Re: [H] October 25, 2025

With regards to Linux gaming, I'll tell you hwhat, I've got a Steamdeck, the (Linux based) SteamOS they use runs Windows binaries through the Proton translation shim and it's pretty astonishing how well it works a lot of the time. The caveat is that there are some things that it just _won't_ run,

Re: [H] P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me

ou guys haven't discovered it yet, there's a pretty great > community of PC builder enthusiasts over at > https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/ > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 2:27 AM James Boswell wrote: > > > 7800X3D? > > > > Although I think you've

Re: [H] P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me

7800X3D? Although I think you've just brain hiccupped? Q6600 is a Core 2 Quad and Z87-A would take Haswell generation parts like a 4570K or 4790K On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 at 04:23, Joshua MacCraw wrote: > Whoa, activity! Hello all! > > Just recently finally put my aging Asus Z87-A /w Q6600 + R9 280 o

Re: [H] P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me

I'm still here. On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 at 00:20, Christopher Fisk wrote: > Should we do a sound off? lol > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 2:26 PM lopaka polena wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone was still using the list. Hey Thane :) > > > > My recommendation would be all new everything and check you

Re: [H] Windows 11

No, the requirements are TPM and secure boot _capable_, it doesn't require secure boot to be on nor does it enforce bitlocker. (Running Win11 Pro on an assortment of Ryzen's over here) On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 at 19:31, FORC5 wrote: > > does not 11 force Bitlocker ? > > fp > > On 8/7/2023 9:02 AM, gm

Re: [H] Installing Win 2000 on old laptop

I'd be surprised if Windows 2000 can be persuaded to run smoothly on hardware that wasn't released until _after_ Win2k left mainstream support (SP4 was 2005, Core 2 Duo was 2006) Is there any particular reason you're not throwing XP at the machine? -JB On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 at 04:01, _ Winterlight

Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino?

Hard disagree on userbenchmark, their score weighting has a pro-intel bias that's basically legendary to the point that they cannot be taken remotely seriously. On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 at 22:56, Brian Weeden wrote: > I would wait if at all possible. Part of the reason your cost estimate is > going s

Re: [H] New gaming PC specs/recommendation for Bino?

For Alder Lake you're probably going to want Windows 11 for the asymmetric-aware scheduler? On Mon, 29 Nov 2021 at 22:22, Bino Gopal wrote: > Hey guys, hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! > > I wanted to get a new desktop gaming PC-I decided to split the laptop and > gaming, so I got an LG Gra

Re: [H] Still alive?

Oh no, my condolences. On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 at 22:40, DSinc wrote: > To all, > > I can't send just a singular message to youse guys [his Thunderbird says > the following message is too large for his program to handle.] so I'm > responding to a recent email. > > To let you know of the passing of Du

Re: [H] Still alive?

It's actually 3rd Generation, Zen3 (generations have been Zen (1x00 series), Zen+ (2x00 series), Zen 2 (3000 series) and Zen 3 (5x00 series) the naming schema has been a little of a mess. the mobile parts to begin with were 1000 up on the desktop parts, (so mobile 2x00 is Zen, not Zen+), they corre

Re: [H] Still alive?

This was a triumph. :) On Sun, 8 Aug 2021, 01:32 Al A, wrote: > Still Alive? > > al >

Re: [H] Android what am I not getting

Background playback is a youtube red/premium/whatever they're calling it these days feature. :( On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 at 03:34, _ Winterlight wrote: > I have a Android phone. I like to listen to news or Youtube videos while I > work around the house. I wear headphones and put the phone in my pocke

Re: [H] 2080 Ti

They're not insubstantially faster than the 2080 Super for one, there's some halo product $$$ going on, and also the die the thing is built on is ABSOLUTELY GIGANTIC, 775mm^2, can't be far off the maximum reticle size. cost per unit won't be cheap on Nvidia's end. However Ampere can't be especiall

Re: [H] cases ?

