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    YMMV - Best Buy Unofficial Musical Instrument Liquidation !!

    BIG TIME YMMV Apparently the increasingly "Ill Fated" Musical Instrument expansion has been a major loss leader and given Best Buy's general poor financial performance and outlook... Skinny is Best Buy is slowly trying to quietly exit the Musical Instrument Biz... So far it seems that...
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    HOT! S-IPS HP 22" and 24" LCD Monitors ($122/$250 after MIR) @ MacMall

    First Post in Years, hey guys! enjoy $250.99 after $50 MIR with FREE SHIPPING HP ZR24w 24-inch S-IPS Widescreen LCD Monitor (VM633A8#ABA) http://www.macmall.com/p/HP-Monitors...79~pdp.gbbaifj $121.99 after $50 MIR with FREE SHIPPING ZR22w 21.5-inch S-IPS Widescreen LCD Monitor...
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    Help find client config utility toshiba atheros ar5005gs adapter

    So I swapped out the shitty into pro wireless card that comes with my Dell centrino 700m. New card is Toshiba pa3426u1mpc This is an Atheros ar5005gs based card that I picked up on ebay sans software. No idea what model laptop it comes from. I'm having trouble (other threadother thread)...
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    wpa psk problems trobleshoot can't connect with any key

    Dell 700m with Atheros 5005GS wirelessNIC Driver version 7.4.2.105 with date 4/1/2008 ActionTEC M1424WR - provided by Verizon for FIOS firmware version 4.0.16.1.56.0.10.7 Other hardware details as requested. Summary: Used this combination with WPA for almost a year with no...
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    Outlook 2003- Help resolve multiple buggy issues.

    Environment: Single PC/Single User, WinXP Pro, Office 2003 Pro. Home office PC for self-employed Lawyer working from home. PC is critical for business. (Stressed out and can?t afford downtime) PC is used for web based research (IE7), Outlook for just about everything, Office 2003, Acrobat...
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    Long Path Names leading to file access problems???

    Cursory research has left me frustrated. NTFS volume on WinXP Pro System has been stable and in good working order for three+ years with regular maintanence. BACKGROUND: My Lawyer brother keeps his files very well organized in his "my documents" directory. He has grown a huge and...
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    Windows installed fine, but RAM-MB killing me.

    OK, I'm kinda stumped on this one. Keep getting error message saying the following file is corrupted/missing pease reinstall. <windows 2000 root>/system32/ntoskrnl.exe Have three different WinXP install CDs and have used two different CD/DVD drives. I tried master/slave and cable...
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    Netgear SC101 NAS

    Thinking of using this as none of the noob-ish cheapies seem to have very good reviews... Netgear SC101 I plan to rotate three identicle HDD. Every month or so I'll swap one out and place into a Safe Deposit box. I then hope that the newly inserted drive will then be "mirrored" and good...
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    Noob Tape-Backup Advice???

    BackUp idiot seeks back-up solution for broke non-technical lawyer friend. I am looking for an inexpensive but reliable back-up solution, thinking either tape or HDD. Criteria - Inexpensive - Must be as automated as possible. I will set up and maintain on a periodic basis, but...
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    7950 GT - Volt Mod?

    Wondering if the price premium over the 7900GT is worth it. I suspect that the same volt mod should work for this, but was hoping an enterprising early adopter would like to test it out. I also would like to know if it has the same HSF mounts. I'm thinking that soon after the DX10 cards...
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    Plextor RMA replaced my PX-716SA with PX755SA

    My 716SA died badly after about a year. Plextor was great about the RMA and quickly returned me a 'new' 755SA. Should I be happy??? Its a newer supposedly faster drive in some respects according to some reviews I read. It seems the 716 drives are getting a bad reputation so perhaps the...
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    HELP!-Can't get IPv6 address from DLink Wireless router

    Using WinXP Pro and Motorola WN825G wireless card in a laptop. Don't have access to the DLink wireless router in friends appartment that is apparently serving IPv6 addresses via DHCP and NAT internally. An apple MAC Book has an IPv6 address via DHCP from this router and is functioning no...
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    TH SI-120 vs SI-128

    Have had the SI-120 for a long while and on many cpus Have been using the SI-128 for a couple weeks now. Here are my thoughs for what its worth. 1. Its Big. Bigger than even the SI-120. Now there is no Fan overhang at all. There is a much larger surface area due to longer and deeper...
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    Is it AMDATI or ATIAMD?

