New K9A2 platinum board arrived today, some questions before I start..[update]

Hello all,
I got it for the upgradeability from AM2 to AM2+ since I don't have the cash to buy all new components now. I'll get a phenom and new memory in a few weeks.
For now I have an AMD64 X2 5600+ and a pair of corsair ddr2 800 XMS 1GB sticks (2GB total).
Are there any memory gotchas I need to know about before starting, or a particular bios version I should use?
I'd like to not fry anything when I power it up, or end up needing to reinstall old mobo to get to internet and find help.
Should default options pass POST with this setup?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty down with reinstalling my OS's (gentoo and winxp) and have done this a bit when upgrading motherboards (been through 2 in the last few years).
Edit: actually a recompile with Gentoo or repair with windows. I haven't needed to do a full reinstall. Figured I should be a little more concise.
I just want to make sure there's no gotchas specific to MSI K9A2 platinum I should know about which are game breaking unless you tweak some BIOS settings before first POST with older components like the cpu and memory I have.
PSU is single rail 750W SLi certified, case is antec 900.
-Viz

Quote from: Bas on 08-July-08, 20:49:50
DDR1066 isn't much faster then DDR800, however, the Phenom only supports 2 sticks of them, with more the speed drops to DDR800 anyway.
This is a CPU matter, not board or chipset releated, as the memory controller is INSIDE the CPU.
Awesome info man. thx... I knew the AMD64/Opterons have had IMC for a while but didn't know about this limitation with 1066.
-Viz

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LED's on K9A2 Platinum board?! + RAM

Hello There.
I have yet another question about the famous K9A2 Platinum.
On the board, there are some different LED's. An orange stand-by, that turns on, when the system is plugged in.
Then another two LED's turn on, when I start the system: A white one, and a green one (right beneath the RAM slots).
I have looked in the manual, googled and searched this forum.
What in the world, does the white and green LED mean?????
Any Color codes?? Logically I would guess something RAM related, hence their placement. But why LED's when the BIOS
uses beep codes??
Further I get 1 short beep, then 2 short beeps. When I look them up, I find that there is some problem with the memory.
1 short beep = DRAM refresh failure
2 short beep = Memory parity failure
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm
My system is as follows:
RAM: Kingston HyperX 4 x 1GB PC-8500
CPU: AMD Phenom 9850 BE
GPU: ATI Radeon HD3870
HDD: WD Raptor 150 GB
I have switched and tried different modules (of the 4 in the kit), and adjusted in the BIOS. Still the same error.
Maybe the RAM is broken?? I am yet to try third party RAM module, for testing.
My PSU is "only" 400 W, could it be possible, that it is too little??
Thanks in advance!
...Mark

Quote from: xmark21 on 01-May-08, 16:30:34
Well, I have tried to measure how many watts my computer uses.
If I play HL2:ep2 or if I render some projects in MentalRay, I cannot push the computer beyond 350 watts.
Anyway I have orderet a 650W PSU today. Then I should have pleanty of power, also if I someday want to
use crossfire.
Think so? Sorry, you are wrong.
I have seen 650W powersupplies that can only do 17A @ 12V, as your system uses 12V the most, such a PSU 17 x 12 = 204W, so it can not do it.
Forget Watts they mean NOTHING, only look at 12V amps, the more the better.
Also for 350W max use, you need a ~600W powersupply BUT with loads of 12V amps...not something like my example as it will explode.
A decent 650W Powersupply has something like 45A @ 12V (single rail) and then you know you have a good one.

Windows XP install fails on new 975X Platinum board

I recently bought the following components:
MSI 957x Platinum motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo chip
Geforce 6800XT PCI Express card
Antec Case and 450W power supply
Pioneer CD/DVD ROM
Western Digital 250GB SATA drive
Corsair DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) (2 1GB)
The voltages:
+5V 5.09V
+12V 15
Memory Voltage 2.0
FSB & Memory Clock Ratio: 1:1
Current FSB clock: 266x9.0
CPU FSB freq: 266MHz
Mem clock: 533MHz
I have the SATA hard drive on SATA 1 and the CD/DVD drive as master on the secondary IDE port. The system starts and goes in BIOS, and I set the system to boot from CD-ROM first.
I copied the SATA drivers from the CD that came with the MSI board to a floppy.
The system starts the XP SP2 install process, and I hit F6 so it loads the SATA drivers.
It starts loading everything, including the SATA drivers, and it finishes the loading, and says "Starting Windows" but then it always fails with a "A problem has been detected..." error. And it just says:
STOP: 0X0000007B ( 0XF7CAE524, 0XC0000034)
I have tried various configurations in the BIOS relating to IDE and SATA, and I always get this same error.
I also just tried upping the mem voltage to 2.1, but I get the same error.
I have tried the memory, CPU, and video card in another, working computer with XP SP2 and it works fine.
This is my first MSI product.
Any ideas?
Thanks

