Recent content by minibyte

Hello, I'm in the Midwest and thunderstorms are quite common out in this area. To protect my computer from power surges, I turn off BOTH my computer and the power supply. Then I unplug the surge protector from the socket which the computer and other peripherals are attached to. However...

Hi, I experienced a power outage yesterday while my computer was on which caused the Check Disk dialog box to pop up for my Western Digital external hard drive. It listed two box options: -Automatically fix file system errors -Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors I left both boxes...

Thanks for your feedback, everybody :D. I will definitely check out the video link that Hillmant included, and call up Performance Personal Computers to see what they say. After that, I will make a final decision of what to do next.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had experience with buying from a company called, "Performance Personal Computers?" (http://www.performancepc.net/) They're over in Geneva, Illinois. In a nutshell, I'm looking for a computer that can handle Maya, 3DMax, AFX..pretty much a high-performance...