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Hi I just spent 4 hours trying to setup a defective Linksys router, 110 IIRC. It's supposed to retail for 80 bucks, but, it has all the quality of components that cost 10 bucks. I think the reset button was stuck in, or it had a poor power supply, or connection. I couldn't get into settings...

That's sad. I had such high hopes.....

Since I had one go bad, I've bought Samsung's at Costco. I'm using the 21.5" 2233's. Only Samsung they are carrying. The more you spend, however, the better the percentage, at least in Kali, with the 16.00 monitor tax, plus 9% sales tax.

David: Why don't you give me a great price on those two OCZ 32 gigs, and, buy another Intel X-25E for your system? Tax write off? ;-) What's the advantages of the Auzentech X-Fi Forte over the Xplosion?

Forgot to mention that both computers are limited to 150 mb/sec, sata 1, or whatever...

OK: Merc, DD, do you think the Intel 25-M is worth 350 bucks? Other ideas? 80 gigs is enough for my boot drive. Thanks gs

Don't know about the messing systems up part. Seems like mine seem to run, and run well, for a long time. While I know some complain of server motherboard costs, as Splash used to point out, you usually don't have much in drivers to worry about, and, they generally just plug and play, provided...

I used to use that with my macs to set a minimum block size. I do it less with Windows, don't know why. Do you do the same?

It's all good. Glad he posts that stuff, so it reminds me of what a racket macs are. Charge 100% more for the video card, with a driver that doesn't work, and takes months to get right, if they ever do.. Thanks U...

This isn't really rocket science. HDTACH, the free version, will pretty much be good enough. ATTO works, as well.

By the way, I agree with David on the smaller SATA box from Supermicro, and, it's a steal, at that price. I also replaced the fan with a Stealth, and, it works fine, though if the fan dies, the alarm goes off, and, it's very high pitched, and annoying. Likewise if one of the drives dies, the...

It's for my HTPC. Now I just have to figure out the best deal for memory for this motherboard: GA-K8N Pro- SLI F7 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+ 2 gigs ram It's got 2 gigs of ram in it now. Wonder what's compatible with it? The Patriot stuff that's in it is 75 bucks for 2 gigs, kind of expensive...

Unless it's pretty much free, this was NOT one of my better ideas...

After reading the more recent reviews of 64 bit XP Pro, it would be worth about 10 bucks to try it, and, I suspect most of my programs and hardware might not have decent drivers. Don't know. Should probably just save the money, wait and hope Windows 7 is somewhere as good as the beta was...

Does anyone have a copy of XP PRO, 64 bit version they would like to sell, cheap? With ram prices so cheap, it might be worth going from 2 gigs, to more... What's the fastest speed ram this board will run? GA-K8N Pro- SLI F7

Looks like there is a VERY good reason to move to 64 bit...

"Here's a list of how much RAM the various Windows versions and editions support (as of Nov 2004): Windows NT 4.0: 4 GB Windows 2000 Professional: 4 GB Windows 2000 Standard Server: 4 GB Windows 2000 Advanced Server: 8GB Windows 2000 Datacenter Server: 32GB...

This seems to be the sweet value spot: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117185 This looks good as well: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117147

Sony has a rep for being a big, slow dinosaur in Japan, with Panasonic being THE electronics company. I'm with Merc, in that I really wish Sony would take themselves out of the entertainment business, and go back to Japan.

I will say the documentation for the keyboard from Logitech is the WORST I've ever looked at. The type is so small I need a magnifying glass to read it, and, the sticker on the back is pretty much unreadable. Rather then entering a passkey, I elected not to, since I couldn't read the one to...

Got the Linksys Bluetooth adapter and the keyboard the same day. Plug and Play for the adapter, and, XP Pro installed the software easily. Does what I want it to and makes it easier to work and watch at the same time. Keyboard appears to be decently built. Should be for that price. NO adapter...

I've been using Granite Digitals version, with replaceable fans on each drive, and, the front panel lets you know what the drive temperature is, and set an alarm for excessive temperatures. http://www.granitedigital.com/satahot-swapinternalenclosure1.aspx Given a choice, I think shutting the...

Bought another Samsung 2233sw. Like the software, like the instant adjustment for games, etc. Price is right at 179., and, I can return it if it screws up. Even with the 20% tax, it's still a nice monitor.

Supposed to arrive today. Foot pounding floor impatiently, waiting for UPS, who'll usually try and drop it at the front office, that is now closed...

[bites bullet and orders from newegg...]

I gather that the PSP keyboard does not come with some sort of broadcast device that you attach to the computer?

Check my math: 4.25 gigs in 55 seconds: 4250 divided by 55=77 mb/sec?

