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A friend is offering me his Dell Dimension 9200, specs below (from the Dell Website). How will this work as an HTPC? I've heard the Pentium Smithfield chip uses a lot of power. I figure would grab at least 4gig of DDRII ram, and I would need new video card with HDMI out. A new capture...

I'd love some help, I've read a lot of the posts, but I'm still on the fence. I must say that budget is a big issue, as the TV was a huge purchase, but I'm willing to spend a little extra for something i'll be happy with for 2-3 years (unrealistic, i know). I just got a samsung 40" lcd - i...

I modded an old dell laptop into a picture frame, except the power button is deep in the box and i have to reach my pinky through a hole i drilled. I'm looking for something that would allow me to either extend the power button to the outside of the box, or, ideally, a flexible, mountable...

I grabbed an old dell laptop (circa 2001), which is in great condition. I put it in a box, flipped the monitor around and installed slickr. All go. Then I moved it to my apartment and went to enable WPA and discovered that it was a non-service pack edition of XP. I went to update it and...

I'm looking for some reliable memory for upgrading my macbook. I know the stuff is dirt cheap online, but I figured if someone just upgraded to 4gig I could cash in. It's gotta be pc2 5400 and dual channel. Thanks!

I haven't posted in a long time, and i've been using a macbook, so i'm pretty out of the loop on most things. I need to upgrade the HD, get two external enclosures (one 2.5" for the old HD as a spare, and one 3.5" to put a backup into), and one 3.5" drive to serve as a backup and movie store...

I'm currently living in Israel for the year, and after renting a dvd from blockbuster I was reminded that DVD's have region codes. Is there any software, SAFE firmware, or anything of the sorts that can make my dvd player region free? I have some american dvd's that I watch as well, otherwise...

I'm not sure if this belongs in General Hardware or here, but I'm looking for some advice about a skype wi-fi phone. Ideally I'd get a cell/wi-fi combo, so i'm open to those ideas as well (must be GSM). Has anyone used these? Thanks!

I have the logitech mx laser bluetooth, and it works perfectly with my macbook. However, there is no software for the mac and therefore I can't get the front/back buttons to work. Does anyone have a workaround for this? Thanks.

This computer works great but i'm leaving the country and it has to go. pickup available in new york city. I have also listed prices for parting it out AMD Athalon XP 2700+ (2.1 ghz) - $50 768 mg ddr ram (3x256) - $25 per stick 80 gig hd - $40 DVD Drive - $30 CD burner - $20 ATI All In...

So I'm about to buy a macbook and I will be overseas for a year. Skype is by far the most cost-effective voip calling service. They advertise Motorola's "computer skype" headset, which comes with a bluetooth dongle. Can I use any bluetooth headset or do I have to use this specific one? Has...

I'm about to purchase a mac book(probably at the end of february (i'm really excited). I'm thinking about getting the wireless mighty mouse, i've heard good things and it looks bad ass. so the quesiton, i currenty have a cordless mx duo (with the mx700, i'm old skool i guess at this point)...

I'm looking to get one(or more) of these bad boys to replace a dying case fan that sounds like a dolphin mating call. Anyone have one?

My company recently started gather statistics on weekly e-mail messages that we send (opt-in of course, not spam). The messages are mostly text with a header and footer graphic. The technology used to calculate the open-rate is a transparent gif that is embedded in the e-mail. However, I...

I have a 1 year old Thermaltake power suppy: Newegg Linkage. It worked great - I have had no issues with it. I'm asking $13 shipped. Heat: swimfast

I'm looking for a 400W very quiet psu. Currently I have a Thermaltake Silent PurePower TT-420AD(DUAL FAN) ATX 420W Power Supply and it is crazy noisy. Thanks

So I turned my comptuer on the other day and got the notorious click of death from my otherwise 100% reliable samsung HD. After many explitives I RMA'd it. I had backed up my pictures and music, lost a bunch of files but nothing too important (yeah, i heeded lots of advice). So i got my new...

OK, please be nice(This may be a dumb question) and help me out with this one, here is my story: I am currently working on a project with a non-profit to set up some message boards. Currently in the main forum list you can see all forums and child forums. however, I would like to hide the...

I have a Thermaltake Silent PurePower 420AD, and the fan is very loud. I assume that this is something that I can replace myself, and before I launch into this I was wondering if anyone had any advice/words of wisdome for me. Anyone done this on this model before? Thanks for all help in advance.

I am working for a non-profit summer camp and we received some old computers so that the counselors can type programs, surf the web, etc. They currently each have 64 meg of pc133 memory and have been upgraded to windows 2000. Would anyone like to sell me some memory for cheap? (or a donation...

I'm looking for just the dock and remote for a 3g ipod, not the ipod itself. I'm looking to spend 10 for each. Thanks.

So i bid on something on E-Bay and Won. I contacted the seller, I paid immediately. He responded, sent out the package priority mail with DC. Great, everything was going well. I had it sent to my office. So one week later when I hadn't received it, I got worried. I looked up the tracking...

I have this old mini disc player that i'm looking to sell. I have the player, a charger, and an external AA battery case, no discs, and a small pouch. Ten dollars is much less than it's worth, but I definately do not use it anymore. ONE CAVEAT: I'm not sure if the internal battery works...

Current Setup: 3 pc's, all on wireless network, all use iTunes for music Stereo and TV in living room Desire(all wireless): music from any computer to stereo video from 1 computer(possibly more) to tv So I started looking at the airport express and got pretty excited, it seems like a...

Is there a program that will ftp this info as a website to my provider for me? I've searched, but havn't been able to find anything. thanks.

I want to attempt to RMA my PS, has anyone done this before? Good experiences? -Brian

So my worst nightmere just happend on my main rig. I havn't had it plugged in for the summer as I have been away. So i come home. Plug in the cable to the back of the comp, then plug it into the wall, and as soon as there was contact...POP! and then smoke comming out of the ps. I looked...

I don't want to move the songs to the computer, I just want to play them, but the songs are all greyed out. How do I fix this? Thanks.

I have had this site for about 3-4 years with this same design, and I'm thinking about redoing some of the color scheme to make it a bit brighter. What do you guys think about it in it's current state? immerman.net FYI, the site's main purpose is to host that gallery, where I will...

So I'm going to be signing up for web hosting services, and the sticky is very useful, however, if given the choice, does anyone here recommend using ensim pro v. cPanel for the control panel options? Reasons I should choose one over the other? They both look great to me. Thanks.

who's gonna win? i'm biased towards blu-ray, if for no other reason than it sounds a lot cooler than hd dvd. i mean cmon. what do you think?

My roomates and I are thinking about HD service from time warner We are thinking of getting the digital tv package with internet and then getting an HD DVR. Anyone have this setup? Does it work as well as TIVO? I know it's not [h]ardcore, but I'm working on it. I might go the Xbox route for...

I have an AIW 9600, and it worked fine for a while, but i haven't used the tv functions(it was headless for a while). I moved it, and clicked tv, and got a message saying it couldn't start tv. I uninstalled everything ati, and reinstalled with the latest drivers. Same problem. Device...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48680&item=5773688616&rd=1 Is that thing a decent option to the $40 ipod dock? Anyone used this? Thanks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856110011 I'm curious, feel free to bash it all you want, but it looks like I can throw in a chip, mem, and a HD and have an HTPC that will look good and work? I could probably do it all under 500.