Hardware

BIOS forgets settings when disconnected from mains
I've got an old (built approximately four years ago) Shuttle SN45G which I've just booted up after it being left in storage for a few months. On the first boot I found that all the BIOS settings had been erased/forgotten, so I reconfigured them all and everything worked fine. However, if I power down the machine an... 5 Apr 2010 08:16

Auburn's ioSafe aims for invulnerable data storage
Auburn's ioSafe aims for invulnerable data storage By Mark Glover Published: Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1D http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/21/2620515/auburns-iosafe-aims-for-invulnerable.html Robb Moore, CEO of Auburn-based ioSafe Inc., certainly has a flair for the dramatic. To demonstrate th... 28 Mar 2010 10:05

Why does this memory intensive C++ program get poor memory accessspeed?
On 03/28/10 07:09 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: MemTest86 and it showed: Intel Core-i5 750 2.67 Ghz (quad core) 32K L1 88,893 MB/Sec 256K L2 37,560 MB/Sec 8 MB L3 26,145 MB/Sec 8.0 GB RAM 11,852 MB/Sec The resulting memory access speed is substantially slower than worst case cache hit rati... 27 Mar 2010 19:55

eindeloos geklik van de hdd bij afsluiten computer met ext e-sata hdd
[ik heb dit gepost in zowel de Vistagroep als de Hardwaregroep omdat ik niet weet of het een hardware of software failure betreft] Ik zie geen groen dingetje in de taakbalk staan voor mijn externe harddisk (via e-sata; eigen voeding) dus ik laat hem aan en log uit Windows Vista in de hoop dat ie zo door Windows z... 27 Mar 2010 10:49

dragon age
this is the website i told you about. has lots of info ahout the game that isn't in the little booklet. http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Age_Wiki ... 28 Mar 2010 16:44

VDC is Interested in Your Engineering Experiences
VDC is conducting its annual survey of mobile and embedded engineers so if you are involved in the engineering of mobile or embedded systems/software, this is your chance to influence key solution suppliers. The research covers embedded software, hardware, tools, and development practices. Your thoughts will imp... 26 Mar 2010 16:42

I am not getting the memory speed that I am expecting
I want to understand why I am not getting the memory speed that I am expecting. I wrote a very memory bandwidth intensive C++ program and it is reporting that the memory speed that I am getting is about 121 MB per second. MemTest86 and it showed: Intel Core-i5 750 2.67 Ghz (quad core) 32K L1 88,893 MB/Sec ... 28 Mar 2010 07:51

reverse a fan
Does it damage a case fan to reverse its current and make it go backwards? ... 31 Mar 2010 01:07

Call for papers (Deadline Extended): HPCS-10, USA, July 2010
It would be highly appreciated if you could share this announcement with your colleagues, students and individuals whose research are in parallel computing, distributed systems, operating systems, computer architecture, grid-computing, VLSI, and related areas. Call for papers (Deadline Extended): HPCS-10, USA, J... 26 Mar 2010 06:51

i845G and 1440x900
My wife's been complaining that images on the LCD monitor of her office computer are stretched horizontally - obviously a case of aspect ratio mismatch. She gave me the model number of her monitor over the phone and the specs say that its native resolution is 1440x900. But when I tried to guide her through the ... 25 Mar 2010 19:42