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    Acer 22" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HD Monitor for $50

    Best Buy is offering an Acer 22 inch Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD HD Monitor, Model AL2216WBD for $49.99 plus tax (if you can find them in-store) or for an additional $15 shipped.
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    WARM: Acronis TrueImage Home Version 11, $20 AR, FREE After "Upgrade" Rebate

    Frys.com is offering Acronis TrueImage Home software (version 11) for free (after upgrade rebate) or $20 after normal rebate. http://shop4.frys.com/product/5386588 Offer valid untill 6/17/2008. They also have this offer in their B&M locations (at least in San Jose, but should be offered...
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    Seagate 1TB Drive Will Not Work With ECS KT600-A Mobo

    I wanted to post this in the Motherboards forum in case someone else runs into a similar situation. I had two SATA drives working with an ECS KT600-A motherboard (both under 300 GB) and wanted to replace one with a new Seagate 1TB drive from Frys. It would sometimes be recognized by the system...
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    One TB Seagate SATA Drive Problems (Can Both Be Bad)?

    I am currently running a SageTV PC with an ECS KT600a motherboard with 512 MB Ram, an Antec 380 watt power supply and one Sony CD/DVD drive. I have two SATA hard drives that have been running in this system for SageTV purposes. One is a 200 GB Maxtor and the other a 250 GB WD. I recently...
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    20 Pin vs 24 Pin Power Supply

    I have an Antec power supply with a 20 pin connector for the main power to the motherboard. I noticed that the newer motherboards require a 24 pin power supply connection. Will the older power supply work with a newer motherboard (with an adapter of some sort)? There is a great deal on a...
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    WARM: Slingbox A/V for $140 plus Shipping at Frys.com

    WARM: Frys.com is offering the Slingbox A/V from SlingMedia for $140 plus shipping. This is $40 off the regular price. http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4998261 "The Slingbox AV is the perfect companion for your DVR, digital cable, or satellite receiver (Got no box? Try the Slingbox TUNER...
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    My Sata Drive only Showing Half Capacity in Windows Setup With ABIT NF-95 and Maxtor 200 GB Drive

    Hello; I just purchased an ABIT NF-95 Motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processor, 1GB DDR 400 Kingston Ram and also have a Maxtor SATA ATA/150 200 GB drive. I put this in an Antec Sonata case with a 380 Watt Antec Truepower 2.0 supply. All went together well, and the bios shows the...
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    Antec Sonata 120mm Rear Case Fan's Rubber Mounts

    I have a situation where I could use some information. I had to replace my Antec Sonata's rear 120mm case fan and used all my extra special (original) rubber mounts when installing the new one. Where can I get these special rubber fan mounts used for mounting that 120mm rear fan in the...
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    160GB on an Old Machine

    I have an ECSK7S5A motherboard running an Athlon XP 2000+ all at stock 133 mhz settings. I installed a Maxtor 160 GB (IDE) new drive and loaded Windows XP (SP2 and updates). I forgot to install the "max blaster" software so the entire drive is recognized by my older system (can't see...
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    Asus P4P800E-Deluxe Fries (As In Caught Fire!!)

    My friend's Asus P4P800E motherboard recently fried and seemed like it actually caught on fire and burnt a section of board near where the game port plugs into the mobo. Luckily I purchased this for him and also included an extended one year warranty from Newegg, so I think I'm covered as far...
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    ECS KT600-A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL XP Install Error

    My latest build is giving me some problems. I have the following hardware: AMD Sempron 3000+ CPU Elite KT600-A Motherboard Sony DRU720A CD/DVD Western Digital 250 GB SATA Hard Drive, 7200 RPM, w/8MB Kaser FX5200 Video Card w/128MB Kingston 512 MB PC3200 CL3 memory stick I set the...
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    Virus in Email for Subsrciption Update to Topic

    My Norton Antivirus picked this up in a subscription Email update from THIS thread: *************************** VIRUS REMOVED *************************** An attachment has been removed because it contained a virus. *************************** VIRUS REMOVED...
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    Abit NF7-S Recommendations

    Been a while since I posted any questions on this great forum. My friend would like to build an AMD system. I am thinking about recommending the Abit NF7-S (Newegg has them on sale for $89 today) after reviewing a lot of threads here in this motherboard section. He has this ATI GL X1-128...
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    Avenue A Spyware

    Avenue A spyware is now on Anandtech. This is a known spyware tracking cookie and luckily my Spybot software is stopping it from being downloaded while surfing these forums. I find it disturbing that this type of advertising is allowed on AT (you know, that whole security and privacy issue...
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    Soyo Flash Reader Messed Up My Smart Media Card

    I have an Olympus digital camera and have been using an 8MB Smart Media card with it. I have been downloading pictures using the floppy "Camedia" adapter (yes, it was slow). I recently purchased a Soyo Flash Reader AVI 6.1 described here. The install went great using Win XP and an Asus...
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    Viewsonic VA520 Display (Worth $200)??

    Best Buy has these on sale for around $200 after rebates. I can only find a few reviews on this product. Anyone have any experience with one of these displays??
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    Snow White & Seven Dwarfs E-Mail Virus

    Received an E-Mail with something about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which contained an attachment that had a virus (worm) with it. My Norton caught it while I was downloading my e-mail so I just deleted it (which is why I don't have more details, sorry). Just wanted to warn everyone. It...
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    MODS Please Lock/Delete, Repost, Sorry!

    Here is an Article about Gateway Computers abandoning AMD chips in their systems (from ZDNet's AnchorDesk). This has been discussed/posted before but this article has some interesting facts. Some quotes from the article: "It isn't just that Gateway is one of AMD's biggest customers. What...
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    Has Anyone Ran Super-Pi Benchmark on their OC Systems ?

    Saw this THREAD in amdmb.com's benchmark forums on a program that calculates PI to a certain number of decimal places to test for CPU stability. This showed some interesting results (look for my reply in thread) as I had to lower my FSB in order for the program to run. I have been using Sandra...
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    Laser Printer, Brother HL-1240, $199, Office Depot in Las Vegas

    Went to Office Depot in Las Vegas and found they were clearing out the Brother Laser Jet HL-1240 Home Printer for $199. Printer Specifications These printers go in the $260's plus shipping on the net. I got tired of my various deskjet printers not working, clogging, buying cartriges, running...
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    How Do I Block E-Mail From Being Received (Specific From Address)

    Anyone know how I can block E-Mail from someone constantly spamming me. :| I don't know if any of you are getting E-Mail from "COL. IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA (RTD)" but I get at least four to six per week. Is there a way to block E-Mail from being received? (Would have to look in the...
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    4 external 5.25" bay case, 300 w supply $35 (any good??)

    I am looking for a mid tower case to build a PC based on an EPoX 8K7A MB and 1.2 AMD Thunderbird CPU. I found this Directron.com PSI 992K mid tower case and liked it because of its four external 5.25" bays (most mid towers only have three). It is only $35 and comes with a 300 Watt supply...