I was just reading up on AHCI settings on the other post and saw this.
Here is an excerpt from wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHCI
"Enabling AHCI in a system BIOS will spawn a 0x7B BSoD STOP error on installations of Windows XP where AHCI/RAID drivers for that system's chipset are not installed. Switching to AHCI requires installing new drivers before changing BIOS settings. Some later versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 include limited AHCI/SATA support"
Sounds like you need to set your Intel SATA ports to NOT AHCI (Raid if you have a couple of drives or enhanced if you only have one). Also, do NOT load up the SATA drivers from your floppy disk.
The process you described is an attempt to use AHCI for your HDD, which btw some forum gurus
here do not recommend since it does not give any significant advantage:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=104075.0

I have just received my new 160GB ipod... - some questions! Please help.

Hi,
I have just received my new 160GB ipod and have a few questions.
1. I have been using a 3rd generation ipod for the past few years. I have an ipod dock that I got with that, can I use that with a firewire charger to charge the ipod?
2. I do not want a big bulky case for the ipod. I have read that the front of the classic does not scratch very easily as the screen is glass. Can anyone confirm if this is true??
I was going to buy some kind of a shield until i read this... do I need one?
- What about the back of the ipod? How could I go about protecting this? Does anyone know if the Belkin protective overlays for ipod video fit? (Shown here - http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=257250).
I have ordered some ipod socks off amazon (found some very cheap if anyone is interested - shown here http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0007TXTB6/). As I don't want a bulky case, will these protect my ipod enough?
Sorry for all the questions, just that I have got my iPod but don't really want to use it until i've got some scratch protection on it.
Thanks in advance,
Matt

Jake, you can charge with a firewire cable but you won't be able to sync or transfer.
The Classic has a polycarbonate screen. Only the iPhone (Touch?) has a glass one.

Houston, we have a problem.. My new K9A2 Platinum will not install an OS

I purchased a K9A2 Platinum (Version 1) and everything went fine with the hookup and install until I went to install the OS.
Here's the set up:
1) 9600 Phenom
2) 4 GB A-Data DDR2 800 RAM (2 2GB Sticks)
3) Diamond HD3870 Video Card.
4) 260 GB WD Caviar Sata Drive
5) LG 18x DVD
note I also Have a 160 GB PATA WD Caviar as well.. more about the in a minute.
I hooked everything up Sata drive as Sata 1 and DVD as Sata 2,
Checked BIOS to be sure everyone was recognized.
Tried to install Vista 64 bit.
Entered Location, activations etc..
and Install began
1) Copied files
2) Expanded files
3) Updated system
(no errors occured during these steps)
System rebooted and got the message Windows is booting for the first time etc...
Then to the finalizing Installation line, which... well.. never gets final (I've left it on that screen for 3+ hours).. Sometimes it locks up.
I tried installing Windows XP and I get through all of the installation, but when it reboots to WIndows from the DVD.. It can't find the OS..
I installed the PATA drive and tried installing Vista to it with no difference in the results. I suspect I am doing something stupid here (I have done this before.. it's my fifth build and never a problem before). A note that on the PATA if I use the Chip Select jumper (Out of the box settings) Everything's recognized but it sets it up as a slave. IF I set it as a lone master the BIOS recoginizes it, but windows doesn't. If I set it up as a master.. the system doesn't post. I am going to try to install XP on the PATA and see if that works, However I want to run Vista on this beast, so even if it does, well I still need help..
Yes I promise, this is all a cry for help... If anyone has any ideas I'd surely be apreciative.. In fact I'd be so appreciative I'd help you remove an garbage (viruses, spyware etc..) for free (ok I do that for free anyway.. I'm cajuntek everywhere I go on the net.. You can find me in the Security Cleanup forum at dslreports most often.. Thanks again for any help you guys can provide on this.

