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    Bricked a Cruzer flash drive - any help?

    So I was doing the SanDisk U3 Uninstall to get rid of the software on my Cruzer. I had just formatted the Cruzer because it would only be recognized in windows 50% of the time (had to plug and unplug several times before it would pop up) the U3 removal program gave me a windows error and now...
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    Advanced mod- Socket extension?

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    Laptop IDE pinouts?

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    FS: New MacBook Pro 2ghz

    Macbook Pro 2 ghz Core Duo, 512MB of ram, 80GB hard drive, superdrive, comes with iLife. Has the front row remote, all the supplied CD's.. This thing has been out of the box so I could have a look at it and show it to a friend. I got a really really good deal on it so I snatched it up but now...
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    Content management w/o PHP or CGI

    Well I just got connected to some great new FREE webspace provided by my college but as far as I can tell it doesn't support PHP or CGI or any kind. I have a very nice design up and was wanting to have some sort of photo gallery going to where I could upload the files online and possibly...
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    I'm locked out of my own shares!?

    Hey I really need help on this one guys. I have had this dell E1405 for a few months now I guess and just reccently I realized that I can't put stuff in or delete stuff out of my shared documents folder. It gives me an access denied error. Under properties of the Documents folder it says read...
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    Getting CS 1.6 in Steam...

    So I have HL2 and Steam and I have been wanting to play DOD/CS1.6 but I don't have half life 1 installed on this computer anymore. Steam says CS1.6/DOD both cost 10 bucks but my friends all got it off of steam as a free download. The thing is they had HL1 on their computers when they first...
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    Just finished my latest artwork, check it out

    Well I just finished my newest peice for DA. I hadn't updated in a while. It took less than 2 hours actually but I was extremely focused. I know there are lots of people here that use PS:CS and are semi-new to it. I have worked for a studio for several years and have lots of experience with CS...
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    Need help with partitions

    I'm in a wee bit of trouble. I got my ubuntu CD's today and decided to partition my 80GB winxp disk and put ubuntu on a small partition to play with it (I'm not switching or anything) Well I must have misunderstood the ubuntu partition install programme. I wanted to give ubuntu about 20...
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    Dell Inspiron E1405 - My full review.

    I recently purchased a Dell E1405 during the Dell 10 days of Deals, about 3 weeks ago. Ever since then it has been my primary computer for everything from Photoshop to the internet. (Note that I am not a big gamer (right now) and have only played emulators for old genesis games on it, so I won't...
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    CoreDuo vs. Turion 64

    I'm about to purschase a laptop and I have pretty much narrowed down my choices but I am still torn between a Dell Inspiron with a 1.6ghz Core Duo and a Acer Aspire 5004 with a Turion 63 M34 at 1.8 ghz. I can get the Acer with 100gb HD (presumable 5400rpm) with 1 GB of ram and a dvd burner...
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    To those with plasma TVs

    I have a 42" Sony Plasma TV. It is a newer model, only about 7 months old with all the bells and whistles, HDMI, tru surround, etc... Well ever since I bought it I have noticed one inherent flaw in it's picture. Now I have always just figured that this was inherent to all plasmas... but heres...
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    I can't play HL2. Words cannot describe this.

    So I bought HL2 a few weeks ago after I beat Doom 3 so I would have a new game to play. I installed it, 5 CDs and all, only to find I had to update steam. OK well whateaver was needed fine. That took a good hour or so on dial up. OK so thats done, now I can play. Well I go through steam to...
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    Win2K - Transferring Serivce Pack files

    I am in a bad situations right now. I have just purchased a new hard drive for my computer And am transferring files from the old hard drive to the new one. I put a clean install of Win 2K pro on the new hard drive and haev instlaled all my programs fresh on it. The only problem is I had SP4 on...
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    9800 Atlantis 128MB: My Review.

    Well earlier this week I received a nice unmarked brown box from the FedEx guy straight from NewEgg, In it were one (1) 80GB Special Edition WD hard drive and one (1) Sapphire 9800 Alantis 128MB 128bit video card. total bill: $206.xx inc. shipping. Now I bought the Atlantis card knowing fair...
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    9800 non-pro - opinions?

    I have been reccently pondering over a video card to put in my system.. as of now I don't have one.. I'm using a 2D pci card for the moment. It is a athlon 2000+ (running at 2200+) on a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 board with 512MB of ram. I do not want to spend massive amount of money on a video...
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    Advanced mod- Socket extension?

    I was wondering if anyone would think it possible to take an older (aka cheap) motehrboard and processor (K6 266 Socket 7 era) and mod the socket to extend it via small bundled wires in order to place it somewhere else in the case. This would involve soldering a wire to every pin on the...
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    Please Help me choose a 9600 series card

    Hello- I am having trouble deciding on a card for my system. I have a strict budget and I have decided on the 9600 series after seeing their performance in real life. I have a maximum budget of 130$ but will spend less if a 80$ card would perform near sililar to an 30$ one. I could eitehr spend...
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    Rosewill 9600LE work well for this?

    Hey all, I'm looking to get a nice mid range video card for a Athlon XP2000+ system that I have here with a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 motherboard and 512 MB of ram. It is the first system I have ever had that will actually come close to playing newer games.. an I haev yet to purchse a video card...
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    Need advice - help spending some $$$

    Hey all, need some help here- I just had a friend in NV ship me a Gigabyte mobo (supposedly with onboard Raid, SATA, Dual Bios, and some other goodies) and a AMD XP2000+ all for free which will be here in a few days. I have needed a new PC for a long time since my best machine right now is a...
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    Unlocking a 466 Celeron?

    So I got a 466 celeron machine here on an old made-for-HP Asus MEW-VM motherboard and it runs really cool (no temps but it could probably do without a fan at idle speeds) ... and I figure I could overclock it some ways, except this motherboard only supports 66mhz and 100mhz FSB. Right now the...
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    DDR333 PC2700 w/ 266 FSB CPU?

    I am going to be receiving a XP 2000+ on a Gigabyte board soon in the mail from someone as an upgrade to my aging computer, and I will be needing get some new ram for this system.. right now a 512MB stick of Crucial PC2100 (DDR266) on NewEgg is 85$... while a stick of Crucial PC2700 (DDR333) on...
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    Laptop IDE pinouts?

    I have a old laptop slim CD drive that I would like to put into a system of mine. Problem is I don't have an adapter to convert it to full sized IDE & Molex connectors, and I really don't want to buy one especially if I can make one. So I was wonderng if anyone had pinouts to go from the laptop...
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    New Project: Free Trashed HP Rebuild

    Long story behind this one. Well, not really. I went to get in my friend's after he offered me a ride. I walk past the bed and I see a computer laying in the bed, totally busted apart into many peices. It looked exactly like my own HP Pavilion 6653C. I asked waht the hell he had done to it...
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