Recent content by jdsemler

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    Did I get Dell to do the right thing here?

    In the long run, it probably doesn't hurt Dell that much by having one guy get an out of warranty TV fixed, but regardless of how you justify it, there was no integrity in doing so. As far as their LCDs, they're the same LCDs as a lot of other major vendors. A large amount of the LCDs out...
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    Do you think time travel will ever be possible?

    I don't have a PhD or any other meaningful piece of paper to talk to this subject, but even if time travel was possible, everything in the universe is constantly moving and spinning. Wouldn't you risk ending up going forward/backward in time and having the Earth be somewhere else? Perhaps...
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    Anyone try flashing a (pci-e) X850 XT with XT PE BIOS?

    I have a Sapphire X850 XT PCI-E (not VIVO, but does have TV out) that I got in a trade with a buddy of mine. It runs rock solid stable clocked at PE speeds with any game/benchmark I throw at it. I'd like to flash it, so I don't have to worry about setting the memory/cpu speed in the future. I...
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    AMD's cool & quiet technology

    Yeah, What Matthias99 said. :) He beat me to the reply. :)
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    AMD's cool & quiet technology

    If I remember correctly, Cool & Quiet slows/powers down the CPU to reduce heat output. If your fan controller is capable of speeding up or slowing down your fan based on (usually configurable) temp thresholds, then yes, it should slow down and speed up your fan. If you don't have that set up...
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    Gaming on Widescreen

    Also check the system BIOS. Sometimes it can be found in there on laptops.
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    keeping dust to a minimum?

    A friend of mine uses an electric leaf blower that he bought at Home Depot for $29 to clean out his case. His stuff is certainly clean, but apart from looking silly on the driveway, anyone have any ideas on if that would be a bad thing to do?
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    Overclocking an EVGA 6800 Ultra PCI-E card to 425mhz

    The test button in the Nvidia control panel for overclocking (71.84 drivers w/coolbits) tells me that the card fails at 425. While it is entirely possible that the chip is only good at the stock 400mhz, is that Test feature truly reliable, or can some kind of BIOS override tell it to report...
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    Is there an online guide for "upgrading" the Zen Micro Mp3 Player?

    Zen Micro doesn't use the same form factor drive that your laptop does. You will need to use one of the bigger Zens (not Zen Touch either).
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    Web Front-End Proxy

    Fair enough. The main page I want to get to is just signin.ebay.com, since I like to check my auctions from work during lunch or other downtime, and they started blocking it, which is really annoying. (They didnt block any other ebay sites). I kind of work for a big company where IT is this...
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    Web Front-End Proxy

    True, but folks who make money selling PCs probably frown upon the overclocking forum, as it avoids customers buying upgrades or the sale of more expensive hardware (the new 3200+ instead of the more expensive 4000+). I think I found what I needed. It is called a web-based anonymous proxy...
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    Web Front-End Proxy

    At work, they make us use their proxy server, which doesn't let us log into a lot of normal web sites. (They even block this forum's front page, unless you have a link directly to one of the forum topics.) What I'm hoping exists is something I can setup on my personal web space that would...
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    Mouse pads...?

    I'm using a MX1000 with a RatPadz surface (cant remember the name of it), but I can tell a difference in resistance. It slides effortlessly across the surface, and when I switch to my desk, it actually feels undesirable due to the increased resistance. Before owning the RatPadz surface though...
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    The BEST headphones for ipod

    Are the e2c canalphones much different than the iPod in-ear phones? I, regretably, bought a pair of the apply in-ear phones, and they sound worse (to me) than the free ear buds. They sounded very "tinny" and the bass was worse than the freebies too.
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    Got my Dell 2405 and im in complete love.

    Got mine, and it's darn right lovely. Even with the fast response time, there's still blur in FPS games or other fast action games. (This coming from someone that's used a CRT for a while, so I may be biased). I'm getting used to it, but it did bug me at first.