[H] Cool Idea
Cool Idea http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Al It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that Ping. Duke Ellington, 1932
Re: [H] Cool Idea
At 09:05 AM 15/07/2005, Al wrote: Cool Idea http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Very cool. I want one. T
RE: [H] Cool Idea
It is neat, saw this yesterday. But how much, I wonder? Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:06 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] Cool Idea Cool Idea http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Al It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that Ping. Duke Ellington, 1932
Re: [H] Cool Idea
Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn. Sign me up. Me too. But their mouse idea sucks rubber ducks. http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/mus/ Al
Re: [H] Cool Idea
Yeech. Figures that they'd target that POS towards the Mac crowd. I don't know a single person who uses a Mac who hasn't put a 2 button scroll mouse on their computer. Al wrote: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn. Sign me up. Me too. But their mouse idea sucks rubber ducks. http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/mus/ Al
Re: [H] Cool Idea
- Original Message - From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [H] Cool Idea Only if the darned thing is cheap they make it for Winders instead of the darned Mac-in-Toss. I wonder if they even have a working prototype yet. It's got to be very expensive to have a display that changes for every key Yall are far ahead of this country boy in technology. I bought my first wireless mouse less than a year ago and bought one for my wife, also. I, being a computer technician, bought a wireless mouse and keyboard for my bench. It works even on old AT computers if you have a PS/2 mouse port and use a converter for the AT 5 pin keyboard port. My question now is when I want a wireless keyboard on my personal computer and on my wife's computer, what do I do with those wireless Microsoft mice I have for them, give them away or try to sell them cheap? I want the wireless keyboard/mouse set so I will not have to deal with 2 receiving units (1 for keyboard and 1 for mouse) on each computer. Although I run a fast computer I am not fast in changing peripherals. I still have an old pre Windows XP HP scanner (with issues with the XP drivers HP released for it) a HP LaserJet 1100 parallel port printer and an ancient Palm Pilot that uses a com port and I plan to get several more years out of them. Yall left me in the dust talking about these new fangled keyboards and mice. Chuck
RE: [H] Cool Idea
Dammit and I just bought a Gyration pro mouse and keyboard!! The range is great, but the keyboard is nothing compared to my old Honeywell that it replaced. RIP Honeywell ... the best keyboard I had for 13 years before the spacebar was pissing me off. Adios, Tony --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sent: Friday, 15 July 2005 10:06 To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] Cool Idea Cool Idea http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Al It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that Ping. Duke Ellington, 1932
RE: [H] Cool Idea
Yep, I use a Gyro as well in a lot of my MCE installs, though I've tried the new Belkin MCE keyboard and MS MCE Keyboard as well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Antoniou Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 11:10 AM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: RE: [H] Cool Idea Dammit and I just bought a Gyration pro mouse and keyboard!! The range is great, but the keyboard is nothing compared to my old Honeywell that it replaced. RIP Honeywell ... the best keyboard I had for 13 years before the spacebar was pissing me off. Adios, Tony --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sent: Friday, 15 July 2005 10:06 To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] Cool Idea Cool Idea http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ Al It don't mean a thing, if you ain't got that Ping. Duke Ellington, 1932
RE: [H] Cool Idea
What kind of range? I need good ones, affordable, with at least 30 feet range. -Original message- From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:50:17 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] Cool Idea At 12:37 PM 7/15/2005, Chris Reeves typed: Yep, I use a Gyro as well in a lot of my MCE installs, though I've tried the new Belkin MCE keyboard and MS MCE Keyboard as well. I use the LiteOn Airboard Wireless Keyboard/Joystick Mouse that I got from http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/Keyboard/sk7100.asp even tho they say it's discontinued on that page their only saying that because LiteOn has discontinued them but the last I looked they were selling them for only $29 which ain't bad for wireless kbd/mouse combo. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
[H] AMD64 Heat Issues
I recently put together a new system with an AMD64 3700+ San Diego core cpu. One of the reasons I build a new system was that I was having heat issues with my Athlon XP 3200+. The mobo design of the Gigabyte GA-7NNXP does not leave many options for larger hsf installation. I was hoping that the newer, cooler running AMD64 would eliminate this problem. I thought it had. Initial temps were in the 25-30 degree C range, with temps raising to the mid to high 30 degree range under load and the low 40s under heavier load. I recently did a longer video recode and the alarm for 60 degrees C started sounding! (I am running the stock cooler provided with the retail AMD chip and monitoring the temperature with the included EasyTune 5 utility). I started monitoring the situation closer and notice that under normal loads I do not have a temp problem. Coding with NeroVision directly to DVD or Hard drive tops out in the low 50s. If the resulting DVD is larger than 4.4 GB, I have to write to the hard drive and then use Nero Recode to compress the files to fit. This is where I am having problems. I usually do the two pass method with Nero when the compression is below the mid 90% area. This requires two passes of about 8 minutes each (versus about 3 minutes with no compression necessary). It is during these extended recode sessions that the temperature climbs. If I pause the recode process when the temperature exceeds 60 degress, the temperature quickly falls into the 40s and I can resume. Checking out the AMD site seems to indicate that the max temp for the San Diego core 3700+ is between 65 or 70 degrees, depending upon the CPUID. 1) Does anyone have a definitive number for the max CPU temp for the AMD 64 3700+? I don't want to disassemble the system to get the CPUID and I can't make heads or tales of the results of the AMD CPUID softwar. utility 2) Does anyone have a HSF suggestion that will fit on a Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9 motherboard? 3) Do other list members run into similar heat problems with their AMD64 CPUs? 4) Any tips or suggestions on how to run this chip cooler? Thanks for your input and suggestions. Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [H] Open Source Heretic
