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  1. Mark Hsieh

    WTH? Palladium Software?

    What if I install illegal software on my laptop and walk into the woods blindfolded without an internet connection..will Microsoft be able to delete my poo poo software? :)
  2. Mark Hsieh

    PC for $1500-2000 - recommendations???

    I've built my friends a couple computers for under $1000 that are really decent, but of course exclude all the fancy stuff like a *monitor* or *operating system* I mean, who needs those things? ;)
  3. Mark Hsieh

    I need a good cheap sound card.....

    John, my Extigy rocks :)
  4. Mark Hsieh

    Virus Alert!

    I always look at the quarantine in Norton, its always fun seeing what they're trying to get you to run.
  5. Mark Hsieh

    New to Ogg Vorbis

    I agree with Martin, download Winamp 2.80Link Removed Works flawlessly with OGG Vorbis (make sure you get the Full version, otherwise you won't have the support, not sure about standard though).
  6. Mark Hsieh

    Virus Alert!

    What was the virus? I'm guessing klez just because those show up in my box everyday
  7. Mark Hsieh

    Anyway to remove dual boot?

    or..you can always yank out the hard drive and put it in a computer with a burner in it, or do what I do: haul your laptop over (along with a nic) and move the files over.
  8. Mark Hsieh

    Looking for 2.1 computer speakers

    I've got the z560 from Logitech, while they are awesome, I've noticed they kinda get whacko with higher frequency, namely classical music due to the lack of a dedicated tweeter. The z560 are good if you're going to be bumping hardcore g4ngsta rap or whatever else you listen to :). If you just...
  9. Mark Hsieh

    nForce2 Motherboard discussion, information

    Go for it. I've used one and can't really hear a bad part to the nForce. I'm all for integrated audio because it saves me a pci slot :)
  10. Mark Hsieh

    Please tell me if this sounds stupid

    If he's just listening to music, technically he won't need SCSI or 7200 RPM drives, but since 7200 is pretty much standard(in desktops), I guess he doesn't have much of a choice, but then again the 7200 would be better for a larger hard drive. Just encode in Ogg Vorbis at the highest quality...
  11. Mark Hsieh

    Please tell me if this sounds stupid

    You could always buy one big hard drive (I think the 320gb's are coming out soon) and make 3 partitions: 1 for system files, 1 for programs, and 1 for music. Also, you can save hard drive space by encoding in OGG Vorbis format, which gives way better quality than mp3 imo.
  12. Mark Hsieh

    Lights that blink with the beat?

    I've found a couple light kits with the sound sensor on E-bay, but they plug into the 3 pin molar connection to a psu. Is there such a converter that will allow me to plug it into wall?
  13. Mark Hsieh

    Lights that blink with the beat?

    I have no idea which forum to put this in, but since it has to do with music, this is the one that I thought was closest to the subject. Anyways, if its the wrong forum, I'm sorry. Anyways here's my predicament. I got a pen a couple days ago that had a cool blue light you could turn on and...
  14. Mark Hsieh

    Recommendations for benchmarking software?

    Link Removed is the norm for gaming..it'll measure your computers performance with game tests that are 'in the future'. There are also some dx8.1 tests as well. A lot of people use this as a religious test and yap about it all the time. Just a good way to measure you systems performance for games.
  15. Mark Hsieh

    I need to disable my integrated video card...

    I had an old Packard Bell that had an S3 Virge (ah remember those days) onboard and I just ended up disabling it in Windows and installed a new PCI (so long ago...) card and didn't have any problems..might wanna try that if you can't disable that through the bios.
  16. Mark Hsieh

    Sync problems with DiVX file

    Bad encoding most likely..does it happen on any other machines?
  17. Mark Hsieh

    Questions regarding upgrading a PC's Memory

    It actually does matter if you're a hardware enthusiast who overclocks..otherwise it really doesn't matter. Some 'no name' manufacturers just take some ram and up their timings and remark them instead of making a new process.
  18. Mark Hsieh

    Remote connection to company's T1 line ... Help

    As Chad said, it would be possible to use the T1 connection at home, but you would have to get your house wired in order for that to happen...unless they're willing to shell out the money for that, I'd just dump AOL and get a normal isp.
  19. Mark Hsieh

    Remote connection to company's T1 line ... Help

    Are you talking about dialing in to like a terminal screen, or remotely using the computer? Check out VNC if you want to remotely control it..of course you'll need the ip and VNC makes you set a password.
  20. Mark Hsieh

    17" CRT vs 15" LCD

    Stick with a CRT. I use my laptop now mainly for gaming, and while its fine, I sometimes start to strain my eyes.
  21. Mark Hsieh

    CD-RW Drivers?

    Try all the tips that Max suggested. If none of those work, its probably a hardware issue. I have XP and 2000 on seperate computers (both Dells, one workstation and one laptop) and neither burn cd's that skip. You can always try disabling the ASPI service that XP (not sure if 2k runs it) runs...
  22. Mark Hsieh

    drivers for video card

    Well, 40.41 were released today http://www.nvidia.com and on my laptop, they gave me 200 more points in 3dmark2001SE. There's some conspiracy going around that nVidia is now releasing drivers as a marketing tool to downplay the R9700 with their Ti4600 line. I'd give'em a try ;)
  23. Mark Hsieh

    Switching from Intel for first time to AMD will I be impressed?

    AMD's are great for their price:performance ratio, however, you will need a little more cooling since AMD really packs them transistors into their cores, generating more heat. Although that is of no concern as long as you are using some sort of active cooling on the chip. You'll be surprised how...
  24. Mark Hsieh

    5.1 Music on a CD-R

    Really that old huh? Guess Slashdot is behind then.
  25. Mark Hsieh

    5.1 Music on a CD-R

    http://www.kellyindustries.com/diy_5_1.html Ahh sounds good :)
  26. Mark Hsieh

    Can't contact AOL user who won my eBay auction - What to do?

    I doubt its E-Bay. I'm an avid Ebayer and get questions and ask questions often and am able to respond/get response with any problems. Again, check the headers to see if they are using a remailer. Oh yeah, it might also be your e-mail system because a couple weeks ago, a couple domains were...
  27. Mark Hsieh

    Stupid Computer!!!!

    Do online scanners scan for boot sector virii?
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