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Hi, I'm trying to do an upgrade from Vista 32-bit to Win 7. I guess it's not a surprise, but the upgrade fails and tells me to install the latest drivers for the Adaptec 29160 card. It's got them (the Adaptec ones). How can I go forwards with the upgrade? Anything to be done? Downgrade of...

Hi, I'll probably be making a short business trip to Colorado and Texas in March. I'm pretty tempted to buy a Mission Knives MPT and / or MPF in Titanium when I'm there. Any good recommendations on where to buy them from ? Probably easiest just to buy them online and have them sent to the...

Hi, I'm thinking about buying either one of these: CANON EF-S 55-250 MM F4-5.6 IS CANON OBJ. EF 75-300 MM F4.0-5.6 III USM Any comments on either of them? They seem to be the ones in the right price range. For the first one, which I would prefer (the IS part...), they aren't sure when it will...

Hi fellas! Anyone been using the above mentioned HD's, any experience from workstation usage / general experience from it? Getting a few of those to some workstations, the 68pin 146GB version, wondering how they have been behaving. Looking at the SR review now. JoJo

Hi, having problem with a computer that has been crashing. Checked that the latest BIOS was there along with the latest drivers. Added ASUS ACPI driver along with some vacuuming of the internals. No crashes now, been running some prime and 3dmark on it. The problem, when trying to run system...

Just bought one DVA with the Rat Pack and one DVD. Duh! The DVD was some darn hoax with some new fellas doing a show acting as Frank, Dean and Sammy! What a waste of money :( The DVA was good, a show that really got me in a good mood (The Cognac might have helped, and having little Joonatan...

Merry Christmas to everyone! PS our present arrived 16.12.05, a healthy boy! :) http://thejojo.no-ip.com/P1010132.JPG Watch out, big pic. Let me know if the url does not work.

We seem to be getting an XBox for christmas, and now I'm wondering what to do with it? It's the original model. So any recommendations what to do with it, to get games and FAH working on it? ;)

Hi, has someone used these? Any info on the latest version of KISS players or recorders? Thinking about changing my Samsung DVD-player for one made by KISS. The networking side would probably be useful, then I could watch the movies I have on my fileserver in the living room...

Hi folkes, long time no see. Just bought myself one of those, 2 years old, driven 98k km. I'll get it later this week, then I can post a few pics of it. Anyone here been into Saab's? Why wagon(?), because it seems we'll be needing the extra space soon....

Here: http://www.tweakers.net/reviews/557/1

Without refuelling, should start today: http://www.livescience.com/technology/050227_globalflyer_update.html

I'm going from a Nforce2 MB (Asus A7n8x-x) to a Via MB (Asus A7v880), CPU not changed (Barton 3000+, 400FSB). What's the recommended procedure for the swap when one doesn't want to install WinXP again? Add/remove programs and remove the Nforce drivers, then shutdown and swap mobo? Using PATA...

I just slapped on of these on my new P4C800-Deluxe with a P4 3.2GHz. This thing is really HUGE! I couldn't believe the size of this until I saw it! Running at default speed/voltage now, at almost minimum rpm's. Fedora Core 2 with lm_sensors gives me a temperature of about 61 degrees celcius...

So my back has been aching for about 8 months now. Been to a few doctors, and finally found a physiotherapist (how do you write that?) (actually a Othopedic Medical Treatment, www.omt.org, capable fella) who can get me going again. Since back/neck aches and discomforts are so common with...

Yes, Bartender, Yes. You are right. I am drunk (and suffering from fever, throat ache, flu, possibly from pneumonia.....). The movie (Xvid, give me the "bad look" later..), was GOOD. Capital G everyone! I liked it! Recomended! Check it out! I'm off to bed....and a doctor tomorrow...

What's the best way to check out the MB manufacturer and MB modell and maybe revision from Windows? Any neat program to check this with? For those moments you can't go wondering under the table...

Does anyone have any links to MB reviews that include network performance for the following? Asus A8V, Asus K8N-E.

Wouldn't you like windows to handle one of those? :) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/06/ams_goes_windows_for_warships/

Are there any scuba divers present here, besides me? If so, how much have you dived? Since when? What courses have you completed? Where do you normally dive? Started in '91, and starting on the PADI rescue diver course today. And for those that haven't tried it, if you feel mentally and...

What's your advice regarding these two questions? I've used the X15 in my main computer for some time, and the sound from it really started to bug me. I then tried to remove the drive from the drive cage (Antec 1240 case, Nexus 300W PS) and put it on top of some sound absorbing pieces at the...

Over here: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/21hdd-160.html For Tony, me and other Samsung users: "Samsung’s devices can be characterized as “universal” – they don’t seem to have any obvious weaknesses."

Over at Hardocp: http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQy

Lightning struck on saturday again, and my computers rebooted. So I think it is now time for me to get a UPS home. The brand will be APC (easy for me to get), but I'm not quite sure on the modell. It will support my 3 computers. I've been thinking about the 1000va RS or the 800va RS models. Any...

