[finn4life]

Saw this on my phone, looks like graphics cards and the like will only be getting smaller.
Created by Australians as well

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-20/team...nsistor/3839524

To those who are not going to read it and then reply with ignorance, this single atom transistors, this has been developed before, but the technique seems to have been perfected so it works every time in manufacturing rather than hit and miss.



This post has been edited by finn4life on Thursday, Feb 23 2012, 05:49

[Slamman]

I mentioned MXM PCIexpress cards for mobile laptops, it is the first I learned of it when I found the best laptop I acquired, used, makes use of MXM cards on certain revisions, since I bought it I'd been dealing with former owner passwords, malware, and failing hardware, but finding this site was a Godsend, any Acer Aspire or modern laptop or notebook users/owners might want to reference any MXM compatibility, I believe even the Asus ROGs might use MXM or at the very least, interchangeable graphic card options, a few, for example, Eurocom, and Alienware have allowed SLi and Crossfire in laptops, just as you'll find two HDDs under the hood, able to run in RAID mobile setups!
http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/190...-8600m-gt-woks/

More data on the coming PCI Express 4.0!

http://www.pcisig.com/news_room/Press_Rele...Press_Release_/

Also read on their main page, in California, the SIG are meeting for the last day, TODAY, for a compliance conference, more details on their site perhaps, I didn't see it, but this might not be too exciting, since I'm editing this , Today means Feb 24th, 2012, note the article date above
It's expected to see tangible product lines in 2013

This post has been edited by Slamman on Friday, Feb 24 2012, 06:42

[Wolf68k]

Now for useful information
Google keeps track of what you while logged into your account. What search terms you use, when and how you use Gmail, even YouTube activity. They use this to target ads toward your habits. Nothing new, right. You can, as of now, go into you Google account settings and clear and also stop that. Notice I said, 'as of now,' this is because they will be changing that so that you cannot disable this unless you want to completely close your account.
You can read more about it at the link provided, which also includes the simple steps to clear your Google web history and disable it.
Source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320137

Once you "pause" it, it'll stay paused until you hit Resume. They can/will still track you but they won't associate it to your account as log as its paused.

[Slamman]

Ivy Bridge delayed by weeks, not months as some have been thinking, what's confusing is the delay based on supply lacking, but we're talking Ultra books holding back desktop CPUs, the price range will be from about $180 to $330 USD
The best will have 4 cores, and 2 HTT threading per core, one dual core lower end will have HT, the rest won't.

Found this on an eBay auction, it's not really a gaming solution, but why not make an HDMI port via the PC Express card slots that adorn modern laptops anyway??

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-co...-adaptor-915616

This post has been edited by Slamman on Wednesday, Feb 29 2012, 08:34

[Wolf68k]

State your source for this Ivy Bridge 'weeks delay.' Because everywhere else, as of 1-2 days ago is still saying June.

[yojo2]

Mobile CPUs are scheduled for June; desktop CPUs will be out on 29th April. http://www.techpowerup.com/161319/Intel-Iv...e-Revealed.html

OCZ intros new Fatal1ty model - 1000W, with 80Plus Gold certificate. http://www.techpowerup.com/161379/OCZ-Intr...wer-Supply.html
I wouldn't care so much, but one thing caught my attention. Look at those cables..

That's the first time I've seen a PSU with individually sleeved cables out-of-box.

[Rebel]

Okay, so I just got my CPU through the post today, it didn't come with any thermal paste, only the pre applied stuff on the stock fan (from what I'm presuming and read) does this mean I need to buy thermal paste to apply to the top of my CPU chip before putting on the stock fan, or do I not need this with a stock fan? No thermal paste came with my CPU stuff.

[leik oh em jeez!]

QUOTE (Rebel @ Wednesday, Feb 29 2012, 17:22)

Okay, so I just got my CPU through the post today, it didn't come with any thermal paste, only the pre applied stuff on the stock fan (from what I'm presuming and read) does this mean I need to buy thermal paste to apply to the top of my CPU chip before putting on the stock fan, or do I not need this with a stock fan? No thermal paste came with my CPU stuff.

If the stock fan already has thermal paste on it, then you don't need any more.

