Recent content by Kevster

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    Maxtor and Seagate harddrive

    I purchased a external 20gb usb hd a few years ago from fantom drives, and it was a piece of crap that always failed and never worked well, I cracked it open when I was building my new computer and found a seagate u-series inside, now i have been using it as an internal ide for a year and it has...
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    Questions about pc3000 ram in my epox 8k5a mobo

    Will mushkin pc3000 ram work in my epox 8k5a mobo and does anyone know if the alpha 8045 heatsink fits it cuz alpha hasn't added the compatibility status to their website
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    Artic Silver tips and advice

    How necessary is artic silver for say an athlon xp 2000+ (1.67) and how do I install it and how hard is it to do?
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    Help me here: You know you're a geek when...

    You can reset your cmos in the dark. True story, I had to do this once when i oced too much
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    Help me here: You know you're a geek when...

    You feel like an environmentalist because you always remember to empty your recycle bin.
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    Why is the United States a staunch supporter of Israel?...UPDATE!

    Because the jewish people have made a huge impact on the developement of America and they deserve a piece of land not in danger by people that think 9/11 was a hoax....sorry, posted in reply to message on first page and forgot to quote
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    Why are ram prices so high?

    Thank you for the answer, makes sense
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    Why are ram prices so high?

    Maybe, i know thats what happened a few years ago when they had a major earthquake and 128 megs of ram for my ibook shot up to 480, they just had an earthquake last week too
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    LITEON Conspiracy!!! Liteon as a company and their drives!

    I love my lite-on 12x10x32 burner that just says the speed and burnproof on the outside, also i recieved a free keyboard and have recently read the back and it is a lite-on keyboard and I am about to buy a lite-on case because of its 3 120mm fans
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    Why are ram prices so high?

    I understand simple microeconomics but for something to double in price is just odd, don't take this like I am asking the meaning of life it was just a simple question.
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    Why are ram prices so high?

    Yeah, i know they have been high in the past but considering i bought a 256 meg chip in june for 40 and one in october for the same i am wondering why they are so much higher to double in a year
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    Why are ram prices so high?

    Did the western world collapse or something cuz ram prices have more than doubled in six months. the 256 crucial 133 i got for 35 in the fall is now 85. what is with this, could the war against terrorism be to blame?
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    Maxtor Vs. Western Digital

    Maxtor all the way, didn't they acquire quantum anyway because I thought I remembered reading that the new maxtor drives look exactly like fireballs, i could be wrong, could have been seagate
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    I can't get laptop working with cable modem!!!

    I'm not sharing the connection, I just can't get it to work in general on a straight connection to the cable modem
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    I can't get laptop working with cable modem!!!

    I recently upgraded to a cable modem and have had no troubles with it on my desktop but when i tried to get it to work on my win2k pro based laptop it doesn't go online. The connection panel just stays in packet form and doesn't switch over to bytes transferred. What is the problem and how can...