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Regular speakers / audio system added to a PC?

A lot of poeple do this, including myself. Check over at AVSforums to find out all the info. Anyway I built a separate comp just for music. Very minimal requirements. One sound card that is popular is the m-Audio Revolution. Sound quality is top of its class if you just need to play music...
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- Post #8
- Jan 23, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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who do you think makes the best laptops?

Do any of them actually make latops? From memory, sagers are rebagged clevos. Forgot about the rest. BTW alienwares are clevos. Clevo makes the fastest laptops possible since they use desktop parts in them. I have a dell now.
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- Post #14
- Jan 7, 2004
- Forum: Laptops
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Fully Functional RC Helicopter for only $99.95!

Most of these sub 100 helos only have pitch and roll control, no cyclic or rudder. Great toys though. One of these will probably get your child addicted to RC. The next step up is around 500 for the whole package, so you better start savin. BTW, a good place to try is Hobby People or Tower...
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- Post #13
- Dec 18, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Hotness: IRIVER SlimX 550 $150.84 shipped from Dell

I own this mp3 player. The reason I got it was because it is the best cd mp3 player on the market. Sure I wanted an IPOD but it costs so much more. If you do want a cd mp3 player I couldn't recommend this enough. The sound is awesome and so is the battery life. Radio reception is perfect as...
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- Post #12
- Dec 18, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Where are the Lithium Ion batteries?

Check out the RC community for batteries. One good site is ezonemag Also, Lithium batteries have charging issues. You cnat just put them in series and charge them. One battery will top out while hte others don't. This leads to overheating and explosions. All of hte charges for lithiums are...
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- Post #23
- Dec 7, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Decreasing static from comp speakers

Well I have altec 641 speakers with my onboard laptop soundcard. Any ideas on how to improve the sound. I was thinking of a soundcard like extigy. Also, the cables to the speakers are very long and not coaxial. Will cutting them down help? Anyone know if these speakers just naturally have...
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- Thread
- Dec 4, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Fry's BF: PART 2

I just got back from the Fry's in the City of Industry. Man was it crazy. The line of cars just to get in the parking lot went to the highway. The line to get into the star literally went 1 complete revolution around the building. By the time I got in, everything was gone. Oh well. All I...
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- Post #8
- Nov 28, 2003
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Any good OEM's for extremely cheap PC's

Well I need to buy a really cheap computer, say <200 to use as a jukebox. I just need a comp without an OS or monitor, VNC will do. Anyone recommend a good brand or steal they have found? Pricewatch shows plunty, but I'd rather check to see if anyone has had some good experiences they could...
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- Nov 27, 2003
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help with setting up a network in my dorm

Ok, so I read up on the NAT router and that will solve the problem I think. Anyone know a cheap one? If not I'm gonna have to hope that they were BS'ing.
- StevenRFrancis
- Post #5
- Jul 31, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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The best gaming moniter!

Im runnin 1600x1200 on my 15" laptop screen with no probs, great for headshots on CS surprisingly. Anyway, someone posted earlier today that some new LCD's, I think by LG, are 20 or 21 inches and run at 16ms for less than $2000. Way expensive if you ask me. To think, you could have a tripple...
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- Post #14
- Jul 31, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help with setting up a network in my dorm

Well here is the info. I have a laptop and an external drive. The drive failed and western digital is going to send an internal one at my request. This drive is only used for music storage, so I wanted to build a small tower to act as a jukebox, as inexpensive as possible. So, my college...
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- Jul 31, 2003
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Computer Building
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Intelli Mouse Stops Responding In Counter Strike

The same thing has been happening to me since i got my intellimouse explorer 3.0 about a year ago. Its plugged in to PS2 cause the laptop I have wont recognize it in USB. If I move the mouse too fast, like when I turn after getting ambushed by a camper, sometimes I will lose mouse function. I...
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- Post #6
- Jul 29, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building
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Hard Drive Problems, External

I think my external 200GB Firewire Western Digital drive failed again. I use it for music storage, and one day while listening with winamp, the music just quit. I tried to check out the drive, but the icon disapeared under my computer. I unplugged it, let it cool, and replugged it in. No...
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- Jul 27, 2003
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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VNC type programs.

Anyone know of other programs like VNC that let you remotely control a pc. I wanted to use it for a jukebox I was building for my dorm. The problem is that it doesnt let you transfer files from one computer to another drag and drop style. Anyone know of another program, addon, plugin, etc...
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- Thread
- Jul 25, 2003
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows
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Opinions on these two Lindows PCs?

Well I know that B would beat it. I have some comparisons saying that the 1MHz via only performs at like half that compared to a Pentium. However, would I actually need the extra power just to play music. Another review of one of the 1MHz vias said that playing an mp3 only took up 8% of...
- StevenRFrancis
- Post #13
- Jul 25, 2003
- Forum: Computer Building

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