[vertical limit]

Installing Win 8 beta. If your interested.


http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download

[Slamman]

I got my IDE to CF aka Compact Flash adapter this week, to mate that to my Dell D800/M60 or Inspiron 8500/8600 series, the actual sliding HDD tray recepticle would have to be removed, since it has a pin-out arrangement that puts the soldered in leads and PCB too close to the bottom edge of the motherboard HDD interface, this is a bad design flaw, so I advise that this won't work for all laptop HDD replacements, but you could modify some, or in others like the Sony Vaio K, or Toshibas I've used, where the PATA interface has enough room on both sides. The max CF I've seen is 64GB, then the 32, 8, 4s. With a 2Gbyte CF, you can use Windows 3, 9x, or Damn Small Linux with some room to spare. I obviously suggest this as a fast boot test drive for systems, since storing on it won't be much help, it should aid older laptops running much faster then mechanical PATA however.

You can use a CPU with little thermal paste, if you over-do it, that's a concern as not having thermal paste, but believe me, my SX280 Dells work without any thermal paste, as do my laptops, and there's never been a heat induced system stroke

As for my Ivy Bridge info, again, Techspot article as of late. It's still reasonable to see the laptop ones delayed because they cant meet the demands initially, HOWEVER, it IS planned that IB will roll out in force by year's end FASTER PACED then Sandy Bridge CPUs, and likely to supplant them at the same rate

This post has been edited by Slamman on Thursday, Mar 1 2012, 01:51

[Rebel]

QUOTE (leik oh em jeez! @ Wednesday, Feb 29 2012, 23:35)

QUOTE (Rebel @ Wednesday, Feb 29 2012, 17:22) Okay, so I just got my CPU through the post today, it didn't come with any thermal paste, only the pre applied stuff on the stock fan (from what I'm presuming and read) does this mean I need to buy thermal paste to apply to the top of my CPU chip before putting on the stock fan, or do I not need this with a stock fan? No thermal paste came with my CPU stuff. If the stock fan already has thermal paste on it, then you don't need any more.

Thanks, yeah the stock fan came with the paste already applied.

Okay, so I've put all my shizz in the tower and connected it all up to the best of my ability. It turns on and all the fans move and shizz.

Problem is, whenever I turn the PC on, it tells me to reboot and select a proper boot device or insert boot media.

I have a 1TB HDD connected using uh, one of these, http://www.cooldrives.com/lib/cooldrives/s...e-connector.jpg

and then I'm using the little uh grey/red cable - I own the grey cable but I've also got a red one and they look exactly the same.

So i want to know where ive f*cked up. I have the exact same set up for both the DVD and the HDD. Just different cables connecting each, obviously.

[leik oh em jeez!]

QUOTE (Rebel @ Thursday, Mar 1 2012, 09:23)

QUOTE (leik oh em jeez! @ Wednesday, Feb 29 2012, 23:35) QUOTE (Rebel @ Wednesday, Feb 29 2012, 17:22) Okay, so I just got my CPU through the post today, it didn't come with any thermal paste, only the pre applied stuff on the stock fan (from what I'm presuming and read) does this mean I need to buy thermal paste to apply to the top of my CPU chip before putting on the stock fan, or do I not need this with a stock fan? No thermal paste came with my CPU stuff. If the stock fan already has thermal paste on it, then you don't need any more. Thanks, yeah the stock fan came with the paste already applied. Okay, so I've put all my shizz in the tower and connected it all up to the best of my ability. It turns on and all the fans move and shizz. Problem is, whenever I turn the PC on, it tells me to reboot and select a proper boot device or insert boot media. I have a 1TB HDD connected using uh, one of these, http://www.cooldrives.com/lib/cooldrives/s...e-connector.jpg and then I'm using the little uh grey/red cable - I own the grey cable but I've also got a red one and they look exactly the same. So i want to know where ive f*cked up. I have the exact same set up for both the DVD and the HDD. Just different cables connecting each, obviously.

You'll want to go into the BIOS and set your CD/DVD drive as the first boot device, and your hard drive as the second boot device. If it's not done automatically, you may have to use an option along the lines of "Detect hard drives" before you can select the boot order. If this is a new system with a new hard drive, you'll of course have to install Windows onto the drive before you can boot from it.

