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How about refurbished? We bought a 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Flat Screen for ~$160. It's been pretty reliable. At the price of the monitor you posted, you can step up to a 22" flat CRT: http://www.azatek.com/details.asp?iid=603 A good 19" CRT comes in at ~$120: http://www.azatek.com/details.asp?iid=742 Otherwise, that's a good looking monitor you posted.

Isn't Slimbrowser just an IE skin/sheller?

I recently upgraded my computer at work. It now has an ECS 760GX-M Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with an AMD Sempron 2600+ processor, and 512MB RAM in an ATRIX (Colors it) CSCI-C8002-A1 case with 400watt PSU. It worked great out of the box, but after plugging my headphones into the audio port in the front of the case, I have problems. I have a 2.1 speaker set from Creative. After plugging into the front port, only the left speaker and the woolfer work. When I try to adjust the balance to the Left, nothing happens, to the right, the sound goes away. I have plugged other speakers and my headphones i

I recently upgraded my PC. I needed a faster processor, so I got a new motherboard and memory to go with it. Also, while I was at it, I found a good computer case and DVD/RW to go with it. Okay, I got a new computer, pretty much. The new items are listed below: ATRIX CSCI-C8002-A1 Beige SECC steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Silent Power Supply - Retail ASUS V9520-X/TD/128 Geforce FX5200 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card - OEM pqi POWER Series 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model MD4412UOE ECS 760GX-M Socket 754 SiS 760 GX Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - R

CD burners are $20, DVD burners $40 at NewEgg. Shipping wouldn't bump that up much more.

Really, if you have to upgrade, the video card might be the best bet, unless you have fixed your problems with updated drivers. But if you really need to spend that $400 on your computer, and don't have a 19" LCD monitor yet, what are you waiting for? You can find a really good one for ~$300. Then if you don't have a nice keyboard and mouse, find yourself a nice set with the restof your money. Or, just blow it all on new games. Like someone said above though, your computer is fine as is. Wait until it starts getting old, or you will be throwing bad money after good.

I would go with a new board, except I wouldn't have a computer while I RMAd it (NewEgg). So I would buy a sound card before I did that. I did check the wireing, and everything is plugged in correctly. I'm going to look for a good sound card to replace the onboard probably. Unless I get any other suggestions. I am off to try my live Linux CD, to see if the sound card problems are the same there.

I recently upgraded my computer at work. It now has an ECS 760GX-M Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with an AMD Sempron 2600+ processor, and 512MB RAM in an ATRIX (Colors it) CSCI-C8002-A1 case with 400watt PSU. It worked great out of the box, but after plugging my headphones into the audio port in the front of the case, I have problems. I have a 2.1 speaker set from Creative. After plugging into the front port, only the left speaker and the woolfer work. When I try to adjust the balance to the Left, nothing happens, to the right, the sound goes away. I have plugged other speakers and my headpho

I use RealPlayer for all video and to organize my mp3s into "Genre" folders. I use Winamp to play music. It's simple, free and has a good EQ. With the right plugins (also free) I also have crossfading, which makes music changes a lot more seemless.

I had WinXP running on an old Dell 400MHz P2. It only had 256MB ram, and while slow, got the job done. Before XP, I had Win2000 pro on it, and it worked as good. Maybe a little faster. It caught all the drivers I needed for it, though. Good luck.

Nah, not at over 3 years old. We just paid it off (the company.) Guess we will be looking into a new one on NewEgg.

I have a Gateway LCD monitor that was bought 3 years ago. All of the sudden yesterday it just went out. You can still see the LCD is working, but the backlight doesn't want to come on. When it is plugged into a computer, and you either tell it to autoresize, or turn it on and off, the backlight will briefly flash. It doesn't seem to be a connection, because it doen't ever move, even when pushing the buttons. Th rarely got turned off, because it went into power off mode when the computer was off. Could it be just because it is old? Or is this fixable for a low amount of dollars?

Just an update. It did wind up being the hard drive. I have installed Windows fresh in a 16GB hard drive, with the old 40GB as a slave. Now the hard drive juggling begins, as I will be switching from 40GB/80GB in my work computer to just an 80 in my old (but faster) home computer, and dual 40s in the upgraded computer. Thank you all for the help.

