Recent content by tomcas1

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    how to flash dead bios that wont post?

    You could hot flash the chip off a similar board.
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    Budget Digital Camera

    I got to agree with the guys telling you to save your money. The $50 digitals are usually crap. They are slow, have low powered flashes, are noisy (grainy) under dark conditions and eat batteries like crazy. You can always tell which ones they are by the sensor types. They use CMOS instead of...
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    Need help with TightVNC or UltraVNC

    Tight VNC works great. If you have a software firewall remember to assisgn permission to the VNC program. If you are using router on the server PC you will have to open a port . If you have multiple pcs on the router and want to use any of the pcs as servers it is easier to assign static IPs...
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    Looking to buy a Digital Camera - Is this price legit?!

    They don't take credit cards (direct), they don't show up on any ratings, they say you must complete market survey, then say it's optional. The camera has two different prices. The scrolling add across the top of this page says the price is $188, the camera page says $198...
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    Anyone know of any free hard drive cloning software?

    I've always used the free utilities available from the drive manufacturer like Merlocka said. They work slower than Ghost or True Image but I have never had any problems using them. Unlike Merlocka, I have found that all of them require at least one of the drives is ID'd as the manufacturers...
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    Magnet + hard drive.. format, or death?

    Like 13 gigatons said- Do a low level format using a utility available from the drive manufacurer. The utility is free download and fool proof.
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    msconfig in XP stopped working

    Over write the file. You can dl a copy here- http://downloads.thetechguide.com/msconfig.zip
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    Mobo won't recognize big hard drive

    What OS and update level are you using.
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    Front USB = no worky !

    Here is discussion about this problem. It's not your mobo but I think it still applies. http://forum.msi.com.tw/index.php?topic=57472.msg381397#msg381397
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    DVD recorders losing speed

    In XP and 2k it will drop to pio after 6 errors. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/IDE-DMA.mspx If it happens again and you are using 40 wire cables switch to 80.
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    Wiping a hard drive to sell on Ebay?

    Do a low level format using the utility available from the manufacturer of the hard drive.
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    {CompUSA} 550 watt Mad Dog Power Supply $90 - $40 MIR = $50 PSU

    Add me to that list of people screwed out of rebates by Maddog. I know how the rebate game is played so I kept my copies. OfficeMax made good on Maddogs failure. If other people pressure the merchant for reimbursement, eventually the caca (censored) will roll down hill into Maddogs lap...
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    Newegg news on Soyo Rebate

    Makes you wonder if the court decision regarding the CompUsa class action lawsuit has suddenly given merchants a sense of responsibility.
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    Mp3 Player - USB pen?

    Here's the results: Tested when connected to both USB2 port / USB1.1 port Pen drive-128mb PNY USB2 Attache Random access time 1ms / 4ms CPU 8% / 0% Avg read 4.8MB/sec / 0.8MB/sec Time to copy 52 files, 73mb total= 41seconds / 2minute and 38 seconds Radio Shack MyMusic MP3 player aka...
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    Proview 19" LCD 16ms for $214 at Microcenter

    I found that the Analog works as well as the DVI on Samsung LCDs provided you perform the Image Lock fine tuning. Naturally, you must also be using native resolution.