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Both Intel and AMD can issue a microcode update to include new instructions (LAHF-SAHF, CMPXCHG16B and PREFETCHW), BUT it'll require support from motherboard vendors (CPU microcode updates can be shipped as part of the BIOS image or as part of the OS) and OS vendors. In reality, both AMD and...

@Tannin, yep it sucks for those with viable and working hardware to be stuck on an EOL platform... But their version won't stop workling on the EOL date, and they also have the option to move either Win8.1 32bit or GNU/Linux (choose your poision) to remain with a supported product. Or they can...

For anything other than glossy photoes, lasers are just as good, if not better than inkjets when using decent paper... However, when I went shopping for a colour laser AIO, the killer was not the printer cost itself, but the toner cost. (Most of the entry level laser AIOs are more expensive...

We purchased an Epson WF-3520 about 6mths ago, and very happy with it. (The WF-3620 replaced this model recently). We also have a simple BW laser for bulk printing, and use the Epson for scan/fax and occassional colour printing for the kids when required. Uses common easy to get ink cartridges...

I'm still shooting with a 6MP camera... And while there have been some instances I would have liked more MP, for 99% of the stuff I shoot with it, 6MP is good enough, considering we rarely get prints above 5"x7".

Why does this remind me of the nail gun in quake? I don't know how to classify this? cool? need, not want, but need one? Or just someone with too much time on their hands?

Other than what the OS provides, no... You may need to check both the master volume and application volume controls. (I can't remember if Win7 has per application volume controls or not). Also the sound driver may have some tweaks available... (but unlikely). If handy with a soldering iron...

Anandtech review of Acer 4K with g-sync: http://anandtech.com/show/8910/acer-xb280hk-4k-gsync-monitor-review

It's all about the feel, the texture and the feedback...

Not that I'm aware of...

What's your current keyboard? Also mechanical keys (ala Cherry MXs) or membrane based desired?

I can only assume MS did that to force people onto their hosted solutions instead of relying on local installations... I know SBS was very very big here in Australia. Even the last company I worked for, installed SBS instead of regular server editions, as it was the cheapest way to get MSSQL...

I guess the only couple of question are: do you want SSO (Single Sign On) with the hosted email? eg Google authentication, OpenID, etc... Number of desktops, OS of the desktops... For centrally managed setups, you can either run a single Windows Server acting as a DC, DNS and DHCP server and...

With a drive so old., I'm 99% certain it won't support UDMA which pretty much all USB/IDE convertors require... Unfortunately you'll need an old IDE controller that supports all PIO modes to get it to work. (FYI, Drive ID is done by PIO, but data transfer is done using UDMA in modern IDE...

Re: swap/pagefile size... According to MS, (from the NT4/2K days), pagefile should be 2.5x the amount of RAM to allow for full crash dumps and hibernation. Since XP/2K3, the MS guideline was allow the OS to determine it. (but most admins will set 2-2.5x times) In the Solaris world, swap should...

Something in the event handler configuration... See if Option "TouchpadOff" is listed in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf or /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf (you may have similar files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ ) Also I assume you're using the xf86-input-synaptics driver...

Something to try for sh*t's and giggles... That 512K *.img file will most likely be an actual floppy disk image. If you open it up in a hex editor (ghex), look at offset 510. (0x1fe). It should be 0x55 0xAA (or 55 AA). And somewhere in that you should see stuff like "MSDOS" and "NO NAME" and...

Is there no option to install a BIOS update through the BIOS itself? Re: touch pad. What model is being reported (dmesg output, or lsusb) and what driver is being installed by the kernel and XOrg? Also, if you have the ISO, you may be able to modify the ISO to be USB bootable, or see here (...

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/lg-shows-219-ultra-wide-monitor-line-at-ces-2015/ In two minds about this, but certainly leaning towards the "like" side of the spectrum since I do run a dual monitor setup and would like to get rid of the center separation between the two monitors

Like to wish everyone a happy new year as well...

Also like to mention that for many Christian Orthodox churches, Christmas is celebrated on the 7th Jan...

As dd, mentions older X series are nice... A modern direct replacement for the older netbooks are the HP Stream 11 and the Asus x205. (both are MSRP US$199) I'm personally not a fan of Chromebooks due to their reliance on Google infrastructure from the productivity aspect, and whilst tablets...

Some of the stuff I got to play with today...

Just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a safe and pleasant holiday period. For all others who also celebrate other events at this time I also wish a: Happy Hanukkah Io, Saturnalia! Happy and Joyful Kwanzaa Happy Constitution Day PS. Apologies if I missed a holiday...

sd and Bozo, I think you just made my point about the possible future of Anandtech...

