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Acura RD-X
_Well our 1996 Volvo just hit its $2K/year repair level. Pretty expensive for a car worth $8K. Main issue is having to go to the shop all the time. And really the parts are outrageous. $430 for a wiper motor. What a great margin business. So time to think about the next car for me.…
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Recommended nVidia BIOS settings
Answer _I’m sure no one really understands all these random settings, but here’s a list of recommendations from nVidia itself_ There is no industry standard among motherboard manufacturers for BIOS options. Each motherboard manufacturer will feature different BIOS options which work best with their products. The following recommended settings are BIOS settings when used with…
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6800GT BIOS Flashing Utility
nV News Forums – BIOS Flash through WinXP True that. I have an old bios on my card but hey it works without problems so why flash! If you need/want to flash you can use Winfox Utility. You can download it from Leadtek Taiwan site. It’s made for Leadtek cards but works for all. Used…
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How fast and how hot?
AnandTech – Would NV5 Silencer reduce artifacts?. Some user experiences on using the eVGA 6800GT and overclocking. My own personal results are that with the NV5 Silencer, I’m running at 60C at idle and 77C at load at stock speeds of 350/1000MHz running rthdribl (a very tough benchmark) without artifacts. With the driver detecting overclocking…
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NV5 installation on eVGA 6800GT
3DXtreme – Taking Hardware To The Xtreme…, _ Got the cooler. Wasn’t actually that hard to disassemble. Main thing is that eVGA cooler is quite different from the instructions and its noted below_ Here is a shot of the stock cooler components after they were removed from the card. Unfortunately, the installation instructions must have…
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iPod Photo Error -39
Just when you thought iPods were easy, you get an unknown error (-39) to remind you that these really are computers and you can actually still see a return code. In my case, this is the error my iPod Photo throws because of a bad file somewhere. You mainly have to be careful with iTunes…
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nVidia 6800GT Temperature Monitoring
Well I’ve got my new Pentium M system up and running and now running benchmarks. Right now, I can overclock it by about 22% so a 1.8GHz Pentium M is running at 2.1GHz right now. According to Sis Sandra 2004 (I can’t get 2005 to run on this machine right now), I’m the equivalent of…
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TiVO
Rapid Satellite – Detail What do you get with your UPGRADED TiVo? Automatic recordings of your favorite shows without the hassles of videotape or timers. Watch what you want, when you can! Because a TiVo is, in it’s most basic form, a computer hard drive, by replacing the internal hard drives of the standard TiVo…
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McDonald's VOIP Office
McDonald’s: Want VOIP with That?. _Hat tip to “Bob”:http://bobsplanet.com for pointing this out._ McDonald’s: Want VOIP with That? They are using a VOIP system so that they have centralized order taking for the drive through line. Classic queueing theory problem. Instead of having 1 person for every store, you have six people for nine stores.
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New has NV5
Newegg.com – ARCTIC-COOLING NV SILENCER 5 Fans, Heatsinks (Case, CPU, Chipset). OK, here is where you can get the cooling system. You need thermal paste too.
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Rich Hits
OK, sometimes I wonder about the Internet. Two funny stories in the last 24 hours: “Robert”:http://www.ignitionpartners.com/about/robert_h.asp was looking for information about handset shipments. And “Tongfamily”:http://tongfamily pops up as the first hit. “Steve Holcomb”:http://fullcapture.com/leadership_team.html was looking for Acura MDX information and again this site pops up. How amazing that this crappy little site actually has a…
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Arctic Cooling VGA Silence NV5
NV5 Review. This is a $28 after market fan that is supposed to be much quieter than the stock nVidia fan. The main thing is that you have to remove the fan unit and install this thing.
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DFI 855GME-MGF
Finally got my first HTPC to boot. Main issue was a documentation one, which is that when you put the CPU in, you have to half turn a little screw otherwise, you put the whole thing together and it doesn’t boot! See GamePC – Are You Game? – Dothan Delight : DFI’s 855GME-MGF Pentium-M Motherboard.…
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Future of Home Theater
Well, CES is over and the “honorees”:http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/awards/innovations/rd_honorees.asp are in, so a good time to reflect on the future of the home. Its interesting to see what has and hasn’t happened. Right now, the home entertainment business reminds me a lot of minicomputers in the 1980s (Ok, I’m dating myself!). That is, lots of standalone boxes…
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Future of Video
isoHunt – IRC and Bit Torrent Search Engine. It must be me, but as I’ve been to CES and heard about all these electronic program guide, I have to admit for HTPC or PC viewing experience, I’m not sure that I get it. There seem to be many pretty interfaces that I’ve tried (Comcast/Gemplus, DirecTV,…
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Keyhole
Keyhole. A cool company bought by Google that lets you see maps.
