Search results

  1. htwingnut

    Technet Expiring!

    I'm a little late to the party it seems, but Microsoft is terminating the TechNet subscription service. I just haven't had need to download or access keys in the last couple of months so missed the excitement, and never received an email stating the decision to terminate the service...
  2. htwingnut

    Intel XTU - Apply Settings Without Starting XTU?

    Is there any way to apply XTU settings without starting up XTU? Reason I ask is that my XTU settings are constantly reset after my laptop comes out of sleep.
  3. htwingnut

    Teamspeak 3 Server Was Working, now it isn't

    I have had a TS3 server running on my home server for some time. No issues. Using default ports: TDP: 10011, 30033 / UDP: 9987. Using latest Server: 3.0.7.2 Using latest Client: 3.0.11.1 I recently upgraded about a month ago to an Asus RT-AC66U router, but TeamSpeak still worked once I...
  4. htwingnut

    Is this cooling ok for SFF PC?

    I have a Cooler Master Elite 120 SFF case. I have a Zalman CNPS8000b cooler. The fan from the CPU cooler (on bottom of image) will suck air DOWN, the PSU above it will be sucking air UP. They are about an inch apart. I can flip the PSU upside down and it can draw air through top of the case, but...
  5. htwingnut

    Bottom half of screen flickers - Radeon HD 6670

    Anyone ever have this happen? I can't seem to make it go away. Basically the bottom half of the screen flickers any time I move a window around or access something on the screen. I have tried different drivers, swapped video cables, and that didn't help. If I switch resolution to something else...
  6. htwingnut

    Looking for 46-50" LED TV

    I have just been keeping my eyes open for a new LED TV, under $1000, preferably under $800 if possible, between 46-50". I just noticed this Panasonic 47" 240Hz for $999: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00752R9Q4 Not really interested in 3D just a quality high refresh screen with 3-4 HDMI...
  7. htwingnut

    Game Sound and Video Stuttering Issue?

    I have a Shuttle SH67H3 Small Form Factor PC with the following specs: 500W PC63J Power supply (ordered directly from Shuttle - max power draw from system is 300W) Intel i5-2400 460 GTX (eVGA) 2x4GB DDR3 1333MHz 80GB Intel X25-M SSD 1TB Samsung 7200RPM HDD 2TB Hitachi 7200RPM HDD The issue I...
  8. htwingnut

    Would a GTX 560 Ti be a decent upgrade from GTX 460?

    I have this card: EVGA 01G-P3-1380-KR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130596 Core Clock: 850MHz (Fermi) Memory: 1GB @ 3900MHz GDDR5 256-bit Stream Processors: 336 The biggest difference I see is the number of SP's in the 560 Ti 384 vs. 336 although clocks are about same...
  9. htwingnut

    RAID Card for WHS?

    Looking for an inexpensive 4-port RAID controller card for SATA II (3Gbps). I am using 5400RPM drives for my Windows Home Server 2011. My motherboard has six ports, one for the system drive, five for a RAID 5 array, and have three more drives I want to plug into the four port RAID card with room...
  10. htwingnut

    Question about RAID controllers on motherboard?

    I have an older Gigabyte motherboard GA-G33M-DS2R that I am going to use with my WHS 2011 build. I already have a WHS v1 system with 1x1TB drive for system and 7x2TB drives for storage. With WHS 2011 of course, RAID is required for redundancy since Drive Extender has been axed. For a trial...
  11. htwingnut

    Microsoft Xbox Live CSR's are full of crap!

    I'll make a long story short. What it amounts to is MS charged my credit card even after I applied a 12 month gold subscription, and they refuse to refund it. They've offered another 12 month gold subscription number, which is not what I want. I want $60 back because best I can do with this...
  12. htwingnut

    Possible to use second power supply for video card?

    I am ordering a larger PSU, but it will take a week to get here. In the meantime is there any way to get a second regular PC power supply to work just to power the video card? It seems to need a signal from the PC to switch on, which I can't do because my main PSU is installed of course.
  13. htwingnut

    Looking for a 4-pin 140mm fan for PWM control

    I am looking for a 4-pin 140mm fan, for mobo pwm control (not 4-pin PSU molex). This is for a friend that just built a desktop and his top fan is fairly noisy, ok for gaming, but too loud for idle use. The mobo has a spare 4-pin fan header, so assuming it allows for fan control. He doesn't want...
  14. htwingnut

    i5-2400 or i5-2500k? $30 difference.

    I am doing a sandy bridge budget build (somewhat) with eVGA GTX 460, 8GB DDR3 1333. I can get the i5-2400 for $150 and i5-2500k for $180. The differences I see are: HD 2000 vs HD 3000 graphics 3.1-3.4GHz vs 3.3-3.7GHz VT-d & Trusted Execution Technology vs None I plan on gaming and a little...
  15. htwingnut

    Possible to choose different video drivers at boot up?

