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    Got an IBM Thinkpad T30... what to do with it?

    My primary laptop is currently an Apple Macbook, 2.0ghz processor, 320gb hdd, 2gb Ram.. I recently got an older IBM Thinkpad T30 Laptop in perfect working condition.. what are some suggestions for things I could do with it? I am thinking about upgrading the hdd with a 250gb 2.5" SATA drive I...
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    Anyone swap out the factory speakers in a Macbook?

    Everyone knows that the on-board speakers in a MacBook are a joke. They are WAY inferior in volume to any other laptop available.. has anyone taken a Macbook apart to replace the speakers, or make a mod that increases the volume beyond the factory limitations? I don't want to have to use...
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    the white iPhone 3g...

    Yup... I got a white 16gb, exactly what I wanted.. complements my white macbook quite well
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    2 external HDD's both crapped out at same time

    symptoms aren't looking good. I plugged each of the HDD's into my mobo (one at a time) as a slave drive... booted up... went to "My Computer" and it wasn't there. went to "device manager" and "disk drives" and it showed the name of the drive, and said it was operating normally ???? but it was...
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    2 external HDD's both crapped out at same time

    Thanks.. yeah, I'll give that a whirl tonight... <sigh> .. man, I hope the data is recoverable. Otherwise I'm gonna have to send the HDD's out to some data recovery service or something. I cannot imagine losing all those photos.
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    2 external HDD's both crapped out at same time

    My setup: Wireless network, PC in my office, Macbook and laptop in living room connected via wi-fi, NAS in my office with 2 external HDD's plugged into it via USB. For the last year, I've been able to access the files on the NAS and external HDD's via all computers (including my Macbook)...
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    How to completely remove all data on a HD?

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    Installed new Raptor drive to 'fix' hard drive probs...

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    "Detecting IDE drives..." .. for 5 minutes or more???

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    replacing a keyboard in a Dell Latitude laptop.?

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    how to make an EXACT duplicate of a drive?

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    How to transfer a 19meg file from one PC to another

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    First year I can't find anything I want on BF

    Wow.. for the past few years I've been checking out websites before BF in anticipation of all the great deals.. and anxiously go out shopping at the crack of dawn every BF.. this year.. .I can't find ANYTHING that grabs my attention.. Have I reached gadget nirvana? Is there nothing else I...
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    Gimme suggestions - wireless router/print server...

    Wow.. I was making this WAY more difficult than I had to! Turns out my NAS has 2 USB 2.0 ports on the back! I plugged my USB printer into one, and a USB Hub into the other, and plugged my 2 external HDD's into the hub, ... I can now access all of them (NAS, HDD's, Printer) from every computer...
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    Gimme suggestions - wireless router/print server...

    Please? I really need to get this figured out, and there hasn't been a single response to my question. I can't imagine it's such a difficult scenario that nobody here knows what to recommend?? I already have an SMC 802.11b wireless router, that's working ok, but I want to use a faster...
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