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Office Max B&M Friends & Family Sale 4/6 Only

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kyutip

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Go to their B&M store and pick up special sale flyers. It has coupons and special listing.
some of the sales:

5% off electronics
10% office supplies
$20 off $75 chairs only
$20 off $100 furnitures only
Duracell batteries buy 1 get 1 free
Hi-Val 50pk CDR $4.99 after coupon
K-Byte 512MB SDRAM $79.99
Palm m125 $169.99
Jetprint Photo paper $3.99
HP DeskJet 825 $39.99
Sharp UX-P100 Fax $49.99
 
the Hi-Val CD-R's are 80min, don't know about the quality though.....

I get a kick out of going to these now....😉
 
Hey, NeoV, funny that u should comment on OMax deals.😉 The Hi-val CDRs are probably from Taiwan, which usually means Riteks or CMCs, since Hi-val is known for cheapness, I wouldn't be too surprised if they're Riteks. I also want some more info on the photo paper, is it matte or glossy, and how many in a pack? If it's a 10 pack glossy, it would be quite hot.🙂
 
the flyer print is b&w, so I can't tell whether the photo paper is glossy or not.
It just say premium photo paper.
 
Do *NOT* Buy that K-Byte 512 Meg ram.

I previously have bought tons of Kingston ValueRam from Office Max over the years (64 meg, 128, 256 and even 512's) and always got great results...even when rated at CAS3, I could run at CAS2 successfully (various chips: Toshiba, IBM, Infineon, Samsung)


Anyway, I picked up some of this K-Byte stuff last Saturday when it was $79.95 after "instant rebate" (what crap...just call it a sale why don't you!)

Brought it home. Set the motherboard settings to most conservative ("Safe", Cas3, etc..). Tried to install XP. Kept crashing during blue file copy screen. (Don't say it's my power supply...new Enermax 350 watt on a Duron 1000 (e.g. way more than I need))

Downloaded MemTest86. On test #5, 64 K Memory block copies, BOTH sticks of ram failed MISERABLY.. (memory rate was around 330 MB/S)


Took out the 2 sticks of K_Byte, threw in 2 sticks of 256 CAS3 (7.5 ns) Micron chip/Dell/Cruicial stuff, clocked it up to cas2 and "Ultra speed" (memory rate was now around 427 MB/s). Ran thru memory test fine, installed XP fine. not a single problem.


Looking at the KByte chips it just "looks" cheap. Cheezy "S"uperman-style "s" on the chips, barely ANY surface mount capacitors for voltage control/stability, PCB looked cheaper than a Commodore VIC-20's! (likely 1 layer) .


Just say no to this K_Byte memory... It's garbage. Returning them tonight.. hopefully won't get any hassle from Office Max.
 
Where do we get the flyer for the friends and family sale? at the registers? How do we get in on the sale if we have no OM friends or family?
 
i'm using the K-Byte 512mb module in my K7S5A and Duron 1Ghz module right now and its working great! and I got 2 more.......

so i don't know....maybe u lucked out on that chip.

i'm gonna run some memory tests too...
 
Ask at the register. Sales clerk told me it was only for friends and family but snapped real quick and got me one...


Any limits on these items? Can I get two packs of cdr's?


Speakers, cdr's, and the paper seem like a great deal.

O yeah, Is the memory DDR or PC133?
 
I thought Jetprint was supposed to be the hot ticket for Epson printers.


I am wondering about Riteks. I got screwed by TDK and got some, but they were "Long strategy", not Short term. Are they still crap? I burned one, no problem with a Plex 12/10/32 writer.

I also noticed the black bottom racks are no longer just Taiyo Yudens anymore. I saw black bottom 32x TDK at Meijer which were Taiwan.
 
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