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AMD Athlon II x3 435

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AMD Athlon II x3 435

haylui — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:23 +0800

would like to ask whether any shops in Malaysia selling this chip and what is the retail price.
thanks in advance

Microsoft Killed AutoPatcher

haylui — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:25:54 +0800

Microsoft Killed AutoPatcher - No More Third Party Windows Updates- It's Windows Updates or nothing!

The AutoPatcher project is dead, courtesy of Microsoft. Antonis Kaladis, AutoPatcher Project Manager broke the news on August 29, revealing that Microsoft killed the initiative designed to supply offline Windows updates. AutoPatcher debuted back in 2003, and functioned with no issues or legal hassles from the Redmond company for four years. Now, Microsoft has changed its tune in relation to the project and issued a response involving a cease and decease letter. Subsequently, although the official AutoPatcher website is still up and running, the download page returns a 404 error. Additionally, Microsoft is also focusing
on alternative online locations distributing AutoPatcher.

"Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft, requesting the immediate take-down of the download page, which of course means that AutoPatcher is probably history. As much as we disagree, we can do very little, and although the download page is merely a collection of mirrors, we took the download page down. We would like to thank you for your support. For the past 4 years, it has been a blast. Unfortunately, it seems like it's the end of AutoPatcher as we know it", Kaladis revealed.

Before it was shut down, AutoPatcher was offering updates for Windows 2000, Windows XP and even Windows Vista. The package had an immense advantage over Microsoft's official Windows Update infrastructure allowing users to get their hands on a large collection of updates via a single download and deploy it offline. "AutoPatcher combines the advantage of both Windows Update (presentation and description of updates and automated installation), and the special administrative updates (portability and installation without the need of an Internet connection)," reads a fragment from the description of the now defunct project.

Microsoft is very sensitive on the issue of the redistribution of its software. The Redmond company aims to be the only online source for updates, and taking AutoPatcher down is an illustrative example of Microsoft's policy concerning independent distributors and its proprietary software. Until the time of this article Microsoft failed to offer an official explanation related to the faith it decided for AutoPatcher.

source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Micro...es-64002.shtml

Altec Lansing 4100 subwoofer problem

haylui — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:31:39 +0800

i have problem with my Altec Lansing 4100 subwoofer. The subwoofer has no bass randomly. If the subwoofer was being hit or punch it might produce bass again. I have taken the circuit and the transformer for check but no visible loosen or damage on wiring.

system freeze/hard restart while playing DoTA

haylui — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:35:54 +0800

My system always freeze/hard restart randomly during DoTA and DoTA only. It doesn't freeze/restart on other games like GTA:SA, BattleField 2, Call of Duty 2 or do FOLDING@HOME. I have checked the processor temperature and it doesn't exceed the normal range although the temperature is quite high (68~70 degrees).
I suspected that my PSU is not good enough then I changed to iCUTE 450W PSU that was previously used on my Athlon XP 1800+ @ 2104MHz. Even I have changed the PSU the problem still present.
The system that hang is as follow:
-AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (palomino) without overclock
-Asus A7V333 rev.1.xx BIOS 1017
-256MB Kingstone DDR 400 ValueRAM
-FORSA FX 5200 3D CARD
-80GB Maxtor HDD
-D-Link DFE-530TX NIC
-on-board sound
-iCUTE 450W PSU

I would like to hear experience of those who are using the same motherboard with similar processor and facing this kind of problems.
FYI: my RAM sits on the second slot of the motherboard which is due to the heatsink clip that would not allow me to put the RAM in the nearest slot to the processor.