the BeQuiet dark base 900 is pretty damned nice, but almost all the machines I've built for the past... decade actually, have been in Fractal Design towers of some flavour. On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 18:03, FORC5 wrote: > Always been a Lian-li fan but the current > generation does not impress me (

Re: [H] AIO coolers

I had a waterblock split on a Coolit Domino and nope'd out of them ever since, big Noctua aircoolers on everything for me. On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 17:03, FORC5 wrote: > was wondering the brands the pack has had the > best luck with ? > > pondering corsair and asus > > bought a single fan NZXT to t

Re: [H] 870 EVO SSD vrs 920 PRO V-NAND

It was actually a really big deal at first https://www.extremetech.com/computing/199673-second-patch-for-ongoing-840-evo-ssd-performance-issues-being-prepped-by-samsung The absolutely newest firmware for the 840 Evo might actually have sorted the problem, for a while they were a complete disaste

Re: [H] SSD drives ?

I've had some issues with SATA SSDs that don't get along with Aggressive Link Power Management, notably the Crucial MX100, if ALPM is on in the machine it's in then it constantly goes into a sleep mode that the system can't wake it from and I need to do a whole sing and dance with a USB adapter to

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

Userbenchmark isn't without utility, but it should be noted that they've just recently rebalanced their cpu performance reporting in a really silly way, basically massively understating the performance of >4 core cpus by making cores above the 4th 2% of the weight of the score, so by their current

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

On the other hand we've got consumer socket 12 (and soon 16) core CPUs That 3950X is lookin' MIghty tempting. Just need to stop buying guitars long enough to actually have money for computer hardware! On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 19:16, Christopher Fisk wrote: > Gone are the days of g

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

We have always been here. (assuming this reply works) On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 at 18:37, Joshua MacCraw wrote: > Is there an issue at my end or is the list faded? >

Re: [H] Should I rebuild my machine now or wait until the next gen ofCPUs?

*puzzled expression* Are you referring to the CTS Labs hatchet job? Or has there actually been a legit security issue with the chipsets? -JB From: Brian Weeden Sent: 07 July 2018 02:04 To: hardware Subject: Re: [H] Should I rebuild my machine now or wait until the next gen ofCPUs? Agree with

Re: [H] LIVA Z dual LAN

People use them as PF Sense boxes perhaps? On 17 March 2018 at 19:06, Winterlight wrote: > I have a LIVA media player on my Panasonic Vera but now I am thinking of > updating the TV to support 4K so I will need a mini PC that supports 4K > I am thinking about buying a ECS LIVA Z Mini PC Intel

Re: [H] Win 8.1 to Win10

Standard "in OS" upgrade ended July 2016, Assistive Technologies upgrade officially ended 31st Dec 2017 (but might still work?), clean install with a Win7 or 8.1 key still works to my knowledge. On 19 February 2018 at 22:33, Winterlight wrote: > > MS ended the free Windows 10 Pro upgrade I think

Re: [H] Win 8.1 to Win10

Entering the Win8.1 serial in the Win10 installer still works I believe? On 19 February 2018 at 22:21, Joe User wrote: > Can anyone tell me, if I were to buy a new PC that had 8.1 on it - would I > be able to upgrade it to 10 free (still)? TIA! >

Re: [H] Hard drive/SSD/rotations speed

till stand. > > Back to the drawing board. I was trying to transfer the image made from > the 15k SAS to the SSDs. Maybe I just need to start over! > > Again, thanks. > > Jim Maki > jwm_maill...@comcast.net > > -Original Message- > From: Hardware [mailto:ha

Re: [H] Hard drive/SSD/rotations speed

Not to put too fine a point on it, the SSD will utterly destroy all of the spindles for random accesses, which almost all workloads outside of archival work and big media processing are. SSD on 3Gbps will feel much faster even if it's being bottlenecked from its absolute peak performance. On 3 Au

Re: [H] Any one there ?

