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    How do you feel about the new eBay?

    I'm just starting to sell on eBay for the first time and am concerned about the new direction they're taking as outlined in this article by the NYTimes. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07...ref=slogin&oref=slogin I'm wondering if I'm wasting my time now since eBay is clearly moving away from...
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    Lightweight thin and portable 17" monitor?

    I was wondering if anyone knew of a very light, compact LCD display that would be less than 1.5 inches thick (not considering the stand base). Preferably a 17" screen and 1680x1050 widescreen resolution. Most desktop monitors have a bulky rear used for the power supply and all. I'd like...
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    Guerilla marketing and corporate forum trolling

    I haven't posted at anandtech in a while but I read it constantly. I'm hoping to start a discussion on a corporate practice known as guerrilla marketing. Guerrilla marketing is an increasing phenomenon and is the practice of a corporation to use a variety of surreptitious tactics to improve...
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    Performance bug in Sonoma CPU?

    I've been experiencing a very strange slowdown problem while running some games on my Sonoma 760 laptop. The problem occurs in FEAR and a couple other 3D games where the frame rates drop to about 20-30% of normal values for a couple minutes and then bounce back for five minutes or so...
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    Audigy2ZS notebook and Sager 5720

    I've been having some difficulty with my Creative Audigy2ZS PCMIA card working in my new Sager 5720. I used the same card in my last laptop with no trouble at all so I'm pretty sure the card is good. The problem is during games there is a lot of static and high pitched distortion sounds...
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    video conferencing products

    Please list any recommendations on inexpensive video conferencing products and software for personal use. I know most of those inexpensive PC cameras you can buy include some type of software but I haven't found much info on the quality or usablity. Mostly I'm interested in setting up the...
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    digital music recorder?

    I need something that can record music at reasonably good quality and then transfer it to a PC. Most small MP3 players and digital cameras have voice recording capability but the quality is poor. I'm looking for one that can use an external mic or preferably one with a high quality built in...
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    Motherboard/CPU temp monitoring

    I noticed that on my new socket 939 motherboard the temp of the CPU indicates about 10C above room temperature at boot as read in the BIOS when the system has been sitting overnight. Motherboard temp reads normal room temperature at boot. The CPU temp then rises over a few minutes and...
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    tranferring a RAID0 to another system?

    I never tried this and was hoping someone could give me a quick answer. Is it possible to preserve the contents of a single volume 2 drive SATA RAID0 array when changing motherboards? This is not the boot volume. I'm changing from an ASUS A7N8X deluxe to the new Asrock ULi board and will...
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    Teenagers, Parents, and the Information Age

    I was having a conversation today with my sister in law about how she can better cope with her young teenage daughter and the growing popularity of instant messaging, email, photophones, etc. as a popular way of communicating with other teenagers. I would like to get other peoples'...
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    Wondering when we will get a decent laptop chipset for mobile Athlons

    It would be really nice to have laptops running high end Athlon64s with PCIe mobile graphics cards. I'd like to get a nice portable with a high end video card I can use for gaming but it seems the only choice right now is Pentium4 systems and the Dell Pentium-M systems. I've heard ATi is...
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    Confusion over Maxtor product line

    I saw a Maxtor drive at Costco today. A 300GB, SATA-150, 16MB cache drive with an included bonus SATA PCI card for $150. Not a bad deal but it didn't give any specifics about the drive model. No model number or product number, just a serial number on the side of the box. I'm interested in...
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    Inspiron 9300 Go 6800 DDR speed?

    Dell doesn't say what type of DDR the 6800 option for the 9300 comes with. Basically there is DDR1 or DDR3 for this graphics card. I'm assuming that since Dell doesn't specify it must be the much slower DDR1 version. Does anybody know for certain?
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    overclocking 2x1GB RAM on dual channel A64

    I hate to start a whole new thread on this and have read through several older ones but I haven't seen anyone who has reported any definitive experience on overclocking larger RAM modules on the A64 platform in dual channel. I know at this time I don't need anymore than 1GB for gaming but...
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    AGP and PCIe on one board!! (Biostar NF4UL-A9 )

    This board just came out apparently and is priced very low. It's NF4 Ultra and includes both AGP and PCIe graphics card slots. First I've seen of this kind. I'm not sure about the Biostar brand and have no experience with them but it's an intriguing idea to have this kind of flexibility...
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    setting up a mixed G and B dual AP network

    Another good use of dual routers is for managing mixed wireless networks. I just picked up a new linksys WRT54G to replace my older linksys wireless-B router. Since I have four wireless devices in my house and one of them is B while the rest are G I didn't want the B device to slow down my...
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    ASUS A7N8X POST beeps

    I have several systems with the ASUS A7N8X and one of them which I built for a friend has died. After troubleshooting various components including the graphics card I managed to get it to boot to BIOS with a different PSU (one beep from the POST to indicate all is good). So after purchasing...
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    Epox 9NDA3+: New Choice for Socket 939 (article)

    Just wanted to comment on the location of the floppy drive connector. Seemed like a brilliant idea to me to place it at the bottom of the board. My first thought was that you build your system without a permanant floppy drive installation but you have easy access to the socket on those rare...