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    OMG....I think Ben Franklin used that card,...

    OMG....I think Ben Franklin used that card, didn't he?? :rolleyes:
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    It's always been a real pain to connect those...

    It's always been a real pain to connect those correctly. Asus came up with a module awhile back where you could connect them to the module and then just plug the module onto the Asus mobo. Not sure...
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    It's perfectly normal. I groan everytime I have...

    It's perfectly normal. I groan everytime I have to wake up too.


    Yup...sounds like a dirty fan or two. Could also be a blade slightly out of alignment and rubbing against the fan casing. A good...
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    You may also want to consider just putting a...

    You may also want to consider just putting a healthy down payment on a slightly more expensive and higher quality Dell laptop and then just make payments through the Dell payment plan. I had to buy a...
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    That is a pretty low life expectancy. Heck, I've...

    That is a pretty low life expectancy. Heck, I've got a couple of drives that Ben Franklin used and they are still working fine.
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    Oh....great. Now we'll have to start attaching...

    Oh....great. Now we'll have to start attaching strings to our hard drives....
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    And as you can see from those specs that they are...

    And as you can see from those specs that they are virtually identical. I highly doubt you will see any benchmark differences between the two and most definitely will not see any naked-eye difference...
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    Poll: Dell for routine ops. MSI (with dedicated...

    Dell for routine ops.

    MSI (with dedicated graphics) for gaming.
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    Poll: Yeah...that one is pretty weird-looking.

    Yeah...that one is pretty weird-looking.
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    I feel that I need to make a slight qualification...

    I feel that I need to make a slight qualification on my last post. Regarding gaming laptops and the Nvidia "saving power": Gaming laptops are really designed to operate while plugged in...not simply...
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    Poll: HP bought out Compaq some time ago. They are now...

    HP bought out Compaq some time ago. They are now one and the same. Though I would never buy a retail desktop for myself, I went with Dell for my daughter's laptop simply for ease of service and a...
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    "Integrated graphics" are just that....its...

    "Integrated graphics" are just that....its permanent. You can't upgrade it. But as with gaming laptops, the graphics card ("dedicated graphics") is removable and can be upgraded (although there are...
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    Right now there are a lot of computer companies...

    Right now there are a lot of computer companies that are busy trying to dump their laptop stocks that have Intel HD Graphics 3000 to make room for the HD4000 chip. Buyer beware.

    The former could...
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    Are you getting any sound at all i.e via...

    Are you getting any sound at all i.e via headphones? It sounds like it might just need a driver download from RealTek. But before you do that, check programs and see if you have the Realtek Audio...
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    SOLD!! I'll take two of...

    SOLD!! I'll take two of them....no....wait....make that THREE of them!
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    Yup....its normal for RAM to default to 1066mhz....

    Yup....its normal for RAM to default to 1066mhz. The speed can be reconfigured in the BIOS, HOWEVER....



    You are increasing mismatched RAM. And yes, you are overclocking the (mismatched)...
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    Low res, no GPS or Bluetooth, made by a...

    Low res, no GPS or Bluetooth, made by a practically unknown manufacturer. No mention of a warranty... $135 item = no warranty or 90 days at best, probably.

    What you got there is probably a $135...
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    I've got an Ivy Bridge CPU on my new laptop and...

    I've got an Ivy Bridge CPU on my new laptop and it is quite zippy enough. I won't be overclocking it at all....or probably never (whichever comes first).
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    Go to Start>run and type in : diskmgmt.msc and...

    Go to Start>run and type in : diskmgmt.msc and see it it shows that drive to be 2 partitions. If so, I believe from there you can merge them into one partition. Are you sure that 1.45 MB partition...
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    Before you initialize those drives, try reading...

    Before you initialize those drives, try reading them with a different setup i.e. external enclosure. Some people have reported that when they switched USB setups, the new one would read the drives...
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    I've almost always used EVGA graphics cards and...

    I've almost always used EVGA graphics cards and found them to be very reliable.
    I have two of them waiting in the wings just in case something happens to the Galaxy cards I'm using at the moment....
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    You got THAT right...I'll probably take a trip up...

    You got THAT right...I'll probably take a trip up and down the entire U.S. Eastern Seaboard for the next year to grab every network in every coffee shop.
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    Ditto the Toshiba over the HP if for the i-7 chip...

    Ditto the Toshiba over the HP if for the i-7 chip alone. Probably has a better screen and sound than the HP too. I assume the Toshiba is the 755 version that has a 750GB hard drive? If so, that's a...
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    Was that Windows 7 Home Premium on the machine?...

    Was that Windows 7 Home Premium on the machine? If so, no need to bother with putting Professional or Ultimate on it. If Vista, then by all means just replace it with Win 7 Home Premium.
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    Oh....I dunno....I happen to know a guy who just...

    Oh....I dunno....I happen to know a guy who just went as a tourist to NYC and bought the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building from some salesman dude he met on the street. I think he might...
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