[H] FS - 2 x 512MB Mushkin PC3500

[Veech]

sorry, it is PC3500

I'm selling 2 512MB sticks of Mushkin PC3500 DDR RAM I bought a while back,
is anyone interested in it?

I have tried it in the P4C800-E board, and it won't play nice, when put in
as a pair. Turns out the mobo isn't rated for the PC3500...  bonehead buy on
my part.  They work fine individually.

Let me know at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

thanks!

RE: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

[Veech]

heh...  wotta waste!!

Chris, you OC the 3800 X2, right?  What board are you using?  I'm now
backing off of the Asus A8N-SLI due to folks on Anand's forum complaining
about it.  Can't decide yet.  Folks say that NF4 boards are rife with
problems anyway..

You went GTX?  wow, what monitor/resolution are you using?

Nobody has mentioned FEAR yet.  I got it last Sunday, and it's forcing me to
upgrade my system  Just got 2x 1GB RAM sticks, that'll temporarily help my
choppy poerformance until i get the other components in.  FEAR has the most
amazing AI I have ever seen, it really is a pulse-racer!  Thsese guys really
seem to think on their own.

Yep, Q4 & SS2 are on the way, Earth 2160 is coming next month as well.  Was
lean times for a while, now a glut of great games.  wooohooo!

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Reeves
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:31 PM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: RE: [H] OT - Great week for gaming


Civ IV is the first game I'll buy on the first day it releases since.. Civ
III.  :)  I've seen the behind the scenes looks, etc.. Hell, if just for the
new religion aspect and nuclear powers (plus bringing back wonder videos) as
well as influence in battle.. Oh yeah, I'm all over Civ IV :)

(You know, it's weird, people ask all the time, here I am running a 3800X2 +
a 7800GTX, and the hottest game on my PC will be Civ IV..)

CW





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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:02 PM
To: hwg
Subject: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

I just got Age of Empires 3 in the mail today and Civ 4 is coming tomorrow.
Been waiting a couple years for these games :)

BTW, if anyone is going to pick up AOE 3 the Collector's Edition is WELL
worth it.  You get the game, a making of DVD, soundtrack on CD, a well
written book with an overview of history, each civ, and how to
rush/boom/turtle with each civ, an awesome coffe table art book, a poster, a
manual, and a fold-out quick reference chart.  Awesome OOTB experience :)

Downside is my girlfriend is going to hate me for the next few months :(
--
Brian

Re: [H] OT - Great week for gaming

[Veech]

I have heard that Q4 is basically the same as Doom 3.  Lots of dark narrow 
environments with monsters that jump out at you.  Other than the hell level, 
I didn't care for D3 at all.  I'll still get Q4, but in a couple of months 
when it's $29.95.


I'd have to check the AT boards to recall the issues, onboard firewall I 
think was one.  So I guess just disable and use software.  I think the best 
A8N to get is the premium for the quieter cooling, correct?



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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:28 AM
Subject: RE: [H] OT - Great week for gaming


Nothing wrong with the Asus A8N-SLi that I am aware of.I have an 3800 
X2

running at 2.6GHz on it, rock stable. In fact its the most recomended mobo
(along with the DFI LanParty, despite its pickyness with RAM) on the
www.hexus.net forums, so many have them and none are reporting an
issue.odd.
What are the specific NF4 problems they are talking about?

On the games front; I received FEAR a few days ago but haven't had the
chance to install it yet :( Although I played the SP demo and really 
enjoyed

that.

Q4 I have on order but have the feeling that I am not going to like it
AGAIN. I think if its as weak as the last 2, then it will be the last ID
game I buy until they can prove that they can do something else other then
design game engines for other companies to buy.

Regards,

Jason Tozer
Database Analyst
London
Ext 1131 - 3SC.5


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Veech
Sent: 20 October 2005 07:16
To: The Hardware List
Subject: RE: [H] OT - Great week for gaming


heh...  wotta waste!!

Chris, you OC the 3800 X2, right?  What board are you using?  I'm now
backing off of the Asus A8N-SLI due to folks on Anand's forum complaining
about it.  Can't decide yet.  Folks say that NF4 boards are rife with
problems anyway..

You went GTX?  wow, what monitor/resolution are you using?

Nobody has mentioned FEAR yet.  I got it last Sunday, and it's forcing me 
to

upgrade my system  Just got 2x 1GB RAM sticks, that'll temporarily help my
choppy poerformance until i get the other components in.  FEAR has the 
most
amazing AI I have ever seen, it really is a pulse-racer!  Thsese guys 
really

seem to think on their own.

Yep, Q4 & SS2 are on the way, Earth 2160 is coming next month as well. 
Was

lean times for a while, now a glut of great games.  wooohooo!



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RE: [H] FEAR 4sale

[Veech]

ok, so whaddya think of the game?

I upgraded to 2x1G RAM and it runs very smoothly now at 800 x 600, but
pushing resolution any further I get choppy frame rate.  I like this game
simply because it'll push me to upgrade my system (well, and I like it
anyway because the AI is freaky realistic).  This is the first game where
the recommended specs are at or above what I have.  Rec P4 3.0, I have P4
3.0.  Rec 1G RAM, I have 2G.  Rec 9800Pro 256MB, I have 9800pro 128MB.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 7:58 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] FEAR 4sale


I got my preordered DVD edition of FEAR yesterday. It had two copies in the
box. Somebody messed up. Anyway first offer of $30 via paypal gets the DVD
and sleeve (with cd key) UPSed to them Monday.



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Re: [H] GunRun

[Veech]

One try, score 2197...

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From: "Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:32 AM
Subject: [H] GunRun





http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/gunrun.html


Al
http://home.comcast.net/~al_anger/

"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
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RE: [H] GunRun

[Veech]

*ack*  no wonder FEAR is kicking my ass...

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Julian Zottl
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 6:48 PM
To: The Hardware List; The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] GunRun


First try, 16119... I had been playing BF2 all night though, haha..
_
Julian Zottl
CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC
Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta
sniff the right packets



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Reply-To: The Hardware List 
Date:  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:52:04 -0700

>One try, score 2197...
>
>- Original Message -
>From: "Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: 
>Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:32 AM
>Subject: [H] GunRun
>
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/gunrun.html
>>
>>
>> Al
>> http://home.comcast.net/~al_anger/
>>
>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>>
>

Re: [H] -ot- Women are from Venus, and Men just want to blow it up.

[Veech]

Classic!!  Thanks for the laugh!


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From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:37 AM
Subject: [H] -ot- Women are from Venus, and Men just want to blow it up.



I think people will find this funny.

T

Offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix: The 
professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a new 
form called the tandem story. The process is simple.
Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate 
right. As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a 
short story. You  will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send another 
copy to me. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another 
paragraph to the story and send it back,  so sending another copy to me. 
The first person will then add a third paragraph, and so on 
back-and-forth. Remember to re-read what has been written each time in 
order to keep the story coherent.
There is to be absolutely NO talking outside of the e-mails and anything 
you wish to say must be written in the e-mail. The story is over when both 
agree a conclusion has been reached.
The following was actually turned in by two of his English students: 
Rebecca and Gary:

THE STORY:
(first paragraph by Rebecca)
At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The
chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home,
now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier
times, that he liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all
costs, keep her mind off Carl.  His possessiveness
was suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma
started acting up again. So chamomile was out of the question.
(second paragraph by Gary)
Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack
squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to
think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo
named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year
ago.  "A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he said into his
transgalactic communicator.  "Polar orbit established. No sign of
resistance so far..."  But before he could sign off a bluish
particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's 
cargo

bay. The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat
and across the cockpit.
(Rebecca) He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not
before he felt one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing
the one woman who had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards,
Earth stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful
farmers of Skylon 4. "Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing
War and Space Travel," Laurie read in her newspaper one morning.
The news simultaneously excited her and bored her. She stared
out the window, dreaming of her youth, when the days had passed
unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspaper to read, no television
to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the
beautiful things around her. "Why must one lose one's innocence to
become a woman?" she pondered wistfully.
(Gary )   Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to
live. Thousands of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership
launched the first of its lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted
wimpy peaceniks who pushed the Unilateral Aerospace disarmament
Treaty through the congress had left Earth a defenseless target for
the hostile alien empires who were determined to destroy the human
race. Within two hours after the passage of
the treaty the Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth, carrying
enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one to
stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The
lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The
President, in his top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the
ocean floor off the coast of Guam, felt the inconceivably massive
explosion, which vaporized poor, stupid Laurie.
(Rebecca) This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of
literature. My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic
semi-literate adolescent.
(Gary) Yeah? Well, my writing partner is a self-centered
tedious neurotic whose attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of
Valium. "Oh, shall I have chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort 
of

F--KING TEA??? Oh no, what am I to do? I'm such an air headed bimbo
who reads too many Danielle Steele novels!"
(Rebecca) Asshole.
(Gary) Bitch
(Rebecca) F__K YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!
(Gary) Go drink some tea - whore.
(TEACHER) A+ - I really liked this one.

[H] HL2 Lost Coast Expansion Pack

[Veech]

Lost Coast apparently has just been released, haven't checked it out yet
though...

anyone else?

Veech

RE: [H] Half-Doom er I mean FEAR is done

[Veech]

Other than some intense combat sequences, I'm not that amazed with it.  But
those crazy gun battles can really get my adrenaline pumping.  Still, I like
HL2 much better..

