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What Tannin said. nForce 4 ATA is very, very common, so incompatibility is unlikely. However, it is worth checking that the drive's transfer settings are as they are supposed to be (I've seen a new Samsung drive where this was not the case). Samsung has finally extracted the digit and updated...

I don't believe I've read Cat's Cardle and my recollection of the Sirens of Titan is one of disappointment. I'm actually a fan of the Slaughterhouse 5 movie from the great George Roy Hill. Fairly recently, I enjoyed reading a latter-day introduction to the book by Vonnegut. Although he may not...

Probably me in this thread, and specifically BAARF. It's not just Oracle that runs poorly on RAID 5 - any OLTP database will struggle - but the logistics arguments hold for all platforms, particularly as the number of spindles rises.

Has anyone else noticed that CougTek is one of the most articulate members here, yet English is his second language and he hardly ever gets to speak it? Impressive, Coug. More power to you.

Much as I dislike Task power supplies, I find it hard to believe that a Radeon 7000 draws significantly more power than an nVidia MX4000. Before they failed, I don't recall having problems with Task products. Radeon 7000 is quite old now; it's remotely possible that newer Catalyst drivers don't...

Is that just down the road from Tralfamadore?

W i d e . . . Speaking of cold, it's the sixth day of Summer here and it hit 99F (37.3C), with much the same predicted for tomorrow and the day after (depending on whether it rains). 72F minimum tonight (4am). The meteorologists are predicting average temperatures to be a full degree C...

The (presumably Chinese) Lenmars cost $7 for 4 and are supposedly 2300mAh (I guarantee they won't meet that spec). On the same site, you can get Sanyo 2500mAh, made in Japan, at $10 for 4. It seems a simple choice to me.

Handy's NDO32 pricing for Australia is correct. However, as Bung pointed out, there is a discrepancy between Oz pricing and the rest of the world, although not to the extent that Tannin's drug-induced hazy recollection seems to indicate (too much Tea). I have been a NOD32 reseller for a couple...

We used to sell chargers that were identical to the TG1000 - right down to the "Quick Charger" oval logo - except they were branded "Sanyo" and marked "Designed and inspected in Japan". The independent channels are cool; we use one at present to charge just one AAA battery at a time - not many...

Fushigi, that's an amazing interpretation of copyright, and one that will win you no favours with webmasters.

Same in Opera. Opera has more useful popup blocking than Firefox, which frankly, is all the ad blocking most people want or need. Personally, I gave up on ad blockers years ago, not least because they were hurting sites I wanted to support. If you really want it, plugins and external solutions...

I can confirm that Opera 8.51 renders the Acid test better than IE, Mozilla or Firefox at this time. I also think that Tannin's comments are fair and balanced on this. Apart from users with 'special needs' such as Merc, most people have better things to do than fart around trying out dodgy...

If it's really low-end, you're talking integrated video, and Intel currently does this much better than anybody else. Unfortunately, that involves installing a P4 space heater, which I can't bring myself to do (it's too hot here already). Failing that, you're looking at Via or possibly SiS...

That hasn't been my experience, Greg. I agree with Bozo, though. The major areas are printer drivers, and for some strange reason, TV cards (several months overdue). As Mercutio pointed out, you can also run foul of old 16-bit installers for 32-bit software. Just so everyone knows. I hate XP...

APC is not a battery manufacturer. You can use any SLA battery, it just may have more or less capacity than your original. Swelled batteries sounds worrying. :(

Did you clear the IE cache? It's all I can think of, apart from some sort of exotic adware.

What was wrong with DVD Burner Recommendations I?

It's important to realize that no compressor achieves worthwhile gains on JPEG files. You are better off using a 'store' method (no compression) rather than wasting time trying to compress the incompressible. If you apply zero compression to all of your files, yes, you may as well stick with...

Re: Warning : Possible data corruption on nForce 4 motherboa

If your experience turns even one person off Dell Hell (eg you), it was worthwhile.

:lol:

Hitachi = good, but excessive vibration for a fluid bearing drive WD, Seagate = average Maxtor = unknown Samsung = unavailable (but low vibration) Good luck!

Poor baby. :P I absolutely, positively refuse to use a mouse with more than three buttons - like at least 95% of computer users. Just get over it. As for CityK's "review" ... :P Alpha and demo software - for Christ's sake ... The fact is, Suse has better hardware driver support than any...

First, disconnect all your fans to make sure it's the hard drive (obviously, you don't want to run without the CPU fan for more than a minute or so, depending on what your CPU is).

