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    Using a USB VOIP adapter with Skype

    I searched the forums and found a few discussions on Skype, but none on USB adapters. This is what I'm talking about. I read the user's manual but I'm still not entirely clear on how it works. I understand that I can pick up my phone and dial a number through Skypeout, or even use...
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    Partitioning My Harddrive

    Why are you separating movies/mp3/misc? What's going to happen when you run out of space on the mp3 partition and have plenty of space on the other 2 partitions (for example)? Sure you can deal with that and there are workarounds, but it'd just be an annoyance. Here's how my system is set...
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    My Lite-On isn't working at full speed!

    1) I'm using Nero 5.5.7.8 Bundled, that came with my CD-RW. 2) I definitely have enough power; I'm using a 350W Seasonic Super Silencer (a damn good PSU btw, well worth the $$). It's powering a Mobile Athlon XP 2200+, which is a 35W nominal CPU (I assume that value is for max power), and I...
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    My Lite-On isn't working at full speed!

    Well, according to device manager, all 3 of my IDE devices are in DMA. What's the relationship between Location (ie, 1 (1) ) and channel/device number (ie Primary Channel, Device 0). Here's a screenshot: BTW, the desktop image is of a tourist-trap of a village along the Rhein river...
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    My Lite-On isn't working at full speed!

    So I have a Lite-On 32x/12x/40x CD-RW (I believe this one could be flashed to write as fast as 48x) but whatever. Anyways, I recently tried backing stuff up but I couldn't burn at faster than 8x with some old Sony and Memorex CDRs. I bought a bunch of new Taiyo Yudens hoping that might solve...
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    P4 Prescott 64-bit edition available now!

    A Watt is nothing more than 1J/s. Power is power, be it electrical, or mechanical, or whatever.
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    Ultraportable Sony Vaio Laptop FS! (pics)

    Um.... ok. :rolleyes: This has been sold to Mizugori.
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    Ultraportable Sony Vaio Laptop FS! (pics)

    bump
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    FS: PSUs, HSFs, RAM, a HDD and a HeaterCore--Everything MUST GO!!!

    Bump for the SPCR reviewer... good prices on modded PSUs.
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    Ultraportable Sony Vaio Laptop FS! (pics)

    SOLD I'm selling my Sony Vaio PCG-R505TEK laptop. P3 750 MHz (with Speedstep) 320 MB PC133 SDRAM 15 GB HD 12.1" display, in great condition; I see no dead pixels. Integrated Intel graphics 10/100 NIC 56K modem 3COM 802.11b PCMCIA card Li-ion battery. Using the maximum battery...
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    Are dual fan PSU's better?

    I don't think this is inherently good or bad; the PSU then has to deal with heat from the computer itself. That's not really a problem for a modest system, and it's the configuration I use. On the other hand, in a high end system, I wouldn't want the PSU to be responsible for removing the...
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    VIA® KT880 Chipset Reviews + Availability

    I've been using the MSI KT880 board for a little over a week now and it's working beautifully, I have to run to class now but eventually I can post some more info about my experience with it thus far. LOL, and yes there are plenty of reasons to choose this chipset over nVidia. :rolleyes:
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    Adding book shelf speakers to computer

    Best way to do it cheaply would be to buy an E-mu 0404, and use analog output to a cheap used stereo amp/receiver. Total cost is maybe $200 including all cables, and the soundcard's DACs will be better than that of any receiver in this price range.
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    nVidia vs VIA: Which chipset is more reliable?

    I only have experience with one VIA board and one nVidia board- the MSI KT3 Ultra (KT333) and Abit NF7-S (Nforce2), respectively. Both systems were a breeze to set up and and were stable for weeks at a time. I always had to shut down the PC at some point so I never went longer than a few...
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    New computer for an engineering student

    Hell, at work last summer I was using AutoCAD on a Pentium... ok so that was a bit unenjoyable, but it worked. Bottomline is that any modern system today will be adequate. Even if you don't have that gig of RAM everybody here suggested. Don't get a laptop. Everyone says all this bs about...
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