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    Some questions about my RAM

    Just to be sure about what broke, here is another pic. I hope that shows more clearly. Thanks for the info. I believe it may be too late for RMA but could I even use that, or the warranty, when I was the one that damged the RAM? Part of me is excited for an excuse to buy some better memory...
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    Some questions about my RAM

    I got this ram recently. I went to put it, was a bit careless, and broke off the capacitor/transistor/component/whatever it's called circled in this pic of similar ram. In two different 24hr runs of memtest I've not received any errors. I'm overclocking it with a barton mobile and nf7-s...
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    *Dead* ViewSonic VA1912wb 19" Wide $249.99

    I got one of these at OD a couple of weeks back when they had a rebate for it. Which was great with a 40 off coupon. So that paid for the tax. I've been using it and am very pleased. Bbc84, you must have overlooked it. It does indeed have dvi cause I'm using it. And, yes, dvi and vga...
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    Free Tea Samples

    Thanks. My girlfriend loves her some tea.
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    Original Gas Thread: Americans enjoying $4 gallon despite oil oversupply highest in 8 yrs

    OK. Panic has struck. Now I'm hearing that paople are fighting for gas and even police are having to get involved at some stations here in Athens. Totally rediculous.
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    Original Gas Thread: Americans enjoying $4 gallon despite oil oversupply highest in 8 yrs

    I'm in Athens, Ga and I know of a few places that have run out already. I ended up getting premium because the station was out of the other two. That, after passing a station selling regular for 3 bucks.
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    "This is Our Tsunami"

    Edited for lack of research.
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    Enter to win an ATI Radeon X850 XT PE

    But isn't ATI a Canadian company. Does anyone have a real answer as to why the Canadians have to take a math test to win?
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    Free Krispy Kreme Doughnut

    Man!! I've been to KK many times when the Hot Now light was on, and they have never given me a free one. Oh, I'll get a free one alright...a free one...Tomorrow!!!!
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    Corsair Value RAM PC3200 CAS2.5 1GB (2x512MB) DC KIT - Today's Price $76.50

    NewEgg down another dollar. Gotta hold out, gotta hold out....
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    Corsair Value RAM PC3200 CAS2.5 1GB (2x512MB) DC KIT - Today's Price $76.50

    Although I'm sure it will change again in like...a few minutes...NewEgg's price is down to 79.99.
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    It's Woot-off tonight

    OOhhh, getting closer.....
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    3-Ring Binder Pages for 8 CDs, $0.28 ea., 50-Pack = $14.00

    I figured what they hey....got in for one. Thanks.
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    SCIENCE: NASA Researchers Claim Evidence of Present Life on Mars...oops...NASA refutes

    I'm always wondering, suppose we did find intelligent life somewhere in space....do you think the government would tell us about it? (And this is not a partisan question to be interpreted as "do you think this administration would tell us") I just wonder what people think.
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    Bush dismantling Clean Air protections in order to reduce future SS liability

    I think the title was supposed to be a bit of a joke. I issued some chuckles. But does this topic surprise anyone? As usual, it's all about the money, not the health and welfare of humanity. It's same with the use of rBGH and the whole stem cell research bit. We can't do research that...
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    Printer (driver) install problems

    Whew! I was having the exact same problem trying to install an Epson C64. I turned on the service and it worked for me. I was getting very frustrated.....
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    Men are Weak now: No longer a Man's World, Women dominate

    I live in Athens, GA. I believe the ratio at UGA is something like 3 to 1, women to men. Hehe, it's a great town to be in.
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    Need help connecting printer

    I'm trying to install an HP Deskjet540. I'm running XP and it detects it with no problem, however when it tries to install it, it tells me it cannot because the RPC server is not available. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks. Like a fool, I didn't try to search for the answer first. I'm working...
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    do you like where you live?

    I live in Athens, Ga. I love it here. It's almost always moderate. Except in the summer, of course, when it gets hot and humid as hell. But it's still not unbearable. There's still a small town feel with a nice community. It's a colege town, so there's tons of live music and stuff to do...
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    boondock saints... no spoilers please

    Ok, ok. There are both some good action scenes and some funny stuff, but other than that...it was predictable, tried to hard to be Tarantino or something, and the whole religious theme was a bit much. I'd just rent it. I would say that for the most part I was entertained, but you could do better.
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    How much money did you get back in taxes? :)

    $1300....Woohoo!
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    Tammy Wynette Collectable Figurine with book $10

    Tammy Wynette figurine?! Woohoo!
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    Free Acces to Rush Limbaugh pay website - Limited Time Only

    Maybe this should be moved to the Off Topic section. C'mon guys. I love hearing everone's opinions, but this was supposed to be about a deal.
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    Is my Radeon 8500 obsolete?

