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    Who is headed to CES this Year?

    Any suggestions for someone going for the first time just hoping to learn/explore?
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    suggestions on netbook for 7yr old

    Also consider the Latitude 2100, which was designed for use in classrooms. It has options for a touchscreen and an anti-microbial keyboard. The exterior is also made of rubber, which would prevent against scratches and dropping. It comes in black, blue, green, yellow, and red.
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    [DEAD]Bag of Crap @ woot

    haha oh god... its froze
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    Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

    Does anyone know if the paypal payment will affect your monthly receiving limit?
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    Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

    Apparently it's in the terms and conditions that if you get cashback from ebay, it has to be through paypal.
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    Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

    You can select check or bank account in payment preferences, which I have done, but then it only lets me select paypal when I go to "pay me". sigh.
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    WD 640GB $88 FS!

    Don't know where you heard about 160 gigs per platter, but I can almost guarantee you that's false.
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    DEAD: Dell Inspiron 530 for $239+ship (Pent E2180 + 2GB + 250GB + DVDRW)

    You don't need to upgrade the power supply unless you plan on adding a quad core processor with a high end graphics card. Dell's power supplies are of high quality.
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    Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

    It takes at least 24 hours to show up.
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    VelociRaptor 150GB spotted?

    It seems like there's a 150GB and 74GB VelociRaptor in the works. See the VelociRaptor support page. http://support.wdc.com/product...sp?groupid=612&lang=en And here. "Specifications for the 150 GB Serial ATA II VelociRaptor drive (model WD1500GLFS)."...
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    Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

    Okay so now everyone post your purchases. I got 2 Denon D2000 headphones for $160 each including cashback (normally $220). Then I got 6 one hundred dollar bills for $436 including cashback. Thank you Microsoft :).
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    Updated 9/20: Bing cashback

    keep refreshing the page and you will eventually get 35%. Try camcorder.
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    Slow performance with 150GB Raptor

    This is on a brand new install of XP. When I had the 150GB raptor as a secondary drive with the 2x36GB raptors in RAID 0, the benchmarks were way higher. As far as real world performance, I notice it takes pretty long to load windows. Any ideas...
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    Upgraded XP Home to Professional, Now Endless Reboots

    Yea, I just gave up and reformatted.
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    Upgraded XP Home to Professional, Now Endless Reboots

    I tried that (I think... your post is a little hard to follow). Let me explain more clearly what happens... I press any key to boot from CD, and it tells me that another upgrade is already in progress. I select continue upgrade and it just keeps rebooting. If I select something to the effect...
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    Upgraded XP Home to Professional, Now Endless Reboots

    I have a computer that had XP home which I installed the XP professional on. After the files were copied, the system reboots endlessly... it gets to the XP boot screen and then the computer reboots and this process just keeps repeating itself. If I boot into safe mode, the computer says it...
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    DEAD: Bulk Salmon

    The reason it's "so expensive" is because it's better quality salmon and is not farm raised. It's okay though... go spend $3.99/lb for pink salmon that's been thawed out for a few days.
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    UPDATED: PS3 60GB deal @ BJ's - hot?

    Anyone care to explain this K-mart coupon? edit: here it is http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kmartaz9.jpg Does anyone know what the PS3 comes with and does it include the MIR for the 5 free blu rays?
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    Stick it to the Man: $272.28 SATA Blu-ray/HD-DVD reader

    You're missing the main point of an HTPC. A well-built HTPC doubles as a scaler, which allows you to output any resolution or refresh rate, change timings, as well as adjust gamma and other color options. The main perk of an HTPC is that it gives you the option to output at a refresh rate that...
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    Sennheiser HD580 HOT

    crap! the DT880's at B&H are back up to $225!
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    Sennheiser HD580 HOT

    I think I'm going to get the DT880's with a CMoy amp.
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    Sennheiser HD580 HOT

    Bose Blows...nice rhyme for everyone to learn.
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    Sennheiser HD580 HOT

    I think I'm going to get the 595's instead. From what I hear, they're more forward and better for casual listening/gaming. 580's are more for professional audio.
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    Dimension 5150 Dual Core 2.8GHz 1GB Desktop w/ 20" 2007FPW LCD (UP to $649)

    Just ordered one with the allin one printer...final price of 711$. I got my friend to pick up the price of the system with me getting the monitor for $150 + my current 17" LCD. Hopefully this will go through!
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    1GB TCCD (2x512MB) $63.99AR *YMMV*

    Newegg has a Patriot 1GB DC kit for $85.99 - $22.00 rebate = $63.99. The timings listed are 2-3-2-5 1T at 2.6v. I ordered one and got it yesterday and peeled off the heatspreaders to find week 0531 TCCD chips :-D. Your mileage may vary though. Some users on newegg report great overclocking while...
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    Dual Layer Burning Problems

    I got it to work on my other DVD burner, but not on the plextor...this plextor is supposed to be really good (Benq rebadged). Here is the log file from nero if it helps: 1C82-004K-19E5-MAAX-4000-911X-774A Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: File 'Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=4.57 (1008), size=48128...
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    Dual Layer Burning Problems

    I have a Plextor PX-740A DL DVD burner and when I try burning a dual layer disk, the burn fails at 49%, which is I assume when it is going to the second layer. I am trying to copy "24 Season 4 Disc 1" straight from DL DVD burner #1 ( F: ) to burner #2 ( D: ). CloneDVD copys the disc to a...
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    Reformatted old Dell

    Even so the service tag doesn't always narrow it down fully. For example, a few days ago I entered a service tag and was given a list of around 15 NIC drivers to download...talk about pain in the butt.
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    Error Messages

    Ok I ran the registry fixer and it still crashes. I read about people with dual core processors having negative ping times after leaving the computer on for a while, so I tried setting the affinity to CPU 1 for aim.exe. We'll see how that goes. If that doesn't work, I can lower the overclock and...
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    Error Messages

    Diskeeper is installed and set to screensaver mode. What registry fixer would you recommend? After the registry fixer I will try downclocking it.
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    Error Messages

    Fixed
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    Error Messages

    Everytime my friend (who's computer I built) leaves AIM on for long periods of time while being idle, AIM crashes with the following error message. The system is 12+ hours prime stable. I have tried reinstalling several times and turning off all the noficiations, sounds, and aim themes. Error...
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    New Stepping

    Just from what I've seen it seems that the VPMW's are worse than the UPMW's. Don't forget that the 0550UPMW's were golden...if that matters?
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    New Stepping

    The UPMW's are clearly better than the VPMW's. The VPMW's are "amazing" if they can hit 2.7ghz with any vcore... @dawei If you can touch the base of the heatsink when the processor is at 55°C you're not making good contact. 55°C should burn your hand after a second or so...either: 1. Your...
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    New Stepping

    0551 UPMW's are doing good...is yours the VPMW?
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    New Stepping

    Hahah yea...the chips a pos :)
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    New Stepping

    338x8 = 2704mhz fails. I will try to increase the vcore even more when i get home though. I set it to 1.59 in bios but its only 1.55 actual.
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    New Stepping

    289x9 = 2600mhz at 1.47vcore. I can't even get to 2650 with 1.6volts :(. I'll attach screenies sometime later. How would it be a board issue? I'm running a DFI NF4 SLI-DR...not that its immune to problems, but its a quality board.
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    New Stepping

    So far max stable is 2.6GHz. 2.65GHz freezes during superpi, and 2.7ghz fails prime within seconds. This is at 1.5vcore too (1.525bios) :(. CPU temperatures are great though. 28°C idle, 45°C load.
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    New Stepping

    i ordered monday night in a combo deal ;)