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    A few questions about "gaming" laptop's.

    I play hl2 on my 15.4" asus laptop with a radeon 9700 at medium to high settings(no aa etc). This was about top of the line when hl2 first came out. hehe, i've never even played hl2 on a desktop:D It looks pretty darn good, and no stuttering. I think most laptop gpu's today will fare pretty well...
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    Trying to Break a Computer :UPDATE:

    Then Buy From Newegg!!!! What payment methods does Newegg.com accept? ? Visa ? MasterCard ? Discover ? American Express ? Newegg Preferred Account ? Bill Me Later ? PayPal ? Newegg Gift Certificate ? Pre-paid Company Check, Personal Check, Cashier's Check or Money Order (Note...
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    Trying to Break a Computer :UPDATE:

    paypal, check, money order, local computer stores, etc. We've told you how to buy a new computer w/o a Platinum Amex CC, wtf is the problem? Some have even told you exactly how to "break" your computer, why haven't you said "thanks" to them and "thread closed, will update when new computer parts...
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    What happens to old hardware?

    *cough* me too *cough*:beer:
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    What happens to old hardware?

    Why not put it up in the for sale forum? I, and many others would have paid $$ + shipping for socket a mobos and cpus. Some people can still use this stuff. Use the FS forum!!!
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    Ultra Products --- Giveway A Day!

    So can anyone clarify if you need to register each day?
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    formatting new notebook HD from external CD drive?

    see this thread link there might be a way to get into your bios. If you can attach an external usb CD drive, and get it to boot from it, there won't be any problem installing windows from it. I did it with my Asus before the internal cd drive was shipped to me ;)
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    CPU thottle problem

    Check that speedstep is enabled in the bios, then use speedswitch, or just change it in power properties. make sure your drivers are up to date as previously mentioned.
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    Anything special needed to sell a cable modem?

    Call to unregister the MAC of sb3100, and register your new modem's MAC.
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    Ok, I'm done with Dell laptops.. any suggestions?

    Sure thing. Credit for compiling this consolidated list goes to Djembe at notebookforums ('asus notebooks' section for full post with website links): Another quote by Djembe when someone asked 'if Asus was any good': Now some comments, woo! Proportable is probably the best reseller, but...
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    Asus W3J or Macbook Pro

    You can do that in windows also under properties. Just set it to sleep or hibernate when you close the lid. I have a 15.4, and it isn't easy to take to class because it seems big, I would go with the 14, you'll definitely be happier with the slightly smaller size.
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    Need help with laptop capabilities

    http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33659274 http://www.ati.com/products/embedded/mobilityradeon/index.html I think you're going to have a hard time running wow on that, sorry man. Also no, they're definitely not upgradeable.
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    Ok, I'm done with Dell laptops.. any suggestions?

    Asus. I have had one running 24/7 for almost 2 years now, all original hardware installed by me (HD, mem, proc, miniPCI wifi) They are one of the few manufacturers who DESIGN and BUILD their own notebooks (ODM=original design manufacturer) There are only a few major ODMs in the world...
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    PC case conducts electricity

    Who did you call...usually I call and they set up an appointment and show up...you might want to take another look in the yellow pages
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    Asus notebook assistance....

    I also recommend istnc.com , Rick seems like a nice guy from his posts and what I have read about him on notebookforums. Prices seem good also.
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    self built laptops

    You can't upgrade the vid card or buy a new board, laptops are just too specialized. visit notebookforums.com where you'll find info on 'all' the barebones on the market, guides on putting them together, and trusted places to buy them. I recommend buying all the parts from one place with a...
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    Post your 'puters pics

    That keyboard looks really sleek:thumbsup:
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    Need a notebook with superlong charge!

    Get a small screened laptop, and make sure the screen brightness is down, as the backlight draws mucho power. Then underclock the video(it will prob have builtin video so not sure if u can do this with intel extreme graphics). You'll be looking at a celery m (since ULV procs go in expensive tiny...
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    Anyone know of a company who does payment plans for laptops? IE $$ a month sorta thing?

    I think your only option is a loan from your bank of some sort. When I bought my asus I did lots of comparison shopping and didn't run across this. Good luck!
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    UPDATE!!! 99% off GET DOMAIN NAME REGISTERED FOR 23 CENTS!!!

    'Admin' over on their forums posted this yesterday just an fyi: "Hi: Yes, it is still available. If you signup the domain with the 99% OFF the domain will be owned by us for a period of one year. If you pay the full $15 registeration fee, the domain will be yours. Thanks, Ryan N. "
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    UPDATE!!! 99% off GET DOMAIN NAME REGISTERED FOR 23 CENTS!!!

