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    Christmas Story leg lamp 31.90

    BEST. MOVIE. EVER. And, I must add that this beautiful lamp is sitting proudly on my desk right now. "I couldn't tear my eyes away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window..."
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    My Inspiron 1100 lappy died! Can somebody help?

    I have a friend with this exact model. I'll see her during Thanksgiving and she said she'd bring the battery out of hers. That'll at least tell me if it's a battery issue. However, I'm thinking that a system-wide power problem could have shot the whole system. Guess I'll find out next week. I...
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    My Inspiron 1100 lappy died! Can somebody help?

    bump for more tips. no luck so far...
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    My Inspiron 1100 lappy died! Can somebody help?

    Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried that and there's no change. Grr...
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    My Inspiron 1100 lappy died! Can somebody help?

    Out of nowhere, my Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop died this week. It was perfectly fine, then it was dead. There's no boot or anything. When I press the power button, the only thing that happens is the orange LED on the front blinks on and off ten times. That's it; there's no sound from the hdd...
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    Star Wars Novels

    Funny to see this thread today. I just put in a request for the Thrawn books from my local library earlier this week. Sadly, part 2 came in first, so I can't start yet. I did, however, read the Dark Empire graphic novel this week, and it wasn't great. It was an interesting story, but the writing...
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    Discover cash back bonus and Sharper Image?

    Hey guys, have any of you ever used the Sharper Image gift certificates that are available through Discover cash back redemption? I can buy an $80 certificate for $40 of Discover points. If I buy two $80 certificates, could I use them both together toward something like, oh I dunno, an iPod at...
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    GMAIL is now giving you 2GB of storage

    Interesting rollout. When I logged into Gmail this morning, I saw that my storage is now 1287mb. Cnet reports that the increase will be incrimental and random.
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    Preorder The Greatest American Hero 14.99

    LOVED Greatest American Hero. I have a lot of them on VHS from about ten years ago, when they ran them on the original FX network. From the obscure 80s trivia file: In the middle of the show's run, they changed Ralph's last name from Hinkley to Handley. This lasted several months. Why...
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    HELP! I need software for a Samsung i500 phone on SprintPCS

    I just bought a used i500 in excellent condition, but it did not come with the SprintPCS installation CD for the drivers, Palm apps, and (most importantly), the Pocket Mirror software that syncs with Outlook. Does anyone have it that might wanna help me out?
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    HELP! Anyone have a Samsung i500 phone with Sprint?

    I just bought a used i500 in excellent condition, but it did not come with the SprintPCS installation CD for the drivers, Palm apps, and (most importantly), the Pocket Mirror software that syncs with Outlook. Does anyone have it that might wanna help me out?
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    Fry's: Mushkin 512MB PC3200 DDR - $49.99 AR + tax

    Man, I was just about to drop these in the mail. Good catch, techfuzz!
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    Fry's: Mushkin 512MB PC3200 DDR - $49.99 AR + tax

    I jumped on this yesterday. The rebate doesn't ask for the UPC. Is that normal on memory rebates?
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    Day after Christmas 1-day sale at Fry's DFW Sunday 12/26

    These deals are confirmed in Atlanta, too. I just went in looking for some parts for a box I'm putting together tomorrow. I stumbled into the one day sale and picked up the Emprex 52x CDRW for 19.99 and the Airlink 802.11g PCI card for 12.99, both with no rebates to deal with.
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    Bay Area Fry's Boxed Athlon 64 3200+ CPU with ECS 755-A2 motherboard for 199.99

    From what I saw while researching my driver issues, the 9000 series Radeon cards are fine. It was only the 7500 that acted goofy. I haven't had any problems at all since installing the 9200se.
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    Bay Area Fry's Boxed Athlon 64 3200+ CPU with ECS 755-A2 motherboard for 199.99

    Weird. I did the post for ATL and updated the title when I saw the price change this week, but the title didn't actually reflect my update. Oh well... Yes, they tried to push the upgrade bundle with the different board on me. In fact, what he said was, "Man, we haven't even sold one yet with...
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    ECS 755-A2 conflict with Radeon 7500?

    Screw it. I figured out what would fix it: a new Radeon 9200 card. I'm fifty bucks poorer, but all is working well. Thanks for the help, Peter.
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    ECS 755-A2 conflict with Radeon 7500?

    Got SP2 installed and then installed the newest ATI drivers. Got the same lock ups and windows crashes. Here's an update of what I've tried so far: 1. Original factory ATI install CD with XP Home SP1: Fail 2. Latest ATI drivers with XP Home SP1: Fail 3. Latest ATI drivers with XP Home...
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    ECS 755-A2 conflict with Radeon 7500?

