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VERY HOT: DIET DR.PEPPER .99 cents for 8 cans @ PATHMARK

wow, has it been so long since we had to lick our stamps? Am I old for remembering having to lick my stamps? Am I now able to say "you know, when I was young, we had to LICK our own stamps, and we liked it! Then we had to walk through the snow, uphill both ways, to get to school! And gas was...
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- Post #17
- Mar 22, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Now this is what I call a *Hot Deal*

alot of people can fit a bunch of magnum condoms into all the extra unfilled space they have in their baskit multi-colored pouches :P
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- Post #25
- Jul 4, 2005
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Remind me again, why we're doing this

I've been constantly upgrading and building upon the 386DX/25 system I put together in 1990. I don't play as much games as I used too, and currently I don't have the latest greatest CPU or video card. But that's no reason to buy a retail computer. I find it cheaper to upgrade the parts...
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- Post #22
- Feb 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Fiber Chanel Vs SCSI ?

Are you saying that it is possible for two or more computers to share and boot off the same drive array with long IDE, SATA, or SCSI patch cables?? Please tell me more. Sorry to the orginal poster for posting my question here, the original poster only wanted to know if FC is a reasonable...
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- Post #17
- Jan 31, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Fiber Chanel Vs SCSI ?

Soooooooooo, is there a cheap way to have two computers ten feet apart share the same RAID array of IDE drives? (As opposed to buying new drives for a second computer, with each computer booting from a different partition in the array)
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- Post #15
- Jan 31, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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*WARM* Free HL2 Demo Download

Doesn't XP allow one to install software such as Steam in a separate limted access user account, so that it cannot see everything on your computer (like my pictures, personal documents, porn, and other software)?
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- Post #24
- Dec 26, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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160W Power Supply + AMD 1.4 GHz Duron + 2 yrs = Dead Motherboard?

I've been asked to find out what's wrong with and fix computer that suddenly stopped working after two years of service. The computer has only a 160W power supply, which is supposedly inadequate for a 1.4GHz AMD system. So far, it seems the motherboard is dead (no beeps when powered up, even...
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- Dec 14, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Motherboards
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Scandisk gets stuck on bad sectors

Have a very old laptop, a Compaq Presario 1670, with a damaged 4.3GB hard drive. My parents use it to dial onto the Internet and look up stuff (they don't download anything). This old AMD 350MHz 96MB RAM laptop with Windows ME and a 56K modem is completely adequate for their needs. (They say...
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- Dec 3, 2004
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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My mobo fried tonight.... Need some suggestions

If I may ask, what does pressing Insert do? Does it only work with MSI boards or will it do something on an Asus board?
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- Post #9
- Dec 2, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who are the big-name mobo manufacturers?

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- Post #18
- Nov 21, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who are the big-name mobo manufacturers?

Interesting, I didn't know SuperMicro now only makes dual Xeon boards. In college I worked for a company that built computers for home and office users almost exclusively with SuperMicro boards, since they were supposedly so dependable. At the time, SuperMicro made all manner of single...
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- Post #15
- Nov 20, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Who are the big-name mobo manufacturers?

When I was younger I wanted cheap boards that would overclock to the max. But now I look for quality, stability, and support, and performance to a lesser degree. My vote is for ASUS for the best balance of these traits. Abit is my second choice for boards. If you want to save a few...
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- Post #13
- Nov 20, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Thanks for the offer boonesmi, but I'm not sure the toslink to mini adapter that you have is the same type of mini connector I need. It sounds like the mini adapter you have is for a optical connection (I googled it and saw some pictures of what it sounds like you have), but the mini 1/8" spdif...
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- Post #14
- Nov 16, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Thanks for all the advice guys. I was ready to buy my motherboard but now I discover a whole new problem. My speakers don't come with a standard SPDIF jack! The motherboards all come with a RCA/Coax SPDIF 1/4" jack, but my damn speakers have a 1/8" headphone style SPDIF jack! (Speakers are...
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- Post #12
- Nov 15, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Thank you, CDGNR, for pointing out that board! The amount of information I've absorbed in the last day or so has been overwhelming, and in the confusion of it all I overlooked the KT880 chipset. I've got more reading and research to do now! :)
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- Post #9
- Nov 15, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Thanks for the advice. I agree, after adding the price of the bracket I might as well get a different motherboard. I've read also that the Realtek audio solution on this board is very low grade. But I really don't want to spend more (I'm not a hard-core gamer that needs the latest greatest)...
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- Post #7
- Nov 14, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Well, after reading the online manual, it looks like the motherboard will at least come with a S/PDIF header. But it doesn't appear that the bracket comes with the motherboard. So where the heck do I buy the S/PDIF connector bracket? I looked on ZipZoomFly's web site, I looked on ASUS's web...
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- Post #5
- Nov 14, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

I was going to buy the Asus A7N8X-X from ZipZoomFly. So you're saying that some AVN8X-X will have SPDIF, and some won't? Hmm.
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- Post #3
- Nov 14, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

I'm shopping for a new motherboard and am somewhat confused about on-board audio. I'm upgrading from an Asus A7V266-C with a Sound Blaster Live! and Cambridge Soundworks Surround Sound Speakers (4 speakers + bass). My old SB Live! has a RCA SPDIF output which is what my speakers are...
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- Nov 13, 2004
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Motherboards

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VERY HOT: DIET DR.PEPPER .99 cents for 8 cans @ PATHMARK

Now this is what I call a Hot Deal

Remind me again, why we're doing this

Fiber Chanel Vs SCSI ?

Fiber Chanel Vs SCSI ?

WARM Free HL2 Demo Download

160W Power Supply + AMD 1.4 GHz Duron + 2 yrs = Dead Motherboard?

Scandisk gets stuck on bad sectors

My mobo fried tonight.... Need some suggestions

Who are the big-name mobo manufacturers?

Who are the big-name mobo manufacturers?

Who are the big-name mobo manufacturers?

Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound

Question About On-Board Audio and Surround Sound