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BTW, I tried all the FIXMBR, DISKPART, FIXBOOT commands and nothing solved this problem.

Mubs nailed it. Drive geometry problem. I just went through it with a motherboard change, I came across an ASUS P3V4X, so I changed out my BH6 and plonked in the ASUS. Attached drive etc, NTLDR missing! WTF. After much mucking about last night with a DOS/LINUX tools disk, the NT partition...

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33181 BTW, do you mean Point of Sale or piece of sh..? :twistd:

More on the environmental impacts of dams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_Dam

That the hateful/hurtful thing about IT, how quickly and how savagely prices come down. But I bought an X2 soon after the launch and the price did not move much until now, so I'm happy. If I'd bought an X2 in say the April~now time frame, I'd be hurtin'.

Tannin, me & no drugs. Well at least no drugs for me. :twistd: I should elaborate on my PJ post. The last PJ album I bought was (I think) Vitalogy. As with most bands (possible exceptions being The Charlatans U.K., and probably epitomised by R.E.M), they run out of things to say. Nirvana...

He's made the funnies http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060717

Always preferred Pearl jam to Nirvana myself... :bigeek:

Looks like the price cuts will be even deeper than expected. DailyTech has a new distributor price list up, so add US$15 to $25 dollars for US retail http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3361 Processor Today $ 24 July $ 5000+ 649 282 4600+ 522 224 4200+...

paugie, it's not how much you post, it's what. From that perspective, my congratulations to you! It's the people on this forum that make it what it is. I've had differing opinions on some things with some members on this forum (welcome to life!), but off the top of my head, I cannot think of...

Crazy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBnY28Mo6Is&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b

Fancy that. :)

As expected, AMD's price cuts: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2800 A sample: Processor Now Price 7/24 Price X2 5000+ $696 $403 X2 4600+ $558 $301 X2 4200+ $365 $240 X2 3800+ $303 $169 I still think the high end chips are...

The King is dead! Long live the king. For those who thought the "leaked" Core Dua 2 benchmarks were rigged: http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/core2/index.x?pg=18 A quick synopsis. An Intel E6600 Core Duo 2 (2.4 GHz) slated for a US$316 price point, in most tests beats the AMD FX-62...

~Gack! I'm a maroon! That would either be 12:00 US Central, 4:00PM Aus EST or 12:00AM US East Coast, 3:00PM Aus EST :(

Well tonight the bullshit stops. At 12:00AM US East Coast, 4:00PM Aus EST the NDA on Conroe (Core Duo 2 in Intel-speak) lifts. Expect a flood of reviews from the usual suspects.

Italian food. When my wife and I went, we discovered quick smart to avoid the restaurants near travel embarkation point (train/bus stops etc.). O.K. food, but nothing special. I remember us walking around in Firenza/Florence one night and avoiding a number of places with only a few souls...

Yes. It will ask to be activated, I think you have 50 grace boot-ups. It will cost more than OEM versions It should be transportable.

Just came across this. http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3185

How did you like your trip?

<insert Simpsons Cape Feare rake scene> </insert> Competence. That's what I like to see in politicians.

Will Rickards, what have you brought on-line? Your output has jumped mightily.

Yeah, I noticed it last night. You don't need to re-install, just start and stop the service (or program if you run from the command-line). I think the problem lay on the F@H server end. I was getting 502 errors returned (which is server too busy I think).

Oh, by the way, the new 965 chipset looks like it will use the ICH8 southbridge which won't have any IDE ports http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32855

Late to the party, but thanks Dog for taking the time.

975X is the only current one I know of. Intel have a new P965 chipset (which is supposed to be the volume chipset of choice), but it appears they are having difficulty shipping it in volume (and looks to be the reason for the release date slippage).

imagine if AT&T decided to get into direct marketing... You made the only logical and proper choice Mark. I hope other AT&T customers are as intelligent.

I should never have started this thread. Thinking through the implications is leaving me feeling disenfranchised and angry...

Define "average"? What is it that your peep wants to do? If it's office type apps. Pick the cheapest. If it's something a little more heavyweight, then the Core Duo's look interesting.

Your right. I wasn't clear. The organisation responsible for warranty cannot downgrade a manufacturers warranty (according to Fair Trading and the ACCC), but according to the Antec site, warranty claims in Aus are handled by the place of purchase, which was Auspcmarket. Murky, grey...

My Samsung 193T flat panel's front buttons (power, menu, brightness etc.) stopped working. Called Samsung and a rep came out and replaced the monitor with a 910T, no questions asked. Quick, painless, just the way I like it. Thank you Samsung, (and from another thread) thank you Antec.

Called the vendor I bought the case off, AusPCMarket in Sydney, and got the duck and weave—sorry, we only warrant the fan for six months. This is slime at it's worst and contrary to Australian law—if a product is warranted for 12 months by the manufacturer, you cannot (as a retailer) offer...

Bah. I shave at least once a day. If I'm planning on a night out (rare! Young children), I would need to shave a second time. Shaving commercials make me laugh. They show barely pubescent boys with no facial hair getting a "smooth, close" shave. If they had confidence in their product, the...

AMD preps Sempron X2 http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20060627152959.html Well they are calling it an Athlon X2 3600+, but...

Tony, what's a prime? I show your posts to my wife as she is right into photography.

Risk is a personal factor. I rode a bike for three or four years. After the third or fourth "off", I realised that I was too stupid to ride a motorcycle and sold it. If you're dropping the thing, then you don't have the smarts to ride it. Best graffiti I saw: On a motorcycle clothing...

We wuz robbed I tell ya!

Well, yes and no. I saw figures a week or two ago that suggested that the bulk (> 75%) of the water extracted from the Murray-Darling sysytem goes for business/commercial use. A few days later, Beattie had his mug on the news saying "we are building more dams and bugger the greenies" or words...

Wasn't rigged. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32583

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550 Seriously, as an IED, that does give one cause for concern. But can you imagine airlines banning notebooks? And turn away their business customers? Won't happen. The power of the dollar.

Come and gets it http://www.opera.com/

Heat. Bloody heat. I have been running the X2 on the Asrock for a couple of months without errors. Then, about the time the 12cm fan died in the SLK1650, the Early Unit End erros came back. And about the time I swapped motherboards, I swapped the Zalman p/s for the Smartpower p/s which has...

time is right. ATX power is always on, even when the machine is powered down. The only way to remove the power is pull the plug. Has there been a BIOS upgrade? I have seen the ACPI HAL get confused with a BIOS upgrade that changes default values. ACPI probably (depends on vintage of...

More "big mouths" on Sharikou: http://www.aceshardware.com/forums/read_post.jsp?id=120058129&forumid=1

Well there's the rub. I've been following some of the goings on "down South" and it kinda runs contrary to the notion of widely available contraception. Maybe they all want you to enter the preiesthood or something. Opus Dei maybe.. :mrgrn:

Don't mean to rain on your parade but... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a9bSLIkNBj4M

Geez, if I wanted a 12" d1k I'd fold mine in half. There must be more to life... :mrgrn: :eekers:

Doug, you may want to look at our new registered user.

Seems that AMD's answer to the Intel inventory slash & burn (which they have to do to clear the channel of P4's—no one wants them) is this: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32304