> > Yeah, I don't game. > > > > I don't even need the 6950x, but I wanted it because reasons. :) > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On > Behalf Of James Boswell > > Sent: Monday,

Re: [H] Any one there ?

A 6950X paired with an RX480? I'm guessing that's not a hardcore gaming build then, Because that's a whole lot of CPU to pair with a mainstream GPU On 27 June 2016 at 02:24, Greg Sevart wrote: > Still here as well. > > Recently picked up a Broadwell-E chip, the 10-core 6950X. I told myself I >

Re: [H] Duncan

Well I for one hope you've got access to lots of fun bits of computer hardware to keep yourself mentally active. Glad you're doing something in the recovery field though :) keep at it Duncan :) -JB On 23 January 2015 at 00:45, wrote: > I'm doing okay. Feelin' good. I am in an assisted living

Re: [H] Duncan

Oh no :( Get well Duncan, or else! -JB On 22 November 2014 at 13:51, James Edwards wrote: > Yo everyone, pay attention! From his sister Bonny at addy4st...@yahoo.com > > To all, > > My brother, Duncan, (do not know how he's identified in your group other > than the owner of this site) was admi

Re: [H] Does it matter?

When you initialise an SSD you've plugged in, windows will ask what drive letter you wish to assign it. This happens under Control Panel > Administrative tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management (which is exactly the same behaviour as a spindle) the one thing that DOES matter is, is

Re: [H] SSD and XP ?

> used to be more fun. > > At 06:44 PM 8/2/2014, James Boswell Poked the stick with: > >> FYI, the any SSD (Crucial included) has overprovisioning of flash to allow >> for graceful cell failure management. >> >> Samsung expose it in an adjustable fashion, you COU

Re: [H] SSD and XP ?

FYI, the any SSD (Crucial included) has overprovisioning of flash to allow for graceful cell failure management. Samsung expose it in an adjustable fashion, you COULD minimise the overprovision amount, but I'd say it's a very very very bad idea. -James On 2 August 2014 20:22, FORC5 wrote: > k

Re: [H] OB's old PC has died

I feel like I should point out that vacuuming the interior of a PC is a bad idea because they can/do generate a large amount of electrostatic energy. Preferred method of cleaning is compressed air/air duster (Which is largely compressed air) as a result. -JB On 1 July 2014 18:02, DSinc wrote:

Re: [H] Windows 8.1 question

An Athlon64 fully supports everything needed to run Windows 8.1 On 21 June 2014 13:24, DSinc wrote: > Does anyone in the collective run Windows 8.1 using a PC using an AMD > 'Athlon' 64 processor on your m/b? > > OB got totally frustated at the AMD website trying to trying to confirm > that his

Re: [H] Powerline Question

Yes, unless something very odd happens. (it's an Asus rt-n66, an rt-n16 (routing off) and a wrt54gl (routing off) here.) On 26 Oct 2013 13:04, "Brian Weeden" wrote: > So just any old switch should do? > > --- > Brian > > On Oct 26, 2013, at 7:59, James Bos

Re: [H] Powerline Question

Yeah, I've got switches hanging off of 3 out of 4 powerline ethernet adapters in my current digs. (actually routers, but two have their routing switched off) On 26 Oct 2013 12:35, "Brian Weeden" wrote: > I've been using the Netgear Powerline system for a couple years now with > great success. Ho

Re: [H] microSD SSD Creator Kit

3.6 on Windows experience index is slow. Also there thing costs nearly as much as a 120gb proper ssd. As far as I'm concerned it's a gimmick. And not a very good one. Sadly. On 5 Oct 2013 12:13, "Steve Tomporowski" wrote: > This sounds like a cool ideaand cheap: > > http://www.ge

Re: [H] Dropbox deletes local files?

