Tech News
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Mobo makers see stronger ASP performance
Published: Friday, June 20, 2003 | By: Dennis"First-tier motherboard makers have been reporting better product ASPs (average selling prices) so far this year, thanks to an easing in the price war and introduction of more expensive 865 (Springdale) series boards.
According to data from the companies, Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology all enjoyed higher ASPs for the first five months of 2003 than for the full year of 2002. With an increasing proportion of 865 motherboard sales, board makers expect their ASPs to rise further in the third quarter."
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Jab-Tech Pyramid Smart Fan Controller @ 3dXtreme
Published: Friday, June 20, 2003 | By: DennisNow isn't this interesting its a pyramid that is smart, controls your fans, and even lights up. How cool is that?
"This is one of those products that can't really be rated by a number. If this is the type of product you are looking for then this will cover your needs quite well." -
Made It Another Day
Published: Friday, June 20, 2003 | By: DennisYesterday was quite exciting over here in the Ninjalane camp, the Soltek Springdale Review was posted, though posted with the wrong board number. For sanity sake the board number is and SL-86SPE-L not an SL-85SPE-L. My bad, sorry.
Anyhow some of you may have noticed that the site was having a little trouble yesterday. As it would turn out the server was having a little trouble handling the load and kept restarting IIS. I have been told that the problem has been solved and shouldn’t happen again. We shall see if this is true. 
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Comdex to emerge on smaller scale
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2003 | By: Dennis"The number of attendees and exhibitors at the splashy tech trade show had been falling for two years, and doomsayers wondered if Comdex would go the way of the dot-coms.
Comdex's organizer, Key3Media, insists the annual Las Vegas show will go on -- and so will the company. Key3Media will emerge from bankruptcy today with a new name, Medialive International, and a lot less debt." -
PantherStream CPU Cooler Review @ 3dXtreme
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2003 | By: Dennis"Speeze has opted to use a 70mm thermally controlled fan for the PantherStream as well as a copper slug on the base of the heatsink itself. From the picture below there is a black thermal sensor which is visible coming out of the side of the fan (near the power cable). This controls the speed of the fan from 3000 RPM to 5500 RPM."
Depending on where the thermal sensor is placed this can be a good thing or one of the worst design decisions in history. The sad part is many thermally controlled heatsinks fall into the "worst" category. -
Eumax Multi-Function Transfer Panel Review @ Ohls-Place
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2003 | By: DennisThis is actually a very handy little item. The panel moves your data ports up to the front of the case and even has a spot for a hard drive and cooler fan.
"Overall I think Eumax has a very solid product. I think with the combination of USB, audio and IEEE connectors being pretty common on front panel unit now, the addition of the 3-position LED temp display is what sets this unit above the rest on the current market."
The material is kind of flimsy though. -
Geil PC3200 Dual Channel DDR kit Review @ Big Bruin
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2003 | By: Dennis"Due to limitations with my cpu, or perhaps my overclocking skills, the maximum (stable) forntside bus achieved was 180 MHZ. Not a bad increase over the default 133 MHz, but not nearly high enough to thoroughly test the PC3200 DDR while synchonized with the frontside bus."
I'm currently quite biased in my memory choices making Corsair my memory provider of choice. I can however be "swayed" away provided that the replacement is better.
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Slow Server
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2003 | By: DennisSorry about the connection problems that some of you are having when connecting to the server. IIS seems to be restarting for some reason.
So be patient, if the connection is refused just try clicking again. -
Icemat Review @ DataFuse
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2003 | By: Dennis" I've neglected something, something important, something that weakened my skills. Right now you're all probably saying: what the hell is up with this guy."
I know what it is, check the title of the page (located in the titlebar of your browser.)
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HP Athlon 64 System t182k Specs
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2003 | By: Dennis"t182k, first Athlon 64 system specifications, that where briefly on Hewlett Packard website, are now at AMDboard.com for your viewing pleasure..."
What is really sad is that I could tell you what department is most likely responsable for "leaking" this info.
