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New CMedia 6.29a Drivers

CMI8738_WDM_0629.zip – 2.x Megs These drivers are newer than the ones available off the Windows Update site. They fix the missing gameport issue with last few driver releases among other things. Also,...

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Give me Money!

I want a Celeron 1GHz :( I will give someone my Celeron 266@400, my Celeron 500, my Slot 1 to PPGA Socket 370 adapter, my Abit KA7 “Classic” Slot A AMD motherboard, a 64 Meg DIMM, a Voodoo Banshee PCI,...

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Radeon 8500

i just recently got a Radeon 8500, was disapointed in the driver support and game performance (especially in EverQuest) and then returned it for a refund all in the span of 24 hours. i hope to purchase...

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new computer stuff

i just ordered an almost complete system upgrade from www.newegg.com. ECS K7S6A Pro motherboard AMD Athlon XP T-bred 2000+ cpu Thermaltake Volcano 7 fan/heatsink Lite-On 52/24/52 cd-burner Samsung...

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Newegg WinXP reviews. kekekeke ^_____^

i saw a link on Newegg.com for $147 for the Full version of OEM Windows XP Pro w/ SP1 (comes with hardware to make it legit). seems like good deal (XP Pro full goes for $299). i noticed some people...

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looking for digital camera drivers… !!! … :(

UPDATE: i got the driver CD, and do not need any more help regarding this I would really like to get some pictures off a digital camera i have, the thing is – its a no-name camera with no drivers....

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i wish i didnt have such poor quality routers

ive had issues every now and then with dealing with routers… i guess it started back in 2000 or so when i got DSL. – when i first got my “PieceOfShit SpeedStream 4060 USB” DSL Modem. i used something...

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so i got a new router…

a buddy from a certain 3dfx newsgroup read what i had posted about never having a decent router, so he hooked me up with this router pretty cheap: it’s a Linksys BEFSR41 v3. here you can read some of...

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so i got a new router, again…

last month I got a Linksys BEFSR41 v3 to replace my aging Netgear RT314. after hooking it up, i had nothing but trouble with it. i’d get random disconnects, and the web interface was horribly slow. i...

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evil zip drives

even though compared to just about everything out there now, they really suck, i’ve still managed to spend a few hundred dollars on Zip drives and media during the past 7 years. back in ’98 or so, CD...

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crazy usb products

Wired has bunch of zany USB devices listed. One of them is a USB hand warmer: You can check out the site here: http://blog.wired.com/weirdusb/

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and the problems keep coming!

the other day, while playing World of Warcraft, my monitor turned off. i had no clue why. i ended up restarting my computer after many random key presses did nothing. after getting back in the game, my...

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yay laptop

yesterday i spent a few hours taking apart and working on a broken ThinkPad T23. i checked all connections, applied Arctic Silver to the CPU, replaced an inverter board under the screen, soldered an...

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I just got the worst USB hub ever

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815123007 $17 shipped. I thought it looked nice, it was cheap, it had 7 ports, did USB 2.0, and even had external power. I get it, and find out the...

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New TV card, and death of old card

While moving stuff around on my computer, my STB TV PCI card from 1996 broke. The metal simply snapped due to age. It had out-lasted half a dozen computer replacements, and finally wore out. To replace...

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"hacked" CMI8738 drivers

Since CMedia's FTP site doesnt seem to be working right now, I decided to upload my own custom 627 WDM drivers. You can grab them here: driver section Changes include: * Changed the tray icon for...

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Site and driver updates

i hope you have noticed some of the site updates. :) i have made a Drivers section, and have just updated it with links for Voodoo Banshee and CMedia Sound drivers. you can click HERE or on the left...

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Alternative WDM 627 drivers for the CMI8738

www.3dss.co.kr/audiotrak/maya51627.zip A Korean company has released their own version of the 627 WDM drivers. As mentioned from the 3DSoundSurge forums, "MAYA 5.1 drivers are the same as those on...

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cheap ram revisted

just letting everyone know that ram has dropped price again at MemPlus.com. 256 Megs of PC133 Micron ram are just $17 now. Lifetime warrenty and everything. You get a "free" 3 button mouse with every...

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