No its actually pretty cheap compared to other security products. I think we are in the 20 dollar range per seat as compared to 40+ for most AV and IPS solutions. But don't quote me on the price thing. But the thing that is coolest is that you can control applications network access. So you can allow media players to run but block them from the network. Or you could just block media players all together. Or you can block media players for everyone but allow it for a group of users. I worked on the QA of that product then moved into the security team and do research into Malware for that product. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:17 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Open Source Heretic That looks pretty damn cool. I bet it's expensive as hell, though. Mesdaq, Ali wrote: Ahh yes that would be awesome to do. And group policies do rock. But if you want to take it a little bit further you should check out CPM from Websense great application control ability. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:05 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Open Source Heretic What I was trying to say is that if I could lock down Windows machines with a central policy fed from a Linux machine, that would be great. I have found that a proper implementation of Group Policy and locking down end-user machines fairly tight has saved me countless hours of troubleshooting and repairing Windows client PC's. Computers that I have built and locked down are still running strong, five years after I deployed them. With zero maintenance. I love active directory and group policy. Locking down a Linux machine is a bit tougher. I found a nice tool called Kiosk Tool for KDE, but it doesn't have any sort of central mechanisim for managing clients. Mesdaq, Ali wrote: Did you mean if you could lock down a linux machine?
RE: [H] Cool Idea
At 03:28 PM 7/15/2005, Thane Sherrington typed: Still not allowed to leave the house? I thought that was over now. :) ROTFLMAO --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] AMD64 Heat Issues
The 90nm Venice and San Diego cores are very cool running chips. My overclocked, overvolted Venice at 2.61GHz runs around 28C idle, and 42C max load. Temperatures of the extreme you mention almost definitely indicate one of two things: 1. Improper reporting of the temperature (try closing whatever you're using and use Speedfan) 2. Improper installation of the heatsink/fan, or somehow significantly obstructed case airflow. Sometimes you can have a situation with a particular BIOS release having incorrect temperature readings, so I would check that you are running the latest BIOS. If you are, you might try downgrading one revision. If I were you, I would start an encode, then feel how hot the heatsink is after a while of running. Greg - Original Message - From: James Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 3:55 PM Subject: [H] AMD64 Heat Issues I recently put together a new system with an AMD64 3700+ San Diego core cpu. One of the reasons I build a new system was that I was having heat issues with my Athlon XP 3200+. The mobo design of the Gigabyte GA-7NNXP does not leave many options for larger hsf installation. I was hoping that the newer, cooler running AMD64 would eliminate this problem. I thought it had. Initial temps were in the 25-30 degree C range, with temps raising to the mid to high 30 degree range under load and the low 40s under heavier load. I recently did a longer video recode and the alarm for 60 degrees C started sounding! (I am running the stock cooler provided with the retail AMD chip and monitoring the temperature with the included EasyTune 5 utility).
[H] WinPE for recovery
Well my machine was affected by a power outage, not the CPU and board per say but the keyboard and mouse got screwed up which in turn corrupted the %root%\windows\system32\config file. I can not boot into XP and I can not get into safe mode or safe mode command prompt as it always balks at that config file. Tried booting to the XP CD and doing the recovery console and running the system restore file but it will not run there. There was no automated system recovery floppy made (ya I know) and I do not have a back up done ( again ya ya I know) We had a discussion about this a little while back and I think Wayne said that he had a way to get to a restore point with the PE Cd Or does anyone have any other things to try? I installed another install but I can not get to the other one to fix it that I can find. Running system restore in safe mode is MS's answer but I can not get there. Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [H] AMD64 Heat Issues
Did you take off the pad and put a good paste instead? Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: James Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Date: 7/15/2005 1:56:17 PM Subject: [H] AMD64 Heat Issues I recently put together a new system with an AMD64 3700+ San Diego core cpu. One of the reasons I build a new system was that I was having heat issues with my Athlon XP 3200+. The mobo design of the Gigabyte GA-7NNXP does not leave many options for larger hsf installation. I was hoping that the newer, cooler running AMD64 would eliminate this problem. I thought it had. Initial temps were in the 25-30 degree C range, with temps raising to the mid to high 30 degree range under load and the low 40s under heavier load. I recently did a longer video recode and the alarm for 60 degrees C started sounding! (I am running the stock cooler provided with the retail AMD chip and monitoring the temperature with the included EasyTune 5 utility). Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[H] For Off-List Any PS2 Owner, technical question
I have a technical question RE: PS2/External HDD Software. Off-list, please ;) Danke!
