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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
happy belated ktoonsz and thanks.

your present

Confirmation number: 54C52817NS292242V
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
nope. aokp will always come with cm9 kernel. you guys can just flash this if you want. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ChefAnt:
My cap buttons work just fine running siyah with aokp
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daddioj:
dont stab me but last question. if i decided i wanted to flash a i9100 rom. and i used this kernel do i still need modded apk? :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Feedback from one of my users. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
why wouldn't you say which modded apk???? no info=no help. ugh...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
Here you go:

The mediaserver is any Native or Application which uses or streams your media which can be music, videos, even apps like iMeem, streamfurious, Pandora, TuneWiki, You Tube, and don't forget the apps. Which we download free MP3's from. iMusic, MusicOnline, Music Search. All these apps have their own music players. I'm not sure which one you use, and depending on if you have 3G connection, WiFi, or use Edge. Downloads then listening via any of the apps with music players, will use much more battery life due to disconnects while downloading, or streaming music or videos. I listen to hours, and hours of MP3's and checked my battery analyzer use since the 1.6 "Donut" update. With and without using my Stereo Wireless Bluetooth Headset music! With the G1 charging and using the wireless headset the mediaserver use was somewhat less at 68%. Without the G1 on the charger and the HTC adapter plugged into the USB port and earbud type headset the mediaserver was a whopping 82%. One reason is I'm using the onscreen controls to stop, pause switch playlists etc.. the balance of useage was screen settings and Android Core Processer. You can use Taskiller app the kill your media streaming app. But..your media "music" will stop. I guess your answer is yes you can stop the "task" run-media-player. Now that you know what it is and why you use it, do you really want to "kill" or force stop your playback? Remember the battery use analyzer isn't telling you there is a problem. It is a great way to track use. It may suggest to adjust some screen settings, like brightness, time-out 1min, 30sec,etc. This I find very helpful when I can't charge, or wish to extend battery life. I think your Android's battery use analyzer is just telling you "Hey, you like your music!" Like mine is saying "Browser is at 80% useage" that's due to being on the forum for over an hour! I hope this helps?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
where do you see this? its not on his official site or his thread over on original SGS2... are you high? jkjk :P latest i can see is his rc5. he did release rc4 twice though... i think.

and his latest git was 2 days ago... so the source isn't out for the good stuff.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
Messing with Ktoon since he is freaking out cause RC5 got released so quickly. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
sorry to rain on your parade... now i wish i had noticed... thats something i would have enjoyed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NJGSII:
Finally got around to getting the dual boot up and run. It's awesome and much more convenient than flashing nandroids back and forth. AOKP is my primary and Foxhound LP7 is my secondary.

I have a question though. Will it ever be possible to flash CWM zips to the secondary rom? It's not really a dealbreaker for me, I was just wondering.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kaleptik:
There should be an option to switch the primary and secondary ROMs soon, so I guess that sort of takes care of that.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II w/ DUAL BOOT: CM9 / MIUI
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] NJGSII:
Just happen to read the changelog for RC4 and that has that.

Thanks for the info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Koizuma:
Do you have an app to control BLN?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fakhri:
I have BLN control pro 172 last version.

Thank you for quick reply.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Koizuma:
not sure what to tell you then, i got the free bln control app and bln works for me on this kernel under AOKP and MIUI

have you tried full wiping then installing rom? using the kernel cleaning script then reinstalling the kernel?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jonnyredcorn:
How do you go about undervolting? I basically want the best performance & battery life I can get. I'd like to run at 1ghz with some UV but I have no idea how to UV or what settings to change.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nycmalu:
It's a time consuming process. Every phone is different and will handle different amounts of undervolting. No one else's settings will be "right" for you. Start in small increments, like -25 mV per step. Use SetCPU or ROM Control (if you're still on AOKP)

P.S. - It's really not recommended that you mess with this if you're that unfamiliar with it. It can cause freezes and lockups.

P.P.S. - Search!! This has been covered numerous times.

