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    new sata dvd drive won't spin

    Hi guys, my dvd drive was going south so I got a samsung from newegg. Its SATA, recognizes in windows and in the bios, but it won't boot a vista or XP disc at startup, nor will it load anything when in XP. It just shows a blank explorer window. Tried making the drive my only bootable drive...
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    splinter cell double agent limited edition for 40$ at EB

    same price as standard.. 45$ at the zon (normal v). http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=200226
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    resident evil 4 (RE4) for GC Gamecube: 19.99

    Finally dropped I verified EB and Gamestop eb link Text
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    I can't edit my profile

    I'd like to change my email address as it is no longer available (attbi), but it says my username is invalid. Is that because I have an underscore in my name? Can you please fix or help me change my email address?
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    "major brand name" 52" dlp, DVI, component, no tuner 1199 in the friday frys ad!

    Saw it in the portland ad, thats a fantastic price I got my toshiba 52 incher with no tuner for 1600 on clearance back in september. "major brand name" could be samsung toshiba panasonic mitsubishi the picture looks like a samsung, but that is misleading I'm sure
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    metroid prime 2 19.99 at EB

    Text i've been waiting forever for this one
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    i cant update my profile

    Probably because I have an underscore in my username.. Please don't take it away.
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    Handheld Pacman and Ms Pacman controllers at Target BM for 19$

    Picked one up for a present yesterday. I was looking at those at Bestbuy and they were 30$ Not bad for a neat toy and 5 game emulator.
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    ATA66 cables vs ATA100 cables

    My stupid ATA100 slave connector snapped off and am now using one of my older ATA66 cables. Anyone know if performance degrades or is it purely based on the drive and controller? They sure look the same to me. If so then ill get some nice round ones..
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    DUMBB XP Install question

    got my comp to boot up, so im just trying to refresh my xp install so it will work correctly. Its on the E drive and I set the boot to CD so XP will install. The only problem is upon the initial restart, the bios is still set for boot by CD, and if i hit enter to boot from CD it will start all...
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    HELP! where to find 4-pin molex to 4-pin square connector converters???

    I had an earlier post and i have all my stuff ready for upgrade on an older antec sx830 case with a antec 300 W 303x power supply. But it doesnt have that new 4 pin connector required for the new cpus, it only has the standard ATX cable! I read here ...
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    20 gb hard drive suddenly really slow

    Q 1: Ive been running this rig for about 3 years now. Its got a 20 gig maxtor drive and a MSI socket 370 with a p3 600 OC to 800 on 2 128 matched sticks off ECC micron ram. I recently got a 120 gig hd and got rid of win2k in favor of xp and was running it for awhile until it did a crap out in...
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    antec minuet slim HTPCish case 89$ shipped

    Text Didnt see this one up so I thought Id do my first deal in a loooong time. Seems this is relatively cheap for a nice case such as this for HTPCs since those usually go 150$+ and arent as neat looking. Didnt see any reviews but this is the product line along with the Sonata super quiet...
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    interesting question about shutting down on windows machines

    I just recently installed xp and when i shut down it takes forever, just sits there, not doing anything like accessing the harddrive for like a good 20 seconds.. any reasons? but thats not the major question It stays at the "its now safe to turn off your computer" screen and i have to power...
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    ethernet compatible with xp?

    I recently installed xp on my win2k partition and everything works cept for my novell branded ethernet card (which btw im using right now on my win98 partition :) its an asix chip on it, is there a general driver out there for xp? This card was given to me by att for the cable modem to use and...
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    compaq presario 800 ultrathin notebook?

    what happened to that series.. it was sweet i saw it at fries and even had a firewire port on it, better priced and features than the sonys, but if you look at the notebooks at the compaq site it aint there!! there still selling it at retailers if you look up 80XL550 in pricegrabber. I couldnt...
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    warm: import console game stuff like the dc keyboard/playstation-controller convertors cheaper than anywhere else

    http://www.lik-sang.com im not affiliated with them at all, just thought that no one has posted anything on this kind of stuff, and i was pretty exited that they had some cool stuff. you can walk away from the place saving a bit of money than other places but there are 2 things: shipping is...
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    help me out with a gts anomaly (strange)

    ok just got my oewm geforce2 card and popped it in and installed UT on both win98 and win2000. heres what i have: p3@800 256pc133 micron registered ram geforce2 msi6069 via motherboard with agp driver installed in win98 the mouse is super laggy in resolutions higher than 800x600 @ 16 bit, and...
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    **all done thanks** video card poll for my writing assignment, help me out and participate!

    For my business writing class, im doing a report on reccomending a video card for a business that wants to upgrade, so i put together a questionaiire about it and want to post the results in my paper. I picked the anandtechers because our niche is to know the latest and greatest and i know your...
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    staples return policy??

    I bought a router awhile ago and never used it and its sealed, and i want to take it back to the store without a reciept will they give me store credit or online credit? The lady i talked to on the phone was wishy washy about it.. Has anybody done this? I know places like target offer store...
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    if any of you have a fred meyer near you...

    I just grabbed an army of darkness limited edition for 13.99 down from 17.. I dont know about you, but ive seen these gold colored keep case gems sell like hotcakes online cause only 40,000 were issued. I grabbed the last copy at mine in Eugene, but who knows what they might have. Hell i was...