Search results

  1. D

    Need some legal advice regarding an auto transport company

    A couple weeks back my cousin had a car shipped from Florida to Texas. He called an auto transport agency and they set him up with a transporter. They took his CC info for a deposit and the rest of the balance was paid to the driver in cash upon delivery. The car arrived in Tx with cosmetic...
  2. D

    At fault traffic accident in Illinois

    I would appreciate any advice from anyone here familiar with this situation. I took my cousins beater car for a cross country road trip last week and on Monday night I was involved in a traffic accident. I made a right turn on a red light and hit another car with a green light going...
  3. D

    Buying a private party vehicle with annual registration nearing expiration date

    Continuation from a previous thread http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2043814 I'm in California btw. Okay I now have the car parked in my garage and HFS has it's money. They processed the payment and will release the title to me by the end of next week (Seller specified...
  4. D

    Buying a used car from a private party with money still owed on it

    I'd like some advice on this to make sure I'm not forgetting any steps. some background: I browsed autotrader and found a pretty decent deal on a car from a guy near Los Angeles, CA which is about an hour drive for me. After a few phone calls, I drove to his place with a mechanic and...
  5. D

    Looking at a used 2007 Accord I4 EX-L Sdn 40k miles for $14k

    2007 was a no go. On to finding a new car! I read some posts here about people getting brand new 09 I4 EX-L's for 20k + TTL and would love to get in on that as well, but living in southern california I can't find anywhere that has an 09 left in stock and I'm not sure if they'd be willing to...
  6. D

    Anyone here willing to read my personal statement for pharmacy school?

    Yeah I know it's getting late, but if anyone has some insight/criticism to give me on my finished essay that would be great. It's only 750 words long. Also if anyone knows someone on AT who I can PM that would be awesome too. I uploaded the microsoft word document to 4shared but let me know...
  7. D

    Anyone out there really sentimental?

    Lately I've been reacting a bit overemotional to stuff most people would consider normal. I find myself almost shedding a tear to stuff that's totally cliche or cheesy. For example I was watching 2012 and I probably could have bawled out at any point from all the cliche moments of the movie...
  8. D

    Vista x64 Display turning off when watching a movie

    Is there anyway to prevent the display from turning off while watching a movie in windows media player? I prefer to have it turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity, but it seems watching a movie in full screen is considered inactivity.
  9. D

    Calling all ATOT handymen

    Hey guys.. I'd like some advice on whether or not this job is something someone with little experience like me can do or I should have a someone trained to handle it. About a few weeks ago my aunt found a portion of her ceiling from the first floor to be leaking. The culprit ended up being...
  10. D

    Currently lapping my Q9450

    It's been over a year since I've had this chip and it's out of warranty anyway since it was OEM. I started out using 320 grit wet/dry and after a large sheet and about 3 hours, I couldn't get any further results so I switched down to 220 grit and I've been sanding for an hour and a half and...
  11. D

    Difference between 140mm medium speed fans and 120mm high speed fans

    My exhaust fan died and I'm looking to pick up some yate loons to put in place of the open fan slots I have. I have a choice between 140mm medium speed yate loons that are rated Air Flow: 62 CFM Fan Speed: 1400 RPM Noise Level: 29 dBA vs 120mm high speed Air Flow: 88 CFM Fan...
  12. D

    Just had all 4 wisdom teeth extracted

    Bottom two were impacted and very deep. Dentist said it was one of the deepest he's seen and it sort of looked like he was having trouble. Suffice to say, all four were removed painlessly with local anesthetics and I would say he did a great job extracting them. The most painful part was...
  13. D

    Question about xbox live points across different accounts

    Kind of a dumb question, but not really sure how to google it. I have a main xbox live account, that I use on my xbox. My friend has 1600 points on his own xbox live account on his own xbox, but since he doesn't play it anymore, he's giving it to me. Now I am sure all I need to do is...
  14. D

    Anyone out there with Google Chrome know about this issue?

