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In Canberra, you'd probably get way with it. It is possible to live with such a PC, but only if everything co-operates in terms of heat and space. Having said that, I've personally had enough of them. I'm perfectly happy to use a standard micro-ATX case if the cooling and PS is up to snuff, but...

So, have we come to a consensus that all consumer-level wireless routers suck, or is there a sensible recommendation? I want to replace a customer's two-year-old Netgear WR614; it appears to have become flaky with DHCP over wireless - I think. :roll: It has to go through at least three double...

Unfortunately, the app has an extremely limited user base - currently down to fewer than 20 users. It cost millions to develop, but is now unsupported and the last update is 2 1/2 years old - hence the old version of InstallShield. It installs fine on Windows 2000, and because I completely ran...

I get this error on TinyXP while trying to install an app with a 1999 version of Installshield. Not sure if the problem only affects Tiny, but I have noticed that there is no 'compatibility' option in the properties - it's ages since I'v e used that, should it be there? Unfortunately, searching...

Faster than Samsung, maybe, but according to Liam: The Pioneer definitely is faster at reading than the NEC. I'm struggling to reconcile all this with Merc's most famous post. :o

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125061 Same performance as Asus, no fan. I've personally checked the Gigabyte 8600GT model; after running a few loops of various 3D Mark versions, it was still well under 70C - slightly cooler than the XFX 7600GS I tested a few months...

Despite FDB, the handful of Samsung drives I have bought have usually exhibited excessive vibration. When mounted with grommets, they can really become annoying; the last PC I built actually vibrates tonally from time to time.:evil: I'm also less than convinced about their reliability, having...

Firstly, a 1/3rd of your peak bandwidth on cable can be 3 - 6Mbps. Most people would be extremely happy with this. In Oz, it's far more than enough to hit the overseas bandwidth limitations that the ISP imposes. That is, you'll only ever see those speeds to international sites when they're being...

Actually, my ISP provides QOS that prioritizes VOIP over other traffic - only their own VOIP, mind you. But this is unusual.

Here's something I found that explains it pretty well: http://vonage.nmhoy.net/qos.html Although, I thought that routers weren't usually designed to deliberately lose packets ...

Yep. DVB-T with (I may very well be confused) a mix of 16-QAM and 64-QAM, i.e. up to 21 or 32Mbps respectively.

Just to clarify, QOS on a router affects upload traffic, not download (think about it). AFAIK, you need QOS further upstream (i.e. the ISP) to successfully prioritise download traffic.

Actually, he is a she, and that's only a teeny part of the article. I think you read what you wanted to read, if you see what I mean.

Phrasal Verb: whistle for something To expect it in vain. http://www.allwords.com/word-whistle.html Sorry, I did wonder if it was a colloquialism, but I believe "to whistle Dixie" has a similar meaning. Good luck with your search.

I think it will be hard to top this. The BBC's take http://www.creationmuseum.org/ Walkthrough

The Sydney Morning Herald I think it's worth looking past the sensationalism to contemplate the content. An article worth reading.

I think you're whistling, Will.

Why? No. Enter the BIOS setup when the PC starts up. If you don't have wakeup alarm functionality (look under Power Management/Options), buy a $5 electrical timer and use that ...

This isn't spatial multiplexing. You need two or more antenna at each end for that, so start looking for MIMO dual-antenna network cards. Also, I notice that the model you referred to demonstrated exceptionally poor long range performance in a CNET test.

They're nominally the same chipset, but the VxWare image is half the size and needs only half the RAM of the obviously bloated Linux firmware (compared to other brands). It's easy to see why Linksys made the change. The GL was never faster than the G of the same vintage. In fact, the CPU in the...

ddrueding said: If reliability/stability is paramount, to me there is no question. WRT54GL/WUSB54GS ddrueding said:WRT54G and WAP54G are both great products. I've used a LOT of them and do have about 10-15% fail within 2 years. They are a cheap commodity prduct, what more do you want? BTW...

Looks fantastic, Vlad. I'm sure you'll make a good father.

I'm not sure what you're trying to do. If you want to confirm that a particular tape drive is supported, then I suppose checking the inf version is one way of doing it. I don't know why you would need to search the registry, though. The key value is predefined in the inf file as ClassGUID. By...

I wouldn't hold out too much for 802.11n. I've only spent 15 minutes reading up on it, but in most situations it will use the same frequency (and channels) as 802.11b/g. Any improvements appear to be due to spatial multiplexing, i.e. multiple antennas - something I don't believe you'll see on...

I'd go for the 100Base-T. Wireless is for when you don't have Cat 5e/6.

