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If it's of any help, I use these for cleaning at the small scale: http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-power/ppc101/air-duster-400ml-aerosol/dp/SA01882 and then for large scale dust removal I use a 25litre air compressor: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/sgidepot/pics/systemcleaning.jpg Dust shall not...

I found my 6000+ was also rather hot with the stock HSF, and a bit loud, so I replaced the HS with an U120 Extreme and bought a Scythe SFF21E 1200rpm fan. Now there's very little noise and the temp stays under 55C under full load. Full spec/items...

Quick followup:- I now have it all working ok thanks to Commander Suzdal!! Ta very much dude! 8) In case it's of use to anyone else, I've made the modified P1130 driver and monitor*.inf files available for download on my site here: http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/depot/monitorfiles.zip...

Commander Suzdal writes: > ... If you unselect it, you are not seeing a list of all the monitor's modes, you are > seeing a list of all the modes Windows allows, regardless of your device--you are > overriding the driver at your own risk. ... In this way I can set the desktop to 2K, but...

Surly73 writes: > ... You weren't clear on one thing - can you run your windows desktop at 2K or not? Yes, but only by forcing the modes to appear. > This isn't a resolution I use often (only during long photoshop sessions for real estate > and HL2 CM8 just for eye candy :) Indeed...

Good idea! Hadn't though about drivers for the monitor. Coming from the SGI world, the very idea has always seemed a bit wierd to me. :D And trying the other DVI port sounds interesting, I'll have a go. Thanks!! Ian.

Not yet. I'm a bit concerned about doing that as I can't recall how much has changed since the last save point. Ian.

GotNoRice writes: > You might try something like powerstrip, ... Ok, I'll have a look at powerstrip. Note that I can force the availability of the resolutions already, so I can set the desktop to 2K, but the games still allow nothing above the old P1110 limit. > Also, I'm curious...

I'm having problems trying to select the highest resolution for playing Oblivion/Stalker. My card is a Gigabyte GF8800GT 512MB (Turboforce Edition, 700MHz core); see sig for full system spec. To begin with, my monitor was a 22" SGI GDM5411, which has a max res of 2048 x 1536. I was able to...

Ah heck, what you really want is UHDTV. :D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_High_Definition_Video My entire wall showing 7680 x 4320 for Oblivion, Stalker, CoD4, etc. would suit me just fine... Hmm, would probably never get any work done though. :D Btw, I normally play at 2048 x...

AreEss writes: > Used to be. Then Creative *$U!@#!@$!%ed up 3DLabs and left > me with the idiocy and trash that is ATI and nVidia. I guess it caused a lot of grief all over. I just miss the high-end stuff, but that's my bias. Ah well, I have my own Onyx now so I can't complain. >...

AreEss writes: > Now for the big boys. That being, those of us who actually build the > damn things. And get paid the stupid margins to do it, too. ;) Always fun, isn't it? :D > I'mma start with a Supermicro X7DWA-N. Slap 16GB of FB-DIMM > into it. Pair of Xeon X5272's, failing that...

SMP writes: > Is it possible to build a rig with multi processors that would rival > the 2800 mac pro but at a fraction of the cost. Probably not a small fraction, but certainly a decent amount less, eg. most vendors tend to charge over the odds for RAM, but remember it's ECC that's used...