Recent content by marshahu

Unless the track is 5.1 it will only come out in 2.1 You have two ways of getting 5.1 sound: 1) if you have PowerDVD, put your files in that and then use Dolby Pro Logic IIx or DTS ES to get it to fill the extra speakers. Only problem with that is that it will only work when using that program...

lBehold - my DIY Decoder. Retiring my Analog 6.1 Inspire 6700 Speakers, Audigy 2 ZS and butchered HP Media Centre PC to work as a decoder. So far the Audigy 2 ZS decodes Dolby Digital and DTS without a problem from both my Virgin Media V+ box and DVD player. However, there is no Dolby Pro...

I have a Belkin N+ gigabit router with a built in USB Port. I originally used this to plug in an Enclosed Raptor Drive for my media along with another standard 7200rpm for simple backups. However those drives have now been put into a DIY NAS and made in RAID 10 arrays for some sort of...

The Hard drive doesnt come with a Driver CD. Just plug the hard drive in and follow the installation instructions. If you need any drivers it will be for the controller that the hard drive plugs into - just follow instructions as you need

Interesting - looks like there are some more finer details which I have missed.... WD RE drives do cost a pretty penny though. Although I guess one could argue that its better to pay more upfront for peace of mind, rather than skimp and end up tearing my hair out at a later stage when one of...

Component - 1080i maximum - at best stereo sound through the TV HDMI - 1080P maximum, and also enables 5.1 Surround Sound Passthrough on the TV - if the TV supports Dolby Digital and the like, these signals can be passed through to its Optical Out to go into a Home Cinema System. HDMI is a...

I have another card to throw into the mix. I have an ageing AGP system. Back in 2008 I managed to get an HD3850 for £100 from Sapphire. Much better performance than the 3650 and certainly good value for money. I fail to see what a 4xxx card would offer that this one couldn't, except HD audio...

New hard drives should just work straight in the machine. The only exception to this is the old PATA drives which require you to set the jumpers depending the setup it will be in (e.g. Master, Slave, Cable Select). SATA drives go straight in, plug and play from the physical aspect. Once plugged...

I am looking to retire an old A7N8X-E Deluxe PC to becoming a file server. Hope to install Windows Home Server on it and then simply leave it to collect backups, be an FTP server and the like. However, I am looking to make a RAID 0+1 array of around 2TB or so. I have always stuck by WD drives...

Replacing my two Raptor 150GBs, (one with XP and the other with Vista installed, its a dual boot configuration) with two new 300GB Velociraptor drives. Since my board has SATA2 I should be able to benefit from increased capacity on each drive and faster bandwidth. I don't wish to reinstall...

You could just store the PST files on one partition and then set Outlook up on both partitions to point to those PSTs. In Tools -> Options -> Mail setup click on the option Data Files and then change the folders in the list to the ones you want to use. I have got Vista Home Premium and XP MCE...

Basically I will be using this machine as a PVR for two digital tuners which I have had lying around for ages doing absolute ah heck all. Meanwhilst, I intend to be playing multi player games (the newest ones) while these recordings are taking place (I understand IO can be an issue which is why I...

I am looking to build a new rig with nearly 8GB of RAM now that prices are so low. However as I understand I will need Vista 64bit to fully utlize all 8GBs of RAM. However I am not ready to jump ship over to 64bit camp yet, and would still like a 32bit version to dip my feet into should things...

Anyone??

this is for the family rig - overclocking is the last thing i want to do - i am aware that this board has a 5% decrease in FSB when using Quad cores - although im unsure as to how severely this will affect my performance. So for the ASrock ill just go for the non extreme processor rite?? I...