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    warm -- $15 FM car transmitter for mp3 players like ipod

    Sorry to kickup an old thread, but I have a question. They sell one of these VR3 MP3 FM Modulator, VRFM7 at Wal-mart. My brother raved on about how cool it was and what channels worked best here in town. My only question is will this thing auto turn off after a while? My brother said he...
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    AMD v. Intel which is better for DVD Shrink?

    When it comes to burners they suck at ripping speeds. There is also a speed limiter built in that you must bypass with a hacked firmware. As for the best speeds if you don't use a Lite-on you will need to use a regular DVD player. Your speeds should range from about 7X to 12X during a rip...
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    Parents: Let the baby cry or pick him/her up at night?

    Hmm. well it's a 50/50 issue.. I've got 4 kids. I'd say you should check on them when they are under 10 months. Most of the time you will find out that they are crying because they are wet or have gas. With some of my kids they needed a night light. I always try to make sure the baby has...
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    My heart always hurts :(

    I get those too sometimes.. so does my wife. You probably need to work out and lose some weight. Also try not to be stressed out... hard thing to do when you have bills, kids and wife. Have your Doctor look you over, you might have high blood pressure.
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    BRAG: Just asked out by a very attractive woman, but I'm not single...

    Maybe she just wanted a price cut on those rainbow snow cones?:D
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    *NewsFlash* Michael Jackson Escapes Police!!

    And just think.. years ago we all sang and danced to his songs...ewww. :evil: The media keeps trying to play him off as a guy with no childhood. That is BS, so what if he didn't play games with other kids. Does any of that matter when you are guilty of a crime? I'd personally like to know more...
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    Power supplies: How high wattage is good enough?

    Sounds good to me..
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    How hard is it to upgrade the vid card in a laptop?

    So easy....;)
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    computer freezes randomly - heat probs?

    You should get that Temp down to around 50C. So a better CPU cooler is needed, but by doing this you may need a better PSU to support it. Try this first.. do a scandisk for bad sectors. Then buy a better CPU fan/sink and then if that is not enough start to replace things like the PSU, Ram and...
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    Strange Lockups

    Do a scandisk to repair the harddrive... take out the IBM drive.
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    Graphics Cards Programming

    They had something like this for Linux where you could use the extra video ram.
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    PSU or cheap lights?

    The Enermax case didn't come with an Enermax PSU? That's Odd... You said it's only half way turned on? Are you running this off the 5V red line or the 12V Yellow Line? The 480P TruePower Antec is a nice PSU.
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    Kingston Hyper X SIS 735

    LOL.. it's the SIS chipset with onboard sound that was killing the Audigy card. It would see the card fine.. just the sounds would go insane and make crazy noises.
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    going to build balanced, value AMD machine; need 2nd opinion

    I used Google to find that link. I also tried using the website and could not find the same link...strang. If you use the 15A the Watts goes way above the 350Watts and that makes me question if the website is just old or if the sticker is a lie.. ...webmasters are normally just lazy.:P
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    going to build balanced, value AMD machine; need 2nd opinion

    Don't use too many 12Volt case fans and all should be okay.;)
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    going to build balanced, value AMD machine; need 2nd opinion

    Ahhh.. strang that the website is wrong? Okay.. so with the new information you list off the label it should be. 28A on 3.3V 32A on 5V 15A on 12V Much better!:D
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    going to build balanced, value AMD machine; need 2nd opinion

    In general Antec, Enermax and Fortrons are all good brands. I was just making a point that only this Fortron will not make a good PSU for his system and that a Antec with 300Watts is not enough power only in the extreme limits for his system.
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    going to build balanced, value AMD machine; need 2nd opinion

    http://www.fortron-source.com/atx203.htm Read the Chart Below FSP350-60BT and FSP350-60BN. MAXIMUM LOAD = 10.0A I read the part about the first Power Supply.. and then saw the change after posting. Yes, I did not read all the reply posts and I'm guilty of that. Even still don't point fingers...
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    going to build balanced, value AMD machine; need 2nd opinion

    FSP350-60BN: [MAX AMPS] 28A x 3.3V = 92.4 25.5A x 5V = 127.5 10.0A x 12V = 120 =339.9 (350Watt ..my A$$) Normally 10A ~13A on the 12V AMP makes for a bad Power Supply. You should think about getting another PSU!
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    going to build balanced, value AMD machine; need 2nd opinion

    +3.3V +5V +12V Device (AMPS) 3 - 2 - 0.3 Motherboard w/ onboard devices 0 - 0 - 0.29 High Performance CPU FAN 0 - 0 - 0.26 (power supply fans) 0 - 5 - 0 Memory 1 PNY 512 MB PC2700 DDR RAM 0 - 0 - 6.4 Case Fans 4 6 - 0 - 0 Gainward...
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    Opinions on SIS Chipset motherboards?

