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So this morning, I was awoken by a call from a different timezone, telling me a file server had died. After a few hours of trying to find someone who could speak English (this is in a nominally English-speaking country: New Zealand), I got someone on site who confirmed that the motherboard had...

What Merc said. You did hook up the power connector(s) on the card, didn't you?

To my surprise, it looks like we haven't raised this topic for a few months, and the last thread is looking out of date. The ATI X1950 Pro appears to have been the benchmark for moderately priced gaming cards, but I see that locally, it still costs nearly US$200! Below $US100, I found the...

Mercutio, that was a master post. I thought it summarized the whole Office-crap-Office phenomenon. And yes, WordPerfect is a better solution than Word/Excel for most people who need a spreadsheet. This is because Microsoft hasn't upgraded Excel's presentation abilities since its inception...

BTW, I would have guessed that a 120mm fan would fail to be competitive with a good 92mm fan in a CPU-cooler. Does anyone have evidence to the contrary?

GlacialTech 950rpm, 18dB but modest airflow at 35cfm (fine for non-CPU cooler applications), 70,000 hr MTBF for the hydrodynamic bearing version. Probably not a patch on the super-exotics performance-wise, but silent enough and more affordable. I find HDD noise has been my biggest problem in...

Chemical prints would be a more accurate nomenclature. I suspect that even 300dpi is a form of "over-scanning" to compensate for deficiencies in the scanner. Traditional color prints are pretty low-res ...

Australia's new Industrial Relations laws make all of this entirely at the discretion of the employer. Your boss could simply direct you to do it at normal rates - if you declined, he could dock you a day's pay. At least, this is what I read in a newspaper recently, and it fits with the...

Pradeep's much more across this, but I believe 3GB is the final cutoff for 32-bit Windows, with individual apps limited to 2GB. Apart from that, XP64 just feels a bit snappier - at least, on Athlon rather than P4. It's a funny old world. It's now two years since I first deployed a server with...

I'd be much more reluctant to experiment with aftermarket alternatives where the printer has a more environment-friendly long-life drum (i.e., not HP). Supposedly, the toner acts as a kind of lubricant, so you may shorten the life of your printer or even ruin it. Fortunately, that sort of...

http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=2 As I said, it's a "Dual Channel" kit, and it does have heat spreaders :roll: but it's hardly low latency. For that, you need the DDR800 version, or the stuff from Patriot. Please note that the price is in AU$ and includes 10% GST, so it would...

:hurl: Yesterday was the 12th day of Autumn here and it reached 98F in the city and 100F in the suburbs. However, it wasn't too bad at all because for once, the humidity was relatively low (down to 30% at 2pm).

O k a y . . . I revisited it after a day and messed endlessly with the BIOS settings, and things seemed to work. After countless wasted hours, I came to the conclusion that the settings have little or no useful effect, and that overclocking had just started working for no apparent reason...

I support Mercutio. I think Delphi has always been a much better solution for what VB is trying to be. Nitsirk, Access is a good solution for simple problems. It's infinitely preferable to an Excel-based 'system', but look elsewhere for solutions to larger problems. I used to have a rule of...

I'll bet it doesn't, but more importantly, we already discussed what a wank this 'feature' is for workstations some time back. Adcadet, are you absolutely, positively sure that none of your capacitors are bulging slightly or otherwise looking shifty? I would have bet money on a connection with...

Good grief, CVS and VSS aren't Document Management Systems! Only Handruin has mentioned a real DMS (and apparently a dog of a one at that). To advise on this, you need a pretty good understanding of the Autocad universe, which is a hell of a lot more complex than many people here seem to...

Just a warning: I have here a 4300 on a Gigabyte DS3 board that won't overclock more than 4.5% (209MHz). After reading everywhere how *anyone* can expect a huge overclock, I'd like to warn others. Frankly, I would have been better off with a similarly priced Athlon X2. :(

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Damn! I had to look that up ... :( You're getting scary, Coug. And 'Lazarus', that sort of BS is out of fashion now. Get with the program, son; the man ain't important but the issue sure as hell is. BTW, I haven't seen it and I don't feel any pressing need to do so. My household is pretty...

I'm really sorry to hear that, Paugie, although it's good that you'll hopefully end up with a fixed roof. It's funny, I wondered where you had got to and almost posted a query two days ago. Glad to hear you're (sort of) okay.

You really don't know me, do you? I'm trying to reconcile that: a) I'm in a bad mood, and b) You're a complete tosser. (There was more, but none of it was remotely work-safe. Thank goodness for Mr Delete Key).

However, the real reason I posted was to express slight disappointment with the Viewsonic VP2130b we supplied to the same customer - great viewing angle, but in my view, otherwise showing its age. I also chose a Philips 190P7EB as a secondary monitor. Only 19", but WOW! The best LCD monitor...