I think I saw someone mention that they had to turn on Settings > Display > Pulse Notification Light.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] whiffer2:
@ktoonsez are you avoiding the newer RC's or just haven't found the one you want to tweak and post yet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
Just talked to Gokhan and he would like me to wait for more feedback. Do to alot of issues with trying to stay on the cutting edge of Linux version he has decided to rebase on 3.0.15 to see if alot of the issues go away. So we are in a holding pattern for a day or 2. Yes I could release a version that would be considered RC3.75 since he only has partial updates on the github but it is not worth the heartache it will cause most people. So lets just hang out and see what happens. You guys can monitor the I9100 thread and see what kind of feedback he is getting.

Thanks for the patients guys:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
Thx ktoonz. No rush here as rc2 running perfect with your miui.

MIUI V4 Siyah Synthetics I777 SGS2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TonyStark R.I.P.:
Good stuff man. Thank you for bringing this to the I777 SG2. It's always nice to have great development that keeps taking our device to its full potential.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Globalrebel:
I was wondering if this stutter is still occurring in ICS? I know I could download the rom and flash everything and so forth but I figured a quick answer would be just fine for now. (Really busy at work.

P.S You are awesome! hehe
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
I am seeing good feedback on the I9100 site, so hopefully he will update his github and I can get going on it. I think things will work much better with the 3.0.15 base, the newer ones are just causing to much trouble and in my opinion those updated versions were developed for PC based and not agreeing with android.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jazzboyrules:
Hi ktoon,

Can the kmesg logs give an idea if any app caused the SoD/freeze?

Here are the kmesg reports of last 2 phone freezes:

1. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ww82v7k02y6idpx/i2Fk9OQ5CE/last_kmsg_20120414-0713

2. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/blzvps1h9m46xtb/DIRn9Ug19t/last_kmsg_20120414-1559

I use apps like Llama and GreenPower. Can the auto enabling/disabling of wifi/mobile data by them cause freezes?

Or can some kind of autosync by HaxSync or Google+ cause these freezes?

I am trying to understand what things could cause these.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SETdown:
RC2 working great on the Criskelo´s.

Better battery life, No FC´s, No reboots, all working fine.

Thank you very much again ktoonsez.

Great job!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
Log number 2 is some wierd issue when you were trying to charge and it kept thinking you were plugged int then not, then plugged and then not (seems like 1 or 2 of those programs are causing this issue):

<6>[ 4.495029] request_suspend_state: wakeup (3->0) at 4494962032 (2012-04-14 19:58:04.693921760 UTC)

<6>[ 4.511202] sec-battery sec-battery: sec_bat_check_temper: recovery count = 0

<6>[ 4.512198] sec-battery sec-battery: sec_bat_check_temper: temp=400, adc=679

<6>[ 4.512391] sec-battery sec-battery: Time past : 0 secs

<6>[ 4.512527] max8922-charger max8922-charger: max8922_is_charging: charging state = 0x0

<6>[ 4.513201] sec-battery sec-battery: soc(50), vfocv(3817), vcell(3855), temp(40), charging(1), health(1), chg_adc(1900)

<6>[ 5.363468] request_suspend_state: wakeup (0->0) at 5363410570 (2012-04-14 19:58:05.562373131 UTC)

<6>[ 5.370610] lcd panel: id=2 brightness=200, bl=15, candela=210

<6>[ 5.641370] sec-battery sec-battery: sec_bat_check_temper: recovery count = 0

<6>[ 5.642508] sec-battery sec-battery: sec_bat_check_temper: temp=400, adc=679

<6>[ 5.642757] sec-battery sec-battery: Time past : 1 secs

<6>[ 5.642931] max8922-charger max8922-charger: max8922_is_charging: charging state = 0x0

<6>[ 5.643853] sec-battery sec-battery: soc(50), vfocv(3817), vcell(3855), temp(40), charging(1), health(1), chg_adc(1864)

<6>[ 6.696406] sec-battery sec-battery: sec_bat_check_temper: recovery count = 0

<6>[ 6.697543] sec-battery sec-battery: sec_bat_check_temper: temp=390, adc=680

<6>[ 6.697777] sec-battery sec-battery: Time past : 2 secs

<6>[ 6.697935] max8922-charger max8922-charger: max8922_is_charging: charging state = 0x0

