Mozart TX & a 15w 240v mains UV economy bulb

[D9THC420]

Hi guys,

New to the forum, and to 'advanced' modding.

I'm about to start a Mozart TX project, built around an FX-60 on
a DFI SLi-DR board / 4gb DDR, Zalman Reserator and
liquid cooled CPU, SLi GPU x 2, NorthBridge blah blah blah...

The thing I wanna know is about lighting.

I bought off Maplins (I know...) a 15w economy Compact UV Bulb UV bulb.
See here: hxxp://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?detail=full&ModuleNo=33124&doy=14m3#mo re_info

QUESTION: Is there anything wrong with having this bulb, which is well enough to blacklight a small room, running in or near to the case, wired separately through to the mains? (UK = 230v)
The only thing I could think of was EM radiation, cause there's hardly any heat off it..

Can anyone enlighten me as to what, if anything, might go wrong...?

Cheers

[Luke122]

Duhhhhh

[Nagoshi]

4Gb of RAM? If you don't know already, XP only uses 3Gb MAX. To use that other 1Gb you will have, you'll need Windows Vista.

And what do you plan to do with that rig? There may be a solution to SLI, like using a single 8800GTX, or wait for the new 8900.

[Superluminal]

Banned - No reason given.
Then I get subjected to a bunch of ill informed speculation.
Then some ****wit tells me XP uses 3 gb RAM max.

What ****ing planet are you STUPID ****ING AMERICANS originally from?

[Nagoshi]

Have you thought about gathering some information on yourself? If you aren't happy with what we suggest you, there's always the Logout link on the top right place of the page, and 'Delete TBCS Community Forums' from your favourites.

-rep coming from the ****wit.

Just found for you...


Originally from http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=110175 :
You will only ever be able to use the full four gigabytes with Windows XP 64-bit edition. The maximum addressable limit of any 32-bit operating system is 2^32 bytes, or about 4GB.

However, much of this is actually reserved. Modern computer systems use a technique called memory-mapped I/O, whereby CPU-addressable memory space is actually reserved as a means of communicating with I/O devices. These devices monitor the CPU's address bus and direct any operations performed on the MMIO area to their registers, effectively remapping the section into peripheral memory.

To save time and money, it is not actually possible to bank switch this area between memory and device addresses, so it's effectively unusable. However, if you're running a 64-bit processor and operating system, you can activate an option in your BIOS (usually PCI MMIO remapping or Remap Memory Hole Above 4G) that moves this MMIO area above 4GB to allow you to use the complete RAM capacity (note that you can activate this option without running a 64-bit OS, but it probably won't do anything).

There is a way to enable access to a bit more than normal on XP by modifying some configuration data (AFAIK it's the /PAE (physical address extension) switch), but ultimately you will never be able to access all of it unless you switch to XP64 or an equivalent Linux distribution.
So, unless you plan on spending waaaaay more cash to drop on a Windows XP 64bit that won'T work with half of the piece on the market, you CAN put 4gb in your machine, but XP will recognise 3Gb MAX, therefore only use 3Gb MAX.

[Crimson Sky]

Sorry bout the ban, it looked like a spam name..I mean come on "D9THC420" .... I had banned before I saw that you posted, so my bad.

...but then to go insult a multi-national forum of experienced modders..well thats just wrong. And yes, the the XP usage ceiling is hit at 3GB for a 32 bit OS. So thats 3 ****wits.

[Luke122]

*sigh*

[Nagoshi]

Actually, could someone -rep him for me? it seems like I can't do it yet (or haven't found how. lol)

Oh, and I forgot to say. These ****ing americans, as you call them, are from the same planet as you. And Im no American, Im Canadian. Period.

So if you need tips, don't reject them when we give some.