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    Newegg shipped me someone else RMA?

    You may want to take a look at superbiz/e-wiz rma policies. BBB rates newegg as an A+ business on how it deals with customer service. Ewiz, C-.
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    Xbox live and Netflix

    Any USB drive will work now. However 16gb is the max for usb devices. I personally use a 1gb stick.
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    The disaster that is SC Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene gives an interview

    Is there a scheduled public debate between the two?
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    Buyer filed a dispute against me in paypal, am I boned?

    Not to pile on, but the concept "I was to busy to ship" always comes after: 1) Taking pictures of said product 2) Posting the item on forums(s). 3) Responding to IM(s) over several hours/days 4) Providing payment information 5) Transferring the agreed amount from paypal to your bank...
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    What day was it again when nVidia releases new drivers per month ?

    Maybe I missed that announcement but ATI has a good track record of releasing a driver (WHQL) once per month, and they made that promise> 1 year ago. Nvidia I don't recall seeing an announcement of this policy. I own both and can count on a ATI (WHQL) driver every month, however on the...
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    Whining noise on 460 GTX

    I ran into this a few times during some upgrades and system builds. What I found it related to was a combination of the power supply and graphics cards. 2 different EVGA 260 GTXs on the power supplies below on similar system combinations. Antec Quatro 1000: Whine Antec NeoHE 650: No...
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    Will you buy an "XBox 360-S" to replace your current model?

    Was not interested in upgrading until the gamestop promo. Had an Arcase with HD, 3 extra old controllers, 2*512mb memory cards (more motivating to ditch since the newer xboxes are eliminating the ports), and it ended up being $80 (including tax) to upgrade to the newer model.
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    Chicago firefighters may be hired for race, even if underqualified

    I was told point blank by several fire fighters during career fairs and etc that since I was white it would be more difficult for me to find a job based on the current hiring practices. It was at the point where several recommended to not waste my time. I chose another career and moved on...
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    [DEAD] Powercolor 5850 $244.80!!

    http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1417763
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    [DEAD] Powercolor 5850 $244.80!!

    Ewiz has a long history of doing this. If you run a search or look at BBB, you will see a trend of this behavior. They do not have, and find no value in providing, a realtime inventory system. As you can see from your experience, the one time you need to interact with Customer Service...
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    360's ethernet port died

    Hub/switch will treat all the connections as if they were on the same network. This includes the WAN port (ie internet connection). In this configuration each one of the machines on that switch will require a "public" address. Router seperate (ie subnet) the networks between the wan and...
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    360's ethernet port died

    Get a router. Allot of ISP's provide ip addresses based on either MAC addresses or account information (example ppoe). You could have gotten lucky prior as they may had a pool available to non-authorizied addresses but either ran out or locked this down. If you even attempt to call your ISP...
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    360's ethernet port died

    That might be part of your problem. Did you purchase extra ip's when you signed up? Unsure if you powered off the modem for several minutes prior to connecting to the xbox directly, but if not you should try that. Sometimes this is necessary if your not using a router and you try connecting...
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    Xbox 360 Arcade - $179.99 @ Amazon

    Not to doubt your experience, but here is mine. 1) You can use any USB HD, but you cannot save games or xbox live items to this drive. So unless you use it for your own files (example music, pictures, and etc) the use of a non MS HD is limited only due to MS making the restriction. PS3 you...
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    Any diablo like games for consoles?

    I would say the same, but closest Diablo style I have personal experience with.
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    Exhaust Fan cooler for 4830 series

    I had a Thermaltak (AC clone) that was designed for the X1xx series that I needed to modify but it did work on a HD4850. Modification was required to the copper GPU plate due to the capacitor location on the HD48xx series, and to the shroud to shorten it up. Had great temps but if your not...
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    California in a Constitutional crisis?

    Agreed. Raising property taxes in this economy, with the failed housing market, would be a very bad idea and I'm glad Prop. 13 prevents them from raising it any further. On my home of 325K I pay 7.5K annually. As several people pointed out, they have to much money going out versus coming...
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    XFX 4870 1GB $109.6 + shipping

    Customer since 2005 to ewiz, until 2008 when I experienced multiple issues and this is when I discovered the negative history of this company. Obviously if your don't need customer support, and your product is shipped without issue, then your good. Otherwise the ratings show you might be in...
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    XFX 4870 1GB $109.6 + shipping

    Huge difference. Newegg BBB Rating: A http://www.la.bbb.org/business...spx?companyid=13146135 Zipzoomfly BBB Rating: A http://www.bbb.org/greater-san...com-in-newark-ca-26523 Ewiz BBB Rating: F http://sanjose.bbb.org/busines....aspx?companyid=219269 "Our opinion of what this...
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    XFX 4870 1GB $109.6 + shipping

    FYI: Ewiz does not have a real inventory system, so they may oversell (with a history of not providing Back orders). They also have negative reviews for customer service. Obviously both are not an issue if your product ships, it works out of the box with no issue, and you never require...
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    Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, $45 AR, FS.

