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    SOLD OUT -- TomTom One LE --$119

    Not exactly. It's actually a TomTom One 2nd Edition, but with the full Navcore 7 software (the 3rd edition has a lite version of this software without some of the features). It also has some other aspects that the third edition model doesn't, like an SD slot.
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    What Kind of Scam is This?

    I guess my other question is how do I report this to eBay (so his account gets suspended and I don't have to worry about any fallout like getting negative feedback)? I looked through their security center, but this kind of thing didn't even seem to come up.
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    What Kind of Scam is This?

    Ahh, I see. So this guy would do something where I get an "official looking" e-mail confirming that some funds had been sent to me, and I'm supposed to fall for it (I guess this would not involve me taking the time to login to my PayPal account to verify if the funds were there) and send the...
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    What Kind of Scam is This?

    Yeah, I already pretty much can tell it's a scam.... my question is more about how this particular scam works - that is, if the seller were to actually pay via PayPal, how would the scam be pulled off? I was thinking maybe they would dispute the PayPal transaction or retract it after they...
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    What Kind of Scam is This?

    Thanks, sorry about that...:)
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    What Kind of Scam is This?

    Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me figure something out here. I listed my laptop for sale on eBay, and unfortunately didn't put any restrictions on it (i.e. ship worldwide, no buyer restrictions). Someone used "Buy It Now", and their address said they were in Florida (although their...
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    your opinion on 17" laptops

    Are the Toshiba P105's any better as far as portability? I see they are listed at only 7.1 pounds, which at least seems lighter than some of these 8, 9 and 10 pound 17 inchers.
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    Buy Laptop

    I can't speak about the current SZ's, but I have been using a Sony Vaio S360 for the past year and really like it. I just really like the form factor and performance. The SZ's as I understand it are pretty close, except the keyboard is pretty different. One thing I really like in the SZs is...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Thanks. The rest of my PC is fortunately working just fine now; I'm going to go ahead and reformat the drive, and I'm just going to not use it any more (don't want to risk any problems with it again). Thanks for all your help everyone!
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    My computer is freaking out...

    OK, well, I did finally manage to finish up with this problem. I took my third IDE hard drive and switched it to IDE2 (from IDE3), and my computer still bluescreened with the PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error. Finally, I took the drive out altogether and stuck it in external firewire/usb...
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    YA Borders/ Waldenbooks 30% off regular price of one book

    AStar, for what it's worth, the "comics" that are excluded would normally just be the literal comics themselves. Trade paperbacks, etc. and other comic collections don't fall into that category normally.
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    VAIO's suck!

    Hrmm, I guess I'm sort of the exception; I have owned a Sony Vaio s360 notebook since April and I've been really pleased with it............... I love the performance of it, battery life, screen quality, the performance of the Mobility Radeon 9700, etc.
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Thanks apinomous. I did try out swapping each individual stick of memory (running each stick once by itself) and it didn't seem to relate to the problem. Basically I'm still in a holding pattern until I get a chance to take that third hard drive out, but I am pretty convinced that it or the...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    The specific drivers are: Promise 378 S-ATA Drivers 1.0.0.16 I'm sorry I don't have an update on the other issues. I'm hoping tonight to finally get a chance to swap out the HD's and see what difference it makes trying to boot from my old OS install with the HD on IDE3 removed, and with a...
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    G5 or MX 10000?

    I got a G5 and generally like it so far; however, I basically upgraded from an MX518, and to be honest, I can't see a huge difference. But the G5 does seem to have nice extras I haven't played around with (like the ability to use the various weights to customize the feel and balance of the...
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    Looking for Opinions on eMachines T6524

    Thanks arcanedeath; do you mean the USB performance is horrible just along the lines of things like USB HD's, or do you mean it actually has other problems (i.e. USB devices acting flakey, etc.)? Re: IDE performance, I could probably live with that, especially if I can just pop another SATA HD...
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    Looking for Opinions on eMachines T6524

    I did have a look at it in the store, there's definitely a PCI Express slot available (although, as noted, would need to upgrade from the stock 300w PSU)..... they actually even advertise that as a feature of the system (future expandability for gaming with a PCI Express graphics card). I...
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    Looking for Opinions on eMachines T6524

    Yeah. I'm not trying to have any illusions about it, I'm positive that a custom built $1500-2000 system would be better. But it seems like I could get a pretty nice bang for the buck (I actually have a NeoPower 480w PSU I could slap in there, so I think the main thing I'd need to do is spend...
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    Looking for Opinions on eMachines T6524

