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    HP Laptop Problems

    Great. Has anyone tried fighting customer support over this? GUess ill try hard, $215 is ok.
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    HP Laptop Problems

    I've read online that 1 long 2 short beeps is a video adapter problem ie. video card. Yea seems like im screwed here without warranty.
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    HP Laptop Problems

    Hey guys this is the first time having problems with a laptop so i am completely surprised at my lack of options. I was playing a game today on it, then bam the screen goes black. I shutdown and restart and basically - everytime i hit the power button, the lights go on, i hear a fan and/or maybe...
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    Shoulder Injury?

    well i just posted that since i had a very similar injury.. i got a slap tear. i didn't "cry" or anything it didn't hurt that bad at all but it was a very serious injury so he could possibly have something of that sort
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    Serving the tea cup

    that looks mad weird
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    Shoulder Injury?

    if you do have a tear of any sort and if you do indeed need to have surgery i just want to stress the fact that you shouldn't push yourself onto too strenuous exercises (weightlifting) too fast BUT really focus hard on the PT excercises you are given and do them daily.
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    How bad for your knees and ankles is running?

    sorry for jumpin in but im trying to get another cardio routine going as i havn't specifically excercised much lately. Would starting on a bike me much safer for me? seems like running isn't very good for joints etc esp if your form isnt good.
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    Shoulder Injury?

    i wouldn't play around with this type of injury, sorry to scare you but it might be a slap tear. You should go see an orthopedic surgeon right away but he'll send you to get XRAY/MRI's then from there he can tell you whats wrong. edit: definitely stop lifting for now. take advil if you have...
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    xbox live NAT settings

    i read something about upnp but it seems like a safety hazard.. no?
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    xbox live NAT settings

    nevermind still working like it did before. For Reference i do have a wrt54g version 5 but with the regular linksys firmware. Also, the xbox 360 is going through another router acting as a bridge. Anyone have this problem? Once again it connects fine, but in order for it to foward the ports it...
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    xbox live NAT settings

    i think i fixed it.. i have a linksys router and i found out the correct way to set a static ip - you need to set it outside dhcp first so thats above .149. I set it to .151 i think its alright. From what im reading you can't assign a mac address with my model.
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    xbox live NAT settings

    i needed to port foward all the NAT so i could play live with my buddy at Rutgers. I fowarded: 88udp, 3074both, 53both, 80tcp on .102. I set xbox to manually connect to .102. But it seems whenever i reset my xbox it doesnt work... perhaps its still dynamic ip.. but when i reset my router, it...
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    low quality xbox headsets?

    i talked to my cousin, hes familiar with audio. Vent is 44khz 71240 bits bandwidth, xbox probably uses 8khz 13000 bits bandwidth if not then 11khz. Huge difference in compression b/c they probably want to save on server costs.
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    low quality xbox headsets?

    let me rephrase, i can turn up the volume that is fine... im referring to what you are calling distortion probably. As in peoples voices sound very much different than how they talk in real life. I see it on everyones xbox and on all of my friends tv it has nothing to do with my equipment. I...
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    low quality xbox headsets?

    I've tried searching but i havn't found much... am i the only one who thinks the xbox 360 headset is complete trash? For $20 i can barely hear people and likewise. Perhaps i'm spoiled and used to a high quality ventrilo when playing pc games but even with a $2 microphone it sounds way bounds...
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    Xbox Live with no harddrive?

    Ok back guys. i really wanna clarify this for everyone. I plugged it in everything works great. patched xbox, halo3, and got an avatar. I've been pwning in social slayer for a good few hours =) I'll check back in alittle bit and tell you how much room it takes exactly. Also, it could be because...
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    Xbox Live with no harddrive?

    ok let me rephrase. I will get a 20gig hd probably, but without it for now - will i be able to play xbox 360 live halo 3 and save. Also can i delete the crappy arcade games that come on it?
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    Xbox Live with no harddrive?

    I decided to splurge and get a xbox 360. I'm not really a console gamer so. I don't care about downloadable music or demos... so i thought i would be fine just getting an arcade for $200. The guy at the store says i really won't be able to play live without a hard drive. I got the new 256mb...
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    Refurb 20GB X360 HS has 13.9 after a format.

    What the guy is trying to say is 35% of his 20gig is taken as opposed to 11% for the 60gig.
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    laptop spill!

    Against all odds i must say, for some reason... the laptop works! Everyone i talked to told me to start looking for a new laptop already. All i did was take off the keyboard flip it over and let it dry for aproximately 36hrs then used alittle alcohol on the metal inside to clean off anything...
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    laptop spill!

    i managed to find a service manual and i took off the entire keyboard. Under it i didn't really see any liquid. I did have a sticky cable though (the black one that connects to media keys). How should i go about cleaning it with alcohol? what can i touch and what can i not touch? and by days you...
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    laptop spill!

    Well today i was sipping on a nice orange gatorade beverage and i somehow managed to knock it over for a second and some of it spilt onto the laptop keyboard. I didn't think much of it at first, grabbed some power towels it really wasn't that much. I am playing a video game while this happens, i...
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    Laptop keys entering multiple characters

    is your computer a hp? they're known to have keyboard problems. Anyway if a restart doesnt fix it, you might have to get it fixed by the manufacturer
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    Good uses for old computers

    sell em! pm me if youre interested in selling the laptop
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    Network Engineer or System Administrator

    lol might as well flow with it since this thread is way off. why what do you do? what have you went into, advertising? marketing? sales?
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    Network Engineer or System Administrator

    Whats with all the hate?
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    VGA cooler for 6600gt?

    anyone?
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    Network Engineer or System Administrator

    also how is the job market currently?
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    Network Engineer or System Administrator

    Why did u change from networking to sys admin? is the job more enjoying? Also, what kind of demand does each job expect (in terms of hrs/wkly) and what would the starting salary and the 5 year salary be? Maybe i'm not looking hard enough, but i dont see either on bls.gov!
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    Network Engineer or System Administrator

    Sys Admin work is more unix based coding work correct? and networking is more hands on? I'm just starting off in college, so i don't have much experience yet.
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    Network Engineer or System Administrator

    I'm looking at two different jobs. and im wondering about which career to persue. If anyone has any serious info about either, i'd like to hear it! What does each job entail,etc etc.
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    VGA cooler for 6600gt?

    I need a fan for my 6600gt agp. Looking at the arctic cooling site, none of their nv silencers are compatible with the 6600gt agp?
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    amount of ram needed?

    im building a new rig for gaming. My cousin says i only need 1 gig really (for xp) because only vista and a few games make use of 2gig of ram?
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    Patriot 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) 55.99 AR

    i know patriot isnt going to be anything special but can anyone vouch for their quality?
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    15.4" vs 17" laptop

    well its for college. So i'll need to carry it around campus but it'll mostly just be in my room.
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    15.4" vs 17" laptop

    yea i completely forgot, i can just grab a large external monitor for use when im at home, and have a nice portable laptop.. thanks!
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    15.4" vs 17" laptop

    Im buying my Hp laptop today, but i just cant decide which size of monitor to get. The 15" is obviously lighter, smaller, and thus more mobile. It is also $200 cheaper. Is it much harder to carry a 17" then it is to carry a 15"? Also, does having a 17" effect battery life dramatically?
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    Why so many "rate my rig" posts?

    i don't understand what all you kids are crying about, if someone is throwing down 2 grand for a system they trust anandtech and want to put up a thread asking for an OK to make sure everything is good before they order. If the threads bother you so much, dont respond to them..
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    Sub-$500? Go Wild!

    great topic, also interested. Who else can vouch for fenixgoon's system?