I don't trust [Auto] Vmem in the BIOS.
First, Cajuntek, I would try beta BIOS 1.33.
You can download it from http://www.magnaroute.com/deliver/
This BIOS has been very stable for me, MSI Tech Support gave it to me to attempt to solve memory stability I have had with 4x dual rank memory modules. It doesn't fix that problem but it does make the system more stable and compatible over the publicly released BIOSes as far as I can tell.
I would also suggest you put in a fixed voltage value in the BIOS for your memory. I use 2.3V because I am overclocking. You can probably use 2.0V or 2.1V. It is possible that the [Auto] setting may be giving your system too little voltage on the memory and that may be causing your lockup.

Some Questions before I buy a Macbook

Hi all,
i have some questions - maybe some of you guys may help me.
here we go.
1. here in germany we have three options.
- Core Duo 1,83 GHz with combo drive, white (1079 Euro)
- Core Duo 2GHz with DVD Burner, white (1279 Euro)
- Core Duo 2GHz with 80GB Harddisk and DVD Burner, black (1479 Euro)
Is it worth to buy the middle option? 200 Euro extra for 0,17Ghz and a DVD Burner - sounds a bit expensive?!
2. Is the performance difference betweeen 1,83 Ghz and 2 ghz noticeable?
3. Why is a RAM upgrade to 1GB recommended? and is the performance difference betweeen 512MB and 1GB noticeable?
4. Is it possible to possible to deactivate "cleartype" (the display looks a bit blurred)
5. Is the DVD Burner ok? Does it burn any DVD? Are there some issues?
6. Is it (easy) possible to install +512MB (or 2x 512MB) RAM and a bigger Harddisk by myself? The guys in the shop said that I will loose guarantee if I will do this by myself. Harddisk costs 80GB (+40€), 100GB (+140€), 120GB (+230€) - Sounds more than expensive!!!!
Thanks in advance for your replies,
cheers,
mrcheekz

Hi all,
i have some questions - maybe some of you guys may
help me.
here we go.
1. here in germany we have three options.
- Core Duo 1,83 GHz with combo drive, white (1079
Euro)
- Core Duo 2GHz with DVD Burner, white (1279 Euro)
- Core Duo 2GHz with 80GB Harddisk and DVD Burner,
black (1479 Euro)
Is it worth to buy the middle option? 200 Euro extra
for 0,17Ghz and a DVD Burner - sounds a bit
expensive?!
2. Is the performance difference betweeen 1,83 Ghz
and 2 ghz noticeable?
Barely, but if you're buying a new computer, it's always a good idea to get the fastest that's currently out.... simply because it won't be outdated as fast as if you get the lowest option.
3. Why is a RAM upgrade to 1GB recommended? and is
the performance difference betweeen 512MB and 1GB
noticeable?
It's huge. As much as a 200%-300% difference. MacOS and Windows XP both take quite a bit of ram. I'd go all the way and get 2GB. It's only $150 or so if you buy from Newegg. Get the Gstar RAM.... I've tested it for over 3 hours with diagnostic tools and it's just as good as the crucial memory, which I tested as well. No differences (they both run at the same Mhz with the same timings.) You won't regret it.
4. Is it possible to possible to deactivate
"cleartype" (the display looks a bit blurred)
Yup.
5. Is the DVD Burner ok? Does it burn any DVD? Are
there some issues?
There are some issues with some Superdrives in some Macbooks. Mostly the scratching thing. But, of course, Apple will replace your Superdrive if it has issues, so I wouldn't worry about it.
6. Is it (easy) possible to install +512MB (or 2x
512MB) RAM and a bigger Harddisk by myself? The guys
in the shop said that I will loose guarantee if I
will do this by myself. Harddisk costs 80GB (+40€),
100GB (+140€), 120GB (+230€) - Sounds more than
expensive!!!!
Both the hard drive and the RAM is official 'user serviceable" parts with official Apple Manuals documenting just how to install them. Therefore upgrading them yourself does NOT void your warrenty (unless, of course, you're extremely negligent in how you install the parts, and damage your computer from not following directions.) But as long as you follow directions (and they're incredibly easy), you're good to go.
Thanks in advance for your replies,
cheers,
mrcheekz
Hope this helps! Honestly, if you're worried about the $200, just get the 1.83 model and spend $150 to upgrade to 2GB of RAM (by far the biggest thing in performance.) But if you can afford it, the 2.0Ghz model with both the DVD burner and 20GB extra HD space will come in handy (but the extra RAM should be your priority.)

