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Mine was the pulse audio mixer. It was indeed muted and enabling it worked. Thanks.

In order to save some time to anyone trying to do what I did today, here's a link to a fix to get the Linux FAH client to work on the latest (10.4) Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu release : http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=12939#p138466 It works, although I had to sudo one of the...

Hibachi has often use four and five platters drives and none have had reliability issues since the 75GXP days. The 75GB era is long gone. I wouldn't worry. The problem with many-platters Hibachi drives has always been heat. But as long as there's a minimal air flow around the drive, I haven't...

I never asked, but are you studying in a related field or you're moving to something entirely different?

Wouldn't it have been both cheaper and more effective to simply install an Arctic Cooling GPU heatsink instead of going for the watercooling kit? I've seen tests of AC's Accelero heatsinks for graphic cards and they are very efficient. Always quieter than the reference heatsinks too. Thanks...

Pub & Brewery? Could you moderate your post and move it to the Computers forum?

Desktop-replacement portable computers usually don't last long. The heat made by the top-of-the-line processor and powerful graphic card isn't good for the lifespan of a 1.5 inches thick computer. Don't expect it to still work in three years.

If you consider yourself to be overweighted at only 14 stone, then you must be quite short or be very lightly built (I have relatively small bones too). That's also about my weight and I still fit in 34-size jeans.

Who was the mother? She never told me!

Back when you weighted over three hundred pounds, biking would not have been possible for you (most bike makers warn against putting more than 250 or 300 pounds on their vehicles). Now that you're a scant, a feather-like, a fluffy-puff-blown-by-the-breeze* 225 pounds, it would be a good way to...

How can you go full-time student with two kids at your charge? Won the lotery or daddy's rich? Proof of how in bad shape I am right now : I could only make 40 push ups. I might have been able to reach 45 if I really tried hard, but not 50. I can still do 20 using only one arm though...

I have this in my price list. I've never tried it, but it looks ok. Synology also offers very good products, but they are a lot more expensive. Their small NAS boxes can maintain very good speed over network access. X-bit Labs have several reviews of their NAS boxes.

I feel I'm slowly but surely giving up physical training. I still train once in a while, but no longer on a regular basis like I used to up to one year and a half ago. I tried to restart a few times since, for one week or so at a time, but I never followed up. And it's not only because I'm a...

The latest version of Ubuntu is supposed to have impressive boot times. I've read people saying it boots in 8 seconds on their system, although I doubt it. I downloaded it this morning, but I have yet to try it. It takes a lot more ressources than a dedicated OS like FreeNAS or OpenFiler...

Yes it is, although it took me a while to find out where it was written (on a sliding panel next to the card reader module). I'll check the warranty with Dell. I'm so sick of looking at the miserable 20 inches CRT I previously used that I'm tempted to keep it anyway.

I have a single red pixel in the center of the screen. It is incredibly annoying when watching dark movies.

On a three-days/two-nights stay, you should put yogourt and raw meat into it before you unplug it. The cleaning staff we absolutely love you Monday morning.

You could have made it so much simpler : See, that enough. Everyone understands and shares your feeling.

Sennheiser is a name I often hear regarding headphones. Did you ever own one of their models and is the Audio Technica much better? Either Handruin or Ddrueding bought heaphones he really liked about a year ago too, but I don't remember the brand and model.

I receive tons of e-mails from my suppliers with three-years-old lease-return computers with 1Go of RAM, a P4 3GHz and an XP Pro COA for 100$-120$. Those computers are business-class machines from IBM/Lenovo, HP/Compaq or Dell (Optiplex). They tend to be fine and were built to last. The...

Considering Greg is close to sixty, I doubt he would be at risk of being raped.

I wasn't aware that that part could grew back.

If you're doing a call at the customer's office, power down the computer. When no one's looking, unfold a clip and stick it between two pins of the 20 pins ATX connector on the motherboard. Wait for the customer to comeback and power up the computer. When the system fails to boot up and the...

I bought it directly from Dell. I'm not sure their returning policies are the same here as they are in the States. Hopefully, I'll get the newest revision and the sun will shine and the little birds will sing. What will I be driving it with? Let's see...the three computers at my feet have...

