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5.25" drive bay Power Switches

Yeah. The computer works great aside from that main power switch.
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #3
- Aug 29, 2008
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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5.25" drive bay Power Switches

I bought a Cosmos S computer case. It looked like exactly what I needed, but when I got it I found out the control panel on the top wouldn't work. I contacted tech support, which informed me that they didn't stock the parts for the case, because it was too new. This was a new excuse for me...
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- Aug 29, 2008
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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SecuROM Discussion (old)

Typically, I would be disinclined to comment, as this has not affected me 'adversely'. HOWEVER, I have read numerous postings, thread after thread and FAQs about DRM causing issues on computers. I have been building and maintaining my own computers since I tossed out my 166MHz Cyrix beast...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #65
- Aug 24, 2007
- Forum: PC Games
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DEAD - Hot Sprint Cellphone plan - Employee Friends and Family deal (SERO)

I ported one line, and I spoke with a rep over the phone for the porting. I placed the order for the phone online.
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #1,420
- Aug 24, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Re installing MS xp

Why don't you make a SlipStreamed XP SP2 disk? If you search for WindowsXP SP 2 Bootable in google you should get some handy, easy to use guides to perform this function. It's pretty simple if you can follow directions well. ;-) Good luck.
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #9
- Aug 21, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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DEAD - Hot Sprint Cellphone plan - Employee Friends and Family deal (SERO)

I had my number ported w/o any problem. It did take about 48 hours for the phone to work well. Initially, when they ported my number, it seemed like the phone wasn't receiving the signal correctly. I haven't had any problems since. I was two months out of my contract, and I've been a...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #1,412
- Aug 21, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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So bored with gaming these days, recommend me a new game

You might be interested in Overlord. It's short, sweet, and I haven't laughed at a computer game before this one in I couldn't tell you how long. I will tell you I played the entire game through 2x, and it was short. Beat it the second time in ~10 hours. So if you're waiting for bioshock...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #5
- Aug 17, 2007
- Forum: PC Games
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Vista minor annoyances?

Takes forever (read 'significantly longer than in XP') to alt+tab out of certain games. The computer runs horribly, horribly slow when I finally get out of a game and just using simple text applications or online email appears to be a real chore for the computer. I think I'm going to play...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #52
- Aug 2, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Friends and Family Footlocker, Champs and Footaction 3/30 4-1

So you CAN use the coupon in the store, but because of the emailed list of ineligible items you probably won't be able to use it on what you want. HOWEVER, the code will work on just about everything on the website, because apparently the email didn't hit the web design team. LOL I just...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #13
- Jul 27, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Online Backup

I'm taking some continuing education classes online, and I'm a poor college student. I was wondering if there was a recommendation you could give me for online backup of my school files? Perhaps something I could map a drive to? I would like it to be secure, reliable and relatively...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
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- Jul 17, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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Vista and new "Unpartitioned" drive?

I just did a Vista installation a few days ago. I mirrored everything over to a second drive and divided my primary drive into two partitions. If you delete a partition* it will show up as an unformatted raw drive. I guess it wipes the file system when you delete it w/o formatting. Good...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #6
- May 28, 2007
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Hard Drive Issues

Hah, I fixed a cable tech's laptop CD drive that way. That and hammering a screwdriver to bend it back into shape. He offered me a job. LOL Thanks for the tip.
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #5
- May 25, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Word rendering document incorrectly...

This might sound really crazy, but how are they viewing the document? Word documents I get in emails are in this ridiculous reading view (which doesn't do anything to help you read, but does quite a number on how the formatting looks) which is easy enough to correct. Usually if the file is...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #5
- May 24, 2007
- Forum: Windows
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Newegg open box items?

It's a gamble. Please, though, for the love of all that is good and decent on this planet, don't ever buy anything OB from a retail store. I remember my manager at one store telling me I didn't need to shut off and unplug the computers to move them, just slide them down the counter to make...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #18
- May 24, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will Anandtech review the HDFury?

Please, everyone. Calm down. There is no reason to get upset or irritated. A. Everyone has an opinion. B. Not everyone has an argument. C. I am disinclined to believe the opinions without an argument or some type of empirical evidence. D. What you believe is up to you. Don't be...
- NotQuiteAPCGuru
- Post #19
- May 24, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building

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