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Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:27 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Half-Doom er I mean FEAR is done


Completed it last Wednesday. I've come to call it half-doom while playing
it cause it plays and looks kind of like Half-Life2 with all the combat
soldiers but has a sinister story line sort of like Doom3 but doesn't get
there. The end is a bit disappointing. Where are the freakazoid half human
killers?  Played threw on "normal" so I upped it one but was moving quickly
with a scorched earth policy and was amazed that once you get the movements
down, it is not the difficult. May need to try it on maximum  carnage.



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Re: [H] -LO- Asus comes out with single card SLI 7800GT

[Veech]

yep, but with only 2000 being produced and at $800 each, two of these in SLI 
would be beyond bleeding edge.


still, nice to dream...


- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: [H] -LO- Asus comes out with single card SLI 7800GT




http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=0&model=786&modelmenu=1

Damn.  New 90 series Nvidia drivers support two of these cards in SLI (so 
4

7800GT GPUs)


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Re: [H] Nero 7.

[Veech]

huh...  I've seen it advertised for $30 at some places, after rebates... 
Fry's I think, Best Buy also?


- Original Message - 
From: "Bobby Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:54 AM
Subject: [H] Nero 7.


Anyone tried it out yet?  Their upgrade price for me was something like 
$51.


Bobby

RE: [H] Gun

[Veech]

Never heard of it before..  I'll have to check it out.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Edwards
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:47 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Gun


Anybody no anything about this game? Look to be a good one?



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Re: [H] OT of the day.. Wenzled

[Veech]

Internet justice!


- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:04 AM
Subject: [H] OT of the day.. Wenzled





http://www.charleswenzel.info/
http://www.cafepress.com/dontgetwenzeled
http://www.eld101.com/wenzeled.com/

Hilarious stuff.






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[H] OT - Digital Cable question

[Veech]

I'm done with Dish.  Three years of dropped channels and crappy image 
quality have done me in.


I'm looking into HD "digital cable" as provided by Comcast, but even still 
it is an analog signal up-converted to digital at the house.  Jeez, ten 
years ago it

was the same thing.  You'd think they would get it all-digital by now!

So the question is: can an analog signal that is converted to digital at the 
house give as good an HD image as an all-digital connection?  Or am I 
wasting money on an HD cable service that turns analog on the way to my 
house?


thanks,

Veech 

RE: [H] OT - Digital Cable question

[Veech]

I had also considered Direct TV since they can provide local channels in HD
as well, as opposed to Dish who can't.  I'm in LA so hopefully I'm in one of
those top 20 markets.  As for NFL, I watch one game a year (Super Bowl) and
it's for the commercials.




-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wayne Johnson
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 7:45 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] OT - Digital Cable question


At 09:15 PM 11/14/2005, Brian Weeden typed:
>Try DirectTV.  I;ve been a happy customer for 7 years and love their
>HD packages (epsecially NFL).

But plan on paying & paying & paying. Last year if you had the HD
service & NFL Sunday Ticket you could watch the games in HD but not
so this year. They want an add'l $100 to watch NFL games in HD for
something they call SuperFan. As far as I'm concerned if one
purchases NFL Sunday Ticket then they are already a super fan. If one
calls & complains DirecTV blames the price increase solely on the NFL
to which I replied, "Oh & you're not making a profit on that
increase?" Of course I didn't get an answer.  They're trying to
capitalize on their monopoly while they can since in 2007 it'll be
gone.  I told them to take a hike.  FWIW I have supposedly digital
cable services with my local little cable company & am very happy
with the HD broadcasts.


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Re: [H] R200 questions

[Veech]

ok as far as printable CD-R's, Taiyo-Yuden would be considered the best 
quality, correct?


Which do you folks use, white background or silver background?  I'm thinking 
white is better because printers display white with a lack of ink, correct? 
So there would be no "white" on a silver background, anything intended to be 
white would come through as silver, correct?


Anyone aware of major differences in image quality between the R200, R220 or 
R300?


thanks!

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From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'The Hardware List'" 


Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11:34 AM
Subject: RE: [H] R200 questions



Printable media.

Ala http://www.allmediaoutlet.com/allmedia/dvd-r-printable-subcat-35.htm




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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:29 PM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: RE: [H] R200 questions

I don't know about the ink, but you need printable CDs or
DVDs to print in these printers.

Bobby

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:44 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] R200 questions


I've put this on my Christmas list (or the R220 or the R300)

I assume there is special media needed, correct?  Or can it
print on any blank 80-minute CD-R?  I'm trying to find out
price and capacity of the media needed.

The printer is obviously cheap, but how expensive are the ink refills?

Any links with this info would be appreciated,

thanks

Veech

[H] LO - XBox 360 crashing problems...

[Veech]

http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEFkZkkkyEHasmrPqu.php

Re: [H] -LO- CNet does a test workout: Dual Core AMD vs. Dual Core Intel

[Veech]

Brutal.  This locks it for me, just a matter of deciding which X2 to get.

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From: "CW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 8:43 AM
Subject: [H] -LO- CNet does a test workout: Dual Core AMD vs. Dual Core 
Intel




http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6389077-9.html?tag=btn

Interesting.  The ref would have stopped the fight in the real world. 

Re: [H] Again - Best Motherboard - Looking for Recs

[Veech]

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe seems to be the preferred 
model.  PC Gamer used it recently in it's recent picture-book "how to 
build a PC" article.  Many folks seem to recommend it on Anand's forum as 
well.  I plan to buy it when I do my upgrade soon.
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Steve 
  Tomporowski 
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 5:56 
  AM
  Subject: [H] Again - Best Motherboard - 
  Looking for Recs
  
  It's time for an upgrade and I'm looking into AMD motherboards.  I 
  want to do SLI, but I probably won't do any overclocking.  What's a good 
  motherboard?  My last motherboard was the MSI Neo3 Platinum and that's 
  worked reasonably well.  I intent to get a dual core, so that comes into 
  the mix. 
   
  Any recommendations?
   
  ThanksSteve

RE: [H] Possible Phishing Attack? Fwd: Amazon Payments Billing Issue

[Veech]

The bad grammar in the first two sentences is a dead giveaway.  Fry this
phish...

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Weeden
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 9:13 AM
To: hwg
Subject: [H] Possible Phishing Attack? Fwd: Amazon Payments Billing
Issue


I got the following from Amazon which seems kind of suspicious.
Clicking the link looks to me like it does take you to the real Amazon
but you can't be 100% sure these days.  I typed in Amazon myself and
verified my account settings and everything looked ok.

The formatting is a bit screwed up because I converted it from Rich
Text to plain text for this list.

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Date: 3 Dec 2005 14:28:30 -
Subject: Amazon Payments Billing Issue - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]



 Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ,

 Greetings from Amazon  Payments.

Your bank has contacted us regarding 
some attempts of charges
from your credit card via the  Amazon  system. We
have reasons to believe that you changed your registration information
or that someone  else has unauthorized access to your Amazon account
  Due to recent activity, including possible
unauthorized listings  placed on your account, we
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in 48 hours after you receive this message your account is
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of Amazon policy to represent oneself as another
Amazon user. Such action may also be in violation of local,
  national, and/or international law. Amazon is committed to
   assist law enforcement with any inquires related to
attempts  to misappropriate personal information
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Information will be provided at the  request of
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 To confirm your identity with us click here:

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7567864?opt=oa&page=recs/sign-in-secure.html

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RE: [H] Possible Phishing Attack? Fwd: Amazon Payments Billing Issue

[Veech]

I have never responded to these types of requests.  Never never give
personal info on these.  A common denominator to all of these things, no
matter where they come from, is bad grammar or misspelled words.  Once they
figure this out, then we're in trouble.  Until then, if I can spot a
grammatical or spelling error, it's to the trash file they go.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Weeden
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 12:53 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Possible Phishing Attack? Fwd: Amazon Payments Billing
Issue


On 12/3/05, Veech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The bad grammar in the first two sentences is a dead giveaway.  Fry this
> phish...
>

What makes me wonder is the link - it is to https://www.amazon.com
which unless I am missing something is the correct site.  Could there
be some sort of proxy or DNS relay that takes you to the phisher's
site?

---
Brian

[H] Phishing mis-spellers..

[Veech]

Just 
received this one.  dead giveaway in the third 
sentence.
 
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[H] iTunes error..

[Veech]

Happy New Year!!

I need an assist on getting iTunes up and running.  My kids installed it on 
their computer quite a while back, I deleted it a couple of months ago 
mistakenly thinking it was a source of illegal downloads.  Turns out it was 
Limewire that was the culprit, which I deleted as well.


So the kids got iPods for Christmas, and we tried loading iTunes back onto 
the computer from the CD that came with.  It seemed to load ok.  However 
when we click on the shortcut to open it, an error message comes up, the one 
that says "this program has encountered an error, do you want to notify 
Microsoft?"  I've gone through all the steps, completely removed the old 
installation (I think), did the "repair" option on the new install, 
everything I can think of.  We can't get the new iTunes install to open.


Anyone have any experience with this problem and can offer advice?

thanks,

Veech

Re: [H] iTunes error..

[Veech]

hmm..  I wonder if it's Quicktime thats gumming up the works?  We 
uninstalled iTunes, but QT is still on there.  I'll try deleting that one as 
well...


thanks!


- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: [H] iTunes error..



It's actually an apple issue.  I you have a previous version of Itunes or
Quicktime on your PC (7.0.2 or so) then it can't seemingly update it to
7.0.3, which is required for the new Itunes issues.

You can get it on it's own, install it and normally it fixes the problem:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html




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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 11:52 AM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] iTunes error..

Happy New Year!!

