Linksys has released a new Firmware Upgrade for their 4-Port Router. Many new features have been added including a fix for MSN Messenger file transfer. Please read the Version.txt for all the features and changed added... Version: 1.42.3
Dated: January 30, 2002 Linksys From: Candyman

The Problem described as an "lockup combined with an ongoing squeal" the Audigy series seems to be a problematic product when used with Windows 2000 or XP. I myself fortunately do not have this problem, but Creative has now enlisted this "severe" problem in their knowledge base. What is troubling is that Creative has not been able to isolate the problem yet whether it's a driver bug or possibly worse - defect hardware itself. The problem occurs randomly and is not pinpointable to gaming or music listening.
"We have not been able to really isolate what is really causing the problem," said Mala Sharma, a representative of Creative's brand management team in Milpitas, Calif. Sharma said that Steve Erickson, Creative's vice-president in charge of consumer audio products, had been notified of the problem. "I'm sure since the vice-president has been notified, that the engineering team will have all the resources they need to solve the problem," she said. Source: ExtremeTech

Woohoo a german site is kicking in! Planet3DNow has a prototype board of the Asus A7V333 board taken through their testing circuit making up 6 pages of fun to read: Center of the A7V333 is the new VIA KT333 northbridge. It is leading the socket A into the DDR333 age und officially supports 166 mhz memory clock. The user can drive his memory either synchronously to the frontsidebus at 133 mhz, or with 5/4 asynchronously with 166 mhz. Therefore of course you'll need the new pc2700 modules, which at the moment are distributed very rarely. Even Asus was not able to help us out with a pc2700. Read the full preview

Just had this interesting email from Matt@OverclockersClub.com describing a thing called a battlechair. Hey matt can I get one for free!

Here's what he's saying about the battlechair

This is "THE" ultimate gaming chair! It comes loaded with 3D Surround Sound Speakers, 8" Subwoofer Built-in, 4 channel DSP amp, extra thick luxurious cushion's and two 360° turnable trays which are perfect for your joystick, throttle, mouse, trackball, remote control, sandwich, and drink. Or you could even velcro your keyboard to one tray!

3dchipset have got hold of some photos of the GeForce4 MX card!!

here's what their saying

Remember those results we posted earlier with that person who compared the GeForce 3 to the GeForce 4 MX he received from Apple on his Dual 1Ghz G4? Well here are the photos of his card he took

Just got word from maxreboot that they got info on the upcoming range of Leadtek Geforce4 MX Cards.

Leadtek GeForce4 MX460. This is the fastest model in the family based on GeForce4 MX460 chip working at 300MHz. There will be two card versions coming: one with 64MB DDR SDRAM and the other one with 128MB DDR SDRAM working at 550MHz.

Hercules just two week after announcing they will manufacturer ATI based cards. you can now buy these cards starting with the Guillemot / Hercules Prophet (ATI) All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV, 64MB DDR, DVI, TV-out, TV-Tuner, 2x Firewire, AGP, Retail card!

and I got too say they look cheap@ only ?438 euros , if u want to order one hit read more.

ReactorCritical.com have got hold of some more info about GeFore4 pricing and clock frequencies that will be use in Nvidia's Geforce4 cards.

AMD, Inc. sent out the FIRST of its Palomino 3000+ Prototypes to various resellers across North America, recently, and being the tactful being I am, yours truly managed to take a peak (and scan the CPU at my workstation when no one was looking) at the new, excessively powerful chip that is every hardcore gamer's wildest dream, and from the looks of things, Intel's worst nightmare. A MUST READ! Sounds too good to be true though...

A short movie is available for download @VIA that shows a demonstration of the first working silicon of the upcoming VIA Apollo KT333 chipset. This isn't the final version of the chipset but what is interesting is that it's running three types of DDR333 memory modules at the same time - not to mention two USB cameras.

xbitlabs.com This is ABIT's NV7m which was seen in some Japanese shops this week. ABIT NV7m is a MicroATX Socket A mainboard based on NVIDIA nForce 420D. Its characteristics look like this: 2 DDR DIMM slots supporting PC2100/PC1600 DDR SDRAM and Twinbank Memory Architecture, integrated graphics core, AGP 4x slots, three PCI, integrated sound with MCP, support for 10/100Mbit Ethernet. This mainboard is available for $150.

On a sidenote if there's any manufactures that would like their kit reviewed by warp2 then get in touch with me or Degger or Rancho!!!

After turning their backs on Nvidia and joining the ATI camp like Gigabyte did, Hercules now announced their first Radeon 7500 based video card the: 3D Prophet ALL-IN-WONDER 7500! Hercules is also said to have taken over the exclusive distribution rights of ATI products in Europe, meaning all built-by-ATI products will be Hercules products. This would explain the Radeon 8500 shortage in the UK reported earlier by TheInquirer

This time the story is real :) A short movie is available for download on the Fun Downloads page. It shows a demonstration of the first working silicon of the upcoming VIA Apollo KT333 chipset. This isn't the final version of the chipset but what is interesting is that it's running three types of DDR333 memory modules at the same time - not to mention two USB cameras.

Just got an email from Visionary@vr-zone.com telling me that the battle for P4 Northwood speed world record has been very intense. It is really interesting to see the record being broken twice since last week and the current record clock speed stood at P4 2.2Ghz@3.8Ghz! The road to 4Ghz Northwood is getting nearer and we may get to see one in the near future. Also we have some early overclocking results for P4 Northwood 1.6A@3.2Ghz and 1.8A@3.4Ghz

So for more info warp to vr-zone.com

Epson has reached the perfection resolution with their new Scanner 1250. According to them, it isn't the fastest USB scanner but it does a remarkable job.

Read more at : Scoutch Industries

Based on the Morgan AMD today announced it's value PC targeted flagship of the Duron processor series. Here's a bit from the press release: SUNNYVALE, CA -- January 21, 2002 -- AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a new desktop processor for the mainstream PC market, the 1.3GHz AMD Duron? processor, offering best-in-class performance on digital photo, audio and Internet applications.
As with all AMD processors, the 1.3GHz AMD Duron processor is optimized for the Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional operating systems and supports Double Data Rate, or DDR, memory.
?With the 1.3GHz AMD Duron processor, AMD delivers tremendous performance to mainstream PC users. DDR memory taps into the processor?s performance potential even further. In tandem, AMD Duron processor-based systems with DDR memory can offer cost-conscious purchasers better performing, more cost-effective PCs than widely available competitive products,? said Ed Ellett, vice president of Marketing for AMD?s Computation Products Group. Customers interested in reviews can take a look here: Duron 1.3Ghz @ AMDMB Duron 1.3Ghz @ Tech-Report Duron 1.3Ghz @ 3DVelocity Duron 1.3Ghz @ TecChannel (german)

ExtremeTech reviews four of the biggest IDE harddrives available on the market today. The models tested are: Seagate ST380021A (Barracuda IV) - 80GB Western Digital WD1000BB - 100GB Maxtor D740X - 80GB Maxtor 544GX - 160GB If you're on the lookout for some storage space hit the review via above link.

TheInquirer.nets mole has managed to dig it's way into AMD files and look what he found!!

X-bit labs have managed to get hold of the Real NV25 Details!!! So what do u think are these's the real details or not.

Hit read more for details.

hardtecs4u.com Seem to have put up some AMD ClawHammer 3400+ benchmarks and as the name suggests the AMD hammers the Intel in to the dust. So break out your translators cos it's in German or just look at the benchmarks!!!

Oh did I say that the Intel is the new Northwood 2.2ghz CPU that's been overclocked to 3ghz.