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If you're splitting off a motherboard header, make sure you confirm it's rated for the total amperage you'll be pulling through it.

Turns out that the girl at Radio Shack had given him a DVI-A to VGA adapter when he actually needed at DVI-I to VGA adapter. All good now!

His monitor worked with the old system which was connected via VGA. Was working fine at the time he disconnected his old system from it. I built up his system using my own monitor with DVI & then gave the system to him to connect to his monitor.

Might be right but his monitor is probably newer than the one I used. I'm reading there is more than one type of DVI-VGA adapters out there, I'll keep researching that.. KCH

BTW, the motherboard output is DVI-I so I think I should be OK in that respect. Perhaps there's a specific VGA/DVI adapter that is required?

So I built the system. It was working great for me. Brother-in-law takes it home. The one question he could not answer for me was whether or not his monitor has a VGA or DVI connection. The new system (motherboard) only has DVI. Turns out his monitor doesn't have DVI, so he had to go by...

My father-in-law swears by Comodo. Might be worth a try... http://www.comodo.com/ Clocker

It was pretty easy to pass the Shields Up test even on a Win2K box with printer and file sharing turned off, IIRC. Maybe I had ZoneAlarm then though...

When I read the thread title, I thought Greg had died or something! What's this all about? Just a hot lady Greg likes?

Thanks for the info!

Definitely agree with that. Wonder how they are reducing power consumption. The drives already spin-down automatically when not in use for a while.

Interesting. But when you run their install CD, installing those drivers is set to 'no' by default. Guess they don't have a ton of confidence in their compatability but I'll turn'em on nonetheless. If it were my system, it would be a no-brainer for me but I'm just thinking about my...

Any point in installing the Intel Storage software/drivers if I am not running Raid?

I ended up ordering this since the guy is only about 25 miles away I should have it quick enough. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290574290254

Just wanted to make sure it won't fry anything..

What I don't like about this nice little Seasonic PSU is that the AT 4pin connector is too short. wanted to get an extension but microcenter was out. I got an adapter so I can use a lp4 connector instead. Any downside?

My parents have a system based on the board below. I have been pushing them to upgrade but my dad won't budge. How much would the board below be worth to you? Maybe I could convince my Dad if he can get a little something for his old system...

Just refinanced our mortgage down to a 3.875% 15-year with no points. Roundpoint Mortgage is really good to work with if any of you guys are thinking about it. Rates are pretty damn low, even lower than when we locked ours in.

Are you sure they're using the correct address?

None. The current system is about 12 years old. Maybe a little less, I believe I upgraded the CPU/Ram/Motherboard once already..

Thanks for all the feedback, guys. I decided to drop the Gigabyte mini-ATX board and go with the standard ATX Intel board. Just waiting for my brother in law to tell me to pull the trigger now.. Thanks again, Clocker

How does this combo look? $299. Seems like a good value although I'm not familiar with the processor and I'm a little nervous about what the PSU will be like. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.657219

Thanks Bozo. I'll look at what you have there! For now, this is the list I've put together. Appreciate any feedback you gurus might have: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=17662286

This seems like a good case for the same price as the HEC (free shipping & $15 MIR): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

I suspect the most CPU intensive thing my brother in law will be doing is websites with Flash video content. HD2000 should be fine for that, right? I would lean toward the more power efficient CPU probably since the system will be idle a lot. I'm getting the feeling that the Intel solution...

THANKS FOR YOUR HELPFUL FEEDBACK! How do these guys compare? The Intel SB is just a few bucks more.. G620 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116399 X2 265 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103910 I'm not to worried about SATA3 but H67 is only...

He doesn't want a laptop, he like having his current setup and he wants to utilize the new monitor he just got. He's used to Windows 7 so that's what he wants. It will also need two 1TB drives (one for data and boot, the other for a backup drive). He has a lot of music he wants to keep...