I need an assist on getting iTunes up and running.  My kids installed it
on
their computer quite a while back, I deleted it a couple of months ago
mistakenly thinking it was a source of illegal downloads.  Turns out it
was
Limewire that was the culprit, which I deleted as well.

So the kids got iPods for Christmas, and we tried loading iTunes back 
onto

the computer from the CD that came with.  It seemed to load ok.  However
when we click on the shortcut to open it, an error message comes up, the
one
that says "this program has encountered an error, do you want to notify
Microsoft?"  I've gone through all the steps, completely removed the old
installation (I think), did the "repair" option on the new install,
everything I can think of.  We can't get the new iTunes install to open.

Anyone have any experience with this problem and can offer advice?

thanks,

Veech

[H] Windows vulnerability?

[Veech]

Guys, what's your opinion of this?

http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm

Sounds troubling..

Re: [H] WMF fix out

[Veech]

Same with me, it was as simple as windows telling me an update was 
available, I installed it.  Same patch as you detailed.  I assume this 
"fixed' the problem..



- Original Message - 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: [H] WMF fix out




- Original Message - 
From: "warpmedia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [H] WMF fix out


But nowhere in the advisory posted is the term "WMF" was more what I was 
trying to say. On closer inspection is does mention WMF only to say this 
advisory is not related.




I may not be talking about the same thing here (correct me if I am wrong) 
but I did not download and install the third party (I guess) patch 
software for the recent issues. I waited for and downloaded KB912919 
yesterday and installed it. I am sure many who installed the other one 
will forget to uninstall it prior to installing KB912919. Many forget to 
reboot after each uninstall and install.


Chuck 

RE: [H] Halo2 for PC (with a catch)

[Veech]

Probably won't be too long before there's an XP hack..


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Edwards
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 2:18 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: RE: [H] Halo2 for PC (with a catch)


hah, the reinstall thread I saw that and thought, oh boy flame war,
time to look the other way. Guess I need to scroll up a bit.

At 2/11/2006 05:04 PM, Chris Reeves wrote:
>Jim, buddy, you got to pay attention to your own list :)  Veech posted this
>yesterday ;)
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Edwards
>Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:01 PM
>To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
>Subject: [H] Halo2 for PC (with a catch)
>
>http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=halo2vistaannounce&p=6136047
>
>Got to get your Vista first.
>
>
>
>--
>No virus found in this incoming message.
>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006

[H] Are all keyboards basically the same?

[Veech]

For me a keyboard is a keyboard, is there any significant difference between
the ones that cost $20 and $120?  I'll probably just nab one off of NewEgg.
I do some moderate gaming, but I rarely program a bunch of hot-keys.  Any
recs would be appreciated..

[H] Recs on external hard drives.. WD? Fantom?

[Veech]

I'm looking for a quick storage solution, and considering external hard 
drives.  Buy.com sent me a spam that they have the "Fantom" brand external 
HD, 250GB, USB 2.0, 7200 RPM for about $100.  Sweet price, but never heard 
of the brand which makes me suspicious.


I'm thinking the best bet would be the WD external drive 320GB USB 2.0, 
7200RPM for about $250, Maximum PC loves it.


You guys have any suggestions? 

Re: [H] Recs on external hard drives.. WD? Fantom?

[Veech]

thanks!!

- Original Message - 
From: "Jin-Wei Tioh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Recs on external hard drives.. WD? Fantom?



At 11:35 AM 2/20/2006, you wrote:
I'm looking for a quick storage solution, and considering external hard 
drives.  Buy.com sent me a spam that they have the "Fantom" brand external 
HD, 250GB, USB 2.0, 7200 RPM for about $100.  Sweet price, but never heard 
of the brand which makes me suspicious.


I'm thinking the best bet would be the WD external drive 320GB USB 2.0, 
7200RPM for about $250, Maximum PC loves it.


You guys have any suggestions?


Roll your own and pick an external enclosure which uses the Cypress USB2.0 
chipset

or the Oxford 1394 chipset. You'll be glad you did :)

--
JW 

Re: [H] Antivirus

[Veech]

I've been surviving off of freeware for quite a while, and now I think it's 
time to get serious about AV protection.


The kids computer is riddled with garbage, but I basically gave up trying to 
protect it because they're their own worst enemy when it comes to online 
caution.  about every 2 or 3 months I have to go in and clean it out with 
SpyBot and AdAware (which has mysteriously disappeared, I think the little 
turds deleted the program).


Anyway, their computer is now so borked that I can't even d/l any programs 
such as AdAware (which I wanted to reinstall) or anything else because the 
browser keeps getting hijacked.  I tried to download Hijack This, but ended 
up with a program called AdwareAlert which wants to charge $30...  does 
Hijack This still exist as a freeware program?


So I echo the question, is there an AV program that's worthwhile that 
catches everything?  Jeez, you would think the major AV's would work in 
concert (i.e. check each other's websites for updates and integrate them 
across the board) to provide the best protection possible and let the 
features, add-ons or interface be what differentiates them.


Veech

- Original Message - 
From: "Zulfiqar Naushad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:29 AM
Subject: [H] Antivirus



There used to be a time when I didn't have AV
scanners.  I used to know the source of my files and
had precautions not to infect my machine(s).  That
worked till I inadvertently surfed to a shoddy
website.

2 days of hair pulling later, I decided to reformat
and switch 100% to firefox.

That worked for a while till I got infected again!

Anyways, long story short, I bought Kaspersky with a 1
year reg and really liked the program, it was good and
did the job well.

However last weekend my Kaspersky key expired.  First
thought was to whip out my Mastercard and buy another
1 year license.

But I decided to give the other products a look.

In the end I ended up buying NOD32.  Guess what, right
off the bat after installation and after updating the
DAT files, it found a trojan!

This was a trojan that Kaspersky did not recognize!!
What irks me is that does one now have to have 3
antivirus programs running catching viruses that the
others miss?

Is there a GOOD program that catches all viruses, or
99.9% of them?

NOD32 is now my fave AV program.  It is light and has
a lot of good features.

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Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com 

Re: [H] Antivirus

[Veech]

These seem to continuously redirect the browser.  For example, I can use 
Google, google 'Mapquest", get a bunch of results, click to go to Mapquest's 
site, and all is well.  Then when I type in an actual address to get 
directions and hit enter, then the browser gets redirected to over a dozen 
different spots, and never stops loading, in other words the page goes white 
and stays that way while the browser keeps clicking along...




- Original Message - 
From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Antivirus



At 01:12 PM 3/1/2006, Veech typed:
Anyway, their computer is now so borked that I can't even d/l any programs 
such as AdAware (which I wanted to reinstall) or anything else because the 
browser keeps getting hijacked.  I tried to download Hijack This, but 
ended up with a program called AdwareAlert which wants to charge $30... 
does Hijack This still exist as a freeware program?


There are viruses out there that close the web browser as soon as you 
attempt to access certain websites such as McAfee or Symantec & the only 
way to clean these out is either to use a cd with a bootable OS & AV app 
such as BartPE or XpPe.  The biggest problem is a toss up between surfing 
questionable sites & game hacking sites are notoriously terrible as well 
as so called adult sites combined with the definitions not being updated 
frequently enough. If these 2 issues are not addressed I don't care what 
AV app you use you will get infected.



--+--
   Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com> 

[H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo

[Veech]

Using the Asus A8N32-SLI, which AMD proc would you guys recommend for a good 
gaming rig?


Athlon 64 X2 4800 dual core or Athlon 64 FX 57?

thanks,

Veech 

Re: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo

[Veech]

hmm..  non dual core?  I'm trying to go wade Anand's site and determine the 
best one.  It seems that dual-core is the wave of the future, and even if I 
give up a few FPS that dual-core will serve me better in the long run, 
especially if games ever utilize the technology.  I tend to upgrade about 
once every 2 years.



- Original Message - 
From: "Bryan Seitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo



On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 01:58:49PM -0800, Veech wrote:

Using the Asus A8N32-SLI, which AMD proc would you guys recommend for a
good gaming rig?

Athlon 64 X2 4800 dual core or Athlon 64 FX 57?



Personally I would look @ benchmarks and probably get a non dual core 
AMD64.

I have a sandiego 4000+ and it absolutely cranks for the price.

--

Bryan G. Seitz 

Re: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo

[Veech]

cool..  I may be giving up a few FPS but am hoping for dual-core goodness 
down the road.



- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo



I am completely sold on that combo.  4800+ & A8N32-SLI.  Great combo, solid
features.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:59 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo

Using the Asus A8N32-SLI, which AMD proc would you guys recommend for a 
good


gaming rig?

Athlon 64 X2 4800 dual core or Athlon 64 FX 57?

thanks,

Veech

[H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?

[Veech]

ok now what would you folks recommend for a good video solution on a $700 or 
so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?  SLI?  Blow 
it all on one mega card with 512MB memory?


thanks all..


- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo



I am completely sold on that combo.  4800+ & A8N32-SLI.  Great combo, solid
features.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:59 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo

Using the Asus A8N32-SLI, which AMD proc would you guys recommend for a 
good


gaming rig?

Athlon 64 X2 4800 dual core or Athlon 64 FX 57?

thanks,

Veech

RE: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?

[Veech]

yep, I agree ;)

I may reconsider the X2 4800 @ $627 and go with the X2 4400 @ $454.  Both
have 2 x 1MB cache, and it's 2.2GHz vs 2.4GHz.  Anyone have a link comparing
performance of these?  Will I regret not spending 38% more money only to get
10% more power?



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Reeves
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:36 PM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?


