Recent content by mhowie

Using a stylus (even a cheap $5 one) helps tremendously with the issue you describe.

I can provide an answer to my own question as I did pick up one of these for my wife at the local MS Store (kiosk) and there was not a key card contained in the box (contrary to what the MS employee had told me...which isn't surprising given the quality of information/service I've experienced...

I'm curious- the Office 365 Personal one-year subscription that comes with this...is it a code that is not directly associated with this device and could be used by another? I ask as I am getting my wife one of these and would like to take advantage of the Office 365 program and utilize on my...

Unfortunately the BIOS only reports CPU and case temps (<40*C and <30*C respectively in the BIOS). I don't know what those programs are using for their motherboard temp, but they all seem to be drawing from the same spot on this motherboard. You are right on about SpeedFan and similar...

I just build a new machine with an MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital board, a "Black Edition" AMD 64 X2 5000+, 2GB Corsair RAM... I have a concern, perhaps unfounded, with the motherboard/mainboard temperature being reported by MSI PC Alert 4, PC Wizard 2008, and Speed Fan programs. My CPU temp is...

What risks, if any, exist in mixing this stick with two others which are Crucial brand? Thanks,

Replying to my own question... I discovered on the WD drives, jumper settings are critical. If there is not a slave drive present, the drive must be configured as "single". My IBM Deskstar allowed the "primary" jumper setting to be used regardless of the existence of a slave drive. Once I...

I finally embarked upon my program of replacing my 40gb IBM HDD with a new WD 120gb HDD but have run into a snag I can not work my way out of and would appreciate some guidance... Here is the chronology thus far: 1) Took WD drive out of box, configured as "slave", booted into Norton Ghost...

I currently have a T'Bird 1.33 (not overclocked) running on a KZT Turbo-R board. I can upgrade the BIOS such that a 1800+ AMD will work and am curious as to the "real life" performance boost that might be gained? I am not a huge gamer, more Internet/Office apps... Thanks, Howie