Doh, what can I say: http://www.theregister.com/2004/07/13/ibm_goes_to_bangalore/

Verisign will start updating .com/.net records every 5 minutes, starting in September: http://www.theregister.com/2004/07/13/verisign_dns_update/

Information here: http://news.com.com/Windows+update+will+be+late%2C+Microsoft+says/2100-1016_3-5265378.html?tag=nefd.top

Did they just copy-paste stuff for the Nocona? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17181

As there's so much talk about the temperature "issue" with the prescotts, which one would you choose from these two? This is if i decide to upgrade my fileservers mobo to a P4C800-E Deluxe. INTEL P4 FSB800 2.6G BOX S478 NORTHWOOD INTEL P4 FSB800 2.8GHZ BOX S478 PRESCOTT

Not quite compatible, are we, eh? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16879

More info here: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16919

I'm in need of a program that will allow me to make either a scheduled backup of a folder to a CD-R/DVD+R or a "click-once" type of thing to do the same. Any recommendations? They wouldn't go for a proper tape-system :( At the moment I've got the burning program that comes with a LG DVD-+RW...

A client is moving to Adelaide for a year, and is in search for a internet connection there. He'd probably manage(like) with an upload speed of 128Kb/s+, due to the need to move lots of files and pictures of projects he's involved in. DL speed would be 256/512Kb/s+. What should I recommend...

Has anyone here used the Asus P4C800-E and Asus PC-DL motherboards? If so, what's your experience with them, good/bad? They both have the same Intel NIC, but do the both also use CSA then? Thinking about building a computer with one of them. NIC speed important. Thanks.

Check this out, the link is straight to the benchmarks over at Firingsquad: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/building_gaming_opteron_2003_Part2/page16.asp

Hmmm, funny. There seems to be a small price war going on here with ADSL lines. I pay 51 euros for my 1/512 line now. That will be upgraded to 2/512 for the same price. But I opted for the next version and ordered an 8/1 for 59 euros. :) How do these prices now compare to other cuntries?

Check this story out: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7324 Recommended 256MB for graphical use??? The fella is getting real big now, overwight I'd say. These new WM's are getting pretty fat. Downloading the DVD iso today (2 failed attempts from a local site). Cougtek, how has it...

What's this I hear about koalas being almost extinct on the west coast of Australia? Heard it on the radio. Their natural habitat getting wiped out, due to roads, buildings etc.... They said another ten years and that part of the country would be left without them....?

160G/8mb-cache Faceoff: Samsung vs. Seagate http://www.silentpcreview.com/article152-page1.html

Has anyone used a Nexus Silent Power NX-3500? I'm thinking of buying 2 and using them instead of my HEC 300W silent PS's. Silentpcreview.com seems to think highly of them. And I'd go with the 350W instead of the 300W model because one would go into a Barton 3000 with 1GB , 18GB SCSI, 160GB...

Anyone have a fix for why my WinXP gives me, after mapping something from my linux, something like " the destination does not support long filenames" when I try to save something? If I just go to start-> run -> \\IP\share everything works ok? Using Samba 3.x on the linux (tried 2 different...

Interesting article about differences with ext2/3, reiserfs, xfs and jfs here: http://linuxgazette.net/102/piszcz.html

After a few installs of Fedora Test2 and some configuration changes the system still wont boot, kernel's not happy. So I downloaded a Gentoo minimal bootdisk, 79MB, and started to play with that. After I got it to boot (it needed the doscsi and nohotplug switches for me) I got so far as getting...

Has anyone used one of these? I just ordered one, hoping to build a Raid-5 with Samsung 160gb drives. Supposedly I can resize the array later when I add more drives to it. Has anyone any experience of this? Some specs: PCI short card Integrated I/O processor All ATA drive modes supported up...

For those interested, the above mentioned is out. Gonna install that the second I get home. http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/1.91/

This is getting very interesting. Yes, we moderators have been very liberal in our moderation, trying not to interfere too much. Apparently any thread that get's a bit off topic should be moderated, right? Right, so us moderators would have needed to post warnings in a minimum of half the...

Anyone here have orchids? How do you handle, them? What do you water them with, how close to the windows do you keep them? I have two now. THe first dropped it'w flowers 4 months ago, but has now grown a new big leaf. My favourite flower btw.

It's my birthday tomorrow (I'll be 29), and was wondering if you people had any good ideas about how to celebrate it with my wife? We can't go anywhere for the weekend, as well have guest's coming over on Sunday. We were more thinking about going out to a restaurant to eat, and then maybe see a...

This is going to be my first build of a system based on the AMD x64 processor. It's a 3200 one, and an Epox 8hda series motherboard. It's going to a client, unfortunately, and is not for me. Oh well, maybe the next one ;) Anyone used the said motherboard? Any info about it? Just looked through...

Why don't you newcomers tell us something about yourself? We're very interested here, curious folks as we are. sdbardwick, you've been around here lately, tell us something? And most of all, WELCOME!