    Thanks for the tips. I'll work on it today and post the results. Since this was a clean install of my XP Home, it didn't have SP2 on it yet. I have since downloaded and installed SP2 on the system and will try to install the latest ATI drivers to see what happens now. Man, this was supposed to...
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    HELP!! AIW 7500 crashing my new A64 system!!

    bump for some help....
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    ECS 755-A2 conflict with Radeon 7500?

    Yep to both questions.
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    ECS 755-A2 conflict with Radeon 7500?

    Hey guys, is there a known issue with the ECS 755-A2 board (Athlon 64 3200+) and the Radeon AIW 7500 graphics card? As soon as I load the Radeon drivers, windows starts crashing and gives an error message blaming the ATI drivers. This is a new board in my system using my exisiting AIW. I've...
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    HELP!! AIW 7500 crashing my new A64 system!!

    Did all that, got the new drivers installed, rebooted. All was fine for 20 seconds. Then, the same thing happened. Everything froze. I had to reboot. When Windows came back up, it said the Radeon driver caused the crash and then it froze again. Arg. Could it be that my motherboard doesn't like...
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    HELP!! AIW 7500 crashing my new A64 system!!

    Just upgraded my system to Athlon 64 3200+ with an ECS 755-A2 board. I used my existing Radeon AIW 7500 video card and did a clean install of Windows XP Home. Everything was fine until I installed the drivers for the AIW from the original CD that shipped with the card two years ago. Now, Windows...
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    No video on boot

    More details would help. What are the specs on your rig?
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    Problem with ECS 755-A2 Motherboard

    Okay, yeah... you're not that stupid. That is, unless I am too! I got the same combo, made the same mistake. Hit the boards searching for the mobo in tech support to see if anyone else had the problem. Luckily, you did! Got another issue, though. YHPM
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    911!! Need help with a mobo/A64 upgrade!

    UPDATE: Yeah, I'm a moron. I forgot to plug in the 12v power connector on the mobo. My old board didn't have it. BUT now, I can't boot into my old windows install. After asking if I want to start in safe mode or normally, no matter how I answer, it powers down, reboots, and repeats the windows...
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    Expires 12/18[Warm]Hauppauge PVR 150 (1045)@ CompUSA.com

    Does the 150 have TV out? A friend has the 350 and really likes it. He used it for a homemade PVR in his entertainment unit. Wondering if I could do the same with the 150...
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    UPDATE: Athlon 64 3200+ combo for $199at Fry's

    UPDATE 12-22-04 Fry's final Christmas flyer caught me by surprise today. Especially since it had this combo for $30 less than I paid last week. Just got back from there and did the price guarantee with no problem. Not a bad Athlon 64 setup for under $200 with no rebates. The mobo is an ECS...
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    Fry's is coming to Atlanta! (actually it is here now)

    Went ahead and returned the WD and bought the Seagate. They still had several laying around. The return was pretty easy, too. I've been there about four times now and haven't had any of the customer service issues some people are reporting. I did walk past a customer getting pretty nasty with...
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    Fry's is coming to Atlanta! (actually it is here now)

    Hey, is the Seagate 160gb hdd still there for $50AR? Is it really as quiet as everyone says? How is it compared to the WD drives they offered Friday? I generally like WD, but I'm looking to go a bit quieter. Thoughts?
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    Fry's is coming to Atlanta! (actually it is here now)

    I was there at 8:30 (they opened at 9). The line was already around the corner of the building. It was like Black Friday(almost!). Picked up the WD hdd for $30 (that's 25 cents per gig!) and a nice Targus laptop backpack for 10 AR. I asked about the rest of the weekend, and they said that they...
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    Fry's is coming to Atlanta! (actually it is here now)

    Just got back from Fry's, a mere seven miles from my house in Duluth. Dear Lord... I just didn't expect it to be so HUGE!! Today was a "soft opening," so there really weren't any sales. They are having a really big weekend sale starting Friday, but they couldn't say what would be on sale. So, I...
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    ***DEAD****FREE 2GB MSN Account w/ Msn explorer

    Not available yet. Coming this fall. Check the CNET link above...
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    ReplayTV 5040 $119.99 ~ 5060 (Ref) $189.99 + S/H

    No, the RTV won't replace your digital cable box. However, the unit should come with an IR Blaster to allow the Replay to control the digital box by sending it remote commands. Some people have a lot of trouble with this method, though. Or, I think you can connect the RTV to certain cable boxes...
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    Home Depot - Printable 10% Off Coupon

    Thanks for the post! I just bought my first house and I have to buy a fridge this month. Ugh...