    I've been using Google chrome a lot lately and like it a lot but I've been encountering an issue with downloading files. I download lots of random .wmv clips from webpages and if I don't have the option of right-clicking to save the .wmv off the webpage (as in forced to click a button that...
  15. D

    Gigabyte p35c DS3R USB ports not working

    This motherboard has been giving me problems since last year when I purchased it. System specs are below in my sig. Anyhow since last year the Sata raid drivers weren't recognized by vista as a signed driver which caused me to have to disable driver signing everytime I turn the computer on. I...
  16. D

    question about xbox 360 profiles and deletion

    I've got an xbox 360 with three separate profiles (all silver accounts) on the HD and 7 different games saved across the 3 of them. What I want to do is merge all the save files onto to one account so I don't have to keep selecting the correct profile when I want to play one of the games. I...
  17. D

    Rocketfish (lian-li) Vs thermaltake Armor+ vh6000bws

    I'm currently running a rocketfish air cooled rig and was considering upgrading (sidegrading?) to the thermaltake Armor+ 6400bws. I like the lian-li for the fact that it's fully aluminum, but air flow is a bit of a problem with the placement of the fans. The thermaltake armor+ vh6000bws is...
  18. D

    Problem with USB ports and system start up

    After my computer finishes POST, it normally boots directly into windows vista, but on many occasions I find myself needing to to boot into safe mode or boot from a floppy first to change some commands before window's begins loading, and I can't do any of this with a USB keyboard. A PS/2...
  19. D

    unusually high q9450 idling temperatures

    I've got a q9450 in a rocketfish by lian-li tower. The q9450 is using the aftermarket xigmatek HDT-S1283 cooler and with a thin layer of AS-5 applied according to the directions by AS-5 for quad-core CPUs. Right now I'm idling at 56C on all four cores. The heatsink is hardly even warm when I...
  20. D

    issue solved

    issue solved! had to upgrade bios
  21. D

    Vista Ultimate OEM vs retail question

    I'm looking to buy windows vista ultimate off of craigslist from a guy who looks legit. He's saying the copy was a gift from the industry but it does not have any retail packaging. It just comes in a sleeve packaging. Now the thing is, I plan on upgrading my mobo in the coming months and...
  22. D

    Lite-on LH-20A1L

    Besides price, on newegg, the 05 model is 29.99 free shipping, the 06 model on the otherhand is 32.99 with $7.50 shipping. Besides being an updated version, does the 06 do anything better than the 05?
  23. D

    I inherited a rock fountain from my late grandfather

    Going through my late grandfather's garage, we managed to rummage several goods including a huge rock fountain. This thing weighs probably in excess of 400lbs but I have no idea what type of rock it is. Would be great if anyone can help identify it. Some friends are saying marble, but I...
  24. D

    Anyone have Mario Party 8 and a wide screen television?

    I hooked up my wii last night to my westinghouse lvm42-w2 last night and the start up screen where I select all the characters fills up the screen nicely, but once I enter the actual board game, I get two very large black bars on the side of the screen and the game is effectively reduced to 4:3...
  25. D

    Where can I buy bulk beef??

    Does anyone know of a butcher shop in Orange County that would sell that kind of meat in bulk? I want to buy several pounds of it, preferably thinly sliced and frozen. The local kbbq restaurant I frequent is quite expensive considering I only ever eat this type of meat over all the others...
  26. D

    Some questions from a new xbox 360 owner

    So I bit the bullet and ordered an xbox 360, the $350 package. It comes with a wireless controller, but does it come with a charge kit? Or will I be shelling out money for AA batteries until I buy their NiCad.. I'm buying 3 more controllers as well, not sure if I should go wireless too or...
  27. D

    Anyone here good with california traffic law?

