P5K motherboard and SATA again: resolution?

Posted on December 7, 2007 by A. Person

Well, according to my integrator, there are only two solutions for the ASUS P5K motherboard + SATA drive problem: one is to jumper the “opt1″ option (pins 5 and 6 on my WD3200K drive) or replace the motherboard; he is recommending the P5E. Since my system is in warranty, I’m going to go ahead with [...]

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Problems with my new system (ASUS P5K/Core 2 Quad)

Posted on December 6, 2007 by A. Person

(See the bottom of this post for my comments on this as of 28 August 2009)
Well, once again not Csound related (yet)  but I’m posting some of my experiences with a new Windows XP system I’m trying to move my music production to. This info probably belongs on some tech website but I’ve already got [...]

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Xmas in November

Posted on December 4, 2007 by A. Person

(…not anything to do with Csound, yet…)
After waiting patiently, and considering the cost, I was looking forward to receiving my newly built system from CoolTech PC. It arrived earlier this month and to a 95% level it is everything I hoped for. Compared to my old system it is whisper silent. If I get down [...]

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  • About this blog!

    This is sort of a catch-all site for me to write about anything that comes time mind involving my use of computers to write music. Since around 2007 I've gotten back into algorithmic composition and the use of open source tools. In particular, you'll see posts about Csound and ChucK. In 2008, the One Laptop Per Child group (www.laptop.org) made available many gigbytes of samples and loops, completely copyright-free, for people to use in their work. I recommend you check that out as well (there's a page in this site for it). Pages vs. Posts on this blog: Pages are more along the lines of articles whereas the Blog posts are just random observations. There's no sharp distinction between the two however. Maybe someday, I'll organize it better. But probably not. (Incidentally I really like this "Digg 3 Column" theme...)