That does not sound even remotely correct. :/ On 2 Oct 2013 15:29, "Thane Sherrington" wrote: > I have a client who claims that she she uploaded to Dropbox were deleted > from her hard drive once the sync completed. Does that sound right? > > T > > >

Re: [H] dumb question

Also there is a major shortage of drivers for XP64 bit, it was basically a proof of concept build that got into the wild, pretty much nobody actually bothered to support it. any slightly esoteric hardware (usually printers are the first thing to show it up) and you might as well be running IRIX ;)

Re: [H] Win 7 home ?

This handy chart shows what supports what. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Comparison_chart On 23 August 2013 14:47, FORC5 wrote: > thanks, that helps. > seems like a silly thing to cap > fp > > At 06:36 AM 8/23/2013, James Boswell Poked the stick with: >

Re: [H] Win 7 home ?

Windows 7 Home 64bit can handle 16GB of memory, Windows 7 STARTER is the version that caps out at 2GB On 23 August 2013 14:33, FORC5 wrote: > seem to remember something like that too, thanks. homework afoot > fp > > At 03:11 AM 8/23/2013, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: > >> Maybe I'm

Re: [H] USB 3

In short, no, requires USB 3.0 hubs and a superspeed cable linking to it for maximum speed. It'll rollback to 480mbps otherwise. -JB On 28 February 2013 19:37, Winterlight wrote: > I own a few USB flash and external drives but I have no USB3 ports yet. I > know that USB3 is backward compatible

Re: [H] Cooks tour of IMAP and POP(3)?

IMAP is absolutely the superior system :) I use it with Outlook on two windows machines, Mail.app on two Macs and on my iphone, my read status for messages and whatnot is all kept synced up and it's really rather swish. I'm surprised you're using ISP provided email though, rather than gma

Re: [H] Steam on two PCs

You can have it installed on as many machines as you like, so long as they're used one at a time. On 15 Jun 2010, at 20:41:210, Winterlight wrote: If you have Steam on one PC can you install it on another one as long as you use them one at a time or do you need to remove it from one before

Re: [H] new SSD

On 8 Jun 2010, at 03:24, Winterlight wrote: > At 07:02 PM 6/7/2010, you wrote: >> It will probably work in the absolute sense, but you want the partitions to >> be 4K aligned on the SSD for performance reasons, and I don't know if >> Acronis will do that in the transfer process? >> -JB > > Is

Re: [H] new SSD

It will probably work in the absolute sense, but you want the partitions to be 4K aligned on the SSD for performance reasons, and I don't know if Acronis will do that in the transfer process? -JB On 8 Jun 2010, at 03:01, Winterlight wrote: > I have a new Intel SSD I am planning on useing to

Re: [H] Video card suggestions please

Your 4870 is still pretty capable, to get something that meaningfully outperforms it you're looking at a radeon 5850/5870, or an Nvidia GTX470/480 On 6 Apr 2010, at 17:31, Joe User wrote: > Hello THG, > > A few years ago, with the help of some of you, I put together a game > system which has s

Re: [H] SCSI (was RE: Old Floppy Drives)

at the upper reaches of high end, it's been displaced by SAS otherwise SATA with NCQ is everywhere. On 30 Mar 2010, at 21:16, Bino Gopal wrote: > > Heh, so that makes me wonder, is SCSI pretty much dead, even in servers? > > > > Haven't heard much about it lately, and there was that period l

Re: [H] blu-ray DVD

Shot "in HD" doesn't really mean anything beyond "wasn't shot with a crappy camcorder" film resolution is a lot higher (depending on grain level) than Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, and digital equipment used for filmmaking has been that sort of level and up from day one. imagine how horrible NTSC res foo

Re: [H] blu-ray DVD

Movies shot on film are simply rescanned frame by frame at a higher resolution, just about anything shot digitally is shot at a minimum of 1920x1080 (Phantom Menace was shot at that res as I recall) And of course, anything CG can be arbitrarily rerendered at whatever resolution is desired. Tha

Re: [H] Testing Graphic Card Stability

Quake 3 isn't going to stress a modern card particularly well? I'd have thought Far Cry 2's benchmark would have been a better stress test. On 15 Mar 2010, at 17:03, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > Will Quake 3 run in a continuous loop? I've run both demos several times at > the high res with all f

Re: [H] i5-750 vs i7-920

I'm gonna say... I7-860 roughly the same price for the chip as the 920, fits the same board as the i5-750 and is quicker than either 2.83Ghz base clock, peak of.. 3.46Ghz turboboost (IIRC) 4 cores, HT enabled On 19 Feb 2010, at 17:44:280, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Not that I'm ready to pull

Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?

