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I'm trying to find out if it's possible to upgrade a laptop's CPU for someone. They're complaining that the Intel Celeron CPU is too slow (I agree). The laptop is an HP Pavilion zt1250 with a Celeron 360 (I think? I'll double check when I get the chance to) running at 1.3GHz. Ideally, I'd like...

I happened to stumble across two very old CDs; one was Outpost and the other Space Bucks. Both are games by Sierra around the mid 90's. I remember never getting Space Bucks to work, and I remember playing very little of Outpost years back (not enough to remember it). Anywho, I'm thinking of...

I've made a post a while ago asking if anyone else's PSP's analog stick tilted at all while being used. No one had one that did, but I pretty much just lived with it and got used to it since it was a such a minor tilt. Well, now I'm starting to notice that the stick isn't feeling as smooth as it...

I've been thinking of getting a PistolMouse, as seen here . It just sounds too fun to hold an actual gun and actually pull a trigger, to not try it. Their site is running a special and the mouse is only $19.99. :eek: I've read reviews saying that the scroll wheel is a little too sensitive...

I just got my PSP recently, and I must say, I'm quite dissapointed with the analogue "nub". Does anyone else feel the same way? It wouldn't be that bad if it wasn't so hard to make a diagonal movement (extremely noticable when using the PSP browser). Anywho, I was wondering if there was...

I noticed when playing GTA that when I enter my safehouse it goes from bright to dark. It's when I first enter, and it does it very fast. It also happens in cutscenes too I think. Is this normal? Anyone else notice this?

*sigh* ever since I put my 6800GT into a new system (cpu is an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice; motherboard is a Gigabyte with an nForce3 250Gb chipset), Doom 3 has been randomly freezing. My previous system with the 6800GT had no problems with Doom 3 at all. Now, It'll freeze ingame sometimes...

Anyone else think of that South Park episode where Cartman bought his own theme park with money he inherited and how allowing no one to get in caused everyone to want to go? lol, reminds me of what Microsoft is doing with their limited supply. Hell, all this commotion is making me kind of want...

I've wanted a PSP ever since I first seen actual photos of a Japanese one. I always thought the idea of a portable PS2 was very cool. Anyways, I decided to finally get one since the gigapack came out. Now let me tell you, I've done quite a bit of reading up about the system, and know all about...

I'm going to buy a PSP Gigapack soon, and so far, only EB Games and Gamestop are the only places to carry it. I've never purchased an expensive item like a console at either of these stores, so I'm a bit weary. My main concern is their warranty. I definitely want to buy an extended warranty for...

Just found out that Brandsmart has the PSP for $219. Doesn't say its the value pack, but isn't that the only way to buy it in the US? Anyways, here's the link to the flyer. http://www.brandsmartusa.com/ads/p5.htm

I'm looking for some PSP owner's opinions here... Do you think the PSP will survive? Does anyone regret their purchase? I'm thinking of getting one but there seems to be a lot of things going against it at the moment. Constant locking out of homebrew, high priced games and umd movies, lack of...

Am I missing something here? I have a 6800 GT as my sig says, and enabling Vertical Sync in FarCry and Doom 3 causes lock ups. FarCry is an instantaneous lock up, whereas Doom 3 will play for 5-30 minutes before locking up. I just updated my drivers from 71.89 to 78.01 hoping this would be...

I tried the demo of MotoGP 2 for PC quite a while ago, and loved it. I never could find a copy of MotoGP in the stores, so I forgot about it for a while. Yesterday, I stumbled across MotoGP 3 that just came out. How come this awesome game is so hard to find and unpopular? Even going to THQ's...

I'm thinking of buying a 1Gb iPod shuffle, and from what I heard, there is no EQ. How is the bass response on the shuffle while wearing a pair of decent headphones? I play a lot of electronic music which I enjoy listening to with a nice amount of bass, and was wondering how the shuffle will...

Far Cry freezes whenever I use VSync, and when I turn it off, I get fairly bad image tearing. If I change my LCD's refresh rate from 60Hz, to 75Hz, will that reduce some of the tearing? Or will this refresh rate change not have an effect on an LCD monitor?

I just built a system with these specs: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice @ Stock speeds Gigabyte K8NSC-939 nForce3 250Gb 2 x 512MB PC3200 Centon RAM in dual channel mode 200GB 7400RPM 8MB ATA133, 80GB 7400RPM 2MB ATA133 PNY 6800 GT 71.89 When I first tried Doom 3, it froze up after a minute...

I have a Gigabyte K8NSC-939 board, and it has a "Top Performance" setting that you can enable and disable. Their site and manual doesn't state exactly what it's doing. I do know for a fact it increases the CPU clock from 200MHz to 208MHz x 9 to increase the CPU to 1872MHz. So it's pretty much a...

I just installed a Gigabyte K8NSC-939, and so far this board works great with no problems what so ever. The only thing I noticed was that EasyTune was reporting the 12V as 11.470V-11.350V. Is this within range? Could it just be flakey reporting? I have a 400W PSU that has built in voltage...

