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    How did you ask for grad shool letters from professors?

    Like other people have said. If the professors are nice and you did well in their class then it should be no problem asking them for a letter of recommendation. I needed a letter from a professor, which I had a couple of classes with. I just went to his office hours. Told him I was...
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    Traffic / Driving in Los Angeles / Can I handle a manual?

    Definitely get an automatic. I had to drive from Northridge to UCLA every day on the 405 with a manual and I just wanted to kill myself. My commute took 2 hours to drive 30 miles on the freeway. It was the worst experience of my life. Just 30 minutes in, my leg would start hurting cause of...
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    Problem with MSI Digicell

    I have the Digicell program installed on my computer. Initially, when I first put my computer together I used the "Power on Agent" feature in Digicell. I set it up so my computer would automatically turn on at a set time. Now I want to try and turn that feature off because I do not use my...
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    Problems with dvdrom drive

    Thank you for the reply. About the disk I use. All I use are Dvd-r. So far the brand I'm using is the Fujifilm 16x MIT. I took your suggestion about it being the brand and I stuck in some of my older movies I backed up on some TDK and it works. Also, I then checked out some backups I made...
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    Problems with dvdrom drive

    I have a Samsung Dvdrom TS-H352A drive on my computer. I have backed up some files from my other computer to a dvdr and try to play it on this one, but it doesn't work. Everytime i try to open it I get an error messsage saying D:\ is not accessible The disk structure is...
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    Doom3... scariest game ever?

    Same here. I thought the first part of FEAR had some very nice creepy moments. Also, the haunted house portion of Vampire: Masqurade bloodlines was pretty scary.
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    How is ZipZoomFly and Monarch for ordering Parts?

    I've only ordered from Newegg and ZZF. ZZF has good prices and the free 2 day shipping is a great deal. Have never had a problem with them.
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    Nintendo DS Lite: Japan loves it, do you?

    Yep and also can't forget about the web browser and tv tuner feature. They'll have too.
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    Is 150 watts pushing it?

    Yeah, but it's kind of weird. If I put in the old psu it doesn't make any noise what so ever. If i stick in the Compusa psu just connected to the mobo it doesn't make any noise. If I connect anything else to the compusa psu it makes the weird noise. Kind of sounds like how some times a cpu...
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    Is 150 watts pushing it?

    I have an old Hp Pavilion that is more than 3 years old. It has a celeron 1.2 Ghz, around 2 x 128 MB of ram, a radeon 9250 pci graphic card, a 160 GB harddrive, a dvd burner, and cd drive. Its strictly used to surf the web, and some downloading. No gaming. I have been using the 150W...
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    Does a cable modem affect speeds?

    Cool. Thanx for the help. Well...I was looking at Adelphia's website about the new upgrade thing and about the modem it said: If you purchase a new modem, please make sure that it is a CableLabs CertifiedTM modem that is DOCSIS 2.0 or higher; you should see this logo on the...
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    Does a cable modem affect speeds?

    A couple of days ago I got a letter in the mail from Adelphia cable. It said that they were going to upgrade my service from 6Mbps down and 768kbps up to 16Mbps down and 2Mbps up for no charge. They say that all I need to do is have a modem from an approved list and do somethings online to...
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    Processor noise?

    Just wondering, but when you are doing something on your computer your processor starts making little clicking noises and the light keeps flashing showing that the processor is working. What exactly is this sound? What is making it? I have a laptop with a P4 in it and everyone in a while...
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    Computer restats out of nowhere

    Did u install anything recently before the problem? Since u said u have problems when u play videos, maybe it's some conflict with some software. It could maybe be codex related too. Since u can game and stuff fine, I don't think it's hardware issue.
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    Why do people find it so hard to eat less?

    Man eating a salad before meals is good, but watch what you eat. Some of the salad dressing is as bad as a greasy hamburger. Just make sure to eat a good breakfast, a small lunch, and a light dinner. Don't starve urself because u want to loose weight. When u starve ur body thinks u are in...
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    The Death of PC Gaming?

