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Computer Choas has posted a review on the Volcano 6 Cu Heatsink. The Volcano 6 Cu is geared for those that don´t like the noisy 7000 RPM fans that come on the Cu+, yet still need decent cooling for their Socket A or Socket 370 CPU´s. Personally I don´t even notice the fan noises anymore but it seems like the majority of people prefer the quieter fans so this heatsink should be a good choice for the masses. These fans only draw 2.04 watts of power compared to the 4.44 watts that the 7000 RPM version requires. I would feel safe running this fan of the header supplied on the motherboard rather that using the 3pin to molex adapter that I use to power the fan on the Volcano 6 Cu+. Read more

T-Break has posted a review on MSI´s P4 board- the 850 Pro2 Another interesting thing was the inclusion of an additional heatsink/fan combo for the Northbridge. If you feel that the standard North Bridge heatsink isn´t up to you specifications for overclocking, you can replace it with the included one- a good option. Read more

Serial Addiction has posted a review on the Hercules Fortissimo II soundcard. Yes, yet another Blue PCB´ed Hercules Product is gracing our desktop´s today. This time it´s the Hercules GameSurround Fortissimo II Soundcard. This is the first review I´ve written out here at the lake, but I had some spare time between asking in the sun and water-skiing so I decided I would start this review. Read more

GideonTech.com has posted a review on Thermal Take´s Volcano 5 heatsink. One of the most important elements that I value on any heatsink is the clip design. Thermal Take usually considers the request from many users on a simple clip that works. Definitely something that does not require a jack hammer to put in. The clip on this unit is just ´adequate´ to say the least. I say this because it was hard to put on with my bare fingers. After a few minutes of toying with it, I whipped out my small flat headed screw driver and took care of business. The clip itself had no area to push down on! The clip did have a small notch situated in the middle for a flat screwdriver to push down on. Read more

A new Internet worm has emerged in China akin to the Code Red worm, which caused $2.4 billion in estimated cleanup costs on Internet-linked computers last month, a computer security expert said on Friday. The Code Blue worm has similarities with the Code Red worm, which caused widespread problems, said a worker at the police-run Computer Virus Treatment Center in Tianjin, about 54 miles from Beijing. Read more

Matrox has released new Windows NT 4.0 drivers for the Matrox Millennium G550 video card. Download

Asus has released last week the follow bios updates: Bios A7V266 1002.B Final ( 05.09.2001 ) Bios A7S-VM 1007 - 02 Beta Bios A7V133 1007 - 001-G Beta Bios A7V133-C 1007 - 001-G Beta Download

Chipmaker Intel has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Via Technologies and will seek to have Via´s new Pentium 4 chipsets pulled off the market. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel on Friday filed suit in U.S. District Court in Delaware. The lawsuit alleges that Via´s P4X266 and P4M266 chipsets, which were released earlier this month, infringe on five Intel patents. S3, a former graphics chip powerhouse that is working with Via on the chipsets, was also named as a defendant. Read more

Adrian´s Rojak Pot has posted Revision 3.9 of their Windows 2000 Hints & Tips Guide Here are the updates :- - Added a new tip on how to make the COM port settings permanent. - Updated the Command Prompt In Any Directory tip (both Folder Option and Registry Fix methods) with the correct commands for the tip to work in both the Folders bar as well as the main Explorer window in LFN mode. The Command Prompt In Any Directory tip has been a pricky one, leading to many revisions. However, this time, I think we have finally licked it. Check out the updated tip to get the proper commands for the tip to work in both the Folders bar as well as main Explorer window in long filenames mode! Read more

Overclockers Online has posted a review on the Swiftech MCX370-0A heatsink. First of all, I got to tell you that the bottom of this heatsink is just as smooth as Jennifer Lopez´s ass! Nope, I´m not kidding here. Just as on all other Swiftech products we have in our testlab, the bottom of this MCX370 is polished to perfection. I mean, you can´t see the difference between the bottom of this heatsink and a real mirror. This perfect ass sure proves that I was right when I said that Swiftech only produces high quality products. Read more

Thanks Clutch for this one: HFNetChk is a command-line tool that enables an administrator to check the patch status of all the machines in a network from a central location. The tool does this by referring to an XML database that´s constantly updated by Microsoft. HFNetChk can be run on Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 systems, and will scan either the local system or remote ones for patches available for the following products: Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 All system services, including Internet Information Server 4.0 and 5.0 SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 (including Microsoft Data Engine) Internet Explorer 5.01 and later Read more

Voyetra has released new Santa Cruz drivers for Windows XP. Thanks Mark. Download

