RE: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns

2005-10-17 Thread Veech
What motherboard would you recommend for OCing the 3800+ X2? I would need PCI-express slot for the video card. And would an overcolocked 3800+ x2 significantly outperform the 4000? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Reeves Sent: Sunday,

RE: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns

2005-10-17 Thread Veech
Thanks JW, any recs on RAM mfgs? I may try the 2G of slower RAM to start, since it's the one upgrade I can carry forward into my new system. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jin-Wei Tioh Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:10 PM To: The

RE: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns

2005-10-17 Thread Chris Reeves
Why do that, though? Seriously, you can get Sempron64 bit procs now, and Sempron 939 procs are finally starting to be available for us to put out. -- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the

RE: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns

2005-10-17 Thread Chris Reeves
Well, depends on the app. The 3800 X2 easily overclocks to 2.5Ghz, and OC'ing to about 2.3-2.4Ghz is a snap. So you get the same speed + dual core. Do the math ;) I'm using an Asus SLI board which overclocked it just fine. CW

Re: [H] Net slow today?

2005-10-17 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [H] Net slow today? get rid of AOL, will stop 99% What I am about to say required people sticking together.

RE: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns... Now which SLI

2005-10-17 Thread Mark Dodge
Which do you feel is the best SLI board for the money? I have been looking at the Epox 9NPA but every one seems to be going to the ASUS A8N Deluxe or the Abit AN8. Has anyone seen any advantages on one over another? They are all around the same price. A 3800 X2 is a little rich for me, what is

RE: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns

2005-10-17 Thread Chris Reeves
I think that's about to change. I think you'll start seeing 939 Semprons in the hands of small (mom/pop) OEMs fairly quickly. CW -- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning

Re: [H] Replacing Ghost

2005-10-17 Thread Rob Finger HWG
Can you boot off a usb drive with this product. I have looked at this for Ghost but can't seen to do this (Corp Version). It would be handy for our techs this way. I have them using BartPE for now because it offers Ghost plus other things as you all know. I am assuming that can boot of a

RE: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns

2005-10-17 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
At 08:41 AM 10/17/2005, you wrote: I think that's about to change. I think you'll start seeing 939 Semprons in the hands of small (mom/pop) OEMs fairly quickly. CW Do those have 128KB or 256KB of L2 cache? I guess that they'll support AMD64, CnQ, etc. off the bat? Also, what speed grades are

Re: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns

2005-10-17 Thread JRS
Ditto. I went to 1 gig and stuttering stopped for many games as well. I guess they need to pre-cache lots and lots of pics and textures these days. :) Hello Veech, Upgrade the RAM first. Even older titles like Far Cry, UT2004, Doom 3 and HL2 would only run smoothly for me once I had 1GB (and

Re: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns

2005-10-17 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
At 09:15 AM 10/17/2005, you wrote: Ditto. I went to 1 gig and stuttering stopped for many games as well. I guess they need to pre-cache lots and lots of pics and textures these days. :) Been true since about last summer. Now you have sloppily coded games like Battlefield 2 gobbling up 2GB!

Re: [H] Net slow today?

2005-10-17 Thread Harry McGregor
Even with non-text emails, the bandwidth usage of email really is not that big on the grand scheme of things. With transit prices as low as they are (as long as you are buying real bandwidth, comercial stuff, in large pipes), in the $10-50/mbit, it really is not that bad. I have seen a lot of

[H] Sound Blaster Audigy 2 generating static in center and front channels

2005-10-17 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
this has been building up for a while now...today it got worseI hoped the PC up, cleaned out the dust, remove the SB and clearned the slot connected, then reinserted...static popping still present in front and center channels, not in rear. Popping doesn't seem to match up to any activity,

Re: [H] Sound Blaster Audigy 2 generating static in center and front channels

2005-10-17 Thread Winterlight
what to try next? I'm at the SB site trying to find some knowledge there. so far, nothing. Over the years I have had a static problem with my SB cards on many occasions. This is why I like onboard sound ... never have a problem. Right now I have my SB Live in a old Tyan Tiger with a ATI

Re: [H] Sound Blaster Audigy 2 generating static in center and front channels

2005-10-17 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Winterlight wrote: what to try next? I'm at the SB site trying to find some knowledge there. so far, nothing. Over the years I have had a static problem with my SB cards on many occasions. This is why I like onboard sound ... never have a problem. Right now I have my SB Live in a old

[H] Watch out for MS udpates

2005-10-17 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
I walked right into this one just this morning: http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=581154-7256505brand=zdnetds=5fs=0 Dammit, MS.

