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Does it not strike you as just a little odd that in order to improve over the "low end" solution of 80mm fans in the power supply and case back, you have to go to multiple 120mm fans placed all over the case? My current case is an older version In-Win mini tower. The only air intake on it...

"LG Firmware"? Does your system show a folder with 4 files in it, even when there's no disk in the drive? If so take it back, bitch like hell at the salesmakers, get a replacement of a different brand... Really... There are LG installer disks out there with viruses on them... Check this...

One more thought on this.... Did you set the DVD region in your device manager? Open device manager, locate the DVD drive, right click it and set the region for wherever you are. But take note... you only get to change this a limited number of times (6, if memory serves) so pick your...

Yep ... so long as it's in a waterproof suspension, it should be fine

Oh my, here I go again... Y'know what... way too much is made of this. The best stuff (and no I'm not kidding) is that white stuff you put on your nose to prevent sunburn... Zinc Oxide paste. It's exactly the same stuff you get in those $10.00 a pop 2cc syringes. (Not to be mistaken for...

MPClassic doesn't work "out of the box"... You have to do some setup. You will most likely have to uninstall the stuff from the LG disk before it's going to work. The "find codecs on the net" thing was never fully implemented (thankfully) so forget that. First thing when it loads, with...

This sounds like it's a codec issue. Does the video card correctly display your desktop and games? Does the drive pass a disk read test? If so... Get a copy of MPClassic Home Cinema which has all codecs built into the executable and see if it will play your DVDs. I've been using it...

I may have misinterpreted your question... "Why isn't Winamp suited for high-def media when Foobar2000 is?" When I hear "high-def" I tend to think of video.... and responded with that in mind. Audio, even the high quality "lossless" stuff, is far less demanding and there you can...

Before you spend money to fix a settings problem, why not try a couple of things... 1) Disable the motherboard's built in soundcard in the bios. 2) Try older or newer version drivers 3) Try using the motherboard's built in sound If you're getting crackling in the recordings but...

Ummmm... a little "aifrlow" lesson, if I may.... More fans is not always the answer. Often less is more... especially when cases are getting smaller and people are increasingly outspoken about noise. PC cases, by design, are intended to draw cool air into the least occupied part of the...

Ever checked the CPU usage on Winamp? When setting up these ASRock systems as media players for home theatre I tested a number of different softwares... With VLC or Winamp the system stumbled and could not play AVI files with medium bitrates because of very high CPU usage. On the other end...

We already went over that. It's actually kinda easy to do... http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/370

There are advantages to going "overkill" on power supplies, Rob. The most obvious one is heat... an 800w supply operated at 40% capacity is going to run cooler and last longer than a 400w one operating at 80%. Please recall our previous conversation about how "watts" aren't simply watts...

PSI... you are correct. The NTFS "Full" format is a surface read/scan followed by a "Quick" format to write the partition table and NTFS data to the disk. I generally use quick formats unless I have reason to suspect the drive is getting flakey. Full formatting a 1tb drive would be...

Very handy. Thank you!

It's pretty unlikely you will find new home theatre equipment under $100. Even the X-540s are going to cost you $150... But if you go into the used market and test before you pay, you might pull it off. Home theatre gear almost always has multiple inputs so the extra money is worth it...

Logitec speakers are generally characterized by good electronics packages (you can build a decent amplifier for peanuts these days) coupled to really bad satellite speakers. I have a set of X-240s which I didn't hesitate to modify with the expected far better results. Most of the "beaming" and...

WOW... way cool (pun intended)... I would be really interested in how much air that moves and even more interested in how it works... Google time.... Found it... Bernoulli's principle... http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2009/10/14/invention-the-bladeless-dyson-fan/

:D But do I get to use the Stargate? Now THAT would be beyond cool....

:D Good one.... Serously through, from industrial sources you can get scotchbrite in a dozen or so different colors, including black.