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I'm pretty sure the forum started on January 13th 2002. Doug and his test user MonkeyC were born on the 13th and the 14th IIRC. I think Clocker logged in the 15th and he was one of the very first, if not the first to register.

It's not. Windows XP was snappy on it and I didn't have to move the first sector. Chewy was right.

Woody Nitpicker strikes again!

The speed you wrote is for the 16GB model. The 8GB reads at up to 53MBps and writes at up to 15MBps. It's very good for the asked price anyway.

Maybe if you'd do a little less of that, you wouldn't squeeze your pink ball between the wall and the sofa like you did last year ;-)

I don't run. People run from me, but nobody makes me run.

Yes, but I would rather not have to realign the drive. Because when she will change to Windows 7, I'll certainly forget that I realigned the first sector and I won't think about restoring it to its original state. It's just too much trouble.

Moumoune = wimp, weakling. It's only used by French-speaking people here. I don't think a French from France would understand the meaning. I was just poking at Mamooschka's son-in-law.

So Dave...have you man up a little or you're still a moumoune on a bike? ;-)

While sustaining a temperature of 93F is worth of mention, I would not go as far as calling him a God man for it.

Anyone knows if the Western Digital WD10EALX (1TB, SATA 6Gbps) has the advanced formating or the older 512KB sectors? I have to build a new computer with Windows XP on it and it's the only drive I have in stock. Speed will suck if it has the new sector size.

Larger SSDs perform better because they can access more flash memory chips simultaneously. Unless you want to order flash chips yourself, grab your soldering iron and reflash the controller's firmware, you won't get larger drive performance from a smaller drive.

Or show them the study that measured the airborn particles rejected by old HP laser printers that were equivalent to sitting next to a heavy smoker. Newer laser printers are much better for the health of people working next to them.

It would be easier to find one with gigabit ports.

Don't blame the industry for moving on if you painted yourself in a corner. You've known for years that parallel ports are vanishing. No matter how good the old HP LaserJet 3 printers were, stop pushing them if you know you won't be able to plug them to PCs you'll sell tomorrow.

Done with the parallel and the PS/2 ports. Computers are designed to last for five years and both these standards have been obsolete for way longer than that. I tell my customers it's time to move on. Windows 7 often don't support anything plug in a parallel port anyway (manufacturers can't...

Isn't that the expected result? You re-flashing the BIOS, how can it retain the old settings? Every time I've flashed a BIOS, this is what happened. Not just on Asus, but GigaByte and MSI too.

Top of CPU. I'm pretty sure it won't fit since you have to figure the motherboard stands+motherboard thickness+CPU thickness in that 95mm height. Too bad.

I think Hibachi's are the safe choice for RAID anything. Even though they are not explicitly certified for it, they seem to be those working best in such configurations. Otherwise, if you absolutely want RAID-certified drives, be ready to throw out a big chunk of green bills. Seagate's...

You would be surprised how much power a low profile graphic card could use. What's the clearance for the CPU cooler? I'm thinking about using a Thermalright AXP-140 (70.2mm height) with a low-profile 120mm fan (12mm height) inside that case and I'd like to know if I'm dreaming in colors. I'll...

Do you install additional 80mm fans on the side, or you leave it as-is? Personally, I wouldn't put additonal fans for a low-end build, but anything with a 95W or more processor, I would install two 80mm (low speed) right aside the CPU.

That's it, I'm down to two computers dedicated to the project. One is an unoverclocked i7 950 and the other is a pathetic Athlon X2 4800+. I sold my Core i7 860 this evening. I don't know when I'll be able to build a new box to increase my contribution. I guess it'll be a while before it...

Doesn't look good. I think we'll soon see new photos on Mr. Fingerman's Flickr account.

I was replying to Merc.

Such a thing has been on my price list for weeks. Startech PCIUSB3S2. A quick search on Google found one seller.

You guys have competition now. A monkey from the Sulawesi island took a camera from a tourist and took his own portrait. The following photo is hilarious : http://blognator.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/monkey_camera_smile-580x817.jpg Tea must be jealous that her cousin shots better than...

