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1080 output? The would be great! I could mount a 73" flat screen on the wall of the studio. Of course the wife would start wondering where the TV went ;). -J On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:51 PM, SP Goodman <spgoodman@earthlight.net> wrote: > > From: <mike@michaelplishka.com> > > >> I've had it with trying to find USB interfaces with my Vista laptop >> computer. Gone through four: lexicon, maudio, edirol and presonus (In >order >> from worst to best) and none of them really worked. I'm thinking of >> partioning and installing a different version of windows. What would >this >> esteemed group recommend? > > If your motherboard's USB ports aren't up to the task it won't matter >what > USB interfaces you hook up to them. My last motherboard was a Asus with >USB > ports up the wall, but only two out of six were USB 2.0! Ridiculous, >even > without a music interface attached: cams and mice were either > less-than-responsive or non-functional altogether. I go through a lot of > hardware because of testing and experimenting; this last mobo bit it >because > I was trying to eliminate all the fans on it. Not all Zalman heat sinks > will fit every motherboard! I had a semi-circle-form heat sink from them > that I put on the South Bridge chipset. Unfortunately it was very close >to > my video card (PCIE Geforce 8600 GT, long card), though not touching it >- I > figured that 1/4" was a safe margin, but I didn't count on what happens >when > one bumps the box just enough... Not quite Kaboom, just a loud click and > nothing. Thankfully only the cursed motherboard was ruined. > > So I was saved from having to eventually troubleshoot an >already-troublesome > series of USB ports. How old is your mobo? Model? > > Thanks to our even-more-cursed Sky+ HD box starting to give up the ghost > (damn you Murdoch!), I have had to move forward my plans to create a >quiet, > hopefully fanless small-form PC with feckless HD 1080 output, and a dual > Sky-compatible tuner card. If anyone on-list is interested in the >results > I'll keep 'em in the loop. Off-list of course. > > >> Thanks! >> >> ~peace~ >> >> Plish >> >> www.michaelplishka.com >> www.scribbledmusings.com >> www.myspace.com/michaelplishka >> www.myspace.com/bohdanovich >> >> >> >> >> > > -- --------------------------- (504) 613-0837 Skype: whsp3r Chain Tape Profile: http://tinyurl.com/6ltw9p Twitter Blog: http://www.twitter.com/jefflomas/ Cigar Wishlist: http://tinyurl.com/5u2scv