Are you rocking an Intel 945GM chipset with the integrated Intel 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)? If so, this little tweak has helped 3 of us thus far in #kubuntu-devel with KDE 4 and compositing effects. Step 1: xorg.conf editing Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller" Driver "i810" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" […]
Author Archives: Rich Johnson
Cooling recommendations needed
What CPU cooler do you recommend? My specs are this right here: CPU: Pentium 4 D (dual-core) 2.66GHz Mobo: MSI PM8M3-V (micro-atx) LGA775 Case: This one I am looking for a cooler that isn’t to expensive, somewhat quiet, very good, and hopefully doesn’t have those plastic motherboard connectors I previously warned about. Thus far I […]
CPU Cooling FYI
If you are planning on building a new computer in the near future, I would like to recommend you stay away from CPU coolers that have the plastic push/snap pins such as those in the image. The past couple of days I noticed that while compiling code, my CPU temperatures went up above 70°C. After […]
