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    Computer hell - help please!

    Ok, so here's the story on this computer that I have been having tons of issues with over the past month: Athlon XP 1800+ (133FSB) Spire WhisperRock IV CPU cooler MSI KT4AV-L (MS-6712) board (VIA KT400A) Antec Trupower 430 (I think that's the power level... I know it's an Antec) PNY Verto...
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    Misleading Ads for Compaq 2500 series laptop deal

    Before anyone complains, I will admit that this post is rather "rant-y". Also, I will admit that it could be posted in Brag & Moan, but I think it's important for it to have it's own topic title, which is why I posted here... Summary I recently encountered another one of Compaq's misleading...
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    DEAD but UPDATED NEWS - HOT: Compaq Presario Laptop DVD/CDRW, 2.6Cel, WiFi b/g, 15" $699 AR + free ship

    Haven't seen this on the board anywhere, but I think it's a hot deal: <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1069300204307&amp;type=product&amp;skuId=6229075">BestBuy.com</a> deal: Compaq Presario Notebook / Laptop 2596US Intel® Celeron®...
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    ACPI vs APM?

    After a lot of playing (ok, well it wasn't actually fun!) with my system, I seem to see that ACPI has a bad habit of loading many devices on one (or two) IRQs. This, of course, ends up causing problems with video cards (especially) and caused me many lockups. Anyway, I figured the AnandTech...