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we just got back from the vacation of our lives. we went diving at Cozumel and then went through Playa Del Carmen and Cancun. I uploaded 2/3's of our pictures to our laptop. but the last day of pictures may be lost. I have a Canon powershot A95 with a 512 mb compact flash memory card. I can...

I went to get the wireless card from Cingular and was surprised to find out I had to sign another 2 year contract. :eek: uhh, no thank you! $60 a month ain't bad till you multiply it by 24!! are there any options for pay as you surf wirelss card for laptops?? Thanks :D

are there places to plug in my laptop in the plane or airport? what have been your experience?? circuit city sells the charger that has the airplane adaptor, but if my cheap seat doesn't have an outlet what good is it? :rolleyes: I ordered a extended life battery, but it doesn't fit my HP...

I found tetris and solitaire, I would like to find other mindless games to have some fun with. the key word is FREE. I would appreciate links. thanks

a co-worker of mine suggested this. I signed up, but haven't received my documentation yet. but for $30 a year it covers theft and accidental dropping. anyone got any experience with it?? heck of a deal!! Steve

I got the laptop for our trip. We will be heading down to Cancun in a couple of weeks and I thought it would be nice to watch movies on a laptop. so I got a $500 cheapy. HP 530. but the battery will barely last 2 hours. that is barely enough time for a movie. should I get a 2nd battery...

for some reason the finger pad scrolling function died yesterday?? I looked in the mouse config and there is nothing there about it. Now I have to go take the little cursor all the way over to the right and hit the scrolling bar. I got a HP 530 that is about a week old. any ideas...

my laptop says it can not find hard drive. I'm sure I am not the first one to try this. what trick am I missing?? thanks! Laptop is a HP cheapy $500 jobber. nothing great, just a DVD watcher and web browser

I just got a new laptop. a $500 cheap HP from Tiger. It is my first laptop. the thing is bundled with tons of HP software and back up/restore stuff. I have XP on CD and would love to swap away from Vista. is it possible without losing all the restoration stuff from HP?? what do you...

our new laptop arrives today :D I need to select a wireless router. suggestions? I also am concerned about keeping our network secure. ideas? while traveling, do I need to keep the laptop secure from hacking? the laptop is just a cheapy $500 sale that Tiger had. they sold out in a...

I am concerned about my slave drive. it is a 2-3 year old Western Digital IDE. I had about 150 GB of data on it. pictures, videos, music. when I went to do my weekly defrag on it last night it told me I needed at least 15% empty space to defrag! :eek: and showed a huge section as...

my new build met an untimely demise Friday night/Saturday morning. the screen was black with an "boot disc fatal error" message. I tried everything from reboot, to swapping out wires, to off-unplugging SATA cord-reboot-off-replug-on still nothing, switched power and SATA cord, still dead. the...

I recently bought the Hauppauge WINTV-PVR-150 PCI Interface Tuner Card. is there a better software out there? thanks.

a buddy of mine is having a heck of a time with his new build. his mobo does not seem to know that it has LAN's. he sent the first board back to the egg. the 2nd board is doing the same dang thing :mad: . here is what we have done: updated bios tried different ethernet cords (port is...

I got the Hauppauge WINTV-PVR-150 PCI Interface Tuner Card from the egg. but I do not seem to have the option of recording a couple of AM talk shows. is there technology available to allow me to record shows? I looked for websites to download. but couldn't find anything. I'd love to...

eBay is selling them for $450+++ any other options? Thanks Steve

I am not sure where to post this question. it is about software (sort of) so I figured here. I am looking for software to test hard drives, memory and processors. basically some software to test the speeds of different computers for comparison purposes. shareware would be excellent.

the new computer is up and running. I love it :D but I have a slave HD from the old computer that I transferred over. It has all my music and movies on it. The bios says it is there and identifies it. but windows doesn't want to set it up. the new one is SATA and the slave is IDE. it...

I found the old thread like 8 pages down. It was 30+ pages. the game was finally released around the 20th page. instead of reviving that monster I thought I just start a new one.... so here goes...... What do like the best about the game? What tips do you have? What problems have you...

do you use a software program or hardware?? what do you use? Steve

I just got mine. I haven't hooked it up yet. I don't like the idea of putting a sensor between the CPU and heatsink, so I'm looking for another idea.

can my computer be set up that 2 people could play a game similiar to what is done with Play Stations? everyone I've asked says no. but you guys are smarter than them, right? :D what would RAWK would be to take my computer down to my cousins during deer season and play games during the...

I just built my first computer. pretty psyched about it :D I have been looking at getting a LCD and dumping the 16" CRT. everywhere I look they are pushing the widescreen LCD's. I guess if you watch a lot of movies on your computer it makes sense, but beyond that.....what is the advantage...

which version is the most used and recommended?? I don't plan to use Linux for games, I got XP for that. I am in the middle of a new build and want to put a 20 GB partition on my HD for Linux. Something I can play with in the future. :) Steve

my CPU fan was noisy so I did my first RMA to newegg. The package shows are being received from UPS Thursday at 12:15 PM. yet they still have done nothing with it. I called to inquire and was told my pallet will be processed Monday :eek: !! Fedex does not operate Monday. So it will not ship...

I am getting back up to date on the games. it's been a few years since I've had any descent games. Game keyboard or PS2 style joypad?? which one do you like and why? :D oh: Doom 3, Quake 4, Supreme Commander and Battlefield 2 are the games I plan to check out. I bought the first 2...

I would like to change out the OEM CPU heatsink/fan to something a bit more efficient. and add a 120 fan to the back of the case to pull more air. Quiet is good. thanks guys Steve

I can't seem to delete this!! :eek: I edited my signature.... :mad:

newegg is out....and expensive. ebay is much cheaper. anybody else know a source that is cheap, fast and reliable? :D Steve I need to do a signature....I have the E6600

I am just getting my new computer set up. the freaking cup fan is driving me nuts. it has a high pitched whine coming from the fan. all 4 legs are snapped down. when I touch the motor of this little fan it either gets real quiet or much louder. it is time to return it to Newegg?? :(...

I am in the process of building my first computer :D :D :D :D :D :D it should do ANY new game. so I need to get a game or 2. I love the Civilizations. My present computer won't go past Civ 3 Conquests. So I am pysched about getting some new games. obviously I've been out of the games...

I'd like to get a quality, quiet PSU for under 100 clams. any suggestions?? I am looking at the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103937 thanks

mobo: ASUS P5N-E SLI video: Chaintech GAE79GS-A1 7900GS PSU: Antec smart power 500watts CPU: Intel E6600 2.4Ghz HD: 320gb Sata Samsung Memory: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 just curious if you guys thing the stock heatsink/fan is enough?? :D

ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail for $130 ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail for $180 The later board has 8 channel audio, SB heatsink and some additional caps around the CPU. is it worth the extra 50...

mobo: ASUS P5N-E SLI video: Chaintech GAE79GS-A1 7900GS PSU: Antec smart power 500watts CPU: Intel E6600 2.4Ghz HD: 320gb Sata Samsung Memory: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Case: Coolermaster AMMO cd/dvd burner: Samsung SATA ------------------ I have...