As my title says, is Centon a good brand of RAM? :p

I'm about to go and upgrade my system with a AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 939 CPU, and had a simple question. I cannot find the actual core on the store's site but they list the SKU number. The ending of the SKU is BI = Winchester, BP = Venice, right? The Venice core is a better chip, right? Both chips...

I'm planning on removing my OEM board and CPU & Memory, and replacing those three with something faster. I'm planning on moving from a P4 to an AMD Athlon 64. Since I never had a 64bit CPU, I never read up much about the 64bit version of Windows. Can anyone explain to me what the differeneces...

I'm moving up from my 400dpi 5 button wireless mouse :o and was wondering is the MX1000 at 800dpi laser, better than a 1400dpi optical mouse for gaming? I *really* need a better mouse for games :p

I posted this on the Steam forums, but thought maybe I'd have some luck with someone here I'm having a problem with steam. I have a 3Mb DSL connection, and while playing online in Half-Life (original) multiplayer, my ping jumps from about 60-90 to 300-1000+. I constantly freeze, and net graph...

I'm looking for a board for around $100, and need one with AGP. I like the Gigabyte K8NSC-939 nForce3 250Gb board, and want to pair it up with a Athlon 64 3200. I heard this board doesn't have real good overclocking ability, but I'm not concerned about that. So what do you think? Does...

I've made the huge mistake of not keeping up with the new CPUs... and am now clueless! I figured since I knew I wasn't upgrading for a while, I didn't have to care... guess I was wrong :o Anyways, I have a P4 2.26GHz 533MHz FSB with a PNY 6800GT card. I want to upgrade to a better...

I'm fixing a borked Windows XP installation on my buddy's computer, and I have a question. Booting to Windows, Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Networking Support, and Safe Mode with Command Prompt all fail. Trying "Last Known Good Configuration" does nothing. I'm going to try using a Windows XP disc...

I currently have a laptop with a Mobile AMD Athlon XP 1600+ and want to move to something smaller and lighter. I'm thinking of getting a laptop with a Pentium M Centrino 1.1GHz CPU. Will I notice a drop in speed in this change? Also, does the Pentium M work just like the AMD XP chip in that...

I'm thinking of changing laptops to something smaller and lighter, and ran across the Averatec 1050-EB1 at compusa seen here . I'm going to stop by in a day or two and check it out in person. I wanted to know if anyone has this laptop, or any Averatec laptop, and could offer their opinion. I...

I just got GTA San Andreas and love it so far :) But noticed a few things strange with the intro and cut scenes. I wanted to know if this is normal and if other's do it too, so I don't waste my time trying to fiddle with settings. First thing I noticed was that in the intro while riding in...

I have a PII/PIII Dell Optiplex GX1 that I picked up a while ago for $5 :) I was thrilled to get it for that price! Anyways, I currently have a 433MHz PII in there, and I was thinking about upgrading it for folding. I could either overclock it to 500MHz and up, or I could buy a slocket to...

I just started folding last night with F@H, but for some reason F@H causes video playback to become extremely choppy. I have its priority set to idle. Both Windows Media Player and VideoLAN are experiencing this problem. And it's not specific to a video codec either, I tested a few different...

I have an AMD K6-2 533MHz computer just sitting there, never being used. Would folding on it be worth it? My main concern is not the amount of work that gets done, but the cost of electricity for such a slow computer. I might just strip it down and remove the CD drives and HD (if I can fold by...

This is a dumb question, but do I still need to use BHODaemon to monitor my BHO's now that I've switched to FireFox?

I just downloaded and tried using Avedesk but it acts funny in that when I click on an object, the object's icon goes flying to the right, and the text stays where it should. After that, the object can't be clicked anymore :( Is this happening because I installed Flyakite OS X? Both 1.0 and...

I've been trying off and on to learn Linux, but can never get myself to fully use it and learn. I finally got it setup where I can use Linux on a fairly powerful computer, but need to pick a distro that's easy to install software! I have Win XP/Ubuntu installed on my laptop, and Ubuntu is...

I made a mistake... :( I cloned a copy of my Windows XP Home from HD1 to HD2 and dual booted the two Windows. All was well until I realized that uninstalling a Windows component on the HD2 copy caused the removal of the Windows component on HD1! My mistake was that I forgot that the copy of...

I just love how on their gaming timeline they don't even mention Sony's systems, or Nintendo's (besides showing the gameboy). How exactly did the original Xbox "revolutionize" the gaming industry? By being the first gaming console that's a computer packed into a box? Don't mean to rant, but I...

I'm thinking about getting a dreamcast to specifically use for Linux, and emulation/homebrew. Has anyone tried running Linux on their Dreamcast? Is it worthwhile even though there is no HD? I don't know... something about turning a console into a computer is really cool. (not to mention I...

I found out about a program called FlyaKite OS X (which completely copies the look of OS X for windows) in the 5 mandatory programs thread. I never heard of it previously, and I really wanted to try it but all download links are down. :( I tried all the links on their main site and tried...