<6>[ 6.698842] sec-battery sec-battery: soc(50), vfocv(3817), vcell(3855), temp(39), charging(1), health(1), chg_adc(1852)

<0>[ 7.382118] (sec_debug_set_upload_magic) 0

<6>[ 7.385005] REBOOT Notifier for CPUFREQ

<6>[ 7.385694] REBOOT Notifier for BUSFREQ

<3>[ 7.385724] hotplug_reboot_notifier_call: disabling pm hotplug

<6>[ 7.385912] [MODEM_IF] xmm6260_off()

<4>[ 7.386045] Mali: Mali shutdown!!

<6>[ 7.386732] mc1n2_i2c_shutdown

<6>[ 7.397494] mc1n2_i2c_shutdown done

<6>[ 7.397530] max8997-muic max8997-muic: max8997_muic_shutdown: JIGSet: auto detection

<6>[ 7.397860] max8997-rtc max8997-rtc: max8997_rtc_enable_wtsr: disable WTSR

<6>[ 7.420220] max8997_rtc_shutdown: WTSR_SMPL reg(0x80)

<6>[ 7.420251] max8997_rtc_shutdown: success to disable WTSR

<6>[ 7.420488] pn544_shutdown

<4>[ 7.421018] Disabling non-boot CPUs ...

<4>[ 7.421546] IRQ112 no longer affine to CPU1

<5>[ 7.421855] CPU1: shutdown

<0>[ 7.422439] Restarting system.

<0>[ 7.422518] sec_reboot (104, (null))
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jazzboyrules:
That's strange.. the second report was when I was playing a game while plugged into Samsung's original A/C wall charger.

None of my apps control the charging; I have better battery stats and that's the app closest to battery. I have been using Llama and Green Power for a couple of months now (have used them with Gingerbread ROMs without any issues). But I will still stop using them for a day or 2 and see if the random freezes stop.

Thanks for your help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
Anybody know why 100mhz was removed? Was it causing problems for anyone? I'm sticking on RC1 because of it, and I've had no problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylercarter:
100mhz and 200mhz use the same voltage so why add an extra step for your cpu to scale? therefor the 100mhz step is pointless and not in any way needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
Not when you under volt :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
It was also causing a lot of lockups for most people.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
With under volting? I'm using 900mV at 100mhz and have been since RC1 was released with no issue. Anything below that and it freezes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
Like it has been said, everyones phone is different, there are people that cant even undervolt 200mhz safely. So you are 1 of the lucky ones to be able to use 100mhz.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylercarter:
scaling more frequencies can use more battery as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
This.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
Party poopers. I like my 100mhz.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jthatch12:
Having some issues with AOKP rom. Getting a random reboot
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylercarter:
well.....with the extensive information you've given us we can surely figure this out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jthatch12:
Well I've been running it for 1day now. Had no issues until I went to the gym today and started using the music application. It rebooted about 4 times. I got home and just using my phone it rebooted twice. I havent had it underclocked or overclocked yet. So not really sure whats going on. I flashed the kernel cleaning script then reflashed siyah. So far it's running alright
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] butikofer08:
I see in the OP the latest version is v.3.1 rc2, which I'm on, but I read a few pages back about the Foxhound Siyah image being removed from a new version.

Was this talk about what's to come in the future, or is their someplace I can get the newest version of the kernel from? (i know the developers website directly is an option but I think that's not for our phone from what I've read of the issues some are having)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stevehkim:
Gokhan has not uploaded his saucery yet in order for ktoon to work his magic. That version is the one without the foxhound image. We must wait for GK to upload the sauce.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
I like my 1600, now 1400 is max but got 6583 on AnTuTu with 4/17 CM9. :) Almost broke 4000 in Quadrant. This is amazing!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] upNsmokeAllDay:
7500 antutu 4500 quadrant. :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
12 inches... :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylercarter:
9 :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
pics or it or it never happ.... pics now. lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylercarter:
We are talking about knives right?:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
why.... of course haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
Exactly :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tylercarter:
Well there's your proof......and I wasn't wearing any underwear when I took that picture either. :D:D:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
there is everything wrong with that statement... hey task... what are you wearing ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYxz6cluskQ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nsilverman15:
Is it possible for me to flash this in Odin, because I don't have CWM and can't install it, can I get a tar copy of this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JordanElliott:
Why you not has rc4 out?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nsilverman15:
Was able to flash it, but it's just showing the splash screen and crashing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
I took benches again with screens. If they bring 1600 back it will rock. This kernel combined with CM9 is a powerhouse! Smoothest and fastest ICS 4.0.4 Ive benched, battery is freaking crazy good too :) Thanks for the great work ktoonsez!

