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PC Magazine and CPU (Computer Power User) should do for any computer user. -- Strider ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Strider's Profile: http://www.techtalkz.com/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://www.techtalkz.com/showthread.php?t=379583 Posted @ http://www.techt... 8 Jan 2008 08:11

Dim backlight in XP on Gateway laptop
I've got a new Gateway T-6815 laptop. This machine comes from Gateway with Vista pre-installed. The first thing I want to do is wipe Vista and install XP Pro SP2. I've got XP installed and mostly working... Still need to find audio drivers. My problem is the display. I've got the latest video drivers from I... 11 Jan 2008 06:30

DVD coating
I was just wondering why DVD companies don't put a clear scratch- resistant coating on the bottom of DVDs. This would help keep the DVD from getting scratched. It would be like Scotch tape. ... 8 Jan 2008 16:14

Another Laptop to TV question
Hi everyone, Last night I tried to set my laptop up to show on my HDTV (Samsung) using a VGA to Component cable (I have no S-Video output on my laptop, an IBM ThinkPad T60). I also bought an 1/8" to RCA cable for the audio. I changed the settings on my laptop so that it cloned both the laptop screen and the TV... 5 Jan 2008 18:59

Flash Drive Speeds
I see that some flash drives advertise cd-rom like speeds: 200x or 150x, for example. How do those speed translate to read and write speeds? Can their ratings be trusted? I saw one advert that equated 200x to 32MB/s, but I don't know if that's read or write, or one of those "up to" speeds. ... 7 Jan 2008 03:49

lcd monitor bleeds
my lcd al1715 (acer) is bleeding across the screen. does anyone know how to fix the problem. ... 7 Jan 2008 15:07

Which RAM for a 1333MHz FSB CPU?
Hey guys. I've been reading some confusing information on which DDR2 (DDR3 is way out of my price range!) I need to buy that will support a 133MHz FSB. The article I've just linked to above seems to suggest that if I get two sticks of RAM, I can effectively double their speed as they will be in a dual chann... 7 Jan 2008 18:30

Safe Overclock of a Intel Q6600
Hey guys. I'm considering going for a Q6600 quad core CPU at the moment over an E6850 (see a separate discussion topic on this :) ). What's been holding me back over the Q6600 is, aside from the lower clock speed (which as more applications become multi-threaded won't be an issue) is the lower FSB speed it s... 6 Jan 2008 10:37

problem with battery free mouse
Hi, three weeks ago I bought a battery free mouse from A4Tech (www.a4tech.com). Its name is NB-30D. The mouse was really fun under windows and linux. But now the mouse cursor does not move any longer. I can still scroll, left/right click but I cannot move the mouse pointer around. It is the same behavior under... 7 Jan 2008 03:49

Westell VersaLink model 327W
I have a question i used to have verizon but the service is now discontinued but i would like to use my Westell as a router and not both since now i have AT&T is this possible? Can i just take the ethernet cable connect it to the westell and the modem?Or what do I do? Thanks ... 5 Jan 2008 09:26