Recent content by echo33029

Your problem is probably a bad CD drive or a bad or dirty CD. I have had both cause the exact problem you described. Make sure that the CD is not smudged or scratched or has some other defect. Otherwise, if you have access to another CD drive, swap it over to this system and try the install...

All of the talk about the AIG bonuses is probably just distracting talk from Congress and the Administration. The gov't practically owns AIG and I would be willing to bet that AIG's CEO probably checked with senior gov't leaders before paying out these bonuses. Given all of the public...

Based on this statement I would say that either this reporter or Mr. Martinez is full of it. Even allowing that he paid the full $630K for the house and put nothing down, a 30 year mortgage would have to have an interest rate of 22.83% for ths loan to have a payment of 12K/month. What am I...

Good price at Costco. I'm looking to pick another one so I'll check Costco.

The Samsung 245s were $469 - $50 rebate, so $410 from TigerDirect.

I have had an Acer 24" (AL2423W) for a little over 1 year now. Overall the monitor is good for trading, but... 1) I find that it runs pretty hot and gives off a lot of heat. I have had to turn down the brightness quite a bit to cut down on the heat. 2) I am starting to have problems...

Actually, this is similar to what I have started doing to take advantage of the situation. Many times I will only execute 100 shares at a time to either enter or exit a position. I watch the algos go nuts trying to screw me after my entry and I can enter the rest of my order at better prices...

Many here will call you paranoid for making these statements, same as me when I made them some time ago. The phenomenon you mentioned happens to me quite often. I am not sure if it is broker related as it has happened to me with three different brokers now. You may also have noticed that...

You didn't say whether or not you were looking for intraday data or just end of day. I know you mentioned free data but if you can afford about $30/month and are looking for end of day, check out TC2007 from Worden Bros. www.worden.com You can download the entire US stock market every...

That P182 looks good. I'll probably order it soon along with a silent PS. Thanks

CPU performance is not the issue. My current 3.2GHZ Pentium D has more than enough power. I am just looking for a cooler running CPU. My first step will be to swap out the case and PS to see how that helps, then its on to other things. I have never built an AMD system before but will...

Totally agree on the PS being the main source of heat. Middle of last year I changed the PS in my current system to a higher efficiency (75%) one and it made a HUGE difference. I am looking to lower it even further with my next rig. That Antec PS is one of the ones I have been looking at...

A separate AC is one of the things on my list, although it will not be a very practical solution given the current layout of the house in relation to where my office is. However I am also looking into cutting down on the ambient noise (CPU mostly) so that will be a tough choice to make. I am...

Interesting. I get quite a bit of heat coming off of my LCDs. I'll have to do some research into other brands to see if it is just mine. Thanks Echo

Lescor, Do you find that your monitors put out a lot of heat. I have two Samsung 213Ts and one Acer AL2423W and they can put out quite a bit of heat, especially the Acer. Along with my CPU (self built),this setup really warms up the room and unfortunately the AC feed into the room cannot...