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  • Where’s my RAM?

    I bought (awhile ago)

    Crucial 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) CT12864Z40B – OEM

    That plus the

    mushkin 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel

    Should be 2GB, but I’m only getting 1.5GB.

    This is on my Asus A8N SLI Deluxe mobo.

    The important part of the manual is:

    AsusA8N-SLI_DeluxeRAMManualInfo

    I have the modules installed like so:

    A1 A2 B1 B2
    M  E   M  C
    

    Where M=Mushkin, E=empty, C=Crucial.

    How should I arrange this so I get all 2GB?

  • My Little Angel

    Julia Misura
    Born 8/13/2007 9:28am Pacific
    Birth Weight: 6 lbs 11 oz (3041 grams)
    Birth length: 18.5 inches

    Julia 200708141329

  • Taxing your Tip

    We had a very good brunch at Coastal Kitchen, but because our party was 6 people, they automatically added in 18% tip. No biggy except they charged the tax after the tip.

  • For Sale

    PS2 Games:
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Like new (never played, but opened)
    GT3 A-spec – used
    Devil May Cry – Like new (never played, but opened)
    Metal Gear Solid 2 – Unopened
    DragonBall Z Budokai – Used
    Robotech Battlecry – Used
    NBA Street Vol 2 – Used
    Capcom vs SNK 2 – Used
    Spy Hunter 2 – used
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Used
    Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas – used
    Tiger Woods PDA Tour 2003 – Used
    Transformers (Atari 2004) – Used
    R-Type Final – Used
    SSX On Tour – Used
    SSX Tricky – Used
    DDRMax – Used
    DDRMax 2 – Used
    Time Crisis 2 (with gun) – Used
    Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance – Used
    Lord Of the Rings: The Two Towers – Used
    Lord of the Rings: The return of the king – New (unopened)

    PS2, model ?? with network adapter

    Dreamcast Console ($30 w/ original controller), with network adapter ($100), 4 controllers (1 original, 3 Astropad Performance), RCA cable, AC Adapter.

    Dreamcast games:
    Jet Grind Radio – New, unopened
    Soul Calibur – used
    Sonic Adventure – Used
    NFL Blitz 2000 – Used
    Virtua Tennis
    Web Browser CD

    Dreamcast Accessories: Memory card, Rumble pack.

    SNES Console, 2 controllers, RCA and S-Video adapter, AC power.

    SNES Games Approximate Value
    Killer Instinct
    The 7th Saga
    The Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past
    Super Metroid
    Super Return of the Jedi
    Radical Rex
    Toy Story
    Mortal Kombat 3
    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
    The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots
    Super Mario World
    Bubsy 2
  • Mac OS X

    So I have a MacBook Pro from work. I\’m a noob to OS X (though I\’ve used unix for some time, cmd line).
    I\’m sure that most of my hang-ups are related to the fact that I\’ve been using windows since 3.1, so my brain is used to think in a specific way.

    Someone suggested I read:
    http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
    Nothing terribly useful (that I didn\’t already figure out by just looking). Really for super noobs.

    Gonna see how useful this is:
    http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

    Obervations:
    1. Copy/Paste is very weird for me. I\’m very used to control+c, control+v, while on the mac its apple+c, apple+v. Very weird to change my habits.

  • Blackberry 8700c

    I\’m trying out a Blackberry 8700c for work. My first time using a Blackberry device/OS.
    Going to list some Pros/Cons and compare with my WM5 device (i-mate K-Jam).

    8700c   K-Jam
    Pro Con Comparison Pro Con
    x Dialing speed – When I push buttons, the bb dials. Not so on the KJam, which has serious lag. x
    x Alarm – the bb alarm options are very limited: daily alarm: on/off, time, snooze, active on weekend: yes/no. Where as the wm deive has 3 alarms, each with checkboxes for each day so you can pick and choose when you want each alarm to work. x
    x Navigation: Touchscreen really kicks ass. The wheel on the BB is pretty nice too, but selecting text is damn annoying. x
  • Helios

    1 APEVIA X-Pider ATXA2XPW-BL/420 Blue Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply – Retail
    1 PLEXTOR 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Beige SATA Model PX-716SA/SW – Retail
    2 HITACHI Deskstar 7K250 HDS722512VLSA80 (13G0253) 120GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive – OEM
    1 AMC 8 inches 4-Pin Power Cable Splitter Model Y Power Cable – OEM
    1 ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard – Retail
    1 Leadtek PX6600GT TDH GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card – Retail
    1 mushkin Green 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model 991145 – Retail
    1 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester 2.0GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BIBOX – Retail
    1 Verbatim DataLifePlus 4.7GB 8X DVD-R 50 Packs Disc – Retail
    1 Microsoft Windows XP HOME Edition with Service Pack 2 – OEM

  • Zeus

    Gateway 6400
    I added another CPU and it currently has 896MB of RAM.
    Two 40 GB IDE HD.
    GeForce2MX
    Live!Value
    CD-RW of some sort

  • Dying Hard Drive?

    What is this noise?
    clickingNoise.wav 177kb
    I hope the clicking (near the end) is not a sign of my hard drive dying.

    What is it with me and hard drives? Why do they die around me? What am I doing that causes them to keel over?

    My machine usually has WoW running … nearly 24/7. Usually at the login screen.

    Saturday, May 19th, I logged into WoW to play. After a few hours of play, I heard the clicking noise and my machine would pause for a few seconds, while clicking, and resume normally after the clicking.

    Then, one clicking session did not end for 3 or so minutes and I shut off the machine. I haven’t turned it back on yet.

  • It’s a girl!

    We’ll be having a girl: Julia Misura, in August.

    The ultrasound tech said it’s a girl.

    The doctor said it’s a girl.