Kt3ultra2 and geforce cards (my experience)

Well... I thought that I should share this with the rest of you. Especially those having problems making the kt3ultra2 happy with geforce cards. I RMA'd one board, but the new one I got did the same thing. The problem was the 'random reboot' in 3d games. I addressed all issues from heat to power etc.. timing, driving value, driver versions (4in1 and nvidia)... bla blah. Here are my findings:
I could never get a geforce2 ti or mx to work with this board without crashing in bf1942 and in medal of honor. I tried two vendors for the geforce2 cards. Perhaps others will have better luck (I know some have) but I blame incompatibilities on the card maker (not the GPU maker). Mine was an AOpen gf2ti, a friends, a visiontek gf2mx.
A friends geforce4 440mx worked great (chaintech) and so did the geforce4 4200 ti (gainward brand, red board just like kt3ultra2!) that I ended up buying. With both of the geforce4 cards, I used a dram voltage (system ram) of 2.6. I also enabled fast write on my agp bus. I have read elsewhere that dram voltage can go down under load and that bumping it up to 2.6 will privide more tollerance to dropping below the 2.5 requirement (or something to that nature). I found that it DID make the system stable with this gf4 and my two pc2700 dimms.
As of now, my system is stable (finally). One thing I can say for the kt3ultra2 is that it really is agp picky. I don't know if this is common to all kt333 chipsets or not but I can safely say that gf2's just *don't work* with this board in my experience. There are many cases of people with it working though so like I said earlier.. it's probably the array of card makers that are causing this.
Wayne

That's weird. I have a KT3 Ultra2BR mobo, and actually it happily accept any agp card I put on it. I have tried the original geforce2 mx, geforce2 titanium, geforce4 ti 4200, radeon 7000, also the ati rageII, and a few others. All is accepted and work well. I used the gf4ti 4200 most, and I have never had any BSOD/error or any problem at all, although I used a cheapie 300W PSU (the PSU is so awful that my 3.3Volt line dropped to 3.00 volt).

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645 Ultra and Geforce 4200, major problems, please help!!

I have read through this forum and have seen different problems with this mobo and geforce cards, so first here is my set up.
P4 1.6A
645Ultra Rev 1 Bios 1.9
Visiontek 4200 128mb ddr
IBM Hard Disk 7200 rpm
300W Codegen PS
256 Corsair DDR333
Let me put it like this: With just the video card in, and "installing" winxp on a fresh formatted drive. The card/board crashes the install. I had been using a radeon 7500 on my system for awhile with no problems, but wanted more power, so bought geforce 4. Did the clean uninstall of radeon drivers,bla bla, and install the geforce 4. Nothing but problems, randoms hangs, and eventually would not even let me boot past the bios screen. When I boot in safe mode, it crashes my computer. When I put back in the radeon, no problems.
So I reformatted my whole comp, knowing anyway that it was not xp, so I had to use the radeon to reinstall xp since installer crashes with geforece card.(bye the way I tried my older geforce256 SDR, and same problems). I install fresh system, but do not install radeon drivers, turn off comp, put in geforce card on fresh install, again no drivers, and it still crashes my system...random hangs. So I install the drivers from the install CD, forgot which version, and again still crashes. So can anyone help me. This is clearly a mobo card conflict.
Could it be IRQ settings or Powersupply not enough?
Thanks for any help

I would not say it is a PSU problem as you have the same issues with the other cards.
IRQ could be if you have anything plugged in PCI slot 1 and 2.

Nice to see 13" retina but it has only Intel HD Graphics 4000 and does not have NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory card. How it will affect the speed, performance and other things compared to 15" retina where NVIDIA GeForce card is available.

Nice to see 13" retina but it has only Intel HD Graphics 4000 and does not have NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory card. How it will affect the speed, performance and other things compared to 15" retina where NVIDIA GeForce card is available.

The 15" Retina's will have better performance than any 13" Retina. Not only do the 15" machines have dedicated GPU's, but they also have quad-core processors, whereas the 13" Retina's only have dual-core processors.

Looking for how to run both a Quadro 4000 and a geforce card win7 please

hello,
way back when i built the window 7 editing rig i tried to get a quadro 4000 and a geforce 9800 GT (older version) to work together to get 4 displays going
but i had stability issues so i got another quadro and never had a problem
however, reading this recent thread
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1258243?tstart=0
it sounds like users are able to mix quadro 4000 with geforce cards
using the geforce for the cuda processing and the quadro for the output
i still want to run 4 monitors (2 from the quadro 4000 and then 2 from the geforce card (open to suggestions here)
if i can mix cards now i'd like to get a geforce gpu to help out with 4k editing of a feature (probably red scarlet)
and use the quadro for 10bit output
as always positive feedback is appreciated, cheers, j

hello,
no i am still sticking with cs6 for now
and i found where i had read the instructions before
(an answer to one of my own previously asked questions):
Install Quadro Driver full installation via Wizard.
Decompress Geforce Driver latest version but do not run Wizard install.
Manually update Geforce Card driver via Device manager by pointing to Nvidia/Geforce folder
Launch Nvidia Control Panel and set the GPU Acceleration to Geforce card only.
Eric
ADK
i guess this wraps this one up
thanks for taking the time to read
sorry for wasting your time
cheers, j