    Buy now speculation on the merger is rampant, but I've stumbled on to an angle I haven't heard anywhere yet. This was the final thing that made all parties decide to go for it. AMDATI. aamdaaddy. I AMDATI. I am daddy. Thats it. AMDATI. It says "I am Daddy" or I am YOUR Daddy...
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    There's gremlins in thar hills!!!

    Couldn't for the life of me figure out why I was suddenly having trouble with my 7900GT. Its been running great for a couple months with no heat issues or stability issues. Then yesterday Oblivion started crashing. Even at default settings. Uh oh. FEAR. crash Looping 3dMark06 -...
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    *Dead*Ultra Microfly w/400wPS $49.99 fre ship + tax after MIR

    Didn't see this posted... link Sale ended, now $89.99 I set mine up. REally nice package. The PSU is actually really nice. It has the fan mounts for the 120mm and 80mm fans. The cables are perfect length for the case. It seems to power nicely too. It is currently running an OC...
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    Whats the Near Term deal with Opterons and pricing?

    I am very confused with all the volitility in the AMD and Intel price war. AMD seems to be EOLing all the 2x1MB CPUs except FX and one or two high end X2s on AM2. I see everyone and their mother selling off their 939 DC cpus and wanted to get one now, but everyone is selling their Opty...
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    DEAD - $128 DFI NF4 SLI-DR Expert REFURB @ Newegg

    Even without the accessories its a hot deal in my book. Linky to OC goodness Not sure what the waranty on these would be, but NewEgg gives 15 days for open box. These go for $150 at best used, so this seems pretty good to me...
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    Old Mushkin Level One Dual Pack

    Have several questions about the old Mushkin Level One dual pack. Its rated PC3500 233. 2.5-2.8 volts. **EDIT** Corected the stats above, oops Anyway Everything I read indicated it was CH-5 winbond chips. I was going to RMA due to some memory issues, but Mushkin Tech support insists...
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    DFI Expert - other versions???

    will the "expert" improvements trickle down to non SLi boards? I really like the 8-pin power and 4 phase power.... Been very impressed with the heatpipe and 8 phase power of the new Asus, or was it aBIT. anyway I'm happy with my 7800GT and can't pay $200+ for a M-Board. anyone have...
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    Opteron Dual Core: Voltage and Temps, limits of...

    In an attempt to some up information thats all over the place and link it ultimately to the appropriate "unofficial" thread, I ask this, cause everyone wants to know and it is really hard to make sense of all the meandering tech advice... So What are the safe/reasonable limits for voltage...
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    Westinghouse LCD PC Monitors

    Anyone have any experience with Westinghouse LCD Monitors? I guess they've had some success with their LCD TVs and figured they'd just remove the tuners:) Anyhoo I had a "special Discount" at Best Buy and it looked like a real good value based on price/features. BTW it seems Best Buy is...
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    Help going from IDE to Sata on DFI LP NF2 Ultra

    TIA for any help: As of now its all IDE. First I want to add just a SATA plextor DVD burner. Eventually I want to add a SATA primary HDD. How much can I mix and match? No RAID for a while so not an issue. Is it plug and play or do I need BIOS/Driver updates for Sata??? thanks...
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    Looking for best AXP Micro ATX Board

    Built the "ledgendary" Andara (Micron) smallish system a few years ago for mom. Its running $hitty so I figure I'd look into Micro ATX upgrades and use one of my old DLT3C AXPs. Its a waste of a fabulous overclocker, but I'd rather keep it than sell it for what its worth these days...
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    Delete please

    I bought the thing used. Everything seems to work fine, its just running like crap. I installed Kaspersky and found a bunch of viruses and malware, no surprise since there is cracked software and limewire on installed on the thing. I want to make a fresh start with a clean install of WinXP...
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    Canon EOS 20d (Body) $1157 (AR) shipped Digital1234

    Pretty happy with the transaction. I went for the Kit with EFS 17-55 lens for $1210(AR). In retrospect I'd rather have saved the $50 and just got the canon 50mm f1.8 prime that I just picked up new for $70. Its a million times better thanthe kit lens, I'll get something for wide angle...
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    Help With suspicious emails

    Hi! Posting on behalf of my brother. I want to know if we should be concerned with these suspicious email messages he has been receiveing. He has received about a half dozen to a dozen emails spread over about a week. The messages are all the same. No To, or From addresses. No...
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    How to dissable Belkin Spam Ad on Router

