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Pretty much the same as Greg stated at the start of the thread: convert VCR recordings to DVD. The ability to clean up the picture would be nice, but I think the main priority is reliable, easy to use software. If Ulead works okay, that might do, but it would be good to have options - such as...

:o :frowner: :cry: Sounds like a building design defect. What if it had been a baby carriage? Maybe you should threaten to sue.

Wow, you can really hear the crickets chirping around here lately. So, no-one's set up a video capture setup this year?

I've just had to replace a couple of socket A boards due to capacitor failures, and boy, there sure isn't much choice left (the originals were Epox, but I insist on replacing with other brands). The local Gigabyte supplier only had two models, one of which was superseded some time ago (eg...

Well, I now have a 100% failure rate on Epox boards sold between two and four years ago (at least, on the 8 or so boards I have been able to keep track of). The last two, bought two years ago (8RDA+ and 8RDA3+) failed within a week of each other - the former without warning but the latter had...

Aten units are great. I know where to get them in Oz, but that probably doesn't help you ...

On the subject of Canadian independence, has anyone heard The Arrogant Worms song, "Proud To Be Canadian"? :)

Australia Day isn't considered a particularly special day. The indigenous population even considers it 'Invasion Day'. Independence didn't happen until federation on January 1 1901. Unfortunately, that's the day after New Year's Eve, so no-one notices very much. :tgif: Of the various public...

I'm looking for an update to this thread, particularly on hardware connection solutions. Will any old VIVO display adaptor do, or is a TV card a better idea? I notice that Leadtek offers a basic capture card, but I have no idea if it's any use at all. For a VIVO solution, I need a PCI-e card...

I don't think this is true. You may lower design costs for your appliance, but the external power supplies will cost more than an internal. Apart from anything else, regulatory requirements are tougher to meet on external bricks. Heat dissipation can actually be harder to manage with a brick -...

Whether they are Socket A or Socket 754, nearly all Semprons have a 256kB Level 2 cache, which is half that of the Barton and double the older Duron. The 'exclusive' cache architecture means we are supposed to add the Level 1 cache to get the effective size, i.e. 384kB (or 640kB for Athlon 64...

Found these 20m passive cables, but haven't yet tried them. They're probably available for about $100 in the US. The situation that opened my eyes to the potential difference was with ATI cards rather than nVidia. Increasingly, I suspect it's got more to do with the monitor than the graphics card.

What do you mean by short-lived, exactly?

Who cares? They're both reasonable products from competent manufacturers with mostly adequate drivers. The 6600GT may have a slight performance edge, but I doubt that you'd notice. Both Merc and Tannin were once right, but I think they're a little stuck in their ways. :) Leadtek stuff is...

You must have read a different thread to me ... Quite a few folks had problems with SiL controllers - there was a known problem with these that required motherboard firmware upgrades. At least one solved his problem by changing his CD/DVD drive - which kind of makes sense. Have you tried this...

For the Marvell 8001 controller, as found on Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro etc. Has anyone had any experience with or heard anything about Linux drivers for it?

Most name-brand NiMH batteries, including Energizer and Kodak, are made by Sanyo. Batteries actually branded as Sanyo tend to have more conservative (i.e. realistic) ratings. If the highest rated Sanyo is 2500mAh, then it would be very surprising if any other battery - 2800mAh rated or not - is...

This is true in principle but not in practise. All things being equal, four-cell cameras pull half as much current as two-cell, and voltage doesn't sag nearly as much. But with two-cell, you're operating with very little voltage; the camera will always be closer to its shutdown threshold. For...

Yeah, he really needs the money. :roll:

I'm curious. What does Dell Gold support provide that you can't easily get elsewhere?

And actual measurements will say 9.5-10mS. :x

ATA or SATA? Which driver? The nForce 4 pack from nVidia's website? Others here may dispute this, but if you check Google, there are no known corruption problems with the current nForce drivers. I suggest you look more closely at your drive, data and power cabling, RAM, motherboard, etc.

MS Antispyware may well be useful for removing infections, but I sure wouldn't want to live with it - one of the most invasive programs I've seen for years. I didn't realize that Adaware et al still missed stuff that Hijack This found. BTW, don't forget to grab CWShredder and Kill2Me from the...

Don't expect to get over it; just realize that it can take years and years to come to terms with it. You still have worth, even though it may not seem that way right now. Most importantly, keep visiting here ... and go for walks in the sun.

AFAIK, everything in the A/V market works on a one year subscription. There are probably two main reasons why some of us recommend NOD32: 1. It is less invasive/intrusive than most. 2. It has less impact on PC performance than most. You should probably give it a try.

Apart from the early version 2.03 I mentioned, I've never had occasion to check the version - they just worked. A quick look on an nForce2 machine shows a date of 2003.09.22. On the nForce3 machine in front of me it says 2004.06.03. The former is PATA and the latter SATA. Perhaps your extensive...

In theory, you should be able to remove the second connector and reposition it elsewhere on the cable. Look for some sort of latch at each end of the connector; it will probably involve inserting a very small screwdriver to release it. The connectors are really only designed for single use, but...

