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Well, they're now gone. You can close this thread.

I just picked up a pair of these drives for $95 CAD each. Awesome deal, if you ask me!

No takers?

I've got about four 14"/15" CRT monitors that I need to get rid of. Instead of throwing them out, I figured I'd advertise them here first. I'm not asking anything for them, but you'd be responsible for picking them up from my house. I live in London, Ontario, Canada. The monitors are all...

The mouse looks a bit odd, but you've gotta love the Bluetooth and the laser sensor. Oh, and the scroll nub!

I know this is way out there, but why don't you just use the stock cooler? Are you planning on overclocking the heck out of the chip?

I've been running Vista in a virtual machine with only 384 MB of RAM for days, and it has no problems. The screenshot posted by the Inquirer is completely useless. I bet they had dozens of programs running in the background. Look at the number of processes that are running! Definitely not a...

I'm very happy with my 2405FPW. I don't think I could justify either the price or the huge increase in resolution (I still find the resolution on my 2405FPW overwhelming at times).

These settings work well for me! Better than factory-default, that's for sure.

My baby just arrived. :D I'm absolutely loving it. This is an awesome monitor. The colours are crazy good...I don't even think my old CRT had colours this vibrant. I have ONE dead subpixel (the red portion of the pixel is toast, so every colour that doesn't use red looks fine). I don't...

Actually, check out the Inspiron 9300 here. It comes with a GeForce Go 6800, and it's only $1,899 CDN (which is roughly $1,555 USD). Not a bad deal! Personally, I'd go for this over an XPS Gen2 (I don't particularly like the looks of the XPS Gen2).

It was Western Union themselves. At least, that's what showed up on my statement.

SUCCESS! I checked my credit card statement online and Western Union has credited me for the full amount that I lost! Does anyone else have a similar credit on their account? Looks like someone or something managed to get through to them... If it was someone from here, thanks a lot!

Well, I couldn't resist. I bought one. Can't wait for it to arrive!

In case there are any Canadians looking for a deal on one of these puppies (and don't want to get scammed by some idiot from Florida), Dell now has a 20% off sale on all of their widescreen LCDs. That brings the 2405FPW from $1399 down to $1,119.20 (that's almost $300 less!). It's definitely...

I second that. Anyone figured anything new out? My credit card company is going to be refunding my money on the 6th of July so I'm in the clear, but I'm worried about other people who may have paid by cash... Rex, any new leads? Have you spoken with Western Union yet?

I count roughly seven. So, assuming each person sent this guy $500, he made close to $3,500 in total. I have to give him credit, he sure knows what he's doing. Too bad he's going to get caught.

At least then you can send it in for warranty replacement!

Already done! http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=913088

Well, I'm pretty sure none of us are going to get the monitor. He did offer it to over 5 people so far, so unless he has 5 of them sitting in his basement, I doubt any of us are going to get anything. We just want our money back!

Well, personally I've never had the need to "amplify" any of my component signals (in fact, I didn't even know it was possible). The only signal in my house that's amplified is the one coming from the cable company, and it's using their own 4-port splitter/amplifier box. I'd wait until the...

The "all or nothing" concept applies for all DIGITAL signals. As good as component may be, it's still not digital. I remember I had a set of really crappy component cables and the picture looked quite heavy on the red. I got a set of Monster component cables (they were horribly expensive; I...

You have to be careful. Most "auto-sensing" switches refer to auto-sensing between 10/100 link speed. You should specifically look for one that says auto-MDI/MDI-X detection, so that you won't have to worry about whether you need a straight-through or crossover cable.

I'd really recommend a switch with auto-MDI/MDI-X capability. It'll say that specifically on the box when you go to buy it. If you play your cards right you can get one for around $20 USD, or even a gigabit one for about $40 USD. Why not go for the future-proof solution?

Why not USB? I've had great success with a USB directional wireless adapter.

That's a very impressive system you've got there. I'll buy it off you for $50.

I think there should be a label covering the power button of any new computer. It should tell the buyer that they should open up their case every 6 months and spray it down with a can of compressed air. That's all I do, and all six computers in my house are totally clean and run great.

If you need to get a signal really far away, you should invest in a USB directional wireless card. I suggest USB because that will let you aim the antenna directly at your router, and directional so that you get better reception (since it's aiming the signal at one point instead of all over the...

Yep, that should work fine. You should invest in a cheap auto-sensing switch which will automatically detect the type of connection you need (straight-through or crossover). I have a few of them, and it sure makes cabling a lot easier without having to worry about MDI/MDI-X stuff.

Wouldn't it be slightly suspicious when a guy walks up to Western Union and picks up several money transfers, each for $500, from several different people at the same time? I think it should have been Western Union's duty to ask him what all the transfers were for. I knew I should have...

I filed a complaint with the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (run by the FBI). I also called my credit card company, and they said I'd have to wait 30 days to ensure non-delivery of the goods. After the 30 days are up, they'll work on getting me my money back. I agree, this guy definitely...

I hate to admit it, but looks like I got scammed by this dude, too. I only sent him the equivalent of $500 CAD, which is still a fair bit of change. I'm going to contact my CC company to see what I can arrange. If anyone knows the best way to approach this with them, please let me know.

What you want is possible, however your router must support WDS (Wireless Distribution System). I have a year-old SMC router and it supports it. What this does, is that it makes your router act as a wireless repeater, so that it takes the signal of the main router and re-broadcasts it. Good...

I'm trying to build a secondary PC with some old parts I have. I have two possible processors: one is a Pentium III 667 MHz (133 MHz bus) and the other is a Pentium III 850 MHz (100 MHz bus). Which would give me better overall performance? (On a side note, I also have a Celeron 1 GHz, but I...

GOOD MAN! "The Cheat, I had that light switch installed so you could turn the lights on and off. Not so you could throw light switch raves!"

There might be drivers that you have to download, or something to that effect. Does the 2Wire.com website have anything related to their product that might help you figure out a solution? But to be honest, you're better off hooking it up using Ethernet. It's faster than USB 1.1 and far less...

I name my computers after the person who uses them. The computer in my room is called "ANDREW", and the family computer is called "FAMILY". I named my server "SERVER" and my laptop "LAPTOP". My dad's laptop is "TOSHIBA" and my brother's laptop is "COMPAQ" (for hopefully obvious reasons)...

Not my picture...I saw it on a review site just recently. The difference is phenomenal.

True, as far as I know. I haven't heard anyone say otherwise.