P5Q Deluxe

I bought a new motherboard, the Asus P5Q Deluxe. I needed to replace my P5K Deluxe because the ethernet on the board stopped working following a power outage. The P5Q Deluxe has 16-phase power regulation. The VDroop on this board is very low, which is good. Also added a Western Digital 640GB drive and Vista Ultimate 64-bit. So far, so good. Had a problem with screen resolution until I discovered the DVI cable had gone bad. After replacing the cable, I now have full resolution. :)

Fires

For the past couple of weeks, hundreds of wildfires have been burning in California. More than half a million acres have burned. The smoke from these fires has been horrendous. 200,000 firefighters are on the lines. California owes them a deep debt of gratitude. The situation would be much worse, were it not for them.