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I recently upgraded my system and removed one of my old drives ( a Maxtor 250gb SATA 150) that had good data on it. (no, not pr0n, get your mind out of the gutter). I thought I had copied everything off of it before removing it, but inevitably I'm missing some stuff now that I know was on that...

The problem relates to the driver for the chipset controller that manages the hard drives. During install it says that the storage device is not recognized and asks for a driver. I've tried every combination of driver for the Promise 378 and the VIA VT8237 controllers and I can sometimes get...

Larry, Did you install WHS on your Asus A8V box? If so, I could use some advice, since I've spent four days doing 19 different installs without success>

I don't see why you couldn't, unless they built something into the BIOS to prevent it. I was thinking about dual booting with XP as well. Where is the BB forum?

Dave, That's a very reasonable price for the RAM. Good luck with the BB, did they give you any tips for achieving the 3.6GHz overclock?

Yo TJ Maxx - According to the PC Tools diagnostic, 4Gb of RAM has no effect on the overclock, I'm at 3.33 GHz just like always. Maybe it hinders performance on more aggressive overclocks, but the conservative overclock by the factory is for maximum stability rather than maximum speed. As I...

Giz, I got it about 2 weeks after placing the order by phone. But, I called them several times for updates because I never received any other contact from them after the invoice on the first day. I have let them know that I wasn't too happy about the lack of communication.

I'm glad to see they got the online configurator up and running finally. I'm also really glad I got in early on the DE, since I probably saved about 500 bones. I also have to give props to HP/Voodoo since they adjust their price to reflect the Canadian dollar and we Canucks actually got it...

The additional RAM doesn't make a huge difference but I do a fair amount of Photoshop work and it is one of the few programs that can see additional RAM. You are correct that 2Gb is the sweet spot. So unless Photoshop is in your repertoire, you can probably cruise on 2gb until the 64 bit...

I did the same thing, just added a couple of sticks of Dominator TWIN2X2048-6400C4D - I think it's 4-4-4-12. After adding it, my Performance Index went from 5.5 to 5.9 Just be aware that Vista 32bit will not recognize it all. Even using the PAE switch only shows 3089Mb on my system. For...

giz, Congratulations on joining the 1337 BB community! You won't regret it. As far as your question about noise, I too have an old Voodoo, probably about as old as yours and it is twice as noisy as the Bird. The BB isn't silent, but it's not like an F-18 on afterburner either. It's hard...

Mike, You gotta do what ya gotta do, just remember, when all that new stuff comes out in a few months, there will be more new stuff that will come out in a few months after that, and on and on. The big developments with the Intel chip architecture, i.e. on board memory controller , won't be...

1. It comes with the full Vista OEM box as well as a system specific recovery disk - 2. I forgot to mention that it comes with a cool Blackbird mousepad that's the same shape as the case - slightly trapezoidal. It also comes with the bonus game software - orange box half life, etc., but no...

Mike, to address your questions: 1. I feel it's a good purchase, but I can't quantify it in terms of the case alone. There's a review online that adds up the components in the system and they came up with about $500 for the case and labor. As you know, a Lian Li or Silverstone will run...

Yeah, they're cool, loading and unloading is much easier. I did a quick search on the egg and came up with this;)

It took about two weeks from the order to delivery but your mileage may vary. They were pre-building the Dedication Edition prior to release, but it's no longer available. They ship Fedex, so it may add a day to the shipping time. Not really an issue going to the US since there's no duty or...

Here ya go:

For all those interested in the Blackbird, here is my personal detailed review of my experiences thus far. I won’t get into the subject of aesthetics since it is so subjective, i.e. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Either you like the looks of it or you don’t, there...

I'll give a more thorough report with pics later tonight or tomorrow, but to answer Pegi's questions: The liquid cooling system has no accessible fillport and they advertise that it is a sealed and maintenance free system. Tech support, customer care, etc. are all in Canada at Voodoo's...

Yes, I've had a Dedication Edition Blackbird for a week so I think I'm one of the early recipients of the first production units. I can report that the rig is impressive on several counts although there are some bugs to be worked out at HP Gaming. The entire package from the shipping box to...

See my reply in the Blackbird thread in this forum

Done like dinner. There were some stability issues that went unresolved for too long. I moved back to Canada in the meantime so I didn't want to deal with cross border shipping issues. They ended up keeping the machine and I got some of my money back. Just got a Blackbird a couple of days ago.

Expect it back in a couple of weeks, waiting on replacement parts. It was shipped on a pallet, but there's no guarantee it will protect everything. It didn't boot properly at first, so I reseated the ram sticks, and that got it going initially, but there were repeated BSOD's. Ava will make...

P-Pc will do it for you.

Well I beg to differ. Those handles are made by Silverstone and match the finish and style of the case perfectly. Not to mention they are very functional - I was able to lift the entire rig (all 90 lbs. of it) from the shipping box without any flexing.

That case is available from Performance PC's here ;) The top window is totally custom though.

Well, I'm pretty sure my next notebook will be a Macbook pro. Just to decide between the 15" or the 17". Any thoughts? I'm not a road warrior, so portability is not a factor, the only issue is the CCFL screen on the 17" vs. the LED backlight on the 15"

It's got 4gb of OCZ FlexXLC PC2-9200 RAM running at 1150 Mhz

A couple more for ya.

Just so everyone sees how it turned out, here's afew pics from the shop at Ava

Uhuh, that's how it feels

I've been a PC user since the early '80's and I've toughed it out through all the iterations of the windows franchise. I just tried out Vista and am left underwhelmed by the feature set and overwhelmed by the driver problems. Now that Apple has made nicey nicey with Intel, I am seriously...

:confused: They shipped it with all the latest revisions and drivers for the components....

Well, I did receive it, unfortunately it was damaged in shipping and it had to go back to Ava. The motherboard and two vid cards were damaged in transit so I had to ship it back to them for repairs.:mad: It's taken far longer than I anticipated and they were only able to overclock to 3.0 Ghz...

Price dropped to $50, must sell

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I'm selling my rarely used X52 joystick, got it at Christmas and have used it a few times. Like new condition, original box, etc. Asking $50 plus shipping and paypal. SOLD

If past history is any indication, this'll be good for 18 months...tops. :rolleyes:

The fillport drops to a Y with one leg going to each of the res's for the two loops. The main loop goes: RES->PUMP->RAD->CPU->GPU1->GPU2->NB->RES The secondary loop runs: RES->PUMP->RAD->RAM->MOSFETS->SB->RES Hope that covers it for ya. As to the failures, apparently they happen...

Here's today's pic. Lookin a lot tidier, hopefully here next week...