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    Google plans a Web-browser, and it's Open-Source!

    OK, tried it on a second computer at work. Still fast - and some pages still look like crap. I was probably a little harsh on Google when I complained about how Ebay's page looks, though. Considering some of the butchery performed by Ebay's programmers lately, you can't really lay all the...
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    Google plans a Web-browser, and it's Open-Source!

    I think I'll like it a lot after they get the kinks worked out - it is simple and very fast for me. I have noticed that even on pages that do keep their same look - the rendering just doesn't seem as 'sharp' as in Firefox. I went ahead and reported the differences. And yeah, it doesn't play...
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    Google plans a Web-browser, and it's Open-Source!

    What I meant was, Ebay functions, but the font rendering is funky - some of the fonts are normal size, while some are very, very small. (auction titles in search pages, for example) One other message board I frequent is the same way - most are at least, 'ok' though. Anandtech looks good...
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    Google plans a Web-browser, and it's Open-Source!

    Checking it out now - performance seems pretty snappy to me, and the Firefox import worked flawlessly How it renders pages varies wildly, however. Some of my other forums render normally (same as in Firefox), some are slightly different - and a couple are just plain awful Unfortunately...
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    NEC 3550A sux

    This may not apply in your case, but they do wear out. I've also got a 3550A that I've had for about a year; have probably burned 250-300 DVD's. Unfortunately, it's not going to burn anymore - it no longer recognizes blank DVD media or burned DVD's. It still recognizes commercially produced...
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    ~~~~ Brag & Moan ~~~~

    Moan on good old Radio Shack. Found a deal on the Ultra black case that came with their X-Finity 500W power supply. Placed my order, and it showed 'in stock in the warehouse" - stayed at that status for 2 days. Just now got an email cancelling my order, saying that the item is no longer...
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    Budget 19" battle - Dell 1907FP vs BenQ FP91G+

    I don't do heavy photo editing, and most of my photos are objects so I don't need to be ultra critical. I'm avoiding the widescreens and larger screens for now simply because my old video card (9800 Pro) would choke on the higher resolutions. I do like Viewsonic stuff though....my current...
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    Budget 19" battle - Dell 1907FP vs BenQ FP91G+

    Hmmmm........you may be right on that one. Interesting tidbit I just dug up on Cnet (which I usually ignore). I checked out their review of the 1907, then checked out the user comments section. Most of the responses were positive; however, every person who had previously owned a 1905 FP...
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    Budget 19" battle - Dell 1907FP vs BenQ FP91G+

    Wow, 19" LCD's are now at the magic price point where even the terminally cheap (like me) need to buy one. Looks like my 2 best candidates in the under $250 category are the new Dell 1907 and the BenQ FP91G+ (now available at the 'Egg without any rebate hassles). I know a bunch of people...
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    Dell video card options

    Actually, Dell does offer a 6800GT (or their own take on it called the 6800 GTO), but at a major price premium. My recommendation to him is based on his interest in shooters; I have not heard glowing things about the stock X300SE (as in, my 2+ year old TI4200 can almost keep up with it!). With...
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    Dell video card options

    Oh, the other thing that makes me a tad suspicious about the Dell versions of these cards....both options (the 6800 and the X800SE) are exactly the same price. It would be wonderful if you could just add a standard video card; but my understanding is that NO current Dell systems have an AGP...
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    Dell video card options

    Ok, trying to help my brother configure a Dell (hold the snickering, please). He does want to do some gaming with it, which leaves the Dimension 8400 as pretty much the only option. I'm telling him to skip the X300, leaving 2 choices for a video card; either 128MB X800 SE (a neutered OEM X800...
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    Grrr...processor upgrade frustration

    Hmmmmm...... I have 2 256MB sticks of PC2100 in right now, but they're different brands. I might pull one at a time and see what happens. Both sticks worked fine with the old T-bird; are the Athlon XP's more 'sensitive' when it comes to memory quality?
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    Grrr...processor upgrade frustration

    I haven't touched any of the memory timing settings (left the defaults).....should I change them?
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    Grrr...processor upgrade frustration

    Just thought of something else to add.....using PC2100 (266) DDR memory. I know some people have had difficulties with this board using PC133, but that's not the case here.
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    Grrr...processor upgrade frustration

    The story so far........ I'm trying to squeeze another year of life out of my ancient box with the venerable ECS K7S5A motherboard. I found a dirt cheap Athlon XP 2200 to replace the 1.2 T-Bird that's been running in it the past 3 years. Swapped the processor and did what I thought was the...
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    Where to buy an AMD thermal pad?