MSI 865PE MB and Geforce 2 vid cards

Hi!
I'm building a new system and using the MSI 865PE Neo2-LS motherboard. To save money, I was going to temporarily use my old Asus V7700 Geforce 2 GTS card in it. This card says it is 4x/2x AGP, but the 865PE says it will only work with an 8x/4x and a card that uses 1.5 volts.
I can't find any information about the power requirements for the Geforce 2. Additionally the card seems on the edge of compatibility with its 4x/2x rating.
Any advice as to whether it's safe to use it or not?
Thanks!
Al

if the VGA output is to your right and the AGP BUS is towards you then the pin is the 2'nd one on the right side.
Note that the pins are set in two levels in an interleaved fashion, the 1'st is lower and the one you need is on the higher level.
In AGP X2 cards the pin might be compleatly missing, so if the pin isn't there don't use the card.
http://www.hardtecs4u.com/reviews/2001/agp4x_e/index3.php

Msi kt4v and tv-cards, a no-go ?

Hello ,
I just wanted to share my experience with this board and tv-cards . It seems not one tv card seems to work as it should on this board !??!
This is the conclusion i must come too after having tested several cards off different manufacturers.
radio on these cards does work without a flaw , but whenever tv function is used , screen output is garbled, just impossible to watch.
I wonder where the problem lies :
having had those cards in an kt7a (kt133a chipset) from abit without a problem and also on an msi intel bx mobo without probs,
i can only conclude its the freaking mobo witch does something wrong, might it be the VIA kt400 ???
it is not os related since all pc have same os = Win XP.
APIC doesnt make a difference and it shouldn't as apic is a part of pci 2.1 standard (so is acpi). after trying every possible permutation of pci card / slot configuration nothing helps.
Can someone research this further ?
whenever cpu usage goes up to full i even had some more garbled pics where something was vissible : this is very strange, de cpu seems to send out high frequencies that mess up the system somewhere.
sys specs :
MSI KT4V version 1
bios 1.8
XP 2500+
512Meg 333 DDR 1 stick
enermax 460Watt PSU (430 true watts)
GeForce 3 Ti200 hercules
SB audigy
RTL 8139 nic (el cheapo)
2 * seagate barracuda IV 40 gig
cdrw plextor
dvd pioneer
tested cards : hauppauge wintv series and aver tvphone series
greetings

hi maesus,
all those options have already been tried and nothing really does any affect accept when i ennabled cpu halt detection: it got even worse, i never used that option to start with
changing pci latency did nothing and i keep it at lowest possible therefore.
delay transaction enabled did nothing and i keep it dissabled since i have no problem with the audigy installed, the sound is perfect. also tried combinations of these settings.
i also can't seem to get 256Meg AGP aperture size to be recognized when set in bios to 256 all possible programs return a size of 128 ?
i also tried diferent winxp kernels : acpi uniproccesor (with apic) , advanced configuratio..... kernel, standard pc kernel. no differences whatsoever. everything works as it should witch is in fact great , except the darned tv-cards, that is to say, their picture is messed up.
i wish i could try it on an nforce2 board
greetings

The Crew –Racing with Your Coolest MSI Gaming Motherboard and Graphics Card

Most gaming fans are crazy about racing games, and there is a new game title just launched to fulfill gamers’ dream. We want to share with you the experience from Taiwan user who assembles a rig with a brand new MSI Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard and 960 graphics card, along with a hardware and game (The Crew) benchmarks. You may find the original article from:
https://forum-tc.msi.com/index.php?topic=113352.0
The Crew - Launch Trailer
PC configuration:
CPU: Intel i5-4670K
RAM: Avexir DDR3-1600 8G*2
VGA: MSI GTX960 GAMING 2G
SSD: Kingston HyberX 3K SSD 240G
CPU Cooler: SilverStone AR01
The MSI Z97 Gaming 5 motherboard box
Overview of the motherboard: Black and Red color scheme, it’s also the favorite color combination from MSI’s user reservation.
The PCI-E slots and bandwidth are enough for a two-way SLI setting.
Killer Ethernet, outstanding performance on internet access, especially reduce the lag issue.
The new arrival MSI GTX960 GAMING 2G graphics card
New cooling design: ZeroFrozr
The dragon symbol on LED panel
With MSI Gaming series motherboard plus graphics card, you can enable a Gaming App to overclock CPU and GPU. There are 3 modes to choose.
6-month free trail of the XSplit game caster software, free bundled with MSI gaming motherboard and graphics card
Done with assembling, quiet nice color combination and clean cable arrangement.
An overview of the very gaming look system.
Some benchmark results before racing with The Crew.
CPU and GPU info on CPU-Z and GPU-Z applications:
3DMark Fire Strike score: 6441
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme score: 3384
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra score:1262
The excel performance proof the brand new 960 graphics card comes with good a high Cost/Performance Value.
Now, check out this test benchmark score of the renowned game “The Crew”.
The game presents an ultra-quality display, 60 Frames Per Second (FPS)
FPS: Average frames is at:
Frames: 3859 - Time: 76828ms - Avg: 50.229 - Min: 43 - Max: 56
The comments of the game for your reference:
There are many types of missions that can be chosen from the America’s map.
Street racing, high-speed collision, breakaway from police, sky jumps, zigzagging, etc… make the game quite dynamic.
Now, when it comes to multi-player matches, the performance has exceeded expectations. Perhaps, it is the killer Ethernet that’s working the magic. Thus, this game is highly recommended if you have the right rig.
The downside is that the display intricacy is not as refined as GTA V and in addition, the game FPS is limited at 60 FPS. However, the overall gaming flow and performance is better than good.
The user's comment for using MSI Gaming 5 motherboard and 960 graphics card:
(The following commends are translated from user’s article, does not represent the viewpoint of MSI) ^^
Recently, MSI GTX 960 just launched so the initial price tag is still adjustable.
According to the current product line, it seems like this GPU is going to replace 750Ti. So once all the stocks (750Ti) at the store empties, we are most likely to see a price drop on GTX960.
Once the price hits the sweet spot, it’s time to try out GTX960 SLI’s performance.
The CP value on MSI GTX960 and GAMING 5 MB is pretty high. But the XSplit software that comes with the product is a bit annoying since the authentication steps are divided into 2 parts to go through for using it.
Enough said, anyways, GAME ON!

