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Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 vs K8NXP-9
AnandTech – Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 WARNING!!!. Talk about arcane version models. The K8NXP-9 is the fast version of the nForce4 Ultra chipset while the GA-K8NF-9 is the budget board built on the budget nVidia nForce4 4x chipset not the nForce4 Ultra chipset. Confused yet? What this means is that the 4x chipsets won’t overclock at all…
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Lastest Updates
It’s amazing how many updates come up if you don’t watch for three months. Here are the latest for us: * BenQ America Corp. – Drivers – CD-ROM; CD-RW; DVD-ROM; DVD-RW. We have the DW1620. Latest flash is B7P9 from B7K9. These upgrades usually improve compatibility. * “ATI Catalyst”:http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html. These ATI drivers update every 15…
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VNF3-250 BIOS
Chaintech VNF3-250 Motherboard BIOS’s. If you dare, here are hacked BIOSes that fix various problems. Also I just noticed that this board’s HyperTransport only goes to 1600MHz so with a 4x I’ve been way overclocking it (running at 200MHz gets you to 1600 MHz, I believe).
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Chaintech VNF3-250 Quirks
Overclockers Forums – Other AMD Boards. OK, I have one of these and it works well, but has a couple of interesting quirks: * USB 2.0. When I have my Minolta-Konica Dimage 5400 plugged in and on, the boot sequence will hang. As long as it is off, it works. Seems like there is something…
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HDTV Options
Time once again to think about watching HD. Right now we have Comcast HD and their digital cable package plus Netflix. I have to VOOM : See It
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iPod photo
iPodlounge iPod photo review. A good balanced review of the iPod photo. I’d summarize by saying really beautiful screen, but the photo stuff is pretty lame. For myself, my photos cause itunes to crash when it is trying to process them. It really doesn’t like tif files and barfs on them as it trys to…
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Colorvision Spyder2Pro and Printfix
Well, I’ve been scanning quite a few 35mm slides now and getting quite good at it. My monitor and printer still aren’t calibrated though and with the Spyder2Pro finally in distribution at about $240 or $100 more with Printfix, its time to look seriously at buying one. Here are some reviews: * PrintFIX. Basically, the…
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Bluetooth and Wifi collision
Handtops.com- New OQO WIFI Drivers!!! Dated 11/11/04. _Hat tip to Handtops.com, this is exactly my problem, I see a signal, but DHCP hangs. Sounds like the fix is to deinstall the Bluetooth drivers_ While I was in an experimenting mood, I tried something else in an attempt to get to the bottom of the problem…
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OQO Buzzing and Wifi
jkOnTheRun: Further hardware problems for the OQO. this guy is just ahead of me. Just noticed the AC Adapter buzzing and I can’t acquire a Wifi signal. Actually, it report it sees the signal, but can’t DHCP. Wierd.
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More on OQO
jkOnTheRun: Problems in OQO-land. Hat tip to Jonathan Kellerman for pointing out where to get help on the OQO. He points out that most OQO users hang out at the “OQO Forum”:http://www.handtops.com/show/forum/3 so maybe I can get some problems fixed there.
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OQO
My buddy “Mike Kwatinetz”:http://www.azurecap.com/html/partners/kwatinetz.html is an investor in “OQO”:http://oqo.com as reviewed by “Tomshardware”:Tom’s Hardware Guide Mobile Devices: The OQO: WindowsXP in the Palm of Your Hand – Introduction, “engadget”:http://www.engadget.com/entry/9535533665475287/ and a good review by “webchat on handtop.com”:http://www.handtops.com/show/news/42/0/What_is_the_OQO.html I bought a Model 01 to see what the experience is. IMHO there is a real product playbook…
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Audioscribbler
Audioscrobbler :: Home. A cool application. It installs in your music player and then you vote by simply playing music. Kind of interesting to see popularity like this.
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Windows doesn't recognize iPod
Your Windows PC doesn’t recognize iPod. Things have been working great, so of course Murphy’s Law says things should start to fail đ My 40GB iPod Photo suddenly isn’t recognized by Windows over USB 2.0. Doesn’t work across two Windows machines but it does work with Firewire to a Macintosh. Mysterious thing is that it…
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Last Minute Shopping
“Hoops”:http://scbhooper.com said he had a bit of quick shopping to do. It is amazing how you can still get things online and quasi-online just a few days before Christmas. Here are notes for last minute shoppers: * “Outpost.com”:http://outpost.com. This is the cyber outlet for Fry’s. So if you don’t feel like jetting over to Fry’s,…
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MovableType Upgrade
Movable Type Publishing Platform: Movable Type 3.14 released. You’ll want to get this one, it fixes slow downs because of massive spam attacks. Sigh. Sign of the modern world.
