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How about asking Lenovo support[^] about it?
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Hello everyone. can anyone tell me the addresses of the I/O ports through which the Hard Disk can communicate with the Operating system??? Like, the base address for ATA primary hard disk controller is 0x1f0, the base address for ATA secondary hard disk controller is 0x170. can anyone please tell me the other port addresses which can act as an interface between the hard disks and the Operating system. Thanks..
Vijay.
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You just go to device manager and view the hardware's properties where you get to see Memory address space, interrupts, and I/O ports for it!
Or you could search Ralf Brown's free interrupt list the part about I/O ports!
To follow the path, Walk with the MASTER, See through the MASTER, Be the MASTER!
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Does anyone know if a 15" (or bigger, integrated screen - i.e. not a strap on) touch screen laptop / notebook exists? The largest one I have seen so far is a 14.1" rugged unit.
Steve
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Does anybody have any clues on how to disable a touchpad programaticaly?
I think that Windows must have some kind of wrappers or interfaces to do this...
Any leads will be more then appreciated.
Thank you.
protected internal static readonly ... and I wish the list could continue ...
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Use System.Management namespace(hint: visit and search MSDN) because this namespace has all about attached hardware to your computer plus diagnosing them!!
To follow the path, Walk with the MASTER, See through the MASTER, Be the MASTER!
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Hi Guys,
I'm trying to write a util that can list all the devices attatched to a given machine....
WMI would be good so that a remote machine can also be queried....
On this I've already had some luck....
The real problems I'm having are:
1. Showing an autochanger (invisable)....?
2. Extracting the serial number for a given device.
3. Extracting the SCSI path to a device I know is SCSI attatched(all I can get is the win ID).
4. Doing it in a managed framework.
Does anyone have any ideas???
Thanks Rob 
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Use System.Management namespace for mor information visit and search MSDN!
To follow the path, Walk with the MASTER, See through the MASTER, Be the MASTER!
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how do I, programmatically (c++), get the driver's version (to simulate the device manager data --> driver's properties)?
thanx
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Hi,
I am looking around for a MoBo with some specific requirements. Here are the specs that I am looking for-
The board should support 2xDual-Core Xeon Processors (Woodcrest/Dempsey)(800/1033/1333MHz FSB)
Atleast 1xPCI-32bit (2 whould be fine), atleast 3xPCI-X and atleast 1xPCI-e x16. It would nice to have Dual channel SCSI host-raid adapter. 2xserial ports (1 port and 1 header is also fine). Must support DDR2 ECC registered or FBDIMMs of 667MHz or greater.
Apart from all of the above mentioned specs, here is an important spec that I must have on the MoBo, it should a seperate chipset for PCI-X and PCI, in other words a PCI card installed on a 32bit PCI slot running at 33MHz should not slowdown the PCI-X cards installed on PCI-X slots and running at 66MHz or higher.(This is very important fro my setup and applications).
If anyone have any suggestions on this type of MoBos, lemme know. I really appreciate your help.
thanks,
-Pavan
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Thanks, I have gone through all those sites (Tyan, Intel, SuperMirco, Asus, MSI). Intel is out of the picture as it doesn't have any board which meets atleast near to my PCI specs. Coming to Tyan, their boards seem very good and reliable for a 'server' environment, but doesn't seem challenging for a DP workstation. Asus and MSI are also having any boards meeting my PCI specs, except Asus workstation board (but unfortunately its SP board) and their server boards doesn't have atleast 2 PCI(32bit). I am left with SuperMicro xeon boards, they do have boards with my PCI specs, but I am not sure how they work and their reliability. Coming to budget, it doesn't matter, what all I am looking for is a DP MoBo supporting Woodcrest/Dempsey processors(800 to 1033MHz FSB) and 2 PCI (32bit) and 2 PCI-X and 1 PCIe-x16, 2 serial ports and 1LAN and I would like to have high HDD trasfer rates and PCI-X speeds. Budget is not at all a problem.
-Pavan.
