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Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick
Neede: Driver, For: Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick. _I have an old Microsoft joystick. So, where is the drive, in XP itself of course. How good._ go into Settings/ Control Panel in the Start menu. Select Game Controllers from the list (If you can’t see Game Controllers in the list select “Switch to Classic…
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VAIO Died
I’m so sad, my lovely Sony VAIO VGN-T140P has died. Will hang before it gets to the VAIO splash screen. Trying to call Sony is a lost cause, more succes with their web “chat”: They have a bunch of web things to try including: * “How to troubleshoot power issues”:http://www.iq.sony.com/srvs/autoresponse.asp?id=274998. Basically, there is a reset…
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Caveat Emptor on Amazon Cingular Cell phones
I bought a Cingular phone through Amazon and returned it. Beware if you are doing this! The biggest warning to everyone is that returning this through Amazon is a true nightmare. If you read the fine print, Amazon will take it back, but you have to call Cingular immediately separately. Here is what you have…
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iPod Shuffle and Mac Mini
Apple. Well after zillions of hours of speculation, Apple launches two products. Both very cool and design oriented. Compared with the sad state of affairs of the rest of the consumer electronics business, I’m sure these will do very well. It’s amazing how there is a lack of leadership in the consumer electronics business in…
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ATI 9800 Overclocking
Tech Support Forum – Query on overclocking ATI 9800 Pro 128MB. _Another hat tip to google for this one._ You will want an over clocking tool such as (ATI Tool) this tool features an artifact tester to test your settings and if you want to wait, will automatically find your fastest settings with no artifacts…
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Low-end Processors.
X-bit labs – Articles – New Budget Processors Comparison: Intel Celeron D vs. AMD Sempron (page 10). Xbit did a nice job of comparing the Northwood and Prescott Pentium 4s with the Northwood Celeron and Prescott Celeron D. They also compared the Athlon 64 with the Semprons (both flavors, the 3100+ is a crippled Athlon…
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Antec P180
Antec’s new P180: Ultimate Silent Case? :: SilentPCReview.com. The folks there think it could be the ultimate silent case. Great specs. Available at the end of February.
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Pentium M Cooler
LOGIC Supply CoolerMaster Pentium M CPU Cooler. The DFI 855GME motherboard I got came with one screw missing on its cooler! What a bummer, literally for lack of a nail, the horse was lost to quote Shakespeare. The only place on the planet I could find a cooler was from Cooler Master (in fact, this…
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2.5" to 3.5" Hard Drive Adapter
2.5″ to 3.5″ Hard Drive Adapter – FLT-3120. In building Grace’s new minicomputer, one thing I forgot was something that will take a 2.5″ notebook drive and let you fit it into a 3.5″ slot. Here’s one from google. These are actually hard to find. The standards are different, not only is the drive smaller,…
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DFI launches SLI
DFI NEWS. _Everyone is launching nForce4 and SLI boards, so if you can wait and see how the dust settles and the reviews come out_ DFI?, a worldwide leader in industrial computing solutions and maker of the LANParty™ series of motherboards, today launched the new LANParty NF4 SLI-DR and LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D motherboards for the…