Dual 7900GTs


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:27 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?

ok now what would you folks recommend for a good video solution on a $700 or

so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?  SLI?  Blow
it all on one mega card with 512MB memory?

thanks all..


- Original Message -
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo


>I am completely sold on that combo.  4800+ & A8N32-SLI.  Great combo, solid
> features.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:59 PM
> To: The Hardware List
> Subject: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo
>
> Using the Asus A8N32-SLI, which AMD proc would you guys recommend for a
> good
>
> gaming rig?
>
> Athlon 64 X2 4800 dual core or Athlon 64 FX 57?
>
> thanks,
>
> Veech
>

RE: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?

[Veech]

not that I'm opposed to it, but I'm concerned about stability.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 9:50 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?


The 38% premium for ~10% more speed isn't worth it. If you aren't opposed to
overclocking, I'd give a very strong look at the Opteron 165. Same dual 1MB
cache cores, but much more favorable binningI think most people are
hitting 2.6 or higher (on air) with the s939 Opteron 165.

If I could do it over, I'd get a 165 instead of my 4400+ X2 (which only hit
2.45GHz)

Greg

- Original Message -
From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 11:43 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?


> yep, I agree ;)
>
> I may reconsider the X2 4800 @ $627 and go with the X2 4400 @ $454.  Both
> have 2 x 1MB cache, and it's 2.2GHz vs 2.4GHz.  Anyone have a link
> comparing
> performance of these?  Will I regret not spending 38% more money only to
> get
> 10% more power?
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Reeves
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:36 PM
> To: 'The Hardware List'
> Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?
>
>
> Dual 7900GTs
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:27 PM
> To: The Hardware List
> Subject: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?
>
> ok now what would you folks recommend for a good video solution on a $700
> or
>
> so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?  SLI?
> Blow
> it all on one mega card with 512MB memory?
>
> thanks all..
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'The Hardware List'" 
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo
>
>
>>I am completely sold on that combo.  4800+ & A8N32-SLI.  Great combo,
>>solid
>> features.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
>> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:59 PM
>> To: The Hardware List
>> Subject: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo
>>
>> Using the Asus A8N32-SLI, which AMD proc would you guys recommend for a
>> good
>>
>> gaming rig?
>>
>> Athlon 64 X2 4800 dual core or Athlon 64 FX 57?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Veech
>>
>
>

[H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?

[Veech]

Just wondering, would these be wasted on my Nokia 447Xi?

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Reeves
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:36 PM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?


Dual 7900GTs


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:27 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] Gaming PC $700 video solution, SLI?

ok now what would you folks recommend for a good video solution on a $700 or

so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?  SLI?  Blow
it all on one mega card with 512MB memory?

thanks all..


- Original Message -
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo


>I am completely sold on that combo.  4800+ & A8N32-SLI.  Great combo, solid
> features.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Veech
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:59 PM
> To: The Hardware List
> Subject: [H] Gaming PC Mobo CPU combo
>
> Using the Asus A8N32-SLI, which AMD proc would you guys recommend for a
> good
>
> gaming rig?
>
> Athlon 64 X2 4800 dual core or Athlon 64 FX 57?
>
> thanks,
>
> Veech
>

Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?

[Veech]

It's a rebuild, will be using a 600w PSU.

Anyway, why do folks ask me why I'm getting two 7900GTs if all I have is 
this monitor?



- Original Message - 
From: "Raul Limos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?



On 3/28/06, Veech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Just wondering, would these be wasted on my Nokia 447Xi?


Check also if your PSU can carry the brunt of SLI'd 7900GTs.

Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?

[Veech]

careful now, I love that monitor..  ;)

but yeah I'd love to move to a 20" LCD or something similar.

- Original Message - 
From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?


According to what I've found, the max resolution of the 17" 447Xi is 
1280x1024. In this case, I would agree--dual 7900GT's is a waste.


You're spending all this money on video cards, CPUs, etc...why not upgrade 
from that POS to a big new LCD?


Greg

- Original Message - 
From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?



It's a rebuild, will be using a 600w PSU.

Anyway, why do folks ask me why I'm getting two 7900GTs if all I have is 
this monitor?



- Original Message - 
From: "Raul Limos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?



On 3/28/06, Veech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Just wondering, would these be wasted on my Nokia 447Xi?


Check also if your PSU can carry the brunt of SLI'd 7900GTs.

Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?

[Veech]

no prob...  ;)

So anyway, what would you recommend for a good gaming monitor, considering 
that I'm looking at the dual 7900GT's?


- Original Message - 
From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?


Sorry man, didn't mean to offend--just no way I'd be caught dead using a 
17" CRT. :)


Honestly, I'd upgrade the monitor before any of the rest of the machine. 
In my mind, human input/output devices are far more important than how 
fast it is.

(24" WS and 20" WS LCDs here)

Dell should be releasing an upgrade to the aging 2001fp soon--the 2007fp. 
This should be a newer generation panel with improved performance and 
image specs, and will support HDCP for HD content in Windows Vista.


Greg

- Original Message - 
From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?



careful now, I love that monitor..  ;)

but yeah I'd love to move to a 20" LCD or something similar.

- Original Message - 
From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?


According to what I've found, the max resolution of the 17" 447Xi is 
1280x1024. In this case, I would agree--dual 7900GT's is a waste.


You're spending all this money on video cards, CPUs, etc...why not 
upgrade from that POS to a big new LCD?


Greg

- Original Message - 
From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?



It's a rebuild, will be using a 600w PSU.

Anyway, why do folks ask me why I'm getting two 7900GTs if all I have 
is this monitor?



- Original Message - 
From: "Raul Limos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:32 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Dual 7900GTs wasted on my monitor?



On 3/28/06, Veech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Just wondering, would these be wasted on my Nokia 447Xi?


Check also if your PSU can carry the brunt of SLI'd 7900GTs.

Re: [H] Dell 2005FPW now 25% off, good gaming monitor?

[Veech]

oh boy I thought it was lower than that, around 10ms.  hmm, that may kill 
the deal for me.


Haven't seen any info on the 2007, I wonder what the specs are on that one?


- Original Message - 
From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Dell 2005FPW now 25% off, good gaming monitor?


The 2005FPW is a nice S-IPS panel manufactured by LG. However, it is 
essentially a 16ms panel, so you may notice some ghosting. Ghosting seems 
to be more a personal perception issue than anything else...some people 
pick up on it while others will not, even on the same panel.


I'd say buy it anyway. You have a 21-day total satisfaction guarantee from 
Dell. If you don't like it, return it--and you get every penny back, 
including return shipping (unless that's changed recently).


Keep in mind that the 2007FPW was just released. Same size, but supports 
HDCP for HD content in Windows Vista. One of very select few displays that 
support HDCP at this point.


Greg


- Original Message - 
From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 11:17 AM
Subject: [H] Dell 2005FPW now 25% off, good gaming monitor?


I've been in the market for a great flat panel gaming monitor and with my 
eventual upgrade to a 7900GT SLI system I need a monitor that can take 
advantage of the GPUs.  The Dell 2005FPW is now reduced from $529 to $397 
with Dell's Small Business discount code, and I'm thinking of jumping on 
this thing.


Opinions?

Re: [H] Well, it sort of is hardware...

[Veech]

Did you remove the little plastic ring inside the 
shower head that acts as a water conservation device by restricting the 
flow?  Once we did that, our prevuiously lame shower head fairly exploded 
with force.  We actually saved water by taking shorter 
showers!
 
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Steve 
  Tomporowski 
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:59 
  AM
  Subject: [H] Well, it sort of is 
  hardware...
  
  The water pressure at my house isn't the greatest and the 'new' shower 
  head that the contractor put in, frankly, sucks.  We've had a 'soaking' 
  shower head but that particular beast had a huge head and pretty much drizzled 
  rather than sprayed.  Does anyone know of a good shower head that gives 
  you coverage and a reasonable spray?  The current one acts like the water 
  flow is restricted, but even so, there's only a row of ports around the edge 
  so it give you a circle of water.  Any leads appreciated! 
   
  Thanks...Steve

[H] HOLY CRAP - Photorealistic CGI in Crysis

[Veech]

http://www.pcgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15865

Check out the second image in the first post, and the third image in the 
second post.


These are photorealistic CGI images, in the new game Crysis by Crytec, the 
same folks who brought us Far Cry.  Due for release early 2007.

Re: [H] whats the take

[Veech]

http://physx.ageia.com/footage.html

I'm looking to upgrade anyway, so now this a) confuses the issue and b) 
makes me hesitate to commit to current high-end technology.  Jeez, I just 
can't seem to dump my ATI 9800 Pro, and I just got a Dell 2005FPW!  Quake 4 
defaults to the lowest quality settings, so I need an upgrade!



- Original Message - 
From: "Jim Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 3:27 PM
Subject: [H] whats the take



on physics cards at this point for THG Listers?

[H] AGP card upgrade for Quake 4

[Veech]

I'm looking to upgrade my AGP card.  My current system:

Asus P4C800-E board
P4 3.0
2 x 1G PC3200 RAM
ATI Radeon 9800Pro 128MB
Dell 2005FPW

I plan eventually to upgrade the whole system but for now I want to just 
upgrade the video card in order to play Quake 4 on higher settings since now 
the default settings are the lowest quality with almost no goodies enabled. 
Boosting the settings in the game causes some stuttering.


What AGP card would be recommended in order to play Quake 4 on higher 
settings?  Budget is $150 or so...


thanks

Re: [H] AGP card upgrade for Quake 4

[Veech]

nVidia then is preferred over ATI?

