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    Autism Assistance Dogs - North Star Dogs

    A friend from high school has a son with autism and they are trying to raise money to pay for a service dog for him. The cost of the service dog is $10,000 and they need to raise $5,000 of that. If you would like to help, please go to http://www.northstardogs.com/ - and click through to...
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    Anyone (From the 70's) Remember these?

    I remember as a kid having these plastic circles, maybe 5" in diameter. Had a pinhole in the center where you would tack it to a piece of paper. Had numbers on the outside edge. You would make a mark at the top of the wheel and line it up with number one. Then it had lines, arcs, shapes...
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    Search?

    Nevermind. Maybe we can get a sticky that says search is currently down?
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    HDD Enclosure Media Players

    Looking for input from anyone who has a 2.5 or 3.5" hard drive enclosure / media player. I'm currently converting my large DVD collection into DivX and it is appealing to me to think I could put them on a hard drive and use that unit to watch them on my tv. Most of the stuff out there seems to...
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    USPS FAIL - Updated 09/18/09

    Priority mail package from Brentwood TN to Kennebunk ME. Don't forget to swing by Washington State on your way through. Tracking Fail. More Tracking In Washington for another day.
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    Medical insurance question

    I have a different medical plan this year and have a $1000 deductible to meet in a plan year. I don't usually use much medical care, however I have a condition which requires monthly supplies. Currently, in order to get them from the insurance approved provider, it costs me $69 per month - and...
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    E-bay situation - question

    I purchased an HP DV2000 on e-bay - as-is - knowing it had a bad Geforce 7200 GPU. I purchased it thinking I would either be able to reflow the chip and repair it, or that I would use the parts in a barebone or another machine. It was listed as a Core 2 Duo, 2GB ram, 60GB HDD. I e-mailed the...
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    Ethics and the average person

    In June I bought a condominium in the same development I have been renting from. I moved from unit 4 to unit 15. A few months later someone moved in to unit 4. This week I ordered an EEE pc 1000h from Mwave. It tracked as on truck for delivery yesterday. Usually the UPS truck is here...
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    TV Tuner with Vista 64 bit and 4gb ram or more

    OK so I have a Hauppauge PVR-150. It has problems when you have over 3.X gb of ram in 64 bit Vista. I got tired of trying a million different drivers from a million different sites, only to have it eventually crap out again, so I gimped my system down to 2gb of ram - since it is my primary TV...
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    AS 5 VS AS MX-1

    I just ordered an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro and some AS5 for my E8400. I read a review that claimed that the AF7 Pro has MX1 pre applied in a pad on it. Should I clean it up and use the AS5, or use the "MX1 Pad"? Anyone have an AF7Pro that can comment? Thanks
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    Switching to Intel E8400

    I haven't had an Intel since my socket 7 Pentium 233MMX. I'm finally ditching AMD to get on the Wolfdale train. It's a bittersweet move for me. On to my point, and my question. I have an E8400 on the way. I do not intend to OC it, at least at first. I am wondering if I will be ok...
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    Need cooling advice

    I've been using stock AMD coolers for years. I currently have a 3800 x2 on stock cooling. I just ordered a 5000 Black Edition, since I think it suits me better than the Phenoms coming out, for right now. I am looking for advice on cooling, as I intend to OC it. I'd like something that's...
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    Dual monitor or larger widescreen?

    I have a 19" 4:3 Samsung LCD. I'm trying to decide if I should pick up another one of these, and use dual monitors, or pick up a 22" Widescreen or something instead, since those are stupid cheap. Any input would be appreciated. I currently use an X1950Pro with dual DVI outs on it. If I hook...
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    Dell branded vs Store Branded

    I work at a startup company with a retail storefront and onsite and inhouse pc repair, networking, etc. The owner has us set up to sell Dell systems which is ok, I guess, as I'm sure it does bring in some amount of business. I've always worked in places which sell their own custom whiteboxes...
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    Question for folks using the DFI Nforce4 Board with opterons

    Hi. I have an opteron 146 CABYE on a biostar nforce 4 board and 2 x 512mb corsair xms. It oc'd very nicely, hitting 2.8 easily on air with stock voltage. Primed and all was well. I just added another matched pair of 2 x 512mb corsair xms, and expected I'd have to slow the ram down some with...
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    2500XP @ 3200 speed vs AMD 64 line

    Hi- I'm currently running an AMD XP 2500 barton at 3200+ on an Nforce2 Ultra platform. I'm considering a number of different upgrades and trying to decide which would be the right one for me. I am primarily into games. I am wondering specifically how much impact I would see by changing to...
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    Great Refurb Radeons at Newegg

    Refurb section in Newegg just got some nice video cards in stock: PowerColor Evil Commando 2 9700pro for $151 AIW 9600 Pro for $156 9800 Non Pro for $170 Etc ... These go fast, good luck.