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like zester said, a good suggestion is to make sure to stretch afterwards as well. a stretch after you work out will give you the best results because of the 'warmed up' nature of the muscles. when you do it cold at the start, be careful and dont push it. what your goal is will depend on if you are looking to strengthen your heart or burn fat. i try and stay on the eliptical atleast 20 minutes every time i get on it. a good cartio workout can be done every day or two, depending what else you are looking to do in your workout.

good idea.

lol. yeh. you'll enjoy this. he ordered some new parts and started to build it. somewhere in there he did something wrong so he brought it to me. i start messing with it. a minute later i ask, "where is the cmos jumper in here i want to try and replace the bios" he responds "there isn't one. there were only a bunch of little small place saver things where the jumpers were supposed to be. i took them all off." i lowered my head and laughed. i laughed hard. and not with him. you know, i haven't tried it yet- but i'm curious if the PS died or is acting up... i mean, i hope not; i'm not sure how it would have...but.. thats the only thing i can think of.

have noticed that every time my friend touches his computer, something goes wrong. he tried switching his gigabyte GA-k8u motherboard from one case to another and now the thing wont boot. i took out the video card, disconnected the HD and CD, still nothing. when i turn it on it starts to spin for a second and then stops. its shouldn't be a power issue, its a 450 watt ps. i've swapped the ram sticks out, i've checked and there is no grounding problem, unplugged everything and redone it. ideas?

wait . i can read. you said psu, not cpu. no, i haven't tried that either. hold on.

unfortunately no, the only person i know with a socket 754 isn't picking up his phone. my other systems are 939 or older socket A. i'm trying to get in touch with him now and get him to let me use his machine to test everything, but thus far- nothing.

i'm building a socket 754 athlon 3000+ on a gigabyte GA-K8U motherboard for my stepmothers retirement. i've got it breadboarded out right now and the power is hooked up. i've kept it as barebones as possible with only the one dimm of ram in it and no ide or agp card in it for video. when i hit the power, the fan gives a little spin but nothing else. the power is going through the mother board because i can see the ram led on the motherboard come on. ideas? it sounds like a short to me, but this isn't the first board that had those symptoms. i had another one(same model) do the exact same thing, except it wasn't spinning up at all and the power led didn't come on. so, more or less the same. i've tested the ram in another machine and it works, i've also tried switching it between different ram dimms. that didn't work. i'm trying to figure out if there is something with the processor maybe... gigabyte is offically useless. their tech support page has a broken submit button for asking a question and the phone line isn't even a 800 and is long distance. i'm trying to get this done quickly because i have to leave town soon, any help would be appreciated.

yeh. someone gave me the 512 ipod shuffle, and i returned it. more interested in another brand than ipod. i was looking at the iriver as well, dont know much about them comparitively as far as how good the iriver is.

alright. thanks for the opinions guys, i'll pick one tonight and order it. then i'll have to find another excuse for getting owned...

picking up an mp3 player as well. looking for a 1 gig player, i would like a bulit in mic to record my professors lecturing. i want to be able to review for exams and such. i dont care about an FM tuner. i'm looking at the creative brand- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16855102168 opinons?

and just one more double check, zd- that wont have power issues with the 400 watt ps?

do you know if what the other forum said about the power requirements of the 7800 being lower was true? that is the biggest thing i'm running into that i fear may be a problem. the 6800's i've seen that fit what i want are running only 50 dollars cheaper. not ruling them out, just curious. i want the most bang for my buck for now and for the long run.

thanks. whats the difference between the 6800GT and the ultra? and why not the 7800 for the 300? i'm posting this on a couple of sites at the same time, getting a feel around. someone is telling me the 7800 is a little less of a power dependent and quieter? and which won out for the new gens of video cards- the atis or the gforce?

i'm looking at around 300ish to spend tops. not looking to go much higher than that.

i'm looking for a new card, i want a pci-e card with 256 of ram. i have a 400 watt power supply. what would you guys recommend, i dont know much about the newer video cards and i've never had a new 'good' card. the last thing i bought was a 9200 when the 9800 was the thing- so this will be the first for me. pretty much, over the next year or two i'm going to be playing BF2 and Elder SCrolls : Oblivion when it comes out. thanks in advance