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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…
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Low-end Processors.
X-bit labs – Articles – New Budget Processors Comparison: Intel Celeron D vs. AMD Sempron (page 10). Xbit did a nice job of comparing the Northwood and Prescott Pentium 4s with the Northwood Celeron and Prescott Celeron D. They also compared the Athlon 64 with the Semprons (both flavors, the 3100+ is a crippled Athlon…
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Antec P180
Antec’s new P180: Ultimate Silent Case? :: SilentPCReview.com. The folks there think it could be the ultimate silent case. Great specs. Available at the end of February.
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Pentium M Cooler
LOGIC Supply CoolerMaster Pentium M CPU Cooler. The DFI 855GME motherboard I got came with one screw missing on its cooler! What a bummer, literally for lack of a nail, the horse was lost to quote Shakespeare. The only place on the planet I could find a cooler was from Cooler Master (in fact, this…
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2.5" to 3.5" Hard Drive Adapter
2.5″ to 3.5″ Hard Drive Adapter – FLT-3120. In building Grace’s new minicomputer, one thing I forgot was something that will take a 2.5″ notebook drive and let you fit it into a 3.5″ slot. Here’s one from google. These are actually hard to find. The standards are different, not only is the drive smaller,…
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DFI launches SLI
DFI NEWS. _Everyone is launching nForce4 and SLI boards, so if you can wait and see how the dust settles and the reviews come out_ DFI?, a worldwide leader in industrial computing solutions and maker of the LANParty™ series of motherboards, today launched the new LANParty NF4 SLI-DR and LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D motherboards for the…
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Best Chaintech VNF3-205 Forum
PC Perspective / Amdmb Forums – Chaintech. This seems to be the most active sourc eof information thanks to UncleBob!
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Athlon 64 version of Far Cry
AMD64 and Far Cry. _Hard to happen eventually, the Athlon 64 is so good at gaming, that folks are doing specific versions._ bq. The AMD64 version of Far Cry is now available! This version is a patch that installs on top of the retail boxed version and gives you an enhanced experience for/in Far Cry.…
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Spam death
Six Apart Guide to Combatting Comment Spam. Short of it is that you have to install three utilities.
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Does SLI Matter?
Tom’s Hardware Guide Graphics Cards: VGA Charts V: PCI Express Graphics Cards – Farcry. First benchmarks I’ve seen that compare SLI and regular PCI Express/AGP (btw, a single graphics card is not faster under PCI Express, so the only reason to get it is for future card upgrades). Here are the results pushing the cards…
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Definitive 939 Motherboard Review
Tom’s Hardware Guide Motherboards & RAM: Finally Available: Nine Socket 939 Athlon64 Motherboards! – Introduction. Yes, Tom’s Hardware finally has gathered them all. The main conclusion is that the AGP MSI Neo2 is one fast board. It is dual socket 939 and beats most of the newer nForce4 boards. For future proofing, it shows that…
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Blackberry Device Error 365
What Is – Device Error Codes for java enabled handhelds. Ok now I get this error message. Not very helpful, it says contact Blackberry support if you get this one. Another thread says that a 365 means the hardware is bad. Sigh.
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Prefetch Exception and Abort Exception
PDA street forums – error. Just got this horrible error on my brand new replacement blackberry. Unlike the fellow I haven’t installed any software. Frankly, it sounds like a hardware problem. The Blackberry boots into a single message that is variously: Prefetch Exception Reset Abort Exception Reset Error 365 Reset Sigh. I’m never going to…
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AMD Motherboard Recommendations
t-break – MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. With all the socket 939 boards being out of stock, here’s a review of the Neo4. Unfortunately, all the socket 939 motherboards are out of stock right now at the big sellers and are very expensive as quantities are tight. So from safe to bleeding edge, here are (in…
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Blackberry Internal Error 4238
Tong Family Blog: Blackberry Internal Error #4238. Darn it I got this error again. And of course I’m the number 1 site on google covering it. Talk about self-referential! You will get this bizzare error if you are trying to use a public folder for a contact. There are two things you have to do.…
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1GB USB Flash Drive
I lost my coat in a restaurant and the USB thumbdrive as well :-(. A good excuse to get another one, so which one to get. The main criteria seems to be how big is the drive and how fast is it. Most of the software that comes with these things seems to be junk…
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PC Recommendations
Another month has passed and recommendations are getting a little more complex again. Interesting to see that as the dollar has been crashing, PC prices have been stable as has technology. The machines I bought a year ago are about 10-20% slower not 50%. Main move has been with graphics cards. Still the best news…
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SD/MMC USB Reader
Crucial Hi-Speed USB SD/MMC Card Reader upgrades from Crucial.com. Just $10 with free shipping, this little widget is a SD/MMC card reader that plugs into any USB 2.0 slot. Going to give it a try very useful for all those digital cameras and phones with MMC/SD cards in them.
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New memory choices
“Anandtech”:http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2312 covers the latest in RAM. The big news is that the price of fast PC3200 CL2 Ram is actually higher than PC3700-PC4000 CL2.5 ram, it seems like an upgrade in January recommendations are in order, specifically, going to: * “Corsair TwinX 4400C2.5”:http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2312&p=19. This stuff is quite slow at DDR400, but at the top end…
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Crucial Ballistix
RAM from Crucial is actually made by Micron Technologies and is very hard to find. The best place is direct from “Crucial”:http://crucial.com. BTW, it looks like the PC4000 is the better by according to “Club Overclocker”:http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/memory/crucial/ballistix_PC4000/p2.htm. It is about the same price as the PC3200 ($130 vs. $128), but is rated to run at DDR500…