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    The OFFICIAL VOIP internet telephone thread

    Thanks Pulsar...but dont forget the activation fees: Nuvio Yearly Unlimited Plan $199.00/year Unlimited Local/Long Distance Minutes Additional one-time $9.99 activation fee, $9.95 number port fee and $11.88 E911 service fee applied on first invoice. Anyways, I went with Bulletp00f's...
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    The OFFICIAL VOIP internet telephone thread

    ok after more searching the teleblend will only do the 12.95 deal until your original contract with SR runs out, then it is 19.95/month which comes out to $239.40 /year... :/
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    The OFFICIAL VOIP internet telephone thread

    Well sunrocket went down.. :( it seems like the teleblend is offering a $12.95 a month deal which comes out $155.40 a year and you can use your existing hardware... the 8x8 have a 199/yr deal... It seems like teleblend would be the thrifty call..experiences anyone? The cheapest I see the...
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    Hi Gain Antenna or Wireless Repeater!?

    just get an aluminum light reflector (premade parabolic reflector) and position a wireless USB dongle at the focal point. aim it around a bit, and you should be golden (probably close to -12db gain). I saw a pic of people weather proofing the setup using baby bottles...I just use it inside. It...
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    Alright it is official.. WOO HOO!!! :happy dance:
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    I'm almost there Paperdoc. still going...I'm going to load up FSX, if that works, then I'll can it good, and I'll do the woohoo dance too.. ;)
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    Thanks for your pessimism magomago...I don't plan on selling the card any time soon... I am extremely proud to report that it is all systems go! (so far, still running tests...) It fired right up! Bill-I would do that, but since things are working as they are I'll just leave it alone...
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    Yup it looks like #1 in the first pic. A-Case Tantalum. well I got all the blocks and the loop installed and running, after another hour or two I'll wire it up, and we will see. (I'm thinking positive thoughts.)
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    Get your votes in, I'm filling up the loop...
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    New computer - please critique

    I love the WD 160's I have 2, but both are the IDE version. They run very quiet and cool, very reliable, good choice, even with their 8mb cache. Why the samsung drive? I go with the NEC generic version, unless I want it to be quality, then I go with a SONY. Just my opinion..
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    well we will have to wait awhile for the verdict, the rig is all in pieces (upgrading to watercooling :) ) And that board is the the only one I have with a PCIe x16 slot.
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    ok guys, that was the hardest thing I have done in a year...I sure hope it works...how well do these things stand up to heat, it got stuck to the tip of the iron a couple of times...I ended up having to clamp it down with some tweezer holder things, and drop little teeny tiny pieces of solder...
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    Alrighty I have said my prayers, and fired up the iron. i'm gonna give the tiny ah heck a go. wish me luck. I'll see if I can get some pics afterwords...
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    I'm sitting here with a mangifying glass checking it out, the ceramic is still ok, and there is a glob of solder on one side so I can tell which way it goes, I manuvered it back into place and it fits like a puzzle, so I'm gonna grab my soldering iron with a needle tip, and see if I can get it...
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    Also, If I did try to solder it back on does it matter which way it goes?
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    So it is impossible to solder back on then? (the little one?) What would happen if I just briged the connection?
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    I don't care what it looks like as long as it works like it is supposed to.
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    Thanks Jag, I checked, no number, in fact there is no number on any of the 16 pairs lined up at the bottom there...do you think I just killed one of my pixel pipelines?
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    OH NO! my GTO! help please.

    :disgust: Well I was in the middle of removing the heatsink (to add a koosah waterblock) on my 7900 GTO and I think I broke a transistor, or something. Am I screwed? Will it still work? Will the egg RMA it? Please tell me someone out there has done something similar so I don't feel so bad...
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    My computer shocks the bejesus out of me.

    I had this happen once, it turned out to be a loose screw rattling around.
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    Antec TruePower Trio 550 Power Supply $70 AR

    The 480W version just died on me today. :(
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    Just got my $139 FX-55.

    got mine today...hmmm CABCE 0516MPM I'll let you guys know what happens when I get all of my hardware
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    DEAD: AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego 2.6Ghz Socket 939 - $139 @ Newegg!

    In for 1 Thanks OP Now to find a board...
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    DEAD Kingston 1GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler Flash Drive

    It does say free shipping over $60, but it still seems to work...we'll see...good deal anyway. Thanks OP!
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    Free USB Drive - Microsoft

    Your order will ship free of charge via Standard - U.S. Postal Service ($0.00). Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery. woohoo! Thanks op!
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    Mystery shutdowns

    When was the last time you dusted inside your case? I've had this problem before when the cpu cooler got clogged with dust and the computer would shut down intermittantly (probably to avoid thermal meltdown). Especially if I was putting it under load. ...I just read that CPU and case temps...
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    cannot enter BIOS setup

    Hello, I am in the process of putting together my new rig, I finally get all the parts, and what do you know; problems... Here's what I have to work with: Coolermaster centurion 5 case Antec Trueblue 2.0 480w PSU MSI K8N Neo4 939 mobo AMD Athlon 64 3700+ sandiego 939 processor...
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    Hot or Not? Antec TrueBlue 2.0 480W Power Supply

    I picked one up today... I hope I don't regret it. Right when I got back from the store I stumbled on an article in the motherboards section saying that the Antec truepower 2.0 had problems with some Tyan mobo's, and something about "The units do not appear to be delivering consistent power --...
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    ~Free~ New Tree to help celebrate Arbor Day

    I just recieved my free oak tree...I am trying to identify the exact species... Thanks OP!
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    Western Digital 120gb $14.99 after rebate at Best Buy

    That's exactly what I told the manager, he told me their "systems had been hacked" Figures...I read about people walking in with this coupon and walking out with a free 512mb stick of RAM. I am not saying that it never worked, it just didn't for me. The question is: Is this a legitimate...
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    Western Digital 120gb $14.99 after rebate at Best Buy

    one thing is for sure...somebody is lyin'
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    Western Digital 120gb $14.99 after rebate at Best Buy

    did you try my wanabe link?
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    Western Digital 120gb $14.99 after rebate at Best Buy

    Well, I printed up the coupon, drove down to BestBuy, and when I made it up to the counter I was told that the coupon was bogus. I spoke to the manager about it and he said that the corporate headquarters had issued a warning about these coupons and instructed them to stop taking them. I asked...
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    New to Boinc (LHC@Home)

    ...yup I have the ATI 9800pro AIW Thanks Rattle, I can live without it...but those screen savers are cool. I'm not too worried about maximum crunch, in fact I used Threadmaster that I found einstein@home's website to throttle the cpu usage so my computer quit overheating during the heat of...
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    New to Boinc (LHC@Home)

    I just joined up as well...seti, and then I found einstein. I am having a problem the graphics for Einstein, it just sits there blank on the screensaver, and when you press the "Show graphics" button in the manager, it doesn't do anything. But it does the crunching. everything works fine for...
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    VOIP SunRocket Internet Phone Service $199 for 15months = $13.27/month

    I signed up for the month, recieved my gizmo. Everything works! incoming calls immediatly! I love it! Is there any hope of being able to still get the free phones if I switch to the $199/year?