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by dag16
Tue Jan 29, 2002 9:24 am
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: UPS rant
Replies: 6
Views: 830

USPS is great. Nothing beats Priority mail. I had to RMA a bad mobo and UPS wanted 30 for 3 day air. I couldn't do their ground shipping, cause it would take 8 days to get there. How does it take 8 days??? I took it to USPS and they did it for priority mail, insured for $9. And it gets there in 2 da...
by dag16
Thu Jan 24, 2002 3:15 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Dead mobo or CPU or both?
Replies: 5
Views: 1003

just as a follow-up
I got a new mobo, CPU, and power supply.
turned them on and all worked fine!
by dag16
Wed Jan 23, 2002 3:26 pm
Forum: Sizzlin' Deals
Topic: Hot or not ?? DDR PC 2100 @ $ 25
Replies: 4
Views: 1086

I think the current price for a 512Meg chip of 2100DDR is about 160, so this is a great price.
could you get them to hnor it?
by dag16
Mon Jan 21, 2002 5:10 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: swapping mobo's under XP. do i HAVE to reinstall?
Replies: 11
Views: 2024

he he, it's a fantastic quote..
how old is it again?
by dag16
Mon Jan 21, 2002 9:51 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Dead mobo or CPU or both?
Replies: 5
Views: 1003

I have a 300 Watt power suply. I asked the company to RMA me one of them alos, just in case that was destroyed too. When I say stopped, I mean all of the fans stopped spinning an the diagonostic LEDs turned off. The thing that makes em think everything is blown is that the initial power up, things w...
by dag16
Sun Jan 20, 2002 1:01 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Dead mobo or CPU or both?
Replies: 5
Views: 1003

Dead mobo or CPU or both?

So I just was wondering people's thoughts on this... I got a new mobob(EPOX EP-8K7A) and CPU(Athlon XP 1600). Put them together started the thing up and after about 2 seconds, everything stopped. Looked at the mobo carefully and found a dead resistor. I rma'd the motherboard and got a new one, put t...
by dag16
Sat Jan 19, 2002 5:11 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: It's "Embarrassing" Contest Time!
Replies: 33
Views: 7643

well, if it makes you feek any btter, I only had like $5 or $10, so I didn't lose that much(money at least)... And about four months after it happenned, a radio station in San Diego(91x) had a most embarrsing moment contest for some gratefull dead tickets, and a friend of mine called in with my tale...
by dag16
Fri Jan 18, 2002 1:56 pm
Forum: Cheers!
Topic: It's "Embarrassing" Contest Time!
Replies: 33
Views: 7643

OK, so mine is sort of embarrsing and a bit long, but it's good... I grew up in San Diego, about 30 minutes from Tijuana. Since we were in high school and it is really easy to drink there when you're 16, my friends and I used to go down every other weekend or so. Ocassionally one of my friends would...