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by lenzenm
Thu May 14, 2009 12:23 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Joining the Religion & Politics Forum
Replies: 421
Views: 424192

Re: Joining the Religion & Politics Forum

Please add me to the R&P access list.
by lenzenm
Sat Nov 23, 2002 12:16 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Me and my weird problems... Opera this time.
Replies: 5
Views: 1596

I have noticed the same issue. It occured on two separate computers, both running Win2K Pro, when I upgraded from Opera 6.03 on one and 6.01 on the other, to 6.05 on both. I am unsure as to the cause. Must be a new "feature". hopefully 6.06/6.07 will fix it.
by lenzenm
Sat Nov 16, 2002 11:53 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Which Computer Component Are you?
Replies: 43
Views: 9440

I'm a Hard Drive?
WTF?

<a href="http://www.zenhex.com/tests/computer/"> <img src="http://www.zenhex.com/tests/computer/HDD.jpg" border="0"> <br>Which Computer Component Are you?</a><br>

Oh well, I'm a vital component, I guess.
by lenzenm
Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:10 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Let's get this over with: What programming language are you?
Replies: 42
Views: 15642

<img src="http://www.sheflug.co.uk/pcp3.s.gif" align="left">
<p>
You are C. You're reliable, and strong. But kinda dull. But that's ok, right?
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://grou.ch/lang/">What programming language are you??</a>
</p>
by lenzenm
Fri Oct 04, 2002 5:19 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Twin City LAN party date
Replies: 30
Views: 7809

RE: What shall we play?

Well, lessee. I've got a 6 hour+ drive, and I work on Friday. I was planning on driving up Friday night, and either renting a hotel room or crashing at someone's house (if anyone offers, *hint hint*); playing all day Saturday, bunking out again, and driving home Sunday. So, I'll be good for gaming s...
by lenzenm
Tue Oct 01, 2002 7:38 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Twin City LAN party date
Replies: 30
Views: 7809

I finally verified that I can have the weekend off. I will see you guys in Minneapolis in 2 weeks time.
by lenzenm
Tue Apr 16, 2002 11:04 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Which Monty Python Holy Grail Character are you?
Replies: 17
Views: 4677

eh?

<center><a href="http://people.hws.edu/colleenlogan/mphg.html" target="new"> <img src="http://people.hws.edu/colleenlogan/tim.jpg" border=0></a><br> <br><a href="http://people.hws.edu/colleenlogan/mphg.html" target="new">which "monty python and the holy grail" character are you?</a> <br>this quiz wa...
by lenzenm
Fri Apr 12, 2002 2:36 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Turn up the VOLUME! (FAN NOISE)
Replies: 9
Views: 5967

I put an Antec 80mm case fan on my Alpha PAL 8045; its rated at 33CFM @30dBA and 2800RPM. Pretty quite compared to the Antec HSF you mentioned. In fact, with all my CPU + case + PSU fans together (a total of 6, all the same model Antec fan), my case only runs at 36dBA; which is considerably quieter ...
by lenzenm
Fri Apr 12, 2002 2:27 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Building my 2nd pc .... help needed!
Replies: 4
Views: 3792

Abit KG7

Well, It's not the "fastest", (lower memoy benchmarks), but the ABit KG7 is one of the most stable and has a feature rich BIOS -- which lends itseff well to overclocking. The stabiltiy is a result of the use of an AMD762 northbridge, as are the lower RAM throughtput scores. It uses a VIA 686B southb...
by lenzenm
Fri Apr 12, 2002 2:12 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: What res do you play at?
Replies: 21
Views: 7605

1152 X 864 X 32, Becuase all I have access to is 17" CRTs (although I have many of them), and none of them will do 85Hz refresh at anything higher than that. I can still see flicker at 75Hz, and that is the highest these monitors offer at 1280x1024.
by lenzenm
Thu Apr 11, 2002 6:23 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Overclocking Dual MP's
Replies: 3
Views: 2993

