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    External Display for laptop (radeon 9600 mobile and vga output)

    I'm looking for the best monitor I can get for $300. I have an emachines m6805 with a radeon 9600 and VGA out. I'm looking for something I can watch movies with. My laptop display is getting run down with smudges of dead pixels and I don't want to buy a new laptop yet. I was thinking about...
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    Ultraportable Tablet or Notebook with S-Video Out?

    I'm looking for an ultraportable tablet or notebook with s-video out. Does anyone know if that exists?
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    External Enclosure Recommendations

    I have bad luck with external enclosures, they never last more than 6 months before i have to buy a new one. Can anyone recommend a good quality 3.5" external enclosure? Thanks
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    External Hard Drive Corrupted, How to reformat?

    How do I reformat a corrupt external hard drive if all i have is a notebook? (no way to hook up through IDE, only USB)? Windows just chokes when i plug the drive in. I've tried in safe mode as well.
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    what game should i get?

    i'm looking for something multiplayer, and something i don't have to dedicate a lot of time to, just something i can fire up when i'm bored... is cs:s worth the $50? or is there something else?
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    VGA to S-Video Adapter for laptop that has no tv-out

    So I have an Averatec that has an external VGA port but no TV-Out. On ebay there are adapters such as this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41999&item=6719710695&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW The adapter takes the VGA and turns it into S-Video/RCA. Do you think this will...
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    My m6805 is too big

    I'm thinking about selling it on ebay and getting another, smaller laptop. What do you think? i don't game. I don't really want the wide screen, i'd rather get a second monitor. are there any other options besides an IBM x31 or x40?
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    Removed spyware and now cannot connect to network

    my mom ran adaware and got rid of a bunch of spyware but now she can't connect to the network. any tips?
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    Best network solution for this setup...

    I live in a cooperative student house. We have about 20 computers running from a Roadrunner Business class connection, I'm not sure of the actual numbers. Anyway, any consumer-level router we try for DHCP, etc. always ends up having to be reset, and we also have to assign static IPs for some...
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    Hot! Newegg has the Creative Zen Xtra 40GB for $182 - $10RB = $172 w/ Free Shipping

    Been waiting for a deal on this for a long time! Things I've HEARD about this unit: 1) New 40GB Zen Touch is coming out in about a month that will be smaller, but of course at full price. 2) This unit is a bit bigger than pocket-size. 3) Battery life is good 4) Battery is replaceable...
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    WTB: 40GB MP3 player

    I'm looking for a 40GB mp3 player around $200.
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    Avaratec c3500 vs. Emachines m6805

    So I have an m6805 right now. It is a great machine, but I'm not all too sure I really need it. I don't play games that much at all, they just don't hold my interest. I'd like to get a tablet pc, something i can write serious notes on in class. I'm thinking I might be able to sell my...
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    WTB: Creative Zen Xtra 40GB

    I'm looking to buy a Creative Zen Xtra 40GB. Can be found at Fry's for $200 new, so I'm looking to spend $150.
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    Buying an old HD-based mp3 player and putting in a hard drive

    So i'm thinking of buying an old mp3 player and putting a bigger hard drive in it. Maybe like a 5gig mp3 player. What do you guys think? What mp3 players should I look at?
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    How to sync folders on 2 hard drives, one internal and one external

    I want to sync the music folders on my external hard drive and on my laptop to be exact copies of each other. How do i do this with Windows xp pro?
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    Refurbished laptop

    Has anyone had any experience with buying a refurbished laptop?
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    Dorm Network Situation

    Ok, so the network is horribly slow...however...i got a tip from one of my friends that if i put in this proxy server in my browser settings it'd speed up, and now it is very very fast. i can't figure out if there's anyway i can use this proxy for my other things too like trillian. any...
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    a smudge of stuck pixels on my lcd

    ok i got a laptop a couple months ago and now there's a smudge of stuck pixels or something on the LCD. you can only see it on grey/black backgrounds... it's not one individual pixel, it's just a circle of pixels about half a centimeter in diameter....somewhat annoying. any suggestions?
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    anyway to use mic-in as rear channel?

    i have a laptop with onboard audio, only 2 audio ports in the back, one for line out and one for mic. is there anyway to use the mic one as a rear channel out?
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    m680* Owners: If you have problems with CPU being locked at 800MHz read this

    Ok, I think I and a few other people have been having problems with the CPU getting locked at 800 mhz and nothing would change that. To fix this, I use SpeedswitchXP: http://www.diefer.de/speedswitchxp/ 800MHz = 44% throttle 1800MHz = 100%
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    Network people at my school are idiots, need information on how to stop viruses

    Ok, so the dorm network has been running at .9KB/s for most of the year except for a couple weeks during January. The IT guy blames it on viruses and says he has no way of fixing it. I know there's a way to fix it...and I need to show them how or ask them to let me fix it or something...
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    eMachines M5309 vs. Compaq Presario x1002us

    eMachines 15.4" Widescreen TFT LCD WXGA (1280 x 800 max. resolution) Mobile AMD Athlon™ XP-M 2400+ Processor QuantiSpeed™ Architecture operates at 1.8GHz 266 MHz Front Side Bus and 512K L2 Cache Built-in high-speed wireless networking (802.11g-compliant); integrated 10/100 Ethernet...
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