Recent content by ZDStout

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    Things to do in Cedar Rapids IA?

    I just moved to Iowa for a co-op. Anyone know of anyplace that's good to go to?
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    China removes Yuan's peg to the Dollar

    Putting the blame on just one person won't work in this case, even if he was president for 8 years. The blame lies at everyone's feet. We've come to rely on other countries for goods, and now it's coming back to haunt us.
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    Interesting financial article: "Can America Save Itself?".

    Right now I am just completeing my first year of college, trying to get a degree in engineering. I think part of the debt problem is brought on by the government, at least in my case. For the first time ever I am contemplating going into debt, for one reason, and that's to pay off the high cost...
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    Is PNY a good brand for graphics card?

    I had a PNY Geforce 4 MX420 that worked for years with no problem, in fact it's in a computer I just sold to someone, still with no problems.
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    Is it possible?

    I have a new computer I just built, and I originally put in a DVD/CD-RW I borrowed from my girlfriend's Dell. However the machine would not work right. So I tested everything else, decided it was the drive, and replaced it with a typical cd burner. It worked fine. I just put the DVD drive back...
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    802.11B Wireless Router

    Decided I should post a link for those crazy enough like me to try it. Wireless Router
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    802.11B Wireless Router

    Hey, I've read that tigerdirect has problems with rebates, and I know this firsthand, but I figured this was too good to pass up. A wireless router, for free after rebates. Only had the $8 shipping eventually...hopefully
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    Gray bars progress before XP logo at startup

    I usually get the grey bar when I bring my laptop out of hibernation, but that's the only time I really notice it
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    Asus A8N-SLI Boot Problems...Please Help

    Replaced the DVD-Rom with a regular CD-RW and have had no problems. So apparently the board didn't like that drive. Thanks for the help...
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    Star Wars>Star Trek

    Definately Trek. Voyager and the first 3 seasons of enterprise may have sucked, but then there's TNG and DS9, which introduced the Borg and the Dominion. How can you not go wrong with them?
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    What was your first really great pc game?

    Star Trek Starfleet Command Edit: Or Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind
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    Asus A8N-SLI Boot Problems...Please Help

    According to Microsoft, the problem could be one of four things. A stressed power supply (I believe I have stopped that, this is my third power supply I've tried), a processor error, which is possible since I don't have an alternate machine to test the cpu in, faulty memory, which according to...
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    Asus A8N-SLI Boot Problems...Please Help

    Hello, I've been working on my new upgraded computer for three weeks now, and it still doesn't work. Up until three days ago my only problem was whenever I tried to use a cd-rom a stop error would happen, of the machine_check_exception variety. Now however, I can't get the system to boot at...