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My understanding is that parts are ready to roll. They will be available when Barcelona ships. The obvious differentiators are 6MB cache vs 4MB and faster busses.

Dang! Oh well, at least the post count went up :~

Agreed! FWIW: Prosciutto.

Agreed! FWIW: Prosciutto.

http://www.techreport.com/onearticle.x/12695 Basically a slowed down 15K-5. Uses 15K-5 internals. 4 platters. Supposedly faster than the 10K-7 ..."The NS's unrecoverable error rate is apparently ten times better than that of the 10K-RPM Cheetah, and its annualized failure rate is supposedly...

I tend to disagree. To enthusiasts, this is "common" knowledge. To the vast majority of purchasers, they wouldn't know about them.

Hey, at least it craps out at 7%. I did a 2610 that abended at 98%, for no credit. That was a a waste of time...

You guys just fill me with joy and happiness about Dell :) The Inspiron was about $1 000 cheaper than the Latitude. That did influence my decision. As for HP/IBM/Lenovo/Toshiba, I looked, but no one other than Dell was shipping Core 2 Duo's when I purchased. Lot's of Core Duo's, but no Core...

That case does look good, and more along the lines of what I was thinking.

Thanks for the advice Time. I do prefer something that is standard myself. It's not my idea to go small, it's my friends. I have warned him. That's why I asked here, I have no idea of whats out there, and the traps they entail. You mentioned standard uATX cases. Do you have some brands...

Bump. Anyone? Easy to do? Void warranty?

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21910626-1702,00.html ..." The test was overseen by the Australian government's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), supported by Australian and US scientists. "Everything went according to plan," DSTO spokesman Steve Butler said. "It will...

That's why I bought mine, but it was useful as is so I never got around to it.

Thanks, I'll check it out

Promise ATA PCI controllers. They were popular about the time of ATA-66/100. They were way faster than the VIA ATA66/100 implementations, but as ATA-100 matured, they lost any advantage they had. Then SATA rolled around and people poo-poo'ed 'mere' ATA controllers. Looks like there still may...

A friend has posed an interesting question. They have downsized their accommodation and want to use a laptop and 1 PC. They think that a standard ATX case is too large. They like to PC form factor for some limited upgrade capability. They like the Mac mini. Is their a "standard" case out...

Ahh, the return of Promise

Funny you should say that. I had three fail in quick succession, all at the 7% complete mark, and then one completed successfully. It was on an o/ced machine so I thought instability. But the same machine has completed nine days straight folding with other WUs including a 2652, so maybe not...

I'd have to agree with Coug. I've got three S370 chips and no boards for them to go in. I have two other S370 chips in Slot One boards via Slotket, so my Slot One boards are still going strong.

How well do AV programs do in detecting unknown virii? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070607-report-little-known-av-packages-outdo-those-of-symantec-mcafee-microsoft.html NOD it is ..."The test looked at 17 different products, including offerings from Symantec, McAfee, AVG, Kaspersky...

I've encountered this error in two ways: * The install media is corrupt–scratched disk/HDD with bad sectors/CD-R that has a "silent" failure, i.e. it is just failing. Try running the disk in Nero's disk testing utils. * The O/S is not supported. Not much to go on I'm afraid

I bought a Pioneer DVR-212 (the D model cannot burn DVD-RAM if you were wondering what the difference was) to replace an NEC 3540A. The Pioneer drives can be picky about the SATA port they are plugged into. Mine was. According to CDRFreaks, this is a known issue. Mine would not burn Verbatim...

I like big mamories :D :P Is this a card to store topless photo's? :rotfl: Time for more medication...

Not unless it's changed to a 128-bit wide bus :) 64 bits = 8 bytes 8 * 1333 = 10 664 bytes/sec 8 * 1067 = 8 536 " Memory channel(s) = 64 bits * 2 8 * 2 * 666.66 = 10 667 bytes/sec 8 * 2 * 533.33 = 8 533 " Near enough to dead equal. In an Intel system, data flows CPU <-> FSB <-> Memory...

O.K. to devolve from the serious, has anyone seen POTC:At Worlds End? What did you think?

Oh yeah, a DVD I thought was particularly good at revealing limitations of the upscale engine is Stigmata, particularly in the menus and an ambulance scene early on–Frankie (Patricia Arquette) is whipped/flogged, giving her one of the stigmata, on a train, and is then raced to hospital. This is...

