Recent content by Hooligan

holy fucking thread necro. 3 years later

I'm not active military. :/

I will briefly be in the US for a week until May 31st and I would love to ship back out with a new laptop with the 7970 video card... however I keep reading rumors that they won't really ship until July (even though most websites mention late may). Anyone in the industry that could confirm or...

I only read the Conclusion / Thoughts (as I usually do with reviews that don't interest me - not currently in the market for a new mobo) and realized you guys desperately need a proof reader / editor. huh? :rolleyes: :confused: :( :mad: I stopped reading after that to make this...

Just wanted to give thanks to everyone that chipped in with their help and comments. After the 5th visit from the ISP technicians, they finally tried using another modem... Because IT CANT BE THE MODEM. THE MODEM IS BRAND NEW AND ITS PERFECT. ITS GOTTA BE ALL 4 OF THE CLIENT'S COMPUTER...

Ping statistics for 74.125.45.105: Packets: Sent = 361, Received = 361, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 45ms, Maximum = 48ms, Average = 46ms

I did not check the MTU.. I talked with a friend who also has the same ISP and he told me a few things... - call tech support and ask to be transfered to 2nd layer (no idea what that is) - ask for a homologated IP address (i have a very rough idea what that is) - ask for the HDCP settings so...

MTU is set at 1500 i believe. Im at work right now though ill check when i get home

They're sending out a tech to check it out tomorrow... I need to know how to PROVE it to him tho... I am afraid he will load up google.com and see it loads and say its working as intended. So difficult to explain tho and so random :(

So after 9 days of going without internet access cuz my ISP (Telmex - 5mbit down / 512k up) kinda blows, I decided enough was enough and I signed up for another ISP (Axtel 40mbit down / 3mbit up). (Both are DSL) My problem is that ever since switching to the new ISP (Axtel) now I can't even...

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For some reason I can't edit my post, but I just wanted to let everyone that could be interested that there is now only 9 left in stock. Get em while you can :eek:

Its cheap!!! I'm buying it for my 25.5" lcd. It says its only for monitors up to 24" but so did my LCD mounting arm and that is working fine.

overkill videocard for an HTPC, no? might wanna check out a smaller video card w- passive cooling

Snapped this pic after cleaning off the paste off the GPU w/ nail polish remover and cotton balls - you can see how some of the thick pads tore a bit :(