    This really pisses me off. How do I turn this off??? I read a bunch of stuff that there was supposed to be a new firmware sometime. I also read that there was some way to turn off the "feature" that hijaks a URL and redirects to their parental control ad. All the stuff I found on this is...
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    $799-IBM ThinkPad T23 1.13GHz PIII Laptop w/ DVD - overstock

    Not sure about Overstock or their VCA extended warrantee. Anyone with experience, I'm thinking of picking this up. I'm looking for a cheap, portable, no frills kinda laptop, was hoping to get an AMD based laptop, but no one seems to make those... Any advice on overstock and or their extended...
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    ***HELP*** Palm PDA Experts - WTB - WiFi-mp3-PlanPlus 2.0 capable palm

    Very happy Palm m500 user, looking to converge some devices. Basically I refuse to have a palm, cell phone, and an mp3 player as three or more devices. Its just silly, I lose stuff. I like my m500 But really want to listen to mp3s, and am very tempted to get a refurm iPod 10gb. BUT - I see...
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    Shockmachine says I need Shockwave version 8??? Help!!

    Need help from someone familiar with Macromedia shockwave, and an old utility called shockmachine. I am gathering resources for a web resource. I have a whole bunch of shockwave *.dcr files. Shockmachine was an app with which I could store all of these files and access them all at once with a...
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    Canon ESO Digital Rebel 6.3MP DSLR - $599.99 + Deals

    I saw "hot deal" post for one of these so I figured I'd share the joy. body only If your dying for the EF-S 15-55 Kit lens Personally I'm waiting for near Xmas to see all the new DSLRs beat each other down, this price drop seems to be in response to the new Nikon D70 which Rocks, but at this...
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    Antec True550w psu - Fan Only vs. "Normal" plugs???

    I searched and didn't see this anywhere so.. I have accidentally discovered that my case fans spin much slower in the "Fan Only" Power plugs, than on the "Normal" device power plugs. Is this supposed to be the case? I had the idea that "fan only" would be different in terms of draw, not the...
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    NF7-S issues - NF2/GART chipset driver issues with ATI cards?

    **changed the thread title** This has been my most problematic PC build by far. I have a thread at AMD forums. here's a link to save resources, though let me know if I should try and summarize here (don't know how I would do that). Background to my woes at AMDMB forums I am getting Display...
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    Mandrake 9.1 help - can't install Lyx or Qt

    To say I'm a lynux NOOB is an insult to NOOBs. I have spent about 11 hours reading faqs and searching for help. But now I'm stuck... get error installing lyx-1.3.3-1mdk91_qt.i586.rpm "qt = 2.2.1 is needed by lyx-1.3.3-1mdk91_qt.i586" I did a search in the Mandrake software package installer...
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    Outlook 2002 problem & unrelated AIW 9800 issue

    Trying to save bandwidth by consolidating 2 problems into one post. Hope this works. I'm currently building multiple PCs and these two issues are on totally different machines, so there is no relationship. 1. Outlook 2002. This is wierd. Just installed Office XP PRO Imported my .PST - no...
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    Compairing AIW RADEONS: 9800 vs. 9700???

    TIA for any help. I'm trying to figure out if its worth the price difference between the 9700 AIW PRO and the 9800 AIW PRO. Newegg has the 9800 AIW P for $394 shipped. Compusave has the 9700 AIW P for #323 shipped. Its $30 less than at NewEgg so I'll chance the iffy merchant. I can't relly...
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    Thermaltake tr2-m1 - help?

    SVC has this HSF on sale: flashy new TT tr2-m1 HSF "APPLICATION INTEL COPPERMINE 1.13 GHz TUALATIN 2.0 GHz AMD ALL DURON SERIES & ATHLON XP 3400+ " WTH? - the heat put out by athlons up to 3400+ are not in the same ballpark as 1.13GHz coppermines. Is this just reflecting lazy Intel...
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    Looking for T3 service provider and Cisco Hardware Vendor

    Help me find the above. 800 graduate student residents and staff. Located a few blocks from Columbia University in 2 large older buildings. (Upper West Side Manhattan, NYC) No network infrastructure of any kind for most of the residence. A small primitive LAN services the 50 or so staff. This...
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    Biostar M7VIG Pro - issues

    Jump ball for any peeps familiar with this board. Just got one from newegg and put together an inexpensive system for a friend. Just got the spanking new MBM 5.3 (came out just hours ago:) and the alerts are going nuts. No I knew that certain bios versions had temp reading issues, but I have...