[H] Nero - Dual burner question

2005-10-17 Thread Bobby Heid
Hey, I have two burners in my system. I know (well, I think I know) that Nero can burn the same files to multiple burners at the same time. But is it possible to burn different files to different burners at the same time? If so, how? Thanks, Bobby

Re: [H] Nero - Dual burner question

2005-10-17 Thread Brian Weeden
On 10/17/05, Bobby Heid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I have two burners in my system. I know (well, I think I know) that Nero can burn the same files to multiple burners at the same time. But is it possible to burn different files to different burners at the same time? If so, how? I

Re: [H] Nero - Dual burner question

2005-10-17 Thread FORC5
never tried tried it but maybe open nero and do 2 windows. fp At 12:34 PM 10/17/2005, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: Hey, I have two burners in my system. I know (well, I think I know) that Nero can burn the same files to multiple burners at the same time. But is it possible to burn

RE: [H] Nero - Dual burner question

2005-10-17 Thread rls
I have done it plenty with 2 Plextors (IDE). Open up two Nero Burning Windows. Select the one burner in the one window, and the other burner in the second widows and go from there. I have them both on the same channel the 716a as the main and the 712a is on as the secondary. I HAVE YET TO BURN 1

Re: [H] Firefox 1.0.7 questions

2005-10-17 Thread Rob Finger HWG
I listen to TWIT (This Week In Tech) with the old Screen Savers crew from TechTV. They were saying that every time someone searches Google with the built in search box in MozillaGoogle pays Mozilla. I think the number was about 14 million last year. So keep on using it I say!!! Rob

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates

2005-10-17 Thread jeff.lane
Did you have some of the problems in the article? Jeff - Original Message - From: Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: [H] Watch out for MS udpates I walked right into this one just

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates

2005-10-17 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
jeff.lane wrote: Did you have some of the problems in the article? Jeff Yes. Firewall crapped out, trendmicro went funky, windows installer diedall of which happened right after I installed the updates this morningluckily, that happened on my second PC and not my main work

Re: [H] Firefox 1.0.7 questions

2005-10-17 Thread Brian Weeden
On 10/17/05, Rob Finger HWG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I listen to TWIT (This Week In Tech) with the old Screen Savers crew from TechTV. They were saying that every time someone searches Google with the built in search box in MozillaGoogle pays Mozilla. I think the number was about 14

Re: [H] Sound Blaster Audigy 2 generating static in center and front

2005-10-17 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
Didja plug anything new into the PC recently? For some reason, plugging in a new Crucial Gizmo flash drive introduces all sorts of funky noises in my Audigy 2 ZS PCMCIA ;(

Re: [H] Sound Blaster Audigy 2 generating static in center and front

2005-10-17 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
I'm always plugging in my various USB flash drives...but right this moment, I have nothing beyond my scanner, printer, and firewire backup HD plugged inand nothing new at thatof course, this has been building up for a while...but today it has taken a new turn in that it much more

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates

2005-10-17 Thread joeuser
Sounds like fun! Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Yes. Firewall crapped out, trendmicro went funky, windows installer diedall of which happened right after I installed the updates this morningluckily, that happened on my second PC and not my main work machine (where the sound card is

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates

2005-10-17 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
A microsoft auto update broke this, they ought to be requried to fix it. I don't even understand how to follow their instructions to fix it, either. joeuser wrote: Sounds like fun! Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Yes. Firewall crapped out, trendmicro went funky, windows installer diedall

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates -fixed

2005-10-17 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
turns out the fix was pretty easy...instructions weren't so great, though. Just two lines to type in and run from a command prompt... Anthony Q. Martin wrote: A microsoft auto update broke this, they ought to be requried to fix it. I don't even understand how to follow their instructions

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates -fixed

2005-10-17 Thread Al
Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: turns out the fix was pretty easy...instructions weren't so great, though. Just two lines to type in and run from a command prompt... Cool, so tell the lines :) Al

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates -fixed

2005-10-17 Thread jeff.lane
I wonder if that update only affects PCs that have had their default permissions changed at some time. Mine were at the default and none of my .clb files had been altered for some time. Jeff - Original Message - From: Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates -fixed

2005-10-17 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Al wrote: Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: turns out the fix was pretty easy...instructions weren't so great, though. Just two lines to type in and run from a command prompt... Cool, so tell the lines :) Al echo y| cacls %windir%\registration /G everyone:R

Re: [H] Watch out for MS udpates -fixed

2005-10-17 Thread Al
Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Al wrote: Cool, so tell the lines :) Al echo y| cacls %windir%\registration /G everyone:R system:F administrators:F echo y| cacls %windir%\registration\*.clb /G everyone:R system:F administrators:F

[H] UPS battery ?

2005-10-17 Thread FORC5
red light on my tripplite is saying bad battery batteries are $25 ea ( need 2 ) plus shipping seems like it would be better to buy a new unit for $99 opinions ? is APC better ? thanks -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A big enough hammer can usually fix anything. If it jams, force it,

RE: [H] UPS battery ?

2005-10-17 Thread Mark Dodge
Batteries can be had for around 6 to 8 bucks local, I'll dig up the co. Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 5:31 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] UPS