[win2kpro]

Originally Posted by paulb100

I remember when I first joined this site and I'd usually get a response from 2-3 people inside of 24 hours and my email inbox used to be full of "Someone Has Replied...." TSG notification emails... nowadays I rarely get replies... I do post a lot for help , questions etc but replys are far and few between compared to what they used to be like..

does anyone else notice this?

I sometimes think its ME and that the Pro's that browse this site are probably sick of me keep asking this , that and t'other hehe

maybe i will rejoin under new alias

Paul, I think there are two things you need to consider. #1-Time zone differences, #2-A lot of us operate business's, and can only help on a time available basis. Our workload varies from day to day and week to week which dictates how much time a person can devote to providing FREE advice.

Unfortunately, doing repairs and builds to pay the bills takes priority over offering advice.

[mclarenvj]

And some of the people that are available most of the time, don't have as much experience as some of the older people

[gyrgrls]

Originally Posted by paulb100

I remember when I first joined this site and I'd usually get a response from 2-3 people inside of 24 hours and my email inbox used to be full of "Someone Has Replied...." TSG notification emails... nowadays I rarely get replies... I do post a lot for help , questions etc but replys are far and few between compared to what they used to be like..

does anyone else notice this?

I sometimes think its ME and that the Pro's that browse this site are probably sick of me keep asking this , that and t'other hehe

maybe i will rejoin under new alias

The critical tone of your discourse doesn't help matters much.
I know, because I am guilty by association. But every time I lash
out with a negative vibe, I find that fewer and fewer people even bother
to read me - instead, they skip (ignore) my posts.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg. The main reason for the general decline
in individual responses is simply as PCcruncher has implied:
There are far more members than ever, now, here on TSG, and
a disproportionate number of them have more questions than answers.

Technical support is a two-way street. As more and more "needy" members join,
the ratio of receivers becomes greater, and the good help becomes the proverbial
golden haystack needle.

I have been to several other fora, some of which have "high ratings", but
this has been one of my favorites, if not my absolute favorite.

What makes fora like these successful is the tendency for members to
consider it better to give than to receive. In my case, I don't have much money,
so I offer my advice - take it or leave it.

I hope I didn't step on any toes. No matter; how can a blunt statement
be cutting?

[gyrgrls]

COMMENTARY on your TAGLINES:

I will never understand why people spend a few hundred dollars on a video card or cards, then try to run their machine on a $30 power supply.

How true! Slap in an SLI duo and try and run it off your 250 watt Dell PSU.
LOL! It won't even POST!

With PSU's, watts don't mean squat!

Agreed. The rail timing is critical, during power-up,
especially with AMD (Athlon) CPU's. And cheaper PSU's
have no PFC. This translates to harmonics, reflected back into
the mains. That little ferrite bead is just for show, and
the bucking choke and snubber capacitors have limited effect,
except for the higher order harmonics. The CPU is the brain
of a PC, but the PSU is the heart.

When you absolutely, positively want to FUBAR your machine,
play around with the BIOS or Registry!

Well, yes and no. If you don't know what you're doing, then this is true!

However, I don't stop with teh registry or CMOS settings.
I have heavily modified kernel, GINA, USER32.DLL, and NTLDR files.
Yeah, hex editing and resource hacking is fun, but it's ALWAYS a good
idea to back up your important data, first, or else, use another partition/drive
for your data (keep it off the system partition altogether). If you pooch the
registry, you'll have to reinstall Windows, anyway, and you wouldn't
want to wipe out your data, in the process, which would be on your Windows
partition, by default.