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    Canon IP4300 printer for $100 - $40MIR = $60 (June 10 through 16)

    http://private.abacus24-7.com I've had good luck with them, they only have the OEM cartridges for the 4300. I use a 4000 and the cost for those cartridges is 1/10th of the 4300 OEM refills and seem to be equal in quality.
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    Western Digital 500GB External USB Hard Drive $97

    If you just bring up Dell's regular webpage and go from there, you can access it with special. Just ordered it for $103: 500 GB 7200 RPM USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - My Book Essential Edition $149.00 1 $149.00 Dell Home Customers: Save 35% off Select External Storage! - $52.15...
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    Gigabyte P965-S3 NB heatsink under-sized

    Any idea of what temp the NB was at while under stress? Mine gets up to 51C while working out. No problems with Vista.
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    Vista and 3rd party firewalls

    And remember the fuss about Microsoft wanting to limit access to the kernel and Norton crying because their apps needed access? Microsoft told them to work around it, access to the kernel was to be limited.
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    Shall I go for on-board or X-Fi sound?

    Wait until they get the drivers straightened out with Vista. A newer MB with a HD audio chip will sound fine, a lot better than than a sound card not working properly.
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    Best DVDRW drives out there now?

    If you read about Pioneers 111's and 112's in CDFreaks.com, you will find they are low cost good quality drives. Unfortunately, they only have IDE interfaces. I recently got the Lite-on 16X SATA drive and it is quiet, burns well, and works well with various media. Usually sold out on Newegg...
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    EVGA customer satisfaction ?? News at 10:00

    Why would lawyers get involved? It was at the most $299 which is small claims court. The lawyer would have charged that much. EVGA said the cpu protective cover was in place when they recieved it. This pretty much rules out shipping damage. We will never know if the OP is correct in saying the...
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    What Codec Pack have you Installed??

    Sounds like you need to try running back at stock settings and try the media again. See if it crashes then.
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    Vista sound cards

    IMHO, it may be better to wait and see if anyone is designing a new card to take advantage of DX10. All I find on various sound card sites is "Vista drivers are being worked on by our team". So apparently they are all having problems with Vista and the new audio API's. But at least Reltek has a...
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    Need to come up with a good question to stump my professor...

    The Collatz conjecture Wikipedia entry
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    What is the best hardware review site?

    johnnyguru.com for PSU's.
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    EVGA customer satisfaction ?? News at 10:00

    Thank you for the reply. I am curious, was the protective cover in place over the CPU socket? (Of course that may not prove much.)
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    Brand new Gigabyte DS3 from Newegg is Rev. 2.0

    Will you be happy keeping it? Do you need the FSB increase?
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    Which 1000W Power Supply to Get?

    It was a good thread to keep up with "current" events.
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    EVGA customer satisfaction ?? News at 10:00

    Frustration>>stress>>anger>>posting>>ventilation>>acceptance>>experience>>knowledge. Sorry about the $299 lost and the frustration. I have to ask, was there not a plastic peice/cover for the cpu socket, that is expressly mentioned in the instructions, and has to be replaced before returning...
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    What Codec Pack have you Installed??

    Check out the download link I postred for him at the top of the htread. I agree codec packs are usually bloated, the one I use is well put together. "Codecs have always been a pain in the butt. This package takes from the best, all the big name creators, several small guys too. Then I track...
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    Full version vs Upgrade?

    I do not believe it would run any better than the Upgrade. The Full Version would let you do an absolutely clean install if you ever needed it. As far as the apps you listed, you can run them in 32-bit emulation mode. But i would really double check each one first before installing 64 bit...
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    Redemption Forms: Has your Vista arrived?

    I was reading where the Dell owners were finally getting their upgrades.
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    What Codec Pack have you Installed??

    I think it was the codecs not working with the player you were using. You say you Nero Player on the XP system, but were you using Windows Media player when it would go out of synch? That is why I suggested Media Player Classic, it just seems to work with anything as long as the codec is present.
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    What Codec Pack have you Installed??

