Gee, uh, Creaky, I think settings and preferences for what you want hardware to do aren't unheard of, but gosh, I guess your knowledge and experience trump mine.
aw come one !, I was joking along with your previous reply.
i'm from the days of paper tape & punch card & open reel tapes and mainframes; the last 5yrs in Unix, so my pc knowledge isn't as sharp as it used to be. But i like to keep my hand in by participating on these forums.
Creaky: Being of approximately the same vintage, I suppose I could be nostalgic for the 'good old days' when pros like you took care of these headaches and we never had to call Mumbai for tech assistance, but I'm not. The exercise is good for the brain if often frustrating. I sure pay tribute to the folks who glued the GUI onto Unix and made it available to non-math majors. While I used to think I knew some up to date practical stuff about video editing etc., much of that went out the window in the 90s. Fortunately, thinking up creative applications is still the province of humans (at least as far as I know.) And as far as that speed control goes, why not a big throttle? That's what I would like to do to various portions of my computer from time to time.
@bruce500 - sorry if you thought i wasn't joking. Also, now i'm more awake, i realise my own pc has a speed dial - http://www.silentpcreview.com/article100-page2.html, though i turned it off when i bought the case as i know AMD cpu's exhibit temperatures similar to my frying pan!, never mind cranking them up..
this is how forgetful i am, i have a speed dial and forgot i had it :(
I am a firm believer in Memorex and Sony - I have been using the Memorex from day one ( tried HP's they sucked) I have yet to have a dvd skip or have problems burning to them, Sony is just as good, Heck I can even burn on TEON and @ $5.00 for 25 and have no problems, I am burning on a simple HP 300I with a HP Pavilion 533 which all is 3 yrs old. So as they say try CHEAP (and if it doesnt work) keep going up!
