Recent content by IrishRangerWingMedic

Great news - We're in business, definately! Download the Creative Console Launcher (from their site) and check the "Enable Bass Redirection" box in the speaker tab - thats it! Hope it works for you also. Take care.

I just put my X-Fi Plantinum Pro into a Denon AV receiver for surround sound. In the speaker setup I can hear output to ALL speakers including the SW. Then when I play any music file it only uses the Front stereo and centre speakers! What is VERY interesting is that on playing a MS...

I just got my new machine and clean installed Windows 7 RC - its so damn fast! Power to login time about 7 seconds. On password entering about 2 seconds to load the rest. The is incredible!!!

I was sent a pdf from Dell with the specs. I can email it to you if you'd lke. The 128GB drive is a Samsung PB22-J MC SSD SATA 3Gb/s, Host Transfer Rate 300MB/sec, Maximum Sequential Read Rate 220MB/s, Maximum Sequential Write Rate 200MB/s. SMART Support, 1,000,000 hours MTBF.

From Dell 500GB 5400 rpm drive to: -> Dell 128GB SSD costs €220 (includes VAT) extra -> Dell 256GB SSD costs €350 (includes VAT) extra To throw away the cheapest 500GB 5400rpm and buy a Vertex 128GB would cost ~ €400 (with VAT and delivery) so thats €220 vs €400...

Thanks guys. Dell SSD - sales won't tell me which make or drive performance, although other guy on YouTube says his is: Interface SATA 3.0Gb/s Host Transfer Rate 300MB/sec Maximum Sequential Read Rate 220MB/s Maximum Sequential Write Rate 200MB/s ...which looks fairly decent

I'll be getting my first SSD in my new Dell Studio XPS 16 in the next day or two. Do I get a similar performance gains by partitioning SSDs as conventional platter drives? Are there any other housekeeping recommendations for SSDs? I hear defrag degrades them, Window 7 (RC) has some new SSDs...

Hello all, Finding the above information is a nightmare. I was going for the Studio XPS 16 with 128GB SSD, but I'd like to know the read/write speeds before I get it. Sales reps are clueless. Guys on Dell Forums say that they use different manufacturers and so values are different, but...

Thanks guys - I should have pounced on that €120 offer/error! The best option probably is to go with 4GB, and upgrade in a few years when prices collapse. A SSD will probably increase performance a lot more than additional 4GB asleep in the case. I like the look and price of the OCZ Vertex...

Hi all, I was thinking of getting a Dell XPS 16 laptop, and would like 8GB DDR 3 RAM. While I was browsing last Sunday lunchtime, it cost €120 to upgrade 4GB to 8GB - bargain! Then 3 hours later, there was no upgrade option at all. Then 1 day later, there was a 6GB upgrade, +€500 and an...

Thanks man.

Hi all, I was wondering which backup device I should get for my boss. It is a very small business, and the database should never go above 2GB (currently much smaller). I need it to be portable, encrypted, and to cost < &#8364;200. I was thinking of the Iomega eGo Encrypt or the Iron Key...

OK - What would that entail? (Small Business Server setup) Is that domain based networking and all that stuff?

Thanks Ray and everyone else for the help. BTW the office was not computerised before this, so this is a new venture for the business. There are only 4 clients and 1 shared network laser for now, and it won't get any bigger (fairly certain of that!) Anway this is what is going on: I...

Thanks for that. So I can't really just connect all the LANs and use the Workgroup? Does this mean I'll have to use dynamic IPs / domain based network? This DHCP server is setup in "Manage Your Server"? (Windows Server 2008) This is all new for me - well at least know to call the Black...