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Re: semi-OT: Operating Systems
1080 output? The would be great! I could mount a 73" flat screen on
the wall of the studio. Of course the wife would start wondering
where the TV went ;).
-J
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:51 PM, SP Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net>
wrote:
>
> From: <mike@michaelplishka.com>
>
>
>> I've had it with trying to find USB interfaces with my Vista laptop
>> computer. Gone through four: lexicon, maudio, edirol and presonus (In
>order
>> from worst to best) and none of them really worked. I'm thinking of
>> partioning and installing a different version of windows. What would
>this
>> esteemed group recommend?
>
> If your motherboard's USB ports aren't up to the task it won't matter
>what
> USB interfaces you hook up to them. My last motherboard was a Asus with
>USB
> ports up the wall, but only two out of six were USB 2.0! Ridiculous,
>even
> without a music interface attached: cams and mice were either
> less-than-responsive or non-functional altogether. I go through a lot of
> hardware because of testing and experimenting; this last mobo bit it
>because
> I was trying to eliminate all the fans on it. Not all Zalman heat sinks
> will fit every motherboard! I had a semi-circle-form heat sink from them
> that I put on the South Bridge chipset. Unfortunately it was very close
>to
> my video card (PCIE Geforce 8600 GT, long card), though not touching it
>- I
> figured that 1/4" was a safe margin, but I didn't count on what happens
>when
> one bumps the box just enough... Not quite Kaboom, just a loud click and
> nothing. Thankfully only the cursed motherboard was ruined.
>
> So I was saved from having to eventually troubleshoot an
>already-troublesome
> series of USB ports. How old is your mobo? Model?
>
> Thanks to our even-more-cursed Sky+ HD box starting to give up the ghost
> (damn you Murdoch!), I have had to move forward my plans to create a
>quiet,
> hopefully fanless small-form PC with feckless HD 1080 output, and a dual
> Sky-compatible tuner card. If anyone on-list is interested in the
>results
> I'll keep 'em in the loop. Off-list of course.
>
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ~peace~
>>
>> Plish
>>
>> www.michaelplishka.com
>> www.scribbledmusings.com
>> www.myspace.com/michaelplishka
>> www.myspace.com/bohdanovich
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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