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Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 7th 12, 12:35 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 13
Views: 387
Posted By Bug Dout
OT Latest Firefox incompatible with Amazon?

John Doe writes:

Apparently it was a too-inclusive Adblock filter. I was trying too
hard to get rid of the bright white Amazon advertisement windows.

Oh. So...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's November 29th 12, 09:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel,alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
Replies: 38
Views: 2,665
Posted By Bug Dout
The end of the road for the DIY PC?

But the lack of a replaceable CPU need not doom DIY. I have a 5+ year
old DIY PC that I am considering upgrading. But since I want USB 3.0 ports,
that means I have to replace the MB anyway, and...
Forum: AMD x86-64 Processors November 29th 12, 09:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel,alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
Replies: 27
Views: 10,530
Posted By Bug Dout
The end of the road for the DIY PC?

But the lack of a replaceable CPU need not doom DIY. I have a 5+ year
old DIY PC that I am considering upgrading. But since I want USB 3.0 ports,
that means I have to replace the MB anyway, and...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's October 29th 12, 10:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 20
Views: 1,218
Posted By Bug Dout
Microsoft rocks BUILD with Windows 8

Very entertaining, if not enlightening.

Roy Baldone writes:

I just don't believe that TOUCH SCREENs for desktops are going to be
the next Big thing. I don't like...
Forum: AMD x86-64 Processors October 29th 12, 10:43 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
Replies: 3
Views: 4,446
Posted By Bug Dout
whats the top amd processor these days

Christ, Tigerdirect sucks. Anyway, go to AMD's website and see what they
think their best CPU is. Then go to Newegg.com and make your purchase
there.
--
The human mind is inspired enough when it...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's August 14th 12, 08:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 8
Views: 885
Posted By Bug Dout
Windows XP Pro 64bit on a Homebuilt system?

"Rodney Pont" writes:

On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:53:17 -0700, Dave Hardenbrook wrote:

Is it possible to buy a *legal* copy of Windows XP Pro 64-bit version
for...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's June 26th 12, 06:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 9
Views: 500
Posted By Bug Dout
Netgear N Series (WNDR Models)

"SC Tom" writes:

I never had to physically
connect the printer to the router

To clarify, did you connect the printer to router via USB cable?
Or was the printer a wireless...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's May 1st 12, 07:56 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 15
Views: 980
Posted By Bug Dout
A question about solid state drives

Rick writes:

You will quickly run out of space if you run both the OS and programs
on the SSD.

How do you know that? You don't know. I have a netbook with a single
80GB...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's April 15th 12, 04:43 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 16
Views: 954
Posted By Bug Dout
Fanless graphic cards--do they work, and how? Do you need a graphics card for an i7 multi core PC? Why? Seven cores is enuf?!

RayLopez99 writes:

Any insight appreciated. I tried to open a complex AutoCad file and
even with an i7 uP had difficulty doing anything with it, hence this
post. It...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's October 25th 11, 03:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 7
Views: 748
Posted By Bug Dout
What's the bottleneck when CPU and disks are not strained?

John Doe writes:

Sometimes I wonder, when none of my four CPU cores are over 50%, and
disk activity is minimal, why would a process seem slow? The system
bus?

...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's September 29th 11, 04:32 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 7
Views: 568
Posted By Bug Dout
Hard drive configuration - Opinions, please

Paul writes:

Just use the SSD as a drive, not as a cache, to enjoy fast
performance at all times (although, with less total capacity
of course). I don't own one, but if I...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's September 20th 11, 05:56 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 20
Views: 1,218
Posted By Bug Dout
Microsoft rocks BUILD with Windows 8

"geoff" writes:

Microsoft announced Windows 8 at their BUILD conference and over a
half million people have downloaded the free developers preview so
far. Windows 8 is...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's September 7th 11, 10:32 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 439
Posted By Bug Dout
Windows 7 and Drivers?

Davej writes:

No, I'm saying that when I install XP it is unable to use sound or
access the network until I install the motherboard drivers. With Win7
it was able to load...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's September 2nd 11, 05:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,nl.comp.hardware,sci.electronics.design
Replies: 30
Views: 1,301
Posted By Bug Dout
Something very scary just happened.

Skybuck,
You experienced a well-known, but little publicized, phenomena called a
"dry" dream. A "dry" dream is the opposite of a "wet" dream, in that
something bad happens and makes your member...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's August 16th 11, 04:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 5
Views: 710
Posted By Bug Dout
OS installation on new components- BIOS Qs.

Seum writes:

I have tried to install Win XP and
failed, and whether the reason is that the DVD or Win XP is faulty, or
some problem with the motherboard, I do not know.

So...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's August 16th 11, 04:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 5
Views: 710
Posted By Bug Dout
OS installation on new components- BIOS Qs.

Seum writes:

I have tried to install Win XP and
failed, and whether the reason is that the DVD or Win XP is faulty, or
some problem with the motherboard, I do not know.

So...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's July 23rd 11, 07:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 7
Views: 800
Posted By Bug Dout
[OT] End of Space Shuttle Program

Man-wai Chang writes:

So is it a total success with significant money saving compared to
then traditional single-use rocket approach ? :)

In retrospect it was probably...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's July 23rd 11, 07:47 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 14
Views: 1,089
Posted By Bug Dout
Windows 7 SP1

sillyputty writes:

Anyone having problems with Win 7 SP1? Wanted to get some feedback
before installing SP1, or not. Thx.
I had trouble after installation on an x64...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's June 17th 11, 03:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 678
Posted By Bug Dout
OT Ancient TI programmable calculator with red LED display?

Franc Zabkar writes:

Likewise. It had twice the performance, twice as much memory and half
the price of the closest HP calculator in its day. It also had a
printer...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's June 16th 11, 04:50 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 678
Posted By Bug Dout
OT Ancient TI programmable calculator with red LED display?

I still have my TI-59. I programmed the hell out of it back in the day.
--
"If brute force doesn't solve your problems, then you aren't using
enough."
Forum: Homebuilt PC's May 10th 11, 10:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 15
Views: 1,230
Posted By Bug Dout
Dust covers for computer ports

Paul writes:

This depends on whether the case implements "positive or negative" air pressure.

Exactly, and it seems your case has negative air pressure with respect
to the...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's April 23rd 11, 05:02 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 24
Views: 1,675
Posted By Bug Dout
ISPs?

Don't know about other parts of the country...but in Northern California
there are two independents I know of, DSL Xtreme, and Omsoft. So they
haven't gone away completely, just consolidated a...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's April 11th 11, 04:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 1,175
Posted By Bug Dout
installijng ssd hard drive as boot drive for windows 7

Yes, I've done that. Not much improvement on my system, but if you have
a slow hard drive to begin with, you'll see better improvement. As
another poster said, RAID0 is really the way to go (for...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's April 10th 11, 07:45 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 10
Views: 795
Posted By Bug Dout
ssd advice

Great analysis by Charlie. I too installed SSDs in a netbook and desktop
and was underwhelmed by the performance increase. For a desktop, much
better to install a 2- or 3-disk RAID0 setup...you will...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 15th 11, 03:10 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 16
Views: 814
Posted By Bug Dout
Convert to dynamic disk

Charlie Hoffpauir writes:

What type RAID do you have, hardware based or OS (software) based?

It's software based. Drivers have to be loaded for it but for mine those
are...
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