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Speakers with long wiring, is there such a thing?

legiwei — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:33:54 +0800

I was wondering whether is there a speaker out there for sale that has very long wires, approx 40 feet for both side of the speaker. The speakers need not be very powerful or good so long as it could produce decent sound that meets the requirement of long cables, it's fine.

My guess would be to buy a speakers and the audio cables separately but is this possible as I've not heard of audio cables being sold separately.

Please help, thanks.

SATA Hot Swap, How to...?

Punish — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:26:43 +0800

I wonder how actualy to Hot swap SATA drive...? izzit the same way with usb drive, just plug it in and plug it out (PnP) or
is there any procedure or guildline that we have to follow.....do all modern mobo support SATA hot swap...?

i google it around but i couldn find any strong statement about it....they are all seem not to sure about it...

anyway iam using ABIT IP35-e and Samsung Spinpoint 250 SATA2

GTG

Laptop Charger Short Circuit, Suddenly have sparks.

SephirothX — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:51:59 +0800

Ok, This morning, whilst trying to charge my laptop, as the battery has finish, so I switch on the charger. The power doesn't seems to be on, so I check the connection here & there. Ok, I found the problem, that is I have to hold the connection at the power cable to the charger port. I can't possibly hold the charger the whole time right? So I find ways to get the power moving. I realise that by bending the cable, the power actually flows. Perhaps because my charger whenever I use is always curling around. So I just need to find a place to hold the curving of the charger(bending the cable). I move the charger to a fan's foot(standing fan). Then don't know if because of the bend or the metal fan's foot(which I realise may have cause the sparks), suddenly the sparks came off. I immediately switch off the power.

So my question now is that, assuming is the power cable is burnt, can I just change the cable as like the power cable which we use for desktop? Are they the same? Or do I need to find one that is for a laptop, or for my specific model of laptop? What if the charger cable is burnt, can I claim warranty for the charger? Where can I claim the warranty for my laptop? The laptop is still under warranty. Asus brand.

I'm not sure which cable got burned as I left in a hurry after that, now am outside. Thanks for anyone that helps.

Suggest me a whether what ram speed I should buy ?, can run dual channel ?

Maxieos — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:37:22 +0800

Currently I am having 2x 1 GB ram 667 mhz. I plan to install vista but as being told that 2 GB enough to run but more program install need extra ram.I got 4 ram slot 2 already occupied.Leaving2 more slot.

Right now , should I buy
1GB + 1GB 667 mhz or 1GB + 1GB 800mhz ? Can it run dual channel if the mhz does not same as my ram now is 2x1GB 667mhz.

Buy one 2GB 667mhz or buy one 2GB 800mhz ? or even buy 2x2GB 800mhz so can run 6GB ram dual channel ? 2x1GB 667mhz dual channel + 2x2GB 800mhz (can run dual channel 0?

Please show me the right choise, Imma gonna buy new rig

em0ti0n — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:31:24 +0800

I wanna buy new rig (CPU only)

Budget : RM 4k
For gaming n OC

MOBO :
Prosessor : (I want Intel one)
GP :
RAM :
PSU :
Case: CM690 -> Got poisoned by it already
HDD: WD500GB ->Already have
Other Optional Gadget:

thats all that i need help with, hope y'all can give me advise for my rig.
thanks.

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Building a new rig (CPU only), Comments are welcome...

mouqriez — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:58:42 +0800

guys, just wanna ask for ur opinions on few items...is there any problems using this setup or just work fine? i planning to build the cpu only (proc+mobo+gpu+ram+casing)...dont really matter about the price as long as not exceed RM3000

Intel E8400 3.00GHz 1333FSB
Asus Rampage Formula mobo
HIS IceQ4 HD4850 512MB GDDR3
Any DDR2 2x1GB value RAM
NZXT Apollo Black casing
SilerStone Strider ST400

i just focus on specified above items, no need mouse, monitor, psu and keyboard at the moment as i already have it...plan to uprade the psu,ram, or mayb proc after this. just got not enough cash right now

thnk u guys...

resolution, how to set high resolution

HIM — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:31:26 +0800

To all the gaming sifus out there, want to ask how u all play certain game like crysis in high resolution? Mine the highest only can go to 1280 X 1xxx. How to go to like 1680 X 1400?
One more thing, my window display the highest can be set is 1280X1024 but my lcd monitor native resolution is 1400X900. How to change to native resolution if i cant even choose resolution higher than 1280 X 1024 .
Hope all sifus can help me with this.
thanks in advance

Data Transfer to external HDD, Fails with Vista but ok with XP

n8210 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:06:17 +0800

Hi guys, i have a generic external HDD casing with a Maxtor HDD inside. I don't think there is any hardware problem, but I am not 100% sure. Whenever I try to transfer data files from my PC to the external HDD using Vista, it will fail after a short while, especially extremely big files. A few hundred MB might still be ok.

