If you decide to exchange it through Dell, buying it through Costco becomes a bit of a hassle. You have to give them the order number on the box itself, the one that Costco used. Then they look it up and say "oh, you got this through costco. So you need to go to this department." And then they...
No, but it is normal to play games in the dark. And when one corner of the monitor is SIGNIFICANTLY brighter than the rest, making it look like there is a gradient, it definatly ruins the suspension of disbelief.
Being in a dark room makes it more noticeable, but I can see it in a pretty bright room. When you look at a black screen, if the corners seem noticeably brighter than the others, you've got a bleeder.
Let it warm up for an hour or so, run Dead Pixel Buddy with a black screen. Go through the other colors and check for dead pixels. Those are the only two tests i can really think of...
http://www.laptopshowcase.co.uk/downloads.php?id=1 <<Dead Pixel Buddy
Well, short of the bleeding/pixel problem, I love this display. Everything is crisp and clear, i dont notice the screen door effect at all. If i wasn't ever going to play games/watch movies, the backlight wouldnt even be an issue.
Just got my replacement. My bleeding was alot like WLdocks...January 2006.
No bleeding (thus far)
but it does have a dead pixel, right in the middle.
Gah. Should i live with the pixel? Or risk getting another bad bleeder...hmpf.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
Download/run that, espically if youve done any antispyware/antivirus work on the machine lately. I run into that problem alot during tech work, and a good bit of the time the winsock fix gets it running nicely.
As a computer tech, i have to deal with Microsoft activation about 3-4 times a week. Sometimes adding a big amount of memory, around a gig or so, is enough to make you have to reactivate your product. If you have to call, its not that big of a hassle, it takes about 10 minutes every time- just...
I am currently undergoing that splendid process of applying to colleges. One problem I am having is that I am really not sure where to major. Right now, I plan in going into Networking stuffs, I really enjoy networking security. With this in mind, I am considering an Air Force ROTC under the...
I am currently on the BIOS/CMOS section of an A+ certification book, and I have a fewww quick questions. Well, actually, they might not be so quick, but whatever.
Can someone give me a good description of the Northbridge, Southbridge, Address Bus, and External Data Bus? Somewhere along the...
First off, i'm not sure if this is the right fourm. You've heard it a thousand times.
Recently i've been seeing a lot of infected computers with Hijacked Acess by New.Net. A google search comes up with only one page for it (searching for.... new.net).
Do any of you have any insight into...
We have it at work, i think we get 18 down though. And the provider is really shaky, so every now and then we just get 384k down. Although that 18 is niccceeeeee
My friends and i argued for weeks debating weather or not Ian McKaye was in rights of spring or not. Turns out...he wasn't.
Minor Threat>Rites of Spring
Only problem- that isnt emo hair at all. its shaggy hair. Needs more crooked bangs over one eye and black hair dye...you must ONLY be able to see HALF of his tortured soul.
Myspace cruising will find all sorts of emo hair, like this kid from school
$20 says that breifcase had pirated cd's.
Alot of people dont like when their bands go mainstream because their sounds change so much.
As I Lay Dying, anyone?
Beneath the Encasing of Ashes= Heavy shit.
New CD= every song sounds the same.
Im not so sure if youve ever actually played the game. Once you get to the higher levels, it is incredibly effective as a workout. During the wrestling season, I played for about 20 minutes every night on the fastest songs. Coupled with running in the morning and a good diet, i stayed somewhere...
The one about John Clark...is it based off the book Without Remorse? Because that was one mighty good book, completly about him and how he kills lots and lots of people
At Kroger, they have a special "Plus Card" that customers apply for. This card is known as a loyalty card, but i guess the company thought that was too End-Times-y to call it that. Anytime there is a sale at kroger, you only get the sale price if you swipe the card. The card has your name...
Googling has brought me nowhere. I can't find many reviews of a PCI (not PCI-E) based videocard.
Does anyone have or know of one that would be good for gaming purposes? This kid's parents wouldnt let me build him a computer. So they bought him a Dell. With no AGP card.
I think it would be...
Okay, im glad someone else is having all the glitchy problems.
For a while there, I seriously thought they put the beta on a CD and gave it to me. And i dont think Redemption wasn't THAT bad, i enjoyed it, even though it did have some shortcomings.
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But we're supposed to believe all of...
I don't have anything against emo music or the emo scene in general. Just some of the kids that wear their losened ties around their necks at school and dye their hair black because they want to be like Something Corporate, the ones that go around all "WOE IS ME" and slash themselves. Those...
Someone should find a picture of a fashoncore emo kid...because those ones are definitly the best.
Dont piss them off though, they might shoot you. And then cry about it. And write songs and then cry about it on stage...because thats what an emo does.
Took advantage of this deal. I sold my 9800 a few weeks ago and told myself I would wait untill christmas to get a new card...But man. this was too good to pass by.
I didnt get the extra pipes, but its not THAT big of a deal.
Although the cashier lady had to lie about my age...i didnt know...