On 19 Feb 2010, at 01:01, Winterlight wrote: > At 04:42 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote: >> If I could justify spending $300 my personal choice would be an HD5850. I'll >> never do Crossfire or SLI because to me it's just overkill unless you have a >> 30" monitor and want the fastest FPS you can get. >

Re: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get?

the 8800GT has 112 shaders the 8800GTS320/640 has 96 shaders the 8800GTS512 has 128 shaders the GTS250 has 128 shaders, and has had a die shrink so it's cooler and the clocks are a chunk higher, it's the one to get if you want an nvidia card of that level IMO OR look at a radeon 4890, whic

hardware@hardwaregroup.com

I had some terrible reliability problems with various models of antec PSU a couple of years ago, had several models all develop dead +12v power for the cpu connector in a fairly short timeframe, and that kinda put me off. pretty much everything I've got or maintain has an Enermax or Corsair unit

Re: [H] Incompatible Memory?

run memtest86+ on the thing On 4 Jan 2010, at 23:49:460, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I just put 8 GB of G.Skill ram only my Mobo (Gigabite P35-DS4). This is DD2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 ram. I got this from NewEgg. I quickly noticed Win7 would crash before too long. Finally, I got into Prime95 and i

Re: [H] SSD Time.............

the newest and shiniest SSD's support TRIM, which negates the need to perform the "resets". On 19 Dec 2009, at 07:39, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > I found this comment on Newegg: > > " > > *Cons:* The only thing I can say that will be annoying is that when > or if i should ever start seeing

Re: [H] XP VM (was Re: Laptop processor)

It's completely free http://www.virtualbox.org/ as in speech and as in beer. On 30 Nov 2009, at 19:24:450, Steve Tomporowski wrote: What's the going price on Virtualbox? Steve On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Scott Sipe wrote: Gotcha, thanks Tim. I have to say, I've been really impresse

Re: [H] Codecs for Win7

Just install the Haali media splitter and MKV should be fine in WMP On 3 Oct 2009, at 00:07:160, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Are there special codecs for Win7 or can it use something like the CCCP? I need to load up mkv. Thanks.Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, versi

Re: [H] I5 I7 ??

I believe this speaks for itself http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/storage/Intel/34nmSSD/Review/new-4kb-write-mbs.png 4kb chunk random write pattern, and there's a 300GB Veliciraptor on the list :) On 29 Sep 2009, at 01:15:240, Winterlight wrote: At 04:16 PM 9/28/2009, you wrote: Oh yeah

[H] Epson Perfection 3200 software CD

Hi, a client of mine has an Epson Perfection 3200 Photo, and has lost the CD that came with it... the drivers are a non-issue (they're online) but they want the Epson Smartpanel software which for whatever reason isn't on the website, he's contacted Epson and they sent him somewhere else...

Re: [H] One of two 8800 GTS (SLI) on the fritz.. next move?

