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    Staples: $79.99 Seagate GoFlex Desk 1.5TB Desktop USB 2.0 External Hard Drive w/FS

    Staples has the Seagate GoFlex Desk 1.5TB Desktop USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (Black) for $79.99 while supplies last. It shows $81.99 but it shows an extra $2 off when you pick the 1.5 TB. Free shipping. http://www.staples.com/product-nr_SS1053418 This is about $20 cheaAper than I've found it...
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    Which would you use?

    I am fixing up an older laptop for a friend and I have these two hard drives on hand: Western Digital Scorpio Black WD1600BEKT 160GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s OR Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Which would you use? Does the...
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    Square Trade warranty not all it's cracked up to be

    Be careful of Square Trade. I bought a new laptop from Office Depot last November and bought a Square Trade warranty to go along with it, including Accidental Damage from Handling. Last week I sat the laptop down next to my chair to go take care of something else for a minute and when I came...
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    PNY 1GB PC2700 SO-Dimm Notebook Memory $54.99

    LINK I've been looking at prices of DDR notebook memory (not DDR2) and this is the best price I've found. Seeing as how fast this type of memory sells on the For Sale forum, I thought others might be interested.
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    Kingston memory - 2 GB ( 2 x 1 GB ) - DIMM 240-pin - DDR II ( KTH-MLG4/2G ) $64

    Link If this is something you need, it looks like a fantastic price. The cheapest I saw it anywhere else was still over $300. Amazon shows it's sold by Office Depot but I couldn't find it anywhere on their website. Kingston shows it's for several different ProLiant servers, so I don't know if...
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    Need opinions on which of these combos to use

    I'm putting together a box for a friend using parts I already have on hand. I know these aren't the latest/greatest, put they're already paid for and will do what we need them to do. This will be used mainly for internet and light gaming, and some mp3 encoding and light video encoding. The...
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    Hitachi 4GB Microdrive $99.99 AR at BB

    On sale for $149.99 with a $50 rebate. Link
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    Lexar 2GB Secure Digital Memory Card $54.99 AR

    Link (Hope this isn't a repost--I searched but couldn't find it anywhere ;)) Price is $134.99 with two $40 rebates=$54.99 after rebates. Free 2nd Day shipping.
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    Mad Dog MultiMedia Champion MX 400 AGP $14 @ OM

    (I hope this isn't a repost--searched but couldn't find these anywhere) Link GeForce 2 64MB AGP 2X/4X They also have Mad Dog MultiMedia Predator MX 4000 Plus AGP Card (link) for $29, but it wasn't available in my area. GeForce MX 128MB AGP 8X/4X. There are also a couple of cheap sound...
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    Convoy of Hope accepts Paypal donations for Katrina

    I donted to Convoy of Hope because they are based near where I live. They are a four-star rated charity by CharityNavigator.org, which means they They had trucks loaded with water and other supplies headed for the area even before the hurricane hit, and were there by Monday afternoon waiting...
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    Hard drive issue

    I just replaced the hard drive in a friend's computer because her's was full. I've run into an issue I've never seen before and hope someone here can explain it to me. We used the software that came with the new drive (a Western Digital) and just moved everything from the old to the new. That...
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    PNY 256MB DDR Notebook Memory $19.90 @ Staples.com

    Link About half as much as anywhere else.
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    512mb Kingston Valueram PC3200 ddr $50 AR

    Text. Price=$84.99 less $35 mail-in rebate, $49.99 after rebate. Free shipping on orders over $25 or pickup in store.
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    Soyo Socket 478 barebone system $67.50 @ Newegg

    LINK Don't know how good a deal this is, but it seemed pretty good to me. It includes case, Socket 478 motherboard w/VIA PT800 chipset, and 350 watt power supply. Looks like the motherboard comes already installed, so one less thing to do. The motherboard is a SY-P4VTE which I haven't been able...
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    Patriot 256mb PC2700 $9.99AR @Newegg

    Link $39.99 with $30 rebate. Must purchase by 11/28/04 and rebate must be postmarked within 21 days of purchase date.
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    Video card or motherboard?

    Occasionally when I boot my computer, the display settings have reset to 800x600, 4 bit color, and it can't be changed to anything else in Display Properties. It should be set at 1024x768 32 bit color. I restart and then everything is as it should be. It doesn't do this all the time, just...
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    Free airline tickets-Mexico, Hawaii, London

    I posted this earlier in the OFF TOPIC forum and someone suggested it might be more appropriate here, so here's a link to the earlier post.
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    Free airline vouchers-Hawaii, Mexico, London

    .(Moderator: Please delete this post if it violates any guidelines or is not appropriate for this forum.) I've got two vouchers for two each free airline tickets to one of the above locations. They are fully transferable. To get the free air travel, you have to book a seven night stay for each...
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    Freezes when testing memory

    Hi all. I'm new here so be gentle! :o I'm having intermittent freezes that require a hard reset. I have a PC Chips M925LR motherboard, 512 MB ram (64 MB dedicated to video) a 1.7 Ghz Celeron processor, 60 GB hard drive, and a Thermaltake 420W Silent Pure Power power supply that's less than six...