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Yeah... I have a Radeon 7500. Real hardcore, I know. Creative Suite 2, CorelDRAW, Nuendo 3 and Half-Life 2 are my heavy-lifter apps. Would current onboard video solutions give me the juice to run HL2 with playable frame rates? Also, HD video decoding would be a nice upgrade; the 7500 didn't have...

Last week I packed up a bunch of stuff and high-tailed it to Israel for the better part of the coming year. Included in my baggage were the components comprising my desktop computer, individually packaged for reassembly upon arrival. I arrived, I reassembled, I pushed the power button and...

I've seen these before, and I got to wondering where I'm supposed to keep my drives when they're not mounted. I mean, we all know how delicate hard drives are. Unmounted, bare hard drives are at high risk for damage by mechanical shock and because of their exposed electronics. I wouldn't want to...

Hmm... thanks for the tips, all.

Merc, I'm not sure I know what you mean. Can you describe what kind of connector is at either end of the cable, or take a happy snap and let the picture speak a thousand words?

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the view options on a per-folder basis in XP SP2? For example, I want one particular folder NOT to display hidden or system files, but if I change it for that folder (even if I don't hit "Apply to all folder") it is applied globally. Piyono

Bypassing Adobe's security measures? Uh oh! Piyono

No, because I sometimes have poor results running diagnostics on drives attached through USB (I have a couple of Bytecc and Vantec USB > IDE/SATA adapters). Also, It's been my experience that that failing drives have a better chance of mounting (and staying mounted) when connected to a...

The typewriter tool in Foxit Reader 2.1 is part of the "Advanced Feature Set" of Foxit PDF Editor whereas it's free in Adobe Reader 7.05 and up (although in Adobe Reader typewriter is available only when the author has enabled it for a given document). As well, Foxit Reader's typewriter tool...

Longer. Shorter. Doesn't matter as long as it's a SATA cable with male connectors on one end and female connectors on the other end. Reason being that when I'm working on a laptop I sometimes want to have the drive it outside of the chassis. This cable would make that configuration possible...

Does anyone know where I can get something like this: http://www.cpustuff.com/22-pin-male-to-female-power-and-data-sata-adapter-custom-cable.-CUS22MF08-CUS22MF12-CUS22MF19-p-342.html http://www.cooldrives.com/sainexca22ex.html for maybe 2 or 3 bucks apiece?

Hey, good idea, Merc. I'll pop it into another box and see what happens. Piyono

Having just plugged in a new drive I decided to revisit my ATTO benchmarks. Not surprisingly, my C: drive test results are the same as they were when I opened this thread. Again I'm scratching my head. What would you do if your boot drive was testing at 25MB/s max? Piyono

Well, it's been 8 weeks, a dozen phone calls and lots of red tape later but I've got a new drive, and for my trouble they bumped me up to a 300GB model, the HD300LJ. Not a speed demon but this is just for near-line storage so even a 5400 would have done nicely. Just glad to have a working drive...

Who is this [Edit] feller? I like the cut of his jib.

My mom bought an HP LaserJet 4 in 1996. It cost damn near CAN$2000. It's running today like it did when we first set it up. It's needed repair once, but only because my sister dropped it. A workhorse if I've ever seen one. We have a Color LaserJet 4600 which has been nothing but trouble from...

I remember once sending in a 40GB drive to Maxtor and receiving a 60GB drive in return. Pleasant surprise.

What the heck is up with editing posts on this board? I hit save and nothing happens.

It's always been like that here with Sammy. Warranty claims are replaced with refurbs. Maxtor, too (may they rest in peace), as I recall. Also, if it were not for the fact that I was told I was being shipped a refurb I might not have known because the drive itself is not marked as such...

It's always been like that here with Sammy. Warranty claims are replaced with refurbs. Maxtor, too (may they rest in peace), as I recall. Anyway, I just typed up a letter for the claim handler in the hopes of ensuring a properly working replacement for my replacement. Sometimes a few...

Tannin, I don't actually have a Samsung distributor anymore because the company I was using dropped the line a while back citing Samsung's withdrawal from the Canadian HDD market. Odd claim considering that Samsung's Canadian website still lists hard drives. In any case, I called customer...

