Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-05-23 Thread maccrawj
Well poking around only netted me people resolving this by disabling powerplay. With my 3870X2 VisionTek actually released a BIOS update which raised the clocks to constant normal operational levels which effectively removed power play and solved the problem for their customers including me.

Re: [H] Diagnosing a video issue?

2010-05-23 Thread maccrawj
The 9800 is actually supported under Windows 7? I though it got lumped in with the rest of the pre-directX 10 stuff as no longer supported (at all) by CCC above 6.5? Just my $.02, but I'll bet it's running in VGA compatibility mode and that's all it will ever do. On 5/22/2010 6:29 PM, GPL

Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD?

2010-05-23 Thread maccrawj
Yes, but then there is the potential for long term wear out from rewrites for pagefile temp folders. Tell me it's worth it in 3-5 years. On 5/22/2010 3:23 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I've been using one now for 5 months. It's great..wouldn't consider changing or going back now. Also, a lot

Re: [H] Win7 on a 2007 Thinkpadgood idea or nuts?

2010-05-23 Thread maccrawj
Personally I do not find W7 any more intensive than XP short of using Aero or the overhead from some of the unneeded convenience services like search indexer. Sure runs fine on my Atom N330 and would have run fine on my P4 2.4Ghz Dell Latitude C840 if bastards at ATI Nvidia didn't stop

Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD?

2010-05-23 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
If it craps in 3 years, you'll be hearing from me here. But by 5 years I will have moved onlife is too short On 5/23/2010 5:08 AM, maccrawj wrote: Yes, but then there is the potential for long term wear out from rewrites for pagefile temp folders. Tell me it's worth it in 3-5 years.

Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD?

2010-05-23 Thread Al Anger
On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:42:43 -0700 Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org wrote: Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M080G2XXX 2.5 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Have you read the reviews on newegg? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820167016 Sure is

Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD?

2010-05-23 Thread Brian Weeden
Known problem, usually solved by a firmware update or using an OS that actually supports TRIM. The core problem is that SSDs are completely different technogy from spinning disks and you can't treat them the same. You shouldnt defrag SSDs or do anything that does more writes than

Re: [H] Diagnosing a video issue?

2010-05-23 Thread GPL
The thing ran just fine to be honest with you. I downloaded the driver from the ATI website under legacy software support structure. It's just that I would assume that if the video card was going bad, that it would go bad be it under it's own driver or in any video mode. Now I can't seem to keep

Re: [H] NetGear WNDR3700

2010-05-23 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Well, unfortunately, this intel mini card doesn't work in the Dell Latitude XT. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QAY00K/ref=oss_product Win7 recognizes it, installs drivers for it...doesn't report any errors...but if I boot with the wireless on...Win7 freezes downthen, if I boot

Re: [H] NetGear WNDR3700

2010-05-23 Thread DSinc
Anthony, When you and Zul were discussing this card update, I got the impression both of you were focused on an Intel 49xx card. Confused I got. I thought the card of choice was an Intel 5300 card. I did see the ~$25 difference at newegg. I live or die with only Intel NIC cards at the most