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    How to make drives invisible to XP?

    I write disk utilities, and I'm not very good at it, so they are full of bugs, so when I test one I like to turn all but one of my hard drives off so I don't screw them up. With my old PC, all I had to do was go into the BIOS and set a drive I wanted off to "NONE," and it would be invisible to...
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    WTF? Corsair TX650W SATA Power Leads Don't Fit

    Am I going nuts? My trusty old PC finally gave up the ghost after five years of good service, so I ordered a new MB, CPU. PSU, memory, and video card from Newegg. The box arrived today and I spent the evening putting it together, using my old case, drives, and KB/mouse. Long story short...
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    Cavalry 1TB ESATA External Drive $150

    http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=206805237 According to reviews, it's a WD drive inside, and it works perfectly with a DTV HD receiver. Edit: Stupid spelling error fixed. Newegg just put an Acomdata 1TB ESata on sale for $140, FS. I've bought several Cavalry drives before...
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    Seagate 1TB External Drive $155 Shipped

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148332 Free 3-day Shipping. 5-year warranty, according to the Seagate website. I have a 500MB and a 750MB version of this, and both have been flawless. Only minor annoyance is they use a special plug on the (included) USB cable, so don't...
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    Costco adopts 90-day return policy on electronics

    The party's over. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/305240_costco27.html "The Issaquah-based retailer has begun limiting money-back returns on TVs, computers, cameras, camcorders, iPods, MP3 players and cell phones to 90 days. Previously, there was no time limit except for personal...
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    My Sceptre LCD Ticks

    I got a 22" Sceptre LCD monitor last month, and I love it. Great clarity, great colors, no ghosting on games. The only thing that bothers me is that it "ticks" when it's off. If it is plugged in, but the PC is not on, it gives out about one tick per second that is clearly audible across the...
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    Can I plug a surge suppressor into a UPS?

    I bought some new external hard drives, and I'm out of outlets on my UPS, but I have a bunch of strip surge suppressors. I've read that you're not supposed to plug a surge suppressor into the output of a UPS, but they never say why. Is there any problem with doing it, besides the obvious...
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    Newbie question on TV Out (Clone Mode)

    I have a feeling this is a stupid question. I have an Nvidia 6800 graphics card with video out. I normally run my monitor at 75Hz vertical refresh, but when I switch to Clone mode to watch a video on my TV, the card automatically bumps my monitor down to 60Hz. I just assumed that was a...
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    WD Caviar SD 400GB SATA 16MB Cache $186 No Rebate

    Monarch Computer code 150175 Monarch Computer Be gentle, my first deal.
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    Are Nvidia drivers safe to use with any 6800?

    I know it sounds like a stupid question, but I'm not an idiot, I'm just a moron. I have a Leadtek A400, which is a vanilla 6800 (not GT or ultra). I want to install the latest drivers, and the Nvidia website has much newer ones than the Leadtek website. I emailed Leadtek tech support with...