If the CPU cooler has become slightly dislodged (or perhaps the thermal transfer compound has dried out?), the CPU can easily overheat within this time. However, I'm guessing you can still use the computer for extended periods? I've never heard a BIOS alarm go off while Windows XP is running...

Nearly, Bozo, nearly - but you mispelled it.

Upon rereading this thread, I wondered if anyone actually worked out why he dubbed it Rene Pogel? Try spelling it backwards ...

On a day to day basis, you notice the far, far lower heat production and the quieter fan(s) made possible by that. Published benchmarks give you some idea where there are glaring performance differences, eg many games. Traditionally, the AMD CPUs have been way ahead in commonly used business...

That's normal where a notebook supports different battery sizes. The Asus actually has three: 3-cell, 6-cell and 9-cell. The 9-cell protrudes a few centimeters and obviously weighs more to boot, but claimed battery runtime is nearly 8 hours ... The 6-cell is the best compromise for most people...

That's the sort of stupid statement worthy of Tea. Despite my bad experiences with some Asus motherboards, I've also had extremely good experiences with others. In general, I've found it best to avoid their budget models. However, Asus notebooks I've seen, regardless of model, have been...

Hmm, had a brain fade there. Here it is again: Asus Z33A (formerly M5A) or W5A.

Latitudes and Inspirons are from different manufacturers, if that is what you are referring to.

Not necessarily in order of preference, although I think the first is special. The Avengers (with Diana Rigg as Emma Peel). Saw this 1960's series on cable a couple of years ago and was just blown away by the rapier wit. The coolest show ever. Everyone associated with the copycat movie of...

[url=http://usa.asus.com/products2.aspx?l1=5&l2=64]Asus Z33A (formerly M5A) or W5A. About 9.2 and 8.7 inches respectively, both 1 inch thick including DVD burner and 2.5" hard drive. I prefer the first because of it's taller screen and lighter weight (3.3lb). But the white and pearl appearance...

It's a great article, a real reference that everyone should read. Although the article is highly critical of the white paper, here's the conclusion: The irony is that even though NVIDIA's scores were inflated by Principled Technologies, their "key findings" are ones I still agree with...

I have a situation where a workstation needs to be logged in automatically during working hours and logged out otherwise (for security reasons). The workstation uses a barcode scanner for input. The complication is that this is connected via a keyboard wedge, so keyboard operation must be...

Pioneer 110D. Best drive on the market, and at a bargain price. NEC seems to have fallen behind a little, otherwise I like the 3rd party firmware support. Previous Lite-On DVD-RW lacked basic functionality, and people here have had issues. I liiked their CD-RW drives. I am personally...

Are you using an up-to-date driver? Does the printer have enough RAM to properly support PS? I don't know what tricks your print jobs are pulling, but basic PS support can be considered a given with any large printer manufacturer. If all else fails, I'd hassle the manufacturer directly -...

It's just over one month into Spring here (southern hemisphere), and the official weather station down the road reported today's maximum as 40.2C (>104F) at 1:52pm. :cry: Help ...

Fair enough, but wouldn't they just use DVD-ROM drives?

This is by no means the first time I have had to work with Dell PCs, but I've really had about as much as I can take. Dell Optiplex GX280 SFF. These 3GHz space heaters are the slowest thing I've seen for years. Maybe the Symantec crapola suite is contributing, but 5 to 7.5 minutes (repeatedly)...

Indeed it does does does does does does. Even their packet writing software, DLA, sucks. Needing to schedule backups to DVD, I thought it might be a reasonable alternative to Ahead's problematic InCD. In fact, it won't work with either services or scheduled tasks. :x I was explaining to a...

Car audio.

For those eagerly following the exploits of our hero as he masters the art of wooing, here is the said restaurant's web site: http://www.casanovarestaurant.com/ You need sound and Flash to hear the background music.

Recommended Amp Power: 35W/ch minimum, 200W/ch maximum Sensitivity 86dB (2.83V at 1M) It will power them, but relatively quietly. :) To be precise, 15db quieter than their designed maximum. To the human ear, roughly a third of the volume. Any fool can build a good low power amplifier, the...

That's a relief, but wouldn't you get better write throughput with RAID 10? I've been meaning to ask all along, why are you even using Winblows for this? AFAIK, you're not using any M$ software on the server(s).

So you fixed the gigabit network, and now you're seeing 25MB/sec from stripes of two or three drive mirrors (RAID 10). From a management perspective, the IT Manager has been proven right. Not good. :(

The Spybot authors have their knickers in a knot over Invision Powerboard. You may recognize that forum software from a site well-known to most here ...

Damn, I think you're right. The reference site I chose must have been wrong. :( That raises it to 37.7%.