    PC gaming won't die, sure it might slow down a little, but not die cause PC gaming as something consoles don't, flexibliity. You can literally buy a game and play it for a whole year, using different mods and online. Console games are too focused on graphics and less on game play. Don't need...
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    Shutting Down pc

    There should be a program to do that. I know for my MSI Neo4 Plat board it comes with a special program called "DigiCell" I think. And it has an option where u can input the time and date that you want ur comp to shut down or restart.
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    screwless side pannels

    I don't know spring loaded pannels on the Dell's. For my Black Antec case SLK3000B it has thumb screws on the side panel, but it also has like plastic things to snap the case in. Just using the plastic snap in things secures the side panel very well. Here a pick of it to show what I mean...
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    Is there any shareware that can burn cds from ISOs?

    Yep. DVD Decrypter works great and also can be used to rip stuff too.
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    No CD cracks for games, legal or not?

    No CD cracks are legal if you own the game and use it. Like others have said. It helps releive the hassles of trying to browse through packs of cds so you can play a game. As it prevents the cds from getting messed up. My old copy of Diablo 2 doesn't work anymore cause of all the scratches...
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    Game or video card?

    Well. When I had problems I uninstalled everything and used a program to make sure everything was cleaned and installed catalyst version 5.4 THe Ati card was the only one I had on my comp so it can't be driver conflict. The game would crash at the loading parts and when it crashed a...
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    Game or video card?

    I've just gotten Half life 2 and let me say, man I hate it. I guess getting the infamous memory error thing and the game crashing is a common thing. Well after upgrading everything thing on my comp, I got it to finally work by lowering all the settings in the game and the resolution. I was...
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    Ipod really that good?

    You should go for the zen. For the same price you get more space. I think it has a build in FM tuner and you can record radio stations on it. Also, a big plus, unlike the ipod which has a build in rechargable battery, which you have to send in to get it replaced which cost lots of $$$. The...
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    What is ATA/100?

    Well. I need a new hard drive for my old HP which only has 40 gigs and I saw that there is a Barracuda 160GB, 7200 RPM, Internal ATA/100 Hard Drive for sale. The HP I want to put it in only has an IDE port. Will it work? If not then I have another comp which runs on a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum...
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    PSU Help

    Well, I don't know if this will help, but i'm running an Atholon 3500+ with a X800 Pro with an enermax 420W. Everything runs fine with it and it only costs me like $75.
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    Tracking my newegg order through Fedex...

    Or what is worst. Not expecting the package till tomarrow. When ur in the shower you hear the door ring and by the time u run down u see the little card on ur door saying to come pick it up or wait till tomarrow. Basically u end up waiting an extra day for something u could have had sooner.
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    How motherboards are made

    Wow. nice article. Man I never knew mobo were so complicated. Thought it was something just stamped out and soddered together.
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    77 degrees in games too hot for 6800?

    Actually, yeah u can mod it. I have a cheap HP pavilion 501n. With all the extra drives and stuff I've added there literally was no air room. So I put a blow hole on the side and now it stays fairly cool. If I was able to cut a round hole through the steel case with just a hack saw blade by...
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    Dual Display Problem w/ Laptop

    Can't you just go to display properties then settings. click on the box with a number two on it and uncheck the box in the lower left hand corner which says "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor". That should help.
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    Visiontek 9250 vs. On Board Graphics

    Well the Visiontek 9250 should be a lot better than any on board graphic you may have. I got the same one for PCI for my cheap intel celeron. All I can say is for what I paided for it, it is great. I think I got if for the same price as you at circuitcity. With it I noticed that the...
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    Laptop cooling

    I use to have the same problem with my Toshiba labtop. I always leave it on allnight and sometimes during the day when I use it the fan would go crazy and the comp would shut off. I found that taking some compressed air and spraying it in the intake fan with the comp turned off. When I did...