Recent content by sihostk

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    TigerDirect Deal: Radeon X850XT (PE?) $350.00

    hmm, hope it's not another misprint like yesterday's X800XT AGP... I wonder if ATI xfire rebate will work for this deal? http://www.ati.com/buy/promotions/crossfireready/index.html Nice find. thanks.
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    Antec smart power 2.0 500

    Nice, good price. Rebate form link is broken thou... I may go down to Frys to see if this deal is available there.
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    Philips 642 Progressive Scan DVD Player $69.99 at BestBuy.com

    Looks like a good deal, but I really need the subtitle function. Will this thing recognize subtitle files like .srt, sub, smi files?
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    EDIT: Now 20% off select games at ebgames.com (PC, PS2, Xbox, GC, and GBA)

    Cool, Gonna grab Horizon preorder and FFXI. MSN shopping page still says 15% off only.
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    HOT! Smith Corona Cordless Phone 9.99

    Thanks for the deal. It includes free ground shipping to 48 states and no tax outside NY.
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    [DEAD] 256mb PC2100 DDR $30 at OfficeDepot AR AC

    I ordered this last time they had this deal. Seems like they are doing the same rebate again. Very nice for people missed it last time. For people can't find them in stock. Only way I can get get it on OD website is to search for "391809" or order it by item #. My local stores were all out last...
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    "popping" noise in my mp3

    Whenever I make mp3 files from music CDs or divx w/mp3 audio from DVDs, I get these annoying popping sound throughout the song. Does anyone know what might be causing it? I've already tried different bitrate and reinstalled sound card drivers and audio codec. I have AMD 1600+, Soundblaster live...
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    PC Club is an Microsoft "authorized education re-seller" with special pricing for students/teachers...

    I'd also check places like university bookstores see if they have the same items for sale. They usually sell to students and teachers other than their own. I rarely find PC Club's price that attractive..
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    (DEAD) AIW RADEON 8500 128MB $149.99 at CompUSA (after rebates) | (MAYBE $99 YMMV)

    Mailing address for both rebates are to the same. PO Box 821. Probably want customers to mail both rebate forms together with the original UPC? They already stated that price on website.. can't be wrong.. I'm going to try it :)
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    Ok have gap between AX-7 and fan from the rubber spacers?

    Thanks for replies. I'll leave them the way they are now. I also used AS3 as to regular white paste from the stock HSF so that probably helped a little too. AX-7 is great HS with lots room to overclock later.
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    Ok have gap between AX-7 and fan from the rubber spacers?

    Hello Just upgraded from a stock AMD HSF to AX-7 and smart case fan2. I installed the fan with rubber spacers that came with the AX-7 so there is a 1/4" gap in between. Seems like a pretty big gap. Just wondering if it has any impact on cooling efficiency? Temp on my 1600+ has already...
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    How Do I back up my registry ?

    If you just want to clean up nvidia drivers. You can also try this tool called NVCleaner that deletes all Nvidia files and registry entries from your system. You can take a look here www.guru3d.com. It's under their downloads-videocard utilities section.
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    Did I kill my CPUs?

    Decided to upgrade my ECS K7S5A 1Ghz with a new Athlon XP 1600+ today and my system stopped working. Blank screen at power up with only the fans running. No bios screen or anything else with only video card, memory, and cpu connedt to motherboard. Weird thing is I put my old Athlon 1Ghz CPU...
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    Epox 8K5a3+ or wait for nforce2?

    I am in exact same situation. I have already ordered xp 1600, ax-7 and corsair xms because i saw prices slowly going up again. However, I can't use them all without a mobo. I really like the 8k5a2+, from reviews seem like it's even more stable than 8k3a. However, what I'm really interested in is...
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    Anyone has exp with notebook repair shops online?

    thanks, think I'll go dig a little deeper into my yellow pages see if I can come up with a local repair shop. Didn't know about Dell repairing out of warranty stuff. I will go look into it see what they can do.