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October 2001160GB DiamondMax Hard Drive Check it out at: Maxtor Athlon Meets P4: A Comparison Of All CPUs Check it out at: Tom's Hardware Western Digital Sports 7200-RPM 120 Gb Drive Check it out at: Western Digital ATI Responds to Radeon 8500 Questions Check it out at: SourceMagazine.com Biostar M7VKD Review Check it out at: Hardware Extreme Brown Int. V8 Heatsink Check it out at: Overclockers Online China, Microsoft unable to contain XP piracy Check it out at: The Inquirer In Full Force With Nvidia's nForce Today, we present you the first retail board which is based upon this exciting new chipset: MSI's K7N420 Pro. The third biggest motherboard manufacturer was again the first to market new chipset technology. Armed with this retail board we decided to investigate Nvidia's bold claims. Check it out at: Ace's Hardware ATI Rage Series Drivers Check it out at: Sound Card Central Voltage Mod For Tyan Tiger MP (S2460) Check it out at: Virtual Zone Talking about specific GeForce3 technologies with David Kirk Chief Scientist of NVIDIA David's probably not a very familiar name to casual gamers but he's recognized as a Really Smart Guy among the programmer and developer community. He appeared not too long ago in this year's Tokyo Mac Expo on the same stage as Apple's Steve Jobs and id Software's John Carmack, explaining some of the GeForce3's features. Check it out at: Voodoo Extreme VisionTek Xtasy 6964 Review Check it out at: Sharky Extreme Windows XP Launch Event Keynote Webcast Bill Gates introduced Windows XP in New York City this morning. Follow the link to watch the webcast. Check it out at: Microsoft Windows XP Well I guess you all know by now that Microsoft officially released Windows XP today... I guess nothing seems new, since I have had it installed since July, but for those of you running Windows 2000 or 9x it is well worth the upgrade. Just to let you all know (those of you who got in on the MS WinXP "promo") that the first 2000 kits will be shipping tomorrow, the rest on November 9th. I heard the turnout was great at the release in NY, especially everything that took place about a month and a half ago. Anyways I have to go get some work done! ;) Via has views on the K8 Hammer Check it out at: The Inquirer Windows XP Boot Disks Released The Windows XP startup disk allows computers without a bootable CD-ROM to perform a new installation of the operating system. The Windows XP startup disk will automatically load the correct drivers to gain access to the CD-ROM drive and start a new installation of Setup. Check it out at: Microsoft Connecting Athlon XP Bridges It looks like if you try to connect your L1 bridges the old fashiond way you are going to short out Locks on the Polomino due to AMD Scorching pits into the Processor exposing gold contacts under the surface. Lew over at Overclockers.com goes into detail on how to do fix this problem so you don't short anything out. Check it out at: Overclockers.com Light Up Your Microsoft Natural Keyboard Check it out at: PIMPRIG ATI Radeon 7500 Video Review Check it out at: 3dGameMan AMD On The Road Check it out at: Xppcentral FTP Server How-To The Guys over at Psychohardware have posted an article on setting up an FTP Server. Here's a snip: Ever want to send files to friends but your email server rejects your message because of it's large size? If so, I have a solution for you. We begin with finding a simple FTP server that will allow you to setup accounts and share yours files amongst friends and family. Check it out at: Psychohardware Bell Labs Scientists Usher in New Era of Molecular-Scale Electronics Scientists from Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs have created organic transistors with a single-molecule channel length, setting the stage for a new class of high-speed, inexpensive carbon-based electronics. The size of a transistor's channel -- the space between its electrodes -- influences its output current and switching speed. In these new molecular-scale transistors, fabricated by a multidisciplinary team of Bell Labs researchers, the length of one molecule defines the channel's physical dimension; it is more than a factor of ten smaller than anything that has been demonstrated even with the most advanced lithography techniques. Check it out at: Bell Labs ATI's Radeon 8500: She's got potential Check it out at: AnandTech AMD: Hammers will trounce rival chips Check it out at: ZDNet Computers Divine Inwin Alaska Case Review Check it out at: Hardware Extreme AMD's Hammer to smash Intel's plans Check it out at: The Inquirer ATi's Radeon 8500 Is Final Or Something Like That... Check it out at: Tom's Hardware AMD XP mobo support still patchy Check it