Posts by lupin..the..3rd

Works like a champ! Currently have Gentoo installed with the two internal 7200 rpm 100 GB disks in a software RAID1 mirror. 4 partitions on the disk, all mirrored: /, swap, /boot, and /home. Grub installed to both MBR's so I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by DarthAcer Also, there is a hope (knock on wood) that this time around Creative driver will not be bloated and buggy. BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (that means don't get your hopes up!)

I think the Creative Marketing department went a bit over the edge with some of the product claims: "Make your MP3s sound better than CDs" Ummmm riiiiight. And let me guess, it can double my CPU speed, make my screen look...

Quote: Originally Posted by seablade But in most cases, the headphone amp is used to drive headphones Haha very funny. Here's the review I was looking for (with nice...

Quote: Originally Posted by imnotdrphil The new enclosure still uses the two-cable setup, but since one is 1394, there's 7.5 watts of power available just from the 1394 connector. The USB power connector is just gravy...

Quote: Originally Posted by seablade That is what Firewire is for One cable, no power supply. PS It is a VERY bad idea to try to pull power from multiple USB ports on a laptop as there is nothing saying that those usb...

Quote: Originally Posted by imnotdrphil Not quite. Most USB 2.0 controllers can only throughput roughly 23-28 MB/sec, if my experiences and the experiences of guys like Tom's Hardware Guide and Anandtech are any...

Quote: Originally Posted by djtranscend Hey, Ive had a noise interference problem for ages but finally cured it today hopefully what I did below might help : I am using a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop connected to an...

Quote: Originally Posted by seablade What a piece of *@#$&*( Sorry have no respect for flat out laziness sometimes, and that one is, if they don't have a basic hardware mixer capable of it...

Quote: Originally Posted by seablade You do realise that you are doing the exact same thing(Albiet in a slightly more noisy way) with your 'volume' in between as adjusting the gain right? I am not saying it isn't...