NVIDIA 960 card + GAMING 5 motherboard = best bundle for budget gaming!
it would be nice to see more testing of hardware-demanding games!

PSU and Video card upgrade for HP e9280t

Hello, I wanted to upgrade my PSU and video card. The PSU I would like to get is the SeaSonic S12II 620 Bronze 620W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096&Tpk=17-151-096) but I wasn't sure if my computer could handle and hold the PSU. The video card I would like to get is the EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604) but im not sure if my computer can handle this too. I have a HP Pavilion Elite e9280t CTO Desktop PC (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=4066665) can someone please tell me if I can upgrade to the PSU and Video card?

Stuart, welcome to the forum.
The truth is, any video card that will run properly with the 300W PSU in the computer, will not be much better than the integrated video. Most newer mid-level cards require a PSU with a minimum of 400W watts. I have searched for other members many times without any luck. If you want to upgrade the PSU, it will give you far more options.
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IPhone 4 and AT&T shopping experience

My iPhone 4 and AT&T shopping experience
Some of you will most likely think I am crazy but I was up on Monday night thinking about purchasing my new iPhone 4. Sometimes I get excited over the little things in life but I really enjoy my iPhone. I was scrolling all the news sites, reading all the articles about the new iPhone 4 and iOS 4. I ended up going to bed sometime around 2:00 a.m.
Tuesday started off with a text from my boss who is also a iPhone fan. He was telling me at 7:30 a.m. that he had completed his iPhone purchase and that the AT&T system was very slow. He also told me that he decided to have the phone shipped to his house. At this point I am mad because my boss ordered his iPhone before me. I knew I should have gone over the night before and disconnected his internet.
I started my iPhone purchasing adventure around 9:00 a.m. only to find out that AT&T was down. I tried the Apple website and was shot down. I am not sure the exact time but about 1 ½ hours later AT&T was up and running again. I was getting excited again. I logged in and selected my new iPhone and was proceeding to check out when I got an error message. AT&T website was telling me I couldn’t ship my new iPhone to a PO Box and that I needed to update my address before I could proceed with my order. After thing for a long time about what to do next. I decided that going down to the AT&T store was my best choice.
That drive as fast. The local AT&T store is not too far away. I walk in the door and was greeting by a young lady that put my name on the list. To my surprise I only waited about 10 minutes to see someone. I told the man that I was here to purchase two iPhone 4 today. One for me and one for a friend. I was surprising my friend with a new iPhone. The Man told me he would need to do the purchases separately. About 20 minutes later I walked out the door with two receipts for my two new iPhones. I was very excited. This was the first time I saved up the money and was able to pre-order my iPhone. I had planned for the last 4 months and I was going to be like all the other crazy people out there.
I called all my iPhone friends and asked them if they got there order in. I even encouraged a few to get the new iPhone explaining to them how awesome the new camera feature was. For me, I was buying the iPhone for the camera. It is amazing how may picture and videos I take now. All of them on my iPhone. The new camera will be awesome.
Fathers day was the day. This will be one of those fathers day I wont forget for a long time. I was at home, the kids were swimming and I was checking my email. I got 2 emails from AT&T. Both told me that my orders were canceled and I needed to contact AT&T for further assistance. At this point I almost fell out of my chair. After composing myself, I proceeded to call AT&T in hopes that I could get this issue resolved. I was on the phone for a very long time. The Lady I spoke to told me that there was nothing she could do. She told me my order was canceled because I used a DEBIT card to do my preorder. I was very frustrated at this point because no one told me I couldn’t use a DEBIT card. She called the store and and the store wasn’t very helpful. The store told her that everyone was told they required a Standard Credit Card for all preorders. You know, the ones that charge you interest and that you can never seem to pay off. Besides that fact that I don’t have any Credit cards, because I was a good by and got rid of them all 15 years ago. I used the only cards I have and own, my DEBIT card. I have a two checking accounts and I put my iPhone money in the second account so that the money would be there for the entire process. My phone call was over and I was told to take up the issue with the store manager. She told me there was nothing she could do for me. Very frustrated at this point. I asked to speak to a supervisor. A few minutes later I was transfer to a supervisor, I explained my issue and he told me there was nothing he could do.
At this point my fathers day was ruined and my iPhone 4 dreams were over. The only thing I could do was start the entire process over or call the store manager on Monday.
On Monday afternoon I called the local AT&T store (Turlock, CA). I asked to speak to the store manager (Mathew). I told him my story and he proceeded to look up my order. He again, reassured me that he was telling all his employees every ten minutes that they are not taking DEBIT cards. After explaining to him that his efforts seemed to have failed because I was able to purchase not one but two iPhones using my DEBIT card. I also explained to him that the failure in the process was his store. His store was the reason my order was canceled and I needed him to do something about it. The more I talked to him the more I felt he didn’t care about my issues. He was coming a crossed as very cold and had no solutions for me. The more I prodded him the less and less he cared. Finally, he told me he would make a few phone calls and would see what he could do for me. He told me he would call me back on Wednesday.
At this point, I think I will FRAME my two receipts and hang them on the wall so I can be reminded everyday how AT&T don’t care about its customers. I will also print my two cancelation letters and include them in the frame. It is sad how the large corporations don’t seem to care anymore about the individual. They only seems to are about the 600,000 iPhones that were sold that day.
At this point I am very sad and upset. It is amazing how I planned for the last Four months to purchase my phone on preorder day so that I could be like all the other crazy iPhone fans out there and get my new phone on the first day. I am starting to realized that there is not going to be an iPhone for me on Thursday.
Today is Wednesday and I am dreaming that the local AT&T (Turlock, CA) manager will give me a call with good news. I was hoping he would tell me that he was going to set a phone aside for me because of the horrible experience I have had so far. Most of the day has come and gone. So I picked up the phone about 2:00 pm and call the AT&T store, I asked to speak to Mathew. He proceeded to tell me that there was nothing he could do for me. Again, I was getting the feeling that he really didn’t care about my issues and concerns. I have hit a brick wall and my day was going down hill. I am surprised how my emotions were getting the best of me. I was surprised how not getting my iPhone would affect me. Come on, this is only a phone.
My day just got worse. My two friends just sent me a test message saying they just got there iPhones in the mail. Come on, it is only Wednesday and they already have them. Now they are sending me all sorts of messages about how cool the new iPhone is and how excellent the new camera works. Bah humbug, I didn’t respond to any of them. I was so completely upset at this point. Again, I was amazed as to how much this whole ordeal has upset me.
One last try, I called the AT&T customer service. The lady was very nice to me and told me that she would help me but I know it wasn’t going to end well. In the end on Wednesday afternoon, I was shot down again. I decided it was time to move on or find something else to do. So I went to the movies and watched “The Karate Kid”. After the movie was over, I went home and went to bed. I think I ended sleeping for 12 hours before I got up on Thursday for work. Sometime during my evening, I figured I would try to plan another order for a new iPhone. Even though I am ****** at AT&T, I still want an iPhone. To my amazement, they wont let me, they are experience technically difficulties.
Thursday morning. Today is the big iPhone launch. Normally every morning I turn the TV on and watch the news in the morning while I get ready for work. Today, no TV. I didn’t want to hear about all the new iPhone excitement. I am having a very bitter day.
I am having a very bitter day but I love Apple products. After getting to work, I took a few minutes to try and preorder my phone again. And again, AT&T was broken. When started this process on June 15. I had huge hopes and expectations to get my new iPhone on June 24. Today is the 24 and I will be very luck if I can get my new iPhone by July 15. I am not sure when or if I will bother to purchase a new iPhone. I am not sure if I even care anymore.
I am still ****** and will be ****** for a long time to come. AT&T has shown its true side again. I am only one person and AT&T has millions of customers. Sometime you need to remember the small people out there.

