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    Recommend smallish case for long card + tall CPU cooler under $100?

    It's actually not a GPU. This ridiculous video editing card released many years ago called the Matrox RT.X2, though I'm reconsidering since I learned yesterday that there's a shorter "LE" version that captures analog to uncompressed formats. Thanks for the recommendations everyone! I see...
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    Recommend smallish case for long card + tall CPU cooler under $100?

    Hi all. I'm trying to find the smallest possible case with "good" cooling that fits these requirements: - 13.875" PCIe card - 159mm CPU cooler (Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus) - Micro ATX board - USB 3.0 ports near the top The length of the PCIe card is what's really screwing up my searches. If...
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    Two WDM drivers with same filename, partly overlapping functionality in Win7

    No problem. Apologies again for a late response. The INFs that I edited were copied from the Program Files folder. These were installed without MediaCenter, by extracting the EXE files (via WinRAR) from the larger MCS+Drivers container like you named. For the C127, the file I installed is...
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    Two WDM drivers with same filename, partly overlapping functionality in Win7

    First, sorry for the long delay in responding. I'm trying to understand, how will your suggestion of extracting the individual files and pointing the "Update driver software" dialog at each INF differ from what I've done? My edited INF files that I've pointed to are off in separate...
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    Two WDM drivers with same filename, partly overlapping functionality in Win7

    They were both EXEs. The individual files get unpacked into Program Files when being installed.
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    Two WDM drivers with same filename, partly overlapping functionality in Win7

    Yes, that is how I installed them. Right-click -> Update driver software (or whatever the equivalent is when no driver is currently installed) Browse my computer for driver software Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer Have Disk... -> Browse... -> Pick my edited INF...
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    Two WDM drivers with same filename, partly overlapping functionality in Win7

    I have two video capture cards from the same manufacturer, identified as C027 and C127. The C127 is a few years newer and contains different chips, but both use the same filename for their WDM ".sys" driver file. The driver for the C127 is designed to completely replace the driver for the C027...
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    ECS mobo + Promise card: freeze during boot

    There is "Boot Other Device" after "First/Second/Third" which I've always had enabled, including on my old mobo which had the same type of BIOS (AWARD). Are you suggesting I try setting it to disabled? Either way, I'll try it out later tonight and report back. EDIT: I've tried it and there...
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    ECS mobo + Promise card: freeze during boot

    No one has any ideas eh? Well I decided to just order a couple of those mini IDE->SATA bridge boards so (a) I don't have to worry about another controller card not working also, and (b) I don't have to buy new stuff again if and when mobo makers get rid of regular PCI slots altogether. Of course...
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    ECS mobo + Promise card: freeze during boot

    While googling for PCI Express IDE controllers I came across a forum post saying 'There is also the fact that many of the existing PCI cards are PCI v2.2 compliant only. They will not work in the newer motherboards because the new mobos implement 3v PCI v2.3.' I see in the Ultra133's manual that...
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    ECS mobo + Promise card: freeze during boot

    Just another in my few weeks' worth of computer troubles... I actually typed out a long rant about them but it seems it was too long for the forum! After replacing my DVD drive, PSU, graphics card, motherboard, CPU, and RAM for various reasons, dealing with a few hiccups seemingly caused by...