out at: The Inquirer Micron DDR333 Details Check it out at: Micron AMD primed to ship 1.6GHz Athlon XP 1900+ this quarter Check it out at: The Register AMD Discloses Details about their Hammer CPU Architecture Check it out at: Neoseeker Anthrax-laced letter to MS license div suspected Check it out at: The Register SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IA-32 We are happy to announce the shipment of our highest enterprise-capable Linux distribution, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server version 7, based on the latest Linux kernel 2.4 and optimized for deployment in high-performance servers. Consistently expanding on its commitment to propel Linux into the enterprise, SuSE's announcement was strengthened by support from leading hardware and software vendors including Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ), Oracle and SAP. SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, which was pre-announced last month, provides customers a Linux platform of software, services and industry standard hardware that is imperative to running a stable and secure Linux operating system across the enterprise. Furthermore, the Enterprise Server 7 enables the implementation of e-mail, "Running on industry standard Compaq ProLiantTM servers, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 provides one of the most robust and scalable Linux platforms available for delivering applications to the enterprise," said Rick Becker, vice president, Business Development and Software Marketing, Compaq Industry Standard Server Group. "Together, SuSE and Compaq are enabling enterprise customers to deploy Linux in their heterogeneous operating system environments, while maintaining the same level of high-availability, reliability, storage capabilities and security they expect from enterprise computing environments." Adding further strength to SuSE's Enterprise Server 7 is its certification for Oracle 9i and SAP's E-Business solution mySAP.com. You can order the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server directly in our webshop: For more info go to the SuSE Website Check it out at: SuSE Linux Iwill XP333 Contest Check it out at: Iwill VIA Chipset Sound Card Compatibility Check it out at: VIA Arena Abit KT7A & Athlon XP update Check it out at: 3DSpotlite Windows XP home: Don't go there Check it out at: Yahoo News Anthrax Update... JUST RELEASED: The FBI has just confirmed a case of Anthrax in Nevada. To date there have been only five confirmed instances (3 in FL, 1 in NYC, and now one in NV). The FBI also mentioned that there are approximately 7 cases pending test results in NYC, which can OR cannot turn out positive for Anthrax. In addition the FBI has warned and reiterated that the possible threat for another terrorist act remains on high possibility for the next few days. Anthrax confirmed in NYC The FBI has released that a NBC employee was sent a white powder in the mail that was confirmed to be Anthrax. The employee was confirmed positive for Antherax and the CDC is on the way to NYC. This type of Anthrax is skin infectant and not respitory... Nvidia GPUs get water cooling The Titanium 500 is a good card. Lots of TI based cards will be introduced by many Nvidia partners - that's how its works. We have already mentioned a few of them including 3D Power recently and its plans for the Absolute card. Check it out at: The Inquirer ALERT: Terrorist attacks possible w/ in next few days Check it out at: FBI Iwill Corporation debuts XP333-R, the World’s First AMD AthlonTM XP motherboard supporting Ultra ATA-133 Interface and DDR 333 SDRAM Here's a snip from Iwill: October 9th, 2001 Irvine, CA Following the successful launch of KA266R, the world’s First Socket A Athlon DDR motherboard, Iwill Corporation today unveiled its latest Socket A motherboard XP333-R that integrates Acer Laboratories newest MAGiK 1 (C version) north bridge and 1535D+ south bridge. Developed for both the professional industry as well as the enthusiast marketplace, Iwill introduces two new technologies on XP333-R including ULTRA ATA-133 support in both native IDE Channels as well as optional IDE RAID Channels and DDR 333 SDRAM support. In conjunction with the implementation of Iwill’s SuperAudioTM technology, which utilizes Sony®/Philips® Digital InterFace (SPDIF) and integrating C-Media’s 6-Channel Hardware Sound, Iwill is able to offer the most unique audio experience currently available on any AMD platform product. XP333-R delivers the most complete set of features for any AMD platform product by delivering the best feature set around: support for 266MHz/ 333MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) for DDR 266 and DDR 333, 3 Phase Power to support up