Well, one of them will, a pair won't function in crossfire though. On 26 Aug 2009, at 17:39, Veech wrote: hmm.. ATI? Interesting, I'm hoping/assuming the ATI cards will work ok on an nVidia mobo? - Original Message ----- From: "James Boswell" > To: Sent: Wed

Re: [H] One of two 8800 GTS (SLI) on the fritz.. next move?

the GTS512 is actually faster than the GTS640 (it's a 128 shader part with higher clockspeeds, compared to the 96 shader... 500Mhz? of the GTS320/640) ATI's 5870's should be dropping in two or three weeks, so I'd recommend waiting to see what that can do before spending any money. On 26

Re: [H] Question of solid state drives

The pauses are due to poor jmicron controller logic, nothing inherent to the type of flash -JB On Jul 23, 2009 5:34 PM, "Robert Martin Jr." wrote: MLC drives are usually cheaper and easier to make, but with generally less performance than SLC and quite a bit less expensive. Anandtech has a coup

Re: [H] Windows 7 RC is out for download

Um, this is very old news dude? On 19 Jul 2009, at 14:17, Brian Weeden wrote: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683

Re: [H] [Fwd: Anybody Ever Hear of This....]

So you don't even have an HT aware computer? well, I certainly won't be bothering with any of THEIR products.. good grief! On 4 Jul 2009, at 11:33, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Sorry, forgot to mention that I have an E8500 in a Gigabyte GA-EP45- UD3P Motherboard. __ Information from

Re: [H] OSX on PC Hardware

al Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com ] On Behalf Of James Boswell Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:26 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OSX on PC Hardware I'm running OSX 10.5.7 on :- Asus P5K-E/Wifi-AP Intel Core 2

Re: [H] OSX on PC Hardware

I'm running OSX 10.5.7 on :- Asus P5K-E/Wifi-AP Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.78Ghz 8GB (4x2GB) OCZ DDR2-800 @ 891Mhz HIS Radeon 4890 1GB 2x 500GB WD HDD's (1x scratch, 1x Time Machine) 1x 500GB Seagate HDD (presently OSX boot drive) 1x 750GB Samsung HDD (Vista) Lg Super Multi-Blu + Samsung DVDRW

Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: x48 v p45 ?

On 2 Jun 2009, at 02:12:030, Stan Zaske wrote: DDR3 is currently too slow and has too high a latency to demonstrate a clear performance advantage over DDR2 and it was the same exact situation during the transition from DDR to DDR2 several years ago as I'm sure you must remember. It was seve

Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: x48 v p45 ?

tware applications and do comparisons there is minimal if any difference in speed. Certainly nothing that a human beings perception could detect. James Boswell wrote: On 2 Jun 2009, at 01:00, Stan Zaske wrote: SDRAM--->DDR--->DDR2--->DDR3=more bandwidth, more latency, lower voltage

Re: [H] x48 v p45 ?

On 2 Jun 2009, at 01:00, Stan Zaske wrote: SDRAM--->DDR--->DDR2--->DDR3=more bandwidth, more latency, lower voltage and lower heat. After a decade and dozens if not hundreds of hardware reviews that show minimal to no real world performance improvements (synthetic? Uh huh!) DDR3 is another

Re: [H] Monitor Calibration Tools

I use a Datacolor Spyder3Elite, and having experienced the joys of hardware colour calibration, I wouldn't be without it. On 29 May 2009, at 05:07, Veech wrote: What do you folks use to calibrate new monitor settings? I just got a Dell 2408 FPW and want to test for banding, grayscale etc, a

Re: [H] MB recommendation ?

Asus P5Q series would be my recommendation. go with DDR2 though, Core2's don't see much if any benefit from DDR3, so presuming your ddr2 is up to sped (667 or faster?) then you're away. Why a Q9550S in though? they're a lot pricer than the Q9550, do you have an extremely tight thermal/power

Re: [H] testing overlclock

On 18 May 2009, at 00:07:540, Winterlight wrote: What is the best freeware app to test an overclocked CPU? prime95's torture test is VERY good for such tests, as it not only loads the thing, but also makes sure its doing its sums right :)

Re: [H] CPU vs CPU

What? World Of Warcraft should ABSOLUTELY FLY on a machine of that spec. On 23 Apr 2009, at 20:24, Joe User wrote: Hello guys, I have on my current gaming rig an E6850 with 4 GB RAM. I also have a ATI 4870. I mainly play World of Warcraft and it's in a high end guild environmen

Re: [H] sp3

As I recall there actually isn't a service pack 3 for XP x64 at all, as its patch history is out of sync with XP ? -JB On 20 Apr 2009, at 23:38, FORC5 wrote: need to slip stream a xp64 disk and was wondering if it uses the same sp3 patch that xp32 uses ? thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Tagl

Re: [H] SATA port multipliers?

