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Thanks Yes, the side with the board has two 120MM's, one at the front, one at the back. I've also put a squirrel cage fan right next to the video card, that blows out the back of the case, and pulls air off the video card. I change resolutions without restarting the computer, and, I suspect...

Hi ATI just replaced another fried X800XL(that's three) with the above 1650 Pro card. I was wondering what fan to use to replace the noisy, not so good fan they use stock? Who makes the best quiet fan for the ATI card? Thanks

What kind of cpu usage does PowerDVD Ultra cause? As for video cards, I did a little research, and it seems like everyone is advertizing about HDCP capable, but none of the cards really are, without an additional chip. If I wasn't already into the cards fairly cheap, I'd try something else...

I do like duals, and, they are snappy, with Server 2003 or XP. Great website and reviews. What software are you using for Blue Ray decoding? How did you find out the Corsair was a relabled Seasonic? How much power consumption difference between a 500 and 700watt PS, and, what would it cost per...

Did you get the B3 or the GO?

What is it that you want your computer to do that it doesn't now? What areas are you trying to improve? What program so taxes your computer that you want to lower the cpu useage? Is that the issue? You aren't playing games, so that's out. Your machine sounds great to me, and, I just pointed out...

Well, I stand corrected. YOU are the expert...

Thanks David. Sort of thought so...

What's wrong with the Seasonic 700Watt 4 rail power supply? I've got the scythe in my gaming machine, and, I crank the fans up when I'm gaming. I'd get a variable rate front mounting fan control. About 30 bucks. IF I did it again, I'd probably go with that gaming cooler that mounts a fan...

What's wrong with the Seasonic 700Watt 4 rail power supply? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151031 I've got the scythe in my gaming machine, and, I crank the fans up when I'm gaming. I'd get a variable rate front mounting fan control. About 30 bucks. IF I did it...

HMMMM I thought it was a storing function in games like Quake 4, that without the memory, the game has to use some other sort of storage, like virtual memory, and that just slows things to a crawl... Funny thing about this is my ATI 800XL just died, so, I'm back to the 700XL, and, once tweaked...

HMMM. Sure glad I have an extra copy of XP, and, thank David for 2003 Server...

By the way, the new Universal HP software actually works with 2003 Server! That amazed me, no end...

I should say that while cheap, the chip that came with the Samsung cartridge fill didn't fit just right, and, every once in awhile I get a notice that the toner is substandard or something. Pulling the cartridge, shaking it once or twice, and putting it back in seems to solve this. Still, it...

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bedqd1e&s=bsd&dgc=EM&cid=27997&lid=640552 I just got this email. Looked great to start with. Then I saw 2003 server for 799.00? WTH? It just makes me thank God that we have this forum, and, all it's members, with...

I like the Samsungs mentioned, and the HP's. What's wrong with the 4000 series???

Chewy: Do you remember which versions you used? One of my kids in school was asking me about my CF-51, since toughbooks have a great rep in the sand box. Which versions would you recommend? 19, 30, etc.??? Thanks GS

20 MB A SECOND VS. 40 mb sec, using ATTO. 4200 vs. 7200 seagate. Seagate 80 gig 7200 is by far the fastest drive I've ever had in a laptop. For what it's worth, Ubuntu on the 4200, and, Server 2008 or whatever the trial is, aren't really all that bad on the 4200. Still, the XP install on the...

My solution: http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/products.asp I was an Apple fan from the mac Plus days. However, after being burned way too many times on hardware, and, limited expandability. Not to mention the upgrade of the week stuff, that means you have to upgrade all your...

That's not in XP, is it? Don't think this guys computer would run Vista well. 2.2 ghz, Intel/Dell...

Hi David I've got an installer for Nod 32 that worked for 2003 Server, web edition. If you contact tech support, they will email it to you, or, I can do that for you. Need your email address. Mine is santill28@gmail.com

Hi Have a friend with essentially one hand. Wondering if anyone could recommend the best VRS around, for doing word processing? Thanks Greg

Hmm. My experience with HD trailers was my old Matrox 750 didn't have enough ram to run it. Required 256MB vram to run HD trailers easily. ATI 700X series and 256 mb/vram plust Athlon 3000 seems to work fine.

Probably then most small countries;-) What would you consider the specs to drive such a display, both in Bluray, and a 42" screen? Also, what sort of cable connection do you use to the HDTV?

I'm going to ask the local blockbuster guys to put a regular DVD in the PS3 they have setup. See how it looks, since Blueray may still be expensive. Also, never saw a game on a PS 3, vs. computer.

