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Cooler Master's HAF series of cases have long been favored by many enthusiasts thanks to their sturdy construction and feature-rich likeness. This was especially true with the HAF 932 released three years ago. For that reason it has been updated to an 'Advanced' edition, bringing a refreshed...

To be honest, I don't think it does anything except set the default file system and sector sizes. When a partition table is recreated, you'll see the drive change itself in your "My Computer" as a result, but with the format tool here, the drive never changes (at least in my experience), meaning...

I am running some last tests in Windows and if nothing comes from that, trash it will go. I am still a little confused about you saying to reset the drive, though. Are you still on XP, and does clicking the 'Restore drive defaults' actually -do- something rather than just change the values in...

Simply clicking on 'Restore device defaults' does nothing though - it's meant to be used in conjunction with formatting, hence it being found under the format tool. Nonetheless, I click that option every time I forgot a drive due to habit, including this one, and it still doesn't work. It seems...

Oh, right. Yes, I've done that more than once as well, and while sometimes I can get the drive to function, it doesn't for long. Half of the time if I try to format in Windows, it just fails =/

I am not sure if a factory reset tool exists for the drive, but I will have a look. What I have done is overwrite the partition table, effectively making the drive newer than new (not pre-formatted), and that didn't help anything. While I could format it at that point in Linux, Windows was...

Given the unbelievable growth mobile computing has seen in the past five or so years, especially with regards to things like tablets, it seems obvious that the "future is mobile". But does that mean that the era of the PC is coming to a close? According to Dr. Mark Dean, one of the co-creators...

For a couple of reasons, I tend to keep about five or six thumb drives around for the sake of having non-disc copies of bootable software, and also a quick place to backup small, but important data. OS-wise, I keep a thumb drive with a Windows 7 install on it at all times, along with Gentoo, and...

When USB 3.0 was first made commercial a couple of years ago, its introduction was a welcome one. While we didn't see quite the same sort of leap going from 2.0 to 3.0 as we did from 1.1 to 2.0, USB 3.0 is faster than a SATA 2 port and sits just behind SATA 3. In gist, it's fast, and most people...

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 is a beast of a card, able to reach 80°C with minimal effort. So what about those who value high performance along with silence? There are some options, such as Zalman's VF3000F after-market cooler. But with it requiring three slots in your PC, and $75 from your wallet...

It is indeed a legit e-mail. I checked the headers and one thing that looked out of place was mention of a 'wowadmin.net' domain, but I signed up on Battle.net using a toss-away e-mail, and sure enough, wowadmin.net is mentioned in that. Comparing the headers from each e-mail, there's just...

Anyone ever have something like this happen? I searched the Web and it turns out that I am not alone, and all others who've had this happen also had the name 'zhang' registered. Does anyone else find it a little ridiculous that an account can be created at all without requiring...

I somehow overlooked the fact that this is a RENTAL service, not a Steam competitor like Direct2Drive. You pay money to rent games and once your subscription is up (not entirely sure how it works), you lose access to them. Interesting idea this one...

When Valve launched its Steam platform in 2004, the company entered an unknown territory and I'm sure had no real idea of what to expect with regards to its success. Well, it goes without saying that creating Steam was the best decision the company ever made, and though it doesn't disclose...

Diablo III is going to suck, just like StarCraft II. /me suits up in armor.

The first time I installed Gentoo, back in late 2004, I used an at-the-time brand-new Dell Inspiron (5150 if I recall) notebook as the victim. At that time, Gentoo was a new world to me, and a confusing one. It took me about a half-week's worth of actual work to get it installed, but it...

You mean like this? http://www.corsair.com/cooling/hydro-series/hydro-series-h70-cpu-cooler.html My doctor recommended me do that daily to relieve stress, but he was a weirdo. Just the thought of that makes me want to vomit =/ Tango is full of it. Cool ideas, that is :D

Comcast, home to some of the most caring and thoughtful executives around, today announced an "Internet Essentials" plan that aims to get the Internet into the hands of all low-income American families. At a mere $9.95 USD / mo, the cost of the package should be much easier to handle than...

Doh, I forgot all about that. If I get time later I'll turn the fan back around. In the configuration it is in, I'll just end up getting the same problem sooner than later.

As soon as DDR3 hit the mainstream market in 2008, the appeal of fast RAM kits seemed to disappear almost instantly, and it was this point that I stopped reviewing individual kits due to the apparent lack of need or interest. When DDR3 kits are as fast as they are, the fastest kits out there...