Opened up my ASROCK box last night while fixing this and lo and behold I found a 3.5inch front panel with two USB 3.0 ports that they included in the package. At the time I now recall that I didn't bother installing this because the Rosewill Challenger had the USB 2.0 front panel already, and I...
Ok so I am super happy and also super embarrassed that I spent the better part of a day at work worrying and researching new Mobos and CPUs etc.
Went on the way home from work and got a new PSU from BB. After I got the kids to bed I pulled out the PC onto my table and got to work. First...
I noticed that the front USB ports didn't work about a week ago. Unfortunately I was [lazy/busy/whatever] and so I just hooked up a little Logitech USB extender from the back USB port so I could hook up my digital camera, but I didn't go inside the PC to unplug that front panel USB/Esata/audio...
Ok thanks. I'll try a new PSU. Maybe should also take the mobo out of the case just to make sure nothing shorted.
I noticed that my son mangled the front USB port on the case such that both of these sockets are not working. I wonder if that could have something to do with this (could the...
In addition to the above, perhaps a more focused question re: sticking with my current hardware and swapping in a new mobo silently...P67 vs z68 vs Z77....
What is best mobo to get where I can 1) re-use all existing components (2600K, Ripjaws DDR3 ram, Radeon 5670, Antec 380W PSU AND 2) have a...
Came home yesterday to find the PC dead. Power switch does nothing. Nobody in the house (kids) "did anything" to it.
Tried the paperclip trick on the PSU 24 pin connector and the PSU fan ran, and also started to run the DVD I think. Mobo has no LED light at all. What happened? I still have a...
No, but again it was working before under this BIOS so I don't see why it would change on its own.....
I had a scary time when I first built the PC where a BIOS update didn't "take" 100%.......the PC worked but the BIOS wouldn't show up on screen and then the stupid fact that ASRock defaults...
Yeah the weird thing is that I haven't actually changed anything.....it was working before.....time passed.......and now it doesn't seem to be working. I went into the BIOS and it appears that all the settings remain intact.
No....it doesn't throttle back at all. I only happened to look at it as I was converting the video. It just sits at 42X no matter what is going on....or not going on as the case may be (when CPU usage is at zero). The voltage does drop back though (which I assume is the most important thing for...
Hi all - wondering if anyone can answer a question.
I have a 2600K with ASRock P67 Extreme 4. I set it up 18 months ago with a 42X setting and offset voltage, so basically it idled at 16X (1.6ghz) and whenever the CPU gets used it jumped to 4.2ghz. Under Prime95 my voltage was good in...
Yeah but iPhone or Android doesn't have a real zoom, nor do they have image stabilization. They can do OK for many things and I agree they are in the pocket all the time, but no way you can say their video quality equals a good camcorder. I personally have a Sony Hx9V which is a nice little...
Yes, hence my comment that I would be saving a good 3 or 4 seconds that I currently spend finding the USB socket with the cord!
And I'll bet the inductive charging apparatus is heavier to carry around if you travel than a travel charger.
I see the point re: damaging the USB socket. That's...
That's fine but you still need a cord/device to plug into the wall to feed the little inductive charger. Its not like they just pull energy straight from the cosmos or something. So you need to carry around the inductive charger, which is probably the same or more than carrying around the...
I know I'm a Luddite but it's never really bothered me to use that extra bit of cognitive and muscle energy in my hands to take a cord and plug it into the socket on the phone to charge it. I know with wireless charging I'll be saving myself a good 4 or 5 seconds of life by not having to...
I don't see the big deal here. I didn't bother porting my number to GV - I just signed up for a different number. For texts, I set it so that GV does the texting. When I text someone, they see my GV number. They can reply to that. I ask them to use that number if they text me. If...
At least when the Skyrocket came out, the knock on it was in fact you could NOT selectively turn off LTE. I haven't followed it since, but perhaps they updated the firmware to allow it? I'd prefer not to have to load a custom ROM just to do this.
