Recent content by Jotho

Just to throw in another opinion, I've always loved Thrustmaster gamepads (although they're a bit tricky to find). I mostly use a Thrustmaster Dual Trigger these days, and I used a Firestorm Dual Analog in the past.

That's great, sounds like I have nothing to worry about then. I was planning to use Nero 9.

Hi Wondering if anyone has any experience simultaneously burning the same thing to two discs at once using two optical drives. I am interested in knowing about whether any specific drives would be recommended, any limitations you came across (someone said max speed was restricted to half), or...

That Define Mini looks amazing - when/where is it available? Also, I did check Newegg and noticed the <$50 ones that looked OK, but I didn't really want to cheap out on this. It would be nice for it to be quiet as possible. Does anyone have experience with HEC cases such as this one...

I hadn't really considered that one so I appreciate the responses. It looks like the 5.25 bays in this case don't have much room in front of the PSU. Has anyone used this case and can recommened a specific model for the DVD-RW drives so that they will fit comfortably? Thanks

Wild guess, but last Gigabyte mobo I saw had the sticker on the side of the ATX power connector (i.e. off the PCB).

Hi folks I'll be putting together a computer to do audio recording/transcoding, PPT/video presentations, and CD burning at a local church. I have a spare Gigabyte 780G MicroATX motherboard that I would like to use. I've never built a computer targeting a MicroATX case before so would really...

Give CrashPlan a try - I love it. It has encryption option, 10GB or unlimited online plans, and can target two different backup locations (i.e. online as well as local, external drive, network, even another networked computer). I had an IT pro recommend it to me, and haven't looked back.

Another use of steppers... motorizing a table hockey game! OK, a bit O/T, but I had to share our project :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO5HGlUHCmc Steppers were also in floppy drives.

Check out CrashPlan for online backup. It has the added ability to back up to both online (for $$$ obviously) and local targets (USB, network, local HDD). The local backup is nice for fast recoveries, whereas the online gives you off-site.

I'm loving CrashPlan. They have an unlimited version for $60/year (EDIT: just checked and prices are even lower now). You select what folders to backup, it sync's them online with versioning. You can grab your files from "anywhere" through their web portal, or locally using their utility...

Sounds like exact same problem I had once with an Antec TruePower 480W (i.e. pretty much same PSU). Every once in awhile it would balk at starting up, but would be fine once I got up and going. Then one day it never started again. I could see inside it that some caps were busted open. Replaced...

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 indeed... costs like $10 on Steam and you can jump back/forth between co-op and SP through the campaign mode seamlessly. Also Terrorist Hunt mode where it's you and friend against a level full of enemies.

Agreed there is a learning curve here that has yet to be mastered :) However, this approach has its advantages too, like the ability to rotate a player at crazy fast speeds for an indefinite period without your arm falling off, or being able to simultaneously control two players and a goalie...

We wrote a custom USB driver into a Nios 2 Altera SOPC that could theoretically accept any standard HID-compliant game controller. We have tested it with 5, including a Logitech Dual Action, Logitech Cordless Rumblepad, Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Analog, Thrustmaster Dual Trigger 2-1, and a...