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The title just about says it. I need a PSU that has an 80mm fan in the front or the back, like in ye olden days, rather than on the large side. It's going in a 2U chassis, and I don't know yet whether it'll have space on top for an intake, so I'm trying to moot that question entirely. The...

Hi all, I picked up some surplus computers, and they're worth more as parts than as computers. All prices include shipping unless otherwise noted: FOR SALE: 2GB DDR2-5300 (667MHz) DIMMS - working pulls from Dell desktops. Some are stock Nanya with a Dell sticker, some have Micron chips. $9...

My wife's UL30A-X5 is dying (the ground on the monitor cable is fraying, baby spilled hot chocolate on the keyboard, cheap plastic case is beat up, etc), and we're looking for a replacement. Here's what I'd *like* to get: Used 13"-ish screen (13", 13.1", 13.3", etc--under 14" for sure)...

I have a Thinkpad T410, which yesterday I noticed wasn't going to sleep when on battery. I opened up the power options, and found that instead of showing two columns of settings (one for battery, one for AC power), it only showed the one. My google-fu failed me, so I'm turning to the experts...

I'm running a Radeon HD 3850 (old, yes, I know), and on Sunday I started seeing some odd behavior. When coming out of standby, the displays did not initialize. The rest of the computer seemed to be functional--occasional flashes from the HDD light, etc. When doing a cold boot, the same...

An investment company in our area moved offices, and in the process got all new computers and monitors. The old stuff got posted on bookoo.com (disclaimer: I work for bookoo), with 17" LCD monitors going for $15 apiece. I talked my bosses into sponsoring a build to stick a whole bunch of...

So I'm setting up a Radeon 5450. When I installed the 12.3 drivers, I got a page fault BSOD every time I got to the desktop. 12.2 drivers refused to install, and 12.1 (and earlier) drivers give me a "BAD_POOL_HEADER" BSOD on boot. If I install only the driver, without CCC, it seems to work...

I've come across a deal where I can get a lot of monitors for really cheap, and I'm looking to build a computer to drive them all. I'd like to drive at least 12 displays, but possibly more (15? 20? who knows?). Gaming performance is not a concern (each monitor will likely be displaying a...

I hopped on the $40AR deal on the HS1A's a few weeks back, and so far, I like them. I'm no audiophile, so the sound is good enough for me. What really bugged me was the fact that the volume adjustment and mic mute switch are waaaaay down the cable, out of arm's reach. The freakishly long...

Newegg has the LG IPS226V-PN 21.5" LED monitor for $150 after a $20 coupon code (visible at the link). IPS panel, 1080p, HDMI/DVI/VGA. It sure would be nice to stick one of each of these on either side of the U2410 I just bought. Reviews seem pretty good, and if you can get over the ugly...

Up until recently, I've had my HTPC hooked up to our TV, almost exclusively playing movies from a file server (samba share). I'd like to replace it with something smaller and less power-hungry. Several months ago, I was looking at the WD TV Live Plus, but is there a better or cheaper...

If you live near a Fry's and need a headset, this may fit the bill. [H] did a review, and they came out pretty well for the price of $75 (at that point). $50 makes it a sweeter deal.

In the Friday ad. It's a bit old, but the price is nice. Specs: AM3/AM2+/AM2 socket - max 65W CPU PCIe x1 slot USB: 4 rear, 6 front VGA output 2x PS/2 ports 2x DDR2 slots 4x SATA No floppy or PATA interface

I'm planning a build around a uATX board, and it's been a while since my last build, so I want to make sure I get one that meets my requirements. Here's what I need: --support for dual displays (so I don't have to buy a discrete graphics card) DVI and VGA are fine --IDE and SATA interfaces...

I have this crazy idea of taking a PSU, adding some additional electronics, and turning it into a variable voltage power supply. To do it, I'm looking for a PSU with dual 12V rails. I know that a lot of brands exaggerate the power rating of the PSU, and I actually have a PSU on my desk which...

I've been out of the F@H game for some time now, and want to jump back in the game. I don't have much in the way of high-PPD hardware, but I want to get back in the game. My folding-worthy hardware, currently: Athlon II x3 435 unlocked to 4 cores, 6MB cache, 2.9GHz/ 4GB DDR3/ Radeon HD3850/...

My nephew received from his school a surplus laptop. It is running XP Professional. We're trying to restore it to a mostly-normal condition. The problem is that it's pretty seriously locked down. Even the administrator accounts can't run regedit, cmd.exe, access the Run dialog, access...

In this morning's ad, I saw this [url=http://shopping.dallasnews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=2519&adid=8890683&subid=28313297&type=]rather tempting deal. Athlon II X4 620 Biostar MCP6P M2+ motherboard $69 - $10 MIR = $59 The mobo's nothing to get excited about but sell it and you get a $50...

