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Now Open on Saturdays

About 5 months ago, I decided to start closing the store on Saturday.  I found out that this wasn’t the best decision.  For several people, the only day they can come by is during the weekend becuase their work schedule coincides with ours.  Beginning this weekend we will extend our hours to include Saturday, opening … Read More

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ATX Power Supplies

The ATX specification requires the power supply to produce three main outputs, +3.3 V, +5 V and +12 V. Low-power −12 V and 5 VSB (standby) supplies are also required. A −5 V output was originally required because it was supplied on the ISA bus, but it became obsolete with the removal of the ISA bus in modern PCs and … Read More

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Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Keyboard

Features

  • Switchable key pad – Flexible design, choose right side or left side configuration. Switch between standard key pad and macro pad in gaming mode.
  • Two-color adjustable backlighting dial – Keyboard keys are red, and key pad and Macro keys are amber in Game
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NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision

Tired of living in a 2D world? Upgrade your PC to a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D gaming experience with NVIDIA® GeForce® 3D Vision. A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software, the GeForce 3D Vision … Read More

 

4 FREE Games for GeForce Users

Nvidia + Steam = Free Games!!!

For a limited time, NVIDIA and Valve are offering GeForce users FREE Games!

Simply go to the Steam website and “take the test””.  The website will automatically detect the system’s hardware configuration and after verifying the presence of GeForce graphics, will allow the download of the FREE games, including:

  • Portal: First Slice
  • Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
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How to Disable Low Disk Space Checks in Windows Vista

When your hard drive is nearly out of free space, Windows Vista will warn you with a little pop-up box. This can be handy the first time but that’s usually where the usefulness stops.

Aside from being annoying, Vista’s constant check for low drive space uses system resources which can slow Windows down.

Follow the … Read More

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Alert – NVIDIA Users: Roll back from 196.75 drivers

This is a pretty urgent thing to report because it could damage or potentially completely ruin your video card if it’s ignored. The latest NVIDIA drivers, 196.75-WHQL released on March 2nd, 2010 are causing issues with the video card fan control while playing Blizzard (and other) games. This is caused by the Automatic Fan Speed … Read More

 

How to Extend Your Laptop’s Battery Power

Computer Laptop Battery Care and Usage Tips for getting more from a notebook battery.

1. Turn off Wi-Fi and BlueTooth – Most laptops have shortcut keys to instantly disable wireless networking.

2. Don’t play computer games, music or DVD movies – Multimedia activities drain laptop batteries.

3. Disconnect all external device like PC Card modems, … Read More

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URC Digital R50

URC R50 Remote

With a wide range of ever-improving offerings, Logitech’s Harmony line of PC-programmable remote control have gobbled up a large share of the universal remote-control market in recent years. Still, there are plenty of people who just don’t like the fact that you need to do the bulk of the setup duties for those units while … Read More

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HTTP Errors Explained

The error codes the you may receive are given below – follow the link for each to see further discussion of the error and what further action (if any) is recommend.

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