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    Laptop LCD going crazy...

    Ok, so this has happened in the past, and gone away, but now it's back and it's really pi$$ing me off. I have an idea of what it is, but I wanted to see what the consensus is. This starts within 10 minutes of having the laptop on. I can hook up an external LCD without any problems...
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    PCI or USB wireless card/adapter?

    So I'm looking at getting a wireless internet adapter / card for my desktop...but I'm sorta clueless on the benefits / drawbacks of the PCI card or the USB dongle. Which is better? which has stronger reception? Any help is very gladly appreciated... DK
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    New Mobo for Wilamette

    So I have a P4 1.7 256k/400MHz that is running on a Dell 4300 Stock PC133 board right now. I want to upgrade the mobo and RAM to utilize the 400MHz FSB, but I am unsure of how to determine mobos can use Wilamette P4s. Most say IntelP4 or specify as being able to use Prescott. Any good...
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    How much could I get for this??

    So my brother gave me his old desktop rig about a year ago (Dell XPS T700r) with everything in it but a hard drive. Since I didnt' have a spare one lying around, it just sat in storage. But since I just got a new 160gb HD, I decided to take the 40 gb from mine and plop in in his. So my...
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    Cables too long?

    Ok, so I just bought some round IDE cables without really researching the whole 'length' thing...So ended up buying 2 36" dual silver lined round IDE cables online. Now after reading on the net about how anything over 18" can cause corruption...should i just ebay them and re-buy some...
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    Artifacts on 9800 pro...go figure!

    Ok, so I decided to upgrade the video card on my old beast... Current specs are... P4 1.7 640MB PC`33 80GB master 40GB Slave PS - antec truepower 380 Previous Vid - Geforce4MX440 New vid - Sapphire 9800pro 128MB The problems arose on the first boot...Artifacts on the boot screen...
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    Lookin to upgrade the old fella...

    Ok, so here's the deal. I currently am running a 3 and a half y/o Dell 4300 with P41.7, 640 SDRAM (PC133), Geforce4MX440 w/ AGP 8x (although the MB can only utilize 4x). As I am thinking of upgrading, My question is...what do I upgrade first? And my follow-up question is this, The...
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    sharing wireless connection...

    Ok, so my laptop is capable of receiving and using a wireless signal that I am sharing with my neighbor. But I want to hook my desktop up thru my laptop wireless connection. The 2 are connected via a Linksys BEFSR41 wired router. I've tried to bridge the wireless and wired connections on my...
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    Gizoooogle!!

    OMG! Check this out! www.gizoogle.com I especially love this one.. http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=http://www.osnn.net/ DK
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    Office 2003 Troubles!

    For some reason, I keep getting this stupid error when trying to re-install office 2003! I've looked on M$ service website, but found nothing like what I am experiencing! The same error that I am getting has been shown to be involved with XP Plus! installations, but Not office 2003! As it is...
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    All in 1 modem/wireless or separate?

    So i'm considering going with SBC DSL as they have the deal for 27 bucks a month for a year. They also give you 99$ credit toward a modem (99$) or modem / wireless (all in one) for 149$. My question is...would it be more secure / smarter / easier to just get the modem for free and then get my...
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    PSU differences

    anyone know the differences (besides the obvious) between the Antec SL350 and TRUE330? I've looked all over at review sites, but havent been able to get an actual answer. I'm trying to decide which to buy for my rig. Thanks Lee
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    Powersupply Questions / Recommendations?

    So I'm in the market for a new PS, and I've looked around on the forums here. It seems the census is that Antec is PS King. I checked out Newegg's Antec section, only to find tons of different supplies. As an example...what's the difference btw the "SL350" and "TRUE330" that justifies the 330...
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    Opera 7.53

    Opera 7.53 has been released and fixes the known security issue... Changelog Download K
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    Problem with Icons...

    Ok, so I was trying to associate .ico's to open with Axialis Iconworkshop, wasn't working, so I deleted the .ico profile (since this had worked when I re-associated .png's) and re-created the .ico to open via iconworkshop. THe only problem is that now the icons don't show up as the icons they...
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    Ogg Plugin for Easy cd 6?

    I was just wondering if anyone knows of an ogg plugin for easy cd 6 so that i can burn cds directly from ogg files. I got the one for Nero, but it takes a while to burn it...so I was curious if there was one for roxio's monster. And I think that CD creator 7 will have built in support for...
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    Notebook dilemma

    Notebook Pricing... Ok, here's the deal. Right now here's what I have Dell 2650 XP Pro P4 1.6 14.1 XGA LCD 384 MB Ram 20GB HD DVD 16MB video I have a friend who is interested in buying a laptop and jokingly I said "heck, I'll sell ya mine'. She said 'How much?' So how much do...
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    Just out of curiousity...

    Just as the title says, just out of curiousity, I have a laptop running XP Home and a desktop running XP Pro. Would it be possible to do a repair installation on the XP Home machine using a slipstreamed XP Pro CD, thus converting the XP Home to XP Pro SP1? Also, if I did a repair...
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