And just as I post this thread, it restarted to work fine. WTF?

I can no longer play any flash video on my main Windows 7 box. It worked yesterday. It no longer does today. I have not upgraded the version of the player. The computer did not stopped (no shutdown ; it's running the F@h client 24x7), no updates to Windows were installed, I did no update...

Change that G for a T and you'll be closer to what he needs.

Memorial Bourbon? Normally, people drink bourbon to forget things.

I thought wine was illegal in Tennessee and that the only liquor allowed was Jack Daniel's?

I would ask two things : - First, I would ask them if they would be willing to pay me 65$/hour for a week, at home, so I can tell them that I can't do anything to help them. - Second, I would ask you why in Hell haven't you posted this in the Pub instead of the Computer forum.

One reason more to keep your blood pressure down. You better hurry start forgetting things, talk about old times and complaining about youngsters because you won't have much time to be an has-been. You don't want to miss that part of your life, don't you? ;-)

Nope, you can search for porn, but the pages look blurry, like if you see thru a thin rubber layer.

Avast is the closest to Avira Antivir for its detection rate. MSE and AVG are behind. MSE is also heavier on system ressources than either Avast or Avira Antivir.

I've never seen an Asus board where you cannot set the primary graphic source from onboard or PCI-E source and I've seen quite a few. Unless the board came from an OEM box. Even their ultra low-end, 50$ boards have that setting.

I've put PCI-E 1x wifi cards into PCI-E 16x slots before and it worked fine. PCI-E is PCI-E. As long as the card is PCI-E, it'll work.

I would tell them anything but the motherboard changed. Reinstallation due to virus infection or hard disk drive replacement, but not motherboard failure/replacement. According to their EULA, the licence is tied to the motherboard. So replacing the motherboard for any reason might void your...

The motherboard's chipset is a P35 : there's no integrated video.

My world is crumbling...

None of the heatsinks I mentioned would fit inside the NSK2480. Sol's AXP-140 would, but it's an expensive piece. A cheaper alternative would be the Scythe Big Shuriken, while the most effective heatsink you could use would be the Noctua NH-C14, with only the bottom fan installed. Other...

I was just poking at the elders. I doubt Bozo will hold a grudge. Lunar is not sixty yet, so there was no reason for him to increase his blood pressure.

I hope the RAM stick you found were in anti-static bags and not between your stockings. Either way, run a Memtest pass once they are installed. I summed up your items and it should cost you ~400$ plus the shipping. I don't know how noisy the other old components are, but in case the rest of...

Your delicacy in regard to our language is appreciated. However, I do not expect American tourists to speak french. But if I would visit another country, like some place in Europe, I wouldn't assume that every local speaks either french or english (the sole two languages I'm able to...

I have no more reason to celebrate the 1st of July than I do on the 4th of the 14th. It's a foreign country celebration. Mine was last week. In fact, I'm working today. And we have a lot of British-loving, brown-tongue-english-speaking-ass-lickers in Montréal's area, sadly. Their ridicule...

60-years-old don't have digital cameras, Clocker. They have films cameras and they have to scan the photos once they are developed. That's quite a lot of work and they don't do that just for a monitor repair.

What's so special about the upcoming week-end? National holiday or something?

There's a comparison of the Noctua and Prolimatech fans on this page. As you can see, at equivalent noise level, the Prolimatech cools better than the Noctua. So no, I wouldn't pay more for the Noctua. In fact, I wouldn't pay for it even if it cost the same as the Prolimatech. From the page...

The best 140mm I've seen, according to the many reviews I've read, seems to be the Prolimatech Blue Vortex 14. It's quieter, for the same generated airflow, than either the Thermalright or Noctua 14cm fans. It's inexpensive too. You can get it from SVC for ~10$. I think that store is not too...

When I wrote that, I waas waiting for a download to complete and it was 25 past midnight. There's no movies playing at that hour around here and I won't call anyone that late. It's quite late to take a beer on a Tuesday night too. I do all the things you mention when the time is appropriate...