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A/V Decent on-line Car Audio site?

GreatOldOne — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:08:10 GMT

Guys,

I'm toying with the idea of upgrading the stereo in the Jag. Since I put a new Kenwood Double Din iPod unit in Mrs GOO's Laguna, I've been suffering from audio envy - it sounds much nicer than the factory fit radio in the S-Type (even if it is made by Alpine).

I'm idealy looking for a double din touch screen unit with Blue Tooth and iPhone compatibility. There's a couple of interesting units, that seems to tick all the boxes

http://www.justkenwood.co.uk/stock01/ddx8024bt.asp
http://www.carpages.co.uk/news/alpin...t-25-08-09.asp

I'm not worried about the lack of Nav, as I have that on my phone.

Any suggestions to alternatives, and advice on where to buy? I got Mrs GOO's stereo on the spur of the moment from Halfrauds, mainly due to the fact it was on offer - and lucked out. But as this is going in the Jag, I don't want to take the risk of buing an utter pup from a bunch of cowboys.

Ta.

GOO

NEXON Europe reveals closed beta site for Mabinogi

CardJoe — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:52:19 GMT

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/industr...a-site-for-m/1

Quitting University

boiled_elephant — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:39:50 GMT

Context: I'm nearing the end of the winter term of my 2nd year as an undergraduate. I have a 2000-word essay on Christianity in modernity due in this friday; a 3000-word one on English cathedrals due a week on monday, the 7th; two more, 2500 words each, due a week on friday, the 11th; and a 3000-word one due in January.

This isn't the first time I've been in this situation; in fact, it's more or less a typical university experience, and I'm sure it'll be familiar to those of you at uni now. Two days ago I began questioning my being at uni, and now I'm absolutely certain: there is no good reason for me being here. I am essentially paying �6,400 a year to be stressed and unhappy.

The main things keeping me here initially were (a) terror of being stuck in a dead-end job with no prospects, and (b) social opportunities. Well, I'm not a socialite, it turns out. (Big surprise for somebody whose first source of advice is Bit-Tech, right?) (a) still applies, but frankly I'm no longer convinced this is worth it. I'll have to be earning about �30k a year when I leave just to be able to pay off my debts.

So it's stressful, it's not a good financial plan and it's not a social gold mine. Lastly, it's also not interesting. I've been so caught up in the anxiety of getting work in on time that I never really noticed how unenjoyable the work is in itself. I just don't find it interesting - well, I do, but in a newspaper column sort of way, not a write-10,000-words-on-it way. Frankly I don't think I find anything interesting enough to warrant the amount of work that a degree entails.

So this is just an appeal for advice, really. Is there a good reason to stay here that I haven't noticed? Is life without university really a dreadful mire of despair and poverty? (Because life with it certainly is :thumb:)

News Deus Ex 3 is Eidos and Square Enix joint effort

CardJoe — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:25:53 GMT

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/...nix-joint-ef/1

Eidos and Square Enix are currently working together on Deus Ex 3.

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News Alienware PCs to come with Steam pre-installed

CardJoe — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:27:06 GMT

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/...e-with-steam/1

Alienware PCs are now shipping with Steam pre-installed and a free copy of Portal.

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Networks Wired connection to Netgear WNDR3700 router

preludecrazy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:38:58 GMT

Hi.

I'm someone here can help, because I'm sure Netgear's support are fobbing me off.

I'm running Windows XP Pro and have an ASUS P5K Premium motherboard, which has a wireless device built into the motherboard as well as two network ports ('Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller' & 'Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC').

The other day I replaced my existing router with a Netgear WNDR3700 router using the supplied CD, but towards the end it complained it lost the wired connection to my PC. I rebooted, and still couldn't connect to the internet via the wired connection, but I could connect to the internet via the wireless device built-in to my motherboard.

I looked in 'Network Connections' and I could see both wired ports say 'Network cable unplugged' (but one port was connected to my router). When I disabled the connection which was physically unplugged, the other connection icon changed to 'Acquiring network address', followed by 'Connected', then I can access the internet via the wired connection (I verified this by disabling the wireless connection afterwards). I can repeat this with the other wired connection with the same results.

I didn't have to disable any network connections when my old router was connected, so I'm guessing there's something not quite right and I'm probably bypassing a problem by disabling one of my network connections? I suspect I just need to change a network setting somewhere.

I contacted Netgear, and they just replied "You can only use one network connection at a time, so I'll have to keep my other connection disabled". This is rubbish in my opinion, although I suspect they mean I can only connect one of my network connections to the same router - but I'm not trying to do that. I might just want my other connection to a different network or directly to another PC using a cross-over cable or something...

Thanks, Jason.

