Recent content by koolhead

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    Q about UPS

    if i turn off my PC but keep UPS on, will UPS still consume the same amount power? or less? thx.
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    TDK24x10x40 == QPS24x10x40?

    TDK24x10x40 in my friend's PC was regarded as TDK CRD-BP1500 by nero. that's identical to my QPS 24x which is QPS CRD-BP1500!? both of them are rebadged Sanyo!!!
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    how to clean CDRW?

    jump..:-)
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    how to clean CDRW?

    not ERASE. ezcd told me that my CDRW disc was either dirty or dameged while it was trying to erase cdrw disc. I am wondering how to clean it without damege the disc.
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    how can i use promise raid ide as ordinary ide?

    just tried to set a CD-RW drive on raid ide of MSI k7t-r (promise raid chip). but failed. :-(. anyone has successful expr to share? thanks a lot.
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    50 CENDYNE 80MIN CD-Rs for $2.99 after MIR

    i am still waiting for $20 rebate from Cendyne. the DVD drive i bought from them can only play DVD, but not CD, CDR or CDRW.
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    Great Copper Heatsink for $15.99

    tiger, thanks for pointing out. does that larger fan airflow mean better result?
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    Great Copper Heatsink for $15.99

    this one is not with Delta fan, but expensive though. Edit: sorry..it's still Delta fan.. SVC Golden Gate /40cfm fan
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    Great Copper Heatsink for $15.99

    i am just wondering why you guys don't try this one: link
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    why my CD-RW disk can only be read by the drive recorded it

    I am using SONY 12x8x32. anyone experience the same? It's ok to read CDR for ordinary CDROM but not CDRW.
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    HOT for me, gas price DROP......finally...

    go to Costco, my So. Cal dude. the price yesterday was 1.529/gal (#87)
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    what's wrong with my CDRW? more than 20% work cannot be done.

    hi. Burnt..that's a new drive...from compusa..30G@5400rpm. just got it a few days ago..as second drive only storing data. GameQuoter, ur program killed Norton Internet Security program. how come? anyway, wish it works.
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    what's wrong with my CDRW? more than 20% work cannot be done.

    always it said run out of buffer...or some similar words like that. btw, it's not burn-proof. see, i set 128M as buffer size..should be big enough..Nero suggests not more than 40% of size of RAM>
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    what's wrong with my CDRW? more than 20% work cannot be done.

    the rate of successful buring is less than 80%. there should be something wrong but i have no idea. can anyone give me some hints? SONY CDRW 12X8X32 PIII500 384M 30G@5400rpm. Nero 5.0 @ Windows98 buffer 128M.
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    how to access to Ethernet for a lappy w/o PCMCIA/USB socket/slot.

    so bad PCMCIA slots of my lappy don't work at all. Any suggestions?