Actually for Linux guests that is not recommended (although we use it for our Windows guests). According to VMware:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservi...yKC&externalId=1006427
"Note: In all cases use NTP instead of VMware Tools periodic time synchronization. Also, you may need to open the...
We are running SLES 10 SP2 with kernel 2.6.16.60-0.33 in a VMware environment. We are having some issues with NTP, and VMware recommends using kernel 2.6.22 as it supports "tickelss timekeeping"
We can not update our kernel at this time (Quality Control etc) and I was wondering if anyone...
Ah ok so this is something I have to do on the workstations. I was sure hoping I could do it with Group Policy since these machines are all over the place.
Thanks for the info though.
I'm a network admin but we are not a Microsoft shop (eDirectory). We have a stand alone network for internet access which we run ISA server on. Users log in to Active Directory on a Windows 2003 Server which runs ISA as well.
We don't really care about this network as far as what people do...
I guess I have to explain the paging better - the world is huge and as you run around it has to load textures for all of the new areas you are moving to. It's not paging the hard drive because it is using the swap file. Sorry for that.
Hi everyone,
I want to upgrade my current system because it has performance issues in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO).
Current system:
Phenom 9500 2.2GHz
Asus M2N-E
6GB DDR2 800
Radeon 4850 512MB
Samsung Spinpoint 250GB drive
Vista 64
I get horrible frame rates in LOTRO (5-30)...
I had that burner running in my HTPC and it worked great. Recently replaced it with an LG HD-DVD/Blu-Ray DVDRW drive but until then I liked it a lot. Was always quiet during movies.
I replaced an NEC 3540 that quit working and the Pioneer was much quieter.
I built one about two years ago and have been upgrading it from day 1. Currently it is:
A64 X2 4000+ (35w)
Scythe Mini (love it)
2GB RAM
AMD 3850 video card
Asus M2N-E
2xATI Theater 550 Pro NTSC tuners
Sondigo inferno
Logitech Harmony 880
LG HD-DVD/Blu-Ray combo drive
Seasonic 380w...
OK so I have read a bit about CCCP, and it might do the trick. Does it work well with Media Center from anyone's experience? I see that it bundles in ffdshow which is something I have been thinking of trying out anyway.
So I recently upgraded my HTPC and decided to give Vista a try. After finding out my 7600GT would not do hardware acceleration of video I updated it to an HD3850.
I'm still not very impressed with the picture quality either in movies or recorded TV. Both of these are MPEG-2 encoding and I...
BassBomb - the whole problem is that nVidia did not enable hardware acceleration of video in the Vista drivers for the 7x00 series.
error8 - thanks for the info I went with the 3850, it was a bit more than I wanted to spend but if it does full hardware decode of 1080p it will be worth it.
I had my motherboard die in my XP MCE 2005 machine, so I figured I would take the opportunity to upgrade to Vista Media Center.
Unfortunately I have found my video quality of live and recorded SDTV has taken a huge hit, and my CPU is being taxed just watching SDTV.
After a lot of digging...
I have it and find it very loud. It is easily the loudest thing in my system, even with Speedfan turning the fan speed down.
If I play games it just screams.
It DOES cool well though but I would likely get a heat tower if I was buying today.
You know I own one of these so I should have checked that out - but it is tucked away in my home theatre rack... You are correct of course. Usually fan only means temp adjustable but apparently not in this case.
Fan Only plugs are PSU controlled voltage plugs to slow down fan speeds when the case is not too hot. It uses the temp sensor in the PSU just like the PSU fan to adjust the fan speeds. You would not want to hook up a hard drive or anything to these because it could damage the internals with...
He is not talking about decoding - he is talking about HDCP Encryption. Your system will decode just fine with the 8800, but more of the decoding will be sent to the CPU rather than the GPU like the 8600 series. From the link you posted you can see even an E4300 can decode with an 8800. If...
First question - yes you should get the 640MB 8800GTS. It has the extra memory for high resolution gaming, and I think it would be a good investment.
Second - I think Quad Core is overkill. Most apps are still NOT even multithreaded, at least for gaming. Some are and quad helps, but you...
They also have no way to supply the 3.3V line that is included in a SATA power cable. I'm not sure if any drives out there care about that yet but perhaps someone has run into this problem before.
I have the Pioneer 112D which I replaced an NEC with and the Pioneer is virtually silent, has better spin up times, and is great in my HTPC.
That's the one I recommend.
If you have never built a HTPC before here is my advice. Make it as quiet as possible.
Sure it sounds easy, but remember in your living room you will get pretty tired of whining exhaust fans
The PSU you have picked for instance got a bad review for noise at SilentPCReview.com:
The <20dBA...
By FAR the best scanners I have ever installed are Fujitsu. They scan at an extraordinary speed, and I have never seen one break.
We use the 5120 and 5220 models which are USB and SCSI (with the 5220 including a flat bed and the 5120 being just the ADF).
I was just on their website and...
I had a 3550 in my media center to play DVD movies and it started to have a really hard time reading disks. I just purchased a Pioneer drive and I love it, mostly because of how quiet it is compared to the NEC.
My 3540 in my main computer is still working great though.
Look for the Documents and Settings folder for that user. Sometimes if a user account is created and the same name already exists as a folder, the new one is named <username>.000. Likely the old one is still there untouched but it is pointing at the newly created folder rather than the correct...
I have ordered thousands of dollars worth of equipment from NCIX and have had nothing but good things to say. Sometimes it takes a couple of extra days to get an item if they are low on stock and run out before my order, but other than that is has been perfect.
I have never had to actually...
It's fine. If you want to get rid of that you can remove the Nvidia IDE drivers and use the Windows ones, but you can just hide that icon if it bugs you.
The remote doesn't control the TV tuner, it controls the software that comes with it. It doesn't matter what does the output in this case.
If it is in another room then you need the ATI TV tuner because it comes with an RF remote while the MSI and Saphire brand ATI tuners come with a poor IR...
I agree I am not sure why you would want the TV output from the tuner card. Modern video cards actually have really really good TV output, especially with AVIVO and PureVideo hardware acceleration.
Yes I was surprised no one knew this too. ATI has discontinued the AIW series completely. They now have the Theater 550 and 650 stand alone tuners which have picture quality that blows away the AIW series.
Buy a stand alone tuner, and then you never have to upgrade it when you get a new...
I have an old Maxtor 20GB 7200 drive and the thing is a screamer. Those drives were from before the days of fluid dynamic bearings so the old ball bearings or whatever they use start to whine a lot.
I'd ditch the 20GB drive if it offends your ears.
Some of them power the laptop drives via the USB connection, however some of them require an external power source.
I have this one and it powers laptop drives through the USB plus it comes with a SATA adapter and the power adapter to run 3.5" drives. It has been great and I would recommend it.
I put that cooler on my A8N-E and the temps dropped 10C on the northbridge. I recently had to put the stock cooler back on due to the 8800GTS taking up so much space and the stock fan sucks.
Definately go with the Zalman.
Yeak OK. The OS helps a lot when the hardware is done.
It really sounds like a HDD to me as well, and I would recommend replacement, however you should also run Memtest86 to make sure you don't have any memory errors.
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