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    Cop leaves police dog in cruiser and dog dies of heatstroke

    Total bullshit this guy gets a slap on the wrist for killing a K9 dog. Any perp that kills a K9 dog get the same sentence as if it was an officer. A cop does it and of course gets no time. http://news.yahoo.com/police-dog-dies-left-cruiser-4-hours-182937264.html
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    Amazon Prime Saturday deliveries now $10.99 or $12.99?

    I just went to order a couple of gardening items for Saturday delivery and they wanted $23.98 extra for two items for Saturday delivery? Funny, I dont recall receiving any emails from Amazon when it went from $3.99 to $8.99 for Saturday deliveries. Now it goes up again with no notice? Ive...
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    Chinese Women Killed by Runaway Shopping Cart

    Holy shit, video at bottom of link is pretty gruesome. Looks like a car wreck without a car. Why would they have one of those airport type walkways on an angle like an escalator? http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/video-supermarket-cart-kills-chinese-woman-article-1.1380903
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    Has anybody hooked up a factory ready NG BBQ?

    Hello All, I just bought this BBQ and should be here Friday. http://www.amazon.com/Weber-Genesis-...s=genesis+e310 My plumber ran a NG line to my backyard last Summer and I was going to try to convert my current DCS BBQ to NG but after reading about it decided to get a new grill. Seems...
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    I hate Facebook

    Hoping someone can help me out here. I was recently on vacation with the family and my wifes iphone battery died while out. She cannot do anything without updating Facebook every minute so she took my SGSII (AT&T I-777) and installed Facebook so she can continue updating the world...
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    i7 920 idle voltage when overclocked

    Hi, Ive had an i7 920 @ 4 ghz on an ASUS P6T Deluxe v2 running for the past 2 1/2 years. I have the voltage set to manual 1.275v. All power saving features are enabled. When the processor is idling, the frequency steps down 2.4 ghz but the voltage stays at an indicated 1.264v on CPU-Z...
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    Which 2GB 6950 to get?

    Hi All, One of my GTX 460's in SLI crapped out so I will be moving the working one to my backup machine and am looking to get a 6950. There is that Sapphire Toxic 6950 with the switchable bios but its never in stock. What are some of the other good ones for overclocking and quiet...
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    Small office laser printer

    Hi All, I'm looking to buy a monochrome laser printer. Heres a list of whats needed: 500-1000 pages per day Ethernet (don't need wireless) I really would like for it to hold a ream of paper in the drawer but will settle for a little less Something that wont choke on 10+ meg PDF's Can...
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    Memory card reader problems

    Hi All, System specs: ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution 2600k Couple of SSD's and spindle drives etc. Windows 7 If I put an SD memory card into a reader while the computer is running, the drive letter pops up in my computer but when I click on it, it says "please insert a disk into removable...
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    Maximus IV Extreme/2600k - Need help!!

    Hi Guys, I received my B3 replacement mobo on Friday and re-installed everything on Saturday. It has been working fine up until last night. I was playing with the CPU offset trying to get a stable overclock at a decent voltage (less than 1.35v). I saved the bios and Windows booted and...
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    Time to upgrade Corsair TX750?

    Hi all, I am running a Corsair TX750 with the following system: I7 920 @ 4 GHZ 6GB RAM 1 x Vertex SSD 120GB 1 x WD Black 1TB 1 x WD Green 1TB 1 x Bluray burner HAF932 with a bunch of fans GTX 460's in SLI (Palit Sonic Platinum, stock @ 800 memory, Overclocked to 900 right now) I...
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    Another thumbs up for the H50

    Just wanted to post my experience with the H50. Even though its not new, I figured I would throw another review out there. I have been running a Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 on my i7 920 @ 4 ghz for the past 9 months. Although my CPU is 100% stable at stock voltage, one of the cores was...
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    Vista/Office 2003 EULA problem

    Hi All, I upgraded my laptop to Vista about a month ago. Vista seems fine except one problem. Whenever I start Outlook/Word/Excel, the EULA screen pops up every single time and I have to click the "Agree" button. Its not a big deal, just annoying. I had XP MCE on the laptop before...
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    Outlook 2003 help

    My wife did something to Outlook. When trying to start a new email, there is this weird thing in the message. http://www.photohosting.info/uploads/3d9b50742a.jpg You cant delete it so she must have turned some feature on. When you hit the space bar, you get a period instead. How do...
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    Buy.com 250 GB External HD $89.99 AR + free shipping

    http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10384871&adid=17070&dcaid=17070 Only USB 2 but still not a bad deal.
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    P4C800-E RAID question

    Ive been running the above MB with 2 x 36 GB Raptors in RAID-0 for over 2 years with no problems. I want to add another hardrive to the mix for additional storage of MP3's and video storage. Can I just add say a 250 GB PATA drive and will it work? Or can I not run a single HD by itself...
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    Another which gaming laptop post

    Looking to get a smoking laptop. I"d like a system for gaming and video/photo editing. Budget is $2500- 3000. Must haves: 17" screen DVD Burner 2 GB RAM 100GB 7200 RPM HD (minimum size but MUST be 7200 RPM) Bluetooth Obviously the best video card at the moment Ive been using my...
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    Another 2.4C ?

    Hi everybody, its been a while since my last post. My last rig was a 1.6a O/C to 2.4 which has been running great for about a year and a half. My wife bought me the following for Christmas: (without my knowledge, she has been reading Anandtech!) ASUS P4C800 E deluxe MB 2.4C M0 stepping 2 x...
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    Screen size problem after upgrading video cards

    I just upgraded one of my machines from a geforce 2 gts to a geforce 3 original. Xp1700+ Epox 8kha+ Win2k Before I took out my old card I booted in safe mode and uninstalled the drivers from add/remove programs and the video card from device manager. I then swapped cards and booted back...
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    Gainward Ti4600 - Little gain w/overclocking

    I just tried overclocking the above card from the original 300/650 to 320/740 and found that there was little gain in score on 3dmark 2001se. The score went from 11438 to 11929 respectively. This was done with the system listed in my sig. Is this normal? Thanks Edit:I tried both the...
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    My 1.6a will not hit 2.1

    Am I the first? I built two systems recently both with 1.6a's and P4B-266C Mobo's. Both cpu's have a pack date on 4/3/02 and both on stock cooling. Everything from Newegg.com. The first system I completed runs happily at 155 FSB, so I was getting excited. Gainward Geforce 4 Ti4600 3com...
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    Overclocking-slow video card performance? (Long)

    I hope someone can help before I drop $400.00 on a Geforce 4. I have a system with the following specs: P4B-266C 1.6a @ 2.4 stock cooling pc2700 RAM Jaton Geforce 3 (original) Sound blaster audigy 5.1 w/firewire Maxtor 7200 rpm 40 gb 3com 10/100 nic Antec truepower 480 watt PS 2 case fans, 2...
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    P4 1.6a, P4B266C harddrive scores

    I recently built the above system and have been upping the FSB gradually to see what I can get out of it. I have been using PC Mark 2002 after each increase just to see whats going on. I know I can take these tests with a grain of salt but every time I increase the FSB my hardrive score...