Recent content by coldwave007

Seriously? Didn't know that! Sweet! I'll remember that next time.

I, personally, bought the cheapest phone I could from AT&T that had a Sim-card, added the data plan separately, then scalped an unlocked HTC Touch Dual off of Ebay for cheap. Much cheaper overall than buying on of their locked-in smart phones.

I, personally, have found building machines to be upgradeable 3+ years in the future to just not be all that cost effective. I'd go with the cheaper AMD build myself but with the Geforce260 graphics card. It'll easily last you the next 3 or so years. Then, just take the money you saved and...

Installed Windows7 32bit as the primary OS on my Dell Inspiron 1520. So far, running like a champ. Ran across a few bugs that I sent Microsoft feedback on, but certainly nothing Earth shattering. Intel Core2 Duo 1.8Ghz, 2GB DDR 533, 320GB Hitachi 7.2k, Nvidia 8600

If a bearing goes, it can scream. Are the fans free of debris? The extra drag can cause a fan to be noisy, seen it a couple of time. Failing that, probably a bearing going out.

Out of curiosity, what tuning software are you using?

Ooooh, an erratic problem. Bad hardware can cause the corruption you're seeing, the question is, which piece? I know you've already done the memory tests, but do you have some spare sticks you could swap out for? I personally doubt it's them, but it's one of the easier tests. Next up, it...

*waves at scarredtaka* Hello fellow Fairbanks resident! Anyhow, I pack around: Leatherman Charge (Use almost every day at work. Faster than going to the tool box.) Lexar Firefly 4GB (Various personal/Encrypted data, drivers, etc) HTC touch Dual Cellphone (For phone calls, also has my...

My favorite processor by far was my AthlonXP 2600 Barton. It was my first build, and I was amazed at the difference in performance in that machine compared to my old P2 350Mhz. Quite a jump!! Total History: Intel 80486 33Mhz Pentium II 350Mhz AthlonXP 2600 Barton @ 2.4ghz Athlon64...