update...
I am not one to give up. So I called AT&T today. Now they are telling me they canceled my order because they were unable to fulfill my order. Basically, AT&T told me they sold out so they canceled my order so I can proceed to reorder again. It took them 4 days to realize this. I will be lucky if I get a new phone by Christmas. I am sure they will find a way to cancel my order again.
Again, I argued, how is this my fault. I placed my order at the store around 11 a.m. Pacific time. My friend ordered his phone online sometime after me. He got his but my order was canceled. AT&T tried to explain to me that they sold over 600,000 phones, almost 500 per minute during there peak. Again, I asked, how this was my fault.
I can understand over selling the phone. It is a great product. There is no reason to cancel my order. You adjust my order and tell me you will let me know when my phone will be in. I would have been mad that my phone was going to be late but I would have survived. At least I would be getting one.
At this point, I have no order and AT&T or Apple website will allow me to order one. I just want to get in the QUEUE for one.
Frustrated.

Want to add Video and Graphic Card to my computer system

I Notice that one of the users' in the Apple discussion Board is Listed, (AndyO) he has help me many times in the Past and was succesful in my problrm solution, would he might be able to help me with this?
I had Purchased the Game Spore Creature Creator the Starter Kit which is just the Creature creator game and not the actual game itself. I wasn't able to install the the game on my computer because I don't have the right or not at all Video and Graphic Card install on my computer. I had Contacted the Company "EA" that puts out the Game Spore, this is what they said what the game requirements are: The minimum system requirements for Spore and Spore the Galactic Edition for Mac are as follows:
* Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
* Intel Core Duo Processor
* 1024 MB RAM
* At least 345 MB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for created creatures. (260 MB for the Trial Edition)
* Video Card - ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac).
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least: an Intel Integrated Chipset GMA X3100 or Dual 2.0GHz CPUs, or 1.7GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
Supported Video Cards
ATI Radeon(TM) series
* X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600
NVIDIA GeForce series
* 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800
Intel(R) Extreme Graphics
* GMA X3100
and that I need to upgrade my system. Basically I need; ATI Radeon 1600 or NVIDIA Geforce 7300 and a INTEL Extreme Graphic Video Card-GMA X3100, in order to be able to install and play this game. Since I already have this game, I would like to be able to upgrade my computer system which brings me to ask; does somone know or refer me to a web site that has and sells these Video and Graphic Card and supports for the Mini Mac?
Plus they say that I need a 1020 of MB of Ram, I Have already found that 1024 MB of Ram but I just need those Video and Graphic Cards for my computer system. I am adding my computer system Profile to my discussion board to show you what I have on my system, would you be able to tell me if I would be able to add these Video and Graphic card and the memory or Ram 1024 to my computer system?
Note: Here is a web site that I am looking at to add the 1024 MB of Ram to my computer system:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=24188 41&CatId=2453
what do you think?
Here is part a copy info of my computer system Profile:
Trisha Foster’s Mac mini
10/10/08 5:39 PM
Hardware:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MM21.009A.B00
SMC Version: 1.19f2
Serial Number: YM8073Q**
Network:
AirPort:
Type: AirPort
Hardware: AirPort
BSD Device Name: en1
IPv4 Addresses: 169.254.247.182
IPv4:
Addresses: 169.254.247.182
Configuration Method: DHCP
Interface Name: en1
Subnet Masks: 255.255.0.0
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Ethernet:
MAC Address: 00:1f:5b:3e:ce:93
Media Options:
Media Subtype: Auto Select
Bluetooth:
Type: PPP (PPPSerial)
Hardware: Modem
BSD Device Name: Bluetooth-Modem
IPv4:
Configuration Method: PPP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Ethernet:
Type: Ethernet
Hardware: Ethernet
BSD Device Name: en0
IPv4 Addresses: 192.168.1.102
IPv4:
Addresses: 192.168.1.102
Configuration Method: DHCP
Interface Name: en0
NetworkSignature: IPv4.Router=192.168.1.1;IPv4.RouterHardwareAddress=00:21:29:c3:12:ae
Router: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Masks: 255.255.255.0
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
DNS:
Domain Name: cruzio.com
Server Addresses: 74.220.64.45, 74.220.64.55
DHCP Server Responses:
Domain Name: cruzio.com