Neoseeker has posted a review on the Antec SX-1240 Full Tower The Antec SX-1240 is part of the Company’s “Performance Series” and at 26.4” high it’s no slouch. It comes with their PP412X 400W which meets the ATX 2.02 spec, so it is compatible with both the Pentium 4 as well as the Athlon 4 (which is currently only available in a mobile solution). This is an important feature to look for if you are in the market to buy a new case because it will extend its useful lifetime greatly. Read more

OC Workbench has posted a new bios for the ECS K7S5A motherboard K7S5A V1.x WITHOUT LAN ONBOARD s5a010827.exe V.01/08/27 Release Date: 09/07/2001 Release Note: 1. Fixed NEC DDR hang during POST 2. Fixed some hardware monitor can´t work well 3. Fixed sometimes system hangs on "D3" without PS/2 keyboard 4. Remove Trend AntiVirus 5. Fixed MAC address was lost Download

GideonTech.com has put up a system price guide for September 2001. This will be a monthly effort where we comb the web for the cheapest price to build a complete system. This month we did it at about $1000. This includes the monitor and the works! We´re also slowly going to roll out a shipping comparison between retailers. Just to prevent folks from getting ripped off by high shipping prices. Read more

TweakTown has put up an article concerning the "Product Activation" of Windows XP Windows Product Activation (WPA) is a technology used to enable/activate a copy of Windows XP for a specific PC. Under the Microsoft Agreements, users are allowed to install Windows XP on one machine. When you activate Windows XP, it analyzes key components on your computer (hardware) and creates an internal value that is combined with your product ID code. This makes a 50-digit number called the Installation ID. The number is then transmitted to Microsoft in exchange for a 42-digit Activation ID that activates Windows XP. If you attempt to activate a copy of Windows XP from another machine, you will be unable to since there already is a computer in the database. Read more

Warp2Search has posted a new version of Intel´s Chipset Installation Utility The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility installs to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. In this release: Supported Intel® Chipsets: 430TX, 440DX, 440EX, 440GX, 440LX, 440MX, 440ZX, 810, 810E, 810E2, 815, 815E, 815P, 815G, 815EP, 815EM, 815EG, 820, 820E, 830MP, 840, 850, 860 Official release 3.20.1005 Read more

Microsoft´s recently released Internet Explorer 6 has taken 2.4 percent of the browser market, quickly closing in on AOL Time Warner´s Netscape 6, according to a new study. IE 6, released Aug. 27, showed a fast adoption rate in the week after its launch, StatMarket, a division of audience measurement service WebSideStory, said Wednesday. StatMarket would not release the figures for Netscape 6, but it said that the browser was used by less than 2.5 percent of Internet users worldwide in its first week. Read more

Creative has released new Windows 2000 drivers for SB Live Platinum/Player 5.1 This web release is a standalone package of Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 drivers (Windows 2000) from the original installation CD for existing 5.1 card users. Download

3D Spotlight has posted a review on the OCZ Titan 2 Ultra SE video card based on the GeForce 2 Ultra. Into nVidia’s GeForce 2 family, the GeForce 2 Ultra is the fastest model, with official clock speeds of 250MHz for the core and 460 (DDR) MHz for the 64 MB of DDR memory. OCZ have gone one better and have increased memory speed by 20 (40 DDR) MHz for a total of 500 (DDR) MHz, setting this board apart from the competition. Read more

.... Global Address List Among the functions Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Exchange 5.5 offers is the ability to search the global address list (GAL). By design, this is an authenticated function, implemented as a two-tier architecture - a front tier that provides a user interface and a back-end tier that actually performs the search. However, only the front tier actually checks authentication. An attacker who sent a properly formatted request to the back-end function that actually performs the search could enumerate the GAL without authenticating. Read more

3D Game Man has posted a Vantec CCK-6035D Copper Heatsink video review Check it out

Thanks Rancho for this one: ZDNet has a benchmark comparison between Win XP final, Win 2K & Win ME. They used among other benchmarks: BAPCo SYSmark, 3DMark 2001, SPECviewperf 6.12. Read more

Maximum Hardware has posted a Windows XP Review The Grand Poobah of Redmond has put it´s seal of approval on the most anticipated and criticized piece of software to date. So what does that mean to you and me? Well, not much really, the general public can´t buy it until October 25th, and even that date is still up in the air according to some. I had the pleasure (?) of acquiring the final build of Windows XP Professional and I thought that I had better give it a run for it´s money and then talk about it. Read more

Dan´s Data has posted a 15 inch LCD monitor comparison Want a 15 inch LCD monitor with multiple inputs, a remote control and an optional TV tuner module? Well, you´ll be wanting to check out my comparison of two Samsungs and one Acer Read more