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Loose Ends

clock March 29, 2009 04:39 by author Master D. Homie

I have noticed I leave final updates out of my blog posts recently. Hopefully this post clears up some of that.

Vehicle Problems: Replaced the spark plugs & wires. – Let this be a lesson to you (and me), don’t drive a car 100,000 miles without replacing the spark plugs! Duh.

eVGA 6200 LE Display Adapter: eVGA replaced the card with the exact same model. I guess they had some in stock… no free upgrade :)

Rats: They went away… then came back. They don’t scratch around under the house anymore, but I know they’re still around cause something is getting into the garage and destroying plastic bags on the floor. Time for traps.

That pretty much wraps it up for now.



You’re Kidding … Right??

clock March 28, 2009 12:46 by author Master D. Homie

Zune is 2½ years old and doesn’t work with Windows Media Player? OMG Why!? The Zune software is terrible! You cannot search for songs by folder. This is what you call “Seamless Computing”, which William Henry Gates III has been talking about forever. Is this an anti-trust “hot spot” or something? I say “This is just dumb”.



GPT Disk??

clock March 22, 2009 23:49 by author Master D. Homie

After adding a hard disk to my computer today, I found out that you can't have more than four MBR disks in your Windows operating system (even x64 versions!) and that MBR partitioned disks have an upper limit of 2 Terabytes! Normal (x86 & x64) Windows operating systems (Pre-Vista SP1) cannot boot from GPT partitions. It is unlikely that the standard version (32-Bit) of Windows XP will ever boot from GPT partitioned disks.

What does this mean? Unless Microsoft fixes/patches this for Windows XP, your boot drive cannot be larger than 2 terabytes. Since this size of hard disk is already in the market, I found it interesting enough to comment on.

Resources Below:

Windows and GPT FAQ

Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI)

Everything you want to know about GPT for Microsoft Windows with Itanium Processors



So here I stay....again

clock March 19, 2009 00:00 by author Master D. Homie
Tonight, I had the bright idea to defrost the mini-fridge at work. I then went to Costco with a friend to pick up a few things (brilliantly obtaining items that need refrigeration). After getting back to the shop, I noticed the slow speed at which the defrosting was occurring and decided to go pick up some ice. I get in the car and start it up... then it dies... hrmph... not good. Try again... nothing. Not a good sign. Disgusted, I walk to the store and obtain four bags of ice for the cooler. I clean the cooler and put all the "stuff" inside the thing and one more time, tried to start the car. Nothing. So here I stay. The "again" portion of the title regards the previous night, where I worked until 4AM and then decided to just sleep here. I'm gonna need a shower soon. I guess it's Bubble Breaker time!


EVGA Update

clock March 6, 2009 19:29 by author Master D. Homie
After returning the 7600GS display adapter for repair, EVGA sent me a replacemnt. The replacement was a 9600GT! All the major vendors now have a lifetime warranty, but it still makes me happy. I just sent them an old AGP 6200 LE card for the same problem. Who knows what I'll get back :)