Althlon MPs

What makes this processor a bad overclocker? Did they change the layout of the MPs after this?[/quote] They changed to the new organic packaging for the processor die to be mounted upon, away from the old ceramic packaging. Perhaps its just co-incidence, but the newer organically packed ones OC bett...
by lenzenm
Thu Apr 11, 2002 2:19 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Overclocking Dual MP's
Replies: 3
Views: 2993

Athlon MPs

The Athlon MPs are unlocked, yes. This will make overclocking easier, in that less effort will be needed to attempt it. However, the Athlon MP 1.2GHz is not known to be a very good overclocker. Getting them up to 1.333GHz would be considered a successful increase.
by lenzenm
Thu Apr 11, 2002 2:16 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Is my P4 running too hot???
Replies: 6
Views: 3748

Checked it with hardware doctor,it gives 34c system & 47c CPU with no load(right now) + I have the case cover off. I do have 5 hard drives though (video editing), the case has 2 fans one at the bottom inlet and one at the rear exhaust + I have an Antec power supply that has a fan blowing down into ...
by lenzenm
Thu Apr 11, 2002 1:09 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Am I running hot!!!!????????
Replies: 6
Views: 2246

Motherboard Monitor

Motherboard Monitor (or MBM for short) seems to be the most popular temp and voltage monitoring application for the x86 platform. Read more about it here: http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ If you like it, the download links are on the left.
by lenzenm
Mon Apr 08, 2002 11:11 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: And they're Off! Folding At Home.
Replies: 177
Views: 85564

OK I'm in. Currently, TR gets: Close to full time: 1) K7-750 256MB PC-100 1) Duron 1GHz 320MB PC-100 1) K6-2 350 192MB PC-100 Part time: 1) K6-2 550 256MB PC-100 1) Celeron 366 192MB PC-66 1) Celeron 366 256MB PC-66 1) Celeron 500 256MB PC-66 May be bringing into the fold (bad pun, I know): 1) 1.466...
by lenzenm
Mon Apr 08, 2002 2:04 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What Muppet are You?
Replies: 33
Views: 15443

<table width="350" border="0" bgcolor="#00662C"><tr bgcolor="#00A847"><td width="125"><div align="center"><img src="http://www.geraldfield.com/nadinesplace/muppetquiz/kermit.jpg" width="125" height="108"></div></td><td width="177" bgcolor="#00A847"><p align="center"><b><font size="3" color="#A4FFCB"...
by lenzenm
Thu Apr 04, 2002 8:02 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: UDMA Question
Replies: 11
Views: 2455

On 2002-04-04 07:58, z-man wrote: 2 = Orginal UDMA speed of 8 or 16 I don't remember. I think its 16. 3 = 33 4 = 66 5 = 100 6 = 133 There it is. Any questions? :grin: I believe you may be mistaken, Z-man. UDMA 0 = 16MB/s (same as PIO Mode 4) UDMA 1 = 25.5MB/s (very rare) UDMA 2 = 33MB/s UDMA 3 = 44...
by lenzenm
Mon Apr 01, 2002 10:20 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: What is this 1600/2100?
Replies: 2
Views: 1455

A 100MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) that utilizes DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM efective transmits data at 200MHz. Hence the 100MHz/200MHz DDR FSB of the Duron. PC-1600 DDR-RAM transmits 64bits of data per clock cycle, X's 100,000,000 clock cycles (100 MHz) X's 2 (DDR) = 1600MB/s per second. hence, PC-1600. ...
by lenzenm
Mon Apr 01, 2002 8:06 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Dollar Down Whats the most stable Athlon SMP board?
Replies: 13
Views: 3269

On 2002-04-01 16:40, Steel wrote: The new U160 drive will work on the 3950U2 controller, but only at the Ultra2 speeds for which the controller was designed(40MB/s, or 1/4th of the 160MB/s of which it theoretically can burst). Actually Ultra2 is 80MB/s which is plenty fast for a single drive - even...
by lenzenm
Mon Apr 01, 2002 5:27 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Dollar Down Whats the most stable Athlon SMP board?
Replies: 13
Views: 3269