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Cordless Drills
Choosing a Cordless Drills. My Dad still has the same drill he bought from Sears in 1965 and it still works. I have an el cheapo drill that “Infoworld”:http://infoworld.com gave me in 1999. Main problem is that the cordless ones die eventually. It has NiCads and they never last. Taking it apart, it of course…
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Car Repair and Service
Time once again for the regular car servicing. Some folks are finally letting you use Internet forms: * Acura of Bellevue Service Form. Or call 888-664-7249 if you are old fashioned. * “Barrier Volvo”:http://www.barriervolvo.com/en_US/frm_index.chtml?pageName=HomePage_1&noc=1&overrideUrl=f_HomePage_1.chtml. And again, there is 800-770-1348 for the old fashioned.
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Disk Usage with TreeSize
TreeSize Treesize Download. I’ve been trying to figure out why directories are so big. It is amazing that Windows doesn’t have a utility that shows how much a directory (vs. an individual file is using). There is a command line tool called diskuse that comes in the Resource Kit, but it unwieldy. Here’s a freeware…
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Polar Express 3D
IMAX Film Schedule. Way cool, the Polar Express in 3D is at the pacific science center. Hope there are still tickets!
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Defragmenting an iPod
Neil’s World – Defragging your iPod. Well, the whole iPod seems shrouded in mystery is actually just a FAT32 file system with some magic directories. If you plug the iPod into a PC, it comes up as a hard drive. iTunes also comes up, but you can actually see the drive. They don’t let you…
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PC Upgrade: $500, $1000, $1500
“Phil”:http://nvidia.com has come to visit us and was asking about upgrading his computer. Here is what he owns that is 2002 vintage: | Component | Replace or not? | | Athlon XP 2000+ | An older part, 2x performance increase possible | | PNY nVidia 4600 Video Card | Direct 8.1 only, should replace |…
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iPodSync
ICC – iPodSync. This shareware program syncs Outlook to your iPod so it can be a poor man’s PIM. YOu can’t edit of course, but you can read.
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PC Recommendation
OK, given the choices right now there are two options for building a fast machine right now. Actually, not exactly right now, but if you can wait to January… h3. nForce 4 SLI (for January) If you want the maximum in performance, then you want the upcoming SLI boards. These are first coming December 28…
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Deaggregation of storage
a little ludwig goes a long way: The Exploding PC?. Another smart post by John. He’s right that you want to take the long term storage bank out of the PC. It happened with LANs long ago with SANs and NASes. I’ve been trying to get this to work reliably in my own house for…
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VOIP at home
a little ludwig goes a long way: Going all voip at home. John has a great list of SIP and other products. The open source PBX is cool. In terms of cheap the existing analog phone sets, that is what these media gateways do. They normally have 2-4 analog ports that convert into SIP on…
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Wifi finder in a USB Keyfob
Thought: Wifi Hotspot Finder on a USB Key. Steve is right, there should be more combo devices rather than standalone.
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MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
t-break – MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Good review of a nForce4 board. This one is not SLI but it has about the same performance as the others. Doesn’t seem to be much difference in performance between different nVidia nForce4 boards, so main difference is SLI to put two graphics cards in. The “SLI”:http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=241159 version is…
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Anapod Explorer
Red Chair Software, Inc.. The commercial version of making an iPod just a hard drive. Like Ephpod, but it is supposed to be more fully functional. Integrates as a real drive.
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iPod scandisk and defrag
Another hat tip to iPod lounge, some more undocumented commands: * iPodlounge | All Things iPod Q: How can I check my iPod’s Hard Drive for Errors like running Scan Disk? A: There iPod has a special Disk Scan utility that can be used to check the hard drive. Follow these steps: * Do a…
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Ephpod and Xpod
iPodlounge | All Things iPod | Ephpod. For me itunes is a mixed blessing. I actually like Musicmatch better because it has all the smart tagging and I use Exact Audio Copy for CD ripping. Its a nerd thing, but I love them. And, I really don’t like the way that if you make one…