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Merc, check your mail. Bozo :joker:

Holding the power button in too long and forcing a restart? Bozo :joker:

The reports of my demise are premature :bglaugh: I remember watching the real Bozo on TV when I was a kid. I doesn't seem that long ago. (yes...we had TV when I was a kid) Bozo :cry:

I use a USB floppy drive. Bozo :joker:

Could you show her the Antec to see if she likes it, and offer to make up the difference in price? Make sure to mention the quality/longevity of the Antec. Bozo :joker:

Women are funny about what something looks like, all women. I would pick out 3-4 cases and ask her which one she likes best. You make sure she gets a qulity case/power supply, she gets something that is 'cute'. It is the part of the computer that she will have to look at for a long time...

Take it with a grain of salt, it's from Tom's http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-battery,1955.html Bozo :joker: "furry porn cretins " I'm still laughing

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The only insulation for magnetic fields is distance. Bozo :joker:

I have always bought Intel boards for their stability and longevity. No overclocking though. Look at the DP35DP http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DP35DP/index.htm Your PC5300 is a little slow. I would move up to something that runs at 800MHz...

You can download Server 2008 and use it for 60 days. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/try-it.aspx Hyper-V download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F3AB3D4B-63C8-4424-A738-BADED34D24ED&displaylang=en A better link for Server 2008...

The BIOS on the SCSI card must be setup properly for the device that is connected to it. The SCSI card then reports it to the operating system. That could be the reason it does not show up in device manager. If the power was off for an extended amount of time, the SCSI card BIOS could have...

Doesn't Nero 7 have file conversion capabilities ? Bozo :joker:

In the article they mention you could get 4 monitors on the dual output card with splitter cables. On the 'Plus' cards. On the lower priced cards, I wonder if the color rendition (correctness?) is any better than your standard ATI or NVidia cards. Bozo :joker:

They started at $259 and went up. Bozo :joker:

I didn't think the price was all that bad either. Bozo :joker:

How do you know I'm not covered in fur? :bglaugh: Bozo :joker:

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/press/releases/2008/corpo/mseries/ Bozo :joker:

Welcome! During the computer boot up you should see the SCSI card info and a way to enter the SCSI setup menu (IE: Press Ctrl A to enter setup. Or something similar). There you configure the card for the device that is attached to it. On reboot enter the motherboard BIOS and set the boot devices...

You will also need a roll of duck tape to hold it all together. Or is it Gorilla Tape? Bozo :joker:

Odd that we discuss WD hard drives when a Gateway E-4200 is sat on my work bench. "won't boot" Inside I find the original WD Caviar 36400, dated 30 Jun 98, dead. Best anyone can remember it has been running 24/7/365 since new. I believe that leaving them run is the best for long life. Starting...

Must be nice to be able to just throw away a pefectly good hard drive. I work too hard for my money to do that, no matter what brand it is. Bozo :joker:

Yes. His dissertation on the Catholic church and God should be rated up there with 7 Words and The Hippy Dippy Weatherman. Bozo :cry:

What is perplexing to me is the fact there are standards for CPUs, chipsets, hard drives, and everything else inside a computer case. If the standards were being followed, you shouldn't be having any problems with any of your hardware. Especially with motherboards, CPUs and hard drives...

LG L246WP ??? Bozo :joker:

Merc, if the printers use the #21 and #22 ink catriges, you can substitute the #54 and #57 and get at least twice the pages out. Last I checked at Wall-Mart, the prices weren't much different. You can get a dual core Celeron for $49.99, or is that too much? 2GB of Kingston is $39.99. Bozo :joker:

http://www.freedomworks.org/newsroom/press_template.php?press_id=2571 Bozo :joker:

Thanks Merc. Bozo :joker:

It looks great! I have had two relatives here that both have plasma TVs. Their remarks boil down to this: The CRT Sony looks better in standard mode than their plasmas in HD. (we are all on Comcast cable). I really believe that any HD TV must be set up properly to work and look right. At the...

I have a Sony Wega 42" CRT that does HD. And weighs 250lb !!! Bozo :joker:

Size doesn't matter. We have a relatively small school system here. The quality of the education has been declining for years. There are a number of reasons: Complete lack of student disipline both at home and in the schools; Too much emphasis on sports; No grading of teachers...pay raises are...

I agree with Fushigi. CNN has become "the sky is falling" news station. When you consider that a lot of the housing problem came from the FHA (lowered the requirements for getting a loan and lowered the down payment) and the reality companies getting greedy (they are responsible for pushing the...

I recently purchased a 24" LCD display. I had it connected with the analog cable that I already had. I purchased a DVI to HDMI cable and hooked up the monitor. The difference was unbelievable. It is definately worth hooking up with DVI. Bozo :joker:

I'm using the older version of this card for my 24" HDMI monitor. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127294 I would suspect it would work on a 30" monitor. Bozo :joker:

"MS Bloat" :-D Vista won't fit on a CD. It comes on a DVD and is over 2GB. Most of the Bloat is from the graphics system and the GUI. Also there is a lot of crap loaded into memory at startup. Most of the crap can be turned off. But even then it is a resource hog. Bozo :joker:

How about sending your data to an online storage facility? Bozo :joker:

While looking for something else, I found a CD for Drive Image 7. I installed it on a computer and ran the program. Surprise! The GUI, menu and wizards look almost identical to Acronis. Even connecting to a network is like Acronis. You can make a backup and restore files without leaving Windows...

I had been using AVG. Now, I run TOR, and MS Defender. I also have a modified Host file that blocks a lot of trash, including adds. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm About once a month I run Trend Micro's free online scanner, ADAware and Spybot. Why? Because it's the only free stuff for...

Synaptic??? Bozo :joker:

GS: "Bozo: Yes, the command prompt does throw one a bit of a curve, but, it's really pretty easy..." Remember we are talking mainstream users. Where I work we have over 800 people. I can only think of maybe 4 that are comfortable with the command prompt in Linux. And, I am not one of them...

I don't see what the big deal is about. Conversion from analog to any digital format degrades the sound. And, I would guess over 80% of the music is being played on some sort of portable device through 'ear buds'. You don't need quality, it just has to be loud. Bozo :joker:

Is Ubuntu the nix that finally brings Linux mainstream? No. The one thing that keeps 'nix from going mainstream is installing programs. Having to go to a command prompt won't cut it for the masses. I have Ubuntu running on VMWare server and I have yet been able to install the VMWare tools...

I have installed it on 6 computers at work. All are running Symantec Antivirus Corp edition v 10.0.2. No problems that I am aware of. Bozo :joker:

I have installed it on a few computers without any problems. But, YMMV Bozo :joker:

I bought my phone at Wally-Mart for $19.95. It is a Motorola something or other. I use Tracfone as my carrier. My wife has one too. In the last 6 months I have spent about $150 on the phones and service. Sure beats paying Verizon $80 an month for the same service, and sh*tty phones. If I loose...

Right now, 2:35PM Eastern time, the site is slower than dialup. Bozo :joker:

If the new computers are replacing computers that are 3 years old or older, then there probably is an energy savings. Then again, what do you do with the old computers? Bozo :joker:

Did I see somewhere that WD is developing a 20,000RPM Velociraptor? Cool :) Bozo :joker:

No, it's very humid too. The news is reporting tornados in the Chicago/northern Indiana area. Hope everybody is okay. We have a few members from that area. Bozo :joker:

Here in Pa we are roasting, 96F and going up. Bozo :joker: