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CRISIS AVERTED. I prayed to the correct technological deities it seems, and the last driver I tried did the trick and I now have vibratory waves hitting my inner ear as I type. Huzzah! All hail the Ethereal Technocracy! Another minor Steam issue though - I usually have my library set to gallery view...

As for #1, with most on-board audio devices, it generally just says something like "Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus" when it is installed. Does it have the exclamation point on yellow triangle sign on the device saying it's not working? I'd definitely check to make sure everythi...

Great, 2 worked, 3 is annoying. I'll give the Steam Spreader stuff a look when I get around to gaming on it again. Unfortunately, problem number one is still being, well, problematic. It's enabled in the BIOS - I've even tried it set to HD Audio and AC97, and no sound either way. Speakers are in the...

OK, so, after my HDD died - most likely from being crammed in a mini-tower case and overheating TO DEATH - I spent most of yesterday rebuilding my PC into a larger case that has SPACE and AIR and FANS and all kinds of nifty stuff like that. While the physical task of shuffling stuff into the new cas...

I feel like I've opened a can of werms now....

You're all mis-spelling 'word'. As a journalist (and someone who's not in on what's clearly an inside joke) this annoys me greatly. That aside, thanks for the warm welcome everyone! However, I'm likely to be pretty quiet the next few weeks, as I'm on holiday the next four days, then off to New York ...

Hullo! I'm Matt. Most people call me Matt. Some call me Kamen. A few call me Alex, which is slightly odd, since it's my middle name, and most people don't generally go by their middle names. Anyway, I'm a games journo by trade, which means I'm hideously behind on games I actually want to play. I've ...