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I'm slowly getting everything off now by booting ubuntu and moving stuff onto a usb drive. but i would like to recover windows if at all possible. It was hoping that I could use a command line something to reset whatever happened. Not sure why the hardware decided to crap out, I built it in...

Hi. Windows 7 Ultimate Intel Core i7 860 Asus P7P55D motherboard 8GB GSkill Ram Asus Radeon 4870 1GB I downloaded Modern Warfare 2 from Steam to play for the free weekend. I played it once for about an hour and a half, and it crashed. The screen went black, I could hear audio for...

I've painted a few cases before, but can someone tell me what the surface of the P183 is like for painting? I want to do a glossy orange on the outside, no windows.

Ive got one and I love it. I had a blast replaying HL2 with it. Its not as gimicky as it would seem to be, because it really can immerse you even more into the game. As for your problems, I'm not sure. Have you checked out the novint forums? They are really really helpful, the main guy TomNovint...

Are the enclosures as rugged as the prebuilt solutions? I was under the assumption that an enclosure was just for temporary usage to test hard drives.

Which 1TB external hard drive with both eSata and USB would you guys recommend? I was looking around on new egg, and they come back with names I have never heard of before (Acomdata and Cavalry), which may not be a bad thing, but I thought I would ask anyway.

thanks guys, will let you know when i order the parts!

if i go with a faster video card like the hd4870 over the 9800gt, do i need to get a quicker cpu to match it?

Hey Guys, heres the deal: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Warhammer Online, COD4 multiplayer online, Photoshop CS4 for black and white photography, Fruity Loops for my fat beats. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? including shipping, taxes, and Vista, i want to...

Guys, I think I found it. i googled "thinkpad disable nic on battery" once you all let me know what i was looking for. i found the setting under device manager >> the wireless card >> then power management >> i unchecked "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" its...

Thanks guys, He has a Thinkpad T61, any idea where this setting is? I have looked under the ThinkVantage Power manager, and under the windows power settings and I do not see something specifically for the wireless.

I haven't had a chance to see it for myself yet, but my boss says that at home, he can only get his wireless internet to work on his laptop if it is plugged into an ac outlet. when it is unplugged from the wall, it never connects, as soon as he plugs in, he gets a connection. he says hes tried...

hey guys did you see this on hackaday yet? http://www.hackaday.com/2007/12/09/wiimote-projector-whiteboard/ this is really clever, and i was wondering if anyone has tried this or going to try it?

hey guys, my friends wedding is coming up on the 19th of august. he, his fiance, my girlfriend and i, all played halo together in school alot last year before we graduated. my girlfriend and i thought it would be cool to get him a roomba with a halo 2 logo on it, i thought about spraying it...

I really like the look and design of the Antec P180, but will it fit 2 BFG 8800s ?? some of the bigger cases like Lian Li and Coolermaster are so expensive and I like the P180 look better. thanks

thanks guys, but i thihnk im just going to have to format. and yea, it worked at other acess points.

this is completely nuts. i have reinstalled the drivers and scanned for spyware. i used spybot s&d.

oh also i am using the windows manager. my coomputer has the intel wireless manager, but i didnt like it. so i disabled it. i tried reenabling it and using that, and there was no difference

hi all, yes im connected to my connection i call it "intarwebs lawl". so i know im not confusing it with someone elses. i have turned off all the antivirus and firewalls. its so nutty because i can ping to google.com and get all 4 packets back with no losses. my signal strenght is also...

hi guys, removing the passkey, and making it an unsecured wireless didnt affect it. I am using windows XP. and its all the sites that load slowly. If i plug into the router directly, everything works fine. and it also works fine on any other wireless network. any thing else i can try? thanks

Hi All, I have a Gateway M460 Laptop with built in Intel Wireless, the centrino kind. I have a Netgear wireless router which uses a passkey protection. In my home network there is a desktop physically connected to the router, and a desktop that is using a wireless pci card. They both work...

hey guys, A while back I saw a product review for a device which plays divx movies and mp3s off a regular hard drive. It was just the enclosure and a remote to operate it. My idea is to power it in a car hooked up to a lcd screen and run the audio through my stereo system. The problem is that...

