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Why does tungsten have such a high melting point???? (I need to know this for a project)

yup...lots of bonding orbitals are filled in W, with few anti-bonding orbitals filled
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- Post #3
- Nov 17, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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What video Cards you guyz running?

All kinds of crud: SV24 built-in video - 800MHz C3 RAGE 128 PCI in a PIII 866 Radeon 7000 Slot A 900MHz GF3 Ti200 XP 1600 AIW Radeon 8500 DV XP 1600 Spares include: STB Lightspeed GF2 MX400 G450eTV
- wurmyhi
- Post #122
- Oct 9, 2002
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Will we EVER see 10kRPM ATA drives?!

The short answer is NO...the market isn't there, at least for the Parallel ATA interface... Drive manufacturers are quietly focusing on Serial ATA and will be battling in that arena, meaning if they are targeting a segment like speed or capacity, they'll be focusing more and more on that new...
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- Post #59
- Sep 7, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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AMD doesn't like Artic Silver (or other greases)

This might sound stupid, but there's probably a couple of things at work... The sticky stuff is sticky and keeps the heat sink from sliding around... The stuff that is more thermally conductive is slippery, so the HSF slides around more and allows more material to be pushed away from the...
- wurmyhi
- Post #21
- Sep 4, 2002
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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What is the deepest fractal?

I would hazard that the "deepest" fractal is the Universe... ...but then again, I might have read Rudy Rucker's "Spacetime Doughnuts" one too many times... :P
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- Post #5
- Sep 4, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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The great AT Linux/BSD/*NIX FAQ project!

OS specific: "How to rm a file that includes a hyphen as part of the file name?" "How to move a directory structure to a different volume that starts with a left-bracket?" 8) I think a good "recommended reading list" would be nice too...I like "Life with Unix" as a light starter...
- wurmyhi
- Post #155
- Sep 4, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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need some help on why pc wont post!!!

Well, you did a bad thing since having a "loose screw" can drive you to insanity (or is a sign of it)... If you have the time, and good lighting, you may want to remove your mobo and check the traces of your mobo.
- wurmyhi
- Post #2
- Sep 4, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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10 seconds to post

Is your mobo's RAID enabled? Are you using a RAID config? If so, there might be a delay to allow the drives to spin up before the "normal" post operations begin. Hope this helps.
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- Post #6
- Sep 4, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Zuni - database / forums question: data transfer per month??

That's a lot of data to push out a pipe, and expensive too...
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- Post #14
- Sep 4, 2002
- Forum: Forum Issues and Feedback
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ecs K7S5A???

IMHO, The board has a bad rap. It's cheap and has a great feature set (DDR+SDR, NIC, Sound), decent performance, and was basically an unreal bargain. So, it hit a very wide audience - from the causal to frequent builder, and some of that audience ran into trouble and grumbled. I'm buying one...
- wurmyhi
- Post #26
- Sep 4, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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Motherboard to underclock (undervolt) my Athlon...

Nice note also, Joe... I have a number of boxes, and on my main one, I'm starting to plug/unplug drives due to heat from the hard drives. While it may seem cumbersome, it really does make a noticable heat & noise difference.
- wurmyhi
- Post #12
- Sep 4, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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Lol. Brand-new G4s beaten by ancient PIII

<< wurmyhi << Just to edjumakait the PC vs. Mac zealots - Macs are fine machines, and yes, they tend to be slower and cost more, but good strippers are the same way... 8) >> But the Mac strippers have fewer routines, you cant touch them and they wear too much makeup. oh yeah, and they have...
- wurmyhi
- Post #53
- Mar 14, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Lol. Brand-new G4s beaten by ancient PIII

Any Mac users doing SETI crunching see this thread? I remember someone posting some impressive numbers of work units per hour from G4 boxes... Just to edjumakait the PC vs. Mac zealots - Macs are fine machines, and yes, they tend to be slower and cost more, but good strippers are the same...
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- Post #47
- Mar 13, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Which infinity is bigger?

side question: Was Rudy Rucker the author of "Spacetime Doughnuts?"
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- Post #24
- Mar 7, 2002
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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AMD system recommendations.......please leave your opinions

I'm running the ECSK7S5a w/Lan in one rig and it's been fine (cheap too). The sound playback is ok (I have an extra SB Live! if I find that the recording is bad with it, plus you can use your old RAM until DDR prices get real again. In terms of cases, I like the SuperPower Polaris Mid-Tower...
- wurmyhi
- Post #10
- Mar 6, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best type of CDR to get.

The only CDRs I don't like are these Silver Top/Light Blue silver bottom CDRs - cheapie generic. The top flakes off after a few years - and guess what? Thats the reflective part that actually contains my data - I'm using them up for burn, use, test and toss jobs now.
- wurmyhi
- Post #20
- Mar 6, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is it worth it to pay extra money for a Plextor above a LiteOn CDRW?