- Original Message - 
From: "Jin-Wei Tioh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [H] AGP card upgrade for Quake 4



At 12:18 PM 5/2/2006, you wrote:

I'm looking to upgrade my AGP card.  My current system:

I plan eventually to upgrade the whole system but for now I want to just 
upgrade the video card in order to play Quake 4 on higher settings since 
now the default settings are the lowest quality with almost no goodies 
enabled. Boosting the settings in the game causes some stuttering.


What AGP card would be recommended in order to play Quake 4 on higher 
settings?  Budget is $150 or so...


thanks


Well, it's stretching your budget a little, but a 6800GS is a nice card 
for ~$180.

You can probably grab it for ~$150 if you want to go the used route.

HTH 

[H] Question re changing out PS

[Veech]

I'm looking to upgrade my ATI AIW 9800Pro 128MB video card to a Geforce 
7800GS CO 256MB card.  I currently have a 431W PS, and will probably buy a 
600W PS as well, due to the increased power demands of the new card.  I 
*assume* swapping out the PS will be a matter of simply unplugging 
connections from the old PS, removing it, installing the new PS and plugging 
back in, is this correct?


Anyone wanna make an offer on the Radeon All-In-Wonder 9800Pro?

Veech 

Re: [H] Question re changing out PS

[Veech]

cool.

- Original Message - 
From: "joeuser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Question re changing out PS



Yes

no




Veech wrote:

I'm looking to upgrade my ATI AIW 9800Pro 128MB video card to a Geforce 
7800GS CO 256MB card.  I currently have a 431W PS, and will probably buy 
a 600W PS as well, due to the increased power demands of the new card.  I 
*assume* swapping out the PS will be a matter of simply unplugging 
connections from the old PS, removing it, installing the new PS and 
plugging back in, is this correct?


Anyone wanna make an offer on the Radeon All-In-Wonder 9800Pro?

Veech



--
Cheers,
joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key) 

Re: [H] Question re changing out PS

[Veech]

Enermax 431W PS, P4C800E board, P4 3.0, 2 x 1G RAM, the video card, Audigy 
ZX, two HDs, CDRW & DVDRW.


I was reading the reviews at NewEgg, and a couple of them complained that 
the card draws a lot of power.  I guess I could get the card by itself first 
and if it doesn't work, then get a bigger PS.  It's one of those take a 
chance deals...





- Original Message - 
From: "Jin-Wei Tioh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Question re changing out PS



At 11:46 AM 5/3/2006, you wrote:
I'm looking to upgrade my ATI AIW 9800Pro 128MB video card to a Geforce 
7800GS CO 256MB card.  I currently have a 431W PS, and will probably buy a 
600W PS as well, due to the increased power demands of the new card.  I 
*assume* swapping out the PS will be a matter of simply unplugging 
connections from the old PS, removing it, installing the new PS and 
plugging back in, is this correct?


Anyone wanna make an offer on the Radeon All-In-Wonder 9800Pro?

Veech


The 7800GS doesn't draw that much power, IINM?
What's your PSU and rig like right now?

--
JW 

Re: [H] editing music ?

[Veech]

I'm a big fan of Adobe Audition.  They just released 2.0 and it's a great 
tool.  May be overkill for what you need, but I've done a bunch of music 
editing with it.  I love the multi-track tool.  I create 5.1 surround mixes 
from regular stereo music using the filters and mixers included.  I sterted 
with CoolEdit96, went with CEPro, then Adobe bought Syntrillium and changed 
it to Audition, then upgraded it to 1.5 and added a bunch of features, now 
they've upgraded it to 2.0.





- Original Message - 
From: "Bobby Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 5:33 AM
Subject: RE: [H] editing music ?



A lot of people recommend Audacity - an open source editor.

Get it at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

I have not used this software.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of warpmedia
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 12:13 AM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] editing music ?


Nero has a wave editor in their v6 suite.

I was going to suggest Cool Edit but looks like now it's Abode Audition.

FORC5 wrote:

recommendations on sw to cut up music into smaller pcs so the smaller pcs

can be used in another dvd project, strictly for in house and grins

thanks

[H] Can a wma file be webcast?

[Veech]

Anyone here familiar with webcasting?  Can a wma file be webcast via 
streaming?  I would want it so that it can't be copied or saved, just 
listened to.


thanks..

Veech 

Re: [H] time for a LCD

[Veech]

Just a simple thought here..  I just got the Dell 2005 and really like it. 
I'm using the DVI connector.  Had to upgrade my video card to nVidia's 7800 
GS OC, their best AGP card.  I had to RMA the first one due to backlight 
issues, but the second one is fone.  No dead pixels on either one.


Can't provide info on HD performance...


- Original Message - 
From: "Winterlight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: [H] time for a LCD


One of my CRT 21 inch monitors hit the dust a couple of days ago, so I am 
going to replace it with a LCD. I am thinking one of the 20 or maybe 30 
inch Dells I hear so much about. But I am concerned about the new video 
standards that monitors need for HD. I don't want to do this now only to 
find that everything changes in six months, and my new LCD is dated. I can 
wait if I have to or is it much of a issue?


 Can anybody, who is familiar with the issues, break this down for me. 
And any thoughts on 20 inch and 30 inch LCDs. Thanks

Re: [H] Prey Demo released

[Veech]

It took me a while to figure that out.  There are a bunch of those and it 
gets confusing pretty quickly especially since you can walk up walls and on 
ceilings.  Go through a couple of one-way portals and turn everything upside 
down, and your orientation gets thrown way off.  Definitely a unique 
gameplay feature (trick) but it can get tedious.


I loved the opening scene in the Native American bar (worst...  Indian... 
Casino  ever!) where I played the video slots (and was winning!) and 
changed channels on the TV where there were a couple of really odd programs 
playing, and where real rock songs (Heart, Ted Nugent, BOC) were playing on 
the juke box as it showed the album covers..  I loved those touches.


But having just finished Quake 4, overall I'm not impressed or excited by 
Prey.  It feels so much like Q4 and even Doom3, dark spaceship interiors 
inhabited by aliens, and even mimics the Q4 
humans-shackled-and-mutilated-by-alien-machinery shtick.


meh, I'm halfway through the demo and unless something really unique pops up 
in the second half, I'm going to hold off.  I just got HL2 Episode One and 
am going back to cruise around City 17 for a while with my gravity gun! :)


Veech



- Original Message - 
From: "Brad Grenz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Prey Demo released


There's a portal in the little archway you have to crouch to pass through, 
but it only works from one side.


Chris Reeves wrote:


I tried it, but damned if I can figure it out. I get to the alien ship, 
run down the one corridor and then it just seems to dead end. I can’t 
figure out where it goes from there.




*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

*Sent:* Sunday, June 25, 2006 10:44 PM
*To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Hardware List
*Subject:* RE: [H] Prey Demo released

Downloading now, will report back. Looking forward to it, but not the $55 
price tag. yeesh!


- Original Message -

*From:* Bobby Heid <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

*To: *The Hardware List <mailto:hardware@hardwaregroup.com>

*Sent:* 6/25/2006 7:06:23 PM

*Subject:* RE: [H] Prey Demo released

Downloaded, but not played it yet.

Bobby



*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Chris
Reeves
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:09 AM
*To:* 'The Hardware List'
*Subject:* [H] Prey Demo released

http://www.worthdownloading.com/download.php?gid=1368&id=7864
<http://www.worthdownloading.com/download.php?gid=1368&id=7864>

Anyone give it a whirl?




--
Brad Grenz

Now Publishing At:
--http://VerbingWeirds.DeviantArt.com

[H] Testing for an internet connection..

[Veech]

Is there any type of tool available that will test for internet 
connectivity?


I work for a company that provides furnishings in apartments for corporate 
travelers.  Often they require live internet connections when they move in. 
Sometimes the apartments are already connected, sometimes they aren't.  Is 
there any type of small hand-held device that will detect if a phone line is 
'live" with an internet connection?  We need to find a way to test the 
apartments before these tenants move in instead of waiting until they try to 
connect then get nasty phone calls when they can't.


thanks for any recs... 

Re: [H] Testing for an internet connection..

[Veech]

great rec, that's what I'm looking for however the price tag is way more 
than we were looking to pay. But it's a good place to start, thanks!



- Original Message - 
From: "JRS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Testing for an internet connection..




Fluke has one..
http://www.flukenetworks.com/us/Solutions/HarrisTools/Telephone+Test+Sets.htm
SpotCheck® ADSL Presence Tester







Is there any type of tool available that will test for internet
connectivity?

I work for a company that provides furnishings in apartments for 
corporate
travelers.  Often they require live internet connections when they move 
in.
Sometimes the apartments are already connected, sometimes they aren't. 
Is
there any type of small hand-held device that will detect if a phone line 
is

'live" with an internet connection?  We need to find a way to test the
apartments before these tenants move in instead of waiting until they try 
to

connect then get nasty phone calls when they can't.

thanks for any recs...


--
JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please remove  **X**  to reply...

<--Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most--> 

Re: [H] Testing for an internet connection..

[Veech]

We know if the units are connected, we just need to confirm that the service 
is turned on.  We master lease the apartments, and some tenants don't want 
it and others do.  So in these apartments (thousands of them across the 
U.S.) the service gets switched off and on frequently and we lose track of 
the status.  We want something simple and on-site to give us a quick yes or 
no whether there is DSL live or not.



- Original Message - 
From: "nobozoz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:44 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Testing for an internet connection..