Domain Name Servers: 74.220.64.45,74.220.64.55
Lease Duration (seconds): 0
DHCP Message Type: 0x05
Routers: 192.168.1.1
Server Identifier: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Ethernet:
MAC Address: 00:16:cb:af:11:7f
Media Options: Full Duplex, flow-control
Media Subtype: 100baseTX
FireWire:
Type: FireWire
Hardware: FireWire
BSD Device Name: fw0
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
Ethernet:
MAC Address: 00:1f:5b:ff:fe:17:17:2a
Media Options: Full Duplex
Media Subtype: Auto Select
Software:
System Software Overview:
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33)
Kernel Version: Darwin 9.5.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name: Trisha Foster’s Mac mini
User Name: Trisha Foster (tiger)
Time since boot: 59 minutes
ATA:
ATA Bus:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K06:
Capacity: 423.4 MB
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K06
Revision: Q614
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk2
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: Yes
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: Unknown
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
SPORE:
Capacity: 368.7 MB
Media Type: CD-ROM
Writable: No
File System: ISO Rockridge
BSD Name: disk2s0
Mount Point: /Volumes/SPORE
Audio (Built In):
Intel High Definition Audio:
Device ID: 0x83847680
Audio ID: 8
Available Devices:
Headphone:
Connection: Combo
Speaker:
Connection: Internal
Line In:
Connection: Combo
S/P-DIF Out:
Connection: Combo
S/P-DIF In:
Connection: Combo
Bluetooth:
Apple Bluetooth Software Version: 2.1.0f17
Hardware Settings:
Trisha Foster’s Mac mini:
Address: 00-1f-5b-72-12-aa
Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio
Firmware Version: 3.1965 (3.1965)
Bluetooth Power: On
Discoverable: Yes
HCI Version: 3 ($3)
HCI Revision: 1965 ($7ad)
LMP Version: 3 ($3)
LMP Subversion: 1965 ($7ad)
Device Type (Major): Computer
Device Type (Complete): Macintosh Desktop
Composite Class Of Device: 3154180 ($302104)
Device Class (Major): 1 ($1)
Device Class (Minor): 1 ($1)
Service Class: 385 ($181)
Requires Authentication: No
Services:
Bluetooth File Transfer:
Folder other devices can browse: ~/Public
Requires Authentication: Yes
State: Enabled
Bluetooth File Exchange:
Folder for accepted items: ~/Downloads
Requires Authentication: No
When other items are accepted: Ask
When PIM items are accepted: Ask
When receiving items: Prompt for each file
State: Enabled
Incoming Serial Ports:
Serial Port 1:
Name: Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
RFCOMM Channel: 3
Requires Authentication: No
Outgoing Serial Ports:
Serial Port 1:
Address:
Name: Bluetooth-Modem
RFCOMM Channel: 0
Requires Authentication: No
Diagnostics:
Power On Self-Test:
Last Run: 10/10/08 4:41 PM
Result: Passed
Disc Burning:
TEAC CD-W540E:
Firmware Revision: 1.0F
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Supported Drive)
Cache: 8192 KB
Reads DVD: No
CD-Write: -R, -RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K06:
Firmware Revision: Q614
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Type: CD-ROM
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No
FireWire:
FireWire Bus:
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
OXFORD IDE Device LUN 0:
Manufacturer: Oxford Semiconductor Ltd.
Model: 0x42A258
GUID: 0x1D200500648AF
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
OXFORD IDE Device LUN 0 Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x444133
Product Revision Level: 1.0F
Sub-units:
OXFORD IDE Device LUN 0 SBP-LUN:
Graphics/Displays:
Intel GMA 950:
Chipset Model: GMA 950
Type: Display
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 64 MB of shared system memory
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x27a2
Revision ID: 0x0003
Displays:
L1916HW:
Resolution: 1280 x 800 @ 60 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Memory:
BANK 0/DIMM0:
Size: 512 MB
Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0xAD00000000000000
Part Number: 0x48594D503536345336344350362D59352020
Serial Number: 0x0000**
BANK 1/DIMM1:
Size: 512 MB
Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0xAD00000000000000
Part Number: 0x48594D503536345336344350362D59352020
Serial Number: 0x00001*
Power:
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Sleep On Power Button: Yes
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On LAN: Yes
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed: No
Printers:
Canon MP830:
Status: Idle
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 4.8.3
Default: Yes
URI: usb://Canon/MP830?serial=19702D
PPD: Canon MP830
PPD File Version: 1.0
PostScript Version: (3011.104) 0
Serial-ATA:
Intel ICH7-M AHCI:
Vendor: Intel
Product: ICH7-M AHCI
Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00:
Capacity: 111.79 GB
Model: Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00
Revision: SBDAC7MP
