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Thursday, 10 August 2006
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| Quick Launch problem -Nisko- 17:59:30 |
| | Frequently enough, I lose my QuickLaunch icons (all of them). Can someone
tell me where the setting is to restore them (from a backup)? I have over
140 icons and reconstructing them is a royal nuisance. If I could restore
just that part from a backup, life would be a lot simpler. Thanks.......
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| Safest long terms archival media? Kaptain Apokalypse 16:46:46 |
| | Hello everyone. This is my first post to the NG so apologies if this has
already been covered. I did a quick search here and didn't find anything
similar.
I wonder what this group's views are on the best long-term data storage
media is? In my particular case I would like to archive digital images and
documents, of which I have many thousands of.
I suppose the cheapest and easiest way to archive data is CD/DVD however I
do not know how reliable such media would be over a period of say 20+ years.
Is this dependant on the quality of the CD/DVD media, or is CD/DVD not a
reliable long term storage solution? What about USB memory sticks? The 2
gigabyte sticks are fairly cheap at the moment, but do they offer a safe and
long-lasting storage solution?
Your advice would be appreciated as would any suggestions for more reliable
data storage methods.
Mike.
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| Overclocking with a Stock HP Motherboard? Anonymous 16:09:01 |
| | Hi Folks,
I have an HP Pavilion ze4325us laptop; of course, since it's a complete
package type system, the bios does not have any overclocking settings. The
system has an AMD Athlon XP Mobile 2000+ chip and I'd like to overclock it
without buying a new motherboard, power supply, memory, case, etc. Is there
something mechanical that I can do to the motherboard (solder and wires) or
some software way to overclock this chip with my current hardware?
Thanks!
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| Macro-Op fusion does not work in 64-bit mode YKhan 09:41:26 |
| | "The thing is though, while MOF may be touted as the best thing since
sliced bread, it does not cause many performance problems when it is
off. It appears that the bottleneck in the CPU is not in that aspect of
the pipeline, so its loss has little speed impact. More on this when
the testing is complete."
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33347
Macro-op Fusion was one of the big hype items of the
Conroe/Merom/Woodcrest. This feature is supposed to be one of the
things giving Intel it's edge over AMD in the performance wars. Now it
turns out that it doesn't even work in 64-bit mode. But apparently it's
no big deal. Most of us have already figured out that the real secret
behind CMW is its big L2 cache, but Intel downplayed that. So Intel
can't have it both ways, either MOF is important, and Intel will have
to explain why it isn't available when in 64-bit mode and why CMW is
crippled in that mode? Or MOF isn't important, and Intel has to admit
that it's all due the cache.
Yousuf Khan
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| KVM switch use with Wireless USB mouse and keyboard ??? Home Theatre Guy 08:19:45 |
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KVM switch use with Wireless USB mouse and keyboard ???
I've got 3 computers and i want to control them all with my Wireless
USB keyboard and mouse.
Is this possible.
If so some URLS to some KVS would be nice 
Thanks.
/PS I'am in Australia.
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| Core 2 Duo PC keeps shutting down itself after 2 seconds and booting up nonstop Guest 04:17:20 |
| | Turn machine on,
CPU fan spins,
No beep,
No signal to monitor,
2 seconds later,
Turns off itself,
2 seconds of silence,
Boots itself up again,
2 seconds later,
Turns off itself,
Repeat,
Repeat,
etc.
What could be the problem? Motherboard or CPU?
NOTE: It worked when I first booted the machine after building it, went
into BIOS, checked temps, etc.
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| What's a good working temperature for laptop HD? Yousuf Khan 04:05:49 |
| | On one of my laptops, I'm seeing hard disk temperatures ranging from
48-52C, as measured by MobileMeter. Disk is a 100G Fujitsu MVH2100AH.
I've downloaded the specs PDF for it, and it talks about ambient
operating temperature of 5-55C (ambient), or 5-60C (disk enclosure
surface). I'm not sure if the hard drive sitting inside a laptop is the
same as operating inside a disk enclosure. But the temperature seems too
close to be comfortable in either case.
Yousuf Khan
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| Intel's future graphics tech is PowerVR Air Raid 03:56:36 |
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33318
(slightly edited from Inq's original post)
Intel's future graphics tech is PowerVR
Shader-like SGX licensed
Friday 28 July 2006
INTEL'S NEW graphics offering is on the way and, as we expected, it'll
be based on the on/off PowerVR architecture.
Intel licensed Imaginations Technologies' SGX programmable Shader core
architecture and is using it in its G965. These boards and the graphics
capability inside are expected to arrive shortly and they will be Vista
premium ready.
Intel prevailed in its fight to achieve Vista premium compatibility and
is able to finally wave goodbye to ATI's entry-level chipset. Intel
simply doesn't need it any more.
So some next-generation Intel graphics - possibly even the discrete
graphic will certainly be Imagination Technologies' PowerVR based.
The next one is Muse, actually stands for Media Unified Shading Engine
and is the way to use more of the SGX cores in parallel and make a
powerful devices, even the multi-pipeline graphic core.