Lucky as I am, I'll get an A00 revision. Maybe that's why it's so discounted. I've been screwed. I hate the world. I'll throw myself out the window (don't worry, I'm in the basement).

And I should put in perspective that I'm upgrading from a 14 years old Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 20H with a blurry picture that's giving me headaches.

Do you think 429$ was a bad price to pay for the Dell U2410? Because that's what I just did.

I've found another one, higher power rating and 80 Plus Bronze certified : Silverstone ST45SF. It's almost ridiculous the amount of power that unit can deliver in such a small form factor. You can put this inside the SG05 and build a very high-end system occupying one third of the size of a...

A glance at processor prices in Kunuda.

I guess at that price, you could only afford two or three.

It's pretty much the price I pay them. I sell them over 300$, obviously. I don't know how Microcenter does to sell them at this price. There's always been a slight disparity between the price in the U.S. and here, but it's never been that large before. Only the Core i7 seems to be affected...

Combofix is also quite effective against it. Available here. Run it in safe mode with network access. Only on a Windows XP system though, not compatible with Vista/Win 7.

Combien quoi? Le prix? Roughly 290$. I think it's not too bad. Let's not forget that it's 6 cores at 3.2GHz. It has a 125W thermal enveloppe.

Because someone with basic needs doesn't need an i7 and upgrading the RAM to 8GB on a system that is made to access its RAM in triple channel is even dumber. Only a seal would applaud.

Who's Vulneratum? Whoever you are, thank you for your contribution.

I need an applauding seal, but when I search that on Youtube, I either get links to Democrats congress or the singer with the same name. It's for a customer with basic needs who bought a system with a Core i7 920 and bumped the RAM to 8GB from the original 6GB.

Using a magnet is both more intelligent and less painful.

The new AMD Phenom II X6 1090T has appeared on my price lists today. Same price as a Core i7 860 or i7 930. An asian web site claim to have overclocked one sample up to 4.2GHz, using only 1.4V Vcore. Not bad. Yet I haven't found any review from a reputable source. I wonder how fast it is at...

The Micropolis pillow was Merc's idea, not mine. The subtle sledgehammer is my trademark.

...The GD235HZ is the US equivalent to the European GD245HQ. It is the same monitor (same size, features). Just the name that differs. Amazon has it.

Too bad you need Displayport. Otherwise, the Acer GD245HQ would have fit the bill.

They are also freely available for download on their respective web sites.

You get a free Acronis True Image with both Seagate drives and Western Digital. Seagate calls it DiskWizard. Western Digital calls it True Image, WD Edition. You can't use them in a system deprived of a Seagate or Western Digital drive, like a lot of laptops are. But you can use Macrilium...

Well I tried it and it works fine, thanks for bringing it to my attention. It's not as user-friendly as Acronis True Image, but for computers without a Western Digital or Seagate hard drive, it's a good alternative. The Linux rescue CD works well with NTFS partition, so you don't have to go...

There are ExpressCard controllers with serial ports too, if you trust these more (I would).

Anyone knows when we should expect the cheaper (lower frequency) Core i7 with 6 cores. The i7 980X is all great for the rich bastards, but for the common mortal, Intel's 6 cores processor won't be an option until there's a model selling for 600$ or less. I'm really looking for a 3.2GHz...

Please explain to me the advantage of carbon fiber for an SSD enclosure. Does it dissipate heat better than aluminium? Is someone weak enough to notice the slight weight difference? Will the flash memory chips perform better, being all happy to be surrounded in a rich carbon fiber housing...

For a short period of time like for a 30 days trial? I don't find the business edition. There's the full edition at 39.99$ that you can try for 30 days, but I haven't sen the free business edition.

The small fan on the Perc 6i looks like a noisy one. That case is well ventilated, but not well noise insulated. You must not put this system in your bedroom or living room, aren't you? I don't know Openfiler, but it seems like an interesting piece of software. I use FreeNAS at work, how...

The "s" is silent. Mahn-yee-coor is about as close as an english-speaking person can pronounce it right. If you trully want to ear it, I can try to find a microphone and send you the wave file. There's a French F1 race track that has that name too.