How about putting the burden on the landlord? If the landlord can't
demonstrate the internet connectivity you require prior to rent/lease then
no deal. At a minimum, you should be able to plug your own laptop into the
building manager's router, get a local IP from the router and connect.

_jim


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:12 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] Testing for an internet connection..


Is there any type of tool available that will test for internet
connectivity?

I work for a company that provides furnishings in apartments for corporate
travelers.  Often they require live internet connections when they move 
in.

Sometimes the apartments are already connected, sometimes they aren't.  Is
there any type of small hand-held device that will detect if a phone line 
is

'live" with an internet connection?  We need to find a way to test the
apartments before these tenants move in instead of waiting until they try 
to

connect then get nasty phone calls when they can't.

thanks for any recs...

Re: [H] Testing for an internet connection..

[Veech]

already wired, just looking to see if the service is on or off.

- Original Message - 
From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Testing for an internet connection..



Are you looking for apartments that have a working connection thru an
ISP or ones that are wired but not active account?

If it is the former, I think that would be a very difficult thing to
put on the landlord - you are basically having them be responsible for
the Internet connection and activity of their renters.  Dunno if I
would want that as a landlord...

On 7/5/06, Veech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Is there any type of tool available that will test for internet
connectivity?

I work for a company that provides furnishings in apartments for 
corporate
travelers.  Often they require live internet connections when they move 
in.
Sometimes the apartments are already connected, sometimes they aren't. 
Is
there any type of small hand-held device that will detect if a phone line 
is

'live" with an internet connection?  We need to find a way to test the
apartments before these tenants move in instead of waiting until they try 
to

connect then get nasty phone calls when they can't.

thanks for any recs...





--
Brian 

Re: [H] Testing for an internet connection..

[Veech]

yeah, problem is the bookkeeping isn't as good as it should be.  Thanks for 
the rec..


- Original Message - 
From: "nobozoz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 6:14 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Testing for an internet connection..



I think RadioShack has a little LED indicator that will tell you if there's
48 VDC on your in-house pairs. If you already know that DSL service is
available up to the building, then the lights will tell you if the wires 
are

hot. If you plug in a phone set or a modem, you could even test for a dial
tone. Whether or not DSL is turned on is pretty much a bookkeeping 
exercise

between you and an ISP, right?

_jim

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:52 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Testing for an internet connection..


We know if the units are connected, we just need to confirm that the 
service

is turned on.  We master lease the apartments, and some tenants don't want
it and others do.  So in these apartments (thousands of them across the
U.S.) the service gets switched off and on frequently and we lose track of
the status.  We want something simple and on-site to give us a quick yes 
or

no whether there is DSL live or not.


- Original Message -
From: "nobozoz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:44 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Testing for an internet connection..



How about putting the burden on the landlord? If the landlord can't
demonstrate the internet connectivity you require prior to rent/lease 
then
no deal. At a minimum, you should be able to plug your own laptop into 
the

building manager's router, get a local IP from the router and connect.

_jim


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:12 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] Testing for an internet connection..


Is there any type of tool available that will test for internet
connectivity?

I work for a company that provides furnishings in apartments for 
corporate

travelers.  Often they require live internet connections when they move
in.
Sometimes the apartments are already connected, sometimes they aren't. 
Is

there any type of small hand-held device that will detect if a phone line
is
'live" with an internet connection?  We need to find a way to test the
apartments before these tenants move in instead of waiting until they try
to
connect then get nasty phone calls when they can't.

thanks for any recs...

Re: [H] Epson R200

[Veech]

Fantastic!  Thanks for the link.  I have the R-220 and love it other than 
the inevitable head-clogging that is bound to happen.  I'm convinced they do 
this on purpose to make you buy a new printer every 6 months.  You should 
see the stack of printers in my garage that I gave up on!




- Original Message - 
From: "Hunter, Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 7:04 AM
Subject: RE: [H] Epson R200



I wouldn't worry, just get this:

http://www.maxpatchink.com/epsonclean.shtml

It works great for cleaning even the worst clogged heads.



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 2:46 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Epson R200

I own a Epson R200 that I only use for photo, and CD/DVD. So I don't use
it that often. I am not concerned about ink replacement, but I am
worried about clogged heads. The manual recommends that I print at least
once a month, and ink cartridge replacement every six months or less as
needed.

My question is, should I leave this printer OFF with heads parked when
not in use? Will this help prevent head clogging?

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[H] curing system slowdown

[Veech]

I'm running XP Pro on a P4 3.0G system, 2G RAM.  The thing used to fly, and 
boot in about 30 - 40 seconds.  Now it's taking about twice as long to boot, 
in fact it takes a full two minutes from the time I hit the power button 
till the time the hourglass image disappears on the desktop.  That feels 
like forever.


I've loaded and unloaded a few things recently.  One program that may have 
been a problem was Half-Life 2 Episode One.  It required installing Steam, a 
nightmare in itself (in fact, I may quit the HL series because of this 
requirement).  I installed Nero 6 as well, and for some reason I can't run 
more than 3 or 4 operations on it (like copying complete discs from drive to 
drive) without it finally freezing up the system and I have to reboot it. 
Frustrating!


I did a defrag of the C drive, it helped just a bit.  AdAware and SpyBot 
come up clean.


So, what's a simple way to fix this?  Is it to reinstall XP?  Is there a 
website or program you guys can recommend that will help me diagnose this 
slowdown?  Apparently Vista will have an app just for this purpose, but is 
there anything available now that does the same thing?


thanks all.. 

Re: [H] curing system slowdown

[Veech]

Is there a way to know what to keep and what to kill?

- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [H] curing system slowdown



At 02:48 PM 18/07/2006, Veech wrote:
I'm running XP Pro on a P4 3.0G system, 2G RAM.  The thing used to 
fly, and boot in about 30 - 40 seconds.  Now it's taking about twice 
as long to boot, in fact it takes a full two minutes from the time I 
hit the power button till the time the hourglass image disappears on 
the desktop.  That feels like forever.


It's something in the startup.  I'd run msconfig and check the 
startup section and services.


T 

Re: [H] curing system slowdown

[Veech]

wow, very generous offer.  Thanks Thane...


- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [H] curing system slowdown



At 04:01 PM 18/07/2006, Veech wrote:

Is there a way to know what to keep and what to kill?


Not easily, but send me the list directly, and I'll take a look if you 
like.


T 

Re: [H] curing system slowdown

[Veech]

yeah, Steam is a mess.  HL2 Ep 1 wasn't so special anyway, I don't think 
I'll bother with it any more.


Nope, didn't install any Nero roll-back software that I'm aware of, but Nero 
itself seems to carry a lot of bloat.  I'll have to check that


- Original Message - 
From: "Hayes Elkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject: RE: [H] curing system slowdown


Steam is exactly that. A steaming pile of shit. Legal owners of half life 
should get the hacked versions that have steam taken out and recompiled - 
MUCH faster and no monkey business.


XP doesn't slow down without a logical explanation, your problem should be 
fixable. I would first look at basic things like what's loading up in your 
msconfig. Check services, startup, and HKLM\...\Run.


You didn't install that roll-back software from nero did you? That may be 
messing things up.



From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List 
To: "The Hardware List" 
Subject: [H] curing system slowdown
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:48:57 -0700

I'm running XP Pro on a P4 3.0G system, 2G RAM.  The thing used to fly, 
and boot in about 30 - 40 seconds.  Now it's taking about twice as long to 
boot, in fact it takes a full two minutes from the time I hit the power 
button till the time the hourglass image disappears on the desktop.  That 
feels like forever.


I've loaded and unloaded a few things recently.  One program that may have 
been a problem was Half-Life 2 Episode One.  It required installing Steam, 
a nightmare in itself (in fact, I may quit the HL series because of this 
requirement).  I installed Nero 6 as well, and for some reason I can't run 
more than 3 or 4 operations on it (like copying complete discs from drive 
to drive) without it finally freezing up the system and I have to reboot 
it. Frustrating!


I did a defrag of the C drive, it helped just a bit.  AdAware and SpyBot 
come up clean.


So, what's a simple way to fix this?  Is it to reinstall XP?  Is there a 
website or program you guys can recommend that will help me diagnose this 
slowdown?  Apparently Vista will have an app just for this purpose, but is 
there anything available now that does the same thing?


thanks all..

Re: [H] curing system slowdown

[Veech]

ok, I'll work on it this evening when I get home.  thanks again!

- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [H] curing system slowdown



At 04:18 PM 18/07/2006, Veech wrote:

wow, very generous offer.  Thanks Thane...


You can use the tasklist command from the command prompt if you want 
to just get a list of currently running processes:

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/processes.html#TaskList

And you can use Autoruns from here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html

To save a list of the startup items.

Or send me a HiJackThis log.  That might be the easiest to start with.



T 

[H] Odds calculator

[Veech]

I need to figure out the odds, or probability, of something happening.

Say there are 254 ping pong balls are mixed in a bag where 68 of them are 
red and the other 186 are white.  So, 27% of the balls are red.  Someone who 
is blindfolded reaches into the bag twelve times and selects one ping pong 
ball each time.  What are the odds that all 12 ping-pong balls will be 
white?


can anyone point me to an odds/probability calculator that will help me 
establish the percentages on this?  Or is anyone adept at this type of 
calculation that can answer this question?


thanks 

Re: [H] Odds calculator

[Veech]

A real statistical calculation.

