Recent content by Alpin3star

Thanks everyone for the advice. I decided to start up Java until I am able to schedule my next class, in which case I intend to swap to whatever language the instructor suggests. I also have an interview at Geek Squad this Thursday, so that is exciting. I know many of you may consider Geek Squad...

I understand what you're saying and think I'm going to take your advice! I'm checking out Visual Basic now while keeping C++ in mind. Thanks for the suggestion! Hopefully I can post an update back here in a couple of days on how things are going. Appreciate the help man. +rep

I'm almost 19 years old now and a freshman at the University of North Florida. 3 weeks ago, I was determined that I wanted to major in Mechanical Engineering. Since then, however, I have found the actual work in this field to be completely dull and uninteresting to me. I feel that my passion...

Specifications: Provider: Cox Communications Modem: Scientific Atlanta Cable Modem Router: Linksys Cisco WRT160N I'll try to keep this as brief as possible. About 2 weeks ago my internet would sporadically shut off for about 5 minutes, and then come back on. At first I thought there was a...

I might be raising my budget slightly, as I realized neither of these computers has a good amount of RAM which would be a necessity for Autodesk Maya, and other 3D programs. I noticed the Sager NP8130 is upgradeable to 16g of ram, which would be ideal. around $1600. Just an update, any thoughts?

Sorry for the delay, it's been hectic as of late. MindLoverMaster -I looked at some Lenovos, but I couldn't find any that really compare. Maybe I'm missing something? Peter.Cort -I'm pretty set on a laptop simply to take it to classes, friends' places, and the fact that I've always been a...

Occasion: College is coming and I need a well equipped laptop that is mobile, yet powerful, in every aspect so that it can outlast my four year endeavor. Basics Requirements: -Laptop -Mobile (preferring smaller screen sizes) -i5 or i7 -3D Rendering Programs (such as AutoCAD 3DS Max) running...

It IS under warranty. It's just not under Asus's warranty. It was refurbished (and was not offered "new" at the time when I bought it) which might explain the short warranty. This computer shop extended it under THEIR responsibility for an additional 9 months. I will call that computer place...

The issue is, Asus's warranty only was for 3 months. This particular computer shop that wanted the sale offered me another 9 month warranty for $50. They've already taken a loss on replacing the graphics card that they assumed was the problem, so I guess he wants out. But I plan on either...

Okay, so I've posted once before about this problem. The title says it all, my laptop has been acting up. It's under warranty and I've taken it to the computer place but it's been dragging on. They thought it was the graphics card, but after ordering 2 more and the problem still being present...

I took it to them and it turns out the graphics card is fried. They are having trouble getting another from their supplier but have given me a gaurantee that it will be resolved. Thanks for the feedback though!

The only thing that's odd, is that it does not do this every time. I usually have to be on it for a few hours and as it heats up, it tends to show the symptoms. I'm going to see the computer guy today about it. So, if it's a screen issue there are probably no easy fixes?

So, I bought an Asus G50vt-x5 about half a year ago - graphics card being the 1g 9800m GS. I have a warranty on it (from a private computer place) for one year. I plan to take it in there and get his opinion, but just thought I'd stop by here first in the case that my problem is really just a...

So, I was originally going to build my own PC but then decided that mobility was more for me and settled on the Asus G50vt X-5 which covered everything I was looking for. It was not the highest, but pretty decent for gaming, as well as mobile and not a monster laptop. So, about a week after my...

All right, thanks. I'm currently looking into a friend to see if he can get me the same parts listed on Newegg wholesale. Once I find out if he can, or cannot, I'll order whichever is cheapest and start my first build. You can probably bet that I'll be back here asking more questions to be sure...