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    LOTR online - Founders Pricing friend referral?

    Anyone on here play LOTR online and have founder's pricing? There is a program where you can refer friends and they too can get founder's pricing. You get 30 days free play time or 30 days for a friend to try the game out. I did pre order the game but apparently waited too long to activate my...
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    Look what was sitting on the doorstep today!

    Finally it is here. I forgot I ordered one actually....can't play till later in the week though since have to work all week. Front Back
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    Cheap USB cables at AXShop

    USB cables Hope this hasn't been posted I searched USB and AXShop.....
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    Snow skiers need advice on n00b setup..........

    Here is some background......(readers digest version!) My wife and I are burnt out on CA, wanna cash in on over inflated real estate market and escape before CA becomes mexico. (don't call me a racist, I'm not, I have plenty of hispanic friends.....but I'm real tired of supporting the...
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    Michael Jackson NOT guilty.......

    Says it all.....
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    Broncos - Colts talk

    Not looking too good for Broncos so far.......but Plummer has a knack for comebacks. What do you think is gonna happen?
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    Any ATOTers in these pics of the WoW launch?

    Blizzard posted pics of the WoW launch on their site. Are you in one of the pics? Here's a link... Who's this? If the links don't work for you just go to the WoW main site and it is right on the front page. Or, if the links truly are screwed up, then fix 'em for me in a reply...
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    XBox - Chronicles of Riddick 14.99 @ Best Buy

    Title says it all..... Here is a review for ya......
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    XBOX live rant

    Ok, I just got off the phone with the XBox live cancellation idiots, and they say if you cancel your account, you cannot resubscribe at a later date, but would have to buy a new xbox live kit for the subscription number. WTF?! Every friggin' online subscription known to man allows you to...
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    Best Buy GTA San Andreas possibly warm deal?

    Kinda like getting 15 bucks off the game if there is a greatest hits game you want. Saw it in their weekly ad today. Don't slay me if this deal sucks or is a repost....I searched and didn't see it listed yet.
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    Van Helsing DVD sound problems!

    Not sure if this is where I should post this, but it is a DVD, sorta a video question. Anyway, regardless of whether the movie is any good, I am wondering if anyone else is having serious sound volume fluctuations throughout the movie in certain areas? Not ALL of the sound fluctuates evenly...
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    Boise, Idaho people chime in.....tell me whats good/bad about Boise!

    If you live or "lived" in Boise area tell me your thoughts on what life is like there.......the good and bad. Thanks!
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    Post your 3dmark 05 test results here!

    I only got 2359 3dmarks with my ATI 9800 pro and an Athlon 2800 running the default test. In reality though it plays most games just fine, but sure was depressing to see that score on the 3dmark test!
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    NFL officials suck...

    Did you guys see that fumble second play of KC/Denver game. Down by contact yet untouched.....WTF?!!! Denver got robbed. Just like the fumble in the Raiders game today.....yeah Gannons arm wasnt going forward.....if that is true then how the hell was the infamous patriot fumble call get...
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    Questions for Vonage users....

    Ok I decided to get in on this Vonage startup deal at CC. Hooked up the phone adapter to the DSL modem, then router afterwards. Signed up for my account and it seems to work just fine. Only thing is I had to move my wireless phone base to another room that is not the preferred place to have it...
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    So how is St. Louis area?

    What is there to do? How's the weather in summer? Any parts of town to avoid? Anything else you can tell me about visiting there?
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    So, how many unopened games do you have sitting around?

    I admit it. I am a game junky. It isn't that I am always playing games in my free time, it is just that I feel like if I don't get the top games that come out I am missing out. I do love playing all the games but realistically, I don't have time to finish very many of them. Anyway, so I...
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    Anyone else hate stretched TV images? Aspect ratio problems...

    Ok.....lets start from the beginning. I recently upgraded to a Samsung 50 inch DLP HDTV. I bought a Samsung HDTV receiver to go with it. (the DirecTV one) My first new discovery was that not all component inputs are equal. The first one does 480i. The next two can do 480p,720p, or 1080i. I...
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    Holy crap! My bonus just showed up in my checking account!!

    I was just checking my checking (hehe) account today and saw the balance was much greater than usual. Figured out I got my biggest bonus ever! $4736.00!!!! I'm not trying to gloat about it to you guys, I'm sure some of you get that much or more every year, but considering most I ever got...
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    Do you think I need a universal remote?? (pic)

    Remotes Post pics of your remotes too!!!!!
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    Any of you moved from CA to OR? Thinking of moving to Medford area....

