Yesterday's hardocp.com site had a link to an article reviewing Rootkit Detectors.

Reading the article easily doubled my knowledge of rootkits and I learned about detectors I didn't know existed. I also learned the dectector I'd been using was not the most effective choice.

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Re: Computer hackers poke another hole in HD DVD's armor

I agree, willawake. I keep putting off learning Linux, but DRM and the prohibitive expense of Vista is like [I]both[/I] a punch in the face [I]and[/I] a knee to the groin. In the meantime, I'm keeping XP and praying someone hacks Dx10 so it works in XP.Re: Computer hackers poke another hole in HD DVD's armor

I agree, willawake. I keep putting off learning Linux, but DRM and the prohibitive expense of Vista is like [I]both[/I] a punch in the face [I]and[/I] a knee to the groin. In the meantime, I'm keeping XP

Re: Question about changing capacitor voltage on the VP6

Thanks, Tom41 and starfury1, I appreciate your efforts to keep me from doing anything calamitously irresponsible.

Anyway, I did what I shoulda done in the first place. Got off my enormous fat behind and removed the VP6 from its case so I could measure the voltage at the point in question.

From the condition of PSU on and power switch off through POST to OS it never exceeds 3.3V. So I think a 10V capacitor will give me a considerable margin of safety.

Re: GA-60XET troubleshooting help

I've got the board working and the problem wasn't the capacitors (although the new ones sure look nice), the problem was me and my primitive troubleshooting skills.

It was my KVM switch all along. Plug in the mouse cable from the KVM and everything goes to hell. Plug in a stand alone mouse and the 60xet takes off. I have many motherboards and this is the first one that won't work with my cheapo switch.

Thanks to everyone who took time to look at this thread and think about a way to help me. Special thanks to gonzo...

On the VP6 between the AGP and first PCI slot there is a Jackcon 8x15mm, 16V, 1000uF capacitor. Is it safe to substitute a 10V capacitor there?

Re: GA-60XET troubleshooting help

Thanks for the advice, will do. I have some Panasonic FM 6.3V 1500uF to replace the Choyo 6.3V 1200uF. Have to see if Topcat can hook me up with a 10mm Rubycon replacement for the Choyo 6.3V 3300uF.

With regards to memory, seller included his Kingston memory in the sale. I have also used three different sticks of 256MB low-density Crucial pc133 that should work in this board and are known good.

Hi Guys,
Purchased this mobo on eBay from a chap with excellent feedback. Said there were no issues and offers to accept returns for a short period of time. I do not suspect for a moment he'd sell his soul for so little. I have looked at the board pretty carefully under magnification and it is in beautiful cosmetic condition. Choyo and G-Luxon caps look fine. The only evidence of use is the slight gouging of the keyboard and mouse connectors. Anyway I have tried to POST this board 20 times and of those 20 times it POSTed once. Let me explain.
I'm using known good ram, cpu, agp video...

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