It's for a general purpose box, some media viewing, bit of light CUDA fiddling (hence it's getting a GTS250 rather than a 4850) It's actually for the same client that had the SFF we jokingly refer to as "mediumfast" last October ( see http://maximumfast.net/ newbuild/ ), so this project is "

Re: [H] SATA port multipliers?

le http://www.satadrives.com/sata-to-usb-adapter-cable.html http://www.axiontech.com/prdt.php?item=69928 lopaka --- On Fri, 4/10/09, James Boswell wrote: From: James Boswell Subject: Re: [H] SATA port multipliers? To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 2:27 AM Thanks, tha

Re: [H] SATA port multipliers?

em http://www.logicsupply.com/products/afap_082usb I've done a few systems using zotac ITX mobos lopaka --- On Thu, 4/9/09, James Boswell wrote: From: James Boswell Subject: [H] SATA port multipliers? To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 5:05 PM Hey guys, I

[H] SATA port multipliers?

Hey guys, I've got a client wanting a machine in a Silverstone SG05 case ( http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=sg05&area=usa ), and the current leading candidate for the mainboard is the Zotac 9300-ITX ( http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/16642 ), the basic objective

Re: [H] DVD/CD Burner-SATA ? PS

well, the audio is basically read off the disk as data and then gets to the sound hardware by way of the PCI bus :p or ISA bus... whatever bus floats your boat. On 2 Mar 2009, at 23:57:330, DHSinclair wrote: James, Thank you. I was not aware of this. I suspected this must be true, but felt

Re: [H] DVD/CD Burner-SATA ? PS

optical drives have been able to output audio over the databus for a good decade or more, there's no need whatsoever to run a separate cable from the drive to the sound hardware these days. On 2 Mar 2009, at 23:35:130, DHSinclair wrote: Thanks FORC5, I will dig a bit deeper at the Egg into

Re: [H] web cam ?

I've got a Logitech Ultra Vision and it's really rather good :D On 2 Mar 2009, at 22:15:260, FORC5 wrote: need recommendations and suggestions on a good quality web cam.. Thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Cyberspace forever and ever and ever.

Re: [H] Linksys routers

Mini is targetted at the later model WRT54G/GS that only have 2MB of flash memory, the GL will take DD-WRT or Tomato without problems. ? On 16 Feb 2009, at 17:58:070, maccrawj wrote: mini indicates exactly what I talking about which is they halved the memory for some stupid reason. While min

Re: [H] Used scsi HD's?

I've got some 10K RPM Fujitsu scsi drives around here somewhere, I _THINK_ they're 18GB each.. but they might be 36's.. I'll have to dig them up and check. On 7 Jan 2009, at 20:42, DHSinclair wrote: Looking for a used scsi hard drive, if you have same. I'd like it to connect to an Adaptec

Re: [H] Vista Ultimate ?

vista has separate install media for 32 and 64 bits the license key determines which version of Vista it is (Home Basic/ Premium/Business/Ultimate) but the media determines the bitness (bittedness?) On 18 Dec 2008, at 00:28, FORC5 wrote: Does Vista in all it's wisdom detect 32/64 bit cpu an

Re: [H] Memory problems?

Do all the caps on the mainboard look okay? On 17 Dec 2008, at 01:27, nobozoz wrote: I have a Dell Precision WorkStation 350. OS: WINXPSP3 VIDEO: nVidia Quado4 900XGL CPU: P4, 3.0 GHz Memory: 4x256MB, RIMM I'm experiencing random lockups 2~3 times per day. The disp

Re: [H] New video card works!

