Posts by Zem Frim-Bott

my apologies if i shouldn't have started a new thread for this... i'm growing weary of windows' performance and stubbornness, but i have to say i'm hopelessly hooked on the intuitive gui...anyway...i'm seriously considering going to...

if it's randomly functioning (that's the impression i get from your post) it might be something as simple as a loose connection...the only time i ever had trouble with a cd rom drive, i had to get it replaced, but it was also 3-4 years...

possibly stupid question...would it be possible to ghost just installed applications, and not the os? i imagine this would also require a copy of the registry to be merged after the os reinstall, or something along those lines...not...

i can't offer any input, but lemme know how you like whichever digital slr you wind up with...*drools at the thought of having a digital slr of my own*

Quote: Originally Posted by srw101 Avoid the Celeron like the plague!! i couldn't agree more...if you want a machine you can actually use, and that won't make you want to melt your face off, the celeron isn't...

oohhhh, pretty asus logo on boot now...

yeah, i've never done the firmware action before, but i figured that it might need to be hardwired to be fiddling with how the router does it's wireless business, so i went and did it from another machine, and it worked...makes me 1 for...

Quote: Originally Posted by BlastTyrant Have you changed the channel to rule out noise/interference? Many routers default to channel 6, so you should avoid that one. that seems to have done the trick...i put...

the cl56 is going at an outrageous price right now, like ilcacc said, and it's supposed to be a pretty nice machine...i can personally recommend the asus m6ne...nice blend of power and portability...it gets a little warm, but not so that...

i'll say from the start that this is the first time i've ever used a wireless router, let alone configured one...i'm just trying to set it up so it works, and then i'll config the security features... i have a linksys b/g wireless...