We expect Intel PowerVR offerings to be introduced certainly towards
the middle of the next year - if not even earlier.
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| no sound - problem with motherboard MarcinR 03:41:55 |
| | Hello
I have problem: there is no sound from my SB Audigy 2 Value.
Here I describe how it happened.
I was trying to install a new cooler on my Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT
(Pentagram Freezone XC-70 Al+). It wasn't easy, because it doesn't fit
exactly to my hardware (but the manual of that cooler says it does...
 . (Maybe it's because my motherboard. The problem is that the
radiator touches the PCI bus, that is near AGP and Radeon can't be
inserted properly).
Ok, I've tried several times to insert Radeon in AGP slot, and finally I
took off that cooler and installed another one. Then I've spotted that
there is no sound, even noise in speakers when they are turned on. It
can't be a software problem because there is no sound under Windows XP
and Linux both since the same time.
Speakers work, I've checked on the other source. Sound card works, I've
checked it in another PC. PCI works because network card is working all
the time.
The question is: could I destroy something on the motherboard, that
doesn't interrupt network card's work, but make that problems with PCI
sound?
I've also tried to install my AC'97 sound card integrated with
motherboard but it seems to doesn't work too.
And at last, a small tip: there is a small cut (0.5 mm x 2 mm) on the
motherboard near the PCI bus, nearest the AGP. Probably I've made it
with screwdriver when I was trying to install that cooler 
Can it be the source of the problem?
Sorry for my bad english :]
Marcin R.
My PC:
Athlon 2600+ XP Barton
Asus A7N8X
2 x 256 MB DDR RAM
Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT + Pentagram Freezone XC-70 Al+
SB Audigy 2 Value
WD Caviar 120 GB
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| Dual core Mobo Bh2 03:36:09 |
| | Hi guys,
I have a Epox 9nda3J Mobo with a AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939. Now the
new dual core athlons are out and I can a socket 939, I assume that my Mobo
will support it, am I correct or do I need a different Mobo
Thank for you help
Regards
Bob
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| Utility to burn in new hard drive? Joe S 02:44:17 |
| | Are there any utilities which can burn-in a new hard drive before I
start to use it?
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| Hibernation Problem James Padolsey 02:21:49 |
| | i turn on the machine-->i do stuff -->i hibernate-->it works-->i turn
it on from hibernation-->it works-->i try to hibernate-->it fails-->i
shut it down...etc....etc
Always in this exact order. My page file is as big as windows will
allow-->4096mb. So i dont think that that is the problem. (Even though
windows recomends 4600mb it only allows 4096-->weird)
Can anyone help?
Because it is getting very annoying!
Thanks in advance.
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| external dvd writer for laptop: suggestion? Lorenzo 02:04:26 |
| | Hi all.
I bought a lenovo X60, the lightest without optical reader, since i
think i will use it seldom.
Which one to buy for those few times in which I whis to burn a cd/dvd?
i would like to be also light, since i saw some "slight" model, but i
have no clue if they work properly nor wich brand choose (plextor,
lacie, liteon,...)
thanks a lot in advance
l
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| GA-M59SLI-S5 won't boot Matt Casella 01:25:47 |
| | Here's my setup, everything is "new" ordered from newegg
Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 motherboard
AMD64 x2 4600+
Apevia (Aspire) X-Plorer ATX APEVIA (ASPIRE) X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-AL/ 420W
Power Supply
2 GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 800
I've plugged in the 24 pin main power connector, but it seems my power
supply only has a 4 pin 12v. Do I need to buy a 4 to 8 pin adapter? Or
a new power supply (I kind of have the feeling now that 420W might seem
kinda small for my setup).
Other than that, is there any easy way that I can tell whether the
problem is in the PSU or if the motherboard was DOA?? All I can say is
that I feel the motherboard start to get warm when everything is
plugged in. No LCD, fans, or any beeps, etc when I turn on the power.
I was planning on buying a DMM, but don't have one right now.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-Matt
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| ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Wont Boot or Beep Colin Steadman 01:25:31 |
| | I've just bought a ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 and a AMD 939 4400+ X2
processor. I've taken out my old mobo and processor from my PC and
installed the new ones. I then took the memory out of the old mobo and
stuck it in the AsRock and installed the graphics card (and of course
the mobo power, speaker and case panel leads ect).
This should have been enough to boot, however when I powered it up
nothing happened. The case, cpu and graphics card fans all spin up so
the mobo is getting power. However I dont get anything on the monitor
or any beeps on the speaker.
The mobo manual does not have a trouble shooting section so I dont know
what to try next. Could anyone suggest what may be the problem or what
I could do to diagnose it?
TIA,
Colin
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| ASUS / Pentium D overheating & other problems DustWolf 00:57:28 |
| | Hello,
I got here a brand new system with Pentium D (2core) 3 GHz and ASUS
motherboard (P5LD2, intel chipset) / graphic card (NVIDIA GeForce 7600
GT).
The system was originaly shipped here with a broken PSU, outdated BIOS
and no fans short of the CPU one. I've added a rear 12 cm fan sucking
air out (with a spin regulator set so it's not too noisy), got the PSU
replaced, updated the BIOS, and later added an extra 9 cm fan to blow
cold air towards the CPU fan and memory chips from outside.