    I've got a friend who uses that card and says it still does him fine.
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    What Kinda of Video Card do you Have?

    Built by A T to the mo'frackin' I 9500pro. Went from an ATI 7200 32mb. I drool a lot when I play games.
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    SoundBlaster Driver Question

    Thanks for the advice. I went ahead and installed the newest drivers over the windows driver and all seems to be well.
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    SoundBlaster Driver Question

    I've got the SB Live. Yesterday, I was fooling around with some files in the Creative folder, and I somehow uninstalled the drivers. Then I accidentally reinstalled the wrong drivers. That is, I reinstalled the second most recent instead of the recent. So I uninstalled them and restarted and...
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    *** Official Anti War Protestor Thread***SanFrancisco, No Business as Usual....

    Ornery, I said that in parenthesis so as to not single you out. I wan't pointing at you. I read what you wrote. It was for the others who did say things like that.
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    *** Official Anti War Protestor Thread***SanFrancisco, No Business as Usual....

    Ok. No, of course not. That's not what I'm talking about. I hate that kids, street punks, and random loonies give the protestors a bad image. It's frustrating and upsetting. They are obviously just using the protests to act out. They should not be participating. Most of the protestors are...
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    *** Official Anti War Protestor Thread***SanFrancisco, No Business as Usual....

    For those that believe anti-war or anti-Bush sentiment is unAmerican.... ?To announce that there must be no criticism of the president,? Teddy Roosevelt said during World War I, ?is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable.?
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    Funny Question About IT Career

    Hey, that's what I'm talking about. Thank you for that input. I feel I perform those other skills quite well. Above average, I'd say. So that makes me feel better. But you're saying video game design necessitates greater math skills? Thanks again.
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    To all you pr0n collectors...

    Yeah, I'm curious about what's stuck in your craw for you to open this topic. Not judging. Just wonder what the motivation is. Like you're bothered by what people may or may not do in their own privacy.
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    Funny Question About IT Career

    You know, that's the chance I'll take. I thought somone might say that. But it's what I want to do. Plus, I'm not going to be looking for a job tomorrow. It wouldn't be for a little while. I gotta get some learnin' first. But what about the math. Maybe this seems like a stupid...
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    Funny Question About IT Career

    Thanks for your reply Mith. Good advice, and another avenue that I've considered taking. Geez, I thought I could get a greater amount of thought provoking replies from this one, from others. Maybe I should ask the question in the title.
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    Funny Question About IT Career

    Hey folks....Having a quarterlife crisis, wondering what to do with my life. I've been a cook for the past 8 years of my life, and I'm tired of it. Although I still love to cook, I am tired of restaurant work. I am seriously considering going back to school for a career somwhere in the...
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    Strange Crash In Games

    It's an XP1600 with a radeon 9500pro. My cooling always seemed sufficient before. So maybe it is the video card. I used to play for hours with the previous vid card. And once I had gotten that new psu everything was fine until last night. I'm stumped. BTW, I'm running winXP.
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    Strange Crash In Games

    Ok it may be the heat. I ran MBM5 while playing the game, and after only about 10 o 20 minutes of play I checked and it had gotten up to 52. This seems high to me. What do you think?
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    Strange Crash In Games

    Man, I thought I had this problem solved. Weeks ago my computer began freezing totally when playing games. It would freeze and make this looping, somewhat high pitched sound. Then it did it with some video. Then my pc would freeze randomly at the desktop or in other programs, but with no...
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    Which PSU Should I get?

    Ok then. Thanks for the input so far. I should have given my system to begin with. It's pretty basic. ECS k7s51 Athlon XP 1600 512 pc133 CDRW Hard Drive Radeon 9500pro I have a 250w PSU in now, and my pc keeps crashing. So I just wanted to eliminate that as a problem. Although I want to be...
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    Which PSU Should I get?

    Need a new one. Don't know much about them. Can anyone give me any advice or suggestions? Thanks.