    Here is the one I use on Vista 32 bit They have a 64bit version as well. I also installed Media Player Classic. I use MPC for playing video files.
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    Western Digital WD5000AAKS @ ZZF $136.5 Shipped

    The same price at Newegg with free shipping today.
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    I ordered a *new* Intel DG965WH motherboard from ebay and now it no worky

    I doubt the warranty is transferrable, if they somehow exchange it without a retail reciept you will be good to go. Otherwise, you are stuck unless the seller is charitable.
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    HP DSC 1610 all-in-one

    Is this actually the PSC 1610? A "P" instead of a "D"? Some user comments from various places concerning the PSC: " by jazztpt99, Jan 26, 2007 Pros: Quality of print and scan Cons: PAPER JAMS CONSTANTLY! TERRIBLE DESIGN, WOULD NOT BUY AGAIN" "by thare33, Nov 12, 2006 Pros...
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    audio drama with vista and my new system

    I would try this, uninstall the nvidia audio driver and make sure it is completely un-installed. Check Device manager in Safe mode to make sure ithe Nvidia driver is not showing up at all. Reboot. Get the latest realtek driver from the realtek site, I believe they had one from last week...
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    Just installed Vista Home Premium on my HTPC rig

    The Green Button is a good site for Media Center info and fixes.
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    Vista, SATA and multiple problems.....

    1. You said he uses this computer for work, yet has a problem with "downloading malware and viruses"? He needs two separate computers, one for work and one for "downloading malware and viruses". Otherwise, someone is going to be getting all his business data if they haven't already. He needs to...
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    This Is Worth A Chuckle!

    I had Vista beta and bought the Home Premium Upgrade version. I decided to wipe the drive clean and reformat and do a fresh install. Since I had the beta key, I figured this would be all right as i was assuming the Upgrade would maybe only ask for the beta key or disk. Well, Vista Upgrade will...
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    Plextor DVD problems and Tirger Direct

    Look on cdfreaks.com and in the optical drive forum, you will find that the newer Lite-ons burn very well. Plextors not so well these days. Plextor actually had another manufacturer's drive rebadged as a Plextor in the last year. And still charged more for it than the original manufacturer...
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    Need some Power supply recomendations

    Does Dell still have the proprietary connectors?
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    Would a Vista upgrade let me upgrade HW at the same time?

    Think about it. You install an application on a OS. Then you change the OS. You will have to re-install the applications. Save your data to a dvd/CD/USB drive, etc. Then just do a clean install.
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    DVI KVM - is there such a thing?

    I suggest getting a separate DVI switch and then a USB/audio switch from Monoprice. A lot cheaper. DVI switch USB switches
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    Vista issues with NEC ND-3550A dvd drive... drive or ide controller problem??

    Three things to try: Contol Panel>Classic View>.Users>>Turn of UAC, see if you can read the disks, so we will know if it is a security problem Try installing IMGBurn, it is free and works in Vista. After you install it, see if it can read the disks in the NEC. Perhaps a changed interface...
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    Vista issues with NEC ND-3550A dvd drive... drive or ide controller problem??

    While in Vista, Control Panel>>Device Manager, delete the dvd drive. Then reboot and see if the drive is recognized and installed by Vista. I have an IDE hard drive, an IDE dvd writer, 2 SATA hard drives, and a SATA dvd writer. Installed Vista without problems, have not had any problems burning...
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    Having trouble with media center extender and permissions

    As long as you have UAC(user access control) turned on, you are not really the administrator. One thing to try, Open Control Panel, click on "Classic View", see if "Administrative Tools" will let you do it.
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    Appalled with Vista

    "The trouble with tribbles", I just wanted to write that, beam me up. :)
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    SATA HD- get 2 500GB? Or 4 250GB?

    Yea, I just ordered 2 of the WD Caviar 500GBfrom ZZF as posted by regpfj in Hot Deals. ZZF-WD Caviar at $136 each. SilentPC review Thank you everyone for your opinions.
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    Western Digital WD5000AAKS @ ZZF $136.5 Shipped

    Just ordered two, highly rated by SilentPCreview: SlentPC-WD Caviar "For once, a hard drive has lived up to its marketing claims. The 500 GB Caviar SE16 is the quietest 3.5" desktop drive that we know of on the market today. Not only is it quieter than all of the other high capacity drives...
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    SATA HD- get 2 500GB? Or 4 250GB?

    For video files mainly. The perfromance from setting up a RAID array is not important to myself, the redundacy or increase in speed are not a priority. These are Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA's OEM from New Egg. The media files (approx 3.5 GB to 10 GB in size) are backed up to DVD's when...
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    The real cost of Vista for the layman. (2/20 - Need help with Media Center and TV card please)

    "Q: How do I connect my directv/cable/dish HD set top box up to media center. A: Your only option is an analog tuner. You will not get HD quality. The only supported HD quality connections to media center are the digital cable tuner (only sold with a certified digital cable media center...
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    Appalled with Vista

    "It was an Athlon X2 3800 with 1 GB of RAM and onboard nVidia graphics. " Vista Basic should run fine on that computer. I am wondering if it had McAfee, Norton, etc trying to load and update in the background? The man is looked upon as being knowledgable about computers, I doubt talking trash...