Pradeep: Yes, it is the PS3. My Yamaha amp doesn't have a HDMI connector. It does appear to have an optical cable input/output, so that might work. Have to check around a bit...

Thanks My really old tv just had the portable Colby DVD player pretty much die on it, and, I bought a newegg.com Liteon combo. Didn't work with the old TV. Problem with the old style video out, from the Liteon unit. S video out worked fine, but, only my Panasonic in the living room has that...

David: Have you tried the other recent Razor offerings??? G

Anyone tried the this? Panasonic player upconverter to 1080? http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/82-103-286-08.jpg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882103286

Actually, it's Windows 2008 enterprise, that I don't trust on anything but a laptop, but, I agree with you. 2003 seems to work fairly well, except for games. s

Have enterprise up on my laptop. Fairly snappy. A bunch of basic software, like dictionaries, won't install. Driver problems for scanner, screen, and no dual monitor support. Password security is a real problem. Requires a serious amount of typing for a password, but, on the otherhand don't...

Just a quick note on the subject. I just got done pulling a Radeon X700 out of the machine David built, and I sold. CPU AMD 3000+, with Swifttech's massive cooler,and a Stealth Vantec fan on top of it. As the computer boots, the fan turns on, then the auto sensor shuts it off, and, it stays...

Edit: Are you a scitzo version of Splash??? WOW, what happened? I thought life as a dolphin was a really good thing???

Hi I'm wondering if you have fins, and, in another life, respected life, unlike your AVATAR??? I wonder, how did Splash turn into Jack?????

Drive was half of a raid 0, so the data recovery is not part of the picture. I was actually wondering if it would be worth it for anyone to have it fixed by seagate, i.e. reconditioned, or, I should just give it away as a 500 dollar paper weight at Christmas;-)? If the repair price was...

Hi I'm wondering what Seagate charges to fix such a drive? Guess you have to be registered with them to find out. Anyone registered, and know what they charge for a drive repair? Thanks GS esq.

Thinking of school. Currently subbing long term in a math class. Anyone have a projector they would donate? I use it for most of my math stuff. Scan in, and project. We have 5 for the school, and the school is about 3500 students.

Thanks! I couldn't remember hypermicro.com, but, I had very good service, products, and prices from them. I'll be looking them up. As for solid state, it's WAY off, as far as my price range right now. The 300 gig 10K's 10.7 are nearly as fast as 15k's, these days. Also, if I can find one...

Hi A refurbished Cheetah finally died, after about 5-6 years. Wondering if anyone has any great places to get scsi drives? How about these guys? http://www.unityelectronics.com/category-category_id/55/ct/SCSI_Hard_Drives Pricing looks too good to be true... GS

That's generally the alcoholics in the group... s

Excellent door stops...

I'm real happy with the 7200 rpm 80 gig in my Panasonic. Imagine they make bigger, but, the under 100 dollars seemed like the value spot, and, the bigger drives the usual ripoff, due to 'what the market will bare, lack of competition' pricing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZfUI3tHII About 1200 pounds, handles like an F1, and about 3.5 seconds to 60. By the way, Spectre racing used to be in Belmont. I spent about 50k on a Mustang funny car they built. I've been thinking about a similar project with a 928, or 924, or 914...

HMMMM. So far the combination of RipIt4me DVD Decrypter, and DVD Shrink has worked on pretty much anything I've tried it on. That said, if you like AnyDVD that much, it's nice to know about it, and, I'll check it out in the future. G

David: Don't know if it would help, but I use Onmiform 5.1, from formly Scansoft, now Nuance for documents I want to fill in areas on a computer repeatedly. As it starts, it has a wizard that might allow you to scan the forms the way you would like. It does scan forms, sense areas that are to...

Hi I was wondering if UbunutI ripping software was better then say, Exact Audio Copy, or RipitforMe, etc. ? If so, which packages do you use? Thanks G

I LOVED THAT, after I stopped crying. :cry: Very sad...

David: What programs are you running? Seems to me I remember the Video program I used with the Plextor converter ate tons of processor cycles. How do you do batch photo processing? Photoshop? Haven't been able to get VM up and running on my machine, but, I'll take your word for it. I've used...

Well, I've been sending stuff like the article "What slows Windows down" to his work place. Tomorrow I'll leave on the desk, notes that pretty much just show he's an incompetent idiot. I did spend about an hour, something not easy to find in my current 7 day a week schedule, to go over how to...

Hi I wonder if the programs we currently have can even use the existing processor power? Except for DVD Shrink, most of the programs I have can't even use the measly two physical 2.8ghz Xeon's I currently have. It takes multitasking to really get near 100% cpu usage, and, it usually looks...