Not that long ago I got myself a new system based on the Intel DP965LT motherboard. The only thing that I still can’t get going is the microphone. Anyone else have this working with this hardware? What happens is that basically nothing happens when I plug in the microphone. No output when I yell into […]
Intel DP965LT and Microphone Read Post »
I think it might be finally time to upgrade my windows box. Its main uses for me are a) Photoshop and image editing/cataloging/organizing and b) gaming, gaming and more gaming. Oh, and it runs my accounting software. Of those three applications, two of them are hardware intensive. I realized today that my current hardware is
Thinking about hardware upgrades, I’m wondering if I’m wrong at looking at the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 DualCore 2.40GHz based on this review over at TechReport. I’ve been thinking of hardware upgrades since putting new RAM in my machine, and even though anything is a bit away, I’ve been out of the game a
Faster, faster I say! Last weekend I also went and grabbed some computer toys needed tools. I’ve been doing a lot of playing with images and photography and whatnot, and grabbing 50 or 300 mb images from my fileshare has been making my little system cry. I headed out and grabbed a DLink DGS-1005D 1000/100/10
Many thanks to Brad the other night who passed on a hand-me-down 17″ Dell CRT for Firefly. Much nicer than the 15″ for sure, and she said she would be able to survive (“for a while…” I heard her mumble…).
Not-Really New Monitor Read Post »
Ever notice how just when you think you’re getting ahead and are going to pull ahead of the nasties/bad luck/etc fate steps in and goes “Worse” (old joke from a Bill Cosby comedy routine). So Firefly is in the middle of playing UO or some such thing and boom, monitor flickers and goes black. I
Dead Monitor (1 down, 2 to go) Read Post »
Anyone have an 80G (or 120G) hard drive they can donate to me for a good cause? 🙂
Hard Drive Request Read Post »
I’ve been a bit out of the hardware game, I tend to ignore hardware specs and details until it’s time to actually get a new system, and I’ve been thinking that I should get an idea of what’s out there. I did some surfing today (partially because ScoobyD is speccing out a new system and
Hardware Advice Requested Read Post »
If anyone out there has a lot of love and some deep pockets, you can feel free to buy me the Sonos Digital Music System (slashdot commentary, Mad Penguin review). It’s sort of like a high end version of something like the Squeezebox. Any number of wireless players are connected to your computer with it’s
Another One for the Wishlist, Sonos Music System Read Post »
Anyone have any suggestions for a good DVD player to replace my aging one? Nothing wrong with the toshiba I have, but I’ve found it’s not working properly with some divx->DVD conversions I’ve tried and it doesn’t play PAL format (even my parents $50 DVD player does this). It’d be nice as well to have
DVD Player Suggestions Read Post »