Recent content by Icarus

Yeah I'll definitely look into the quad-core. And it looks like the Corsair PS is at a pretty decent price right now (with rebate), so I'll stick with that. But otherwise, everything looks good? No major changes anyone would make?

So I shipped my computer to my new place out of state, and they dropped it/otherwise destroyed it, and I was able to drag $600 out of them through the claims process (which I'm OK with - it was a 5 year old machine I had built back when I started college). So now its time to build it anew...

I would, but I don't like the fact that its a 6-bit panel with 16.2 million colors. Color depth and accuracy is huge for me.

Anyone think its safe to buy the L90D+ again? I'd really like to buy one - its a great monitor at a great price - save for the vertical line thing. Its been a while since people have been having the vertical line issue - you'd think the problem batch of panels would be done by now. :confused:

All right I'm going to try to explain this as best I can. When playing DVDs via my DVD-R drive (its a Lite-On SOHW-1693S), I hear a really annoying whining noise through the speakers behind the sound of the DVD itself. It is a noise very similar to the high-pitched whine the actual drive makes...

which LCD did you order? - that could make a difference as well, depending on how much demand they've got at the moment

Fiscal quarter - speaking of which, I dont' think the current one is over until november/december :(

selling at a sharp loss my @$$ - Dell's profit margin on those things is huge.

before tax and such?

hot damn! flying on a private jet eh? :D

probably a piece of spyware or a virus. Have you run Ad-Aware and a virus scan lately?

hot damn! That thing had better bolt right into the mobo tray or something so it doesn't rip right off of the socket.... and I thought the 7000-Cu was big :D

the keyboard is definitely the easiest part to replace on a laptop. It's usually just a matter of a few screws to remove the plastic cover by the keyboard, lifting it out and undoing the cable from the mobo.

Out of curiosity, how many sales reps did you end up talking to in this hour? I'm looking to buy a 2405, but haven't been having much luck with the reps I"ve talked to.

hmm thats odd - I have the same problem with my PC-65. IC7-G P4 2.6 Zalman 7000b-Cu heatsink 1x SATA HD 1x IDE HD 1 optical my CPU idles at 48-50, ambient temp in the case is about 34-38, and at load, the CPU goes up to about 54. I agree about the fans right on the HD's though -...