Thinking of upgrading to SL,But i have some Question before moving to SL

I will be glad if anybody can help me with my questions before moving to Sl.first,i like to know,after upgrading or fresh install,do i need to reinstall another windows xp on the machine,cos i use VMware Fusion?
Secondly,What option is the best,Upgrade or Fresh install?
Can i make backup using an external usb2 drive? and what can i do so my old setting remain after installing SL.Setting like my Chat history,and will my applications use the same lience key?
Anybody with usefull advice?
What important it the history of chat i had on my pc.i work for a company as a mid man and this history help me to remember last diccussion with client..

In your place, I would move to SL if, and only if, I had an external drive with a bootable clone of my internal on it. I think that there is enough risk in going to SL that such conservatism is warranted. I would not use time machine alone for backup/restoring when moving to an OS upgrade or doing a point update. This app can be problematic and, consequently, its solo use is too risky for me in these cases. You will be able to extract your settings, files, and programs from your clone if you do an erase and install. You can erase and install or upgrade with any SL disk except the gray ones that come with specific machines. I still prefer to erase and install.
To erase and install (see upgrade option below), start up to your DVD and stop after selecting your language. Use the menus to start Disk Utility and erase your drive. Quit Disk Utility and proceed with your installation. At the end, you will be able to choose to reclaim your settings, files, and apps from the clone (plug in the external at the point of the last install restart).
If you do not like SL, then you can restore your internal using the clone. I would do all cloning and related restoration with SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner, or some other up-to-date cloning app, including Disk Utility. Your clone also will serve as an independent backup for your data.
Upgrading is a very sound process on a Mac. Still, I also would insist on having a bootable clone on an external before upgrading. An upgrade is performed by installing over your existing installation from the desktop or having started from your SL DVD. All your programs, data, and settings will be present after an upgrade, but incompatible programs will be archived.

I am going to buy a new external hard drive and have some questions first

Although I asked this question several years ago, I would like to ask it again, just if in case technology in general or external hard drives in particular have changed in any significant ways.
I need to replace a 1 terabyte LaCie external hard drive that died on me after a few years.
1. I am afraid of buying another LaCie. What other brands are reliable? I heard that Western Digital is. Also another brand beginnibg with S (so helpful, I know).
2. Do I have to look for a drive that is MAC FORMATTED? I vaguely recall this term from years ago. I also remember another term that I was to look out for, but I don't remember what it was. Something like ”chronicled“ but obviously not that.
3. Should I get more than 1 terabyte? Right now I have an old, old 125 gigabyte LaCie that still lives, but it is so small that it is almost nothing
4. What do you think about buying external hard drives fron Costco as opposed to from the Apple Store?
~L

Ziatron, you wrote ”All you do is open the enclosure and the hard drive plugs in. (done.)“ What enclosure?
This is the enclosure I like, it needs a hard drive to work : http://www.cooldrives.com/ox93saiihadr.html
But there are many others.
looking at my two dead laCie ext. hard drives and they don't have ”enclosures.“ Just holes in the back to receive the cables.
A hard drive enclosure is a box or case the actual hard drive goes into. Look at the images in the link above. You can see what is inside.
This hard drive goes inside the above cool drive enclosure: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Intellipower-Desktop-WD20EADS/dp/B001RB1TI S/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258862242&sr=8-1
You recommended getting a hard drive with a Firewire connection, but most of the hard drives have USB.
Well maybe, the better drives are Firewire.
Should that matter to me?
Yes, Firewire is "isochronous", basically meaning that you can pump "clocked" data though it in real time. USB works more like TCPIP, with the data chopped up into packets and later reassembled. (Thus, at a minimum, you have latency, that is, the wait for the data to be "put back together".) Second, the Firewire protocol allows more direct address to memory (including mass storage) with minimal intervention of the CPU.
Is USB a whole lot slower than Firewire if I am transferring materials?
Firewire is faster and _more reliable._
Take a look at the link below, "Build Your Own External Hard Drive". The enclosure I like is easier to use.
http://www.harmony-central.com/articles/tips/hard_drive/
http://macs.about.com/od/diyguidesprojects/ss/externalhdcase.htm
Also you need a Mac Pro to use eSATA, with a iMac use the Firewire port.

New to macbook....some questions

Hello,
I have a new macbook and I would like to know if iphoto is free to download.
Thank you!

