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by tomjleeds
Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:53 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: I'm looking for a wireless mouse.
Replies: 34
Views: 10156

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted here.

I bought an MX Revolution a couple of months back and I absolutely love it. Yeah it's expensive, but it's really comfortable to use and the free-spin scrollwheel is brilliant IMO.
by tomjleeds
Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:26 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Where do you buy your hardware?
Replies: 39
Views: 5723

*considers posting UK sites*

*realises any efforts to do so would be futile so doesn't bother* ;)
by tomjleeds
Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:38 am
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Has your antec power supply ever failed you?
Replies: 255
Views: 170952

Can I cheat?

I killed a TP380 on my second build - in my excitement I forgot to change the voltage :o :lol:

The replacement's been running pretty much 24/7 for about a year and absolutely no problems whatsoever with it.
by tomjleeds
Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:32 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: SP2 killed my wireless connection!
Replies: 11
Views: 1696

Tried disabling the Wireless Zero Configuration service? From what I've heard, this can cause issues with certain cards (although I can't imagine why it would have been triggered by SP2).

Start > Run > services.msc > Wireless Zero Configuration > Stop.
by tomjleeds
Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:09 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: Making secure web pages
Replies: 2
Views: 1040

Doing it with .htaccess is the simplest way by far, but doing some form of PHP system is a lot more customisable. If you're in need of one, I can provide one for you ;)
by tomjleeds
Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:25 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Port problems with BitTorrent
Replies: 14
Views: 2175

Shouldn't do...I believe the old versions did something weird but we're going back to version 2.0 there ;)

Open ports 6881-6889 and you're sorted. Don't forget to upload :D
by tomjleeds
Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:07 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What book are you currently reading?
Replies: 208
Views: 58308

Professional PHP Programming (Wrox)

Man, I guess I showed my geek-ness with that, didn't I ;)
by tomjleeds
Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:06 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Athlon Mobile Temp Question.
Replies: 82
Views: 8262

The default is 1.45V, get it down to that! As it's not overclocked, it'll be perfectly stable, and you'll see a HUGE temperature decrease!
by tomjleeds
Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:59 am
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Athlon Mobile Temp Question.
Replies: 82
Views: 8262

The Mobile should run cooler than a standard Athlon XP, but your temps are very variable. I've got a normal 2500+ at 1.5V core, running at default speed with an Aero 7 Lite and get 38-39C idle which rises to about 42C load. High 30s to low 40s sounds about right to me, I guess it depends what speed ...
by tomjleeds
Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:17 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: sudden free RADEON 9600XT-ness, what to do...
Replies: 53
Views: 6216

i don't think it would do your friends computer much good because the rest of the system bottlenecks it. if he upgraded a little it would be a big improvement over his older card not true. I have a 933 pIII and saw an enormous increase when i went from a GeForce2GTS to a GeForce4 Ti4200 Yes, but yo...
by tomjleeds
Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:20 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: HD swap to new pc?
Replies: 10
Views: 2244

Why not just do a repair install? Worked for me.
by tomjleeds
Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:23 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Finally got mi car!
Replies: 65
Views: 11276

atryus28 wrote:
Until you guys can make a car that does 331MPH in 4.44 seconds I'm not impressed.


We made Thrust SSC didn't we? :P
by tomjleeds
Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:20 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Forget tech jobs..go dental
Replies: 48
Views: 7073

All I can say here is 'God bless the NHS!'.

...or at least in theory ;)
by tomjleeds
Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:17 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: ie VS firefox
Replies: 13
Views: 2851

Just by looking we can see that Firefox wins here - tell your friend if he wants IE's version of dotted borders to use dashed ones instead. Then you'll se that Firefox can do both, while IE just decides to do dashed. The filter is irrelavent - Firefox adheres to the W3C standards, so doesn't display...
by tomjleeds
Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:06 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: My New Computer?
Replies: 19
Views: 3566

Yes, but it may (will) go down in price. IIRC, RAM prices have gone down and aren't too bad, so maybe you should get your RAM. It depends on how long it's going to be before you have all the bits.
by tomjleeds
Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:25 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Whats a good 'Defrag' program?
Replies: 15
Views: 3447

I've never used Raxco, but I whole-heartedly recommend O&O Defrag.
by tomjleeds
Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:42 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: HELP! 3 pins into 2?
Replies: 12
Views: 2181

