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Quote: Originally Posted by Shela Monster Tips tricks and advice appreciated, no cookies will be given though you can try for my giveaway... ~Shela Monster

Hey, cool, I love reading these things, ty.

Quite frankly, i wouldn't bother with anything like this for a couple of years. I'd love to get a 120hz monitor, but for reasons entirely unrelated to "3d vision". If a major console supports it in the in the future, that's when i'd start taking notice, but i find that outrageously unlikely given the steep requirements of the display device.

Let this be a warning too anyone interested or thinking about buying a Gateway brand laptop <and I will be posting this on every pc website I can think of>. My wifes pc just died tonite, she has the exact same model of Gateway laptop I have, the FX series 7800. She plugged it in and smoke came out of the back of it followed by a nice burning odor. So basically we have 2 FX7800 series ...

The i7 mobo's are expensive as hell - that pretty much kept me away from them. But the mobo's are expensive for a reason, it really is the best performance possible at the moment. Your harddrives are going to be holding you back - You really want a decent SSD to make this computer shine, or at least one of the new WD Caviar Black 2Ts. Otherwise i'm rather jealous of your new machine.

What will you put inside it? And gratz on your buy

Avira antivir is fairly good. The premium version is very good, but even the free version was good for me.

1) Unplug it for a few minutes, plug it back in. (aka power cycle the router) If that doesn't work, then press and hold that tiny button (usually on the back) to restore default settings. 2) Did you check for any firmware updates? Only do this after you find that you can log into your router to change the settings. 3) If all else fails, here's the best wireless router for your money: ...

yuck, sorry about the wasted time. It may have something to do with the fact that Win 7 Enterprise isn't a retail version to your Vista Ultimate. You'd be better of doing a clean install anyway.

If you are using Windows XP right-click an empty area of your desktop and click Properties, then click the Screen Saver tab and then click the Power button on the bottom-right. From there you should be able to configure your monitor power scheme settings.