    Not sure where to place this. But I have an Alienware M11x. It has switchable graphics between Intel 4500MHD and nVidia GT 335m. Running with Intel graphics gives me great battery life, but nVidia obviously lets me play games. Problem is Dellienware hasn't updated the GPU switchable drivers...
  16. htwingnut

    Help locating new video card with length limitations

    I primarily use my laptop for gaming these days, especially with my new rig: Sandy Bridge i7-2720QM, GTX 485m, 16GB DDR3 RAM, Intel 120GB SSD, 750GB Seagate HDD. But I do have a desktop gaming rig. I used my old case that I had my gaming desktop in for my Windows Home Server because it has lots...
  17. htwingnut

    SATA add-in cards - question

    I have a Windows Home Server. I currently have a PCI SATA add-in card that can support up to four SATA drives. I will not use it for four SATA drives though because the PCI bus maxes at 133MB/s. I also have my Intel gigabit NIC in a PCI slot. So don't want to saturate the PCI bus. I am looking...
  18. htwingnut

    Onboard Gigabit Ethernet keeps dropping to 100Mbps...

    My gaming desktop onboard gigabit ethernet keeps dropping to 100mbps speeds. If I reboot it tends to run back at gigabit speeds, but after a little use it drops back to 100mbps. I know it's not my switch or my router because all other machines connected to the same switch and router maintain...
  19. htwingnut

    Tip: Setting your Windows 7 USER Folder to Another Partition or Drive.

    I have been wanting to do this like, forever. I have always installed my Windows on a separate drive or partition from the rest of my data. Problem is that Microsoft chooses to put your User folder on the same drive as Windows. So you have to do some funky things to get it to work right...
  20. htwingnut

    How many users here use an SSD in their gaming desktop?

    Just curious how many users here utilize an SSD in their gaming desktop, primarily one used as an OS boot drive? I haven't found any serious advantages so far. Sure the OS boots faster, but games are on the hard drive so what difference does it make? I have installed Stacraft 2 on the SSD, and...
  21. htwingnut

    Best *hard drive* to use as Windows 7 boot drive?

    I've decided to ditch the SSD in my desktop and pocket the money, but will need a replacement hard drive for the SSD. Which hard drive would be the best to use as a Windows 7 OS drive? I'd prefer under $60, and capacity really isn't much of an issue. Preferably 160GB or greater though. I'm...
  22. htwingnut

    Suggest Motherboard for Socket 775 (Core 2 Quad)?

    I currently have a gigabyte GA-G33m-DS2R motherboard. Been a great motherboard so far, but my one complaint has to be with AHCI support. It adds an additional 10-12 seconds on boot because it has to boot from another BIOS and has been somewhat problematic. The Intel 80GB SSD that's in there now...
  23. htwingnut

    Suggestions with SSD's in which computers?

    Ok, I went hog wild and bought SSD's for use in my desktops and laptops. But I am having a hard time figuring out best way to manage which goes where. I thought I had it figured out, but now things have changed. I am almost considering selling them all for now, except one for my netbook, but not...
  24. htwingnut

    Cheapest (legal) way to play Blu-Ray?

    I bought a slim external USB Blu-Ray player for pretty cheap. It works fine except it didn't come with any software. I've tried PowerDVD 10 Ultra demo and it works great. I also tried WinDVD but it kept locking up on both my laptop and desktop. I'd rather not spend $90 for PowerDVD 10. Is there...
  25. htwingnut

    LastPass or KeePass?

    Curious which one do you use and/or recommend? I used to use my Palm PDA (ok, yeah I know, ancient but convenient), but no longer use one. I'd have several PC's in my home and a couple I use elsewhere. I have concerns with both. For one, LastPass data is stored online, encrypted, but still...
  26. htwingnut

    What games have you invested the most time in?

    What games have you invested the most time in and how much time? For me, I think it's: Descent / Descent 2: >300 hours Operation Flashpoint (original) + expansions: >300 hours Command and Conquer Generals + Zero Hour >200 hours Falcon 4 & Allied Force >400 hours Battlefield 2 +...
  27. htwingnut

    Michigan vs Michigan State Big 10 game today!

    So who's watching and who are you rooting for? Ranked 17 (MSU) and 18 (UofM) in AP poll. MSU is my alma mater, so definitely rooting for them. Go Spartans!
  28. htwingnut

    Understanding i5 GPU and switchable with ATI dedicated GPU?

    I was curious about the i5 GPU with a dedicated ATI GPU. My understanding is that ATI has incorporated support for switchable graphics with the i5 GPU in their latest drivers. Is this true? Secondly, a laptop like the MSI GX640 does not offer switchable graphics which greatly reduces battery...
  29. htwingnut

    Vista Start Menu - Folders Sort Like XP?

    Is there a way to get the Vista Start menu to behave like XP? I know there is the "Classic" start menu, but I don't want that. I mainly want Folders to appear at the top of the Start menu list like it does in XP (and Win2k, ME, 98, 95) when you do a "Sort by Name". Please don't tell me to...