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THX Logo on sound cards

John-ErikOct 6, 2003November 28, 20140

To use the THX logo it must be certified by Lucasfilms for a certain sound clarity, SNR, accurate sound reproduction and have a good clock

DVD Drive Painting Guide

BrandonSep 9, 2003July 21, 20140

Today we are going to discuss Painting a DVD-RW drive. First we must get the formalities out of the way. I nor OCmodshop are responsible

Microsoft isn't the largest software company

John-ErikAug 4, 2003November 28, 20140

Did you know that Microsoft is neither the largest software company by sales or by product line? It’s really IBM. Microsoft offers two operating systems,

Problems MS & Co. Try to Push

John-ErikJul 29, 2003November 28, 20140

However, the problems with MS & Co. trying to push this are: a) Intel is trying to push a competing standard by integrating it into

Classic Xbox Controller Programming

OCmodshopJul 20, 2003July 21, 20140

The Xbox controller is in brief a USB compound device that consists of a USB gamepad and a two-port USB hub.

Types of RAID

John-ErikJun 12, 2003November 28, 20140

Multiplexing is a little bit too broad to fit in there as it includes all types of RAID and also JBOD arrays. The types of

How to tell poor thermal transfer

John-ErikJun 5, 2003June 28, 20140

“Heatsinks aren`t warm even when running hot” indicates poor thermal transfer to the heatsink. As for the power supply, it does have its own cooling

Asus vs Abit

John-ErikMay 28, 2003November 28, 20140

Asus has a _much_ lower failure rate than Abit, as does everybody else. However, are we talking about OCing? running it stock for maximum performance?

Why you shouldn't use AMD

John-ErikMay 5, 2003November 28, 20140

Onto why you shouldn’t be using AMD at least right now in a $1000 server, it’s because of the boards. Obviously you don’t want a

RAID improves availability

John-ErikMay 5, 2003November 28, 20140

RAID improves availability, but is not an alternative to a real backup via CD-RW or tapes. RAID does not protect your work from fires or

Overclocking Defined

John-ErikApr 25, 2003June 21, 20140

In general terms, overclocking means to run a particular component at a clock rate over the rated clock speed (and is the opposite of underclocking,

Old Compaq as Router

John-ErikApr 12, 2003November 28, 20140

Lol, sure you can use an old compaq to route. Throw two NICs in it, load Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP on it and use the Internet Connection

Black and Decker vs Dremel

John-ErikApr 4, 2003June 2, 20110

Heh, I used a Black and Decker 18V cordless drill with rotary cutter attachment from a dremel. This thing, literally, blows the doors off of

Exhaust Only for a Case?

John-ErikApr 3, 2003June 2, 20110

Exhaust is always better. Remember the el-cheapo whiteboxes (and even some name brands with micro ATX cases), or even older systems? One cooling fan, and

More Processor Rant

John-ErikMar 31, 2003November 28, 20140

Keep in mind with AMD processors, they will be slower than the Xeons except in 80-bit floating point, which is very rare to encounter in