On 7 Dec 2008, at 21:28, DHSinclair wrote: JB, The R4350 does not arrive with this adaptor from MSI. No bother. I have a collection of same. Should I find a need to use the DVI connector, I can use it (w/accepted loss of visual accuity!). The R4350 does, however, have a small white socke

Re: [H] New video card works!

On 5 Dec 2008, at 19:16, DHSinclair wrote: JB, OK, on the next nag msg, I will install it to get rid of the yellow "other devices" object in the CP/DM. Yes, I comprehend the HDMI interface. I have seen it on many of the higher level video cards. The 4350 does not have one. It has a VGA in

Re: [H] My sincere apologies!

HMDI is a single cable digital link carrying both audio and video to a HDTV I typo'd and meant to say "videocard" in my initial reply, the VIDEOcard can generate audio and deploy it over HDMI It won't interfere with the realtek audio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI Recall also that th

Re: [H] My sincere apologies!

The soundcard can output audio over HDMI (with an adaptor on the DVI port), the HD Audio driver is for that. On 5 Dec 2008, at 17:20, DHSinclair wrote: (picture list member genuflecting and sweating!) Collective, Yes, I can be very thick; some might say stupid! This am I upgraded my new t

Re: [H] New 20" wide screen here!

You do realise that a panel with 1050 pixels on the vertical axis won't actually be able to display 1200 pixels of height? if it'll even take the signal it'll have to randomly lose detail from somewhere. why not just output 1680x1050 (which is 16:10 btw, not 16:9) to it??? On 4 Dec 2008, at

Re: [H] ATI 3450--Need Help!

What pushes you to vista exactly? the 3450 DOES have drivers for XP On 4 Dec 2008, at 01:54, DHSinclair wrote: JB, Yes, perhaps this might be part of this current kurfuffle. Fine. I can accept this; but, I will not be driven by a video card mfg to an OS upgrade to Vista just to play with the

Re: [H] ATI 3450--Need Help!

um, ATI.com doesn't appear to _have_ drivers for Windows 2000 for the 3450 ? On 4 Dec 2008, at 00:48:300, DHSinclair wrote: OK, my new MSI ATI Radeon 3450 arrived today. I did remove my test Matrox PCI G200 per proper removal. Shut-down and pulled the G200. (The ATI CD is in the reader.)

Re: [H] Opinions of this Dell panel?

that panel is a TN type, if you're used to Eizo grade gear you'll be hugely disappointed with it. On 1 Dec 2008, at 16:33, DHSinclair wrote: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-5123 The price looks right. I know I need a bette

Re: [H] Possible new video cards

Uh, you've run Nvidia graphics cards since 1980? when Nvidia's very first part was NV1, aka the Diamond Edge 3D circa 1995 or so? On 25 Nov 2008, at 04:03, DHSinclair wrote: Alex, Thank you. I understand your value/performance metric. At this point, I would be happy to follow this path! It

Re: [H] Video card upgrade time

It's also worth noting that most 4870's have 512MB of ram, there are 1GB models out there however... Meanwhile _all_ the 4870X2's have 1GB of ram per GPU, for a lovely warm fuzzy 2GB total On 23 Nov 2008, at 05:09, maccrawj wrote: Dunno cheap or faster but main advantage of X2's is there's

Re: [H] Video card upgrade time

hi, Your P35 chipset mainboard doesn't support SLI, it DOES support crossfire, you can run a pair of radeons (the X2 notwithstanding, whilst that uses crossfire, it's a single board and will work on anything with a PCI-E slot) but a second Geforce will only operate in a "drive another mon

Re: [H] Seeking links to SATA/EIDE converters?

Whilst it just about makes sense to press the PATA harddisks into service with convertors, given the cost of replacement disks (they're more than I thought actually, newegg have _80GB_ disks for $40 ! wth! that's hilarious since a few months ago I remember seeing 1 terabyte Samsung F1's for

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