Saw this in the morning ad. It's not screaming hardware by any stretch of the imagination, but the price is hard to beat for a basic build: Sempron 140 w/ MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 motherboard for $40-$10MIR = $30 Sempron specs: 2.7 GHz AM3 45W TDP 1MB L2 cache Motherboard specs: 2x240 DDR2...

Noticed it in today's Fry's ad. It's a good-quality uATX case with 120mm rear fan. Here is newegg's page on it, with more pics and specs.

I'm been out of the loop for quite a while now, and I'm looking at build a new rig. Back when I first started doing GPU folding a couple years ago, the performance was CPU-limited. Is that still the case, or has the client improved enough that the CPU is no longer the bottleneck? I guess my...

Until about a year ago, I used a cheap 4.1 Altec Lansing setup. The sound isn't great, and especially so once the amplifier for the subwoofer died (...about a year ago). Since then, I've been struggling along with just two of the little, tinny-sounding plastic things on my desk. Time to...

I ran across this today. Certainly would be good for a high-points-density machine. It has four PCIe x16 slots and three x8 (full-length) slots. No word on pricing or availability.

For those who don't know, Airlink101 was a brand of consumer networking hardware that was sold at Fry's electronics. In fact, other than a few models popping up here and there, I haven't seen any other company. They're known primarily for having really, really inexpensive stuff, and although...

I recently acquired a pair of old Del 2000FP's ($15 apiece, working, minus power adapter), and would like to add one (or both!) of them to my current setup (20" widescreen and a 17" 4:3). I have a Radeon HD3850 in a Biostar 7025-M2 mobo (GeForce 7025 graphics onboard). If it's possible, I'd...

4-pack Cooler Master 120mm case fans for $8.99 I noticed it in today's newspaper ad. It's about halfway down the page on the right side, in the red background. The deal may or may not apply to you, so check your local paper.

Near the lower-left corner of this ad, you can see that Fry's has an even-better-than-normal combo deal this weekend: Athlon 64 X2 5200+ ECS GeForce7050M-M v2 motherboard Antec Three Hundred All together for the grand total of $99 (+tax). No rebates required. Specs on mobo...

Ike went directly over my house on Friday night. No power for the foreseeable future, so I've lost my one GPU client. My SMP client at work is back up, but I'll be taking a pretty significant PPD hit. Has anyone else experienced Ike's wrath?

Let's hear it. It sounds like good news for the green team over the last couple of days, and the red team has been going strong for a while. So what are your plans?

Good today and tomorrow at your local Fry's, if you're lucky to have one. http://shopping.dallasnews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?adid=6358398&advid=2519&type= Considering that the CPU alone goes for $76 on the egg right now, this is a pretty good deal. Don't like the motherboard? eBay it, and use...

In case you (like me) missed the deal last weekend, it's up one more time, but for today only: http://shopping.dallasnews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=2519&adid=6295886&subid=21520267&type= EDIT: Picked one up at the SW Houston location over lunch break. Plenty of copies in stock. I saw one...

The deal appears to be good today and tomorrow at your local Fry's, if you're fortunate to live near one. http://shopping.dallasnews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?adid=6282923&advid=2519&type=

I have a Creative Live Cam Video IM, and I'm trying to take a time-lapse video with it. The Creative software that comes with it appears to be useless--once it takes a single picture, it cannot get any more images from the camera. So I'd like to use the nice, free, Microsoft-provided...

I have a laptop with both ethernet and wireless cards, running Windows XP Home. I would like to (if possible) assign certain programs to certain NICs, e.g. assign Firefox to use the wireless, but still be able to connect to a printer over the wired network (which is segregated from the...

I have a Windows XP installation, with which I am quite happy. I would like to create a VMWare image from it so I can run a virtual machine inside Linux on this same laptop. Is there a way to do this? Dual booting isn't really an option, unfortunately, since I need both places at once. I've...

Holy smokes, this is getting ridiculous. Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with a basic ECS motherboard for $59 at Fry's from now until Tuesday: http://shopping.dallasnews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?advid=2519&adid=6062933&subid=20834989&type= Whole Sunday ad...

I've been doing a lot of travel for work lately, and so I'm looking to purchase a small wireless access point/router that I can take with me. I guess I'm looking for something similar to an Airport Express, but without the price premium or extra features--I'm just looking for a wireless router...

I do a fair amount of long-distance travel, and my current machine (Dell Latitude D600) isn't quite fitting my needs. I'm looking for something smaller and with better battery life. I would like to find a notebook that has a 12-13" screen, has a decent battery life, and also has an option for...

AMD has just released their Performance Library as open source. This means that developers now have a free library of optimized code for....well, all sorts of stuff. If Stanford are able to use this, it might prove to be a boon for people folding on AMD processors.

I recently picked up a KVM for cheap. It looks like this: My problem is this: it didn't come with a manual, and it only switches inputs on a keyboard command--there's no button on the KVM switch itself. And I don't have any idea how to make it switch inputs. The KVM has no identifying...