News South Yorkshire gets 25Mb/s fibre

CardJoe — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:29:30 GMT

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardwar...25mb-s-fibre/1

A �90 million investment scheme is set to see homes and businesses across South Yorkshire offered 25Mb/s broadband connections by the end of 2012.

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CPU Upgrading...

euroned — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:53:14 GMT

Going to upgrade my poor old E6400 very soon, hoping to have about �500, want new mobo,mem and cpu. If still comes in budget would like to upgrade gpu too.

For me its either Intel route:

Intel Core i5 750, S 1156, Lynnfield, Quad Core, 2.66GHz, DMI 2.5 GT/s, 8MB Cache, 95W, Retail
�148.52 Inc VAT

Asus P7P55D, Intel P55 Express, S1156, PCI-E 2.0(x16), DDR3 2200(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX
�108.73 Inc VAT

CMD4GX3M2A1600C8 - 4GB 2x2GB Corsair XMS3 Dominator DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 8, XMP, DHX
�109.39 Inc VAT

Net Total �318.82

Carriage �6.99

VAT �48.87

Total �374.68

Or AMD route:

HDZ955FBGIBOX - AMD Phenom II X4 955 BlackEdition, Sok AM3, 3.2GHz, 8MB Total Cache, 125W, Retail
�124.95 Inc VAT

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, AMD 790FX, AM3, PCI-E 2.0(x16), DDR3 1666(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX
�125.32 Inc VAT

CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 - 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3, PC3-12800 (1600), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP
�84.69 Inc VAT

Net Total �291.26

Carriage �6.99

VAT �44.74

Total �342.99

Its a close one...I5 looks better performer on paper, but is it worth the extra �24 !!!!

If i do either of these what would be best GPU to look at to upgrade from my BFG 8800 GTS 512?

Thanks :D:D

Neil

Other SkiFree

Shuriken — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:44:22 GMT

For probably the last 10 years(ish) I'd been believing that it was not possible to escape the yeti at the end of skifree, and then I see todays XKCD, and now my world has been turned up side down, I don't know what to think any more.

It turns out you just had to press F to go faster... if I wasn't running Linux these days I'd give it a go, might even try it in wine. Here's video for anyone who's interested:

Notebooks Laptop acting weird help needed

numanoid — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:19:45 GMT

hi all
this laptop is running so weird, i was wondering why it was running so slow, i ran avg and it come up with no viruses, yet when i enter task manager and look at performance, its using 89% of cpu power and 780mb of memory power (it only has 1 gb of memory installed) and thats only at idle ie nothing running,
any ideas guys
thanks
take care

Gaming Assassin's Creed 2 Review

Sifter3000 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:39:05 GMT

We take a free-running jump into the middle of Assassin's Creed 2 to see if the follow-up to Ubisoft's smash hit can be more than doing the same pickpocketing quests over and over. Is historical assassination fun this time around? We find out in our Assassin's Creed 2 review.

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/ps3/2...eed-2-review/1

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Graphics HD4870 issues

kripple87 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:30:03 GMT

My graphics card has recently started playing up. When playing games the screen starts flashing to black then back to the game until i have to quit the game. The card is running at normal temps. It started off in COD MW2 but now happens in other games. Im currently running XP SP3, AMD athlon X2 4800+, 2gb RAM, 550w Corsair psu. anyone got any ideas?? :wallbash:

Windows Cant Browse Network drives

Adam-Mck — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:09:39 GMT

After i had to performing a windows XP repair installation.

I recieve a " No File association Message" when trying to browse a network drive "\\Computername\folder" however if i put "\\Computername\folder\" it will return the folder and the next time i restart the pc i get the same error message. I have checked the folder File Association with another pc and you cant delete this association.

Any idea's?

Scratch Build ASUS Xtreme Design contest stage 2 build modscases.com

modscases.com — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:28:34 GMT

first i want to thanks asus and brian and Eric

here i will show off my process

here is the design

sponsors

here what i received the awesome hardware

first i am waiting for the case to make my design in it

pic of what i get to done the job

safety first :)

plastic sheet that to make the letter X

and the corner

Traditional form of a letter X to take measurements

here what i should look like

Measurements taken in the plastic for the X

tools

i start cutting the letter

i done of the two side of the letter X

i have done the the other side of the 3d X

yup sure :) and we back

here the corners to get the letter X together with a clear glue

and here is the cooler for the extreme overclocking the Corsair Hydro H50 CPU Liquid Cooler - 120mm Fan, Copper Cold Plate, Aluminum Radiator

back to attach the corner to the letter x really hard to get it together my brother he help me a lot

now is the time to get the sides of the letter together

more pic soon :)

Portable Iriver P7 8gb

in2ition — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:57:27 GMT

I can buy this PMP for 100$. Is it worth it? I have other alternatives of mp4 / pmp ?