to AthlonTM XP 1800+ processor speeds, native dual channel Ultra ATA-133 support for 4 IDE devices with option to upgrade to quad Ultra ATA-133 channels supporting up to 8 IDE devices (RAID version) and the best built-in audio experience currently available with 6-Channel Hardware Sound and SPDIF interface for the true digital experience. Expect more from Iwill XP333-R, the Ultimate AMD based DDR platform available! I also noticed that Iwill was on the road with AMD. So I imagine this is the motherboard they are giving awy with the Athlon XP's. I'm sure some of you that have been following AMD on the road allready knew this. I have yet to see what this motherboard looks like so if you got a pic please send it to me. Check it out at: Iwill AMD Adding 15 More Cities To Tour Check it out at: XPP Central Abit motherboards + Athlon XP = trouble? I've heard the new CPUs have problems booting when coupled with the KT7A rev1.2 (and older), they freeze looking for microcode. With the KT7A rev1.3, the CPU will work and boot with AMD XP and so will the KG7s, though. Contest @ Tweak3D.net (3 Acoustic Edge 5.1's) Check it out at: Tweak3D Athlon XP: What's under the hood? Check it out at: AMD ATI’s Radeon 8500 surpasses Nvidia’s Geforce3/Ti 500 Check it out at: RatedPC.com Abit readies KR7A RAID Check it out at: The Inquirer AMD's Extreme Performance Project Here's a snip: Okay. Since you're in the know about what's new, what's hot and what's not, you could be one of the first to win our new "Palomino" desktop processor. Heck, we'll even help you try it out. Because if you win, you'll not only get the processor, but a high performance motherboard and heat-sink fan. Then you'll be on your way to the performance promised land. Check it out at: AMD's Extreme Performance Project Crucial Cuts prices Again! At Crucial there are some more price cuts and they are now offering flash memory. They have also extended the free 2nd day shipping thru Fed Ex. Check it out at: Crucial.com New Via 4-in-1's Check it out at: VIARENA AMD confirms XP mobo validations Check it out at: The Inquirer Athlon XP Overclocking Now, with the release of the AthlonXP, formerly code-named Palomino, there is a new overclocking King in town. For now, pairing this CPU with the AMD 761 Northbridge should achieve some excellent results. Looks like we are going to have to wait a couple of more weeks for the VIA KT266A chipset. Check it out at: OC-AthlonXP.com Intel signs up Microsoft for XP inside program AMD MIGHT BE MAKING a big noise about the branding of the Athlon XP, but best buddies Intel and Microsoft have ganged up in a joint marketing push for Pentium 4 and Windows XP. Check it out at: The Inquirer In Defense of AMD's Model Rating System Intel Plays Dirty The Santa Clara, California chip colossus is, by simple virtue of its size, a formidable competitor. But Intel is not satisfied with playing fairly and has been engaged in covert, subversive actions for many years. AMD's Challenge The cause of much of Intel's grief has been a surging AMD. Even in an extremely unfavorable depressed market thrust even further downwards by the recent terrorist acts, AMD's CPU shipments have managed to stay at record levels. However, Intel, with its deep pockets, has launched a price war that has driven down AMD's average selling price per MPU and has resulted in a larger than expected third quarter loss. Check it out at: Van's Hardware Compromise for CD copying is in the works Check it out at: CNET New Poll Well I decided to get the HyTek Computer Weekly Polls going again... Check it out (its on the left)!!! United States attacks Afganistan Check it out at: CNN HyTek Computer Specials NOTE: All items listed are retail! Processors: AMD Athlon 1.3GHz 256K 266FSB Socket A – 522612 - $137 AMD Athlon 1.4GHz 256K 266FSB Socket A – 522617 - $143 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Pre-order- Ship date = AMD Athlon XP 1500 256K 266FSB Socket A – 522618 - $153 AMD Athlon XP 1600 256K 266FSB Socket A – 522619 - $182 AMD Athlon XP 1700 256K 266FSB Socket A – 522620 - $211 AMD Athlon XP 1800 256K 266FSB Socket A – 522621 - $270 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Pentium III 933MHz 256K 133FSB FCPGA – 277389 - $196 Intel Pentium III 1.0GHz 256K 133FSB FCPGA – 260674 - $233 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Pre-order – Ship date = Intel Pentium III Tualatin 1.13GHz 256K 133FSB – 277439 - $253 Intel Pentium III Tualatin 1.13GHz 512K 133FSB – 260706 - $290 Intel Pentium III Tualatin 1.20GHz 256K 133FSB – 277440 - $297 Intel Pentium III Tualatin 1.26GHz 512K 133FSB – 277442 - $375 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Pentium 4 1.4GHz 256K 400FSB S423 – 277431 - $156 Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz 256K 400FSB S423 – 277433 - $194 Intel Pentium 4 1.7GHz 256K 400FSB S423 – 277429 - $232 Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz 256K 400FSB S423 – 277436 - $293 Intel Pentium 4 1.9GHz 256K 400FSB S423 – 348245 - $413 Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz 256K 400FSB S423 – 348246 - $618 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz 256K 400FSB S478 – 348248 - $199 Intel Pentium 4 1.7GHz 256K 400FSB S478 – 348249 - $233 Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz 256K 400FSB S478 – 348250 - $291 Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz 256K 400FSB S478 – 348252 - $618 Video Cards: Asus Geforce2 GTS 32MB VID IN/OUT TVOUT – 517051 - $169 Asus Geforce2 GTS 64MB – 517052 - $185 Asus Geforce2 Pro 64MB – 517064 - $191 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asus Geforce3 v8200 Pure 64MB – 517070 - $334 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Pre-order – Ship date = Asus Geforce3 v8200 Deluxe 64MB TVOUT – 517069 - $368 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Pre-order – Ship date = ATI Radeon 8500 64MB – 089782 - $259 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Pre-order – Ship date = ATI Radeon 7500 64MB – 089753 - $179 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visiontek XTASY Geforce2 Titanium 64MB – 714886 - $130 Visiontek Geforce3 64MB TVOUT – 714867 - $320 Visiontek Geforce3 64MB SVIDEO TVOUT – 714876 - $321 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Pre-order – Ship date = Visiontek XTASY Geforce3 200 Titanium 64MB – 714887 - $189 Visiontek XTASY Geforce3 500 Titanium 64MB – 714888 - $319 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elsa Galdiac Geforce3 64MB TVOUT – 184740 - $359 Shipping is $9.95 for the first item and $4.95 for any additional items. If you purchase over $500 shipping is free. We accept PayPal (you must have a verified shipping address), personal checks, and money orders. We however recommend that you use PayPal, because of faster processing time. Prices and availability subject to change. If you are interested in making a purchase please e-mail: sales@hytekcomputer.com Keep in mind that we resell all hardware (We have only listed the “hot” processors and video cards). Windows XP Start Button Guide Check it out at: OverClockers Club I-Will XP333 Contest Check it out at: I-Will AMD XP Givaway Here's a snip: So you already know that the new AMD "Palomino" desktop processor is coming soon. The thing is, we can't officially tell you much about it yet. (You know how lawyers can be.) But we can tell you that you could be one of the first to get your hands on it **FREE** and be on your way to performance nirvana. Check it out at: AMD Extreme Performance Project New Bios updates for ASUS Check it out at: AMD Zone Remember we sell hardware! GF3 Ram block MKII (water cooler) Check it out at: Hardware Central Tweak-XP Here is a tweak utility for XP. I havn't tried it myself so I can't tell you anything about it. If you like it let us know in the forums. Check it out at: Total Idea Contest Check it out at: Overclocked Cafe` More details leak of Athlon XP, MP Check it out at: The Inquirer Download ICQ 2001b Alpha Version 5.05 Build 3619 Check it out at: Hardware Extreme Osama Bin Laden Skin for Unreal Tournament Take out your anger and frustration!! Download a FREE Osama Bin Laden Skin for Unreal Tournament!! Nothin' like a close up head shot to make ya feel better! This is the most fun when it's played as the senseless 'bot that he really is! Check it out at: Cyber Extruder Digital Doc 5 Review Check it out at: The Tech Zone Kyle [H]ard|OCP TechTV WinXP Plus! pack has 'issues' with ATI, Nvidia, 3DFX cards Check it out at: The Register Budget AMD DDR Motherboard roundup Check it out at: Tweak3d Viking Components Announces Release of 1GB, Thin-Profile PC133 Registered DIMM Module Check it out at: Electic Tech Logitech MouseMan Dual Optical Check it out at: EverythingUSB All Current ATI Graphics Boards Windows XP-Ready Check it out at: CBS MARKETWATCH Hackers crack into Bin Laden's bank Check it out at: The Register NVIDIA Launches Titanium Series Check it out at: Tom's Hardware AMD and WinXP Speedup Check it out at: AMDMB Forums Radeon 8500 for sale! Check it out at: NCIX.com Water-Cooled GF3 info leaked! Check it out at: 3D Power Altec Lansing ADA890 Review @ Tweak3D! Check it out at: Tweak3D
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Weird looking heatsinks ... Do you really believe you've seen all of them? Think again folks, because here comes the V8 heatsink. It's not an engine of some kind, but a brandnew heatsink from Brown Int. Let's take this one for a testdrive ...
