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http://www.theinquirer.net/images/articles/iwillplacer.jpg So Bill, when do you give your aging dual Xeon 2.4GHz to a charity organism and build another box around an Intel "Placer" chipset?

Read the details. See if you are vulnerable. IE 6 SP1 is only affected by two of them, but IE 5.5 is like swiss cheese.

Their Travelstar 80GN (is it GN? Anyway, it's something N) features a record-breaking capacity for laptop hard drives. Among the good points, it has an 8MB buffer. On the bad side though, it's only a 4200rpm unit, not a more respectable 5400rpm. IBM also talked about their plan to launch new...

I was wondering if KDE would run on FreeBSD and a quick Google research led me to this page. James certainly already knows about it, but just in case anyone else would like to try it, I thought it would be a good ressource. There's something about BSD I still haven't figured out : ports...

I haven't read it yet, but it looks interesting and since this is a storage forum, I thought you might like it : http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fs12/?t=gr,lnxw07=AFIG12 Sorry for being so brief, I'm barely awake.

I saw this on Firingsquad. Apparently, NVIDIA has only made them available on their Quadro page, but they work for all their GF cards. I'll try them to see if they work and I'lll also try to see a difference between the 41.03 and my current Omega driver on Serious Sam, the most advanced game...

KDE 3.04 has been released earlier this month. It's available in RPM and SRPM format on kde.org. A RPM package is supposed to be "click-and-run" from what I read on the Net. Clicking on the farious .rpm I downloaded to upgrade my KDE version simply fails. When I double-click any of the many...

I stumbled on this while reading a light article on Firingsquad. Apparently, the Omega drivers give improved picture quality without sacrifying too much performances in the meanwhile. FS compared the Omega for NVIDIA cards and keeping in mind that they are based on the Detonator 30.82, you...

I bought a motherboard on e-Bay on September of last year that I thought to be an ECS K7S5A. The board I received was in fact a PC Chips M830L, which the seller assured me that it was an exact replica of the ECS K7S5A. Problem is : there was always an error at bootup about a bad CMOS size. I...

Fastest drive ever under Business WB 99. Impressive transfer rates (56MB/s beginning, 33MB/s end), but access time is poor. That's probably because of the very high platter density though. The bootup and high-end benchmarks are exceptional too for an ATA hard drive, but the web server result...

This week, Dell offers free shipping, free memory upgrade and free hard drive upgrade to its canadian customers. For one of the few times, the deal here is even better than the one offered in the States since Dell doesn't force to buy MS Office SBE or above for its UltraSharp UXGA screen here...

Source : E-Week. Updading your softwares is of capital importance. 6 weeks later the vulnerabitilty was identified AND patches were released, the worm still had plenty of vulnerable systems to infect. I feel no sympathy for the victims. Would they have done their job, they wouldn't have been...

I downloaded the rpm package of the latest version (1.2.6) of Galeon. Like I did before to install the J2RE 1.4.1 rpm, I typed : chmod a+x galeon......rpm rpm -iv galeon.....rpm Where ..... is the string of caracters specific to that version. Problem is : when I try to launch the rpm...

Phoenix is a browser based on Mozilla, but with a thrimmer interface. There are still a few quirks here and there, but so far (half an hour of use), I like it. Version 0.2 is also supposed to come out soon. Version 0.1 still takes 8MB of space, but once they'll have done most of the code...

I received today the new budget Antec enclosure I told you about in a previous thread. The SLK2600AMB comes with a 300W power supply with only one fan (but with temp monitoring nonetheless) and unlike most other Antec cases, no included fans. When I first lifted the case out of the box, I...

I can get the Asus 760MPX-based for 10$CDN less than the TYAN S2466N-4M I highly consider. The reason why I'm interested about the Asus (or Azoose? ;) ) is because of its overclocking features and because I could save around 90$CDN with overclocked MP 1800+ instead of MP 2000+ at stock...

For those who have VIA cheapset-based motherboards.

Hi, I will configure latter this evening a dual-Athlon MP setup on the motherboard I named in the thread title. I think at least one of you has that motherboard and in order to avoid possible issues when I'll configure it (this IS serious stuff, no shit allowed), I'm seeking user experiences...

Here it is : http://www.coolermaster.com/products/cpucooler/fcpga/cp5-6j31c.html It looks good and it's certified up to 2600+ rating. Although I would have prefered a clip that can be installed without a screw, it must be better than average if it's anything like most of the other...

And it's in the download section of the front page. This release is supposed to enhanced substantially the performances of the memory sub-system of the nForce chipset as well as improving the stability and audio quality of the integrated Dolby 5.1 within the MCP...

No idea how new this is, but I noticed that both Gecko-based browsers have been updated this evening. As I don't visit Mozilla's web site daly, this might be old news. I installed Moz 1.1 and didn't notice any major difference when using it. It might be a bit snappier than before though. Oh...

I'm trying to create a new logo for my company. I used Paintbrush and then Corel PhotoPaint 8. Both don't worth shit so far. Actually, I've been able to do more with Paintbrush. When I try to fill a color within a polygon under PhotoPaint, it fills the whole screen. I'm about to eat my...

I went on Dell's web site this evening. Usually, I only check their laptops, but today I decided to see what they can offer for desktop computers. To my greatest surprise, they are damn competitive. Not only against Compcrap, but against my very own self too. Their Dimension 4500S is out of...

http://www.oeone.com/products/desktop.html I saw the link on the front page of Mozilla's web site. Looks interesting. I have yet to try it and I would like your ePinions before I waste time to download and install it on my aging Linux box (running RedHat 7.3 for the moment). Looking at the...

