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    My PC will finally reach the next level

    watch out for the left wheel. They forget to tighten it properly most of the times when bought new. Thank GOD, i saw it the very first day itself on mine. btw, awesome showoff thread. was totally taken by surprise. Thank GOD my imagination was awesome for the said specs
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    PC Peripherals Sunbeam or Logisys Cathode Light

    remember seeing it on lynx. He usually lists everything from internet and most are far from being ready stock. Confirm the stocks and order.
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    Laptops Asus k53sv screen quality bad

    Mine is K53TA, which has same screen and body design. I find the screen much better than dell inspiron same resolution screens. Maybe you have got some manufacturer defected product. Confirm it and apply for rma.
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    Storage Solutions Best brand 8 & 16GB pen-drive ?

    If you want fast drives, yet not too expensive, get transcend 700 series 8GB and 16GB drives. They are USB3.0 and offers really great speeds. Available at fk and lb. i dont think corsair honors more than 5 years warranty of flash drives. I had many voyagers myself, and after rma, it came in an...
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    Laptops Charging battery before first use

    Best practice is to remove battery when you are using it for long hours. Else the battery keeps charging and discharging and will reduce its life. Get a UPS to use the lappy without battery whn at home. ALso it good to discharge before plugging in the charger, but dont discharge it fully. Plug...
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    Panasonic Lumix FZ150

    same here. FZ 16 and FZ 35.
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    Laptops How is Asus X53TA-SX096D for 27k?

    havnt tried any hypervisors on it, only vmware workstation. ive upgraded the memory to 8GB 1333 cl9 and it handles well. CPU isnt a bottleneck at all, with fair load on the VMs but the max memory is limited to 8GB as there is only 2 slots. DOnt know if it supports 8gb *2, but now they are...
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    Laptops How is Asus X53TA-SX096D for 27k?

    Ive got the same from fk. its a quad core and its a typo in their specs. I was sure of it, so went ahead and bought one. btw, its really great in performance, much better than my bro's i5 SB lappy. Not on proccy intense benches, but overall feel and performance. Battery lasts about 4~4.5 hrs on...
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    SBI netbanking (flipkart payment) issue

    finally got refund for the flipkart payment and the ATM cash loss today. there was another incident two days ago i went to federal bank atm to check balance which was near my house, and it showed balance of 750, whereas minutes ago on onlinesbi it was showing only 350/-. I instantly withdrew...
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    SBI netbanking (flipkart payment) issue

    Now when i try to view account statement all i get is "Unable to retrieve last 10 transactions. Please try later." I was about to print a screenshot of the statement and complaint on the local SBI branch. But the site was loading very fast, so i did another ebay payment today morning, and it...
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    SBI netbanking (flipkart payment) issue

    it asks for transaction reference number while registering ticket on the site, and it needs a 10 digit number, but all i get on the statement page is " 34502865IG95088975 TRANSFER TO 31162743009 STATE BANK OF INDIA O" which is shown as invalid. I tried giving part of those number, but neither...
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    Is networking domain a low paying job

    networking/systm administration domain can be generally summed up as an initial low payment job, but with more and more experience, its much higher paying job than s/w development. But in that profile, one shouldn't be concerned about salary for atleast first 4 years, as he mostly will have to...
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    SBI netbanking (flipkart payment) issue

    aahhh, i m gonna bomb SBI it happened again but this time via ATM. Today evening at around 7 i was in a hurry and tried to withdram 1k from an SBI atm (my acc is in same branch). The transaction timed out while waiting for the final processing. Happened this 3 times, and i went for another ATM...
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    1 Ton split ac which can work in 150 w

    Get V Guard VGB 400 Stabilizer which has a working range of 130v~300v and can drive 1ton/1.5ton A/c of any brand. DOnt go for VG400 which has only 170v~270v working range, and I have a hard time with the VG400, as in my area the voltage always hovers around 240~270v and even higher at times...
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    SBI netbanking (flipkart payment) issue

    Today noon i paid for one 4gb transcend ddr3 memory module on fk via SBI netbanking, and it took me to sbi payment gateway page. It was pathetically slow, but i went ahead with the payment. After typing the high security password which i got on my phone, the web page just froze and after a...
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    PC Peripherals How to install additional fan on case?

    nope, only connect the female port. the other port is extension port so that attaching a fan wont reduce the total number of port. You can then use that male port for connecting to ODD/HDD or even connecting to another fan. Also fan screws are different from ODD/HDD screws. They are thicker...
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    indiaplaza Deals!!!

    had very bad experience with indiaplaza, and it took them 1.5 months to refund. go over to their fb CC page to see fourself. its flooding with more than 100 complaints per day.
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    Storage Solutions Will Kingston USB Drive survive after washed with soap?

    great. WIll it still work if water gets inside the circuitry ?
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    New Asus Laptops Available @ SMC!

    sir, any gigabit 1000mbps NICs in stock? Can you start for deal for the same. Would like to buy if a good deal.
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    Need advice on Laptops based on AMD APUs

    im planning on writing a review of the same here. ANd yes, will post pics of ram upgrade. WIll be getting 2*4gb sticks, and will put the stock 2gb to rest. It will be needed incase of any warranty claim on lappy i guess. havnt ordered the rams yet. will be ordering in a day or two.