    Perfect! (and cheap, too). I had no clue who made those for AMD; thanks for the tip!
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    Where to buy an AMD thermal pad?

    Yes, you heard me.......pad Now, I know Arctic Silver is better, but look at my situation. 1. Will never be overclocked 2. Will never be removed from this machine 3. To be used on a retail Athlon XP 2200 and heatsink....which cleaned up quite nicely, BTW 4. I'm lazy One small...
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    Best Nvidia drivers for Win98?

    Thanks, I'll check them out. I know I need to get XP on that box at some point, but it's my recording computer. And I hate to have to buy both XP and new recording software at the same time. (The package that I'm using is one of those rare birds that WON'T run in XP's compatibility mode)
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    Best Nvidia drivers for Win98?

    Yeah, I know it's ancient, but I'm squeezing a little more life out of the beast. What are the most stable drivers out there for a Windows98 box? Searched already and haven't come up with much in the way of an answer............
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    Big difference between a TI4200 and TI4600?

    Hey all, thanks for the advice. A 9700 Por would be nice, but it looks to be pretty tough to find one under 100 bucks. I'll still keep my eyes open though; might be a nice alternative
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    Big difference between a TI4200 and TI4600?

    OK, the video card on my kids PC has gone bye-bye......the budget is pretty tight now, so anything new that's halfway decent is out. Used TI4200's seem to be running about 50-60 bucks used with some careful shopping, while the 4600's are running 80 dollars or so. Is there a big enough...
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    Help! CD-RW problems...driver weirdness?

    OK....the plot thickens. I dug around a little more and found that some nefarious driver installation program that came with the Lite-On drive put these lines into my system files: In CONFIG.SYS it added DEVICE = C:\CDROM.SYS /D:MSCD000 In AUTOEXEC.BAT it added...
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    Help! CD-RW problems...driver weirdness?

    Ok....this one's got me stumped. Trying to get the CD-RW drive on my kid's computer working without success. Here's the basic info: Win98SE ECS K7S5A Motherboard Hitachi DVD drive as secondary master Lite-On 12X CDRW drive as secondary slave Now for the strangeness...the BIOS recognizes all...
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    Switching Hard Drives

    There have been numerous posts on this topic before, but I have one additional question I can't find the answer to. I am building a new machine (Athlon 1.2, ECS K7S5A MB) and am taking the Hard Drive from my old machine (WD 40gig 7200...only 3 months old). I have a ton of programs and data on...
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    1.2, 1.33, or 1.4?? Most Stable

    Is there any difference between the 1.2, 1.33 and 1.4 Athlon in terms of stability? There's basically no price difference, and not that many applications where I'll notice the speed difference. What I'm looking for is the fewest number of problems, both in building a new system and day to day...
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    ECS K7S5A & 1.4 Athlon & 300W PS = Problems?

    I am getting ready to order the ECS K7S5A motherboard..(as soon as someone has it in stock!)..after serious scanning through these forums it seems that some people have had great success with this board while others have had problems. There seems to be a common thread running through all the...
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    Min-Maw case at NewEgg....any opinions?

    Min-Maw case Anyone had experience with this case? Mainly want to know if the power supply is good or crap, and how this case compares with the Enlight 7237 (about the same price).
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    Retail vs Aftermarket Heatsinks

    OK. at first I thought this was a no-brainer. I'm getting ready to buy either a 1.2 or 1.4 Athlon and was planning to buy the retail version with the stock heatsink/fan combo, as there will be NO overclocking done on this system (this is my first complete system build). The difference between...