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I had to stay home from work today because I have vertigo. Doctor said it's from some really bad congestion I got from allergies over the weekend that somehow is messing around with my inner ear. It is freaking bizarre. If I force myself to walk long enough, I can get to the point where I'm...

That sounds sweet!

I ended up getting this Thinkpad R61. Total was $710 after tax, online coupon and free shipping. I got the version with Linux installed because I realize I have both an unused copy of WinXP (that is on my old P3 M700 laptop) as well as Vista Business that I can just put on there. Now, the...

I just spent $113 to put 29 gallons of unleaded into the 32-gallon tank in my truck. Since I no longer need to capability of the vehicle I will get something a little more fuel efficient when my lease is up this Fall. That's just another example of why CAFE standards are a stupid way to...

Hmm. I think the only fan controlled by the BIOS is the CPU fan. :-(

Nice. I need to check on getting an adapter. I wonder if the 120mm fan will pull too much juice from the motherboard header?

Thanks for your input guys! The motherboard fits nicely in this thing then? I know on the old man's SLK1600 the lower DVD drive would contact the memory if installed in the lower 5.25" bay (not that that's a big deal I just use the upper bay anyway). Just wondering. Looks like 4480 has the...

Will do. Due to space concerns, I'm probably going to get him an NSK4480B case instead of the NSK6580. I think it's a good deal at $60 with 380W 80+ Earthwatts PSU. It's 1/2 the price of the 6580 too. HOW DO YOU GUYS LIKE THE NSK4480? Is it pretty quiet?

I ended up getting everything at Microcenter. The E2180 was actually cheaper than newegg and the NSK6580 was cheaper after shipping was accounted for. The motherboard was just about a wash after shipping cost was added. I could not find a really cheap 250GB hard drive there so I got a 320GB...

Friend of mine just decided to voluntarily retire is Dell Pentium 2 266Mhz computer. It's been running almost constantly for 10 years. He installed Win2K on it, upgraded the RAM and added a 4x HP CD-Burner. It never failed on him.

Or if you have a friend of a friend from M$ you can get Vista Ultimate (Full) for $40. :-)

Mcenter is local for me...

I'm thinking this is what I might go for. I'm going to just give my father-in-law an old X300 PCI-E video card I have in addition to the 2GB DDR2-800. Hopefully, I can find a better price on the case/psu locally...

You hit on one of my selections. I'm not sure if I should be hung up on getting a 128-bit card though. There are a lot of passively cooled 64-bit cards to choose from.... Here's another one I was looking at: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16814102080

Seems like a decent case for the $: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147030

That is a nice case but I don't think my father-in-law will digg having a door. I definitely think I will go with a dual core CPU. I'm having a hard time going for the lowest of the low Celeron. Maybe an E2160 instead. I'm still up in the air for a case. That Antec NSK6500 looks like a...

I need a quality case too. Thanks! C

Good looking boy you got there!! :-)

Time to build my father-in-law a new machine. I'm looking for some advice! He'll be running my old (legit) WinXP license since I have finally jumped to 64-bit Vista Ultimate (hey it works fine for me since I don't have time to really do serious computing anymore :-) ). I have 2x1GB of...

Hmm. The pics are not showing up for me. Maybe my work blocks imageshack?

Thanks guys! He is really something special. He makes us smile every day. You're right Handy...time is just flying by! :-) Too fast! :(

First time putting something on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrkvC4Gv0dY

Whoops! He he I meant feet!

We sit about 10" away from the 56" DLP. Looks very good to me! Even SD content looks good, IMO.

Circuit board swap didn't work. :-( Looks like this will end up costing him some cash if he has any chance...

For the basement I got a 56" DLP set (HLT5687S Samsung with the LED light source). This 40" is for our bedroom.

I think you guys might be thinking of the chart available here. I'm not so sure it is correct though. Newer TVs seems to have more things going for them to make them look better than simply a difference in resolution alone.... http://www.carltonbale.com/2006/11/1080p-does-matter/ I'm going...

Maybe even a 40" will fit. :-)

Posted this in AVS Forum but thought I might get some opinions here as well: Thanks, C

Interesting info on catalytic conversters stolen from wiki:

If fuel in AU was as cheap as it was in the US for almost two decades, I doubt it would be any different. After all, who doesn't want to get as much of a vehicle as they can for the money? I can remember buying gas for $0.95 per gallon in the late 80's. Cheap gas made it possible for...

50% more MPG in the city but it costs more and is very safe. I used to work for this guy... http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=236922

THanks. I ordered a replacement drive and will give the swap a try! The drive contains baby pictures for a co-worker. I think they are very valuable to him. Can you recommend any data recovery services if the circuit board swap does not work? C

I thought this was a good article: http://wardsauto.com/commentary/mileage_safety_affordability/

My friend had a Lacie external drive. It housed a ST3250823A 250GB Seagate drive. It appears the drive has gone belly-up. It spins up but the drive just clicks randomly. I told him I'd check it out. I pulled the drive and attached it to my other external enclosure. It still does the...

I'm looking for a socket 939 cpu for cheap. Let me know if any of you have anything! C

Congrats!

That's a very good price for an S-MVA monitor. Would be tempted to buy one but the best price I can find online is about $620. :-(

All hail the return of CougTek!

Since the F1's Samsung seems like the paper launch company.

Thanks for the link. I have about 90GB (& growing) of stuff to backup so dvds will be a pain. I already have stuff backed up to external drives but I also want a reliable easy to store offline/offsite backup that is safer than one of those. Blu-Ray seems like the best option but maybe there...

I would like to get an external Blu-Ray burner (dual layer) to archive all my pictures as well as do the same for my relatives. But the drives seem super expensive. Any idea how long they take to burn a (25GB or 50GB) disk?

I have that proud-father thing going today that is forcing me to share pics with you whether you are interested or not. :-) http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/7334/cimg2298di8.jpg http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/672/cimg23751600x1067zf0.jpg

Jatech LLC will be coming into my work on April 7 to give a presentation and have Q&A about their system. Should be interesting.

I'm dual booting my legit copy of Vista Ultimate x64 for a couple weeks now on my C2D machine with 4GB of RAM. I just downloaded and installed SP1: http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+Vista+SP1+Now+Available+to+the+Public/article11138.htm Now Vista thinks my computer has 18GB RAM. I think I...

If you're looking for an Eclipse @ 50% off let me know........... C

I have the Saitek with silver keys. I think the keys would be easier to read in lower light conditions if they were black. I might get a G15 for that reason. Other than that the Saitek is ok. Wish more laptops had backlit keyboards...

I really like my M700 (512MB P3 850/700Mhz with Speedstep). I just wish the 14" screen had higher resolution. 1024x768 sucks for even general web use nowadays...

Good points! Since the laptop is only used for browsing and editing docs. etc. mostly at home, maybe I'll save some $ and stick with Vista. I wonder if I could save some money and get it with NO OS installed? I could then use my XP install from my current laptop (Compaq M700) on the new...

I'm thinking about getting a Thinkpad T61 with 15" screen. Is there something better that also has a trackpoint (or similar)? Also, I'm trying to decide if I should pay a little extra (~$40) to get XP Pro rather than Vista. I'm leaning toward XP but was wondering if there is any reason I...