not everyone lives in the US!

Alright, the deal went pretty well for me. I just picked up the hard drive from the Post Office, and had to pay $24.69 to Customs. GST was $9.19 PST was $10.50 Handling Fee of $5.00 Directron shipped it with a declared value of $100, so Canadian Customs converted that to $131.31. So in total I paid ...

http://quietpc.ca/psu.html - has the 300W and 350W Aurora

haha, go to http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/index.htm instead of www.samsungusa.com

Just as an update. I ordered the 160GB SP1614N and it shipped out with USPS last Monday from Directron. The soonest I'll get the drive will probably be later this week, and once i get the drive I'll update again with info about the handling fee and duties/taxes that I'll have to fork over to Canada ...

Not sure, but i think the new Durons are Applebreds.

I did option 1 with the Original Radeon 64MB in my parents' computer.

Using an extra 80mm fan i took out of the PSU blowing at 5 volts.

I did option 1 with the Original Radeon 64MB in my parents' computer.

Using an extra 80mm fan i took out of the PSU blowing at 5 volts.

Does korsch happen to be the new member, Jerz, at Directron's forum? Well he posted asking about the USPS shipping to Canada, and the Moderator replied, Select one of the USPS options. The calculation will be wrong. Customer Service will compute the value by hand when processing your order. If you'd...

I got this info about USPS Global Priority Mail: 9. For all casual and commercial items valued under 1,200 Canadian dollars, Canada Post will collect the assessed duties and excise taxes and a handling fee of 5 Canadian dollars from the addressee. For EMS items, the handling fee is 8 Canadian dollar...

Directrons Shipping Policy to Canadians Notes: (1) We also offer USPS shipping although rates have to be adjusted manually. Simply pick the USPS shipping method you want and once the order is processed any correction in price will be adjusted manually. (ud100903mp) So there's no set shipping price ...

bah! Samsung is pretty good at replying quickly to inquiries, but I'm not liking the responses... Warranty is only covered in the counrty you purchase the unit from. If you purchase in the USA warranty is in the USA, because we do not ship out side the USA. So if you are in Canada you can not ship i...

I checked with Samsung Canada and they said the warranty is for the country where the drive is purchased, so they wouldn't handle anything.

I've found two US retailers with the 8MB cache drives that will ship via USPS. Only thing is I won't have warranty with Samsung Canada, though I still think I can deal with Samsung USA in case something happens to the drive, just shot off a email to Samsung USA asking about this.

I've been thinking for a few weeks now in getting one of those new 120GB Spinpoint 8MB cache hard drives. Seeing as I couldn't find any at Canadian retailers that I know of, I thought I'd ask Samsung Canada where they are (Google searches also came up with nothing, only 2MB cache drives). They answe...

Vibe Computers now has the Papst 120mm fan (55.9cfm, 30dBa).

http://www.vibecomputers.com/index.cfm? ... vID=191106

$28, which is a pretty good price I think for a Papst (it's cheaper then most 120mm fans at other stores)

Whoa, i missed that red 4-pin to 3-pin adapter when i checked for them. Last time i looked i only saw the 3-pin female connectors. I think browsing around at Vibe triggered my thoughts about using old 3-pin fans actually. Why spend money on connectors I already had?! :) Shipping for a $3 item would'...

Actually, if the Canadian store doesn't specifically list whether the drive has 2MB or 8MB cache you may want to try calling up the ppl with the SP1604N to see if it might be the 8MB version. If you check Samsung.ca, the drives sold in Canada should use SP1203N and SP1604N model numbers for both 2MB...

Do you have a fan you don't use that has the 3-pin connector? Like the retail fans that come with CPUs? You can cut the wires and connect them together. You can solder them if it's for long term. I just used electrical tape to cover the bare wire. If you have an extra 3-pin fan, soldering iron and s...

These aren't actual cable adaptors, just the actual pin heads: http://www.vibecomputers.com/index.cfm?loc=iview&if=n&vID=190825 http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=2907CGWA&Category_Code=120 These are Canadian online stores by the way. Both of these are act...

Someone more Chinese may correct me on this, but I think no one would mind Pentium 4 because most likely people will actually say 'pentium 4' in english regardless of native language. I don't know of any Cantonese equivalent for pentium (if there is, it would simply be two or three existing chinese ...

As tywen said, DVD-audio can only be outputted in analog. DVD-Audio is not the same as DVD-Video with Dolby Digital or DTS soundtracks. DVD-Audio discs come with a Dolby Digital track, but that's for backwards compatibility since most DVD players can't play the actual 'advanced resolution' tracks. T...

For any Canadian's that's itching for the 3700BQE, it's available at Vibe Computers. Currently selling for $126.46.

using a L1A in the PSU as well.

The air gets warm, but my computer has'nt crashed or anything, so I'll just leave it as it is.

Actually, I think because of convection, there seems to be more air movement from the PSU then the 120mm stock fan at 5V ('measured' using my hand).

my sonata 120mm antec fan starts up fine at 5V too.

well not much reason for this forum, but maybe for forums where people post 'spoilers' on upcoming movies, novels, etc. So you won't get spoiled unless you really want to be.

Hello, I'm interested in buying three or four pieces of "Melamine Foam Sound Absorbing Ceiling Tiles" (part # 9216T1). Before I order I want to know how much it would cost to ship up to Canada? Sincerely, Stephen and their reply was: Approximate shipping charges to Canada would be $5.71. We ship Pu...

lol, yah i am still tired. Never seem to be able to go to bed on time! Kept nodding off during my lectures; I posted on the forums during my break at school. Thornhill's just north of Toronto, just got back home from Downtown in fact. So shipping should probably be the same. Using my sister's laptop...

:oops: it was pretty late when i posted...didn't even think about searching for the exact model number codes. searching for EAR came up with mostly unrelated posts. Did find the thread about Mcmaster-carr and EAR labelling, but they didn't specify in that thread. Thanks for the clarification! When y...

hey, I am going to buy some melamine from McMaster-Carr and wanted to buy some of the fan isolators. From previous threads it seems either K8 or K6 will work, but i couldn't find where it specifies which works with which. Took out a ruler and tried to measure which ones would work, but my measuremen...