That's Firewire.
by tomjleeds
Mon Jul 12, 2004 3:18 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: My mousing elbow hurts
Replies: 5
Views: 1351

Sounds like some form of RSI to me. My parents get all kinds of aches on their mousing arms :P
by tomjleeds
Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:45 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: SP2 RC2 a waste of cycles?
Replies: 25
Views: 3917

my dilemma is that I actually bought XP Pro, but because I upgrade and change things so much, I didn't want to muck with activation so I used the corpfiles to bypass activation. I really dread the thought of doing a wipe and reinstall, and then having to deal with activation in the future when I do...
by tomjleeds
Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:11 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Stupid smoke alarms
Replies: 5
Views: 1341

It could be that the batteries are running out ;)

(or are they mains-powered? :-?)
by tomjleeds
Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:03 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: What's a good pay to download MP3 site?
Replies: 15
Views: 5023

I'd only recommend ALLOFMP3, although I think the legality of it is slightly questionable. Although what they do is technically within the law, I'm not sure whether people in western countries downloading from it is.
by tomjleeds
Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:44 am
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Gonna need a 2nd 120mm case fan for Sonata...
Replies: 27
Views: 4875

Nothing comes close to the SilenX 120mm 14dBA fan . Admittedly, the Panaflo pushes 86.5CFM compared to the SilenX's 58CFM, but it only produces 14dBA of noise, which totally slaughters the Panaflo's 35dBA. As you have a Sonata, chances are you like a quiet PC. If that's the case, go for the SilenX....
by tomjleeds
Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:25 am
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Gonna need a 2nd 120mm case fan for Sonata...
Replies: 27
Views: 4875

Nothing comes close to the SilenX 120mm 14dBA fan. Admittedly, the Panaflo pushes 86.5CFM compared to the SilenX's 58CFM, but it only produces 14dBA of noise, which totally slaughters the Panaflo's 35dBA. As you have a Sonata, chances are you like a quiet PC. If that's the case, go for the SilenX.
by tomjleeds
Mon Jul 05, 2004 4:58 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Yeah folks, just keep on using Internet Exploder...
Replies: 120
Views: 21337

Furthermore, cookies can only be retrieved by the site which originally set them . Well, uh, no...it depends on the server set in the cookie... No as a webdesigner use fully complient HTML or XHTML and CSS. Then your site will be viewable in all browsers. Viewable? Yes. Will it look the same or eve...
by tomjleeds
Sun Jul 04, 2004 6:22 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Setting up my computer(PLEASEHELP)
Replies: 10
Views: 2318

If you ditch the CD-ROM, all you need is two standard double-connector IDE cables (the usual hard drive and optical drive ones).
by tomjleeds
Sun Jul 04, 2004 3:06 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Euro 2004 at Portugal
Replies: 155
Views: 30502

W00t! Greeks in the lead :)

(and no, I'm not Greek, but with 20 minutes to go, it's looking promising!)
by tomjleeds
Sun Jul 04, 2004 3:03 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: windows bootup problem
Replies: 6
Views: 1431

Not sure about the memory error, but have you tried scanreg /restore?
by tomjleeds
Sun Jul 04, 2004 3:41 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: Are p2p networking software worth the risk?
Replies: 14
Views: 3414

I like bittorent and iMesh. Bittorent is a lot slower than iMesh, but it is ad-free. You can easily remove the ad-ware from iMesh if you want, and it still runs. A lot of other P2P programs arent like that. I like iMesh again because I can download a 5MB music file in less than a minute. Note: You ...
by tomjleeds
Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:56 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What's the best part of building your own PC?
Replies: 39
Views: 5432

Re: What's the best part of building your own PC?

As for me - the push of the power-button in the end.... hearing the humming of the cooling fan, then finally after hours of putting it all together ----- see the BIOS start on the monitor and realize everything is alright. That is one pure bliss! :P I would say that, but the second (and second-last...
by tomjleeds
Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:12 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: I need to update my graphics card
Replies: 31
Views: 6865

As you said, there's no justification for getting nVIDIA. The 9800 Pro is in a completely different league to the 5900 XT - it completely kicks it's similarly-priced ass!! I would have said get the unbranded one from MicroDirect (I did) as you get an R360 (9800 XT) core and a ton of overclockability...

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