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Extremely Slow Boot From DVD+/- Drive - Hours

When I set my ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe BIOS to Boot from CD for discs like BARTPE, Hiren's Boot CD, or even the original Windows XP Home CD, the boot is extremely slow - I mean hours. It starts out like it is booting, saying it is starting the program (for example, "starting BARTPE"), with a white...
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- Nov 5, 2006
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Dual Monitors - LCD and CRT?

Thanks for the good information. If it matters in your recommendations, the main use I want to make of two displays is for a program I use a lot (Cakewalk Sonar 5PE) in which I want to be able to see two different windows within the program at once and have both at full screen size. Currently...
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- Post #6
- Jan 19, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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Dual Monitors - LCD and CRT?

I just got a 19" LCD monitor and would like to use my old 17" CRT in a dual monitor setup. My graphics card doesn't support 2 monitors so I will need to buy a new card. I don't game so I don't need a high-end, expensive card. Some questions: 1. Is it better to get one card that supports...
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- Jan 19, 2006
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Displays
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TDK 25 Pack DVD Discs $34.94 at Staples Starts 11-09

>>has anyone checked out the TDK DVD-R blanks as to who the mfg is<< I bought the 25 pack 2X DVD-R's at Staples today. DVD-Identifier detects them as TDKG02.
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- Post #9
- Nov 9, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Decent Laser Jet Printer for 130$ After MIR's.

<Read Samsung's specs -- they state it's GDI.< Huumm. You're right, the specs do say it's GDI. The specs in the .pdf file list 5 printers - 2 GDI (including the 1430) and 3 PCL. In the "fonts" spec for the PCL printers they list the number of fonts built in. For the GDI printers they specify...
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- Post #19
- Dec 3, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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AIW 8500DV - disappointing Tuner - Could something be wrong?

Just got a new AIW 8500DV. I connected cable TV to the AIW's coax cable input to display TV on my 17" monitor, with the intent of recording TV to the hard drive TiVO style. The picture on the monitor is not nearly as good as when I play the same channel on the 24" TV that I have sitting in the...
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- Sep 21, 2002
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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HOT NUGGETS! Free stuff with Wendy's 5 piece nuggets :)

To those who are winning Blockbuster rentals: are you able to get DVD's? I got one winner for a free Blockbuster Favorites rental and the BB store said it was only good for VHS.
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- Post #48
- Sep 17, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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HOT AS HELL!!!!17 ich LCD for 411.34 including tax + 40 rebate @ office maX BM

>>The ad in Connecticut only shows the 15" LCD, not 17". Called OM and price is $599, rebate available. Oh well. << Same in N.E. Indiana
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- Post #56
- Aug 25, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free National Geographic Magazine Subscription (it's Ba-ack).

>>I did this a few months ago but the Mag never came.<< Me too. Got the welcome letter but no magazines. I e-mailed the magazine's customer service dept. They answered promptly and told me that a service bureau handled my subscription and did not submit it to NG. They gave me an 800 number...
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- Post #10
- Jul 7, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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From Lockergnome If You Have a Scanner and Printer Here's Your Free Copying Machine

>>So which one was better and are both XP compatible? << I'm running XP and am using the free copier from http://www.nicocuppen.com and tried their Pro version 30 day trial. Both work. The Pro version has some extra features. The one I liked best is that you can associate the program with a...
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- Post #14
- Jun 14, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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From Lockergnome If You Have a Scanner and Printer Here's Your Free Copying Machine

Here's another one: http://www.nicocuppen.com/ click on "Photocopier" on the left side of the screen to get to the page with a description of the product and a download link. There is a free version with no limits but fewer features, and "Pro" version with more features but it costs $$.
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- Post #12
- Jun 11, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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RADEON 8500DV vs. AIW 7500

Based on reviews I have read, I believe another difference between the AIW 8500DV and the AIW 7500 is that the 8500 version has a digital TV tuner and the 7500 has an analog tuner. The digital tuner will switch stations faster whereas there is a slight pause between stations when you surf...
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- Post #8
- May 31, 2002
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Video quality w/ a switchbox

I am using a no name 2 to 1 electronic switch that cost around $100 at a computer show. No ghosting or anyother video problem. But I had a mechanical switch before that and it had no ghosting either (it eventual broke so I replaced it). I am not sure whether higher resolutions are more likely...
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- Post #4
- May 31, 2002
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Voltage Fluctuations Normal?

I have a Cheiftec 420 watt power supply. The temperature/volatage monitor program that came with my Dragon Plus motherboard shows that the voltage varies constantly. For example, the -12 reading typically goes from a low of -11.86 to a high of -12.27, back and forth a couple times a second...
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- May 25, 2002
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Maxell HP-NC1 Noisebuster Digital Noise Canceling Stereo Headphones, $19.95 @ buy.com.

Ordered Monday. By Tuesday the status was sent to warehouse for shipping (or something like that). Today I got this e-mail from them:. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are still...
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- Post #18
- May 10, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways

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