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    Aliens

    So I was watching Aliens, the extended version. I happened to leave it on all the way to the end of the credits and the volume was turned up all the way and I heard the opening of the eggs of the face-huggers, it was very soft but I am very sure what it was. This comes to tell you that the queen...
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    X41, Pentium M 1.5Ghz

    I was checking on the CPU speed just a second ago, and I realized that it does all the way down to 239Mhz, but is usually around ~589 Mhz when at its lowest multiplier, but I realize that Windows does not always correctly identify the speed. Anybody have similar experiences?
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    Yet another Z-5500 Post

    Here is the setup. Audigy 2 zs connected to Logitech Z-5500 through 1) RCA analog, which works fine 2) Digital Co-axial with a 1/8inch mono rca adapter, which does not. The co-axial in on the Z-5500 works fine with other inputs, such as the cable box, so I know that the speakers are not...
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    Dell W4201C Plasma + 6600GT + Logitech Z-5500 + Scientific Atlanta 8300HD = Loads of Fun

    I finally have my TV, HTPC and Surround sound all setup. I am no audio/videophile, but let me tell you it is looking a lot better than my old Philips 25 incher. So here is the setup, Athlon XP 3200, 1GB Ram, 6600GT, Audigy 2 ZS on the way from creative, and FFDShow running on all this...
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    IBM annouces X60

    Dual Core , and the new chipset, otherwise the good old X41/40.
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    Upscaling DVD Players and PC DVI Out

    Upscaling DVDs with HDMI or DVI outputs are the latest craze. But dropping another $150-3000 on a DVD player before the release of BR and HD-DVD does not make a lot of sense. So, if I were to have a fixed-pixel screen, say a 42" plasma, what would the difference between an upscaling DVD player...
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    Bought the Dell w4201c

    I have been dying for a Plasma screen in my living room for some time now. I looked at PC Magazine's review, and they liked the previous one, I can only assume that they improved with this one. I do have a few concerns though. AVForum suggests that Dell refuses to do any kind of repairs on their...
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    Centrino Hardware Control

    I was browsing some forums and stumbled on this program that lets you control voltages, fan speed and multipliers etc on your centrino laptop. It actually uses present windows registries, but gives you more control over them. Some people say that they have had some good experience with it. I...
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    So Component Video is for 480p and above but analog?

    So I was talking to a friend the other day, and we got to thinking about how to connect TVs and DVDs and cable boxes and whatnot. I told him that DVI and HDMI output better quality picture than VESA, or component video. Is that correct? But isn't it also true that VESA and component output...
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    CPU Utilization and Software

    Somebody please explain to me Why oh why, does CPU utilization increase to 100% when a) I use the page up/down bar on the right hand side of Itunes on any page, such as the library, the store etc, without having to move it an inch b) I grab a document with the hand icon or use the...
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    Lenovo x41

    So I have been eyeing the x40 for some time. I was thinking maybe I could get the x41, but I was discouraged by the price. So I finally go online to order my X40, and god knows why, the order does not go through. So I have to give Lenovo a call and after waiting on the phone for 10 minutes I get...
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    How often do you reformat your computer?

    Oh I love to reformat my computer. I decided to upgrade from Firefox 1.4 to 1.6 and Norton IS decided that it did not like it and made Firefox inoperable. So I said it must be about time for a reformat, since uninstalling and installing just made the matter worse. I am just wondering how often...
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    Firefox 1.0.6 and Norton Internet Security

    Firefox won't run unless NIS is turned off, even though I permit it to run when asked. 1.0.4 used to work like 5 minutes ago. Any ideas?
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    Anybody see x41 on the IBM website?

    I cannot seem to be able to configure an x41 when I go to the IBM/Lenovo website. It just seems to configure an X40 with 400mhz fbs instead of an x41 with DDR2 when I try to do so. Any ideas? (Thanks for the correction trippy)
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    Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Purple Textures

    I was playing the demo for Chaos Theory the other day and noticed purple textures on some wires, on a bridge and a whole room was rendered red instead of dark brownish. Has anyone else had any of these problems, or should I be worried about hardware problems. Athlon 2500+ @2.2Ghz 6600GT...
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    Toms Hardware and 6600 GT Reviews

    I have been reading a few GeForce 6600GT reviews for some time now. Recently I got a Leadtek 6600GT and I was putting it through its paces, overclocking, 3dMk05, Doom, Half Life, Far Cry etc. Then I decided to go online and check out some scores. Thus I visited tomshardware and looked at this...
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    Asus Geforce 6600 Overclock