I'd also prefer if we could move back...
What is S2 HD? Is it S2 form factor with 720p screen or Skyrocket form factor? LTE?
I like the Captivate and would prefer the S2 regular vs Skyrocket as I didnt want LTE-sapping battery life plus the smaller form factor. But didn't want to use a 2yr subsidy on an S2 regular if some...
yeah I hear you - and it probably is the right option - but 100 megs buffer seems tight in case something happens with her usage pattern that changes. The problem with that lower tier is the extra TWENTY bucks charge. They should sell you another 300 megs for 10 bucks or something.
But...
Most customers (aside from the 100 GIGABYTE(???) users on Anandtech, probably struggle to use 500 megs let alone 2 gigs. I'm not defending AT&T - far from it as I think their move to $20 only option for texting is grossly greedy and upping the tiers to $30 is really useless to most people...
It didnt use to lock at all until I made some changes in LBSTESTMODE and now it locks pretty quickly. But maybe you're right because its in the car and is somehow losing lock. And the "blue circle" that shows the accuracy was pretty wide in the incident I'm describing so maybe it was relying...
My Captivate doesn't have those issues. It did have a cruddy GPS but I found some posts about going into LBSTESTINFO and changing the server and MSASSIST settings and now it works great - locks on in 5-10 seconds while outdoors according to GPSTEST and gets down to 15 ft accuracy (sometimes 30...
I've never done this but can see a time when I might (I use a Captivate right now and it works fine....so I might have another upgrade for myself but at some point I could see myself saying "current phone is fine - don't need a new flavor but would like $500 in my pocket"
How do you execute...
I bought a used Captivate (Galaxy S for AT&T) for less than 150 bucks on Ebay in Dec. I love the phone. I love the 4 inch screen that doesn't feel like I am carrying a tablet computer in my pocket. My "used" phone has only 2 of the tiniest scratches in the Gorilla Glass. An official...
I confess that I haven't looked for iPhone nav stuff recently. I downloaded Skobbler last year and it was cr%p......couldn't even direct me across town to the library without taking me on some roundabout way. I never spent much time with it and we'd just use Google Maps and use the...
Meh - I'm not a super-texting guy but Google Voice works fine for me. I get texts quickly and the price can't be beaten. Yes my wife's iPhone has a nicer texting screen to show the "conversations" but I'm not gonna pay $20 per month so I can send 30-50 texts a month. And I'm also not gonna...
I think the Google Navigation app that comes free on my Android is awesome - turn by turn directions - satellite overlay, etc. I sold my Garmin GPS unit that I never use anymore.
I don't think this app is available on iPhone.
I'm probably talking to the wrong crowd on this forum (more power users rather than casual) but just wondering what you would do?
My wife is on iPhone unlimited plan w/ AT&T. She uses 100-200mb data per month consistently and never more.
Assuming they'd still let us do it, would you...
I use Google Voice for texting and its free. 20 cents per text or 20 dollars per month for unlimited is ridiculous when there are perfectly good free options.
Its for people who are pretty sure they won't use much data. I agree it seems crazy to charge that much for overage, but it allows AT&T to offer a "lower" headline price but recoup some of that for anyone who trips over the monthly limit. If you know you don't use much data then its still...
Actually as I said in OP I am still liking my Captivate 4" screen and its new to me, so I'll stick with it a bit. Just musing that I hope that this year some mfrs would move back toward optimizing a nice compact FORM FACTOR rather than maxing screen size. I'd love a 4" phone with minimal bezel...
I am late to the smartphone party and recently picked up a Samsung Captivate for AT&T off Ebay, so I can get in the game but also not commit myself to a 2yr contract with these early LTE phones that can't make it through the day.
Getting great battery life and I really love the form factor -...
Ever notice that all women must be getting more petite? You would believe so if you looked at women's clothing sizes (I'm not a woman but my wife and I were discussing this topic yesterday). 10 years ago many women were size 8 or 10, today they'd be size 6. Either they're all getting...
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