Question about SSDs
I have a SSD (Samsung 840 series 250 GB) and I decided to shrink the partition containing my C drive (with Win 7 and installed programs) to make a bit more room in the second partition for data. It...
View ArticleISO Clicky keyboard
I would like to find a good modern replica of the old IBM Model M clicky-key keyboard that has a Windows key and USB interface. Can anyone recommend one? I find a few that look similar but I read some...
View ArticleOptimability chugging at $25 for studio processing
That's the aim. Everybody, virtually, can now be an "home" recording artiste, if not podcaster. Since the last couple years, anyway, in case you've been sleeping. Interesting modules, nonetheless:...
View ArticleWDTV Live at New Egg only $500
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Desktop+External+Hard+Drives-_-9SIA0AJ20D8022
View ArticleIf CHKDSK finds errors, but HD Tune Pro 5.50 does not, what does that mean?
I constantly get errors from a HDD (Seagate 1Tb, see the other two threads).. System is Windows 8.1, modern quad core PC, Bios from last year (updated), two drives, SATA III, HDD mechanical, one being...
View ArticleRevised score.ini
Slightly revised, streamlined a bit.. uses less bytes, does the same job essentially. Some has been copied, almost verbatim from a post by Mike Dee- credits to him for most of the Message-ID line. The...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi
I have always been a tech fan, but I really have no need to have one of these in my car as I hardly drive the thing any more. I stumbled on this link by accident. I was watching this video and the guy...
View ArticleGame crash causing Windows restart
Hi guys, Somebody I know was complaining that after he updated his mobo and cpu that the game Dragon Age: Inquisition wouldn't start for him. Obviously the computer runs, so he got that far, but his...
View Articleduopolies in PC world - how many?
We have WD vs Seagate Nvidia vs AMD Intel vs AMD seems to have spluttered out
View Articlestay the hell away from Sceptre/Wally Mart BF sales
Least for a monitor/tv - notably SCEPTRE. Not just WallyMart but it's a brand sold all over. Mine crapped out in the most proverbial sense -- "to the day" [after] the warrantee expired. Scepter...
View ArticleBad CMOS Battery
After buying a couple of 2032 cmos batteries last year to replace the one in my 5-year old build. I sprung for a new build including an ASUS Z97Pro series motherboard. Put that together in August 2014....
View Articlenew system bootup woes
Host OS: Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ AMD SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Computer Case: Antec Three Hundred ATX Mid Tower Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular I am...
View ArticleGoogle search box "Search" pop-up?
Uhg! Talking about the little pop-up that says "Search" when my pointer is hovering over the search box upon viewing search results. In Chrome, that "Search" pops up immediately to the right of the...
View ArticleI missed this transition
Ok, when did video cards take over sound processing for PC's ? This did not register on my forebrain until several updates pounded in that 'Hay, my video drivers package has sound drivers too'. What...
View ArticlePower supply, Motherboard, or something else?
One of my desktops (built a few years ago) right now not only won't boot, but won't even get to the bios. I get no video output at all. This is a fanless system with fanless power supply so it's a bit...
View ArticleEasy way to know if a UseNet group is moderated?
Just in case I'm missing something... Is there an easy way to tell whether a UseNet group is moderated? Kind of annoying when posting if the post doesn't show up immediately and suspecting that it's...
View ArticleEternal September posting but not downloading?
Seeing if this message will show up on my other server. Eternal September is showing no new headers in any group. Thanks.
View Articlemy 1st quadcore
Intel 8200/2.33Ghz x 4 cores, found on Ebay for $25, I used to replace an Intel 3Ghz dualcore;- Same family of technological production means, btw. Surprised ** XP ** picked it up -- (shows as a Xeon...
View ArticleLCD Backlight Replacement
After replacing the LCD backlight bulb in an HP G60 laptop (and finding the root cause -- a burnt mark indicating arcing between one end of the backlight and the grounded LCD frame) and also replacing...
View ArticleWi-Fi security?
Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54GL When Windows starts and I connect to the router's Wi-Fi, other connections pop-up at the same time showing 100% signal strength (like the router's Wi- Fi). That...
View ArticleCool add-on for Chrome HTML5
When looking for something to limit video resolution to 480, noticed "Magic Actions for YouTube". Looks like it's very highly rated. And it appears to do several useful things including setting the...
View ArticleMy notebook as Router/Ap with Win7
Hi, i have a usb-pen Alfa's brand installed in my notebook with integrated wifi card. For about 4 days i'm trying to install router/Ap feature but I cannot do it. It seem like is a difficult feature to...
View ArticleOT Has anybody seen Her?
Her (2013) "A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need." Includes "brief graphic nudity". The operating system...
View ArticleInteresting install of WinAmp yesterday
Wanted to try a particular VST/DSP sound processing package giving me difficulties with my standard DSP frontend wrapper Going behind a firewall and filter, I installed it, ignoring and denying...
View ArticleQuestion for Paul
I have a Gigabye X58A-UD3R motherboard, i7-950 based system that is showing signs of what appears to me to be a power supply fault. If I power the system down for several hours AND switch off the AC to...
