Recent content by dryfly

Speedy, ya, I tried that. When I enter the password and then check the "remember" box everything seems OK. But when I come back later the password is not there. Very strange. THanks for the thought. Later <font color=blue>You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your...

wHEn I got my win 2000 upgrade disk I had to have win 98 installed on my computer first. If you have a new computer you have to install win 98 and then upgrade to win 2000. Later <font color=blue>You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind.</font color=blue>

Hello all! I'm having a real problem with my ie browser and my outlook express mail program. No matter what I do, I can not get either of these programs to save my passwords. I even get the little window coming up to ask me if I want to save the password, I answer yes... but when I return to...

Thanks for the help. THe program worked great! <font color=blue>You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind.</font color=blue>

I just got a new laptop computer from work. It is a Gateway. Is there any way to tell the processor speed on the unit? I've tried motherboard monitor (MBM) but it just masssivly crashes my computer. Any help or hints would be appreciated. Thanks <font color=blue>You don't know what it is...

amdy: Here is a link of a gguy that did some of his own heat pipe work and fabrication. If I recall the results he got were not all that impressive. I'm not sure if this is waht you are looking for, but it might give you a start. Here are at least 3 articles here, so look around the web site...

I wonder how difficult it would be to modify the heatsink to fit onto the motherboard instead of on the clips. For the cost differerence of the Swiftech MC 462 it might be worth it. Seems to me you could solder two bits of copper or plates (or whatever) to each side of the copper heat sink...

I was sorry not to see the Thermaltake Volcano II. I know a bunch of guys have made posts on it, but it would have been nice to see how it stacked up against the other coolers Tom tested. <font color=blue>You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind.</font color=blue>

This is a link to Tom's Hardware Guide in Germany. Some new cooler review data. It is in german though, but you can see the cooling data. This link is .... http://www.tomshardware.de/cpu/01q2/010507/cooler3-29.html Remember, you saw it here first!! Later <font color=blue>You don't know...

Hobbit: Ya, I had problems with my printer too. I fixed it also with some change in the Bios. THe printer port can be set to various settings. I just set it to the simplest, lowest tech one on the list and it worked with no problems. THe problem was it took me about 6 hours to figure out...

Hobbit: If you want to check out the USB MAN web site, here is the link. It helped me figure out some of my USB problems on the KT7A Raid Board. Good luck... (you'll need it!) (Remember, got mine to work, so you should as well) Here is the link http://www.usbman.com/Guides/VIA Tips and...

I had one heck of a problem getting my KT7A Raid board working when it comes to chipset problems. First is was IDE problems trying to hook up a zip drive. That took me about a week to figure out. Then I had problems with a sound card because the bus wasn't working, interrupt problems and...

ptcg: Something else you may want to consider is to use a peltier. Because you have the metal forming skills and tools, (and desire) this may be able to let you really cool things down. Using a peltier will allow you to cool your system down below room temp and this moves you well beyond...

Pete: Good point about the air pressure, forgot about that. That is the way jumbo airliners air condition the cabins, by using a small engine to compress air, then cool it, the allow it to expand again. The expansion causes the cooling effect. <font color=blue>You don't know what it is, but...

To add to big guy (please don't read this if you don't like physics, cuz I am about to give a physics lesson!) the fan is doing "work" on the air. About 200 years ago a guy whos name (i think) was Lord Bard discovered that work and heat (temperature) are directly related. When you do work on...