My brother in law wants me to build him a new Windows 7 system. Looking for a recommendation as I don't know what is the best value right now. It's just for web surfing, email, youtube etc. No gaming. What's the best value with quality components? Thanks, Clocker

Pretty neat. It's easy enough to have Windows point to an alterate location for My Docs, My Pictures etc. w/o it but this appears to move Everything.... Since I'm already having My Docs, My Pics, My Vids on a separate drive, if I run this thing will the data already on my other drive get...

That's cool. Good luck! :-)

Since there's no takers here, I can offer you $20 for the Ultimate. I know it's kinda low but you can get a 3-pack of 7 for $99 and I don't really need it ATM. Where do you get the associated ISO or DVD?

Speaking of heart attacks. My 45 year old older brother just had one this morning. Got three stints installed today with some other work to possibly be done tomorrow. :-( WTF. They are even talking about releasing him tomorrow too. Huh? I guess the best way to get sick is to stay in the...

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Glad to see you guys are all doing well! And Bozo, glad your surgery seems to have gone well too. Things at GM are OK for me. We took pay cuts for a while but got most of it back. My wife works for a company the services GM and she took a paycut too. Never got that back. :-( The Volt...

Hi Guys- Long time no see. Good to see most of you are still around and kicking. Anything new going on around here these days? Guys get married, divorced, have kids, etc? Just curious how things have been rolling around here. Looks like uda is gone, how did you manage that? Clocker

Good to see things have not changed TOO much around here. :-)

"But cost savings are not the only reason restructuring the dealer network is so important. GM's success over the long haul - which U.S. taxpayers are invested in - will depend in no small part on a healthy, strong and profitable dealer network that can provide the industry's best customer...

"Second, the dealer network reductions will also save an estimated $415 million per year in structural cost savings - items like local advertising assistance, service and training, and information technology systems. These savings amount to about $180,000-per-closed dealer. In total, the dealer...

Answer: The testimony that Fritz Henderson gave on June 12, 2009 before the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee for Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce provides good background information to help in answering this question: "...A focused dealer network will...

I think I saw something on the site where you were wondering why GM wants to close dealerships. Here's some info. "How do I convince people who ask why GM has to let dealerships go--they don't cost GM anything?" Full question (sent in during the July 13 employee webchat with Fritz...

I've been trying out WHS for about a year (since the betas were available). One nice thing...even after the trial expires... it will just keep going and going as a basic file server. I can't login to the console or perform automated backups or even remote desktop into the machine but I can...

Maybe some of you have seen some of the pics. etc. released or maybe not. The initial 'leaked' pics. with the dorky-ass executives posing with it sucked really really bad. The pics linked to at the page below are nice. There's some good info. with several exterior and interior high resolution...

Interesing info: http://www.overthehillcarpeople.com/newsmediapublishthis.htm

I think this qualifies as Random http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PqjMSNfkU Yummy so yummy yummy

Then make sure you don't just make a decision based on the number of gears and actually find out the RPM an engine runs for your desired speed. There's more acceleration/performance benefit than MPG benefit with more speeds from what I have experienced and read, especially with smaller engines...

Looking a little more, you can also get 6-speeds in some Toyotas.

BTW, I think Honda's all have 5-speed automatics. I know Toyota offers 4 speed & 5 speed automatics in their cars depending on the model Many Chevy, Saturn, other GM vehicles also have 5 & 6 speed automatics now with more to come.

People get stuck on numbers. Just look at the real-world performance and fuel economy and make your decision based on that. However, if you want to get stuck on numbers, cars with 5 & 6 & 8 speed automatics are also electronic & have torque converters which effectively give them more ratios.

And the Prius is BUTT UGLY. :-) Aerodynamically, it will definitely be no EV1 but then again the EV1 was a totally impractical 2-seat rolling battery pack.

The Volt is turning out to be one of the most aerodynamic cars GM has ever made. It has to be. It has some of the nice aero features DD has been looking for for a while. Based on the teaser shots on the 'net you can surmise it won't look much like the concept (which would have been cool but...