'll be traveling most of this year I figure my desktop will just be going to waste. So I'm thinking of selling my desktop and replacing it with a similar laptop. Any thoughts on the cost of replacing it? In particular I'm not certain how well the GPU or laptop display will match up to...

Lo, seems to be a ton of drivers for the Audigy line. I've got the May drivers, the recent betas, and a new "official" set of drivers I found that aren't on Creative's site. Any idea which run the best? I also heard about some indy drivers developed outside Creative, anyone know about those?