    Long story short? Went abroad, had my Xbox fried by 220V. Came back and decided to turn my $500 Athlon XP 2500 with onboard Geforce 4MX into a gaming machine. Thus I purchased an Asus Geforce 6600 (non GT) originally clocked at 300/550. Just to remind you the vanilla 6600 has DDR memory instead...
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    Add Remove Programs in Control Panel of Xp

    I have been working on one of my friend's Dell Laptop for about a day and I encountered a strange problem. The add/remove programs icon on the control panel for XP home disappeared on me. I don't know when or why. Any idea if I can access it via run command in the start menu like I might...
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    5Mb/s Cable in Central Ohio

    I left the country for a month only to come back to see that my 3 Mb/s road runner had been upgraded to 5 Mb/s, free of charge mind you. I thought 3 Mb/s was fast, was I wrong. It turns out this kind of stuff is happening nationwide. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050116-4528.html...
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    Sorry for the double post

    Sorry for the double post
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    Xbox Fried

    So here I am hanging out in Vietnam with 220V and some extremely intelligent person plugs in my 110V Xbox to the wall plug. And smoke comes out. Obviously it does not turn on. I have opened up a Compaq and soldered the motherboard plug before. Any idea if I can fix this baby by putting in an...
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    Having Problems with Compact Flash Memory Card

    I have a 128 MB compact flash card from Sandisk that I use on my Canon camera. Today, I took a picture and the whole LCD screen went white. So I tried to turn it off, and when the camera did not respond, I took off the battery. Then I tried to put it back on and turn on the camera only to find...
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    NTSC Xbox on PAL-SECAM TV

    I am planning on traveling abroad and taking my xbox along so that me and a friend can enjoy xbox co-op goodness. Surely Xbox uses NTSC and there is a possibility that the TV(probably manufactured in the late 90s) will be using PAL or SECAM. I am not sure if these broadcasting signals have...
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    Laptop Battery Won't Recharge

    I have a Compaq Presario 1275 that has a new battery that is less than a year old. It has not been used a lot, and discharged about every month or so. Yesterday; however, as I was working with the laptop, I realized that it was working with the battery power supply instead of the power supply...
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    What is an OS image?

    I was reading reviews of business/corporate laptops (Compaq nc6000, IBM thinpad t42, Dell Latitude d600 etc) on PC Mag and I realized that they were constantly referring to the OS image stability and how long it was stable for; ex. 12-18 months. I have no clue what this is referrring to, aside...
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    Bios Support for Compaq Presario 1275

    I am planning on upgrading my Compaq Presario 1275 4 GB hard-drive with a 40GB 7200rpm Hitachi travelstar. (Yeah I know.. Do it already, right?) Well the question is, how do I know if the BIOS will support such a large hard drive. I have searched online. Compaq and the manuals they have. They...
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    Internet Explorer

    I am not a big fan of internet explorer, but other options such as mozilla, firefox and opera do not appeal to me either. I seem to be too used to it for change. The question is, how hard drive intensive is Internet Explorer? I have 2 computers that I use on a regular basis. 1) AMD...
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    Upgradeable Video Card/ Upgradeable Laptops

    It is my understanding that both NVIDIA and ATI make most of their income from the sales of their graphics chips, since other companies (gainward, gigabyte, albatron and tons of others) manufacture video cards with ATI's or NVIDIA?s chips on them. Wouldn't it be nice to have a video card...
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    Upgrade to 7200 rpm Harddrive on Laptop

    I have a compaq presario 1275, which was made circa 1999 with the following configuration: AMD k6-2 366 160 MB Ram 4 GB HDD (probably 4200rpm, maybe 2 mb cache) I recently had to take the laptop apart in order to fix the motherboard power jack, which seems to fail often in compaqs. So I...
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    Mid Range Workstation vs. High End PC

    After reading the Powermac G5 article at Anandtech, few questions sparked in my mind. The article suggested that for the $3000 spent on the Mac, it would be possible to build a Dual Opteron workstation, and probably get more performance out of it. But how does one go about doing it? I have...
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    Will AMD release any more Athlon XPs?

    AMD has stated that they are not planning on continuing Athlon XP chips past the first half of 2005. Do you have any information on whether they will release any Athlon XPs beyond 3200+, such as Athlon XP 3400+, 3600+ etc. I do not need a top end processor since I don't do a lot of gaming...
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    802.11g/Compaq/XP Firewall

    I recently purchased a compaq presario with a wireless g adapter. However, I was having some difficulty connecting to my wireless router (Netgear WGR614), which works perfectly fine with another compaq and netgear wireless b adapter. The problem was that even though I could see an IP address on...