    Nothing but problems with SIS.. I'd pay more for a Intel 865 or 875. The problems I've had are with the Abit SD7-533 and IRQ problems with Audigy soundcards.. I fixed that using random IRQ's in the Bios. The Abit SD7-533 has been the worst board I've ever used.. I can sum it all up in 1 word...
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    Kingston Hyper X SIS 735

    I guess you could try using only 1 DDR and see if it will boot. Maybe you need to clear the Cmos and boot with the new ram? Maybe you need to update the bios? Does your board support 2700? Does it support Kingston? I hate SIS... I'd keep the ram and get another motherboard. Man.. the crazy BS I...
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    350W enough?

    Best link I've read in a long time.. Good read!:D Because of this I've finally figured out that my Antec Led fans have been crashing my system. The 4th case fan was enough to hit 358.09-Watts out of a 350 Enermax Whisper. I think I'm going to take them all but one out of that computer for a...
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    9800 Pro - won't hold onto digital-DVI output!

    Post this in here: http://www.rage3d.com/board/
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    Best Budget DVD+R Writer

    8MHz??? Don't buy a DVD+R, buy a new computer!
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    Help! What's wrong with my CDRW??!!

    Drops to 20%??? Try using adaware and also scan for viruses. You might also want to ctrl+alt+del and end odd looking tasks just to see if some other program is hogging the cpu. If you changed nothing and you are using the same cd's. I'd say either the drive is dying or there is a software...
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    System Freezes (Windows XP Blue Screen) - Help or Advice.

    I don't think there is not much more you can do unless you add more fans to the case maybe? If your willing to spend more money on cooling, something like the SubZero4G? Thermo-electric Cooling (Socket 462) would get down to around 35C and not take longer than 15minutes to install.
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    Buy a Dell or Build My Own System?

    I'd say it's cheaper if your only upgrading, but your right. The cost of an OS and such really makes it about the same if not more at times. Then again if your buying a DELL you get a restore disk and not an OS disk, so sooner or later your going to buy that WinXp OS again.. some day...sigh...
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    Buy a Dell or Build My Own System?

    Crack just like everyone else?what else would we be smoking? Yes, less Quality parts. The Dell Case is good for the Dell motherboard but it?s not made to fit other boards so upgrading is a negative. Then Again I said ?Parts? and by that wtf are you smoking? The Intel board might be quality as...
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    WD Raptor owners: Help please

    If your mother board has DC (Dual Channel) then adding in pairs would boost the speed of the ram. Otherwise you can use your single 3200 with no problems, you just don't get the added speed boost.
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    What are some characteristics of a blown processor?

    Unplug all the drives, but the one harddrive and try again...even the floppy.
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    Is there a performance difference between fat32 and ntfs?

    Xp uses more memory so It might be using more of the HD to buffer data? I know what they say about NTFS as being better. But to tell you the honest to God truth I think Fat32 ran faster for me. I also defrag my drive just as much with HTFS as I did with Fat32. The only thing that is better is...
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    System Freezes (Windows XP Blue Screen) - Help or Advice.

    49C at Idle is about right for that chip. You could get less, but then you would need a Delta fan.. those are too much noise for most people. Give her a spin and see if she crashes again.;)
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    Recommend a CPU/Mobo combo please...

    If you're going for an nForce2 motherboard with integrated graphics make sure you use TWO sticks of memory in Dual Channel setup - that will increase the 3D performance by about 30 - 50% compared to using only one stick. The Leadtek-WinFast K7NCR18GM is also an nForce2 motherboard with...
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    Recommend a CPU/Mobo combo please...

    They should be so lucky to have something this fast from an old 900MHz.;)
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    Buy a Dell or Build My Own System?

    I only tell people to by Dell if I know they don't have all the money and are not smart enough to be getting into this sort of stuff. That and they would be asking me so many questions I'd just be saving myself time..heh It's bad of me but very true.:D Get a case with Windows and use those...
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    System Freezes (Windows XP Blue Screen) - Help or Advice.

    For the speed grades where the A and B overlap, you might be able to tell by looking at the voltage code (4th character from the end of the part number): ---TBredA | TBredB--- 1800+ L U 1900+ L * 2000+ U/K** U 2100+ U U 2200+...
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    Buy a Dell or Build My Own System?

    It sounds like you know enough to just build it yourself. Buying a Dell would only help in 2 ways. 1. Payments 2. Warranty 3. Time saved not building The Cons of buying the Dell would be. 1. Can't upgrade unless though Dell. 2. Get less Quality parts Building it yourself would help in other...
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    SATA Power Adaptors.....

    This picture might help..Raptor (Rear View)
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    HELP!! I NEED A GOOD PSU!!!

    Never once had any problems with an Antec. I've had issues with a Enermax 350 Whisper once.. silly thing would reboot the system at random times.