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Whatever you do, avoid cooldrives.com and all its other 100-or-so sister operations like they're the plague. They are the worst in customer service and product quality. Check for this address: 10780 47th Street North BUILDING B ClearWater Florida 33762 They all have the same one...

It was a Thermalright NB-1C The fan was a bit too loud on its own so I had a soldered a resistor inline with its "+" lead. Very good after that.

I'd wait for the 2nd generation units to become available before grabbing one.

Review of X-Plosion at Rage3D.

http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/ Interesting concept at least. Install their plugin and then access windows updates through a non-IE browser. The site strongly advises that it is free, doesn't collect any sensitive user data, and does not install malware of any kind. Comments?

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I'm glad to hear you're going on to a better job, CougTek. I hope you enjoy it.

Quake 4: I'd recommend reading the section in this article covering System>>>Video Quality. Generally, the difference between High and Ultra is slight and not worth the resource hit. Comparison Pic: http://www.tweakguides.com/images/Quake4_7.jpg FWIW, I ran it on High but with an autoexec...

********************************************* Control Freak of the Decade award. (Potentially offensive) LINK

I can't find anything in my searches. I downloaded TurboTax Deluxe yesterday, let it fully update, and did my taxes with no problems whatsoever.

In my computers? NO On aircraft engines? YES I mostly use zipties in my computers.

Learn how to lace. On aircraft, a lot of the wire bundles are held together with lacing cord instead of zipties. http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/cable_lace/cable_lace.html

Joe's point was what I was thinking too. There's some unfortunate things that can happen to posted pictures...Even of a nice couple like Mr. & Mrs. Stereodude. Congrats on the anniversary, BTW. *** Now, we just need to get CougTek to post his picture and we'll be all set...The forum members...

If I was still married, my wife would have kicked my ass for putting a 533x800 pic of her in a online forum. Hope you don't end up sleeping in the car tonight, 'dude. :wink:

I'd tend to agree. Has Hollywood glamor fixation pushed American guys to the point where huge saline-bag breasts are the only acceptable vision of feminine pulchritude? ( . Y . )

It seems that LCD displays above 21.3" are also above 1600x1200 native. Of the current LCDs, the Samsung 214t (21.3" - 1600x1200) seems to be one of the standouts in picture quality. Funny you should mention the P815. In the short time (8 years) I've been building and rebuilding my home PC's...

Good score, but I know you can get further than that. Game Status=OWNED

(Flash Game) This was fun, if a bit juvenile. It doesn't require mouse dexterity. http://media.grab.com/media/c74d97/games/files/208.swf (Direct large-screen .swf grab, might require the screen to be right-clicked then select "play") http://www.grab.com/games/play.php?game=208&tab=1&fromint=1...

Maybe Merc would like to explain what the bag of hard drives is to be used for. "Delivery" isn't really what he has in mind, if memory serves.

Old school studded tires on steel rims. I always try to run my boss's Wall Street Journal over in the company parking lot if i get a chance.

Forget it. :bstd: I pulled a 49 out of about 5 minutes trying. Oh, my jangled nerves. I doesn't seem to help any, but try this address for a bigger view: http://www.mcsaatchi.webcentral.com.au/tennischallenge/optus_tennis_site_edited.swf

I know...We've discussed it before. And I agree with you. Couldn't resist posting that barb, though. :mrgrn:

Here's info on the computer case Merc keeps in his bathroom: http://www011.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kat2/pc/ern005/ekana.htm

Yes, definitely. At least to the 2nd one. I thought the RIAA was music, not movies.

Here's a solution.

Review of X-Plosion at Elite Bastards.

And, uh, Hogan's Heroes? *** WindDVD 7 for watching DVD's on the PC. It is much better than the v6 iterations. *** Now in my 12th year of not watching any TV, and don't miss it at all.

That looks a lot like Pleasanton Ridge, where I used to frequently beat the hell out of a mountain bike back in the early 90's. I miss that.

http://www.jengajam.com/r/shirt-folding (This link is not Firefox friendly, as least to me. It required IE.)

I really like the Arctic Cooling HSF's that come stock on some of their cards. Can't say I've heard much on their build quality.

That's a review of the first generation i-Ram. The 2nd generation version get announced next month, supposedly. http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3052

I forgot to mention this: While I do feel that the Antec P180 is an interesting design and fairly quiet, it is a huge pain-in-the-ass to build rigs in. This is especially so if you insist on trying to keep wires neatly bundled and stowed. I am already gathering ideas on my next gaming machine...

...Yate-Loon. Would you please let me know where I might find 'em? Unfortunately, the source I bought them from is out of stock. You might try here, however. Sources can be found by typing "D12SL-12" into Froogle although some of the results are the overpriced Nexus-branded fans. That Delta...

What are the 4-pin harnesses used for? According to my MB manual: "ATX 12V Power Connector: This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU." I think these 4-pin harnesses first came out on early Pentium 4 MB's...They've been on many of the MB's made since then. How is it that...

I am running that combo, Mubs. (P180 + S12-600) The 8-pin harness wasn't used and I did not require an extension for the 24-pin main harness. I did need two extensions for the 4-pin aux power harness so I could route it the way I wanted. TEMPORARY PIC (Path and connections of 4-pin...

Don't BS me CougTek. Everyone here knows you listen to Mötley Crüe when you're hamfisting stubborn computer boxes. :mrgrn: Cheers to all the high-post-milestone superhumans..

EAC is both a ripper and an encoder (when the appropriate codec is added). The newest versions of EAC still have the "command line options" block that you can use presets in.

Since when what? When was the last version released? v0.95b3 was released on August 30 of last year. Since when was it free? Well this is what the author states: I just haven't got around to sending the guy a postcard of the Salishan (Tacoma) slum or a nice authentic Pierce County methlab.

EAC 0.95b3 because it is free and it is the standard for high quality audio extraction.

Are you going to be out here? We have a Honeywell facility down in Kent. Good luck with the flight.

We have a forum member named "fb" Coug.

Merc, What is the difference between the X Raider and the X Plosion in terms of who they're marketed for? The cards' specs don't say much on what kind of user would want them.

Go over to Megagames.com or Gamecopyworld.com and download a NO-CD version of your game's executable. Then you can put your legally purchased :mrgrn: cd/dvd safely in a drawer. MegaGames="Game Fixes" section GameCopyWorld="Game Index" section Warnings: 1) Make sure the FIRST thing you do...

Run this program: http://www.acropdf.com/pdfsu.exe (freeware - no spyware/malware attached) Make sure "No Adobe Reader icon" box is checked. That might help. I'm just not positive if it only kills the icon generated from the initial install or all reoccurring icons. If anything, your...

Both are "good". F.E.A.R. is highly over-rated in my opinion. The endless indoor office/laboratory/etc. combat really became monotonous in a short period of time. The graphics engine and gameplay are decent, though. Quake 4 I liked better. It has more excitement and drama than F.E.A.R. It also...

Office germ counts: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/211020_putergerm07.html

The bandwidth eating thread from hell

Merc said it for me. Happy 2006

Sorry to hear about your trouble Coug. I've had a couple unpleasant learning experiences with nLite, but have otherwise been happy with it. Enjoy the beverage coaster. :wink:

Thanks for the mention, Buck. The Inq's 2006 server CPU article just got put up as well: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28639