I've just specced a somewhat similar system, only for a power user rather than a gamer. Therefore, we're settling for Gigabyte Silent-Pipe X1650 graphics, a more conservative case, and 3 Samsung 400GB rather than 4 Raptor 74GB. But seriously, if your 700W power supply isn't a manifestation of...

Yes. It's hard to believe that he hasn't deliberately 'enhanced' that photo, which doesn't bode well for his judgement.

Agreed.

Thanks, Bill. They mostly seem to affirm what Gigabyte is claiming, i.e. solid capacitors are the way to go. Except for your first link, where Stele appears to be talking through his ass/arse: Solids are not necessarily better than 'wet' electros at high temperatures - the improvement comes as...

My god, you people talk a lot of crap. Retirement benefits, or superannuation as it's otherwise known, are part of the contract between employer and employee. That is, the employee effectively sacrifices part of their salary in return for an employer contrbution to a pension fund, as well as...

As I've pointed out in another thread, Gigabyte uses far superior capacitors on the Intel CPU motherboard. The "D" in "DS3" stands for "Durability". Therefore, I don't think your AMD option is worth it. The E4300 looks like a great little CPU, but is anyone bothered by the lack of VT-x support?

Merc, that was a terrific post. Thanks.

I know all about leaky capacitors. My question was rather if anyone knew how successful solid capacitors are at eliminating the problem? Gigabyte claims that at 65C, "solid" capacitors last six times longer than (conventional) electrolytic capacitors. I read this as Gigabytye saying they just...

An update on the Chinese paraglider who was killed by the same storm: The post mortem showed he was struck by lightning as he was being sucked up, at the 6km level according to his nav equipment - the woman who survived was even luckier than you thought. I note that according to Wikipedia...

I notice that Gigabyte is flogging "solid capacitor" i945/i965 boards, but no AMD equivalents. Anyone know what this is all about, and more importantly, if the products are any good?

I'm out of touch with this sort of thing: which AM2 motherboard do you guys recommend? Fan-cooled chipsets are out of the question; more than one PCI slot would be nice; I'd like the Gbe interface to be half decent if possible. Oh yeah, reliability is more important than anything else ...

You'll need sound for this, and don't worry, it's perfectly work-safe. http://asia.aopen.com.tw/products_detail.aspx?Auno=2362&mdstl=236

Starting with CS, they no longer write direct to disk, just through Windows and its cache. A quick google search will show you that using a RAM disk with PS is now an old chestnut - Sechs appears to be correct.

Here in Oz, we can buy a CF bulb from GE called "Tiny Spiral". AFAIK, it's the smallest Compact Fluorescent on the market, designed to be a same-size replacement for 'fancy round' style incandescent bulbs. They're nominally available in three color temperatures, but the ones I've bought have...

That was scarring ... :o

Sol, all that living amongst British people has warped your sense of reality. Next thing we know, you'll be telling us that England has a cricket team and they can win matches! Get a grip, Man.

Is this contest open to residents of Terra Australis? (Or in the case of Pradeep, former residents).

Long time no see, Doctor, but another great post. Please drop in more often!

Actually, it's me. Just don't tell Tannin, or it'll spoil the surprise.

And the maximum weight per monitor is < 5.5kg (12lb). I was already worried at 6kg ... MangyDog, thanks for the heads up - I'm registered with both suppliers. The customer doesn't care so much about the height adjustment, so I'm probably back to Modern Solid - if I can find it on these shores...

It's not bloody Autumn yet!

I have a requirement for monitor arms to support 3 LCD monitors. There will likely be one 21" monitor and two 19" monitors. They need to be dynamically adjustable for reach, at least. Here is the best multi-monitor mount I've found so far, but it only handles two 6kg units: It's the Visidec...

As a rule, office chairs are not sprung, so the seat's foam padding takes the entire load. Much of the manufacturing cost in a good chair will be the foam. It's the first area in which makers cut costs and the resulting shortcomings may not be obvious until you've used the chair for a while. A...

Actually Dave, they're both 21.3". The specs are identical and I imagine they use the same panel. Tannin, those were really useful observations, thanks.

Well, I don't think bread and butter Samsung displays are either value for money or bleeding edge, just predictable. And available, which is a pretty big feature. So, one is looking at a 1920x1200 display for HD1080 capability. There are a few, although I strongly suspect they all use the same...

CityK, you rule. I glanced at the specs for current S*ny DV cameras, and they are clearly still designed around 4:3. So that's only 1440x1080 we're looking for. That falls into the realm of common-as-muck displays such as the Samsung 214T. Some ape has been making a lot of noise about them ...

Hey, I thought you were supposed to be roaming the countryside? Speaking of which, will there be piccies? Welcome back, Tony. I hope you find what you were looking for. Happy New Year!

So, if you have a shiny HD (1080) DV camera and want to do some casual video editing, doesn't this mean you need at least a 1920x1080 monitor? In practical terms, that seems to be limited to the 1920x1200 24" Samsung 244T, and what I assume is the Dell rebadge: the 2407WFP? Current Dell offer...