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Hey everyone. I used to be a hardware geek (kept up to date on all the latest hardware releases and such) but since finishing college I've really fallen out of the loop. I've decided that it's time to upgrade my aging gaming rig (X2 4600+, 2GB RAM, Geforce 8800GT) and I'm considering going SFF...

Hello everyone! Pittco is pleased to announce that the registration for our next event is now open! Here is some more information: ------ What? ------ Pittco - Iron Storm 6 ------ When? ------ Saturday March 17th - Sunday March 18th, 2007 ------ Where? ------ Castle Shannon Volunteer...

I am selling my Sager 3880 Laptop. This laptop can play almost all new games very well and is perfect for any gamer or someone who wants a very high resolution laptop computer. This is basically an OEM Alienware laptop so it is on par with Alienware quality. Specs: Intel Pentium M 750...

Hey everyone, I have a quick question. Is there a tool anywhere online that would allow me to monitor the voltages coming off my power supply? I know I could use a multi-meter but I just don't want to take my computer apart just for that. Thanks.

Attention Computer Gamers! The Pittsburgh LAN Coalition presents IRON STORM 5 200 Man LAN in the Great Pittsburgh Area August 12th-13th @ CSVFD Firehall in the South Hills of Pittsburgh Tournaments, Pick-Up Games, Contest, and much more! $25 per Gamer Reserve your seat today...

My dad recommended me to build a web site for a friend's company; they mostly distribute "As Seen On TV" merchandise. They want to include a product database for about 100 products as well as an online ordering system. I will have to design the layout of the site as well as get pictures/specs...

I have been wanting to buy Oblivion since it came out but I am unsure if my computers will be able to run it. (Specs in sig) What does everyone else thing about this?

Attention Gamers! The Pittsburgh LAN Coalition is hosting its fifth large scale lan party, Pittco Lite, on March 4th and 5th. We're capping the attendance at 75 this time around in order to focus on a more interactive experience with tournaments and contests, so reserve your seat as soon as...

Hey everyone, glad to see an active OEM board. This summer will be in the market for a new computer and quite frankly I am sick of home builds just because I don't have the time to play around with things when they break, I would rather just be able to send it back and have the manufacturer...

I just got a 250gig Western Digital hard drive for my DFI LANParty nForce 2 Ultra (Rev A) motherboard-based system. I have had a good install of Windows (SP 2 slipstreamed) for about a week now and all of a sudden I get this error. An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\D during a...

Hey, I have a Sager 3880 Laptop and it currently has a CD-RW/DVD Combo drive and I want to upgrade it to a DVD Burner. Are there any anyone would recomend?

Please go here and vote for a Battlefield 2 Tournament. http://www.pittco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1194 I am on staff there and we are trying to see if there would be interest in a large Battlefield 2 Tournament. If you are interested please vote in the poll, also any feedback would be...

I have a Sager 3880 (specs in sig) and I want to install this DVD burner. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136070 Will it work and will I be able to connect he burner properly? Also is that a good DVD Burner, if not what is a good one?

Hello, I currently help run two Podcasts CU Backslash and GIG Cast ( currently writing the first episode, due January 2006 ) and we currently do the podcast with Skype and have one computer designated to record. We are looking into improving the quality of our podcast and we were wondering if...

Hey, me and some of my friends have a development system that we use for programming and web development and I was wondering if there was a way to limit the number of child processes that can be spawned by a program. As I said in the title the system is running FreeBSD.

Lately I have noticed every time I go over a link in Firefox the lift-mid side of my laptop makes a light clicking sound. I have no idea what this could be, has anyone had a similar experence? Also when I minumize or maxamize windows it makes a light high pitched wine. This doesn't happen all...

I just installed Cygwin and gcc on my computer and everytime I compile a C++ program with something simple like IOSTREAM or FSTREAM I get this error. /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/Cleric/LOCALS~1/Temp/ccvXrMm2.o:test.cpp: (.text+0xd): undef ined reference to `std::basic_string<char...

I may be picking up a laptop for school work/programming/Linux Development. I was wondering if any of the refurb IBM Thinkpad laptops from Tigerdirect would be alright. Has IBM always had such high quality laptops even in their older Pentium 4 M models?

How does everyone clean their LCDs? Mine is getting kinda nasty and in need of a good cleaning. What does everyone recomend?

I am working on this project where I have to fork exactly five children. Our professor told us to just use a while loop but that will fork children factorally (I think) Parent gets forked -> child (does this 5 times) child forks -> child (does this 4 times) child forks -> child (does this...

My girlfriend has a Dell Inspiron 1000 laptop that she got whe she started college a year ago. It has a 2.2 ghz Celeron Northwood in it and her warrenty is about to expire (I think). Would there be any way she could upgrade the processor to a Pentium M? I am really not familiar with the...

Hey, since I started college I hardly game so I am putting up my gaming rig for trade for something like a Dell 700m (or any light laptop). I don't really care about specs as long as it has atleast 512 RAM and atleast a 1.5ghz Pentium M (some type of warranty would be nice too =D). Here are...

DoD:Source came out yesterday, after a year of waiting I finally installed it and fired it up. But to my supprise... BSOD. WTF? I figure that maybe it was just "one of those things", so I reboot and fire it up again. BSOD. I turn off automatic restarting so maybe I can finally see what the...

At the start of June 2005 I bought a Sager 3880 laptop from PCTorque.com (see sig), it worked great for about a month until one day the hard drive dies. No biggie (I thought), this happens sometimes. So I called PCTorque to ask about a replacement, and I was informed that the new drive would be...

At the start of June 2005 I bought a Sager 3880 laptop from PCTorque.com (see sig), it worked great for about a month until one day the hard drive dies. No biggie (I thought), this happens sometimes. So I called PCTorque to ask about a replacement, and I was informed that the new drive would...

Attention Gamers! Pittco is hosting Iron Storm 4, a 150 man LAN in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 6th-7th. There will be tournaments for Counter-Strike 1.6, UT2k4, DoD, Warcraft 3, and DDR. Large games for Battlefield 2 and UT2k4 will also be organized. Admission ranges from only $20-30...

What do you all think?

This is a stupid question, but is there any chance of a 64 bit Pentium M coming out? I just bought my Sager 3880 and I don't want it to become obsolete when Longhorn comes out.

I need to make tuition and loan payments so I gotta get rid of some stuff. ****Lowered Prices Again**** I won a copy of Half-Life 2 at a LAN Party and since I already own it I want to get rid of it. It is unopened, never used, and the box is in good condition. I am asking SALE PENDING...

I have a Shuttle XPC system that I need to get rid of. Here are specs: Via KT400 Chipset with SATA and onboard Video AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 512 megs of DDR 2100 160 GB Western Digital IDE Hard drive 16X DVD-ROM Drive MSI Geforce 4 TI 4200 102.11G Linksys Wireless Card I am asking for...