Tech News
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Finally! Back Online
Published: Sunday, April 27, 2003 | By: DennisWell after many many hours of downtime and a mounting 1-800 bill Ninjalane.com is back online. It would appear that some disk corruption caused a little more havoc to the site than any of us would have suspected.
Well now its time time to play the good webmaster and check everything out. Please do the same if you have a spare moment, and if you notice anything strange plez let me know. -
Marauder SystemDotNet Carputer Project @ RojakPot
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: Dennis"I checked the inverter's manual and it mentioned that the inverter should be directly connected to the battery in order for it to power devices with a power rating of 200W and above. I did so and it still cannot keep the system up for more than two minutes! I can only summarize that I need a bigger battery...
Check back for more updates while I try to hook a second battery to my car!"
I have quite a lot of experience putting rather large stereos into cars. The amps used would draw a considerable amount of power, required 4+-gauge wire to run and generated a ton of heat. The first things installed just to handle the increased power draw would be a deep cycle battery, followed by a high output alternator. Considering the power draw I’m thinking that he is going to need more than just a bigger battery to make this thing work.
I have yet to tackle the whole computer in a car thing but the way I see it the better solution would be to get a 12v power supply and mod it into the tiny shuttle case. You won't need an inverter and won't need an extra battery. -
Cooler Master CoolDrive 3 Review @ a True Review
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: DennisAnother true review from a True Review.com
"Cooler Master sent us there newest hard drive cooler on the market, the CoolDrive 3. The CoolDrive 3 boasts itself as a quiet hard drive cooler that looks cool. Looks are getting very important to the computer buyer, but performance is still where the money is at. This review will examine both performance and looks of the Cooler Master Cool Drive 3."
I didn't know it only had one fan, how strange. -
Hitachi CML175B Monitor Review @ accelenation
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: DennisI don't normally post monitor reviews but I'll make an exception in this case since I have a TV made by them.
"Hitachi has been making displays for years. My first experience with Hitachi was with my own 19” Hitachi CM751, a 19” CRT with a maximum resolution of 1600x1200 and a .22mm dot pitch. It still has one of the clearest and sharpest pictures that I have encountered on a CRT." -
Chenming X-Pider Case Review @ MonkeyReview
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: Dennis"We removed the bezel to check things out and found that there were no fan filters present; this was a little discouraging as my previous Antec came with one, to be fair they’re easily made but it would have been nice to see it included."
Well its not your momma's Antec :)
As a casemodder I can honestly say that fan filters do not stop dirt from entering your case, instead they just get clogged up and restrict airflow negating its main purpose in life. -
MSI 875P Neo-FIS2R Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: Dennis"The 875P Neo-FIS2R is probably an overclocker's dream come true. From the options available in the BIOS, one can tell that this board is truly designed for the overclocker in mind. We have to say that this is MSI's boldest step yet in motherboard design and it's probably a precursor of more great things from MSI."
This is a Canterwood Pentium 4 mobo from MSI that appears to have a very wide range of overclocking controls.
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Soltek 75FRN Series CPU Voltage Mod
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: DennisThe garage based overclockers at Maximum OC have posted a mini CPU voltage mod how-to for the Soltek SL-75FRN. The mod will allow you to crank the CPU core voltage up to 2.11 volts equaling that of the Epox EP-8RDA+.
Check it out. -
Bytecc Zippy EL-610 Review @ Comp-Shop
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: DennisOnce again another review ruined for those of us using Mozilla based browsers; hopefully they will work on that stylesheet. Any event check out our review of the same keyboard here.
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Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Review @ HardwareZone
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: DennisI am currently using one of these new Maxtor drives and I am not at all impressed with the performance. For the money I would have much rather gotten a WD Special Edition drive or held out for one of the new Serial ATA drives.
"Although the DiamondMax Plus 9 is Maxtor's biggest and fastest drive in their performance desktop series, it however left us with a couple of mixed feelings. In the tests, it did managed to perform admirably well in Winbench 99, and from the scores, we were pretty convinced that it would fit into most desktops and even low-end workstations very well. However, its poor seek times did not do it much justice as its performance began to taper off at high workloads." -
CoolerMaster Black Alloy Bezel Review Posted
Published: Friday, April 25, 2003 | By: DennisWhat is the number one thing that people notice when looking at your black computer case? The beige drive faces. There is no need to paint them anymore, just cover them up with an anodized aluminum cover plate from Coolermaster.
Aside from the color the AFP-U02 is exactly the same as the AFP-U01 reviewed here.