    Hi all, I'm sort of in the market for a new PC, or at least thinking about it (I'm currently running a PC I built myself last year, but I'm having some software difficulty, and I think I'm not totally cut out to build another PC myself; I got really stressed out with installing the CPU...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Thanks boomerang. I actually did try a Repair on the old install (using my Windows XP install CD and the "repair" option), but it didn't seem to make a difference. I've got some free time now so I'm going to go ahead and swap out that drive on IDE3 and see what I can come up with. At this...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Thanks boomerang.......... I've been kind of busy, but I'm going to try those things out as soon as I can. I did do a CMOS reset before (I used the method on the MSI motherboard where you can clear the CMOS by changing the position of the JBAT jumpers temporarily). My motherboard is also...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Hi Boomerang, Nope, I haven't added any SATA drives or anything (and I had been using that third drive for almost a year with no problems). I can't think of anything I was doing that would affect it like this.............. I do think I was downloading to the drive at the time, and my...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Hi all, I have an update. I think I might have isolated what is causing the problem, but I'm not sure why. As I mentioned before, I did a clean install of my OS onto another drive, and have been going through the process of reinstalling my old drivers, etc. One of the drivers for my...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Just an update; I just completed a clean install on one of the other drives in my PC, and that seems to have done the trick, at least in as much as that it boots up and seems to be in good shape. Of course, it's a completely vanilla install. But it sounds like this does point to some sort of...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    I tried using the "Repair" functionality of the Windows XP CD but it doesn't seem like it made a difference. I'm going to attempt a clean install and hope for the best.
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    My computer is freaking out...

    K. I'll see what I can do.
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    My computer is freaking out...

    I actually have three drives in my system right now, so I could attempt a clean install on another drive, I think. I actually just tried to boot up with my Windows XP Home CD, but it's an upgrade CD, and for some reason it isn't recognizing it as something to boot from. mountcarlmore, I...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Talyn, I read that when I did a Google search info for the error, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I hadn't installed any new software recently, and I have tried out each stick of memory individually, and unless all three sticks did fail, I'm not sure what it could be. I still can't...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Thanks talyn. I'm not sure what to do at this point though. If anyone else has any advice, I'd appreciate it.
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    My computer is freaking out...

    No luck. I had to reboot it again, it was stuck in that Windows XP boot screen without going ahead. When I rebooted again, I get the same error. I've tried it with the other sticks of RAM as well.
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Thanks tangotracker, I'm going to give that a shot. I just pulled two sticks of memory and have left one in, and I reset the CMOS. It seems like something has changed at least......... but right now, my computer has been sitting at the Windows XP loading screen for a while (the black one with...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Just an update. I went ahead and removed the 512 meg stick of RAM that I installed a month ago, just in case that was it. But I got the PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA error after rebooting anyway. I also tried booting in SAFE MODE, but I still get the error even with that. I'm at a loss at what...
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    My computer is freaking out...

    Hi all, Hope someone can help me out. I have a custom built PC with an MSI K8T Neo2 FISR motherboard, an Athlon 64 3400+ CPU, a GeForce 6800GT, and 1.5 gigs of Kingston HyperX memory. Running Windows XP Home SP2. Everything has generally been running pretty smoothly, but last night...
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    Will this setup with two wi-fi routers work?

    Hrmm, OK. Will it be worth getting a MIMO/802.11n router once things are finalized? I know that I wouldn't get the full 108mbps, but I was thinking that even with a dedicated 54mpbs system, you don't actually get the max possible speed out of that either (I think I read somewhere that it's...
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    Will this setup with two wi-fi routers work?

    Hi Nutz. I'd be fine with that, but I also want to upgrade my wireless network to something faster than 54mbps. I can accept that the iBook is limited to wireless-B, and also my Sony Vaio laptop has wireless-g integrated, so I'd want to use that as well. But I have more freedom with my...
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    Will this setup with two wi-fi routers work?

    Right, unfortunately, until the person in my household who has the iBook can upgrade to something newer, having a wireless-B client on the network is one of the realities I have to deal with. That's why my primary question is whether or not it's possible for me to run two separate wireless...
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    Will this setup with two wi-fi routers work?

    To explain my current setup. There are a few computers in my home network. My current router is a Linksys Wireless-G router. The computers are my main PC, which connects via a Linksys Wireless-G USB adaptor, and an older iBook, which is only able to connect at 802.11b (thus, I am running my...
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    System Rebooting Randomly

    I'm pretty sure, although one thing I've been wondering is how to determine exactly which version of the hardware you have. The actual model number on the unit is just WUSB54G. However, the install CD does have "ver 2.0" on it, but I couldn't tell if that was the hardware rev or the the...
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    System Rebooting Randomly

    One thing I'm going to try...... I am using it with the onboard USB from my motherboard (an MSI K8T Neo2 FISR). I also have a third party PCI card which has USB 2.0 on it, and I will try and see if that makes a difference. I'm not sure what to do if its bad drivers. I'm using the latest...
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    System Rebooting Randomly

    It's a wireless usb adaptor, not a PCI card. My BIOS are also at default values. -Zadillo