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Strange Acer LCD Problem

Lately I've noticed that when I power-on my Acer AL2051W LCD but yet to power on my PC, the monitor has stopped displaying the 'no signal' message and instead cycles through all the colors (RGB White and Black) ad infinitum. I'm wondering if this is a sign that my monitor is about to have some...
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- Jan 9, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Displays
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What cars have aged well?

Not counting exotics (since 80-90% of them age well) and pre-1980 cars: Mid-80's BMW 6-Series Merc S-Class from the 80's Porsche 928 (especially the GTS) Nissan/Datsun 280ZX 1994-1996 Chevy Impala SS All-Black Lincoln Mark VII (my friend's dad had one- real badass) Jeep Wrangler (then...
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- Post #15
- Aug 28, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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VIA Nano systems?

My dad recently got an Everex Cloudbook with a 1.2GHz Via C7 and its honestly slower than my 6-year old 1.2GHz P3 Tualatin (even though the Cloudbook has twice the RAM of the P3 rig). Especially since Via just threw in the towel on the chipset business, it seems to me that it might be going...
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- Post #9
- Aug 28, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What's your dream car??

Here they are: 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 (like the one in the original 'Gone in 60 Seconds') 1987 Aston Martin V8 Vantage (007's ride in 'The Living Daylights') 1966 Ferrari 500 Superfast (saw this @ the Imperial Palace in Vegas, absolutely stunning) However, my #1 dream car is definitely...
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- Post #95
- Aug 27, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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How does the Atom compare to older CPUs?

If you look at Anand's article about the Atom from a few months ago, he says that "Under SYSMark 2004, a 1.6GHz Atom is around 20% faster than an 800MHz Pentium M (90nm Dothan). As you can expect, a 900MHz Atom is slower than the 800MHz Pentium M as it needs clock speed to make up for the low...
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- Post #2
- Jul 22, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Anyone ever bought a laptop that really doesnt need one?

My main computer is a laptop, mainly because I decided that I "needed" one to take notes in class. I only really used it properly as a laptop the one quarter when I took a programming class and otherwise it's pretty much stayed put in the dock on my desk. The only time it ventures out of my room...
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- Post #20
- Jul 15, 2008
- Forum: Laptops
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Changing XP Pro OEM Key

So I'm in the process of moving to a new PC and I'd like to move my current hard drive over intact so I don't have to reinstall all my stuff onto a new PC. As my current install is on an OEM copy of Windows XP Pro, I know that it is considered illegal to use it on a different system (i.e...
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- Jul 15, 2008
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Voodoo's new Laptop and Desktop offering leaked

You can actually download them straight from Voodoo's website (http://www.voodoopc.com/)
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- Post #4
- Jun 12, 2008
- Forum: Laptops
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Nehalem to be Delayed

Although I really want to Nehalem to be released soon, from Intel's perspective this makes perfect sense. From what I've been reading, the chips that motherboard manufacturers have received (and the ones that AT has tested) don't reveal the true potential of Nehalem. Intel isn't anybody's...
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- Post #4
- Jun 10, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Intel's legal woes...

I wouldn't be surprised if NVidia actually made a move on AMD. This would probably be subject to all sorts of anti-trust scrutiny, but if you think about it, it actually makes sense. A bit of history: currently, there are 2 main players in the CPU world: AMD and Intel. There are also 2 main...
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- Post #46
- Jun 9, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What is your CPU History

Desktop CPU: P133 (An HP Pavilion) -> Celeron 466 (Another HP Pavilion, worst PC I've owned) -> P3 1000 (Dell Dimension) -> P3 1.2 Tualatin -> Core Duo (Mac Mini) -> Core 2 Duo E6600 Completely skipped Netburst (probably a better person because of it) and the K8 generation (just didn't have the...
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- Post #198
- Jun 8, 2008
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Anyone here use MS Office 2007?

I'm probably in the 5% that doesn't like what MS's done with Office 2007. I had Office 2007 for a while and then reverted back to Office 2003. Word 2007 was awesome, but Excel and PowerPoint left bad tastes in my mouth since I've been ingrained in the ways of Excel since Excel 97 and I didn't...
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- Post #17
- Jun 1, 2008
- Forum: Windows
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Thinkpad Docking Stations

Do you have the advanced mini-Dock or the Advanced Dock? The mini-Dock I believe does not support both outputs at the same time (at least that's what I remember when I bought it for my T60).
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- Post #2
- May 30, 2008
- Forum: Laptops
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Quad Core Desktop Replacement Laptop

The power brick on this must be the size of Texas... I had a friend who bought a Clevo-based Alienware about 3 years ago with a desktop P4 in it. He said that the heat started melting his palmrests at one point.
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- Post #6
- May 30, 2008
- Forum: Laptops
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Most enthusiast friendly cheap brand desktop?

I don't know about these days, but having serviced 40+ Dell systems while I was in HS, Dells are only easy to service with Dell parts. CPU, GPU, and PCI cards are easy enough to change out without tools, but the CPUs often have proprietary HSF's and the PSU's are often proprietary as well (even...
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- Post #4
- May 30, 2008
- Forum: Laptops

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