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    Long term project - Osborne Executive Mod

    The LAN party was lots of fun. 9 hours of gaming and the main game was Unreal Tournament, which is free to play via EPIC. Pictures here:...
    Post by: bigal, Sep 4, 2018 in forum: Case Modding
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    Long term project - Osborne Executive Mod

    I've built a few machines over the years. I have a LAN party coming up this Labor Day Weekend (on Sunday). Should be fun. I'll be posting...
    Post by: bigal, Aug 30, 2018 in forum: Case Modding
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    Long term project - Osborne Executive Mod

    I haven't been here a while. Been retired since Feb 2014 and enjoying life with the grand kids and things of this nature. Computer builds have...
    Post by: bigal, Aug 24, 2018 in forum: Case Modding
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    Spire Rocketeer 500 Watt Power Supply 2014-06-18

    Introduction Are you looking for a new power supply (PSU)? This review is concerned with testing the new Spire Rocketeer SP-500W, a very...
    Posted By: bigal, Jun 18, 2014 in category: Reviews
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    Hyperkore Laser-Etched Window Review 2014-06-18

    Introduction True case modders keep an eye open for that extra bling bling. You know what I mean, something like LED lighting tricks, new bay...
    Posted By: bigal, Jun 18, 2014 in category: Reviews
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    Long term project - Osborne Executive Mod

    Gaming has never been better... I wanted Serious Sam 3 for Christmas but nobody got it for me. :dontknow: So I got on my Steam account and...
    Post by: bigal, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: Case Modding
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    Project Scan-a-Tron gets published...

    Scan-a-Tron is now Scan-a-Tron-2 Hey guys, I upgraded Scan-a-Tron earlier this year with another laptop body, this time an e-Machines 6502 (AMD...
    Post by: bigal, Dec 27, 2011 in forum: Case Modding
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    Project Scan-a-Tron gets published...

    Thanks Elktron. The machine is still running on my work bench and provides Internet access to forums like this one.
    Post by: bigal, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: Case Modding
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    Long term project - Osborne Executive Mod

    It might interest everyone to know that OsbornAgain has been rebuilt again - now it sports a Quad-core AMD CPU and an NVidia 560 Duke Nukem...
    Post by: bigal, Sep 5, 2011 in forum: Case Modding
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    Schedule your Call of Duty 2 Games Here

    I haven't paid attention to the new version, but I did see it for sale at our local Best Buy. We've been playing Call of Duty 4 on our LAN....
    Post by: bigal, Nov 26, 2009 in forum: The Lounge
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    Laptop won't connect to wireless, but only sometimes

    I suspect the built-in networking in your laptop is going down the tubes. You might consider buying a plug-in wireless card (like a wireless G...
    Post by: bigal, Sep 17, 2009 in forum: General Computer Support
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    Choosing a Hard Drive

    If money is no issue, go with two WD VelociRaptors in a Raid 0 configuration (striping), followed by a data drive. Make sure you configure your...
    Post by: bigal, Sep 17, 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Hard drive Transfer

    That's why you need to uninstall the motherboard chipset drivers from the old motherboard and be ready to install the new motherboard chipset...
    Post by: bigal, Sep 10, 2009 in forum: Hardware
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    Mobile PC mod.

    That depends on the type of interface it requires. It's a pain to configure a custom interface if the signals need to be at different voltage...
    Post by: bigal, Sep 10, 2009 in forum: Case Modding
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    Hard drive Transfer

    PC Gamer wrote an article a few years ago on how to use the OS on an existing hard drive with a new computer. I tried it once and it did work....
    Post by: bigal, Sep 8, 2009 in forum: Hardware