Recent content by 1lossir1

OK - I admit I don't know optical drive design - but isn't the motor/laser/drive door mechanics powered by one voltage rail (+12) and the electronics (controller, IDE interface) powered by the other (+5) Since the PSU is suspected to be at fault, it's possible the +5 rail sent out a spike...

Since I tried this card in several systems I'll go with the highest-performance system I tried this in. Dell PowerEdge 400SC 2.4Ghz/1Gb dual channel DDR ECC RAM 80gb 7200RPM 8Mb buffer IDE boot drive 60gb 7200RPM 8Mb buffer IDE recording drive Nvidia TNT 16Mb AGP card (yeah, I know, it's...

Hello all - long time lurker, first time poster. Has anyone experienced super-high CPU utilization with a Leadtek Winfast 2000/XP TV card? I've had this card for over a year now - ran it in four different computers ranging from a Celeron 1000 to a Dell PowerEdge P4/2.4. OS was W2K, XP Home...