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    Premium Earbuds Worth-while?

    I listen to my iPod (1g touch) a quite a bit on a daily basis. Probably 2-4 hours a day, mostly while sitting still at a desk. I've become dissatisfied with the quality of the standard ipod headphones, and I think I'm willing to drop $150+ dollars on some premium earbuds, given I get my...
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    Best Laptop Under $800

    Please tell me where I find a P8600 14" latitude for $550 o.O Even the base model with the P8400 is for $800 when its on discount.
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    ATi Radeon 9800 Pro(128MB) Vs. 6600GT (128MB)

    All-in-All, their performace is comparable. Instead of trying to nitpick the slight advantages of one card, examine the engines of the games you intend to play. Most games will favor one or the other; either ATI (i.e. Half-Life 2) or nVidia (World of Warcraft). Your decision should be based...
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    Someone better hold me back!

    Leave neutral feedback, or threaten him with negative feedback if he doesnt compensate you somehow (or at least offer a valid explanation).
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    Stuttering during dvd movies

    Alright, its fixed. Turns out one of my IDE channels did not have DMA enabled and that was causing my sound card to hate DVDs
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    Stuttering during dvd movies

    I THINK I'VE ISOLATED THE PROBLEM I tried disabling my sound card (sound blaster live value 24bit) on a rumor that sometimes the sound card will interfere and the dvd playback was perfectly fine! HOWEVER, this just leads to a new problem - how to play dvds with my soundcard enabled...gah
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    Stuttering during dvd movies

    Im running an A64 2.0ghz on a MSI NER FSR (k8t) board w/ 1gig of ram, one 120gb seagate ide hard drive. I've tried using WMP, real player, VLC player, and PowerDVD. I've tried both an AOpen dvd/cdrw combo and a Pioneer dual-layer dvd burner, neither on the same ide cable as the hard drive...
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    Stuttering during dvd movies

    I am getting some stuttering while playing dvd movies on my pc. It occurs in the dvd menu AND during the movie. I've tried replacing the drive with a different brand. My drivers are up to date. It happens with all dvd movies. I dont have any problems playing dvd games The drives are...
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    Ways to improve wireless reception?

    Ive got a wireless network set up at my 3 bedroom home. There is a pc in each room with a wireless adapter, but only the pc in the same room as the router gets good reception. The other pcs get a very weak signal. Moving the other PCs is not an option, nor is moving the router. Can anyone...
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    Help: Total size of all files != used space on disk

    Someone told me it could be the page-file. What is the page-file and how can I change it?
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    Help: Total size of all files != used space on disk

    Im using a single 120gb HD (IDE) for all my files and folders. Only one partition. When I go into "my computer" and click on the drive it says there is 102 GB (110,xxx,xxx,xxx bytes) used out of 111GB (120,xxx,xxx,xxx bytes). However, if I highlight all the folders at the top level in the...
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    any precautions one should take before removing a processor?

    So im about to separate the processor from the motherboard, and I was wondering if there were any precautions I should take before doing that - like how a bare processor should be stored maybe.
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    first time psu troubles - help

    Well, its officially not the psu. I managed to convince one of my roomates to let me test the psu in their pc and it worked. Now im 90% sure its the mobo. :| sonuvabitch
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    first time psu troubles - help

    ahaha thanks for the odd reply. I put the pc together so Im comfortable taking it apart. I can tell you now all the connections are correct and fit perfectly. Im pretty sure the loud pop was the generic psu, because theres now a rattling sound inside it, kind of like when a light-bulb dies...
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    first time psu troubles - help

    Last night I think my power supply failed. The PC had been on for about 20 minutes, then out of no where it shut off. No mobo lights, no drive spin, no fans, and it wouldnt turn back on. It was a 2 month old rosewill 400w psu that came with the case. I picked up a generic PSU from staples...
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    LCD Monitors....are we being scamed? Stick with CRT?

    I would totally rock a 19+" CRT, if it werent for the fact that Id have a splitting headache by the end of every day.
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    mp3 player help

    The rio carbon islooking to be an excellent player, judging by cnet's reviews. You can also find many older 15gb+ players for @$250 or less (e.g. 3g ipod, Rio Karma, Creative Zen xtra, dell jukebox, etc).
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    recommend a MP3 player for me...

    iRiver makes nice flash players with line-in recording. check out some reviews on www.cnet.com The only MP3 player I know of with a sd slot is the soniquecast aireo - a crappy, outdated and oversized 1.5gb HD player. I dont think it has line-in recording.
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    Problems finding wireless network - HELP

    Well...as a last resort I purchased a brand new linksys wireless card and used the cd to install new drivers. Somehow these drivers worked :confused: Problem solved. No thanks to you guys :P
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    Problems finding wireless network - HELP

    I just finished building my first pc and amazingly everything went fine the first time I pushed the power switch. I installed windows XP and service pack 2 immediately, and then the drivers for all my devices. Everythings working perfect EXCEPT my wirless network card - it's unable to find...
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    Is formatting TOO often bad?

    In the extreme case, formatting will cause you to lose a small amount of your hard drive space. For example, I usually lose about 10-100 megs every time I format. So its not really a good idea to format often.
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    What sort of improvement from a 9800 Pro

    Not much of a diff at all, maybe an extra 500 points on 3dmark03. Unless, that is you get a R360 core and flash it to XT ;)
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    Socket 754 or wait for nForce4 939?

    I'd say buy an even cheaper amd sempron or XP and then upgrade the processor and mobo next summer when dual-core, nforce4+pci-e, and SLI are expected to be available. Or if anything, just wait for nforce4. By then, 939 stuff should be cheaper.
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    First boot - need help

    Thanks, that helps a lot. However, Im getting a little worried - I got to the point where I must create a new partition on the new HD, but it has been stuck at 20% formatted for the past 15 minutes. The HD led is showing only minimal activity and I am not hearing any spooling of the hard drive...
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    First boot - need help

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    First boot - need help

    hmm, not yet but arent I supposed to configure the bios/install mobo drivers BEFORE installing the OS?
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    First boot - need help

    Heres what I have: seagate 120gb 7200 rpm IDE drive DVDrom cdrw combo drive (made by AOpen) Chaintech VNF3-250 mobo Athlon64 3000+ Everything powered up and ran after I pressed the power button, but after a few seconds the bios gave me this message: >Boot from CD: > > > >PXE -E61...
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    need help setting up a vnf3-250

    This is my first build and Im trying to be careful. I purchased a chaintech VNF3-250 and an athlon 3000+ 64. Most pc build guides on the net refer to pcs from 2002 or earlier; pcs with jumper-dependent mobos. Theres not much in chaintech's manual about jumper settings, so I want to know if...
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    do the washers go on top of or below the mobo?

    Am I supposed to put the paper washers underneath the mobo, sitting on the spacers? Or on top of the mobo, between it and the screwheads? Sorry for the noob question, I am building my first pc