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to work in these cases. The problem is they are using an automated dialer and only places the call through to an operator if they get a pickup on the other end and the pickup talks and says active for a number of seconds. (This is a telltale sign of a scam call...

We get them call about once a month, and they seem to be using the public phone book to obtain numbers, names and addresses... The calls are typically mid-day when most office workers are at work... hence I why I guess you see a lot of older people getting hit by the scam... There was one...

The aim is either: 1. Install some PC Support software that randomly crashes the PC, and you call them with Creadit card details to get it fixed... (Several hundreds at a time). 2. Install keyloggers to gain access to online banking and email systems. 3. Install other malware and since they have...

Trying to get me to install them... The reason I posted the list, I know a few of you do tech support for bothn small/large companies and knowing which tools they are using, you could block the use of the tools on the PCs...

Hi Guys, I just had one of those phone calls from "Windows Technical Services" (aka pc support scams), and managed to get my personal best of 34mins before they hung up on me. That was after they started abusing me, saying I couldn't speak English correctly, that they would cut off my Internet...

FYI, If I go to TomsHardware with Adblock off, I get 26 different ads on their homepage...

FYI, If I go to TomsHardware with Adblock off, I get 26 different ads on their homepage...

FYI, Anandtech has posted on their homepage, that they have been purchased by Purch. When Anand made the notice to stand down, offers were made, and today Anandtech announced the purchase. Purch also own Toms Hardware, so it'll be interesting how Anandtech evolves over the coming year. Full...

FYI, we've encountered this a few times at work. If an internal drive volume is created and formatted using Windows 8.1, then Windows 7 will refuse to mount the volume claiming it's unformatted. (This is for internal drives, not for USB/Firewire/Thunderbolt drives). We haven't worked out...

agree 100%. What is the use of doing a backup using the builtin stuff with such a severe limitation? Or is it a case that the backup is not really a complete backup as all, but just a backup of the critical stuff like the registry, applications and user documents?

FYI. ASRock just released a X99 motherboard with 2x 10GB LAN onboard and includes support 4x SLI... http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/X99%20WS-E10G/index.us.asp

FYI, just got: 11-Dec-2014 12:36 +10:00 Had this happen yesterday once, but have had it 2 times today...

I was just reading through the Java JRE/JDK license and in accordance with the license, the JRE/JDK is bound by US export laws (as one would expect since the JRE/JDK includes cryptogrpahics based components)... The Oracle Export Regulations document (...

The CPU you have (IIRC formally called BayTrail and is a Silvermont core) has 2 DIMMs channels available via the IMC (integrated memory controller), but there is only 1 physical DIMM slot connected, which Windows doesn't seem to be able to determine correctly. This is either a bug in the UEFI...

@sed, according to Kingston, the C55-B5298/B5299 only has 1 DIMM slot... (You can use their memory finder tool to look up via laptop model number and it'll tell you how many DIMM slots there are).

I wouldn't be worried about the no longer manufactured part, but the fact that many current SSDs use flash of smaller feature size which results in flash that has less PE cycles overall. Would a modern SSD that's using TLC based flash with a lowly 1,000 PE cycle count fair as well as the models...

Coug, sorry to hear about your back. Hope it's getting better.

I enjoyed the Lego movie, but I took it with the expectation that it was a kids movie. I did rather like some of the subtle hints at the adult audience as well... The new Star Wars movies will certainly be a visual treat, but the story... that's yet to be seen. Also there has been no...

In case you haven't seen it, blah, blah, blah... Star Wars ep VII trailer...

Also a curved screen can have a wider viewing area than the actual physical width required, ergo fit a 55" curved screen in the same space as a 50" TV

Reminds of a time many moons ago (NT4.0 Wkstn/Server days), that users had roaming profiles enabled, and logging on at 8:30-9am at the start of the work day would result in 30min login times due to the fileservers being so overloaded... (typically log in time outside of the peak was typically...

Speaking of weather, we didn't really have spring and are now truly in summer... See the attachment (left in sun for 5 mins)... We are expected to have an average of ~40C this weekend... I hope all the visting delegates for the G20 Summit are enjoying our beautiful summers day!

That's just the CIFS announcement information as given out by samba (which is what FreeNAS is using to share via CIFS/SMB). The actual values can be controlled via the samba configuration (smb.conf) via : [global] announce version = 4.9 announce as = NT From the documentation...

In Australia we have Movember ( http://au.movember.com/ ) to help raise awarness for Men's health (particularily prostate and testicular cancer, but also others like mental health including suicide prevention). I assume NSN is similar. But since I normally wear what some call a circle beard...

I've used OpenVPN a few times in testing and it does what it's meant to do, in the scenario of connecting remotely into a work LAN and accessing LAN resources... However the sticking point was trying to find client software that would connect to the OpenVPN server for all the remote devices...