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Plextor vs. Plextor

If my memory serves me correctly, anything beyond the 12x write speeds uses the variable speed writing scheme. Forgot the technical description either CAV or CLV. But the 16x writers are 16x maximum not 16x throughout the whole burn process. The 12x writers are 12x across the entire CD...
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- Post #15
- Mar 7, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Switch from Cable to DSL

768K/768K for $49.99! Thats a sweet deal! If you are considering DSL go with the SDSL flavor. ADSL, has a lot of latency issues and of course sucks on the upload. If you're into online gaming, SDSL is the way to go. I pay $109 for 768K SDSL in my area. I've played with all the different...
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- Post #8
- Mar 6, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Notebook Upgrade Advice.

I wasn't aware the 2 different stepping versions had different voltage specs. I just knew that one of them allows multiprocessor. Hmm... interesting. I'm sure the flavor I have is the 1.6v spec. Here is a cheesy webpage I slapped together of my notebook and the possible CPU upgrade...
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- Post #7
- Mar 6, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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laptop DVD

For software DVD playback, right off of WinDVD site: What software and hardware must be installed on my computer before I can run WinDVD? Intel CPU with 350 MHz and MMX, or AMD CPU with 450 MHz and 3Dnow! (See the CPU requirements below for more details.) Second Generation or newer DVD-ROM...
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- Post #13
- Mar 6, 2001
- Forum: Laptops
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Help on Broadband sharing

If you're setup for dynamic IP addressing from the cable company, setup will be a snap. Just plug the cables in. The router is already setup for DHCP on both sides. Just gotta put in your host name and password to log into the cable company's equipment. If you have a static IP, you'll have...
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- Post #5
- Mar 6, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Notebook Upgrade Advice.

Fastest one for that line of notebook is 650. But I'm assuming they didn't continue putting the coppermines in the notebooks beyond this speed because intel introduced the mobile line, which is not pin compatible with the coppermines. Guess all I can do is pull it out and slap the 850 in and...
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- Post #3
- Mar 6, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Wireless networking

I've played around with the wireless setup from Linksys. Nice piece of hardware. A bit on the expensive side though. Has a max bandwidth of 11MB/sec, not too shabby and a max range of 1500 feet outside, indoors it's more like 500 feet. The connections are solid and add no noticible latency...
- jcastle
- Post #4
- Mar 6, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Notebook Upgrade Advice.

For curiosity sake, I decided to open up my Compaq 1600-XL145 Notebook. It's a P3 500 (coppermine). Works nice, but just wanted to see how they put it together. I was surprised to find a socket 370 in that bad boy. I pondered the possibilities and wanted to run it by some other tech savy people...
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- Mar 5, 2001
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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Compaq 1600 XL145 Notebook has FC-PGA socket!

Thats what I thought at first. But I opened it up and saw it for myself. P3 500 in a FC-PGA socket it's not a mobile CPU. Mobile CPU's have different packaging not FC-PGA.
- jcastle
- Post #3
- Mar 5, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Compaq 1600 XL145 Notebook has FC-PGA socket!

For curiosity sake, I decided to open up my Compaq 1600-XL145 Notebook. It's a P3 500 (coppermine). Works nice, but just wanted to see how they put it together. I was surprised to find a socket 370 in that bad boy. I pondered the possibilities and wanted to run it by some other tech savy...
- jcastle
- Thread
- Mar 5, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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