-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!

If you want to buy one rather than build one
check out the Compaq and 
E-machine computers at Wal-Mart.  Packages
without a monitor start at about 
$300 for a 3GHz with DVD burner and Vista Home
basic.

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From: "cristy" <poppy0206earthlink.net>
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Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!


> Hi everyone,
>
> What could I expect if I wanted to only spend
about 500 dollars on a
> secondary computer rather than splurge on an
expensive second one?
>
> thanks for any input,
> (just lost a nice one not long ago).
>
> Christine
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Ann" <bookworm54tds.net>
> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:14 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!
>
>
> I'm sorry GMan,
>
> I'm not familiar and comfortabe with the BIOS
settings. Let me study the
> mobo manual as I get a chance today, and get
back to you tonight.
>
> Jo ann
>
> GMan wrote:
>> These are the numbers being put out by your
power supply to the rest of
>> the
>> system.  I hate to do this to ya, but I was
looking for the memory timing
>> numbers.  I'm sorry if I worded my last reply
poorly.     :O
>>
>> Peace,
>> GMan
>>
>> "The only dumb questions are the ones that
are
never asked!"
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jo Ann" <bookworm54tds.net>
>> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:06 AM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!
>>
>>
>>
>>> GMan,
>>>
>>> The hardware monitor tells me,
>>>
>>> Vcore voltage 1.32V
>>> 3.3 Voltage 3.39V
>>> 5v 4.99V
>>> 12V voltage 12.03v
>>>
>>> Jo Ann
>>>
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My Uncle has an eMachine and got it at Wal-Mart.  That was
the first I had 
heard of an eMachine and I thought he was mixed up about
what he had!  He 
finally convinced me it was a "real" brand.
Sandi
----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:33 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!


> If you want to buy one rather than build one
> check out the Compaq and
> E-machine computers at Wal-Mart.  Packages
> without a monitor start at about
> $300 for a 3GHz with DVD burner and Vista Home
> basic.
>
> Don
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I had an HP Pavilian just over two years old.  It took me
three tries to 
get a working modem (and then it was so old it almost never
connected above 
33.  I finally took a six year old modem out of another
computer that would 
connect at 42 regularly.  The card reader never did work. 
They'd send one, 
I'd try it.  It wouldn't work.  I finally just hooked up an
external one we 
had here and gave up.  It was always one to two hours
talking to 4 or 5 
different people and it just wasn't worth the hassle.  A
couple of months 
ago, the USB ports stopped working.  Some research online
turned up the 
information that HP knew that happened but had no fix for
it.  It also 
happened with another company (Dell I think) but they did
have a fix (which 
wouldn't work on HP).  By using the old printer port and a
non USB mouse, I 
was getting along with it.  Then one day I rebooted. 
Normally I 
thought.  However 2/3 of the way through I got a black
screen that said 
'hardware failure' and that was it.

Motherboard was gone.  Frankly I had no desire to put a new
one in since it 
hadn't impressed me with its reliability.  I did some
research online and 
found out that eMachines actually have a pretty good rep for
being decent 
inexpensive computers.  I got one on sale at Circuit City
(who actually had 
them cheaper than Best Buy) and I really like it.  It's fast
and isn't 
loaded with a lot of eMachine software (my HP was full of HP
crap that I 
spent days removing and never did get it to reboot faster). 
So far, while 
it's only been a couple of months, I really like the
eMachine.  I dropped 
the old HP hard drive in before I even booted it up the
first time and on 
start there it was labeled HP_Pavilian and HP_Recovery.

This one boots or reboots in a fraction of the time the HP
did.  Money was 
important and eMacine was a good deal for me.  And if it
only lasts a 
couple of years, at least I don't have a huge investment in
it....smile.

Tori

At 09:27 AM 3/6/2007, you wrote:
>My Uncle has an eMachine and got it at Wal-Mart.  That
was the first I had
>heard of an eMachine and I thought he was mixed up about
what he had!  He
>finally convinced me it was a "real" brand.
>Sandi
>----- Original Message -----
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>Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:33 AM
>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!
>
>
> > If you want to buy one rather than build one
> > check out the Compaq and
> > E-machine computers at Wal-Mart.  Packages
> > without a monitor start at about
> > $300 for a 3GHz with DVD burner and Vista Home
> > basic.
> >
> > Don
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> > Reunion
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Thanks Don,

I will check that out.

Christine
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Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:33 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!


> If you want to buy one rather than build one
> check out the Compaq and
> E-machine computers at Wal-Mart.  Packages
> without a monitor start at about
> $300 for a 3GHz with DVD burner and Vista Home
> basic.
>
> Don
> --
>
>
> Titusville (FL) High School Class of '68  40th
> Reunion
> Please join our Yahoo Group at:
> http://groups.ya
hoo.com/group/ths68/
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cristy" <poppy0206earthlink.net>
> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:31 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!
>
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> What could I expect if I wanted to only spend
> about 500 dollars on a
>> secondary computer rather than splurge on an
> expensive second one?
>>
>> thanks for any input,
>> (just lost a nice one not long ago).
>>
>> Christine
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jo Ann" <bookworm54tds.net>
>> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:14 AM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!
>>
>>
>> I'm sorry GMan,
>>
>> I'm not familiar and comfortabe with the BIOS
> settings. Let me study the
>> mobo manual as I get a chance today, and get
> back to you tonight.
>>
>> Jo ann
>>
>> GMan wrote:
>>> These are the numbers being put out by your
> power supply to the rest of
>>> the
>>> system.  I hate to do this to ya, but I was
> looking for the memory timing
>>> numbers.  I'm sorry if I worded my last reply
> poorly.     :O
>>>
>>> Peace,
>>> GMan
>>>
>>> "The only dumb questions are the ones that
are
> never asked!"
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jo Ann" <bookworm54tds.net>
>>> To: <pctechtalkfreelists.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:06 AM
>>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Up and runnng!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> GMan,
>>>>
>>>> The hardware monitor tells me,
>>>>
>>>> Vcore voltage 1.32V
>>>> 3.3 Voltage 3.39V
>>>> 5v 4.99V
>>>> 12V voltage 12.03v
>>>>
>>>> Jo Ann
>>>>
>>>
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