Posted in July 16th, 2009
The complications of a Vista Complete System Restore.
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Posted in June 18th, 2009
I recently bought a new Hard Drive and cloned it using Diskcopy 2.3. Everything appeared to work normally for a few days, and then the new HDD just stopped working. So I put the old one back in, and lost a few emails. No harm done. So I am going to try it again, but [...]
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Posted in June 14th, 2009
I read a really good article today on AHCI. If you are interested in improving your SATA HDD performance under XP or Vista, then have a read of this article
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Posted in March 24th, 2008
Introduction I have previously written an article on the problems I have had with the Klipsch Promedia Ultra 2.0 speakers. The problem with them is the Volume POT being generally of a low quality. Many users have experienced this problem, and the people I know who own them have had about an 80% failure rate [...]
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Posted in February 28th, 2008
Introduction One of the first reviews I ever wrote was for the original Antec Sonata. I bought my original Sonata when I was first taking an interest in Silent computing. At the time the power supply in the Sonata was the quietest PSU you could get standard with a case. Regardless I imported a Silenx [...]
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Posted in February 23rd, 2008
I just read a really interesting article on theage.com.au that covered a new wireless system developed at Melbourne University. The chip is said to push data at 5 gigabits per second, is cheap to manufacture, and works in the 30 to 300 Ghz range. According to the actual news release by NICTA the chip will [...]
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Posted in January 8th, 2008
Well, press releases like this make me happy. Sony have released a Blu-Ray player for your PC for only US $200. The BDU-X10S comes with Cyberlink PowerDVD BD edition. So basically this is the first real Blu-Ray movie playback solution for you PC. So for those of you with Media Center PC’s, add this one [...]
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Posted in October 11th, 2004
Introduction Hightech have forged a reputation in Australia for providing cheap video cards with exceptional quality. Most retailers in Australia sell HIS Excalibur products of some sort. If you are a silent enthusiast and you are looking for a high end video card, until recently you either had to purchase a very expensive Sapphire Ultimate [...]
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Posted in November 26th, 2003
Introduction Serial ATA is becoming standard on most new motherboards, this is especially true for the new enthusiast boards such as the ABit IC7 Max3 board, which has 8 SATA headers on the motherboard. At the same time SATA Hard Drives are starting to become readily available at reasonable prices. This however is no comfort [...]
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Posted in October 14th, 2003
Introduction I have been trekking back and forward to LAN Gaming events for seven years, and each time my computers have been getting progressively larger and heavier. Carrying the cases becomes more and more cumbersome, so it is time for a solution. Today we have a quick look at the Antec LANPal PC Tote.
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