When the specs of Nvidia's nForce first became known, expectations ran (and still run) high among hardware enthusiasts. And with good reason, because Nvidia's first attempt in the chipset market is packed with new technology: Hypertransport connection between the two bridges, a Audio Processing Unit (APU) with support for Dolby Digital 5.1, and a memory controller that accesses 128 (2x64 bit) bit 4.2 GB/s memory interface. 
VisionTek was one of the very first companies out the door with a new GeForce3 Ti 500 card, after offering some fine, low-cost implementations of the previous GeForce2/3 products. The Xtasy 6964 is their new high-end entrant, and judging from their current product line, VisionTek is looking to move up the charts in short order. Not only does the company produce the Xtasy 6964 (GeForce3 Ti 500), but other new products include the Xtasy 6564 (GeForce3 Ti 200) and Xtasy 5864 (GeForce2 Ti) as well. This rapid adoption of the newest NVIDIA products indicates an aggressive move by VisionTek to assume a greater role in the enthusiast market.
The Guys over at PIMPRIG have posted an article on Moding a Microsoft Natural Keyboard. Ive been trying to figure out how to do this myself since I find myself sitting in the dark in front of my computer quite often. The plus side is it looks pretty cool too. Looks like a pretty simple mod that even a novice modder could do.
3dGameMan Rodney Renolds has posted his Video Review on the ATI Radeon 7500. It looks like a pretty tight package. The dual monitor support looks like it's nothing short from spactacular. Rodney goes into overclocking and does some benchmarks on it as well. It sure looks like a winner to me but you'll have to check out the review for yourself. You can veiw the specs on the Radeon 7500 
ATI has officially launched their 7x00 series of cards - including the 7500 we had a look at in August. ATI has also been hard at work sorting out the issues with their flagship 8500 that we ran into two months ago. The Radeon 8500 and 7500 have also received increases in clock speed from the original specs they announced. This could indicate either higher yields on the cores or an even stronger desire to compete with NVIDIA after the release of their Titanium line of cards.
For everyone that runs Linux Server Software I receved an e-mail from SuSE Inc. this morning. This is what it said:
October 10, 2001, IWILL Corporation announced XP333 Contest to warm up the up coming product, XP333 - the Xtreme Mobo that matches perfectly with Win XP and the hottest AMD Athlon XP processors. IWILL expect this motherboard to be the first innovative motherboard of the century. This contest serves to promote IWILL's new AMD Athlon DDR platform motherboard as the Ultimate DDR platform to support the fastest components currently and soon to be available on the market including processors, memory, video cards and other add on devices. The contest serves to target all computer enthusiasts, gamers, professionals and consumers that only demand the best from their computer platform. The contest is sponsored with many name branded companies, such as Acer Labs, AMD, ATI, Corsair, Jazz Speakers, Koolance, Maxtor, and Millennium Thermal Solutions. 
Back in February this year, I discovered an issue when using a Creative Sound Blaster Live! on a motherboard that uses a 686b. I had previously been using the same sound card on a 686a with no problems. So I was a bit confused. The problem was, when I tried to transfer large files between the primary and secondary channel, the system would lock up - 100% of the time. If I removed the sound card, the problem went away. I started doing some investigating on the net. At that stage there were very few boards out there with the 686b. By the time March rolled along, I realized the problem was not on my particular board but on every board I could find with the 686b. So what I did was to stick my neck out, being a new employee at VIA at that stage. I posted in the VIA Hardware forums to ask everyone who had similar problems to post their system configurations so that engineers at VIA and Creative could properly analyze the root cause. With over 400 posts, it was an unbelievable response from the web hardware community. I set about putting all the information together for our engineers to develop a fix.
Interested in what's under the Hood of the new Athlon XP? Check out how the AMD Athlon XP processor performs against the competition! Ready for rapid execution of applications? Learn how the AMD Athlon XP processor with QuantiSpeed architecture can provide you with a "quantum leap" in application performance. Read the Andersen Benchmark Audit to learn more about AMD's benchmarks procedures. Find out how you can win an AMD Athlon XP processor. Coming soon to a city near you.
Baybuses and Fanbuses are great...for fan control. But when you're an overclocking power-user, you might want something a bit more robust. Something that can not only control fans, but can monitor RPM, temperatures and system voltages.
Logitech today announced a new step forward in mouse optics, with the inception of their MouseMan Dual Optical.