We had a cash prize drawing at work today, awarding 12 cash prizes to 
employees in our division.  There are 254 people in the division, and 68 of 
them were from my own staff.  Remarkably, after drawing 12 names, none of my 
staff received a single cash prize.  The names were written on pieces of 
paper and put in a box.  The papers weren't folded, and the whole process is 
suspect.  Anyway, before I make a stink to HR I wanted to know the 
statistical probability of *none* of my employees being chosen to win a 
prize.  I'm thinking it's about 1 in 50.



- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Odds calculator


Are you looking for real statistical probability calculation or bookie odd 
(RNG*LS/Stat) calculation?


Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless

-Original Message-
From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:35:13
To:"The Hardware List" 
Subject: [H] Odds calculator

I need to figure out the odds, or probability, of something happening.

Say there are 254 ping pong balls are mixed in a bag where 68 of them are
red and the other 186 are white.  So, 27% of the balls are red.  Someone 
who

is blindfolded reaches into the bag twelve times and selects one ping pong
ball each time.  What are the odds that all 12 ping-pong balls will be
white?

can anyone point me to an odds/probability calculator that will help me
establish the percentages on this?  Or is anyone adept at this type of
calculation that can answer this question?

thanks 

Re: [H] Odds calculator

[Veech]

that's not exactly what I'm looking for.  Let me put it this way...

Take a deck of cards, remove the aces.  Shuffle thoroughly.  Select 12 cards 
at random of the 48.  What are the odds that *none* of the 12 cards you 
selected will be face cards?





Let's look at the probability that someone NOT in your group wins.

Probability = Number of people NOT in your group/total number of people

First Pick: 186/254 = 73.2%
Last Pick: 175/243 = 72.0%
(assuming once the name is picked, it is not put back)

So, the odds of a non staff member being picked remain at about 72.5% for
all drawings.

The larger group that does not include your staff will always have a 
higher

chance of winning. I think you have fallen into the probability trap that
assumes that the events are dependent on each other. Each drawing is in
fact, independent of the previous drawings, so the chance of a non-staff
member being selected is always the number of the non-staff members
remaining divided by the total number of people remaining.

See
http://www.mathsrevision.net/gcse/pages.php?page=32

Hope this helps,

Jim Maki
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [H] List info / Jim Edwards

[veech]

I could PayPal a little something as well :)

I don't contribute much but I do enjoy lurking around.

Veech

-Original Message- 
From: Brian Weeden

Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 4:05 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Cc: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] List info / Jim Edwards

I'm good for chipping in too.

---
Brian Weeden
Secure World Foundation
+1 202 683-8534

On Mar 18, 2013, at 19:04, "Robert Martin Jr."  wrote:


Same here. Mostly lurking but still read the list mail ;)


lopaka



From: DSinc 
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Mon, March 18, 2013 4:01:18 PM
Subject: Re: [H] List info / Jim Edwards

Hey Jeff,
A bunch of us 'oldsters' are still alive and bitchin' on this
"HardwareGroup" list. I could be blocked by many, but,
I continue to sharewith those that respond.
Thanks for your service!
Duncan

On 03/18/2013 18:50, Jeff Lane wrote:
I haven't either, but would be willing to. This is the best bunch of 
folks
that I have on all my tech lists and sure wouldn't want to break it up. 
As

an aside, though, I certainly hope Jim is ok. Being a Korean vet I am all
too familiar with silence in a
groupJeff


I have not donated anything in the past, but will be more than happy to
contribute now.

Mike



At 06:16 PM 3/18/2013, DSinc wrote:

Yes, Me too! According to my schedule from waay back, I am now
awhole lot in the 'non-payment' list!  Still willing to fund this
List/enterprise.
Duncan

On 03/18/2013 18:02, FORC5 wrote:

In the past I have made donations to the list but has been a long time.
Willing to donate.
fp

At 01:46 PM 3/18/2013, Bryan Seiz Poked the stick with:

Collective,


  Has anyone seen or heard from Jim lately ?  Does anyone know who
pays for and runs the list ?  The domain is set to expire at the end
of this year, any info would be appreciated.

__
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little 
temporary

Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." (Benjamin Franklin, 1755)

Re: [H] Windows 8 and Home Server (not 2011)

[Veech]

So when I get my new PC next April (only because MS will cease supporting 
XP) I stick with Win7?


- Original Message - 
From: "DSinc" 

To: 
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 15:08
Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8 and Home Server (not 2011)



Thane,
Thank you for this comment. I will join the list with Win7pro and wait for 
the post-8

reviews to come.
Duncan

On 10/18/2013 16:41, Thane Sherrington wrote:

At 05:19 PM 18/10/2013, Christopher Fisk wrote:

GPT?


Turned out that Windows 8 doesn't setup the Credentials correctly.  You 
can add them manually, however.


Yet another reason Win8 sucks.

T

Re: [H] test?

[veech]

Works in LA.  I received a message that I had been unsubscribed due to 
bounced messages.  Glad to see the list is intact.


-Original Message- 
From: DSinc

Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:18 AM
To: HWG
Subject: [H] test?

test? 

Re: [H] Free, lite AV suggestions for XP

[Veech]

I grabbed MSE on April 7 and deleted it two days later, it was a much bigger 
resource hog on my XP box than Avast.  I have a cheap version of Avast, I 
think I paid $29 (on sale from $49) for one year and it has done a great 
job.  Malwarebytes and Spybot are two good apps with free versions 
available.  In the meantime I am sourcing a new box with Win 7 Pro.  I want 
to get my XP box offline asap.



- Original Message - 
From: 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:16
Subject: [H] Free, lite AV suggestions for XP


In light of MSFT's dropping of XP support & thus the download/install of
MSE (even though current installs will function until July 2015), does
anyone have a suggestion for a free & lite AV program? AVG & Avast are
out, as they are not lite enough for me. They may run fine for others
but I think they are resource hogs, you may agree to disagree. Anything
else out there, that one could recommend?

Regards,
joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."

Re: [H] Klipsch speakers suck.

[Veech Malone]

Logitech Z-680's rule!  Logitech now has a set of digital speakers out that
replaces the z-680's, but overall, they sound great.

Anthony Q. Martin wrote:

  mine still work and I'd had them way longer than 2 years now.  I did have to
send them back for a replacement, however.  I can't recall the problem now,
but they paid for everything and made the process very easy for me. Sorry to
hear that they have changed, though.

what's wrong with yours?  which ones do you have?


joeuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  
  
I'm done with their stuff. I have a set of 5.1 THX's, not abused or
anything - lasted 2 years. Read the forums and other have issues also
- they want to charge to fix them (1 yr warranty) and deny they are at
fault. Disgraceful company. I'll never buy or suggest their products.

  
  

  

[H] Does Creative Labs owe you money?

[Veech Malone]

Class action lawsuit against Creative:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22019
I'm gonna cash in on this one, having bought two of these in the past 4 
years..

Veech

Re: [H] Plasma TV

[Veech Malone]

Technology has advanced and prices have come down quite a bit, so now 
there are certainly other considerations for big-screen TV than plasma. 
But when I bought mine 2 1/2 years ago, it was the only way to go.  I 
got a 50" Pioneer for around $6000 which at that time was a killer 
price.  Important for me were size, viewing angle, space and display 
quality in a fairly bright environment.  At that time and at that price, 
the plasma fit the bill and beat any RPs on the market.  But now it's 
important to shop around and compare different technologies.

Hayes Elkins wrote:
Plasma has always been a showpiece technology rather than a 
technically superior medium. As far as flat panel's go - LCD and the 
upcoming organic displays blow plasma away in terms of picture quality.

That's why when anybody insists on plasma, and only want a 42", I 
reccomend EDTV. It costs much less and when comparing HD vs DVD on a 
screen that small, it doesnt have the impact to justify buying an HD 
42" plasma costing thousands more.

From: CW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List 
To: "The Hardware List" 
Subject: RE: [H] Plasma TV
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 14:50:48 -0500
I'll say this and people will disgree: Plasmas seem cool, but I 
haven't seen a single one I thought was really worth a damn as far as 
picture quality.. in comparison to my Sony 57" (RPTV) I'd take it 
every time, and in comparison to relatively cheap, current DLP 
models, there just isn't a contest.  It just seems like paying a good 
chunk of money to say "you have it" rather then "normal" but higher 
quality..

CW
-Original message-
From: "007" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon,  4 Apr 2005 13:59:23 -0500
To: "The Hardware List" hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: RE: [H] Plasma TV
>
>
> Plasmas out there:  From hometheaterhifi.com
>
> Panasonic TH-37PWD7UY 37" 852x480 1 $2,099
> NEC 42VP5 42" 853x480 1 $2,295
> JVC GM-V42UG 42" 853x480 1 $2,999
> Panasonic TH-42PHD7UY 42" 1024x768 2 $3,750
> Pioneer PDP-504CMX 50" 1280x720 $5,549
> NEC 50XR4 50" 1366x768 $8,995
>
>
>
> LCDs
> Brand Model Size (16:9 diag) Native Resolution Price
> BenQ DV3070 30" 1280x768 $1,799
> Mitsubishi MLM300 30" 1280x768 $2,899
> Sharp LC-32GD-4U 32" 1366x768 $3,799
> Sharp LC-M3700 37" 1366x768 $4,995
> Mitsubishi MLM400 40" 1280x768 $5,495
> Sharp LC-45GD-4U 45" 1920x1080 $7,999
>
>
> I am sometimes dissapointed at some people on this list. 1920x1080 
is 1080i
> res.
>
> That means a TV which cannot display that resolution will 
downconvert the
> signal.  As a result the picture will look less than stellar.
> Only a few shows are recorded at 1080i (Jay Leno being a few (with 
proper
> light and reflection deserving of a HD set).
> To see all the colors and resolution use a Sony XBR line widescreen 
and
> watch Discovery HD of some flowers or jungle scene.
>
> More things to keep in mind is that many TV's lack multiscanning 
ability so
> it takes all signals and converts it to 108i, or 720p or 960p etc.
> The end result often causes the final image to be distorted.  If 
you have
> the greens buy a multiscanning HDTV.
>
> 007.
>
>

Re: [H] Who knew? Adobe buys Macromedia

[Veech Malone]

Adobe bought Syntrillium about 1 1/2 years ago, absorbing and upgrading Cool
Edit Pro and renaming it Adobe Audition.  In just this one area, I respect
Adobe for choosing to "absorb" a high-quality app and actually making it
better.  AA is as good as CEPro was, and offers many more options.  