Serial Number: SB2EF9L7G3**
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 111.47 GB
Available: 63.14 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
USB:
USB High-Speed Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x27cc
PCI Revision ID: 0x0002
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0xfd
Keyboard Hub:
Version: 94.15
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple, Inc.
Product ID: 0x1006
Serial Number: 000000000000
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
USB RECEIVER:
Version: 25.10
Bus Power (mA): 100
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Logitech
Product ID: 0xc50e
Vendor ID: 0x046d
Apple Keyboard:
Version: 0.69
Bus Power (mA): 100
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple, Inc
Product ID: 0x0220
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
iPod:
Version: 0.01
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Product ID: 0x1291
Serial Number: aa1186ca1738fd28eef1eeb1b22754********
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
USB2.0 Hub:
Version: 7.02
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Product ID: 0x0606
Vendor ID: 0x05e3
USB 2.0 3.5" DEVICE:
Capacity: 153.39 GB
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
Version: 0.01
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Macpower Technology Co.LTD.
Mac OS 9 Drivers: Yes
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
Product ID: 0x0073
Serial Number: BC0*
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Vendor ID: 0x0dc4
Volumes:
miniStack:
Capacity: 153.26 GB
Available: 42.96 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s10
Mount Point: /Volumes/miniStack
MP830:
Version: 1.15
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Canon
Product ID: 0x1713
Serial Number: 197*
Vendor ID: 0x04a9
USB Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x27c8
PCI Revision ID: 0x0002
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0x1d
USB Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x27c9
PCI Revision ID: 0x0002
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0x3d
USB Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x27ca
PCI Revision ID: 0x0002
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0x5d
USB Bus:
Host Controller Location: Built In USB
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCI
PCI Device ID: 0x27cb
PCI Revision ID: 0x0002
PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
Bus Number: 0x7d
Bluetooth USB Host Controller:
Version: 19.65
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple, Inc.
Product ID: 0x8205
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
IR Receiver:
Version: 1.10
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Computer, Inc.
Product ID: 0x8240
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
AirPort Card:
AirPort Card Information:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x86)
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: 1.4.4
Current Wireless Network: Trisha's iPod
Wireless Channel: 11
Firewall:
Firewall Settings:
Mode: Allow all incoming connections
Locations:
Automatic:
Active Location: Yes
Services:
AirPort:
Type: IEEE80211
BSD Device Name: en1
Hardware (MAC) Address: 00:1f:5b:3e:ce:93
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
AppleTalk:
Configuration Method: Node
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
IEEE80211:
Join Mode: Automatic
JoinModeFallback: Prompt
PowerEnabled: 1
PreferredNetworks:
SecurityType: Open
SSID_STR: Apple Store
Unique Network ID: 4BCBEE2D-83B9-4CC1-B110-8D0E8E5DF49C
SecurityType: Open
SSID_STR: linksys
Unique Network ID: F2551FD6-95A7-4F98-9F7F-758A89DBD931
Bluetooth:
Type: PPP
IPv4:
Configuration Method: PPP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
PPP:
ACSP Enabled: No
Display Terminal Window: No
Redial Count: 1
Redial Enabled: Yes
Redial Interval: 5
Use Terminal Script: No
Dial On Demand: No
Disconnect On Fast User Switch: Yes
Disconnect On Idle: Yes
Disconnect On Idle Time: 600
Disconnect On Logout: Yes
Disconnect On Sleep: Yes
Idle Reminder: No
Idle Reminder Time: 1800
IPCP Compression VJ: Yes
LCP Echo Enabled: No
LCP Echo Failure: 4
LCP Echo Interval: 10
Log File: /var/log/ppp.log
Verbose Logging: No
Ethernet:
Type: Ethernet
BSD Device Name: en0
Hardware (MAC) Address: 00:16:cb:af:11:7f
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
AppleTalk:
Configuration Method: Node
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
FTP Passive Mode: Yes
FireWire:
Type: FireWire
BSD Device Name: fw0
Hardware (MAC) Address: 00:1f:5b:ff:fe:17:17:2a
IPv4:
Configuration Method: DHCP
IPv6:
Configuration Method: Automatic
Proxies:
Exceptions List: *.local, 169.254/16
Can someone Please help me with any suggestions or otherwisde I will have to go to a Apple store and ask for help there.
Thank You,
Trisha Foster
<Edited by Moderator>

