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muzician21 wrote: > The last monitor I bought is my MAG CRT monitor. It still works great > but getting another computer. Obviously things have changed in the > last few years. Everything is widescreen LCD now. What are some > considerations when looking for a monitor? What shortcomings am I > going to find with an $99 boxmart 20" unit over something else? Which > specs are marketing gimmicks...

On 12/28/2009 2:41 PM, TVeblen wrote: > On 12/28/2009 1:54 PM, Paul wrote: >> TVeblen wrote: >>> I am having a blue screen issue on a Windows 7 64 bit installation >>> involving my video driver nvddmkm.sys for a EVGA #896-P3-1255AR >>> GeForce GTX260 Core 216 video card. This is the Timeout Detection and >>> Recovery (TDR)- "the...

Also, it's been such a long time ago that this thread started with WordPad /" ..doc" questions. How about considering this thread closed and if jpg questions, start a new one. As for what happened to your wordpad - I even forget the deatils - you said you copied it from an old PC ? I think what happened to you was some update saw .doc files and ran an update related to WORD and it messed with your registry - changing...

In message <20091223230021.64046c27.noway@nohow.never> "Dave C." <noway@nohow.never> was claimed to have wrote: >Intel makes fantastic quality CPUs. What they need to make is >fantastic quality GPUs. Intel's GPUs tend to be "fantastic quality", they're just aimed at the business market rather than the gamer market.

On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:55:50 -0500, Paul <nospam@needed.com> wrote: >dball@booksnbytes.com wrote: >> I've got an HP a6400f where I've replaced the Pentium dual core with a >> C2Q Q6600 and I want to put a better CPU heatsink/cooler in it. Does >> anyone know of one that will be a direct replacement for the >> coolermaster heatsink/fan that is used by HP on...

TVeblen wrote: > > In Bios, my 12V reading is 12.193v. But Speedfan reports 11.46 to > 11.51v. I know these are not very accurate readings, but if the 12v rail > was really only putting out 11.5v, would that be enough to cause video > instability? The BIOS is more trustworthy than any voltage/temperature monitoring utility, but I once had a mobo where the BIOS said the +12V rail was 11.6x V when my meter...

Hi, I think your drive spins down when not in activity. You should have no problems with it. It should be at least as long lasting (if not even longer lasting) than your average internal PC HD , bacause it is securely placed in the enclosure. Your typical internal PC HD will be moved from time to time , being more prone to damage / shortcircuits/etc. than your external drive. Greetings, Knut "brassplyer"...

I have a lot of files that I back up and store. Recently I was going on an extended trip and was wondering what to do with the hundreds of DVDs I had to keep them safe and that got me to thinking. What is better, storing archived files/programs/videos/music on DVDs or using the small, affordable 500-1000 Gig external HD. The HDs would be great for keeping all the related files together. Less to store, less to move around. But how safe is the...

Metspitzer wrote: > > I haven't done the math in a while, but last time I did it was still > 10 times more expensive for a hard drive. > > That was back when 750G drives were the largest. Just guessing it is > still around 6-7 times more expensive. $103 CND Western Digital WD1001FALS $54 CND 200 pcs of Taiyo Yuden DVD-R 8X 4.7GB So here, at least, DVD media is half the price of HDD space. FWIW, I...

B__P@hotmail.com wrote: > I have a lot of files that I back up and store. > Recently I was going on an extended trip and was wondering what to do > with the hundreds of DVDs I had to keep them safe and that got me to > thinking. > What is better, storing archived files/programs/videos/music on DVDs > or using the small, affordable 500-1000 Gig external HD. > > The HDs would be great for...