Chris Reeves wrote:
   
  
 
  
 
  

  http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22611
  
  
 Talk about consolidation on the graphics front.  Pretty much combines the
two largest players under one roof.
  
   
  
  CW
  
  

Re: [H] Flat Panel Displays for Gaming

[Veech Malone]

I'm entering that arena as well... what are the opinions on these.. 
I've heard Samsung has the best specs so far, any feedback on them?

Steve Tomporowski wrote:
My main machines are still 19" CRT, but with the drop in prices and
some notice that flat panels are getting faster, I'm getting
interested.
What's everyone's take on the best 19" flat panel for fps gaming?
A lot of what is written is individual perception and the articles
often contradict themselves on the same page!
Who's using what?  What looks good?
ThanksSteve
 

[H] How would you upgrade this system?

[Veech Malone]

I put this system together in October '03.  It was my first Intel 
system, and it'll probably be my last.  It runs hot and loud, of course 
that may be due to the video card as well.  But it crashes frequently, 
I'm pretty sure due to heat.


This box is used almost solely for 1) gaming and 2) audio 
processing/mixing.  The two IDE HDs, case and PS were left over from the 
previous system, circa 2001.  


Contents:

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe 875 Chipset
P4 3.0G  (Asus mobo will auto o/c to 3.2)  
2 x 512MB DDR3500 Mushkin

Primary HD - WD Raptor 36G 10,000 rpm SATA
2nd HD - WD 20G IDE
3rd HD - IBM 60G IDE
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
Pioneer A06 DVDR-RW
Lite-On 52x32x52
InWin 500 full tower case
Enermax 431w PS
XP Pro

What would you folks recommend as far as upgrades, for speed and 
stability?  I plan to keep the Audigy, Pioneer and Lite-On, everything 
else is optional.  Also, please advise on any break-through technology 
that's around the corner.  I know dual core is the next big thing, but 
other than for multi-tasking (which I don't do much of), and 
hyper-threaded apps (which I do not believe are on the gaming horizon) I 
don't think dual core is worthwhile at this point.


Opinions?

thanks

Re: [H] How would you upgrade this system?

[Veech Malone]

fair question  ;)   I have a budget of about $1500.  I assume I'll have to
upgrade the board, the processor, the video card and PS.  This is my bi-annual
upgrade, so I wanna hit something slightly ahead of the curve, 40% interested
in bang-for-buck and 60% interested in "future-proof" (heh, I know, no such
thing) anyway, something that'll handle the new technology esp as far as
games go.  Good advice about the HDs...

CW wrote:

  I mean, how big of an upgrade are you talking about?  Whole new box, basically with a few preserves or?

Right now, one of the best bangs out there is the AMD 3700+ San Diego Core 939 + an NF4 Ultra board.. but that's a significant switch, requiring a PS change, videoc ard change, etc.  that's a whole new box.  If you want to keept he board, processor, etc. and get a decent upgrade out of it, here's my suggestion:

Dump the 2nd & 3rd HDDs which are small and probably heat magnets.  Change for a single 160G or so.  Change the 9800 for a FX6800 GT or ATI 800XL type card. 

Done.  That solution is a lot cheaper then tossing everything ;)  But, I'm not sure what you're after.

If you really want to go after the gaming segment with it, do it.. go for the 3700+, NF4 Ultra Board (I like the Winfast series), and then grab a PCI-Express 6800GT.  

:)

-Original message-
From: Veech Malone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:32:03 -0500
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] How would you upgrade this system?

  
  
I put this system together in October '03.  It was my first Intel 
system, and it'll probably be my last.  It runs hot and loud, of course 
that may be due to the video card as well.  But it crashes frequently, 
I'm pretty sure due to heat.

This box is used almost solely for 1) gaming and 2) audio 
processing/mixing.  The two IDE HDs, case and PS were left over from the 
previous system, circa 2001.  

Contents:

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe 875 Chipset
P4 3.0G  (Asus mobo will auto o/c to 3.2)  
2 x 512MB DDR3500 Mushkin
Primary HD - WD Raptor 36G 10,000 rpm SATA
2nd HD - WD 20G IDE
3rd HD - IBM 60G IDE
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
Pioneer A06 DVDR-RW
Lite-On 52x32x52
InWin 500 full tower case
Enermax 431w PS
XP Pro

What would you folks recommend as far as upgrades, for speed and 
stability?  I plan to keep the Audigy, Pioneer and Lite-On, everything 
else is optional.  Also, please advise on any break-through technology 
that's around the corner.  I know dual core is the next big thing, but 
other than for multi-tasking (which I don't do much of), and 
hyper-threaded apps (which I do not believe are on the gaming horizon) I 
don't think dual core is worthwhile at this point.

Opinions?

thanks






  
  

  

[H] audio/speakers questions..

[Veech Malone]

 I have a P4 setup with a P4C800E board along with an Audigy 2 ZS 
Platinum Pro soundcard.   I am currently using my Logitech Z680's for 
speakers, using the 6 channel analog audio outs from the CL card, 
plugged into the Logitech pod.  It gives serviceable 5.1 sound.


I want to modify my setup to accommodate a pair of audiophile stereo 
speakers (well, more like studio reference monitors) as well as the 5.1 
setup.   I doubt that this can this be done with my current config, but 
does anyone have a similar configuration?  I'm looking for an A/B 
option, where the A is audio output to the stereo studio reference 
monitors, the B is output to the Logitech pod for the 5.1 surround sound.


I'm not so concerned about the 5.1 surround sound quality, as what I 
have now is adequate.  However, I do want the best possible output 
quality for the refernce monitors.  I'm concerned that my current setup 
will not provide that, no matter how good the speakers are.  I'm 
prepared to upgrade the board and CPU, was planning on it anyway 
eventually.  Are the new digital-out motherboards worth looking at as an 
option?  AMD based is fine, in fact it's preferred..


thanks,

Veech

Re: [H] IEEE 4-pin to USB connector?

[Veech Malone]

Thanks all for the recs...  I just ordered this.  Should be a simple 
solution :)


Wayne Johnson wrote:


At 02:14 AM 6/13/2005, nobozoz typed:


 IEEE-1394 can be 4-wire or
6-wire or 9-wire with 4-wire to 6-wire, 4-wire to 9-wire and 6-wire to
9-wire adaptation. there are gender-changers, too. What a mess!



4 wire is most often used in Vince's case to/from a DigiCam. Many 
firewire cards only have 6 wire female connectors & these cards are 
most likely 1394a sometimes called Firewire 400 . These cards are 
usually cheap. This SIIG card & cable set 
 is more 
than enough to get you started & is only $24.37.



--+--
   Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805

Re: [H] NForce Boards for A64 Sock 754

[Veech Malone]

Are these the ones with the digital 5.1 audio outputs?

Chris Reeves wrote:

  No problem.

There are now some Socket 754 Nforce4 boards just hitting the market.  Asus
makes one.  I haven't seen one yet.  *shrug*


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:25 AM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Fwd: [H] NForce Boards for A65

Sorry, Chris, meant to send this to the whole list..Steve


  
  
Upgrade the MB, of course, means a switch in CPUs, etc.

  
  
So the CPU has to be changed also  Well, I guess that's the
impetus to NOT upgrade.  Paid a lot (for me) for that CPU.

  
  
Yes, NF4 boards have some advantages (access to more CPUs, dual channel
memory, PCI-Express)

  
  
I'd have to do a processor/MB change, but I assume memory would
transfer and power supply?  New MBs are still ATX?  I just haven't
been paying a lot of attention to these things.

  
  
If you have the 6800 (non-GT) then that's a much bigger "hop" .. the

  
  6800GTs
  
  
have dropped below $300.  That's a better bang.

  
  
A bigger 'hop' from a PCIe board, you mean?  The present board is AGP.

Oh yeah, sorry about the 'A65'  I caught that error in the text, but
not in the subject.

Steve




  

[H] OT - Ins't Tihs Wreid?

[Veech Malone]

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in 
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht 
the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total 
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the 
huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but, the wrod as a wlohe.

Re: [H] OT - Ins't Tihs Wreid?

[Veech Malone]

Half the spam I get already has purposely misspelled words in the 
subject line or punctuation marks instead of letters.  There oughtta be 
a law against it.


Thane Sherrington wrote:


At 07:04 PM 06/07/2005, Veech Malone wrote:


Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer 
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is 
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be 
a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is 
bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but, the 
wrod as a wlohe.



Just wait until spammers start using this.  Bayesian'll be screwed.

T

[H] F.E.A.R. demo now available

[Veech Malone]

One of many places available...

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/fear/513626p1.html

the screenies on this thing look pretty amazing, guess it's time for the
inevitable bi-annual upgrade.

Gonna dump my 3.0G P4, the heat is killer.