Hi Trisha,
The only modern Mac's with video cards are the Mac Pro and Xserve (server) systems. They both are priced quite a bit higher than any Mac Mini.
Some systems, like the Mac Book Pro laptop can be ordered with different graphics cards, but that has be done when the system is built, as it is not replaceable once the system is built. To find out which systems, go to store.apple.com. For each system that you select, you can see if there's an option for a better video card.
David

Xorg with Both Radeon and Nouveau Cards

I seem to be having a problem getting my two cards to play nice with each other. They will both work by themselves and are detected properly. I seem to have a mistake in my configuration file when configuring the second screen. I did start with the example from the Xorg wiki page. If someone could please take a look at my Xorg.conf file and spot my error, I would appreciate it.
I am using the OSS drivers first, but would like to use the proprietary nVidia driver once I get this working, but one step at a time.
Video Card Information:
$ lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GTS] (rev a1)
Errors after running "init 5" with the ATI card first (full xorg.conf & Xorg.0.log):
# cat Xorg.0.log | grep EE
[ 1133.326] Current Operating System: Linux atw-01 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 22:12:11 CEST 2010 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 1133.337] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 1133.350] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 1133.867] (EE) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
Errors after running "init 5" with the nVidia card first (full xorg.conf & Xorg.0.log):
# cat Xorg.0.log | grep EE
[ 2307.780] Current Operating System: Linux atw-01 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 22:12:11 CEST 2010 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 2307.791] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 2307.803] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 2308.587] (EE) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
When I look at the log file, it seems to load both cards OK, but then it always unloads the second one after the "(EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section." entry.

So it seems that nouveau only supports dual head using Randr (source). I removed the "Screen x" lines from 10-monitor.conf and both cards fired up at once. So, it looks like I will need to try this using the driver from Nvidia.
What's interesting is that I cannot have the proprietary Nvidia driver with xf86-video-ati, even though it is shown here. Am I missing something here or is that wiki section in error?
I will try using an alternate ATI driver tomorrow.
$ sudo pacman -S xf86-video-ati
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: libgl and nvidia-utils are in conflict. Remove nvidia-utils? [y/N]

Is GeForce 2 MX the same as nVidia GeForce card?

Hi... I want to play a game on my eMac and was wondering if GeForce 2 MX is the same as nVidia GeForce card. Please help!

My Apple eMac wrote:
The game is called Star Wars Battlefront 1. I have a 10.4.10 version OS X. I have a 700 MHzz PowerPC. 512 MB SDRAM.
Unfortunately your eMac does not meet the system requirements, it requires at least a GeForce4 MX (You have a GeForce2 MX) and a 1Ghz G4 (You only have 700Mhz)

FIOS And TIVO Series # and Cable Cards

I recently lost one tuner on my series 3 TIVO HD. Asked for re-activation and eventually a new cable card to restore the lost tuner. After the second visit I had nothing on either tuner. Techs claim they have never been trained on cable cards, inventory is not controlled so they know good ones from bad ones, there is no way to test a cable card in their shops. After and extended discussion and a visit by two senior techs and a supervisor I got back a few channels on one tuner. I get only locals up to channel 50, USA. I get the locals in both SD and HD so I know the tuner is working.
I went to the Tivo Community Bulletin Board to see if anyone else had this problem. I found that on December 4, 2009 in Western New York TIVO owners with cable cards lost all channels above 50. This was resolved in about one week and was clearly a back office problem with FIOS software used to authorize the cards. I thought I could go to the national FIOS support center and get my problem fixed in the same way since this appears to be an identical problem. NO SURPRISE.
Verizon national FIOS technical support refused to investigate the problem or solution with Western New York. The one and only thing the tesch would do was to order another truck roll without any attempt to contact their center in New York. At one point he said he did not have the telephone number and could not look it up (Verizon is one of the largest phone companies in the country and they have no way to find an internal number in the same FIOS support organization??
I have a lot of respect for the techs who try to solve problems (not this one) and I expect this will be resolved once I speak to a supervisor, but why doesn't Verizon provide adequate support and training to their techs on TIVO and cable cards. I suppose they just want to continue to push their own HD STB by making it so hard to use anything else that you eventually just give up.
In my humble opinion Verizon, along with the other cable providers so abuse the process of installing third party equipment that they should be prohibited form selling or renting equipment. They should provide only the service and equipment, as was the case with ATT, should be divorced from service. That process revolutionized phone service and it could do the same for television service.