Hello ravit,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
I have a new macbook and I would like to know if iphoto is free to download.
No it is not. It comes bundled with a handful of other applications and together they represent what is known as iLife.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/
You might be able to finder much older versions of it online that can be downloaded for free though.
B-rock

Some questions before purchasing a Time Machine

I'm thinking about buying a Time Machine as opposed to buying an NAS Hard Drive and continuing with my wireless router (no problems with router, but the less devices the better).
Currently I have a two year old 320gb USB hard drive on which I keep my iTunes library and my rather large iPhoto library. The music and photographs are the only things of real value on my computer and I store them externally as I feel the MBP runs better with less data on the hard drive.
I have a number of questions which will influence what I do:
1) If I connect the current hard drive to the Time Capsule, will time machine back it up?
2) Could I use the Time Capsule as a regular wireless hard drive, and use the external hard drive (connected to the TC) as my time machine device? If this was the case, could the hard drive be used to back up the TC to which it is attached?
3) Does 300gb in original files = 300gb on the TC or is there some form of compression?

"1) If I connect the current hard drive to the Time Capsule, will time machine back it up?"
No, the drive needs to be connected to your MAC.
"2) Could I use the Time Capsule as a regular wireless hard drive, and use the external hard drive (connected to the TC) as my time machine device? "
yes, but, it needs to be formated correctly, which I think is the Mac extended journaled format. For example, fat32 would not work. you would use the airport utility to enable a share, which can be vewied by the mac clients using time machine preferences, and you would select the additional share instead of the default one.
"If this was the case, could the hard drive be used to back up the TC to which it is attached?"
The TC can use external drives as a place to archive backups on the internal drive. But a 320 gb drive would not be best for this. Drive prices are drpping, if you want this feature, I would buy a new drive and use that.

Some questions before i buy a nano

1.What is the ACCUAL storage i get with the 8gb nano? If you cant answer this, then what is the maximum available storage you get compared to what its acclaimed?[On my 20GB Zen as it is, i only get 19.05GB of storage...]
2.I have some music from Napster which is DRM protected-can iPod nano play these files [i saw on another topic but it was un-answered]
3. are all the ipod connections the same? ie: Car integration kits work for all types of ipods?
4. is it worth the space cramp to get something this small? [i am thinking about getting this instead ofthe ipod video- i have 7.12GB of music]

As for question # 3:
3. Although I don't own any car connection cords, etc. for an iPod and have never used one, it seems to me that a lot of car kits for iPods are compaitlb efor many different models.
For example, with a car charger, a lot of ones I've looked at in Apple's online Store are compatble for any model of newer types of iPods: 4th generation, 5th generation (Late 2006) 5th generation, iPod with color display, iPod nano, iPod nano (Second Generation).
I assume that there are either multiple fitted adaptors for each type of iPod, or it is simply a connector cord that fits a lot of different iPod models.
For example, if you search for "ipod car" in Apple's Store, look at the details on a few of the items in those search results that have to do with the iPod/car connection, and you'll see that it's usually compatible with several iPod types.
I hope that helps.
-Kylene

New to ID and looking for some help in getting started

Hi there,
New to ID, purchased it the other day. Working through the Adobe Creative Suite, sorted DW, FW, PS & Flash.
I have ID as and would like to do some stationery ie biz cards, letterhead creation etc.
Does anyone have any good video tutorials on this subject they could recommend.
ID 'seems' to work a little differently to how I thought, only had a little go, so think I need a little show time on how to use it.
I find Adobe go's into to much detail, I am just after the basics of stationery creation first then will work my way round to some of the other great features it seems to offer.
Many thanks in advance.

Thanks gents,
Like Lynda.com. Had heard of this site but forgot to look there, some very handy stuff.
Hmmm it seems ID is a little more involved than I thought. I thought I could, I may still, get to grips with this as I have done with many other Adobe products ;-)
All I need it for is so 'I' can design and format business stationery so it coordinates with the websites I design, often a request I get asked for. While my printers are very good it can take many emails to get the design message across to them. They use ID so I 'thought' I could do the design using colors and logo's etc that I use in webdesign and then send the template they have provided for them to polish off and then print.
I'm hoping a look into Lynda.com and maybe a book or two will get me sorted with this.
Heck, if I can teach myself DW, Flash and Fireworks I'm hoping ID is no more of a challenge ;-)

Some questions about various software updates...

