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RE: Win MCE Rollup2


  • Subject: RE: Win MCE Rollup2
  • From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 12:24:27 +0100


The card I have is passively cooled so has nothing to rattle...

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of Ian Lowe
> Sent: 01 October 2005 12:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Win MCE Rollup2
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> I have one of those... Nice card :)
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> I found that the ATI supplied cooler got really loud and=20
> rattly after six months or so (in regular use rather than MCE=20
> in my case) so I swapped it for one of these:
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> http://tinyurl.com/am3oj
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> (actually, I used the previous version)
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> The really nice thing about these cards (unlike the nvidia=20
> ones), you can run video on either monitor - the nvidia cards=20
> allow overlay on the primary monitor only, whilst the ATI=20
> ones support vide on both screens.
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> Ian.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of Phil Harris
> Sent: 01 October 2005 11:53
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Win MCE Rollup2
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> This is the one I'm using:
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> http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/productfiles/52brochure.pdf
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> But I have the 256Mb version (makes no bloody difference for=20
> running video under MCE)
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> Can't remember where I bought it but this looks like it:
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> http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=3D78
> 351 (Although the picture isn't right)
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> Phil=20
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
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> > Of MacNewbie
> > Sent: 01 October 2005 10:02
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Win MCE Rollup2
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> > Thanks Phil,
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> > Just put in a cheap and cheerful Radeon 9200 I've got from the PC
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> > use to drive my projector. Seems to have done the trick!
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> > Will report back in a few days :-)
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> > Don
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> > On 1 Oct 2005, at 05:01, Phil Harris wrote:
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> > >
> > >
> > >> Never one to give up easily, I thought I'd check out the
> > Green Button
> > >> site - God it's slow!
> > >>
> > >> Anyhoos...
> > >>
> > >> Lo and behold there are another two users with the same
> > graphics card
> > >> as me (Radeon 9600XT) experiencing black TV screens when
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> > >> screen. It seems to work in windowed mode. I've just
> > checked mine and
> > >> it does work in windowed mode.
> > >>
> > >> More research I fear!
> > >>
> > >> Don
> > >>
> > >
> > > I'm using a 256Mb Sapphire Atlantis 9600 and it's fine=20
> for me ...=20=20
> > > No fan on
> > > it (so quiet) and it was only about =A350.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
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