Recent content by gd

corkyg: I'm surprised you're suggesting this on a hardware enthusiasts forum. I was under the impression that this is standard practice for a lot of people who like to have control over their computers. boomhower: Here's the specs from Sony UK...

Hello, I've recently purchased a Sony VAIO VPCEB1Z1E laptop which, considering the specs, makes a good offer at 940 euros. However, as with all laptops, I can't stand the default Windows installation as it's filled with useless Sony apps and trial versions of software. I intend to make a...

Hello... I recently repartitioned a friend's notebook HD in order to install XP and kubuntu (it came with vista)... However I haven't been able to install audio drivers for its audio devices.. The laptop is a toshiba Satellite A200-PSAE6E and everest reports the following audio...

Hello, My home server is in need of several ethernet interfaces, and as a result nearly all PCI slots are populated (4 legacy PCI + 2 64-bit ones) So I was wondering whether you knew of any cheap 2 or 4 port ethernet NICs, preferably 64bit PCI ones so that they can handle the traffic...

nah, it won't be doing any graphics intensive task... just bind/dhcp/samba/iptables/wifiAP/ntp/ssh/cups/apache/ldap and perhaps, kerberos if I ever get it to work... So I suppose it will be alright... Thanks again, George

Thanks for replying everyone, The box will be running gentoo, and since it will be used as a server I only need a basic non-framebuffer console... Do you think this might raise issues as well?

Hello, I'm building a server and as a result I don't care at all about the graphics subsystem. I have an old PCI card lying around and I intend to use it as the graphics adapter of an nforce 3 based system. Do you think I might run into compatibility issues? The card (while originally used in...

Thanks for your reply! Unfortunately I can't buy from newegg (I live in Greece) and the asus board retails at about 80 euros (!!) in my country so maybe the asrock SIS760GX based board is an option... However, I forgot to mention, linux compatibility is a must! I'm not sure but I think I...

Hello! I'm in search of a mobo with integrated graphics to minimise costs for a friend who's interested in purchasing a few computers for his small business, but things are a bit complicated. Since only tier-two manufacturers make chipsets with integrated graphics for the K8 architecture...