Hi guys,
I have a couple of questions regarding some of the updates.
Is there such a thing as save as now? If so, how do I use it?
What is the deal with this versions thing, I'm not sure I fully understand it?
How can I tell mail to purge certain folders on my IMAP e-mail account?
How can I remove my name from the top right corner of the screen?
Thanks

Here is a good article on "Versions"
http://www.macworld.com/article/161192/2011/07/lion_versions_auto_save_resume.ht ml
No more save as now. Save.
>User&Groups>Log-in Options (unlock the lock)
control click and drag it off?
imap: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892

Some questions before I install Awesome WM

Hi,
I'm new to Arch and relatively new to Linux in general but I do enjoy tinkering with it.
Recently I have tried many different window managers, Gnome, KDE, Openbox and Fluxbox, each of which have their own little perks. However whilst browsing through the monthly screen shot threads I stumbled upon something new, something I haven't heard of; tiling window managers. I find the idea behind them to be innovative and would like to give them a try, particularly Awesome WM, before I do so I have a few questions outlined below.
1). I understand that a mouse is not needed, which can be a good thing but an obstacle as well depending on what I want to do. What I would like to ask is that can you keep the mouse functionality as well such as the cursor, left click, right click and possibly the scroll wheel? (Is this possible in both Xmonad and Awesome WM)
2). Can you have a panel so that you can either easily launch your applications or when you minimize say pidgin you can see its status icon?
3). Most of the screen shots I have seen show all these terminal windows running, I assume thats just for show. You can run gui based aps too such as something for burning cds, openoffice, firefox and other gtk aps?
4). If neither apply to Awesome WM, could you point me in the direction of a tiling window manager more tailored for my needs.
Please only leave helpful comments, I don't want to hear comments such as why do you want to use Awesome WM if your planning on running gui aps or don't want to run their terminal alternatives....Linux is about choice and I am entitled to my own as are you.
If you can help that would be "awesome".
PS: Please excuse the rather verbose post; its a problem of mine, hopefully one you come to find endearing.
Last edited by blackbird (2008-03-11 11:50:19)

blackbird wrote:
chimeric wrote:
blackbird wrote:Your response leads me to believe that I was asking if Awesome WM lets you assign shortcuts to the mouse, such as your very own example where a combination of mod4 and middle click would launch the terminal. What I intended to ask was whether you could use the mouse like you use it in other environments such as Gnome...where moving the mouse would move a cursor on your screen, left click would be used to select a window, move it around...etc.
Well I said "Yes." . The mouse behaves exactly like in other WMs and additionally you can add other functionality if you like. "Moving windows" is a little different in tiling window managers because windows aren't supposed to be moved around with the mouse, because the WM arranges them for you. However, in most tiling WMs, windows can have a special state named "floating", which means the WM isn't responsible how the window is placed on the screen and you can move it around freely (with the mouse). This is for example useful for applications like mplayer, vlc, gimp or gajim.
Brilliant; thanks for the clarification, I just hope nothing extra is required to obtain this functionality. Well if anything else is required that wont be a problem considering how good the Linux community is.
Thanks again
PS: There is a slight drawback to using Awesome WM though; whenever you google something about awesome wm you get results about people stating how awesome their window managers are, not specifically awesome wm lol. Everything comes at a price.
Nothing extra is required....just already preconfigured keystrokes do the job.
Last edited by ph0tios (2008-03-11 16:20:22)

Apple Airport newbie with some questions before purchasing - please help...

Hello all,
Please excuse my ignorance but despite looking through the relevant online manual I wish to check a couple of things before I purchase the Aiport Express (and then possibly regret it).
I have a Windows XP laptop which connects to the internet through a wi-fi connection (access to the physical router is not available me) and I want to be able to play iTunes on my laptop through my hi-fi (wirelessly).
Am I correct in thinking the Aiport Express will do this for me? If so is any extra equipment besides the necessary hi-fi to Airport express cable required?
The Airport Express doesn't need to physically connect to the router does it? Or it doesn't need to become the router providing the wi-fi does it?
How does 'AirTunes' factor into the setup and what is better about e.g. Aiport Extreme and why would you ever need an Airport card?
I have no desire for using the Airport equipment as a router or home hub for printing etc. but just streaming iTunes to my hi-fi.
Any help/clarification would be most appreciated. Many thanks in advance,
Daniel

djsuk43, Welcome to the discussion area!
Am I correct in thinking the Aiport Express will do this for me?
Yes
The Airport Express doesn't need to physically connect to the router does it? Or it doesn't need to become the router providing the wi-fi does it?
No and no.
How does 'AirTunes' factor into the setup...
It is simply the term Apple uses for streaming music via iTunes through the AirPort Express (AX).
...what is better about e.g. Aiport Extreme...
The AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) does not have an audio out port therefore you can't use it to stream music.
The AEBS however does support Ethernet clients, multiple USB printer and multiple USB hard drives.
...and why would you ever need an Airport card?
If you have an older Mac without built-in wireless you would add the appropriate AirPort card to give it wireless ability.

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