Like YetiMan said, Plextor drives used to be able to (with the right firmware + software) backup most protected titles. Not any more - anyone know where to find the OLD firmware?
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- Post #23
- Mar 6, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Sony 175CRX175E and Nero InCD Problems

I've had problems with serveral pieces of software that let you "use your CD like a floppy," my own solution was to stop using it if it seemed buggy (Sony Extreme, Easy CD Creator - haven't tried the Nero one).
- wurmyhi
- Post #2
- Mar 2, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Sighhhh, I've lost my 4th IBM 60GXP

I own 3 40Gig IBM GVEs (5400s), no problems. But, I believe all the reports of the GXPs having problems as I've seen several IBM SCSI ServerStar drives fail on two different rackmount servers in the same week. IBM drives are usually pretty reliable except for the GXP line...I wonder if the...
- wurmyhi
- Post #27
- Mar 2, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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A few question concerning TV OUT

My G450eTV has a RCA - type (o) and and S-Video TV out.
- wurmyhi
- Post #27
- Mar 2, 2002
- Forum: TVs
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SCSI vs. IDE Plz explain and discuss...Thanks

Yeah, I could see how it'd look like an AMD vs. Intel situation....too much emotion, not enough thought. For most PC folk, ATA is the only way to go due to performance/price advantages. SCSI is great if: 1) Your box is often disk-bound, meaning that your box is spending too much time waiting...
- wurmyhi
- Post #21
- Mar 2, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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xbox or gamecube? please..this has been troubling me :D

If you really don't want to go wrong, buy a Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube, AND and X-Box...it'll be good for the economy (just charge the suckers)... Why the Dreamcast is good: 1) Great games on an ok platform 2) The hardware and games are cheap 3) You can run Linux on it Why the GameCube is...
- wurmyhi
- Post #44
- Mar 2, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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How do i Save Streaming Audio (Specifically - Windows Media Player)

I saw a utility that would capture your soundcard output (prolly to like a HUGE .wav file) but I forget what it's called.
- wurmyhi
- Post #2
- Mar 2, 2002
- Forum: Windows
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New ECS K7S5A on the way...what drivers/updates do I need?

There's an (I think) OCT '01 BIOS flash that fixes a floppy corruption problem. If your case's HD indicator is 3-pin, you'll need to relocate one pin (it's 2 pins on the k7s5a), and be sure to seat your AGP card very well (it's a pretty tight slot).
- wurmyhi
- Post #4
- Mar 2, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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What MB comes in the Dell Dimension 4400 ?

Here:
- wurmyhi
- Post #7
- Mar 2, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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I need QUUIET!!!!!!.....(hard drives)

tomshardware had an article on using 2 notebook drives in a RAID 0 configuration. (expensive, but prolly very quiet)
- wurmyhi
- Post #12
- Mar 1, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Problem with Dell D1025TM (17" Trinitron) at lower refresh rates?

I've seen this with a florescent lightbulb nearby. Any electrical devices near your screen?
- wurmyhi
- Post #2
- Feb 21, 2002
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Help, need someone who can read a modem log.

Suggestions: Might help: 1) Trying putting 3-4 commas after the number your dialing so that your modem doesn't try to handshake right away. 2) You could try disabling hardware data compression and have your flow control set to CTS/RTS rather than XON/XOFF. Will probably help more: 3) Get a...
- wurmyhi
- Post #4
- Feb 20, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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A few question concerning TV OUT

I'm pretty happy with my Matrox G450eTV, which lets you use one monitor & one TV. The TV CAN be used as an additional monitor, but the image quality in this mode is pretty bad. It looks VN when doing media playback or when displaying live NTSC. One thing the board does have is 2 RAMDACs, one...
- wurmyhi
- Post #22
- Feb 20, 2002
- Forum: TVs
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Poor VCD (video cd) quality on playback - HELP

Interesting... My suggestion would be to capture at a higher quality and let the Nero MPEG plug-in do the compression to VCD-quality. Your board probably is an mJPEG board (motion JPEG), and isn't able to do DV/MPEG compression on the fly, so what it does is guess really messy in order to...
- wurmyhi
- Post #2
- Feb 18, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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My ECS experience

My take on the k7s5a situation: 1) I don't care if there are a lot of folks having problems w/the mobo, I bought one even after a lot of bitching because the thing was so damned cheap. Think about it: A SB Live! and a decent NIC would run you only 5 LESS bucks than the price of the mobo...
- wurmyhi
- Post #29
- Feb 18, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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Pentium 90's

Ditto to the above, comes w/both and w/o... The ones I have immediately on hand (I literally just dug one out of the rubbish that'll get picked up on tuesday)... P90 w/FP bug (a keeper): Gold on top and bottom, heatsink glued to the top of the processor ES412 P90 wo/FP bug: Ceramic top...
- wurmyhi
- Post #12
- Feb 18, 2002
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Unified Filed Theory, When will it be discovered?

Assumption1: Homo sapiens sapiens = "we" Assumption2: It does exist. My date: Feb 14th, 20xx. Frontrunner: Nothing published that I've read, but then again, I read mainly english.
- wurmyhi
- Post #4
- Oct 6, 2001
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Hard Question for Win98SE & WinME only

Fact: On Win98SE and WinME platforms, MS screensavers will leave a blank box on the task bar. You can even see this in preview mode. I have seen several references to a MS support document which blames a patch which solves a mapped drive shutdown problem, but since this patch was never...
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- Thread
- Sep 29, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building

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