    I just got a ticket today driving on the freeway. I was by myself on the far left lane and some jerk merged into my lane nearly causing an accident. I had to swerve into the carpool lane and just my luck a cop was there. He was adamant on stating that he saw no one and wrote me up. being...
  28. D

    Friend got into car accident, need some legal advice

    friend of mine made a left turn during her green turn light and someone on the perpendicular street ran a red light and slammed into the driver side of her car. He was going around 40 but her car is totaled from the side. It's an old 1993 acura so it's not worth so much, but now she's out of a...
  29. D

    Need some legal advice on what to do

    Okay let me start off first by saying I haven't done anything wrong, in fact I haven't done anything at all! Two girls I used to know are pressing charges against me. We used to be friends but our friendship kind of went sour, and we all went our separate ways and ceased all communication...
  30. D

    Is it normal for restaurants to do this?

    For Vday, I took my girlfriend out to a Mediterranean restaurant nearby. Dinner and drinks came out to exactly $100 total since it was a preset menu. With tax it came out to $107.75. I left a $20 tip bringing the bill to $127.75 which I signed for. Went home and checked my bank statement the...
  31. D

    I'm getting a part-time job at the mall. I might have shortchanged myself

    Well it's the holiday season and being a broke college student, I applied to several stores in the mall. Anyhow I have some experience in the sales field (one years worth) and I'm 90% sure I landed a job at one of the stores I applied to. The problem is in the application I put myself down for...
  32. D

    YAGT: Making the jump

    I met her through one of my close friends a little over four months ago, in the time that I've known her, a lot has happened. Long story short, our group of friends sort of split in half because of her, but her and I have become very close friends during all of this. I've always toyed with the...
  33. D

    Can someone help me identify these bug eggs

    They nest in the corner of my bathroom like every week. The entire room/house is clean and spotless. We don't live messy, but every now and then these strange eggs pop up in the same exact corner of the restroom. I clean it up, and they are back within a few days...
  34. D

    Name of the forum where members buy and trade console games?

    I remember someone mentioned a huge gaming forum dedicated to console gaming where members can buy and trade games from each other, anyone know what i'm talking about?
  35. D

    Installed a geforce 6600LE AGP 8x

    We basically tried this video card out on three different computers so far.. every one exhibits the same black screen of death problem. Basically we can't even view anything once the computer is turned on. What's strange is that the fan on the video card is spinning if the computer is on...
  36. D

    Question about your video card temperatures

    Basically now that it's summer, this thing has been sitting idle at 67c using the NVIDIA temperature readout. I was wondering how bad this is to be running the card that hot while idling. Also, I've applied AS5 to the core of the GPU (numerous times I might add) My temps soar to around 104c...
  37. D

    Arrrgh, what to do with this Nikon D70

    I received a free 50mm f/1.8 lens from a friend for free a while back. I used that as an incentive to go pick up a Nikon D70s to learn digital photography, but it's been a few months now, and the thing has been collecting dust in my closet. I don't want to sell it, but don't know what to do...
  38. D

    Westinghouse monitor connected to Laptop via DVI

    Okay here's the skinny. I recently got in on a great deal on this monitor http://www.westinghousedigital.com/pc-44-7-42-1080p-monitor.aspx]here[/url]. It's nice and big, and supports 1920x1080 @ 60hz. I'm running an NVIDIA Geforce 7800gtx Go so naturally I have the card pushed to the max. my...
  39. D

    I need some advice on setting up an external enclosure HDD

    I have a laptop with a bunch of files that I need backed up and stored seperate hdd. What I want is a fairly large hard drive and an external firewire enclosure. Some key points. -Since I won't be running any apps off the hard drive, just using it store files, would I need to get a top of...
  40. D

    Everytime I try to watch a video in winamp/WMP

    Basically audio plays fine, but video is totally fubared with large green blocks. Here's a picture of what it looks like. It's only this video specifically. All the other ones I have play fine.... The video is 12 bit XVID if that matters at all...