well without a lot of reports from other customers in your area, they are going by the assumption that it is not an outage, and that there is no sizeable amount of customers experiencing the same issue, so they are treating it as an individual case basis.   You're right the Tech's don't have a lot of training on tivo's because they aren't supported items. They rely on tivo technical support to support their own product.   The cable cards are a simple thing to verizon. make sure they are activated - possibly send you a new one if their is suspicion that the cable card is bad, and 'possibly' a field tech. field tech's aren't a whole lot of good as you have come to experience, because they are not tivo technicians. they are fios technicians and they support their own product.
I would reach out to the tivo bulletin boards and post your issue there, and see if there is a consensus as to what the problem is, maybe one of them have had a similiar issue. Please remember that absent any other reports in your area, that verizon can't consider it a back end thing, if it were it would naturally affect multiple tivo customers in an identical fashion.
Is it possible it's the tivo box itself? tivo's go bad just like any other piece of hardware.
Also keep an eye on this forum post of yours, there are others here with tivo's that have a good deal of experience, and may have ran into the problem themselves,   they may be coming along and reading the posts soon I would hope.
another great resource is the dslreports.com forum for issues like this.
give them a shot too. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/vzfiostv
sorry about all your trouble, but for the record, if your cards only get channels upto 50 it sounds like a reactivation of those cable cards would correct it.    I can imagine that if you have talked to a supervisor and a few technicians that they would have tried that, but if you are unsure that they did, I would call back in to tech support again and ask them if they can deactivate and reactivate the cards.      normally when a verizon dvr gets 1-50, it is that same issue.   if they haven't replaced the cable cards, I would pursue that, if the reactivations don't help.

Quadro 5000 and Geforce

hi everyone, I'm basicly using maya, nuke and sometimes adobe programs. my pc is 3 years old second gen i7, it's still good but I'm about to get a heavy project and it's time to get a new one for me.
1- I need to learn if I can use geforce and quadro (sli or separate) cards on my desktop pc.
drivers and programs will run okay?
2- I'm about to get 3770k cpu and quadro 5000, but I can't decide what is best motherboard to use on this rig.
regards,

Here's how GPU performance can slow down on an LGA 1155 platform: The CPU itself has only 16 available PCI-e lanes. Normally, all 16 of those lanes are fed to the GPU that's sitting in the primary PCI-e x16 slot. But on most LGA 1155 motherboards, if you add a second GPU, then the bandwidth of the primary PCI-e x16 slot will drop to only x8 bandwidth because the secondary PCI-e x16 slot would then steal eight of those PCI-e lanes from the primary x16 slot. (There are a few LGA 1155 motherboards that maintain x16 bandwidth in the primary x16 slot even with a second GPU installed - but that is because the "secondary" x16-length slot is actually only an x4 slot, run off of the P67/Z68/Z77 PCH in PCI-e 2.0 x4 mode, instead of directly off of the CPU.) (By the way, LGA 1155 CPUs have 20 total PCI-e lanes - but four of those are actually fed to the P67/Z68/Z77 PCH, making only 16 lanes available for GPUs.)
And we've been advising against the Quadro 5000 because it is now two generations old, and as such outdated. In fact, it dates all the way back to 2010 when the first-generation hexacore i7, the i7-980X, was brand new (Sandy Bridge was not yet on the market back then). As a GPU, it is no faster than an old GeForce GTX 465 that it's based on because although both GPUs have 352 CUDA cores, the Quadro 5000's low actual clock speed of 513MHz (compared to the 607 MHz of the GTX 465) completely offsets the Quadro 5000's higher memory bandwidth of 120 GB/s (versus 102.6 GB/s on the GTX 465). Yet it still costs more than $1,500 new, even today. That's extremely severely overpriced for a GPU that's only going to be used in a secondary capacity, with the GPU going almost completely unutilized most of the time.
Finally, there is the issue of driver compatibility: GeForce drivers generally do not work with Quadros, nor do Quadro drivers work with GeForces. And there is a good chance that the two drivers will conflict with one another, seriously affecting stability and performance. That is more likely to occur if the GeForce and Quadro cards are of two completely different GPU generations (for example, that Quadro 5000 that you're considering may clash with the GeForce 600-series GPU that's being used as primary). So, to minimize the risk of such conflicts, only consider a K-series Quadro if you need 10-bit output for a system that normally uses a GeForce GTX 600-series GPU. (This means that as a secondary output GPU for 10-bit monitors, a $400 Quadro K2000 or even a $200 Quadro K600 would suffice as a secondary output card.)
And no, the LGA 2011 platform with its i7-39xx CPU is not a first-generation i7. It is actually considered a second-generation i7 (like the i7-3770K's predecessor, the i7-2600K/2700K).
Message was edited by: RjL190365

USB ports and memory card slots not working

My Pavilion a6120n desktop has worked brilliantly ever since I purchased it. As of last week the 2 usb ports in the front and the 2 unused usb ports in the back have stopped working. My printer is plugged into one rear port and my wireless mouse is plugged into a second rear port and these work fine. I generally use a memory stick for data swapping or the card reader slots (which have also stopped working). I no longer see the memory card icons in the "Computer" window. When installing something new the "New Hardware Found" statement pops up but the driver install always fails. I think it is a software issue but there are no usb drivers to download on the HP/support site that I can find. . . so . . . Below is what I have tried so far.Run antivirus software. Full scan & memory scan - no issuesRun malewarebytes full scan - no issues I have tried restarting several times with no success. Restore to several previous restore points = failedRestarting computer in repair mode = failedRun the repair disk that I had made = failedChecked the power management for each usb port to see if the power was routed properly = okRemoved the case cover and carefully inspected the wiring and connectors.finally I tried uninstalling the usb drivers = failed Upon restarting the computer the last time the startup file must have failed and after several hours of attempting a repair I had to reinstall the Window 7 completely. Still no usb or memory card function. Any help would be appreciated Thanks,MrBob38

Hello , Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More. I have read your post on how the USB ports and memory card slots are not working, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter! Since you mentioned that you have already re-installed Windows 7 on your computer, and the USB ports still do not work, please contact our technical support for further assistance in this matter by clicking the link below to get the support number for your region.
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I hope this helps!
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