I'm trying to figure out why the player/burners are still stuck at 80 plus dollars....

I don't get that kind of speed copying from one SATA drive to another, in the same machine. One of the other considerations might be your energy bill. Anyone know what each drive runs, power wise, or, adding another computer on line? The HTPC software shows a 185 Watt draw, with the old...

Sorry my comment come out like that. I was talking about the current high failure rates in desktop drives, in particular Seagate, and in SATA. In a couple other threads, the discussions have focused on which of the current offering of large drives is likely to last, and, the Newegg customer...

Splash had a removable drive setup for SATA he recommended. Since SATA storage drives are so flaky, I figure a removable drive setup is the best. Fill it up, pull it, until you need it. I've been using Granite Digitals removable SATA drive setup, and, since the drives aren't up, aren't using...

What they should test them on is their Spanish. Sechs: This is NOT about parties. Sooner you get over that the better. We have a bunch of drunken sailors in our legislature, that spend money like there is no tomorrow, since, thanks to Silicon Valley, they got drunk on tax money they didn't...

This is REALLY huge, because endless 'old, out of date' systems will be given a new lease on life, slowing the rest of the industry, I think.

Thanks. I just ordered one. Would make life a LOT easier.

We need a new phrase: Mexican-carpetbaggers. These guys have it down. They come in in about October. Their kids miss maybe the first month. They work their tails off, doing whatever is avaliable, and, all live in one house. About November 15th, they go back to Mexico, and spend Thanksgiving...

David: Do you have a slightly lower rent solution?

Since we are in the pub, check Kali's ranking. 47th? Yep, it's amazing how bad we are, considering how liberal we are. To be real, with 49% of our student body being Mexican-Spanish, and having a different life style then the attorneys that write the laws and evaluation techniques, this is not...

16 dollars, plus 9.25% tax, on a 100 dollar item? Seems to me that it's pretty clear our new legislatures don't care about the little, poor people, now do they? Guess poor folks don't need computers, or should be paying 25% tax for that? What's bothering me is I teach kids that that 16...

Let's get this back on track. Is there a state, or company, that doesn't charge this 'waste tax'? Do you have anyone you deal with that you like? Anyone have a used monitor they want to sell, that they didn't have to pay the tax on, so they can move up to bigger and better? TV would work, as...

This argument is SO 20th century. Get over it. There is only one party: Just think Brave New World. They use war, the theory that we have a two party system, from focusing on the real issue: We have a bunch of rum runners who think they are royalty, and, are entitled to all that entails. We...

By reducing the resolution to DVD resolution, the problem went away, which I found strange. I thought the stuff was HDTV stuff, and, would be done at higher resolution, but, perhaps as with Davids' stuff, it was an issue of how it was copied causing the problem. Since changing resolutions to...

Whatever. It should fail under Privilges and Immunities Clause of the 14th amendment, since the tax seems to aim a higher percentage at the lower cost items. 100 dollar monitor gets the same 16 dollar tax as a 600 dollar monitor. Appears to move to 25 dollars at around 700, at least from...

They must be adding it at the end, because I just priced a few monitors there, and, it doesn't appear in the cart on the 'checkout' page, but, I haven't run one all the way through yet. Do you have a monitor that has the ease of use of the Samsung, for changing resolutions? I.E. just click on...

OK Went into Costco. Choices are Samsung 2233 @ 179. or Viewsonic 24" at 229. Big difference in cash, not so great difference in size. Figure what the heck, I look at the thing all the time, the extra 50 bucks might be worth it. Go to check out. Total is 267.26?"?>:-( That's almost a 16%...

I'm using a Wireless-G Linksys router WRT54GL to broadcast to my HTPC desktop, through a Linksys WMP54G. Once in awhile I use a laptop, using a WPC11, Version 4, Linksys wireless-B notebook adapter. Suggestions?

Hi Does anyone have an antenna that works to increase wireless connection quality, for a reasonable price? Using a Linksys card. Thanks GS

I just got done looking up the tests for the 4800, and, in real world stuff, it's about 10-20%, at least according to the reviews comparing it to the 3500...

pricewatch companies are just ripping people off on 939's, and, they are faster, but not that much... http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/Socket_939-20.htm

Fastest 939 I found was 225 dollars, Opteron 185, and that was a while ago. Results from people making the upgrade was it ran hot, and wasn't THAT much of an upgrade. IIRC, folks suggested they would have been better off moving to a newer MOBO/CPU combo.

I agree. It's also not worth buying another 2 gigs of ram, at least in my opinion. The ram for this machine, that would match, is 70 dollars, plus shipping. Don't think 2 gigs to 4 is worth it, and, awhile back I passed on a new processor, since the Opteron 185 was, IIRC, the fastest I might put...