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You could try posting to hardforum.com. While thier overall focus is on highend gaming systems there's enough overlap with other highend hardware that you should be able to get some input. Overall relyability of SuperMicro if nothing else. PCI-X is an obsolescent standard, so finding support for it on new boards is going to be an issue.
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anyone willing to share working code to open and read a file (read - only) in kernel mode. i need to be able to open and read (for copying) specific files that are not usually accessible. i have been told kernel mode is the way to go.
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Hi All,
I am about to decide between these two processor options for my new machine i am buying.
A. Intel® Core® 2 Duo® E6700 Processor (2.66GHz, 1066MHz, 4MB)
OR
B. Intel® Pentium® D Processor 960 (3.6GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2x2MB L2 cache, EM64T)
This is going to be my development (production) machine (.NET development etc.)
I am inclined to go for the Intel Core 2 Duo.
Any advices, experiences on the above? Please share.
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In absence of AMD in your list, I would say go for Core 2. Its new architecture, runs cooler and provides path to quad core.
Farhan Noor Qureshi
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If you are not looking for any future upgrades then go with E6700 and try to eliminate Pen-D at any cost. To say you can go with Core2 Extreme, but there is a bit price difference b/n E6700 and E6800 and you can OC E6700 to E6800 levels (only if you feel easy OCing PC). BTW conroe processors are being very stable even you OC it to the limit. But if you want to choose b/n E6800 and Athlon FX64, then your best bet will be E6800 or E6700 (if you want to OC).
There are rumors that Intel will release their Quad core processor on the same platform as of Dual core so that they share the same pin architechture, but not sure (if not, you have to upgrade ur MoBo in future). If they do, then you best option is Core2 processor and just upgrade your MoBo bios for quad. But you have to remember that AMD is also releasing their Quad on the same Dual platform and they share the same pin architechture (this is for sure).
Good luck,
-Pavan
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code_wiz wrote: I am inclined to go for the Intel Core 2 Duo.
Go with your inclination. Predicting the future is near impossible. But without delving into black magic or crystal balls there are a few things you can count on. Intel took the lead with the Core2, they dare not risk loosing it, AMD has been hard on their heels for a long time and took the lead on the P4 thru P4-D level. Now that Intel has the lead, they intend to keep it, and that is why all the dropped news of quad-cores being released in October. Prototypes have already been shipped for reviewers and they are smoking, but no validation (yet) on if the motherboards are straight up the same as the Core2 because they were new Core2 motherboards from Intel. Will all Core2 boards support QuadCore? Unclear. Will Intel fall on their face while trying to rush the QuadCore into production nearly 4 months early? Unclear. Will AMD catch up or pass again? Unclear.
Right now Core2 is ahead, but AMD is still more economical on the pocketbook. Do your homework, don't count your quad-cores before they are released, if they are compatible with your mobo great, if they aren't prepare yourself for that possibility now. But what ever you decide, stay away from the P-D, you'll be much happier for it.
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Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau.
Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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FWIW, I bought a laptop recently which has a Duo E6x00 in it, and I'm quite happy with the performance; lest you think I am easily pleased, I'm running some heavy duty number crunching (matrix transformations etc) at the same time as stuff like a SQL Server 2005 and development environment 
I have a Pentium D with the same RAM and similar load, and although it's a higher clock speed, it's slower...
Steve S
Developer for hire
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How important is the motherboards specs when you want to build a good gaming pc realy. Do i need to focus more on the screen card and cpu and Memory then on the mother board. Someone told me that i need to focus on the mother board first. I know i need one but how important is its specs?
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas A. Edison
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The performance difference between a good mobo and a cheap one is rarely more than a few percent. The bigger issue is that noname boards tend to be less reliable and more likely to fail under heavy loads.
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Thanks Dan,
I thought as much. So there is no real need to go all out for the most expensive M-Board. That leaves a much better budget scope for the screen card and CPU. Thanks.
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas A. Edison
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Unless you need some of the specific features it has, no. At the same time, the $50 difference between an entrylevel board from asus/abit/etc and a similar looking board from someone like pcchips is primarily in the quality of components used, so you're trading away stability and hardware life expectancy. Unless your budget is badly strained this isn't a good idea.
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