View ArticleHDD sensor
Weird. Just moved everything off a full 1T Samsung - to a Seagate ST2000dm001 firmware cc27. (Sweetly hauling its everloving humming butt for that thruput volume.) They're both off a Silicon Image PCI...
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Increase gain in Linksys dd-wrt repeater
Hi, i have the Linksys in subject with my dd-wrt installed. I activated Repeater function and works fine. Then i tried to take the tx power to 2000mW and i attached an Alfa antenna mod. APA M04 with...
View ArticleSTILL haven't built new :\
The more I look at components, the less interest I have in building new. Old still has plenty of memory, storage and CPU reserve for what I do. Issue is running Win XP. Just got an email stating vendor...
View ArticleHow to connect and configurate Tp5210g-> wrt54g
Hi, i would want to connect my Tp5210g to my router Linksys wrt54g with dd-wrt firmware. I would want to use the cable from Tp5210g to Linksys and then i would want receive via wifi from Linksys the...
View ArticleUsable Memory
I have a relatively new build from Aug14 (Win7-64/ASUS-Pro97/4790K/770) with 32GB installed memory. Everything is running fine. Just noticed in the "Windows Experience Index" that I have 32GB installed...
View Articleanother quad (on the way)
(Best I can figure on the scenario below is I'll take a hit on some bus-architecture speeds. Ideal, crossed-fingers scenario...). Thought I was stuck to a dualcore, but. . .things can happen. AMD...
View ArticleCPU Install question
I'm doing a new build and installing a new Corsair H-105 cooler over a new Intel CPU. I have 2 questions. 1. I assume it's okay if the "water tubes" come around over on the RAM side. When I was was...
View ArticleOT Legitimate battery sellers?
Admittedly, I am good at reading between the lines, but I'm impressed by the confusion between good and bad batteries. On Amazon, it's rampant. That's obvious because some batteries sell for...
View ArticleRAMGATE in full swing. (GPU/Cuda Memory Bandwidth Performance Test now...
I had some hopes that maybe RAMGATE wasn't going to be so bad... but in reality it's quite BAD. Seems like NVIDIA's latest GTX 970 graphics chip is seriously bugged. It has 8 processors packed in a 4x2...
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Spec-Check :)
Nvidia's specs, and card-manufacturers specs are fluctuating all over the place. Time for a spec-check ! http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-520/specifications Paul mentions 30...
View ArticlePhenom quad/MB chipset cooling
Found some old tiny fans, not much bigger than between an inch, less than two. Smaller than 486/586 fans, not sure where they came from. Took the two PCI cards out and got lucky by swapping the longer...
View ArticleWD HDD Purple People Eater
Gave it up. GParted (live boot) and GPT for "full" Win7 recognition/compatibility, that's about as far as I got. Not as exhaustively as thorough enough for my purposes. I've older MBs, not with native...
View ArticleSSD (kiss it goodbye)
Looking around, sort of, accordingly an hyped situation from who's, really nobody, making the calls. Deleted a few files lately -- carelessness. Buy me!, so some say, and we'll get them back. Yet,...
View ArticleFailed CMOS battery? Again?
OK, I have totally failed Gravity search. Amyway, my goal was to post this under my last post on the subject seems like November/December2014. At the time I was asking why my system clock seemed to...
View ArticleMajor new development in Windows 98 RAM memory capability patch has...
I'm re-posting the following to a few newsgroups where I know some people still run win-98 as part of dual-boot setup, or have recently moved away from win-98, or for general knowledge. For at least...
View ArticleIs refurbished really better than new?
I have seen some people say that refurbished electronics items are more reliable than brand new items, because when the manufacturer fixes a broken item, they test it more than they would test a new...
View ArticleInstalling an AGP video card into ECS 760GX-M
Hi all, I'm trying to install another video card into this motherboard: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=504&MenuID=21&LanID=9 The integrated SiS 'Ultra256'...
View ArticleWhy not external power bricks for desktop PC?
Is it possible to use an external power "brick" for a desktop like a laptop uses in order to keep the heat and such OUT of the box?
View ArticleOT Hide your location from Youtube/Google moderators?
Anybody know if Youtube/Google moderators can tell what country you're from? I would guess that they can see your Internet address? Is the only way to prevent that, by going through a proxy? But if you...
View ArticleInter Processor For DQ965GF Motherboard
I have an old Intel DQ965GF motherboard (rev. D41676-305) with an LGA775 socket but does not have a CPU installed. According to these links:...
View ArticleHAM Radio [& The Horror of it All]
Got this like $40US Baofeng UV-5RA-plus, 2-Band HAM (one band is like down around 140 for freq, other starts around 400), months ago and now just it getting up and working. More like programming it via...
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100% Silver heatsinks
Silver is the best thermal conducting metal known why dont they sell pure silver heatsinks, Silver is about 5.50 cents an ounce, at most a heatsink would need 3 ounces of pure silver 16-17 dollars of...
View ArticleHelp with setting up best storage configuration
I'm looking for some help on how best to setup my SSD's and my HHD's. Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s I have two SSD's 1. Patriot Torqx 2 32GB 2. INTEL 530 series 120GB...
View ArticleBad Hitachi disk..... how so?
Someone I know who says he knows about computer hardware says "Hitachi disks are sh*t". As proof he posted this picture of two Hitachi disks in another thread here....
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