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Hey all,

Just a heads up that the big bear will be offline except for very limited access at work.

I finally was able to source out the problems with my computer at home. With three hard drives, an nVidia 5700LE AGP video card, and a Sempron 2800 CPU, I need something bigger than a 300 watt power supply. Over the last 7-10 days, my computer has slowly been dropping power on the various rails and started giving me major CPU/APIC errors. I disabled APIC support but I am still experiencing random lock ups and data corruption.

Until I can get a new power supply (about $80 for a good 430w power supply) in a couple of weeks, I'll be checking email from home and very sporadically posting here.

Since I know a few of you are geeks, I'll post the details of the power supply I'm looking at getting.

Antec 430 PS It's normally $99, but right now it has a $30 instant savings and a $30 mail-in. I figure for $70 for an Antec 430w PS, I can't go wrong.

Or do I just get a snazzy new case with a 380w PS for $89?

Or do I get a case just like 's case which is *very* quiet, has rubber/silicone grommets to absorb drive noise, and is very user friendly to open and install things in/out of?

No matter what, I have to wait 2-3 weeks, so I have plenty of time.