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    atx power switch for test bench

    I'm planning to set up a little test bench for mobo, cpu, memory etc. I could set them up in an open carboad box or a piece of wooden board or something. my concern is if there's an easier way to use somthing as a power button to the mobo. Should I spare an old case just for the power button?
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    is my mobo dead? cpu dead?

    MSI K7N2D ILSR (Nforce2). and barton 2500+ yesterday, I was going to update the bios. So I downloaded bios file from MSI and was preparing for the update. I rebooted the comp and entered into BIOS to relax the FSB from 200 to default 166, changed voltages to by H/W (just changed the...
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    old power supply for AMD64?

    Trying to up the ladder to 64 platform. I was wondering if I can keep using the same power supply for 64 boards? I noticed 64 boards require extra 4 pin power connector in addition to regular power connector.
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    ebay questions

    just a quick question regarding ebay. when I end the auction early, I mean canceling due to error in the listing or something, do I still get charged with listing fees? or do I get it refunded.
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    Gmail account set up in Outlook express?

    Does anyone know how to set up gmail account in outlook express? hotmail is done very easily but I couldn't find http server address for Gmail. or should I use IMAP? YJ
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    Question on C.O.D (Collect on delivery)

    I was trying to sell one of my laptop on ebay and somebody contacted me and he would buy it if I can do COD. First I said I won't but after reading up COD rules on courier (canadapost) website and I don't see why I shouldn't use it as long as all the extra fees are paid for by the buyer. But...
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    Paypal personal and primie account question

    I've got a question about paypal account. I'm using personal account at the moment but it's got crappy receiving fund limit per month. U$500 or C$650 per month. I was wondering if I can have both personal and preimer/business account in one login? or do I have to open a separate paypal...
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    board choice for 3 gaming rigs?

    Hi, I'm fairly new to 64 platform. I'm using NF2 + AXP2500+ and that's plenty enough for me now. A friend of mine wants 3 gaming rings built new with budget of $800 apiece (not including monitor). I've thought 3 options 1. AXP300+, ASUS NF2 board, AGP Radeon9800pro (cheapest solution...
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    best video card for gaming under U$200?

    Hi, I need to find out what's the best video card for gaming under U$200 (or C$250) And is AMD XP3000+ & NF2 platform with AGP good enough for games for 2 years? Should I opt for AMD 64 platform with PCI express cards? Currently I'm thinking to opt for AMD xp3000+ & ASUS A7N8X-X &...
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    win xp home came with HP laptop?

    I was wondering if the windows xp home that came with HP laptops can be used in other computers? or it only can be used in HP laptops?
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    LCD compatibility with video card?

    I've been using 19" CRT with GF4 ti4200 and just switched to 17" LCD (purchased used locally). As soon as I pulgged in LCD (by the way, it's CTX cheapo monitor), I noticed blurry shadow thingy around the text or the lines. I tried to change resolution, frequency, etc but no good. out of...
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    possible bidpay.com scam?

    Hi, I've put a notebook for sale on online classified and a guy contacted me and said he was interested. I wanted to sell it local to avoid all the hassel of shipping and getting paid online and stuff. Turned out he wasn't from local. I told him he can send US postal money order (I'm in...
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    Paypal scam question

    I'm trying to sell some computer stuff locally. (15" LCD, 19" LCD, 19" CRT, some parts, router etc.) A guy contacted me and he was interested in buying something from me. So I gave him the list of what I have for sale and asked what he wanted without giving details of stuff and asking price...
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    Can't access some files and folders suddenly

    I upgraded my HDD so I partitioned it into C and D and moved all the movie files from the old one to D drive. Then I reinstalled win xp pro. in C and then I was organizing D drive making subfolders and sorted movie files. I installed several programs and suddenly I have no access to any of...
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    winxp, win98 dual booting questions

    I have a laptop that's acting really weird. it has DVD burner but it only recognizes DVD media. also in BIOS there's no option to boot from USB devices. So I burned windows xp pro in DVD but it wouldn't boot. I finally found a way to intall windows xp. I had to boot from win98 starting disk...
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    Acer travelmate 290 laptop booting problem

    Hi, I've purchased a used acer travelmate 290 laptop with DVD burner. The DVD burner only recognized DVD media for some reason. So I formated HD and tried to boot from windows xp burned in DVD. It doesn't boot. in the BIOS there are only 4 options for boot. HD CD Floppy (this model...
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    windows XP on DVD bootable?

    Hi, laptop i recently acquired has DVD burner but for some reason it won't recognize any CDs. I borrowed a DVD and put in the drive and it finally recognized. So I'm thinking if I have a windows XP on DVD, I can boot and do the fresh installation. If I just copy all the files in windows CD...
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    Cleaning LCD

    HI, My niecce drew on the LCD screen with a pen. How can I clean that off? thanks YJ
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    Blackberry 7750

    Hi, I'm thinking of getting blackberry 7750. How is it compared to regular PDA's? This will be my replacement phone mainly, but the added feature of having PDA integrated would be very nice. any feed back are welcome. thanks YJ
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    email from ebay member

    Hi, I just received this weird email from an ebay member. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear yonjun, A funny thing just happened. I logged into my ebay account, and, at my ebay I saw that I won an item. An item I've never bid on. I...
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    Acer TravelMate 290

    Has anyone experienced this laptop? Acer TravelMate 290. any feedback is appreciated. YJ
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    laptop no battery question

    Hi, I have a question about general laptop operation. This may sound obvious but I haven't got a laptop to try myself. (never had one). Can all laptops work off the adapter without battery inserted? in other word, if your battery is dead, your laptop can still work from plugging on the...