I use an identically specced (apart from size) 740B during the week and find the color reproduction awful. AFAIK, the L1952 was a 6-bit panel. The really interesting thing is that according to LG's web sites, Canada (and presumably Quebec) seems to be the only place in the world that has an...

Just get rid of the NEO. There's nothing in your sig that indicates a monstrous load.

<crickets chirping>

A quick Google revealed this, which sounds about right.

Good stuff. Obviously, I disabled the firewall (doh!) and tried adding the client user id to the host PC (group = "Power Users"). It may be a few days before I can try the other things, so thanks for the ideas so far. Merc, the other wireless PC works, plus it's only a basic Netgear router - I...

At the risk of sounding combative, why the hell would you install that feature? Look, in my experience, any problems are more likely down to your motherboard manufacturer. But then, I haven't even attempted to run WinXP64 on an nForce3/2 network adaptor. Gigabyte always favoured Realtek NICs...

I'm a man of little patience. There's a reason I can't tolerate Firefox, and can't live without Opera. Actually, there are several. My point is, you're both trying my patience. If someone - like Will - has a genuine problem, it would be great if you could offer genuine help. Otherwise, bugger...

Coug, I was sort of hoping for comments. :( Does anyone else have any?

I'm fairly confident that it's all DHCP from the router (192.168.0.0).

I get the feeling I'm missing something obvious here. Customer has a Netgear wireless router with three computers: Desktop 1 - wired, Win2k Pro Desktop 2 - wireless, Win2k Pro Laptop 1 - wireless, WinXP Pro They're all part of the same Windows workgroup, with DHCP from the router. There's an...

My experiences over many years with our local CR equivalent demonstrate the same problem. It's just like computer hardware review sites; they just look for differentiating attributes and turn them into scoring criteria, regardless of their true relevance. My favorite was scoring refrigerators...

NVidia's 32-bit Windows drivers for the nForce 3 network adaptor work just fine for me (is there any difference from the nForce 2 chip?). The fact that you're getting this problem in two quite separate versions of Windows makes me wonder if your hardware is ever so slightly flaky ... It's only...

1. I notice Coug referred to the widescreen 940BW rather than the 940B (or the BX variant Buck referred to). These are completely different panels with different specs. 2. My skin crawls whenever I contemplate recommending LG. I notice that the 1953T doesn't even have tilt adjustment - is that...

Well, that sounds like bullshit to me. I'd be more worried about the LCD's fluro backlight changing color. 42" seems too small to bother with 1080p. Is it a small room?

I'm probably just too jaded. In the corporate world, most IT products exist to make the vendor rich and the customer feel warm and fuzzy. Meeting a need is a long way down the list.

How pop makes us sick

Merc has already documented a run-in with his boss over sexual harassment. SHE clearly can't be relied upon to view this impartially. I would very strongly recommend against emailing anything, but start keeping a diary -something I doubt you would ordinarily feel the need for.

Howell, that's laudable, but fantastically idealistic. I mean, I agree, but I wouldn't hire me to sell a half-assed product - and let's face it, most IT products are either that or completely useless.

Hmmm, I've always harboured suspicions that XP2400 CPUs were somewhat marginal thermally. I actually run one here and have another sitting in a drawer. The active one has been in at least three motherboards - subjectively, I've had less and less problems as overall cooling (motherboard and CPU)...

Someone who never uses Nvidia working with someone who never uses anything else ... could be interesting. Merc, I suspect you need to go cold turkey. No computers, email or internet. Four days away, ideally somewhere picturesque, would do it. And I use the feathery term deliberately.

Well, I finally got a call today from the tech I sent onsite. It took about an hour to disassemble the PC (a caster bolt fouled the original motherboard and the 'screwless' clamp bracket had to be removed to allow access to the graphics card screw. After ripping out the guts, he installed the...

I'm intrigued - where can I find a review of this? What's so special about the latest Catalyst driver, apart from fixing Vista performance problems? Now that I've spent 20+ hours looking into it (!), I agree, the X1950 Pro is clearly a faster albeit more expensive solution, but now I've...

I was lucky enough to get a copy of this from a notable member of this forum some time back. ;) It's version 4 and completely amazing, but I notice that the site hosting the associated forums couldn't afford the consequent traffic. Has anyone fortunate enough to try this gem found anything that...

Thanks for that. Someone suggested an Asus M2N, but I wasn't convinced the network setup was close enough to the original A8N-SLI (Cicada PHY) to justify buying another Asus. There have also been derogatory posts on Linux forums about the BIOS. The place who was going to sell me an M2N only had...

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