I haven't been following your build so you'll have to fill me in on what's new/reused, etc.

If an old Windows install is on the drive, it means the drive probably isn't set as a boot device right now. Keep in mind that when reusing Windows installs, you may have to repair some of the boot files, possibly even startup repair or reinstall if you're switching between AMD and Intel.

[Rebel]

Brand new HDD and brand new DVD drive. I haven't installed a second HDD yet. I can't get into the BIOS, that's a problem. Whenever I try and press DEL to get into boot mode (MSI MoBo, AMD CPU) so whenever I click the button it just repeats over and over the problem about the boot device.

I've tried just booting up the HDD with no DVD drive plugged in but it still doesn't like it, and vice versa. Have I forgot to plug something in, or have I done something wrong? I've only got 2 items both plugged into both DVD drive and HDD. And both have one PSU connector, and then the second is the plug going into the SATA plugs in the Mobo.

I've tried just sticking in the Windows CD, but it just stays on the screen ''booting in quiet mode'' for ages.

[leik oh em jeez!]

Try reseating the RAM, and trying a spare keyboard if you don't seem to have any control via keyboard.

Assuming don't have a small LCD for error codes, install a system speaker if the board came with one. Beep codes can be a considerable help when troubleshooting boot issues.

[Rebel]

Keyboard works fine, since it responds to the buttons, just gives me the same line over and over when I try and get into the BIOS. I got one of those speaker things, I've just no idea where to plug it in. And to be quite honest, MSI's help book for its Mobo is f*cking crap, It doesn't tell me a damn thing I want to know. And looking on the mobo itself for some kind of indication doesn't help either lol.

[Wolf68k]

@Rebel
I think would be best in the Random Questions or create a topic asking for help.
This topic is more of general information sharing and discussion.

[Slamman]

Just to speak my mind on Ivy Bridge, I do plan to get a system using one of their chips, not sure which, but as some know, Intel's i7 did away with internal graphics, as I was told by a MC rep, consumers paying premiums were expected to buy a video card, however, Ivy Bridge is another die-shrink that actually allows for much improved graphics residing on the chip's surface, while the CPU end will be on par with existing chips, the thing I hope to see is some GTA testing with the new chips, as well as seeing if iCE or other mods might run on IvyB. The question I'm not too sure on is if the i7s include CPU and GPU, it sounded like all chips will feature the same basic attributes, but differ in power and core arrangements.

@Rebel, take my advice any way you want, but I own MSI and a newer gen 45nm CPU board, using it in fact, no problems, I get the MSI graphic splash screen and POST, normal. I'd pull your CMOS battery and let it sit for a few minutes, could reset any anomalies. Also, the cable you link to shows 4 color coded wires, normal SATA is a power and data cable where everything is one flat, flexible cable, no need for messy wires hanging loose. If you use SATA or newer non-IDE interface for a fresh boot, the system should be able to see that, and USB for booting, otherwise it's always looking for a HDD system OS that's simply missing
This was the case for my Acer PW locked 4710, and it needed a pre-Win install SATA compatible driver, proving a problem for most Acer owners who needed a fresh XP boot format

This post has been edited by Slamman on Thursday, Mar 1 2012, 21:10

[Stinky12]

Nvidia GK104 pics

PCB diagram of GK104


PCB of GK104, depending on the type of cooling used, some will use the stack up power connector like you see in this pic


Close up of that stack up power connector

[Slamman]

I've been scrounging up pics of various GPUs, since all too often they're covered with the cooling hardware, one source showed the pin arrangements on their backside, they don't look like your normal CPUs!



This post has been edited by Slamman on Saturday, Mar 3 2012, 02:35

[manofpeace]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150563

Thinking of buying that as an upgrade from my 5770. Since I have modded my Skyrim into Oblivion (no pun intended), I use some extremely large textures on things and it causes lots of pauses and hangs when moving around the landscape; the extra VRAM will definitely help. Not to mention the higher clock speed and all...

http://www.hwcompare.com/6025/radeon-hd-57...radeon-hd-6870/

And that's just with the 1GB model of 6870 being compared. Count me impressed for the price.