Find a good portable radio with headphone jack, and plug it into your computer's line-in. I don't know of a program that can record on a timer, but I have always used Audacity (search at download.com) to record. Good luck in your search.

when you say you set it to 200mhz on the board, that might mean you set it to 400mhz. athlon use double data rate. most of the time setting it to 200mhz on the board, is like setting the FSB to 400mhz(double data rate). By any chance are the settings on you board giving in increments like 166mhz and 200mhz, that would mean your borad supports 333 mhz and 400 mhz. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It is a 100MHz setting. Sorry I misquoted it. I will be reinstalling Windows on another hard drive tonight, so we will see how that goes.

I do have the MB set to run at 200mhz FSB, there is a jumper there for that. The mobo even detects it as a 1300 Duron, which I found reasuring the first time I turned it on. I was just curious if dying the way it does (a quick BSOD flash then reboot) is a Windows thing, or a MB/FSB thing. I have another hard drive I can re-load on, so I will try that tomorrow. Your input is appreciated.

I recently took the plunge to update my computer. I already had an AMD 1300+ Duron, Maxtor 40GB hard drive, Lite-On CD-RW drive, and power supply, case, etc. I bought a Gigabyte 2004RZ motherboard (7VT600P-RZ, VIA KT600, FSB 400) Gigabyte GeForce FX5200, and PQI 512MB PC3200 DDR400 RAM. This being my first computer build/rebuild, I was surprised when I turned it on, and it worked... to a point. It goes through the CMOS screens okay, and it even starts running Windows. But it stops as soon as the opening screen becomes visible, I get a blue screen with what looks like a memory address, then

Yeah, the low quality vids work, but the high quality do not, and RealPlayer doesn't work at all because of the Firefox plugin problem. Try one of the big videos and tell me what you see (click "Groot format" to get the big format. Click RealPlayer to get to RealPlayer.) I am off to do a system restore. I hope going back a few days will go the trick. Edit: I did a system restore, and now Firefox doesn't even start. I am doing spyware scans, this time starting with Adaware, and it didn't pick anything up. Also none with Spyware. I have to shut it down for a few days, as I am going out of

I already have WMP 10. I also have installed DivX before as well (4-28-05). I hadn't changed anything since I installed them and everything worked fine before my problem started. It still wouldn't explain why I have the RP plugin problem. I am not bad with computers, but I can't for the life of me figure this out.

Deleted those from HJT, rebooted, still have the problem. Uninstalled and deleted Firefox directory in Program Files and reinstalled, but that didn't solve the problem. I didn't have to redo bookmarks, or my homepage, so I guess it still had stuff outside of Program Files, probably in Documents and Settings. I did try playing video in IE, and it does the same thing, although I did see that a small video played, while the larger video (which used to play) only played the sound. Even installed Opera, but it didn't like the webpage I was using: http://beeldbank.schooltv.nl/lo/po/kiesres...o

Thanks for your help. I will post in the other thread.

Recently I have lost my ability to view video in Firefox. I used to be able to. Whenever I try and view one in RealPlayer, it acts as if the plugin is not installed. When I try and install it, it again acts as if the plugin isn't installed. I even went as far as moving the files Firefox needs from the RealPlayer directory... with no luck. WMP is no better. The sound plays perfectly, but no video. Again, it used to. I haven't tried anything to resolve this problem. I did run MS Antispy, and Adaware. MSAS got Cydor and TopRebates.WebRebates, ran Adaware after that and got nothing. What i

Just so you know, I used MS AntiSpyware before this log was made. Video still didn't work. I still need help.

Suddenly, it seems, I am having a hard time playing videos in Firefox. I used to play RealPlayer videos with the plugin, but now whenever I try, it asks me to install it. Once I install it, it asks me to install it again, and again, etc. WMP isn't much better. I get nice crystal clear sound, with no video. What's going on here? My wife is the primary user on this computer, and she mostly just reads papers, plays games, and fills out surveys. She doesn't know where this could have come from. The log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:37:30 PM, on 9/1/2005 Platform: Windows XP

Okay, I am looking into the possibility of trying to sell computers that I build online on eBay. My big question is, would anyone buy any one of these computers at these prices? They would be sold as tested working, but as-is. Pricing: 754 Basic: $500 AMD Sempron 3000+ Palermo 800MHz FSB 128KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Processor GIGABYTE Socket 754 ATX AMD Motherboard SAMSUNG SpinPoint 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive 1 crucial 512MB 184-Pin DDR 400 (PC 3200) ATRIX Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower w/ 400W Power Supply NEC DVD Burner NEC 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive SAPPHIRE ATLANTI