    Was wondering how your experiences went and if you regret the move or love it there. Also anyone who lives in Medford area tell me all there is to know about the good/bad points in 300 words or less. Thanx!!! BTW the reason I am thinking of moving is Im sick of my job and the cost of living...
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    Is there a program that will normalize (volume) thousands of MP3's? (post ripping)

    I hate it when I am playing some old album songs then the new Korn song comes up and almost blows the speakers. Also, does normalizing the volume make the MP3's lose even more quality?
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    ATI 9800 PRO crashing to desktop when playing games

    I just bought an ATI 9800 Pro card. Used driver cleaner to get rid of old Nvidia drivers (TI 4200) Installed latest drivers from ATI site and have been getting drops in game to desktop. No errors come up or anything it is just "poof" and your at your desktop like you were never playing a game at...
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    Anyone going to Ozzfest this year?

    I missed out on last years Ozzfest and am excited to get to go this year. Sounds like several good bands will be playing. Also got tickets to the Metallica summer sanitarium tour. Should be a good summer for concerts!
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    Patriots saved again by a bad call!!!

    That pass interference call near the goal line was just plain BAD! If it wasn't for that I seriously doubt they could have won.
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    Will the Volcano 9 fit on an Asus A78NX??

    Need to know before I order it.....
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    DWL 900+ access point in repeating mode? How to...

    Ok I bought a DWL 900+ access point to extend my wireless coverage around my house. My router almost covers it but at the very farthest point it gets pretty weak. (lots of walls to go through) Anyway....I set the access point to repeater mode, put in the mac address of the lan on the wireless...
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    I have to say, I like that band Chevelle......

    I downloaded a few songs the other day and they were pretty good so I ordered both their CD's. They were cheap too. Some of their songs I hear a little Tool influence. Do you?
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    Does Replay TV/Tivo report back what shows you record?

    I am still trying to decide which I want although I'm leaning towards Replay TV due to the ethernet features.
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    AGOIA or AROIA core, which is better?

    I ordered and XP1600 AGOIA core chip from Newegg, but they shipped an XP1600 AROIA....and it is green on top? Should I send it back or is this a better chip than what I was supposed to have gotten??
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    Help setting up raid array

    Ok I have never used the RAID feature of my mb before so here goes.... I have a 15GB disk with XP pro installed on IDE 1. I have 2 40 GB drives configured as master and slave on raid IDE 1. I am using an IWILL KK_266-R motherboard. The jumper is enabled for RAID. In the RAID manual supplement...
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    XP install problem

    Anyone ever get a blank screen after the first reboot on an XP Pro install? I am reinstalling the operating system and it keeps hanging at this point in the setup. It gets to the point where it asks if you need to load a raid driver, then asks about performing a restore, then it says starting...
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    What's better, Tivo or Replay TV, and why?

    I am thinking about getting either a Tivo unit or Replay TV. I work a rotating shift and can't watch regular programming unless I tape em all or miss some episodes and this would help me solve that problem. Was looking for feedback from people on what to look for and which they think is better...
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    IWill KK266-R and AMD XP 2000+

    I am trying to upgrade my computer to get by till next summer. One of the items I was gonna upgrade is the CPU. I had been running an Athlon 1GHz thunderbird @ 1333MHz (it would actually go above 1500MHz stable...but my pencil lead must'ave worn off, the unlocking relocked!) on the IWill KK266-R...
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    WinXP/Abit KT7E question

    My wifes computer has an ABIT KT7E motherboard with 512MB PC133 RAM, Athlon @ 1333MHz. It has an AWE32 (I know its old) and a GeForce 3 TI 200, also a 40 gig maxtor 7200 rpm drive I have the latest bios installed and all the needed XP updates. Ok here's the question. I have under device...
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    KT7E/WinXP question...

    My wifes computer has an ABIT KT7E motherboard with 512MB RAM, Athlon @ 1333MHz. It has an AWE32 (I know its old) and a GeForce 3 TI 200, also a 40 gig maxtor 7200 rpm drive I have the latest bios installed and all the needed XP updates. Ok here's the question. I have under device manager an...
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    A friend having a bachelor party tonight...

    He is a good friend of ours. In fact, he was the best man at our wedding. This guy doesn't have alot of partys, but they are usually quite enjoyable when he does. One of my wife's girlfriends was supposed to be up visiting this saturday night....thought they could go out while I went to the...
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    Someone send me "Silent Hill" for PS1, please!!

    Begging is frowned upon here at AnandTech If you wish to purchase such an item, try our FS/FT forum AnandTech Moderator
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    Anyone running an Athlon XP with IWill KK266-R?

    Need to upgrade processor I am trying to see what the fastest one I can use would be. I know it says officially supports up to 1.4 GHz Athlon, but I wanna know if anyone has made the XP series processors work with it?
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    Maryland sniper shootings caused by D & D???!!!!

    Why must the press ALWAYS try to link these horrific shootings to games? I am SO sick of it! This quote is from an article at USA today called "Leaks in sniper case anger police." Here it is.... "Robert Ressler, a retired FBI profiler, says the card could be a prank. But if the sniper left...