Recent content by Jtardiou

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    Are there NO drivers for HP printers for WIN7?

    I just bought the HP Deskjet D4360 and it says I cannot use it since I have WIN7. Am I...out of luck? Is there any way to get this thing to work without drivers?
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    Best laptop for $500?

    Ya definitely check out the Thinkpad LS500 on slickdeals.net
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    About to buy this laptop tonight

    Hey I have looked everywhere but cannot seem to find ANYTHING; is the battery UPGRADABLE? I hear the battery life is pretty bad =[ Is this compatible with the laptop in the OP? http://www.excaliberpc.com/585...ry.html#TabDescription How much battery life would that give me? EDIT: it...
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    About to buy this laptop tonight

    I still haven't bought it. I went to best buy to check it out though. I think tonight is the night. by the way is the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD that I see a lot of laptops use any good? Could it run source engine?
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    About to buy this laptop tonight

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...tabbed-customerreviews SPECS: Intel® Centrino® Core?2 Duo mobile processor T6400 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 memory 14.1" WXGA+ widescreen 250GB SATA hard drive (5400 rpm) NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 5.5lbs 649$ I'm going to best buy in a few hours before they...
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    Is there a better deal on a laptop than THIS?

    I'm looking at the Dell outlet but there is a lot of selection http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBO...SC=Vostro%20a860&s=dfb should be i looking at the vostros? which one do you think is the best for the price? I kind of want it to run the source engine since my girlfriend likes to play L4D so...
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    Is there a better deal on a laptop than THIS?

    Dell Studio 1737 Notebook http://www.buy.com/prod/dell-s...loc/101/210991237.html SPECS: 2.0GHz Core2 Duo T6400 4096MB, 320GB 17" Truelife WXGA+ DVD-RW 6hr30min of battery life Factory Refurbished 599.99$ Basically, this is a very important purchase for me because I am very...
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    Strange fade on my monitor?

    It's locked on my monitor now. When this first happened I could manipulate the settings (did not fix my problem) and now it says "Not available" when I try to change the color settings (the other options work fine) Like i said, the ps3 looks perfect when I play it on the monitor--so maybe it...
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    Strange fade on my monitor?

    I don't even know if its faded or what the problem is, but I saw my monitor suddenly switch to this kind of faint dimmer color. I've messed with the brightness/contrast and color settings on the monitor but nothing worked. Now the brightness/contrast settings are locked? When I was...
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    Blue screen everytime I try to reformat?

    Hey, I've tried TWO different versions of memtest When the computer boots, it says: "loading................." then restarts. everytime. what is going on!?! Is there a similar program I can run through windows?
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    Blue screen everytime I try to reformat?

    Before. It does it while it is setting up. So I really don't have many options.. Regarding it being a hardware issue. As far as I know, everything works fine. This rig is fairly new (built it this year) and has been working perfectly. I'm really out of ideas, i've tried everything :(...
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    Blue screen everytime I try to reformat?

    I have tried 2 legitimate windows XP CD's, tried on 3 harddrives, no matter what I do I get a bluescreen before I am given any choices to reformat. I'm about to pull my hair out!! Does anyone have any idea? Only the DVD-Rom and HDD are on the IDE. Could it be something with the DVD-rom...
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    nVidia-nForce2 and upgrading RAM

    Thanks for the help guys. He's looking to play newer games like Mass Effect and Bioware. It doesn't have to run with anything more than 30-50 frames really, it just needs to run. I kind of figured ram was the cheapest upgrade he could do until he decides to upgrade to an entirely new machine.
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    nVidia-nForce2 and upgrading RAM

    My brother is currently looking to upgrade his RAM, and uses a NF7-S/NF7,NF7-V nVidia-nForce2 motherboard. I was going to suggest this ram for him: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820227364 However, I am no expert and would hate to recommend something that would either perform...
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    New rig bluescreens on startup

    Unfortunately, I won't be able to do that until I've ordered and received a new DVD drive. I'm somewhat concerned that those old HDDs are somehow not compatible with the new components. Do you think that installing windows while the HDD was in the old rig somehow corrupted the installation?