I have dual boot in my PC. So when I try with XP, it is ok... no matter how big is the file to transfer, 1GB to 7GB all ok.

Is this a software or hardware issue? How to solve it? Thank you.

x48 motherboard that support ddr2 ram,

samlee860407 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:28:25 +0800

guys, as topic, would like to comfirmed abit,

Asus Rampage Formula ,Gigabyte EX48-DQ6 ,DFI LanParty LT X48-T2R all can support ddr2 ram rite?

how about rampage extreme? that one can only support ddr3?

What Gamer's PC should i Get FOr?,

blazejason — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:59:34 +0800

I need a PC tat can Run the latest games,

like Crysis Warhead, Red Alert 3, Farcry 2, Empire Total War, Diablo, DOom 4 and so on so on~~~

The budget for the PC is RM4000,

Wat hardware can i get?

COMMENT PLZ~~~

help, processor problem

gambitox — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:56:15 +0800

my AMD
3200+

one pin broke off

does anyone know how to fix or solder?

ATI Mobility Radeon HD3470, noob needs halp~

Nub! — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:40:03 +0800

Can i play games with this graphic card such as Cod4? Provided it has only 256MB.
Can anyone enlighten me? noob here. thanx

pls help me buid a rig, low budget but can get price at cheap

bear bear — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:04:59 +0800

i wan a budget cpu only got 900-1k to build
i got a samsung 2232bw monitor but no cpu
so prefer amd because its cheap and i just need a normal graphic card cukup liao
because diden play those high end game
my pricelist is at attached files there
thanks for who can help me ya..

GA-MA78G-DS3H users, in here :D, need to ask afew stuff

dadarouch — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:54:26 +0800

hey guys, me again..
my friend asking for all users of GA-MA78G-DS3H.. wads ur normal temp for ur mobo?

he's at 90C lol.. so he's abit worried..

thanks alot

xfire 2 cards which requires 4 6-pins connectors, but with a psu which has only 2 6-pins

metsatsu — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:14:48 +0800

Hi guys, i just need all your opinions.

I have a coolermaster M620 (620W) which only has 2x 6pins connectors. My rigs at the moment is on a single 4870 (which both my 6pins connectors are already occupied). I'm thinking of crossfiring it with another 4870 sometime in future. however if that's the case, I guess my only option is to use two 4-pin peripheral connectors and convert it into 6pins connectors to make up to 4x 6-pins connectors. have any of u guys done this before? Coz i know corsair HX620 also has 2x 6-pins connectors, and it was used by legitreviews.com in the 4870 crossfire review. So do any of u guys had any experience in this? by the way, the link of the legitreviews is here 4870 xfire review Thanks heaps guys

Prob with asus mobo..,

Savor_Savvy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:33:45 +0800

My asus p5k/se epu mobo is behaving weird lately. Whenever i press the power on button, all the fans and system will on for about 1/2second, then auto power off, then aftr 1-2seconds, it power on again automatically and no problem aftr that. Everything goes well, no hang, no system conflict. Just i don't understand why the mobo will behave like that everytime i press the power button. Can anyone enlighten me?

why I still can watch .rmvb files, although I had installed Klite Codec

saddient — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:03:10 +0800

why still like that? any one willing to help me? bros and sifus out there

high-end graphic card, which 1 better?

pizza0502 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:54:29 +0800

nvidia 9800GX2 or GTX280 or Ati 4870X2?

can any1 tell me which 1 is better?
and which 1 is not good in these 3 product?

1k can buy wat lcd monitor...?, thinking of dell bcos of the waranty...

gyny — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:20:48 +0800

hi all,

i m in a cross road now...
donno wat to choose .. between Dell UltraSharp™ 2009W 20" or Dell UltraSharp™ 2208WFP 22" or Dell S2409W 24"

is all those colour gamut that important??

85 vs 92 vs 102... me also headache.

i only use the lcd for watch movie and internet and seldom playing games...

pls give some recommendation...

budget 1k ++

need to upgrade my desktop PC, need help from you all :-)

qieroxer89 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:33:16 +0800

im now using this pc specs,hope got recommended thought from u all:

ICute Tower Casing with 500W PSU
Intel Pentium D 3.0Ghz [Dual Core,LGA775,4MB Cache]
Intel 945PLRN Desktopboard
Corsair 2048MB DDR2 667 RAM [Dual Channel]
Maxtor 250GB SATA 7200RPM HDD
Nvidia PX7600GT 256MB DDR3 Graphic Card

i want to upgrade my pc to 'transform' that have:

what motherboard can support all this?:
4GB 667 ddr2 ram(any brand)
500Gb hardisk(any brand)
processor more power than what i have now(maybe should upgrade or not,depends on your thought)
running silently(no noisy sound,maybe less sound)
3d graphics more power than already have(recommended brand & price.student price lor for ipts. )

my pc picture:

http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pcxo2.jpg