You could try a new IDE cable. Or at least reseat the present one. I know if the cable is developing problems the system will drop down your transfer rate. Once it drops down there is no way to get it back up short of reinstalling your IDE drivers. Anyway, something cheap to try, at least.
The...
Thanks for the info. I was dragging my feet because I'm too cheap to use the 2X media. But I guess I will do it now if it might cause damage to the drive.
Gosh, a free upgrade with a free disk available from a company that cares about it's customers! Are you listening Microsoft and HP?
The universal cats will work on anything. The factory parts are very overpriced. But they are probably so expensive because of the connections (oxygen sensor, etc) that are attached to them. If nothing is attached to the cat by all means use a universal.
The earlier 5.0 V-8s had something of a...
Beautiful downtown Oakland, California
Crime index 214 (should be updated to about 400 though).
I think there have only been about 200 murders here this year, probably the highest in the nation, so I feel pretty safe.
I just reinstalled/reformatted a fresh copy of WPX prior to the SP being available. When I reinstalled zone alarm it keeps asking if I want ALG to act as my server? I was worried about XP accessing the net to do the strange downloads, etc through the media player updates, so I said NO. I haven't...
I think we all tend to repress just how horrible young people treat each other. I mean they routinely cause physical and mental violence that would put an adult into jail. Just part of growing up, so they say. But as kids get more mature with higher responsibility faster, there comes a point...
You'll really only have a power gain if your engine computer can compensate for the modifications. Installing slightly larger injectors was good, but make sure you also have the proper fuel pressure to run them. The stock pump (I think still in the tank on GM) will only handle slight increases...
Yes, I agree about the Panasonics. I think if my Pioneer ever craps out I will probably go with the Panasonic. Either that or put a Pioneer in a firewire setup, or off of a separate ide card. I hear they work very well in these setups.
BTW my reading of your FAQs was very helpful in my decision...
I definitely wouldn't advise using UDMA mode on a A04. If you read the different forums you will see they all advise against this. Mine would work on UDMA2, but it would burn coasters or lock up about half the time while burning. I now have it set on PIO mode and it works fine. And yes, it is...
I can multi-task on my machine while burning a DVD-R with my 1.4 Athlon rig. It is just so ridiculously slow that you won't want to. Using Nero I am almost always at 95-100% CPU usage. I think that is typical even when you have a faster processor, it just grabs all of the available memory and...
MP3s on a DVD. That must be a lot of music!
I burn mostly video DVDs, but I had a similar problem with my Pioneer 104 drive. Try using PIO mode in your ide configuration for that channel, it seems to work much better than UDMA. The burner only burns at 1X so this will not affect performance. I...
If it wasn't for macaroni & cheese I could never have afforded college. Ate that stuff for 6 years straight. Come to think of it, I still do. Now I put tuna in it to make it more nutritious though. Uh oh, I'm craving it right now.....
The real question is not whether he should get the death penalty. By his actions he has forfeited the right to exist in any society on earth. I also do not want to pay 80,000 dollars/year to house him for the rest of his life. The real question is what is to be done about the parents. I have no...
rh71, Myself and my 10 brain cells left thank you.
So the purple haired girl is her assistant and the guy is her lawyer. Unbelievable. My lawyer doesn't carry a dog around, btw.
If the E! people had any brains they would have made the show a dark satire of a "former model" and "nouveau riche"...
I used to use 140W in my Lotus. Stuff was like pudding. You had to heat it up a bit to even get it to flow at all. Let me give you a hint: Never heat it in the microwave for an extended period of time. It gets HOT fast and will melt the container and catch on fire.
The really sad thing is she still looks/acts as if she is the hottest chick on the planet. I guess her ass kissers when she was beautiful have been replaced. Now they just kiss her ass because she is rich. She can't tell the difference.
I was weak, and I just couldn't help myself. I had (like all the rest of you) heard how bad it was. But I couldn't believe that the network gurus would put something that bad on the air. Boy was I wrong. At the risk of spoiling your rerun fun here's a summary (I didn't/couldn't watch the entire...
The compatibility of a DVD+R(W) in a standalone player is much less than a DVD-R(W). Almost any newer dvd player will play a DVD-R, but that is not the case with DVD+R. It is true that DVD+R for data writing is better. If you are interested in making your own videos or DVD backups you should...
You did the right thing.
I realize that it is hard to find good roomates sometimes. But it was maybe a bad sign that this guy's mom was paying his rent? Like she didn't even trust him enough to give it to him to give to you? Not being critical, just something to think about in the future.
I agree with the Pioneer. I have one and I love it. It pretty much burns everything and is extremely reliable. You may want to go with the DVR-A04 which is the package bundled with some software. You will need to get an authoring program to convert your DV into a dvd format for burning. Just...
No I'm not making this up.
I spent the last two summers in Prague, a month each. A friend has a summer job there, so I just stay with him in his $200/month apartment. I can tell you that most of the girls in Cz are extremely hot and nice. They are a little hard to meet, but are really friendly...
Thanks dude, just ordered and got the confirmation immediately. Noticed it was #SR, probably second release? If so it should have all of the SR1 stuff already in it. COOL.
Thanks again for the info. Anandtechers stick together!
Isn't it weird that some of this stuff that's been around for 1000 years works better than prescription drugs? The drug companies do not like herbs, that's for sure. I take Valerian root occasionally, it works great. If you like the colorful dream effects try Kava Kava root. Very similar but I...
Some of the new copy protection formats are TOUGH. Try reading and writing with raw data and you will get a better (although much slower) result. For some games backups are no longer a possibility with Nero. Check out CloneCD and Blind Read/Write.
Nero is still the best for normal burning of...
I had the same concerns when I upgraded to 5.9. It seemed as if the cd-text stuff was deactivated. The only time you will get the internet database access pop-up is for the song you are moving to the new compilation. And that is only if the cd you are moving from doesn't have cd text. If it...
Not that this probably helps any. I have the same card and OS, and I could never get my sound operating in DOS mode. I think it has something to do with WPX not really having a DOS mode, but running everything in a shell emulator. This was announced long before the release of WPX, so it wasn't...
I had a similar thing happen. There was a blackout that occurred while my computer was running (I wasn't home at the time). When I got home and started it back up the on-board sound was gone. Tried everything to get it back, new drivers, etc.. but no go. The surge protectors don't really do...
I'm trying to use my new Pioneer DVD-104 drive and have been mostly successful. I am trying to back-up dvd movies. But I have encountered the following annoying problem. I burn with Nero 5.9 on the proper settings but sometimes the program gives a SCSI/IDE error and locks up at 6-12 seconds into...
Great deal, I love the Grinch, especially around holidays. That thing looks like a green abominable snowman! The Santa (Grinchy Claus) is better and the same free shipping.
Enjoy!
I also endorse Nero. It does everything perfectly: audio, vcd, dvd, you name it. I have had nothing but trouble with the other programs, especially Roxios.
They have a free 30 day demo, check it out.
I had this same problem with one of my drives. It turned out to be the cable that was the culprit. Probably yanking it out too many times. I have heard that if Windows finds too many problems with the current speed, it will default down until it finds a stable speed. Once it lowers the dma it...
Not that this helps a bit....
I never could get Windvd to work in my xp machine. I also tried all of the patches, updates, etc... Finally just gave up and am running PowerDVD.
There are some DVDs that some drives just don't play too well. I know I have had some problems with dvd-9 discs (the...
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