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(1 replies, posted in Other)

I've never given much creedence to what BV says.  Other than a cool name that is.

This week is the first in a long time that the released/stable versions aren't all outdated by piles of nightly test releases.

I am very impressed!

178

(2 replies, posted in Other)

..are still pointing to the alternate site and have not been updated, espec for the new lan driverpack.

179

(41 replies, posted in Other)

Helmi, can we look forward to a new beta of DP_Base that can deal with the shortened directory/archive paths?

SamLab wrote:

nVidia ForceWare 174.60 for Notebooks (http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/ind … owforum=89)
nVidia ForceWare 174.53 WHQL  (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_174.53.html and others)

Please see the sticky titled "stop ati/nvidia requests".

181

(42 replies, posted in Other)

there are some cpu coolers that run the heat pipes outside the case via one of the PCI card cutouts.

probably......

Wouldn't these 'drivers' be more appropriately handled by one or two (or three?) third party driver packs than as nlite/RVMIntegrator addons?

184

(42 replies, posted in Other)

The original Intel pushpin LGA775 heatsink design is still used by some of the biggest heatsink makers.  Not everyone has gone to a backing plate and bolts method.

185

(42 replies, posted in Other)

with that cooler, the CPU temps hit 88c??

You might want to double check how the cooler is mounted, that temp is way too high.  It's kind of easy to only have three of four pushpins in place.

Don't have 803C and can't find it in the overnights folder.....

maybe it's possible to support the all of the SI chips with the raid-only drivers?

with the Si chipsets...

It is possible to turn raid on but keep the drives in a non-raid configuration?

189

(42 replies, posted in Other)

make sure that mobo has the latest BIOS loaded.

perhaps it's time to 'split' the mass storage pack into two parts.

A pack being purely non-raid drivers and HWIDs.

B pack being all of the raid stuff and HWIDs.

191

(15 replies, posted in Software)

vueScan does OCR all by itself you know.......

192

(15 replies, posted in Software)

TWAIN is just an interface/API.

But yes, vueScan will speak 'twain' as well as a pile of specialized protocols.

You can download a test-drive version and check it out for yourself.  The list of supported scanners is pretty impressive.

Not too long ago I picked up a pair of Epson 3490 scanners for $20- and am driving them with vueScan.

193

(15 replies, posted in Software)

OEM scanner software for the most part, even Nikon and Epson, is crap.  Doesn't even begin to come close to the electronic/optical capabilities of the hardware.

That's where vueScan comes in.  Works well and gets the best possible results from your hardware.

Plus, one license and you're set for life for pretty much any scanner you'll ever buy.  Or quantity of scanners.

194

(15 replies, posted in Software)

have a look at vueScan from www.hamrick.com.

Best scanner software out there and it supports older scanners that don't have updated drivers for XP and/or Vista.

Well worth the $80- registration price.  Well worth it.

195

(42 replies, posted in Other)

built this thing last week for a hair under U$ 900-:

Intel DG33TL mATX mobo
2 Gb Kingston ram (2x 1 Gb sticks)
E6850 C2D CPU
2x Seagate 200 Gb SATA drives running in RAID 1
1x Samsung DVD+-RW ATA drive
Ultra Products BX9 mATX case with 600w PS
OCZ 'Vendetta' all-copper CPU heatsink/fan

The Intel MCH and ICH9R have 40mm fans added by me.  These fans keep the bridge chips cooled below the threshold for actually reading temps.  Without the fans the MCH would run at 90c and the ICH would run at 70c.

The CPU is cooled to approx 45c with 100% load on both cores and to 30c with no load.  The stock Intel cooler (junk) would let the temps creep up to about 65c at full load.

Anyway, I'm physically 'downsizing' the home machines (making them smaller) and won't buy anything larger than a mATX board and a SFF case again.

Besides, Intel puts so damned much I/O on all their boards these days you don't really need more than one PCI and one PCIe x16 slot.

5x 3 Gb SATA
1x 3 Gb eSATA (or a 6th internal SATA, my choice)
12x USB 2
2x 1394
1x GigE
CIR, Consumer Infrared remote control for HTPC stuff
GMA X3100 IGP, VGA and DVI-I connectors, can run both
7+1 HD Audio, direct speaker hookup as well as SP-DIF optical
1x PCI (for whatever)
1x PCIe x16 (for future video)
4x DDR2 ram slots, dual/quad channel capable, the BIOS can run up to 1333 mz memory

I'll be adding an ATI 3850 video card in a month or so.  But for now the Intel IGP is more than 'good enough'.

The mobo is capable of running the latest 'extreme' quad cores as well as any of the 45nm chips so there is a bit of mid-term future proofing there.

Everything got picked up by the latest driverpacks without trouble.  And yes, I will post the HWIDs Real Soon Now.

there may be a keyboard driver that needs to be loaded as well as the chipset driver.....

197

(42 replies, posted in Other)

Just built myself an E6850 box with a genuine Intel mobo, nice and speedy.

How about standardizing on including 'nightly' or even just a 'NNN" in the file name for nightly releases?

example:

DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_8028nightly.7z or DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_8028_NNN.7z

thanks!

199

(8 replies, posted in Other)

users of fast-scsi SCA drives have had this convienence for what, 10 years or more now??

wouldn't that be more properly included in a third-party driver along with the rest of the USB stuff??