    Good Deal. Posted in another forum, but for those that use a KVM with the scroll lock hotkey you may want to pass. It appears this keyboard does not play nice with this kvm feature (ie it looks like it's missing a scroll lock key). Link
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    Sapphire 4770 in stock at Superbiiz

    In short, they never have any product as they are a drop shipper. If your order gets shipped, and you never need customer service, you will have a great experience. They do not have, and find no value in providing, a realtime inventory system. As you can see from your experience, the one time...
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    California now faces budget cuts ?beyond draconian?

    Very true. Born and raised in Ca and seen over ther years the sense of entitlement grow to the point I know way more people living off of the system vs putting in to the system. Welfare, Disability, Unemployment, and etc are needed but are abused. Many people believe a way to improve your...
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    "you may be eligible to receive a new ATI graphics card"

    The reason why everyone doubted the link the op quoted was he bought a product, required RMA, submitted the paperwork to ati, Ati informed him he was not in the qualifying period, had the retailer draft up another receipt with a new date that qualified (ie this was not the date of actual...
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    New Denon Blu-Ray DVD-2500BTCI 384 free shipping

    Only Profile 1.1, unless I'm misreading.
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    WTF happened to my video card in this pic?

    Did you blow out the heatsink with compressed air? From the bottom I can see some the bottome edge of the fans have some dust bunnies on them and depending on the condition of the rest of the case, and environment, could be possible the GPU heatsink is clogged. Might be your having a GPU issue...
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    OOS: DEAD

    Edit: Dead 10 minutes after posting.
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    :( Xbox 360 DOA

    Are you buying these used or refurbished? I would avoid that retailer like the plague as if they are new maybe they have a storage/handling issue (ie someone playing soccer with the boxes in the back) Have 2 xbox 360s and work right out of the box going on 2-3 years for the first at 1-2 years...
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    XFX 9600GSO with two free games and $20 MiR

    Also to add is that these models are running DDR2 and not DDR3 that is found on the 8800/9800GT as well as other 9600 based cards.
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    Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding, but has succesfully recovered

    I build systems on the side and recently ran into this. Problem system below: Q6600 (Stock) ASUS P5Q-E Ballistix PC6400 4GB (2*2GB) Antec Quatro 1000 watt WD 640GB Black. EVGA 260 216 65nm. Zalman 9700 What I tried: 1) Setting memory within bios manually. Even overvolted by...
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    OOS :( *BURNING* 4GB Mushkin DDR3 1600 $40 AR FS!

    Voltage 1.85V - 1.95V, ouch.
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    Question on 360/Netflix/Wireless

    ^Correct. I have 2 xbox 360s and use the memory card to login to either system when I require Xbox live. The alternative would be to recover the profile on each console, takes several minutes, when you switch machines or to transfer the hard drive. I aslo use WRT54G with DDWRT in the same...
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    Micro stutter?

    What resolution and game settings are you running?
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    OEM E5200 $52.99 shipped (2/14 deal DEAD)

    Mentioned earlier in the thread. Amazon $71 shipped for Retail
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    OEM E5200 $52.99 shipped (2/14 deal DEAD)

    http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Pe...r-800MHz/dp/B001DCNQ1O 70.99 shipped at amazon. Just keep in mind Ewiz/superbiz/newbiz does not have a realtime inventory or stock on hand. Not that I had a choice ordering from them as they cancelled my last order due to my "order history and they have the...
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    xbox 360 power cable issue...

    A standard PC power cable works fine.
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    Cosmos S Case - Fry's Electronic in Store - $149 Regulary $249

    The Cosmos 1000, non-S, is going for 99.99 in store only at Frys in the bay area. When I looked at the Cosmos 1000 S it still listed 249.99 on Sunday.
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    Core i7 920 $230

    only available for instore pickup.
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    Which game console should I get?

    Sorry, long day and I mistyped research and largest. Point is plenty information out there and usually these turn into flames from fan boys on all sides All 3 have advantages over each other, and what wasn't already said here can be found in the multitude of other threads on the exact same...