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    How many times have you cooked, fried, crushed, crumbled, etc. your CPU?

    moodyblue - :laugh: i think crushing or burning a cpu is something i'm bound to do eventually. did nearly knacker my first k6-2 and gigabyte ga-5ax board though! i had no idea that you were supposed to lift this little lever by the side of the socket [seriously, it never popped into my...
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    MotherBoard Advice Please

    i'd probably plump for the abit or the asus. i know they're more expensive but they have a reputation for quality. the epox has a good rep and might be worth a hard look. the gig boards i know little about - most amd rigs i've seen and heard of have been based on the abit, asus, epox and...
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    What is the best mouse?

    i would go for m$ mice and natural keyboards if i had the money. i also know that i am likely to pour water into it/drop it/lose it/break it if it's expensive so i stick with simple genius netmouse. it's boring, unglamourous and frankly kak, but i don't get driver problems and if i kill it...
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    AMD Specific BIOS Settings

    i have the clk-ctl setting on my abit kt7a-raid. but i'm pretty sure it came with the recent bios versions. try upgrading the bios if you've not done so already.
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    Chasing Amy

    'well if it isn't the man fat chick killer'
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    opera 5.11 with java

    i might give opera a shot i have ie 6 and netscape 6.1. ie is pretty good, i really notice any differences save the better looking desktop icon :) netscape is ok, but i'm not switching from ie long-term.
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    Perpetual Welcome Thread

    hello jodie, welcome to Xi :wave:
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    Perpetual Welcome Thread

    hello mute :wave:
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    Perpetual Welcome Thread

    hi ridcully, good to see you here. i wish that we get a us heatwave here in the uk :rolleyes:
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    I thought I was computer stupid.

    i can't believe i missed that one! darkside too tempting :D
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    Greatest album ever made

    massive attack - mezzanine so dark that it seems to ooze from the speakers. quite delicious. and teardrop has to be one of the most haunting vocals, superb.
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    Chasing Amy

    kevin smith kicks a$$! i'm just pissed because we have to wait months for the film to get over to the UK :mad: does mean i get to watch my vids over a few times though...
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    Downgraded Code Red causes few problems

    we've been getting hammered here at the UWC by codered all week! the network is apparently the second largest in the Uk, behind BT or something [dubious i know]. according to info sent to users out internt connectivity is down because we are getting pinged 73,000 times a day as a result of...
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    1,000 trillion calculations per second

    does it game?
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    Somethin' just ain't right with that boy

    pez lasted such a short time in the uk. i never quite got the whole plastic toy dispenser thing. why have a plastic dispenser when you can stuff the packets into your mouth until you can't breathe? :D ah, gluttony.... :laugh:
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    How do you keep your mind occupied?

    try to get a working version of windows me - that should have you on a lifetime search :D unfortunately when something is bouncing through your head it is for a reason, and its sometimes because it needs dealing with. can you take some time out to do somehting you wouldn't normally do...
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    One word post

    pocket-socket
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    One word post

    cardboard
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    Neo is in the hospital

    best wishes from the uk, neo and a speedy recovery geezer
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    One word post

    fruity
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