Recent content by jrose

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    Random unstability - help

    I'd definately suggest trying a new power supply - a 350 watt isn't expensive and should do the trick unless you have heaps of gear in there. The fact that your video flickers when the harddisk is working hard seems to indicate that its running out of power - possibly your system is right on...
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    MSI KT3 Ultra audio (realtek ALC650 chip?)

    Thanks heaps- muchly appreciated. :)
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    Linux (XFree86) Why is it so Hard to Change Settings?

    <std free software community answer>... Because the people who aren't happy with the way things are, are too busy whinging about it instead of coding :P </std free software community answer> Seriously though, Irix, MacOS, etc have had a lot more time and money spent on that side of things...
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    MSI KT3 Ultra audio (realtek ALC650 chip?)

    Hi All, Just wondering if people had any comments on the onboard audio on this particular mobo, or boards using the same audio controller? I've currently got an SB-Live (just use it for games), and was wondering if I should keep it or not. I've had bad experiences with onboard audio in the...
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    ABIT BX-6 r.2 wont' cut off power in xp?

    If I recall (I have an abit BH6 im just retiring after a very good run tomorrow :) the Abit boards of that era (BX6, BH6) do not have ACPI support - ACPI wasn't around yet. I have just recently fixed this problem with my BH6 system, I believe you have to manually enable APM support in Windows...