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I'm cleaning house and have about five years of hardware for sale. I can take pictures of equipment and provide more details. Everything is functioning properly unless otherwise noted. All prices are negotiable and do not include shipping. I will ship with whatever method buyer prefers...

It probably could be done. There was a story sometime ago about a guy removing the memory chips from his graphics cards and putting different memory on. He made a makeshift solder oven out of a toaster oven and used some sort of solder paste. Like I said, it could be done. But even for...

Yep, that is true. The longest you can get a warranty would be by getting AppleCare, which would push your computer's warranty period to a complete 3 years.

Luck of the draw...that is definitely too bad. Hopefully they'll see to it that you get it replaced.

Think about the transition/benefits of moving to the 64 bit version of Windows. If it was twice as fast as the 32 bit version, we'd all be jumping to get on it! However, it's not. For most users like us, the 32 vs. 64 bit issue just isn't important.

Uh oh, this will get people started on the morality of the RMA'ing something you've broken yourself. One side of the argument says that these are delicate electronics and you should handle them carefully - and if you don't, that's your fault. Why not call up the manufacturer and explain your...

You can fix that yourself or get someone who knows how to work with electronics to do it. The capacitor will probably cost like $0.10 or so, just find a friend with a steady hand, good iron, and the skills!

Amen to that. The wing in my current dorm was built in 1980 so the wiring can't be that horrible. However, one breaker carries a couple rooms with computers, fridges, microwaves, and a small computer lab. I bought a UPS device this year because our circuit broke at least a couple times a...

That's really weird, they list support for FLAC on their web site and I know I've used it on Windows and Linux. Who knows...

You can do it in VLC! But I don't really like VLC as a primary application for playing audio. I'm not sure what you should use for that and FLAC, I don't think iTunes can do it.

Then you lied about your age, they don't hire people who aren't 18 :D What everyone says about the split up of the job is definitely something you have to think about. Customers are assholes with frequency, most of your time is spent helping people with iPods or boring errors. You do...

Yep there is always that problem. Box pops up "oh look, I must have to type in something to keep going, let me just do that..." and then you could have problems. It's the same thing with pop-ups that look like real Windows windows or DOS windows telling you to do stuff, we know it's something...

I was going to use a little less strong wording but I completely agree. The Core Duo is super fast and and G4 is aging. Either wait for a 17 inch Macbook or get the 15 right now.

Congrats man, sounds like a great 'in' to the world of better audio. I hope you enjoy the RS-1 and the emu as well :cool:

For that price range the HD580 would be good from the Sennheiser line. You could also look at some AKG, Beyerdynamic, or Grado headphones in that range, those tend to be pretty popular. It also depends on what kind of music you listen to, gaming, what else you want to do. Some people swear by...

Alright sounds like you've done a good job isolating the problem. The power supply should be sufficient for what you're doing, errors like this happen most often with power, memory, or overheating, you found that it's memory. To test your memory later on I would just put in one stick at a...

Sort of. This is the way iPod warranties work - you are completely covered for the first six months. If you have a hardware failure, bring it in/send it in and they fix it or give you a new one. For the second six months, if they have to replace it, you pay a $29 handling fee and get a new...

If you listen to them enough and at full volume you could still cause hearing loss. Those audiologist people don't recommend listening for more than an hour or two at normal volume anyway. We'll see how much of a case this is but I doubt it's a very good one. Maybe he saw the success of other...

The worst part is, you're not done yet. I look into my crystal ball and see you paying hundreds more for a nice CD player and DAC. Sorry. :D

Whew Comcast has standard speeds since their upgrade. The standard is a 6000/384 connection and has been for about 4-5 months. You can upgrade to a 8000/768 connection. They have had two tiers of service for quite some time now, it used to be called the "Home Networking Package" but now...

I would agree to at least take out the rest of that memory and try again. It should work but problems with that much memory aren't unheard of. You might also try MemTest since that might reveal "easy" errors. What kind of power supply are you working with?