The thread is steady for three weeks now. First I thought it was only a pause in the price rising scheme, but on my latest price lists (today), there is an overall clear price decrease for anything that's called memory for PC. SDRAM (from 70$ to 55$ for 256MB PC133), DDR SDRAM (for 512MB...

Thermaltake joined the wagon too. Actually, I find their aluminum case version (Xaser II 6000 Plus) to be quite decent at first look (not talking about the "look" of the front anel, but the "look" of the features it has). You can see their designs right here. I also saw aluminum Antec...

This beast has been developped by Angstrom Microsystems. Technical Specification: Form Factor 1U (29.5" x 16.75" x 1.75") Processor 4 Athlon MP 2100+ processors Chipset AMD 760MPX RAM (max) Up to 8 GB of PC2100 DDR Max...

I updated a few downloads (Memtest86, Winamp, etc) and added a few others (the whole Windows updates section, PC-Cillin trial version). I was tired of always browsing Microsoft's web site looking for the damn SP2 for Win2K, so I linked it here to shave by updating time everytime I build a...

I'm talking about the one who signed that article at Tom's Hardware. Omid Rahmat. I mean, what's his point? Apparently, he's pissed because people talks about AMD but doesn't buy enough of their CPUs. He complains about AMD only selling retail CPUs, but blames AMD's supporters because no...

...because I moved and I'm busy elsewhere than on the Net. Situation should return to normal next week. I cannot guaranty that submitted news will be approved on a timely manner for the remaining of the week.

Our Pullayup member just couldn't hold it anymore. Today was the busiest day of my week (busiest outside the Net), so I haven't been on my computer much of the afternoon. What was my surprise when I came back at home around 8:00pm and saw the wave of news awaiting my approval...

Under Winblows. I know Tannin has a similar setup. Modems are not really my cup of Tea. There must be something with ICS (which I don't remember how to configure). The setup (not mine) consist in 2 Winblows computers (Win 98SE on one and probably another Win9X on the other), each with its...

C't Magazine has setup a contest between a dual Athlon MP system and a dual Xeon P4 system. I think they are supposed to play 55 games and declare a winner a the end of it. It's all in German (or in Dutch, all look the same to me), so I don't understand a damn thing of what's written there...

Hi, I'm facing a dilemna. Someone asked me if it would worth it to buy a dual PIII 500MHz Dell used box, with a SCSI hard drive (dating of the same period as the CPUs - probably '98 or '99) and of course an Intel chipset on the motherboard (probably 440GX IIRC). RAM amount unknown, but I...

I recently came accross some RC5 performance test where the PowerMac G4 completly blew up the competition : here, middle of the page. Also here, at LostCircuit. And finally, here. I would like to know if the G4 is as dominant at crunching F@h as it is for RC5. There's a client for OS X right...

The entire web site was totally unreachable from 17h00 to maybe 18h00 Eastern Time. I tried to take a look at SF's system informations, but even that part was unreachable. On a side note, I've had many speed problems with SR's forums lately. Can it be something with phpBB or it is just a...

And you can get it from our Download section.

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You can read the details at The Tech Report. Here's a snip : The upcoming VT8235 south bridge won't suffer of the infamous bug and VIA's engineers said that its performances are quite good.

I hope no SF F@h team member is considering to switch camp for SR's UD team. We need you as much as they do (even more, because of our relatively small number). Probably a vain thread, but I felt I had to write a reminder to make sure no one loses the focus. We don't always tell you, but we...

The news comes from an article about Computex 2002 at Anandtech. They even have a picture of the inside of the Shuttle XPC : I hope Shuttle will consider to make a shoe-box Athlon-based system too (P4 are poor anything@home crunchers), as it could be a great solution for people needing a lot...

You can find the whole "how-to" at CDR-Info. Here a copy/paste of how to do it : LiteOn LTR-32125W, LTR-40125S users can "overclock" their recorders to the latest LTR- 48125W model with a simple firmware upgrade. The exact procedure is posted below for anyone who wish to try it. This can void...

There're currently four announcements at the top of this forum, too much IMO. The top is cluttered. Besides, the first thread of this forum should ALWAYS be the one about the rules of conduct. Make it sticky instead of just an announcement. Other announcements about short-lived news (like...

I came accross a link leading me here. I hope it will end up on something tangible, as division is what's holding Linux back. Apparently, this union is fairly recent as all the news on that web site date from yesterday. Maybe I should have posted it on the front page then. Oh, whatever.

These aren't my words (not do they reflect my opinion). Read this, it's original (albeit totally stupid). The guy must buy retail versions of each new Windows releases too.

You probably noticed the addition on the front page already or just read the announcement on Ars Technica, but RC3 has been released (in fact,it has been since the 23rd). RC3 is supposed to be the code that'll be used for the final 1.0 version, or to be very similar to it. I noted a few...

I'm talking about the WD1200AB. If you compare the Buffer to Disk transfer rate of the above to the one of the WD800AB, you'll see that the WD1200AB probably use higher density platters (60GB/platter?). Am I suffering from amnesia or StorageReview missed that drive? I remember the review...

From 190$CDN to only 168$CDN for the 80GB model in a single week. That's ~123U$ to 109U$. The IBM used to be the most expensive (by ~10-20%) drive on the market and now they are cheaper than the Maxtor. Do you think it's because IBM has problem to sell their units because of all the bad press...

I browsed through my old or rarely visited boolmarks this afternoon. I visited Princeton's web site (just to see if my old link wasn't broken) and I came accross one of their new flat panel display : the SENergy 981. Impressive to say the least. Unfortunately, I found no places where it's...

Since our current 0.99 Genome@home client will soon be obsolete and that our stats won't be ported to the new stats system that the Genome@home client 2.0 will use, should we switch immediately to the Folding@home project and start to accumulate units for this project right now since the Pande...