[H] firefox ?
installed firefox to see if it would work to a site I am having trouble with ( math tutoring site for son) connects in shop but not in main box. ( will on rare occasion ) FF didn't help but when I went to my bank site it said SSL was disabled. Have no trouble with IE there. How do I enable SSL ? perhaps it is my bug with the tutor site thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) -- Don't judge a book by its mini-series.
Re: [H] WinPE for recovery
At 08:07 PM 7/15/2005, Mark Dodge typed: We had a discussion about this a little while back and I think Wayne said that he had a way to get to a restore point with the PE Cd I was saying that I don't use restore points even when a system is running correctly that with my XpPe compilations I usually can recover a system from anything. There was a version of a bug that would turn off the top 10 AV apps by name so that included their respective websites if you booted the system from the HD at all the bug was active even in safe mode. The only way I could clean that particular bug was with my XpPe Cd since the HD is never booted. I'd have the system cleaned in 15 min or less while other shops would charge literally hundreds restoring the system while losing the data w/o telling the customer that the data was gone. Stuff like this just made me look like the ultimate geek. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
RE: [H] WinPE for recovery
At 10:33 PM 7/15/2005, Chris Reeves typed: Yep. Bart has been a good friend. Thanks to all the plugin repositories, it's possible to build bart into almost anything. Hell, I finally screwed around and built Bart on a bootable DVD just so I could fit all the tools I wanted recently :) I've got a disk that way too but unfortunately most of my clients don't have DVD drives yet. What I want is to be able to do it on a thumb drive but haven't gotten the bugs worked out of that yet so the one that I have on a 180meg 3.5 CDRW that I slip into my shirt pocket will have to do for those unexpected emergencies. You know the ones. Hey Wayne, while you're here could you look at my computer it won't boot. I knew there was a reason I got invited to my wife's 3rd cousin twice removed cousin's birthday party she's only 3 I had never seen her before in my life. ---+-- a Windows Xp based Diagnostic Recovery CD http://www.xppe.com/
RE: [H] WinPE for recovery
*laugh* yep, I carry one like that too. Pretty much, I've boiled down the DVD version pretty exclusive for server recovery; I've never had better luck at recovering a damaged AD or recovering a broken Exchange Store.. genious stuff. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:52 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] WinPE for recovery At 10:33 PM 7/15/2005, Chris Reeves typed: Yep. Bart has been a good friend. Thanks to all the plugin repositories, it's possible to build bart into almost anything. Hell, I finally screwed around and built Bart on a bootable DVD just so I could fit all the tools I wanted recently :) I've got a disk that way too but unfortunately most of my clients don't have DVD drives yet. What I want is to be able to do it on a thumb drive but haven't gotten the bugs worked out of that yet so the one that I have on a 180meg 3.5 CDRW that I slip into my shirt pocket will have to do for those unexpected emergencies. You know the ones. Hey Wayne, while you're here could you look at my computer it won't boot. I knew there was a reason I got invited to my wife's 3rd cousin twice removed cousin's birthday party she's only 3 I had never seen her before in my life. ---+-- a Windows Xp based Diagnostic Recovery CD http://www.xppe.com/
Re: [H] WinPE for recovery
You are in my address book it should go thru Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Original Message] From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Date: 7/15/2005 7:42:27 PM Subject: Re: [H] WinPE for recovery At 10:08 PM 7/15/2005, Mark Dodge typed: I need one to be able to go to a previous point before the config file was corrupted. How do I do that with the XpPe CD?? Off list would be fine I tried writing you off list but your Earthlink software wouldn't let me thru. FWIW I have no such white list of acceptable senders. ;-) --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] firefox ?
This sound bizar, What version of FF did you try, did you already have FF on your pc, are you using any extensions? Generally it's a good idea to NOT use extensions when you first load FF, then slowly add your favs, for me my top 2 are adblock and noscript.On 7/15/05, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: installed firefox to see if it would work to a site I am having trouble with ( math tutoring site for son) connects in shop but not in main box. ( will on rare occasion )FF didn't help but when I went to my bank site it said SSL was disabled. Have no trouble with IE there.How do I enable SSL ? perhaps it is my bug with the tutor sitethanksfp --Tallyho ! ]:8)--Don't judge a book by its mini-series.-- -Franciscohttp://pcthis.blogspot.com |PC news with out the jargon! http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More...
Re: [H] Shouldn't your keyboard reflect your status as one of the elite?
At 12:52 AM 7/16/2005, Al typed: Shouldn't your keyboard reflect your status as one of the elite? http://www.daskeyboard.com/ If you ask me these should be for typists not necessarily for geeks except for the kewl factor. I don't know about you but I don't invite peeps over to see my keyboard but maybe I could do that instead of inviting the ladies up to see my etchings. ;-) --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