All, I also was having second thoughts and wondering if it might be better to go with the Tiger MP. Its only the server board that has holes for heatsinks right? The only motherboard (that I am aware of)with the mounting holes, and the capacitor clearance to use them, is the Asus A7M266-D (an MPX b...
by lenzenm
Mon Apr 01, 2002 11:26 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Moving a drive from one computer to another running 2k
Replies: 12
Views: 5507

On 2002-04-01 06:53, videobruce wrote: NO THIS ISN'T A GUESSING GAME They were not in the 2 locations that were mentioned! I would still like to know if: 1. enum exists in 2k as it did im 98SE/ME Yes it does; it serves the same function. 2. where is it since I can't find it doing a search. It would...
by lenzenm
Mon Apr 01, 2002 2:05 am
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Thermalright AX-7 Heatsink
Replies: 10
Views: 5394

This link has a review: http://ads.amdmb.com/adframe.php?what=zone:2&target=_blank I would recommend a fan other than the Delta, however. The noise isn't worth it, IMNSHO. THe Panaflow looks like an excellent fan, and Sunon makes several fans as well that offer good cooling, and far less noise t...
by lenzenm
Mon Apr 01, 2002 1:27 am
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: max for a kt133a?
Replies: 6
Views: 3180

The general rule of thumb for the KT-133 and KT-133A boards was 10-15MHz extra on the FSB.
Some people have acheived better, but that is the exception, not the norm. Actively cooling the Northbridge and Southbridge chips will help, if you want to go farther.
by lenzenm
Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:56 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: What's a good way to OC for the first time?
Replies: 4
Views: 3242

The model you describe has very litle documentention, however... all the IBM Aptivas have very little for that matter. OC-ing would be acccomplished by changing the DIP switches on the motherboard. However, I have not seen any documentation for the proper settings for said dipswitches, although I ha...
by lenzenm
Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:41 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: GF4 4400 with 2 VGA-outs?
Replies: 6
Views: 3742

Dissonance: True enough, but the theVisiontek I mentioned has dual 350MHz RAMDACs. I should have mentioned them when I posted. However, just because the Visiontek does have dual RAMDACs, does not meant that another company's will. So, read the specs on whichever company's Ti4400 that you're consider...
by lenzenm
Fri Mar 29, 2002 10:55 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: GF4 4400 with 2 VGA-outs?
Replies: 6
Views: 3742

Do you want to go from a DVI connector on the card to a VGA connector on the monitor cable? Yes, DVI --> VGA connection adapters do exist. So then you could use the VGA, plus the DVI (with the DVI --> VGA adapter) to have two VGA outputs. I have done this with my Radeon 8500 (retail), and while its ...
by lenzenm
Fri Mar 29, 2002 10:49 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Need real help/advice
Replies: 16
Views: 8809

Your RAM is capable of running at 133MHz, yes. By default, it will only run at 100MHz on that board, however. Now, your board may allow running the memory asynchronously with the FSB, so you could do 133MHz with the 100MHz/200MHz DDR FSB. However, this is a BIOS option that may or may not be present...
by lenzenm
Fri Mar 29, 2002 7:23 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Need real help/advice
Replies: 16
Views: 8809

On 2002-03-29 13:05, Fubar wrote: Thanks for the great feedback. Pardon me for not knowing, but what is SiSoft Sandra? Is it software, new hardware? SiSoft Sandra is an information/benchmarking utility. Download it from: http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,35399,00.html I'd certainl...
by lenzenm
Fri Mar 29, 2002 6:45 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Network w/2k thru router
Replies: 10
Views: 4906

Videobruse: confusion runs amok in the responses. We need some clarification: are the two machines that are going to be sharing data in the same location, hooked up to the router? Or are you trying to share files across your DSL connection to another location? The answer that you require varies with...
by lenzenm
Thu Mar 28, 2002 7:25 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Can a mATX board go into an ATX case?
Replies: 3
Views: 4201

Usually. The I/O panel is the same size, you just need the proper cover plate for it. The biggest issue is whether or not there are mounting posts in the case that correspond to the ones in the motherboard; most modern after-market cases do.
S0, a qualifies yes, or 90% of the time.
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