Hey guys, thought this was funny. I live on the ground floor of an apt building and my roomate just discovered that his netgear wireless router acts as a perfect ant farm. we've got it sitting on a desk near a window, the ants came in through the window and just loved the holes and...

thanks guys for your replies paul

Hey guys, I got a friend who just bought an HP dv1520us. He asked me about adjusting the amount of memory the video uses, since its shared memory. Now, Im not sure how scalable it is or if the laptop scales it automatically. All he does with the laptop is work spreadsheets for financials...

I bought a Gateway M460 configured with a 128mb X600. It plays WoW, really well. Its very durable for traveling. I bought it to take with me to Hong Kong for 4 months and I barely turned it off. I bought the bigger battery and I get 4 hours of usage time for playing mp3s or even some completely...

Ok, Thanks for your reply. I went into storage volumes and there were 2 listed "Generic Volumes." The first one when I right click >> uninstall, it makes me restart the computer. After windows comes back, I get a message that says the hardware has been reconfigured and I have to restart...

Hi, I bought a 1gb Sandisk Micro Cruzer and it makes my Gateway M490 laptop go crazy. When I plug it in, it recognizes it, but when i open explorer or my computer to access it, the whole system hangs up on it and only returns to "normal" when i pull the cruzer out. I know the Cruzer works in...

When I plug it in, the first time it recognized it, word for word. A little bubble pops up and says "Sandisk Micro Cruzer Usb detected." Then when I open explorer, i see the icon, and then the whole system hangs up. I let it work for a couple minutes then pulled the Cruzer out, the system then...

Hey guys, The problem is my Gateway M490 isnt playing nice with my new Sandisk 1gb cruzer micro. I have hooked up other peoples thumb drives to the laptop before without any troubles and the thumb drive I have works in my two desktops. I have winXP, so it shouldnt be a driver thing. The...

Right now i use the built in keyboard and a button laser mouse. the keyboard is a bit weird because there is a secondary function key in the corner that i often confuse with the ctrl key. other than that it works pretty well.

Hey guys, Here it goes, I've been searching allll summer long for a laptop to go to school with. At first, I wanted to build a SFF to take on a study abroad, im glad a scrapped that idea. Eventually, I found the gateway M460. Here are the specs: Pentium M 1.73ghz, 1 gig of ram, 80 gig HDD...

Im just wondering, what are the leagal ramifications of this? i mean, can they have you arrested for using the wifi? is it like stealing cable? thanks, Paul

Is there GPS software and maps for locations outside the US? Just wondering. i think itd be neat for traveling in other countries. thanks, paul

Did you guys buy those Spire packs from the website or from a retail store? thanks, Paul

Hey guys, After spending almost the whole summer looking for a laptop. i decided to go with a gateway 460e. its tagged an "e" because i got it at a discount from a college site. Ive got the Pm 1.6, a gig of ram, 80gig 5400 rpm hard drive, dvd burner, and a 128 X600. the whole thing with a...

The gateway 460XL is what i am planning on getting. i have the exact same needs as you. traveling wow-aholic. im going to buy mine through a school program and its a little less not much like 50$ but get it whereever you can. What realm you play on? Paul

Hey guys. What do you guys think about the ABS Mayhem G4. i can get it with a 6600go. 1 gig of ram. and an 80gig 5400rpm drive for about $1800. Anyone had any experience with this thing? battery life? speaker quality? heat? just general stuff. thanks!

Are there any gateways that are offered? I will be traveling and I need battery life for photshop for my travel pictures, webpage editing. When its plugged in, im gonna need something to satisfy my WoW addiction. Im going to need as much hard drive space as possible to for my music. I am...