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Ahh, so that's how it works. Thanks Chocobo and pkme :)

Let's say there is a 500W power supply unit. Does it mean the maximum power it can supply to components is 500W? Does it constantly use 500W and dissipate remaining energy as heat is the sum of components only requires 300W? In other words I am wondering if replacing a PSU to a...

If it used to burn fine and now it doesn't, it's most likely a hardware failure since you've tried everything possible. The usual suspect is the laser being misaligned or wearing out. You could try opening the device and adjust the POT for the writing laser, but finding the right voltage for...

It may be that the circuits for the front panel power switch is shorted against the case, but unlikely. For some motherboards it's natural for them to startup as soon as a turned-on power supply is plugged in, though. I've had the problem in a Soyo dragon Mobo and have seen it in others...

General consensus is VRAM = 1.5 times the physical memory on a drive which isn't your OS drive. Having less than 1.5x physical memory does not really speed up paging (except initialization and hibernation) but it does save space. Windows NT does have pretty good paging algorithms in terms...

Do not try this, though! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050525/ap_en_mo/star_wars_sabers

I upgrade my mobo around once a year and it's always a "swap and pray" process. The latest one failed despite uninstalling all drivers beforehand, but a repair-installation fixed everything. Other times I simply needed to install the new drivers to get everything working. Sticking to the same...

Hm, I guess I'll actually answer the original question ;) Japan does not use ATSC as the HDTV standard; it uses ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting) instead. So far Japan and Brazil are the only ones using this broadcast format, but ISDB uses channels more efficiently(OFDM)...

> Didnt know they were hot swappable. That's pretty cool. (I dont have a sata drive yet) It's good to make sure you get controllers and drive which are compatible with hot swapping; most of the first generation SATA hardware didn't support hot swapping.

PC DVI output doesn't send interlaced signals out of the box, so you'll have to go with 480p, or 800x480. You can use programs like powerstrip to convert outgoing signal to 1080i, but you will need to have the right graphics cards.

Thanks for the tips; I'll look into them!

My organization uses a home-brew script to log (cron + prstat + vmstat + ps) system performance. Every quarter we use a huge python script to parse and feed the data to gnuplot to create graphs for performance evaluation meetings. The scripts have been patched and modified numerous times...

Phisrow is correct; you can use anyone's CD to install Windows as long as you use your own CD-key. If you have lost your CD-key and there's no sticker on the back of your system don't panic; Microsoft has a process--albeit lengthy--to verify your purchase if you call them. It's not very...

Even though the DVD specification allows double sides, there are no publicly available DVD+Rs, DVD-R, or DVD-RAM discs on sale which record on both sides since it's cheaper to manufacture two one-sided discs. The CD specification does not allow double sides, on the other hand. The...

It could be that your vid card only detects and switches to the DVI output after going through POST. :o