Recent content by paulip88

Heh. They also have some HOT legacy crap... like 32MB PC66 DIMMs and a sweet ISA sound card. Quite a few Slot 1 CPUs too. It truly is memorial day.

Tip: If you're having trouble with picking the right exposure, shoot in RAW mode. That way you can adjust the exposure later... as many times as you want. Tip2: You may actually want to take the shots underexposed. That should give you a bit more contrast. GO BROWNS! (so sad...) -...

The kit lens is a good starter lens and also an OK lens if you plan on using only a single lens. It's lightweight, fairly fast in focusing, and not fancy enough for you to worry about breaking it. On the other hand, there are better lenses out there - even in the cheap lens category. For...

In my limited experience with Thinkpads, I've been very happy. I've heard good things from others too. As for Dell and HP, my company has used them for the past few years so here's my comments on those: Dell: Look OK, but not durable by any stretch of the imagination. We don't buy these...

I'd still be happy with MS Word 5.1a that I used waaaay back when. As for OpenOffice, I haven't tried it. I have tried StarOffice for a while (it's predecessor) and it was pretty slow. Since the package still runs on Java, I can't imagine it being quite as fast as MS Office (I can't believe I...

One internal 3.5 bay for a hard drive, one accessible 3.5 drive bay for something like a floppy, ZIP drive, card reader, etc. (or another hard drive).

Just make sure your video card fits in the Shuttle.

Software should be "easier to find" with the Gateway since it's Windows. Also more games. You can probably save some of the cost off the Apple if you add some additional RAM yourself after you get it. Same with the Gateway.

I should be eating dinner... Used cars are a better deal if you can afford the financing since the typical new car loses $10k+ in value the first year. However, used cars don't get the good financing or the same warranties. A compromise would be a certified used vehicle that has a warranty...

It's really up to you. When I was in school I was in a tiny room and I still managed to have two towers plus a laptop.... all on 24/7 (for Team Anandtech). Now I've graduated and I have a ton more space but I have an SFF. My opinion: I like the SFF because it's quieter and because the...

So I'm not the only one who's having this problem today. Before your computer died, did you have your RAM voltage set to 2.7v? If you did, you probably fried your board (that's what I did). There a known issue with these boards where if you set the RAM voltage to 2.7v the board will kill...

I think I may have responded to a similar post elsewhere but... here goes... Chrome Orbs are known to do bad things to socket A CPUs. If you have your mind set on using an Orb, use the Chrome Orb instead. The Chrome Orb is designed for socket A's, so there is a smaller chance of destroying...

It may also be your Windows installation. If you have not reinstalled Windows since then, it would be a good idea to do so.

If you connect the L7 bridges, then the CPU will run at 1.85v. (The L7 bridges determine the "default" voltage that it will tell the mobo that it needs.)

The Chrome Orb is the one that is designed for the Socket A CPUs. However, its performance is not the best. However, at the same time, for the Duron, it should be OK, unless you do some serious overclocking (like voltage modifications).