    What about when the year is up, and you need to renew your domain? What charges would you be looking at and what problems could there be? Thanks!
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    Need Router configuration help for BitTorrent

    My old router coexisted with bt fine after i forwarded the ports, except it would identify some bt traffic as a syn flood/attack, and ther e was no way to turn this off. I had an average dsl connection so it didn't hurt much and i mostly maxed out dl and ul relative to connection speed. Make...
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    That's a good idea, as the last time i ate was 2pm, it's after 8 now and I'm starving. It only took 1 hour to get to new desktop, but the real work begins:( I think I'm going to go to mcdonalds across the street, pizza's too expensive :-/ Got omega drivers installed and everything looks so small...
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    Well, I tried the repair, no luck. In short, it rebooted after copying the files over before continuing, and I got a BSOD with "internal power error" tried doing it over, same thing. I wiped the drive and am now in the process of resetting everything and installing my 49+ programs >.< I'm...
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    reporting from the parallel install: updated it to sp2, patched, kaspersky'ed. No badware. Backed up all (i hope :heart: ) document folder to external. Going to try to boot into the first install again for sh^ts and giggles, then going to try the repair on the first. It's pretty confusing when...
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    yeah,I am also a linux idiot. All i know how to do is run firefox to browse the internet. It probably only takes a few concepts and commands on how to "work it" though. But none that I have time to figure out now. Sometime in the future maybe. It takes ~5 min to boot linux off the usb drive...
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    ok, any idea on how I would go about backing up my data to the external disk right now? I guess I would need to do the parallel install, also I think that's accidently the wrong link about accessing the my documents folder. I've read about people not being able to access their files after they...
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    OK, I found an external drive (I'm on a laptop *sigh*) has both usb and firewire and enough space to hold the contents of my drive. Have the original WinXP disk(nonSp1) and I also found a windows Xp 2 update disk that MS mailed me(but I never installed due to the headaches people were...
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    I know this might be a weird question, but if someone happened to hack my MFT and made a little change to it for an unrelated purpose (and accidently screwed up), might this cause this localized disruption to explorer.exe and iexplorer.exe? I know, super weird question out of the blue.
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    1) winxp pro sp1 3) no router, school dhcp network 4) windows firewall, spybot, ad-aware, nod32 5)never I didn't manually specify it, because I've been able to quit explorer.exe, then restart it from taskmanager before just by typing it in. What's strange is iexplore.exe and now...
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    HELP! explorer.exe/windows refuses to load!

    Hi all! I have a very disconcerting problem! (running win xp) I deleted some viruses with NOD32, nothing that looked too threatening or important, I had some browser hijack/toolbar installer attempts, pretty run of the mill stuff. Then I tried to start IE, windows popped up a box saying it...
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    Can we change processor on a laptop?

    If they sell that laptop with the higher processor you plan on putting in there, then I give it a 98.7% chance of working.:)
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    WXGA wide screen display - disadvantages?

    I <3 my WXGA 15.4 incher. Text isn't too small to read after HOURS upon HOURS staring at the screen. Plus I can nicely dock my IM client on the side.
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    ASUS notebooks?

    The ODM (Original design manufacturer) of the M515 is Asus. It is a Z71 varient. See here for more info.
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    ASUS notebooks?

    Proportable has EXCELLent communication and support. I even chatted with Justin over there for like 30 min on AIM and I wasn't even a customer. Be warned their prices do reflect this.
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    carbon fiber laptop case

    Or the CF is coated with a layer of plastic like on my Asus M6, which is a shiny charcoal color, but that is just the outer coat they put on. Lots more info about this on another forum site, but i'm not sure if i can mention it.
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    Weird Centrino throttle problem

    SpeedswitchXP rules! It's all ya need unless you want to OC then use clockgen, if your laptop clock generator is supported.
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    ASUS M6N

    I'm running one right now. I can play HL2 on medium and high settings perfectly. The graphics card(ATI 9700) is able to be overclocked for even more performance with radlinker or ATITool. Use Omega ATI Drivers. You can now OC the Pentium M with ClockGen.Article Explaining You can get a 2.0+ Ghz...
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    My brand new 160GB SATA drive only shows 131GB!

    http://www.msfn.org/articles.p...on=show&showarticle=49
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    Asus Barebones Mobile Athlon64 Notebook

    Not entirely true. The 128 mb is only marginally better than 64 mb. I have the 9700 64mb card in my asus laptop and can play HL2 on medium settings or better at 1200x800 quite nicely.