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  • Does SLI Matter?

    Tom’s Hardware Guide Graphics Cards: VGA Charts V: PCI Express Graphics Cards – Farcry. First benchmarks I’ve seen that compare SLI and regular PCI Express/AGP (btw, a single graphics card is not faster under PCI Express, so the only reason to get it is for future card upgrades). Here are the results pushing the cards…

  • Definitive 939 Motherboard Review

    Tom’s Hardware Guide Motherboards & RAM: Finally Available: Nine Socket 939 Athlon64 Motherboards! – Introduction. Yes, Tom’s Hardware finally has gathered them all. The main conclusion is that the AGP MSI Neo2 is one fast board. It is dual socket 939 and beats most of the newer nForce4 boards. For future proofing, it shows that…

  • Blackberry Device Error 365

    What Is – Device Error Codes for java enabled handhelds. Ok now I get this error message. Not very helpful, it says contact Blackberry support if you get this one. Another thread says that a 365 means the hardware is bad. Sigh.

  • Prefetch Exception and Abort Exception

    PDA street forums – error. Just got this horrible error on my brand new replacement blackberry. Unlike the fellow I haven’t installed any software. Frankly, it sounds like a hardware problem. The Blackberry boots into a single message that is variously: Prefetch Exception Reset Abort Exception Reset Error 365 Reset Sigh. I’m never going to…

  • AMD Motherboard Recommendations

    t-break – MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. With all the socket 939 boards being out of stock, here’s a review of the Neo4. Unfortunately, all the socket 939 motherboards are out of stock right now at the big sellers and are very expensive as quantities are tight. So from safe to bleeding edge, here are (in…

  • Blackberry Internal Error 4238

    Tong Family Blog: Blackberry Internal Error #4238. Darn it I got this error again. And of course I’m the number 1 site on google covering it. Talk about self-referential! You will get this bizzare error if you are trying to use a public folder for a contact. There are two things you have to do.…

  • 1GB USB Flash Drive

    I lost my coat in a restaurant and the USB thumbdrive as well :-(. A good excuse to get another one, so which one to get. The main criteria seems to be how big is the drive and how fast is it. Most of the software that comes with these things seems to be junk…

  • PC Recommendations

    Another month has passed and recommendations are getting a little more complex again. Interesting to see that as the dollar has been crashing, PC prices have been stable as has technology. The machines I bought a year ago are about 10-20% slower not 50%. Main move has been with graphics cards. Still the best news…

  • SD/MMC USB Reader

    Crucial Hi-Speed USB SD/MMC Card Reader upgrades from Crucial.com. Just $10 with free shipping, this little widget is a SD/MMC card reader that plugs into any USB 2.0 slot. Going to give it a try very useful for all those digital cameras and phones with MMC/SD cards in them.

  • New memory choices

    “Anandtech”:http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2312 covers the latest in RAM. The big news is that the price of fast PC3200 CL2 Ram is actually higher than PC3700-PC4000 CL2.5 ram, it seems like an upgrade in January recommendations are in order, specifically, going to: * “Corsair TwinX 4400C2.5”:http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2312&p=19. This stuff is quite slow at DDR400, but at the top end…