I am testing the computer in regulated temperature environment at a
stable 23В°C.
The thing is...
1. The ASUS hardware monitoring software always crashes if started at
bootup (and occasionally inbetween too) I updated the BIOS and the ASUS
software to fix that, but most of the crash-situations remain (the
monitoring software starts running really slow, like one window update
per minute, and End Task doesn't make it go away). Also, with this new
P5LD2 BIOS from the ASUS website, the "System Monitor" area in the BIOS
doesn't work anymore (tho the Windows-based monitoring software works a
bit better).
2. When the computer comes back from being idle a long time, the
taskbar area is black and doesn't redraw unless clicked upon.
3. The motherboard temperature is 40В°C... it was 46В°C before I
installed the extra 9 cm fan.
4. The CPU idle temperature is 50В°C ... 60В°C before I installed the
extra 9 cm fan and it skyrockets if the CPU is in use. This is while
Not using the ASUS AI NOS feature or otherwise overclocking the CPU.
Is all of this normal / to be expected?
The ASUS PC Probe || monitoring software declares the motherboard over
45В°C and CPU over 60В°C as warning temperatures. Is this reasonable?
I would like to bring down the temperature of the CPU to something that
wouldn't cause all off the alarms going off durring normal usage,
however I already installed all the possible fans around it. What can I
do to bring down it's temperature further?
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Wednesday, 9 August 2006
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| A64 4000+ or X2 4200+? Job 23:47:21 |
| | $144 U.S. for the A64 4000+ w/1MB l2.
$185 for the X2 4200+ w/ 2x512 L2
For Games.Which one dudes?Thanks
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| Why two of each? Wes Stebbins 23:44:37 |
| | have a brand new IS7-V2 (Intel i848P-ICH5) 1.0 Abit motherboard., with
Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 08/17/2004 BIOS. It has a 2.9 Celeron
processor, a Western Digital WD400JB-00ETA0 40 GB hard drive, a generic IDE
DVD-ROM 16X drive and a TDK CDRW241040B CD R/W drive, and a 3.5" floppy
drive.
I have the TDK Burner and the DVD on IDE 2 on the motherboard, and only the
Hard Drive on IDE 1.
The problem is in hardware devices in control panel, I apparrently have two
each of the following:
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Everytime I try to right-click on every one of the above (not just one
representative of each) and Uninstall, then after I'm done (with all 6) I
reboot, the duplicates still always show up. IT always reinstalls all 6
everytime when detecting new hardware after rebooting.
Any insight on this would be beneficial.
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| MB Recommendation Please No Thanks 23:43:53 |
| | I'm hoping to pick some of your brains. I've currently got an FX-55 with
a couple of gigs of RAM and that is coupled with an X1900XTX PE that
will soon have a companion crossfire edition X1900. I know I'll be
upgrading the CPU down the road (probably next year sometime) but was
wondering what MB currently available is good for me with expansion
possibilities for the future. I'll probably be looking for a dual core
compatible board. Suggestions? Thanks!
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| Laptop Advise Breck Fontaine 23:36:29 |
| | Hello,
My neice is in grade school and wants a laptop to fool around
with (browsing the internet, and email ect...). I am looking at a
refurbished Dell Latitude C600 with a 1ghz CPU, 256mb ram, windows
2000, and a 20gig hard drive. Does this sound like a good option? I
can't find out what type of graphic card it has. I don't know much
about laptops. Any help or advise would be appreciated.
Thank you!
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| DVD writer slow burning Guest 23:16:53 |
| | Hello,
I was happy with my LG 4163 DVD burner. It used to take about 12-13
minutes to burn a DVD at 4x speed. I burned around 350 DVDs. All of a
sudden it started to take about 35 minutes to burn a DVD at 4x speed.
What happened? The laser is getting weaker?
Thank you in advance,
Mike
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| specs for a new system im gonna build S Sivarajah 20:23:30 |
| | gigabyte ga-965p-ds3
intel core 2 duo e6400
corsair ddr2 533mhz pc4200 1gb ram
seagate baracuda 250gb, 7200rpm,16mb cache
ati radeon x1600 512mb pci-e
ati tv tuner
pioneer dvr-111d dvdrw
antec p160w OR p180
ocz modstream...should i get 450 or 520 watts?
and floppy
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is there anything i should be aware of with these products?
are any compatiblity issues present?
any bottlenecks?
also..when building..is there anything special i need to do?
like make sure my windows xp has sp1 to see the large hard drive? (the
lba or something)
installing sata drivers for the mobo?
memory tests?
etc.
thanks in advance
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| HardDrive: Seagate vs. Hitachi? S Sivarajah 18:45:07 |
| | I am planning to get a
SATA2, 250 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB Cache hard drive.
Would you guys recommend one of these brands over the other?
Any experiences?
Any specific model numbers?
Compatibility issues?
Setting up issues when building computer? ie. drivers for motherboard,
winXP sp1, etc.
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