Recent content by thefatkid

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    Anyone know a good place to order Cables online?

    I have used Monoprice.com for a year now and love them.
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    Gaming Audio

    I can get by. That is a whole other discussion. I will probably be upgrading that within 2 months just waiting to save the money (see reference to new baby above).
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    Gaming Audio

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    Gaming Audio

    I hadn't seen the turtle beach yet but they look like something that might be worth while. I would love to get the klipsch but they would just be wasted. The x-230's I had looked at and they seemes good for the money. I will have to do some research on the headset.
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    Gaming Audio

    Just had a baby (~4months ago) I want to continue play at night when my wife and daughter are asleep. I am looking to get new speakers, a headset and possibly a new sound card. The headset and speakers are a must. What would you all recommend? The speakers are for just general computing...
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    Process for installing a second SATA drive on Dell 8400

    I know this is a simple question but I am working on very little sleep due to my new born daughter. I purchased the 300GB Seagate SATA as a second SATA drive and went to install it in my 8400. I am using one of the SATA connectors on the motherboard so I don?t think I need any drivers. I...
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    Moving programs

    That is what I thought. Thanks for the time.
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    Moving programs

    Recently I purchased a second HDD and started installing all of my games on it. So here is my question, I have Battlefield 2 on my C: and the Special Forces expansion pack on the D:. I want to move the Battlefield over to D: without having to reinstall it. Is that possible and how can it be...
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    USB problem

    See if this helps: USB shutting down It works for a similar problem for me.
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    External HDD takes 1 hour to be recognized

    The one Bytecc enclosure is plastic and aluminum and a fan. The Koutech is all aluminum and also contains a fan. So I'm not sure if it is overheating. Is anyone familiar with this utility and can it tell me if anythign is wrong...
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    External HDD takes 1 hour to be recognized

    I recently purchased a Maxtor 160GB HDD from Staples. I put it in a enclosure I have that has seemed to work fine for other drives. What happens is that when I power up the drive it takes Windows about 1 hour before it will see the HDD. I have tried different enclosures, cables, USB ports...
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    DDR2 Memory upgrade...

    I bought the Dell 8400 a few months ago with 512 MB (2x256MB) DDR2 PC2-3200. I just bought 1 GB (2x512 MB) DDR2 PC2-4200. I want to make sure I set them up right. I have done this upgrade before with older computers so I generally know what I am doing but never with dual channel stuff, so a few...
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    Adding old PATA drives to new puter...

    I does have a floppy connector. I just sapced on that one. It has 4 SATA connectors and only one IDE. The USB option can that be doen internally or only externally? The Syba IDE to SATA covertors look nice but don't know anyone with any experience with them. They claim any IDE to SATA...
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    Adding old PATA drives to new puter...

    I have seen the PATA to SATA convertors on eBay. Does anyone have any experience wtih them good or bad?
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    Adding old PATA drives to new puter...

    I realized the floppy thing right after I wrote it. But I thought that most only work on HDD. Does anyone know of ones that work with all storage devices?