Recent content by Vertigo0176

Is it true that onboard sound requires more cpu than a dedicated card?

It looks kinda like one of those apple pie crust cutters.

I ended up downloading an reinstalling every driver available on the HP site. So now my son is optesting the connection... we'll see how it goes. Thanks for all your tips!

There's no newer router firmware, it checks automatically and lets me know. Edit. Thats wierd how did my post about th firmware get ahead of the question?

It has been doing it out of the box. He hasn't even had a chance to use it cause of the problem. The wireless light illuminates fine. The net always has an exellent signal as indicated on the HP, the signal will be full strength and it still won't stay connected. The SSID and the encryption...

Recently I purchased an HP DV7-1270us laptop for my son. It has Vista Home Prem 64. No matter how far away it is from my wireless router(an older Belkin) is disconnects very consistantly. I have 3 other computers that never have had a problem, 2 Viao laptops and a home built machine. Is...

It's better to use a quality power supply, but it will never pay for itself because no mater how efficient it is, it will still cost money to use.

Get the X25 M. I just starting to use it for my OS and apps and things open up instantly. I think its the best upgrade you can make for the money.

Thanks. I think I'll do that when I get back from work.

Hmm, now that you mention it, kinda forgot about that part. Thanks for the tip, I hope it works. Also thanks for the tip on AHCI, I didn't know you need to have the drives set like that to get NCQ.

Last night I installed 2 additional HD's onto my Asus Rampage Formula MB, a 1TB Seagate and the Intel 80GB SSD. Both are there in the BIOS(latest revision), but Windows XP doesn't show either. Do I need to reinstall windows or is there a simpler solution? Thanks in advance.

Everclear must be the best then.

Has anyone seen Bose equipment with HDMI?

The amount of RAM would depend on your OS. I read somewhere that 6Gigs is ideal for Vista 64.

As long as the cooler is compatible with both sockets, it's all a matter of preference.