I hadn't realized that the 120mm Panaflos were quiet. If you cut the voltage by half, maybe ... In any case, I don't think you'll be happy with a 120mm fan and converter combo. :( It may be worth trying a different 90mm fan, but it sounds like you should try a different CPU cooler altogether.

I hadn't realized that the 120mm Panaflos were quiet. If you cut the voltage by half, maybe ... In any case, I don't think you'll be happy with a 120mm fan and converter combo. :( It may be worth trying a different 90mm fan, but it sounds like you need to try a different CPU cooler altogether.

Any reason you can't do the same with the nForce drivers (possibly excluding nForce4)? The accelerated nForce2 IDE driver had some compatibility problems in early 2003. AFAIK, subsequent drivers have been fine. In fact, once Ahead issued an update for their software in mid 2003, I happily used...

Unless you need to access more than 3GB of RAM ... Although Merc had troubles with driver support, I don't believe you're running anything that hasn't got readily available 64-bit drivers, including the Matrox card. As WinXP-64 happily runs 32-bit applications, I can't see why you shouldn't try...

My thoughts exactly! Mine's an older model, but it looks a little like this: http://www.zenoah.net/products/product.php?dis_code=87

Tannin almost saves me a post. I agree with every single thing he says, although nForce 1 and 2 haven't been quite as bad for me - I found it depended very much on the manufacturer. That doesn't change the fact that I think nForce 3 is great and nForce 4 just terrific (excellent gigabit...

Well, we've had a sample Acer 1715SMD here for a couple of days now, and it's shaped up pretty well. One stuck pixel (green) - 5/6 of the way across and halfway up. Doesn't particularly bother me. Includes a DVI cable - this is worth quite a bit here because I haven't found a cheap wholesale...

I'd guess your assessment is spot on. The issue is interference, resulting in 'worms' and possibly a jittery picture. The worms were particularly bad on the aforementioned Philips monitors - the text came alive in ways you really don't want to see ... It's far better on this Acer 1715SMD, but...

At last! The death of one of the poxiest technologies ever to be foisted on us is within sight (that's LCD, BTW). OLEDs forever. Sign me up.

Thanks for the links. Although I was aware that faster panels were associated with shrinking viewing angles, I didn't know why, or about the massive reduction in color gamut. As far as I can see, virtually all 17" panels are now 6-bit TN, with 19" following fast. So it appears that apart from...

Well, it's less than six weeks since I complained that LCD monitors were still too expensive in Oz. Since then, prices have dropped like stones (and I suspect will continue to do so). I'm now looking for 17" displays for business use (looks like 19" will be the same price inside a few months)...

I don't like that Antec much. Looks flimsy and cheap in the flesh - which as you point out, it is. I think the otherwise very impressive specifications you have scream out for a case to match. ;) Instead of suspending the drives, why not fabricate a vibration dampening cage, from say...

I'm with Merc. Suse is growing into the sort of environment that I'm prepared to tolerate. Although, given my interest is purely commercial, I haven't spent time trying to run desktop apps - only server. It's getting to the point that you can configre almost everything in YAST (GUI tool) - which...

Marketing is completely non-existent in the US, but then I guess they're not really in the same space as consumer-oriented brands like Netgear. Here are the resller links from the US website: http://www.bestsystemsdirect.com http://www.guideband.com http://www.cssa.net...

I have been trying to point out that such a thing does exist. :-? In the case of the Vigor 2900, complete with ICSA Labs certification. As an aside, I found it entertaining to work out how many tries Netgear needed to gain the Small Business compliance. :)

No, only 'low speed' or subchannel USB is limited to 3 meters (eg. mouse etc). USB.org FAQ

Doug, Jake and I were playing with Zalman northbridge coolers on nForce2 boards back in this thread. Unless you're trying to run over 230MHz FSB, I wouldn't worry about the heatsink temperature. ;)

Trailblazers are always crazy. :) I take it you're currently on cable? Would dynamic DNS help your cause?

Proxies - bleh. You can get much the same effect by installing Opera or Mozilla. I just can't agree that a $300 PC - even running Linux - can ever be as reliable as a good appliance. And you can hardly mount it on the wall to keep it safe and out of the way. :-? I can understand if you're...

No firewire and only two SATA ports. And I'd count on changing that stupid little chip cooler for something quiet (common problem these days).Otherwise, fine. Greg raises the issue of how to support dual analog monitors. Is a Matrox dual-head really necessary? I have a customer who wants to run...

Yes, 5 meters. I've used USB 1.1 further than that, but I imagine you'd be pushing it with USB 2.0. AFAIK, many cables designed for USB 1.1 work just fine with USB 2.0. My unscientific rule of thumb is to look at the cable thickness - you don't see many thin USB 2.0 cables. :)

Can I fifth it? I wouldn't go past Buck's suggestion of a GA-K8NF-9 board. It's incredibly well equipped, comes from one of the top two manufacturers, and is amazingly cheap considering the exclusive use of quality capacitors etc. You should be aware that for practically everything you're...

Well, it has to run something, but the code is a hell of a lot more efficient than the WRT54G. Mind you, they haven't bloated the firmware with artistic pictures or elegantly formatted help - for that you need the 247 page manual, the 9 page CLI guide, or the numerous online application notes...