These are 1400 only and running lulzsec.

http://www.imgur.com/F3MF9.jpg

http://www.imgur.com/E7JeK.jpg

http://www.imgur.com/iLXPz.jpg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
why yes young one, you have so much to learn... this and with modems and a few other things all you need to do is extract the modem.bin or in this case zimage for the kernel from the zip in the op and flash that using mobile odin or full odin.

try a cache wipe... i dare you! jk a cache wipe should fix it up. maybe even a fix permissions. and a dalvik wipe for good measure. oh but you dont have CWM... please explain why?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] agarp:
Hi I just want to know the release of the new Siyah Kernel 3.1rc5

because I had battery charging discharging issue when unplugged with the 3.1rc2 in Sesation Rom 3.3 (Hellraised)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] upNsmokeAllDay:
Very nice :D might have to look at them in a browser.

1400 and ondemand
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drakester09:
Update:

gokhan has found that blnww was the culprit for the battery drain in the i9100 versions. He'll defer it to 3.2 to be further developed.

We don't have this issue because blnww was implemented in rc3, which was not available for i777.

I see he has committed the changes for rc5 in a newer branch but according to him, he's still stabilizing the current version and putting back the changes that he reverted.

New branch, I guess he'll merge it with master once he's done:

https://github.com/gokhanmoral/siyahkernel3/commits/update4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
Yes he is doing massive clean up and is working in Update4-3.0.y to get back up to 3.0.28 safely without doing to much at one time. I will be rebuilding my PC with the new gear I recieve today so we will see how it all pans out at the end of the day.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Nice dude! Works on tapatalk just fine btw. Awesome scores. I see its Shostock, but which launcher did you use if I might ask?

Sent from SGH-I777 using CyanogenMod 9
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] upNsmokeAllDay:
Apex
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jcracken:
Has anybody been able to get goo.im's flash feature to work with Siyah? As in, you tell goo.im to clear cache and then flash a ROM, and then boots into Siyah recovery and does it. When I try to do it, it boots into recovery and just sits there and I have to do it manually.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ugoff:
Is the current version of the kernel supposed to support USB OTG mouse and keyboard? I can't tell from the i9100 thread when it was added, or if it was there the whole time. Both of the mice and keyboards I tried did not work, but a USB-SD adapter worked fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jonman11:
hey guys! i made a vid tutorial that tells you how to dual-boot it with step by step instructions. it should be ready by 4-19-2012 eastern time.

link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS6Ozzif8g8
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] schwalbach:
Getting some kernal wakelocks. Ran the kernal cleaner, I am on AOKP 4-18, it was happening on build 32 as well.

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?7der67210c6z6ad
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] K Rich:
What governor are the CM9 guys running? I switched it up from ondemand to lulzactive today and didn't noticed any significant gains in battery life, just curious.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tmckenn2:
in ages past i was a huge on demand user. I'm on lulz now and don't see a good reason to switch. I have also had pretty good luck with smartass
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Doug8796:
anyhope we shall ever see 1.6ghz again?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpstiehl:
wifi driver failed to load

Siyah 3.1rc2 + CM9 nightly 19 = failed to load wifi driver in catalog. :(

I've flashed wiped, wiped again flashed again. Of course using kernel cleaning script etc. No go. Wifi was working fine with siyah and nightly 17 and works fine with stock CM kernel and nightly 19. I may flash back to nightly 17 because I love my Siyah kernel that much :-) Will post in the nightly thread as we'll...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Rattles:
Sorry if this was answered before, i did a search but couldn't find anything. is there anyway to remove the boot animation that is in this Kernel? it looks cool and all but it seems like it is actually slowing down the boot process. other than this, i love this kernel and i LOVE the touch recovery!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
Boot animation has nothing to do with kernel. What Rom are you on? Boot ani is packaged in Rom.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Rattles:
sorry i meant that image of foxhound or whatever it is when you reboot your phone. i already changed my standard boot animation. boot logo i think is the proper term.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
I'm using lulzactive. I'm over a day on battery now with 25% left. Using CM9+Siyah+AnTuTu Battery Saver Pro. 1st time I've had any ICS 4.0.4 OS last past 24 hours. Screenie coming when battery almost dead.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] drakester09:
Latest nightly has some changes on how it's built, kernel is no longer prebuilt and modules have changed path. Also watch out for the new mount locations (emmc and sdcard are now in the cm standard)

You can check the sgs2 cm9 threads for more info.

Next siyah release should be compatible, I think...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] apanihi:
Thanks for the heads up on the WiFi issue. I'll skip that build and stay on 4/17 for now. It is a great build.

---------- Post added at 07:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:37 AM ----------

Ha.. did they flip /emmc and /sdcard again? Is it correct now like Siyah?

---------- Post added at 07:39 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:37 AM ----------

I second this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpstiehl:
Hey I read somewhere that Gokhan removed the kernel splash screen in a later build of the kernel but I didn't see it in his change logs (I may have missed it) He's got V3.1 up on his site now so hopefully it will be released and added to Github for Ktoonz to work his magic for us. So we shall see...

---------- Post added at 03:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:41 PM ----------

Can someone confirm that they have working WIFI on CM9 Nightly 19 with Siyah 3.1RC2??? Just so I don't feel like the redheaded stepchild. :D I'll keep at it if I know that WIFI works with this combination. THANKS! PS I flashed back to Nightly 17 because I can't live without Siyah. I'm in love. ;-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daddioj:
i can also confirm wifi is broken with latest nightly and siyah
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] loughary:
I can second that...wifi is broken with latest CM9 nightly and Siyah.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fakhri:
Thanks for best kernel.

I installed secondary rom & all works fine. Only one question, can i install any apk applications on secondary rom?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] LiLChris06:
1. No its not going to die, as long as you follow the right steps to set it up and maintain it right.

I can tell you how much I have written on it and its well over 2tb's worth on a 80gb drive.

2. Yes it is faster, of course boot speed will be amazingly quick.

3. Intel x25-M 80gb

Its old, got basically the first generations of SSD 2 years ago, but running smooth as butter.

I'll direct you to some more info that will help you out when I am home. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jpstiehl:
Me!

I have a RAID 5 with 4 SS 80GB HDs for my OS partition. I never turn my machine off. Yes occasionally there will be an issue with degradation but it always recovers and I've never lost data or had any major issue with it all all. The drives I purchased over a year ago are Kingston and from New Egg. Don't remember the model but i'm sure what's available now is way better. I highly recommend SSDs for your OS partition. The speed is incredible compared to 7200 RPM HDDs. Furthermore, my machine is a W7 Pro x64 with 8GB RAM and a 1GB msi (weak link in my setup) video card. I essentially built a gaming PC even though I am not a gamer at all. :) I like speed and power at my fingertips. haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ktoonsez:
Good info guys:D. Keep it coming.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MaxRabbit:
If you think about how fast computing has become, hard drives are the only big bottleneck nowadays. Unless you have a floppy drive :P

I got an Intel 320 series 160gb for $120 back on Black Friday. I notice a HUGE difference. Definitely worth it.

I would suggest buying a hot deal off Slickdeal's recommendations. Like maybe check out yesterday's deal they found. The forum is very helpful with recommendations.

Also, don't fall into the hype of needing the latest and greatest, like SATA III. The performance gain between a SATA II and SATA III drive is negligible compared to the price, whereas the performance difference between an HD and SSD is going to be huge.