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Premium Earbuds Worth-while?

I listen to my iPod (1g touch) a quite a bit on a daily basis. Probably 2-4 hours a day, mostly while sitting still at a desk. I've become dissatisfied with the quality of the standard ipod headphones, and I think I'm willing to drop $150+ dollars on some premium earbuds, given I get my...
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- Feb 6, 2009
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Best Laptop Under $800

Please tell me where I find a P8600 14" latitude for $550 o.O Even the base model with the P8400 is for $800 when its on discount.
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- Post #13
- Jan 21, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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ATi Radeon 9800 Pro(128MB) Vs. 6600GT (128MB)

All-in-All, their performace is comparable. Instead of trying to nitpick the slight advantages of one card, examine the engines of the games you intend to play. Most games will favor one or the other; either ATI (i.e. Half-Life 2) or nVidia (World of Warcraft). Your decision should be based...
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- Post #9
- Jun 24, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Someone better hold me back!

Leave neutral feedback, or threaten him with negative feedback if he doesnt compensate you somehow (or at least offer a valid explanation).
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- Post #15
- Mar 30, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Stuttering during dvd movies

Alright, its fixed. Turns out one of my IDE channels did not have DMA enabled and that was causing my sound card to hate DVDs
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- Post #6
- Dec 19, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttering during dvd movies

I THINK I'VE ISOLATED THE PROBLEM I tried disabling my sound card (sound blaster live value 24bit) on a rumor that sometimes the sound card will interfere and the dvd playback was perfectly fine! HOWEVER, this just leads to a new problem - how to play dvds with my soundcard enabled...gah
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- Post #5
- Dec 19, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttering during dvd movies

Im running an A64 2.0ghz on a MSI NER FSR (k8t) board w/ 1gig of ram, one 120gb seagate ide hard drive. I've tried using WMP, real player, VLC player, and PowerDVD. I've tried both an AOpen dvd/cdrw combo and a Pioneer dual-layer dvd burner, neither on the same ide cable as the hard drive...
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- Post #4
- Dec 18, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stuttering during dvd movies

I am getting some stuttering while playing dvd movies on my pc. It occurs in the dvd menu AND during the movie. I've tried replacing the drive with a different brand. My drivers are up to date. It happens with all dvd movies. I dont have any problems playing dvd games The drives are...
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- Dec 18, 2005
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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Ways to improve wireless reception?

Ive got a wireless network set up at my 3 bedroom home. There is a pc in each room with a wireless adapter, but only the pc in the same room as the router gets good reception. The other pcs get a very weak signal. Moving the other PCs is not an option, nor is moving the router. Can anyone...
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- Aug 1, 2005
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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Help: Total size of all files != used space on disk

Someone told me it could be the page-file. What is the page-file and how can I change it?
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- Post #3
- Dec 8, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help: Total size of all files != used space on disk

Im using a single 120gb HD (IDE) for all my files and folders. Only one partition. When I go into "my computer" and click on the drive it says there is 102 GB (110,xxx,xxx,xxx bytes) used out of 111GB (120,xxx,xxx,xxx bytes). However, if I highlight all the folders at the top level in the...
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- Dec 7, 2004
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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any precautions one should take before removing a processor?

So im about to separate the processor from the motherboard, and I was wondering if there were any precautions I should take before doing that - like how a bare processor should be stored maybe.
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- Nov 14, 2004
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Motherboards
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first time psu troubles - help

Well, its officially not the psu. I managed to convince one of my roomates to let me test the psu in their pc and it worked. Now im 90% sure its the mobo. :| sonuvabitch
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- Post #5
- Nov 12, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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first time psu troubles - help

ahaha thanks for the odd reply. I put the pc together so Im comfortable taking it apart. I can tell you now all the connections are correct and fit perfectly. Im pretty sure the loud pop was the generic psu, because theres now a rattling sound inside it, kind of like when a light-bulb dies...
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- Post #3
- Nov 11, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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first time psu troubles - help

Last night I think my power supply failed. The PC had been on for about 20 minutes, then out of no where it shut off. No mobo lights, no drive spin, no fans, and it wouldnt turn back on. It was a 2 month old rosewill 400w psu that came with the case. I picked up a generic PSU from staples...
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- Nov 11, 2004
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building

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