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DEAD 400SC $319 w/ 256MB ram and P4 2.8 cpu Free Shipping NO REBATES YMMV

I tried this today and got the same no-go response. I threw a pretty sincere sounding fit and accoused them of several kinds of violations of truth-in-advertising laws and still couldn't get them to honor it. Thankfully with dell there will always be a next time.
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- Post #12
- Aug 13, 2004
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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win2k: Broken system alerts and strange boot requirements

I have two problems, one of which is old, one of which is new, both of which have me completely befuddled: 1) When I first turn on my machine it gets 1/3 of the way through the blue bar at the bottom of the WHITE "Windows is Starting Up" screen, and hangs--forever. If, however, I let...
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- May 3, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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My favorite win2k box--is it DYING!?!

I haven't yet enabled boot logging, but in poring over my event logs there is a distinct pattern: Every bootup I have the following 3 log entries without fail: 1. Microsoft (R) Windows 2000 (R) 5.0 2195 Service Pack 3 Uniprocessor Free. (Source: eventlog) 2. The Event log service was started...
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- Post #3
- Oct 1, 2003
- Forum: Operating Systems
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My favorite win2k box--is it DYING!?!

Starting about 2 weeks ago my 3 year old win2k box has started hanging at bootup. The BIOS appears to load fine (I see the information flashed about my vid card, drives, etc.); the first win2k boot screen (the dark one) also goes fine. It is the next, when it says "Windows is starting up"...
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- Oct 1, 2003
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Free Physics Text Book

Actually, I found "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" to be a horrible book, but then again, I didn't much like the class that went along with it ;p To it's credit, it is used in the intro to CS classes at both UC Berkeley, and MIT, so it's certainly well reputed. I'm not sure...
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- Post #21
- Dec 17, 2002
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Dead, dying, or neither--my DVD drive...

Situation: When a disc is in the drive at boot-up the disc reads fine. When a disc is inserted after bootup windows (2k, sp3) does not recognize that there is a disc in the drive (even if the tray is just opened and closed, the disc itself never having left the tray). Disc does spin up in all...
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- Oct 12, 2002
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Win 2K upgrade issues

Have you tried pushing the "On" button to turn off the power? I have a very similar antec case with an "On" button and a reset button--the "On" button also kills the power. Secondly, the reason you have to manually kill the power has to do with ACPI I think. Try checking out control panel->...
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- Post #5
- Dec 15, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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First there was happiness, and functionality; then CDs stopped mounting...

Stranger still. I just opened up the system tools: system info, did nothing but poke around, and they now BOTH work fine. No reboot--nothing. -even more baffled, but less disturbed
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- Post #2
- Feb 14, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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First there was happiness, and functionality; then CDs stopped mounting...

This morning, I booted into Win2k as I have done nearly daily for the last six months without a hitch. But today, when I put a cd (tried data and audio) into either of the drives listed in my sig. they don't register from explorer or Nero--but Windows Media player can read the audio, and if I...
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- Thread
- Feb 14, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Cable Modem DL Fast /Browsing slow

Pliotron is 100% correct, but just to fill out the idea a bit further: There are something like 7 tier one providers of bandwidth. These are the people with the largest networks, capable of passing along the most data/s etc. They generally have a station in most major metropolitan areas (at...
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- Post #13
- Jan 25, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Top secret invention greater than the computer?

When is it going to be released? (I'm personally a fan of the funny-looking propeller idea :P)
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- Post #72
- Jan 10, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Mac's G4 vs Intel's P4....

I have only seen ONE (1) DVD-R/CD-RW drive in existence and it was selling for 3000+ =/ That was without authoring software. When you consider the cost of those things (presently) the fact that you get a computer with it, and the software to use it isnt that bad. I wish Macs WERE value systems =[
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- Post #8
- Jan 10, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Apple comeback? How does a G4 @733MHz (or dual 533) compare to Tbird?

I used Macs most of my life, and only just recently made the switch (sadly doing CS/EE in school is just too much of a hassle on a Mac). A few comments: Macs cost too much. Sad but true. Anyone who uses the Windows 9X kernel (WinME included) needs to watch what they say about the MacOS. My...
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- Post #13
- Jan 9, 2001
- Forum: Apple Laptops and Desktops
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Poll: Cable Modem / Proxy setups!!

If you have a spare (slow even) Mac lying around, the most powerful software router I've ever seen or heard of can be found at the bottom of this link. It can do IP masquarading, IP forwarding, it can even be set up to be DHCP aware. I only use 1 NIC in each machine, each machine into a 5 port...
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- Post #13
- Jan 8, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Deskjet 840/842c: Good printer?

Same, 1 yr (light printing), no change. Doesn't look fantastic, but gets the job done.
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- Post #10
- Jan 4, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building

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