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    300GB USB NAS External Drive $199!!!

    ***Breaking News*** I don't know if it is because Bason Computer (the retailer) reads this board or if there really was a problem with the unit I previously reported on but... I got an unsolicited call from them yesterday saying that they realized there was an issue with the device they...
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    300GB USB NAS External Drive $199!!!

    Well, call me underwhelmed. The enclosure is solid, drive went right in. Powered it up and the drive started spinning up. No lights, no indication that anything was happening, my router showed no link. I futzed with the connections, jiggled this, jiggled that and got a link light. Still no...
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    ASUS P5P800

    The lack of speaker wouldn't be a problem. The only problem I've ever had with this mobo is ensuring that the cpu fan was firmly seated. When you power it on, do the fans and everything take off? I would probably pull one stick of RAM and swap them once as a start if you're sure of proper...
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    300GB USB NAS External Drive $199!!!

    Well, I just bought the enclosure as I have hard drives laying around. Looks like fun.
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    Why don't I get addess-not-found message when I send to a invalid email address?

    Spam protection systems have gotten smarter and now automatically drop messages that have no good sender. This is how my mail server is set up. It does an LDAP check on my user directory and anything that doesn't pass muster is immediately dropped. It stops spammers from creating "known good"...
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    Current Comcast High-Speed Internet Customers DEAL! Hot! Hot!

    Worked for me. After telling me that Comcast was increasing to 6Mbit inbound in September, the retention agent reduced my monthly to $24.95 a month for the next 6 months. Thanks for the tip!
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    ASUS P5P800

    Just thought I would chime in with my config for comparison purposes. Running a P5P800 with a 540 processor (3.2GHz not overclocked) 2GB ram NVidia 6600GT 2 x 160GB hard drives 1 x 200GB hard drive 1 dl DVD-RW drive in an Antec Sonata with 380w PS I've had this system up and...
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    HUGE Video Problem... Leaves 5 stumped... do you know what's wrong?

    Check the heatsink/fan on your CPU, this same scenario happened to me and a bright person had me check for the one clip that wasn't 100%.
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    How do you get rid of the "This document was sent to Printer" pop to quit

    Open the "Printers and Faxes" folder Select File | Server Properties Go to Advanced Tab Uncheck "Show informational notifications for local printers" or network printers as needed