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Had a 75GXP 45 GB fail over two months ago. The replacement failed last week. Haven't installed the second replacement yet. Both times the bad clusters developed on the windows partition. Couldn't recover on the second occurance. Good thing I have multiple partitions. CPU/Chipset: 440 BX...

I've been doing alot of Video Conferencing using Netmeeting. I have a video card that supports video capture, ASUS V6800 Deluxe, and a Sony Hi8 camera. the video is excellent and real-time, but the setup is cumbersome. When I want to video conference, I have to (1) turn the charger to VTR, (2)...

I've been doing alot of Video Conferencing using Netmeeting. I have a video card that supports video capture, ASUS V6800 Deluxe, and a Sony Hi8 camera. the video is excellent and real-time, but the setup is cumbersome. When I want to video conference, I have to (1) turn the charger to VTR, (2)...

What exactly does the surround knob do? Whats the best setting for games, so you can hear an enemy sneaking up on you?

The kensington Expert Mouse feels good to use... I love it. The track ball is about the size of a small cue-ball. The only problem is that it has mechanical part. An optical version would be nice, but I haven't seen one yet...

I love my v6800 Deluxe. It can handle anything i throw at it, I also like the video capture (for netmeeting). borealiss0: what TV out? The VR glasses are a gimick.

I do on-line gaming and I recommend cable. For 39.95 including equipement and free installation, its the way to go. Thought the IP is not static the lease lasts a long time and always seems to have the same IP. Good for video conferencing. My pings beat other people playing on-line with DSL.

To get a RMA, you first have to run the Drive Fitness Test and report the part number, serial number and return code. I got a Return Code of 0x70. Call 1-888-IBM-5214 Mon to Fri 8am-7pm CST and be prepared to wait, or leave a message and someone will call you back. P.S. If you need the...

I don't have a boot from SCSI option either - no problem. Remove your HDD's from the Primary connector and connect them directly to the controller card. Leave the primary slot empty. It works for me.

I thought that MS was going to use a PIII-600 for X-box. Incidentally, Itel discontinued the PIII-600 just prior to that announcement several months ago. Does this mean that DDR will be hard to get now? Rats?

When I added an ATA-100 drive and a Promise ULTRA-100, I had a noticeable increase in performance over ATA-33. I installed an ATA-66 in a friends computer and he also noticed the improvement. Of coarse, I had 192 RAM to start with!!!

A friend of mine got the 450 and everytime he came over, he would scrounge for AA bateries. Hell you could use up a set of batteries just downloading images on the serial cable. I was going to get the 450 until I saw that. Instead, I got the Toshiba PDR-M5 and I love it. It comes with the...

As far as I know, there's nothing wrong with my system. I haven't modified anything for the last 2 months. It's been running beatifully without lockups or crashes. I have good airflow and a good PC power and cooling PS. Maybe it is bad luck that I had two hard drive failures in two months. Never...

I've had two IBM 75GXP 45 GB HDDs fail in the last two month's! Both were new. The first one failed 6 weeks after purchase and was replaced by IBM (shipping at my expense). The replacement drive failed in about two months. Both times a continuous scratching sound (like a floppy drive w/o...