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SD-6
SD-6.com / Alias Info / Episodes, Cast, Crew, Music, 47, Ratings & More. There is an entire site dedicated to alias. wow.
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Alias Season 4 iMix
Music, Et al ALIAS Season 4 Music List iTunes has an iMix of songs that will be featured on this season’s ALIAS. All are great, but my personal favorites are the tracks by Mazzy Star, Jet, Michael Lord and Steriogram. You can check it out and hear song samples here. _This is a pretty cool…
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Trigem Kloss
Tom’s Hardware Guide First Look: TriGem’s Kloss KL-I915a: Power Aplenty and Almost No Noise – Nothing’s Easy In The Beginning. If you have to have the latest Prescott from Intel, here’s a small form factor machine that actually handles it well. It uses a special design where the motherboard is in the middle, so the…
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nMediaPC to DFI 855GME-MGE Motherboard Connectors
Well one of the great things about homebrew computer is that the little connectors are never quite compatible. Here’s a guide to the little pieces you need to get an nMagic case to work with a DFI 855GME-MGE Motherboard: * Connect a standard 24-Pin ATX Power Supply to a 20-Pin ATX Motherboard Power Connector. Turns…
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Podcasting
iPodder.org :. Had some folks in here who have done lots of traditional radio and other media, reminded me how much the ipod and digital are going to affect entertainment. Right now the big miracle is with a standard digital music platform out there (the iPod), folks are building a big infrastructure for you to…
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discountheadphones.com
DiscountHeadphones.com I love “headphones.com”:http://headphones.com for its information and their headphone amplifiers, there is also a site that has slightly great discounts called discountheadphones or idealsound on ebay, if you are price surfing. About 10% cheaper usually, but I don’t know about service and support.
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TV Show Soundtracks
TVSoundtracks.net ? TV soundtracks. _Since I lack high school friends or people who listen to music less than 20 years old, the main way I hear new music is in movies and TV shows. So voila there is a site that indexes the major shows and the music they play. Enjoy!_ TVSoundtracks.net has listings of…
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Jason's Jobster
Jobster. _It’s kind of fun to see an idea that is a bunch of powerpoints get funded less than a year later. Jobster started with the idea that its too hard to hire, now its up and running. Kind of neat this, create a company thing…_ Jobster announces $8M financing from Trinity Ventures and Ignition…
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Network Magic
Network Magic attempts to fix your home network – CNET.com. _My favorite project, after two years of hard work, folks are finally seeing what those guys are Pure Networks can do…_ Anyone who’s ever tried to set up a networked printer at home knows: Windows networking is nearly impossible for the mere mortal. Today, Pure…
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Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick
Neede: Driver, For: Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro Joystick. _I have an old Microsoft joystick. So, where is the drive, in XP itself of course. How good._ go into Settings/ Control Panel in the Start menu. Select Game Controllers from the list (If you can’t see Game Controllers in the list select “Switch to Classic…
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VAIO Died
I’m so sad, my lovely Sony VAIO VGN-T140P has died. Will hang before it gets to the VAIO splash screen. Trying to call Sony is a lost cause, more succes with their web “chat”: They have a bunch of web things to try including: * “How to troubleshoot power issues”:http://www.iq.sony.com/srvs/autoresponse.asp?id=274998. Basically, there is a reset…
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Caveat Emptor on Amazon Cingular Cell phones
I bought a Cingular phone through Amazon and returned it. Beware if you are doing this! The biggest warning to everyone is that returning this through Amazon is a true nightmare. If you read the fine print, Amazon will take it back, but you have to call Cingular immediately separately. Here is what you have…
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iPod Shuffle and Mac Mini
Apple. Well after zillions of hours of speculation, Apple launches two products. Both very cool and design oriented. Compared with the sad state of affairs of the rest of the consumer electronics business, I’m sure these will do very well. It’s amazing how there is a lack of leadership in the consumer electronics business in…
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ATI 9800 Overclocking
Tech Support Forum – Query on overclocking ATI 9800 Pro 128MB. _Another hat tip to google for this one._ You will want an over clocking tool such as (ATI Tool) this tool features an artifact tester to test your settings and if you want to wait, will automatically find your fastest settings with no artifacts…