Will the people buying the LCD have a lot of HD content? Is their Free to air/cable/satellite content available in HD? If the answer is no, then be wary of buying a HD set. A lot of sets will try to upscale Standard Definition (SD) to play full screen on the panel. The results vary from very...

C2d—half the front-side bus speed and there's your answer, e.g. 1067 = 2 x 533MHz AMD, the faster the better. AMD CPUs are latency sensitive, so the faster the memory runs, the lower the system latency==a good thing.

According to the sources that I have read, the quad-cores willbe for Socket AM2+. AM2+ CPU's will run in AM2 motherboards but you miss out on: * Independent core clocks/voltages (being abl;e to run one core flat out and the other/other three at minimum CPU speed/voltage—basically power saving...

Ditto. Dans data had a very comprehensive cooler roundup at one stage and he investigated a number of goops—even used toothpaste and vegemite (marmite, promite)—none of them made a measurable difference. The thickness of application mattered more. Less is best.

On that note, welcome to Cyrixgrrl :)

That's why god invented hole saws :P

We need to recruit more folders, the size of some of the teams is staggering

Busted :D I just sold my remaining E4300 and I am going to replace it with an E6420. Then I looked at the Q6600 (AUS$660) and thought "hmm, that's not bad." Then I remembered the price drop and thought that'd be foolish. That triggered the urge to drop be SF—and see what new posts there were...

Would it be a good idea to open up the laptop and clean any heatsinks/fans? I've never pulled mine apart so I don't know how to do it. Advice? Dell Inspiron 6400.

Disclaimer: My wife worked as a merchandiser for Canon for a year or so, so we got some kit cheap. Having said that, the Canon Pixma 8500 we use has been trouble free for about 2, 2 1/2 years now. It gets a reasonable workout. Don't get me started on the POS Lexmark we had before that...

Awfully expensive? DDR2-667 5-5-5-15 (PC5300) is only a dollar or two more expensive than DDR2-533 per 512MB stick. I am talking about Corsair ValueSelect or Geil Value RAM. Both are rated at 5-5-5-15 timings @667MHz, and mine both run 4-4-4-12 at the same 667. Perhaps you are thinking I was...

I've been able to check some more folding units and the C2D 2MB units get only about 2/3rds the ppd of a 4MB unit. :( They overclock like nothing else, but that doesn't seem to matter. Memory timings. I was running one on default 5-5-5-15 timings (DDR2-667) and the other 4-4-4-12. The...

Can't figure out if this is a Vista or Intel issue--I'm leaning towards Intel ..."The site reports that users of Windows Vista who run RAID arrays with an Intel ICH8R chipset are vulnerable to a QuickTime problem that causes RAID errors. I discovered that there is an issue with QuickTime and...

Tony of course :D

Vista look and feel (Theme) for XP updated http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/26/vista-transformation-pack-6-for-windows-xp2003-releasedwow/

Hah! I still have a copy of 3.5 (not 3.51!) somewhere.

The minimalist approach works http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=136446

My understanding was that back in Feb, the launch was pushed to May so that all the 2x cards would be 65nm—to combat heat & power usage. That the smaller cards have now been pushed back to July, and the fact that reviewers are still using 80nm cards indicates to me that rumours of a silicon...

Can anybody recommend s/w for moving songs to a shuffle? Ephod doesn't work with newer iPods :(

If I may weigh in. I have three computers running. I've just replaced two. They were: 2 x X2 3600+ 2.0GHz/256KB L2/core One is default, the other is running 2.5GHz, both with 1GB DDR2-667 at relaxed timings (5-5-5-15) The other is an E6600 running on a 1.33GHz FSB => 3.0GHz, a la X6800 with...

Damn Francophiles have staged a coup d'État. :) Seriously, do the Québecois not consider themselves part of Canada? I know there have been some separatist moves, but is the aim a full-blown succession? And if so, why–what would it bring for those with French ancestry? Edit: Maybe this...

Ask the other five if they are interested in broadening their skill base and have the Linux guy teach them. It's called a redundancy plan. Seriously, I'm not being smarmy, I find that some people (given the chance) will jump at the chance to upskill. Others find a niche and are happy in it...

yeah, but isn't the ambient of Can-uh-duh about -20C? :twistd:

More info please. OS? Appears to be Windows. Which version? "Access denied." Is it being run as an administrator? Program/group level access? Appears to be C++. Vendor? Version? Patch level? Calling the API directly? Why? File or device in use? Same error on another machine?