Yeah, you know what... I just tested a 6-year-old Maxtor 5T040H4. Noisy as all-get-out but totally inert. RMA #2, here we come. Piyono

I RMA-ed a dying Samsung SP2504C and recieved the replacement by courier a few weeks ago. I think it's a refurb. It vibrates like your barber's Wahl and emits a mildly irritating array of hums and whines. It has a Nidec motor stamped "P120". I'm quite sure it's the noisiest drive I've purchased...

I've been using EAC with FLAC for over a year, now, and my teeth have never been whiter!

Some companies are selling bridge chips with ports assembled into a bracket. Great for building your own enclosure, except that the price on these things is around US$70. That doesn't include a chasis or power supply. Sucky. Piyono

NOD32, eh? I hadn't heard of it till now. I'm gonna check it out. Piyono

Do you use AV software? If not, how come? If so which one? How do you have it configured? I'm using Avast and I've disabled every module except for Outlook scanner. Suspicious files are scanned manually through the context menu. Piyono

In answer to my own question, Anandtech shelled out for some Chroma gear: http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsus/showdoc.aspx?i=3021 Looks promising. Piyono

Thanks, will, I caught that one, too. Piyono

This is about normal. Piyono

Yeah, it's going back up. Of course, I used a different data center for each test. Piyono

Wow... I'm having a bad night. My speeds usually measure closer to what Clocker's results were. Piyono

Next time there's a serious, open-door throwdown with 6 hours notice or more you'll be the first to know. :) Piyono

I did some XP thinkpads a few months back and they were, indeed, a lot faster to desktop than this clunker. But IBM (well, everyone, really) has their own Wireless network configuration overlaid on XPs and it drove me mad for a while. Fingerprint stuff was also pretty annoying. Piyono

As I understand it this place sees its share of gatherings with wine and women in abundance. So far, though, I've only been there at quieter times. Piyono

This tool? Are there more? Piyono

I guess that's the answer to all my questions in this thread... But why does it cost HP more to toss a CD into the box? They've already paid for an OS license. Piyono

1. Yeah, well, as long as HP puts out machines like this I'll be in business. 2. News to me! What's it called? 3. Frisky. If only. This was just a jam / chillout / swim / barbeque on a rooftop patio (motorized glass ceiling open for fresh air) with a couple of close friends, some burgers, dogs...

Also, what the hell is up with recovery partitions? Do CDs add too much to the shipping weight? What? I'm sitting here like a damn fool watching this shitbox trudge through the process of creating recovery discs. 15 minutes in and it's at 55%. Oh, and get this: you can make ONLY ONE COPY of the...

Thursday evening I accompanied a buddy to our friendly, neighbourhood Future Shop for moral and tactical support (to fend off the incessant machine-gun high-pressure up-selling attempts of the commissioned employees) while he purchased a new HP laptop, model (uh, lemme check....) dv2412ca. His...

Don't tell me you actually LIKE Molex power connectors. Piyono

Uh... Shallow-screen = widescreen? ]-[

Also, Merc, how many kids did you teach at once? How long did the course run? Where were the in-progress computers stored? Piyono

So, Merc, how did this all come together? You mentioned that you were given a budget. By whom? Were you hired by a college? Were you paid a salary or per kid or what? It sounds like it could be a great little side thing to do. Piyono

Me, especially, at 254 (255 once I click "submit"). Piyono

Thanks, Mubs. Piyono

Thanks, Mubs. Piyono

As far as cursor lag is concerned, you don't have to go to a wireless mouse to find it; just sit down at a Mac— they have it built-in... free! It's possibly the most frustrating part about interfacing with Macs. The infuriating thing is that the mouse preferences panel offers only one control...

We humans have a funny way of setting ourselves up for disaster, don't we. I await your link. Piyono

I've been using mice for 25 years and never once has a foot fallen off, although once when I was walking in Jerusalem on a particularly scorching-hot day, the adhesive on my Reebok runners started to melt, causing my outsoles to separate from the midsoles. Awkward. Maybe the dry heat in...