Some people swear by an order but theoretically it shouldn't make any difference and in the many installs I've done order has never been a big deal. Chipset drivers first, then video card, then Windows Update (for a windows machine). Follow that by any accessories, those are the core ones.

Everyone gets DOA products every once in a while, I think you just had bad luck once. I think Apple makes reliable products with the advantage that if you ever have a problem you can come into an Apple Store Genius Bar and get your stuff fixed right there most of the time. I don't know of many...

If you don't have good quality music (192 or so, maybe VBR as well) then new headphones will only make your life harder :cool: Anyhow, the most popular accessory is the case. If it were me my first buys would be a case and headphones. Followed by things that let you use it in your car.

I really like Alcohol 120% for burning things but Nero is also a great application suite to have. Let us know, are there specific kinds of DVDs you need copied? Just realize that you can't legally do some (wouldn't want to put the business in jeopardy). If they're your own DVDs just use...

As soon as you start doing some file serving the entire computer needs to be beefed up. A traditional PC with a couple IDE drives just won't do very well once you start getting a couple people transferring. Running servers, and that many servers on top of that won't be good. I'd look into...

As far as the webcam, he's probably taking all your upstream bandwidth. Have him lower that down a little bit (there are settings in the webcam APP) first of all. Now, maybe try updating your firmware on the router? You should be able to do what you're doing just fine even with the wireless...

As long as you're matching signal paths correctly you can do that no problem. It's exactly like what they do, only like you say, ghetto. Go for it.

I know that iPod linux has some function like that but it's very basic. There are microphones for the iPod that you can buy but I'm not sure if any of them are real line in recorders. Yeah, no way to do it using the Apple stuff, but maybe using linux.

Check what it's going for in the FS/FT section here. Or on eBay. Or on iPodLounge. I would say somewhere around $220.

If you call the AppleCare line or go into a store they *might* be able to special order one if you beg but I wouldn't bet on it. Like the above poster said, that stuff is usually only available in built to order systems at the beginning of things. It's worth calling/visiting to find out though...

It might be worth a little bit of a wait. If they put a core duo into the mini it will be so much faster. Of course, they might wait until Christmas to do that so I am not sure what I'd do. Oh, enter the joys of the waiting game :D

Welcome to my situation. Our breaker goes out at least once per day due to microwaves, water heaters, etc. After about three weeks at school I knew my hardware wasn't liking the power it was getting and then my Windows registry got shot by it. Then I bought a 350 something unit from APC for...

Do you have a local Apple store? If you do then take it in and get it looked at since that will be a million times faster and you'll get results compared to any online forum. That being said, I have never heard of a problem like this but it sounds like you have weird things going on with...

Bingo :) Take it into your Apple store and let them help you out, it will be a lot easier since they are trained for this and if it's convenient it will save you a lot of time.

The iTunes Music Store doesn't sell full length movies but you can indeed put your own on there. Just not off of DVDs (can't rip, illegal) but from...other sources...I don't know what they expect really, but yes you can put full movies on there. The battery will run out soon after the movie...

John Belushi wearing the college shirt drinking whiskey. That tops what I see. Oh yeah, when I get back to school I will take pictures...I've been meaning to for so long.

Logically that makes sense to me too. More surface area for the water and metal to interface should mean the heat from the water should be absorbed by the metal better and then transferred to the air faster. There are other things to look at though I think because more resistance should mean...

Stop the preaching! :rolleyes: Everyone can present their view on the issue without calling names or yelling. These are computer parts people and I don't think anyone is going to be morally changed by talk on some forum. Let people decide what they want to do but give them an environment...

The above solutions are very handy but also when your battery gets really really dead iPods don't tend to respond well. Usually if that happens it won't turn on so plug it into your computer or into the wall using the charger (wall preferred, and firewire over USB preferred as well) and leave...