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fedex ground vs ups ground

It really depends. FedEx Ground cannot deliver in my area (Morningside Heights, New York City, NY). They are batting right now 0% for orders I placed recently, all of which were returned to sender after only 1 delivery attempt. FedEx policy is 3 attempts and then holding for 10 days, yet these...
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- Post #9
- Dec 6, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Athlon Thunderbird -> Palomino/Tbred - Requires windows reinstall?

I have an older Athlon system utilizing a KT266A based motherboard and I recently upgraded it from a Thunderbird 1.4GHz to a Palomino based Athlon XP 1900+ (a gift). Although the system works fine, I have read online that an upgrade from a Thunderbird to a fully-enabled SSE core (Palomino...
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- Thread
- Dec 2, 2003
- Replies: 11
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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ATX Case and 300watt PS for $15.99 Shipped

Hey, my order got Airborne Express, too! No more slow parcel post!
- FMann
- Post #42
- Nov 17, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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ATX Case and 300watt PS for $15.99 Shipped

A mini-review of the Kingcase GL8-517D-S Silver Mini Tower W/300w Power Supply Overall, cheap but it works.
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- Post #23
- Nov 15, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Screwed-on copper heatspreaders - what's at the interface?

I was reading some product info on some various CPU heatsinks and noticed that some low to mid-priced solutions (e.g., Thermaltake TR2 M1) have a copper heatspreader attached via screws. So I'm wondering if there is any interface material between the copper and aluminum to facilitate heat...
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- Thread
- Oct 6, 2003
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Changing CPU or Overclocking a k6

For a laptop, go with the + series. They were designed for mobile use and use lower voltages (you have to check for compatibility with your system) along with having power management features.
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- Post #18
- Sep 26, 2003
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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CDRW BURSTS out tray with NO appparent REASON!

It could also be a power problem. I've seen some machines with the HD and floppy drive on the same power cable and the FD would go off once in a while when the HD was being accessed. Try putting it on it's own power line (no other devices hooked up to it) and see what it does.
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- Post #3
- Sep 25, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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will a PII 450mhz system work as a media center?

Hate to bring up an old thread, but... Just for the people who don't know what the Powerleap adapter does: It's basically a power regulator and slot adapter for Tuatalin core processors. I think they have another model for Coppermine processors. I believe the Slot-T adapter does not have the...
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- Post #38
- Sep 23, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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What do you guys think of this ducting mod idea?

Regarding the ducts to your CPU: So you want to have one fan in the back hooked up to a duct to bring cooler/ambient air to the CPU directly, right? That's a good idea, but my feeling is not to remove the CPU fan itself. You could try w/ and w/o the CPU fan, but my thoughts are that the air...
- FMann
- Post #9
- Sep 23, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Ducting Mod - Simple way to keep cool

My take on why sometimes ducts and adapters do not improve temperatures is due to problems with resistance to air flow. Quite simply, if you use the TT ducting mod, you won't get significant improvement unless your fan can generate the pressure to penetrate in to the heatsink from the added...
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- Post #22
- Sep 23, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Best Motherboard and Processor for $100 or less?

Athlon CPU's are pretty cheap and have good bang for the buck, so I would go with AMD. Also, usually most KT266A and KT133A motherboards have dual DDR and PC133 support. So you can use your old ram, but still have the option to upgrade a bit later on. A mobo that I have recently used was the...
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- Post #2
- Sep 20, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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will a PII 450mhz system work as a media center?

I think the powerleap adapter should give you the processing power you need (note: it's a Tuatalin core celeron). HOWEVER, when upgrading, you need to check on the web and also in Powerleap's database about what BIOS to use (I think for the GX series it's Dell A06 or A07 that supports all...
- FMann
- Post #13
- Sep 19, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Anyone know of any good deals on decent power supplies right now?

Another fairly good psu is the thermal take 420W w0009r (passive PFC) from accupc: http://www.accupc.com/itemDetail.jsp?pid=PSTTW0009R $47 w/ free fedex saver shipping
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- Post #3
- Sep 4, 2003
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Oldfart etc, ASUS P3V4X (slot-1 PIII) motherboard re-use thoughts

I'll vouch for the p3v4x being a workhorse - up to now, I've still been using it (albeit with as many memory and performance tweaks the BIOS would allow me). However, I agree with the above about new parts and warranties. Having seen the evil eye of IT, warranties are really useful. Even with a...
- FMann
- Post #16
- Aug 19, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
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Keyboard won't work in XP. Edit: Problem Solved

... so if his keyboard doesn't work in windows, then how is he supposed to type OSK? :confused: :D Find the on-screen keyboard in Programs -> Accessories -> Accessibility. Try removing the drivers, rebooting, and having windows detect the keyboard again. Otherwise you can try a system restore...
- FMann
- Post #4
- Aug 13, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building

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