Recent content by ulater6000

Interesting, I've never heard of denatured alcohol until now. Can I just use Isopropyl or is denatured better for cleaning electronics?

The guy who was showing me how to use the reflow machine pointed to the can (only one on the counter) and said "spray it down with that electronics cleaner and get the board clean and flux off with it before starting the reflow" It's my fault for blindly assuming he knew exactly what that can...

When trying to clean up my Xbox system board and remove surface flux prior to reflowing it, I mixed up the RadioShack brand electronics cleaner with RadioShack brand lubricating spray (essentially WD40) and soaked the system board with it. What's the best way to clean the oil residue from the...

I'm always doing repairs on PCs for friends and family members, so I find myself frequently re-installing Windows. It seems like people often times have lost their Windows discs by the time I get the computer. Is there somewhere I could order a collection of various Windows install CDs...

Just wanted to let you know I decided to take the plunge and make the purchase. Amazon lowered their prices on the Bulldozer CPUs, so I went ahead and got the FX 8150 instead of the FX 8120 (was only $20 more than I was originally going to pay for the 8120). I also bought a Radeon 6450 to go...

Just an update, I am thinking of adding a second video card so that I can run a third eve client on a third monitor with low-mid settings. Would it work Ok if I added a 6450 in addition to the 6870? I don't want to crossfire, I just want extra video outputs that won't put more load on the...

I don't plan on overclocking any time soon, so I think the 650D should have sufficient cooling. I have owned numerous Cooler Master cases before and have been highly impressed with the quality. It's just that most of their newer expensive cases seem to be too flashy for me. I love the 650D...

Well thanks for all the feedback so far guys. One thing I've read somewhere since I posted about the AMD Bulldozer platform is that they recommend you get a 900 series chipset instead of an older 800 series chipset. I guess if you have an AMD FX Bulldozer, an AMD Radeon 6000 series video card...

Well it's been many years, but the time has come for me to replace my ancient desktop, so please review my build below and let me know what you think. I mainly use my laptop, so this is not my main computer and I don't want to spend a fortune on it. I just want something for my office to...

I looked at acronis and symantec and like what they have, but sadly its beyond the budget. I ended up going buying NTI backup; I have not set it up yet to try it, but it's the cheapest product that supports backing up open files on Server 2003 that I could find.

Meh... only response is spam. Anyway after lots of research it seems like it is either overpriced products like this guy's or add2exchange or just no syncing at all. Oh well, guess it cant be cost effectively done.

I am trying to sync an iPhone to an exchange public calendar but it only seems to allow you to sync to your private calendar. Is there a way to sync an iPhone to a public calendar? If not does anyone know of any free or cheap utilities for syncing a public calendar to a private calendar? I...

It's been a while since I've posted here, but I have a problem with network backups that I'm not sure how to solve. I have a small business I support who has a Small Business Server 2003 with one of it's local hard drives setup to share on the network. The entire small office save ALL of their...

My 360 broke on me almost 2 months ago, so I started the RMA process and sent it it. However the agent on the phone commanded that I send every accessory in with it to assure the problem is not with the console itself (This was extremely weird but I complied anyway) Well two weeks ago I got a...

I know it was rumored to have coop, however the release version does not... they say that feature might come later.