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  1. sechs

    New SATA II hard drive...16Mb cache

    Thanks to Quantum, perhaps?
  2. sechs

    NEWZ: Western Digi Now Shipping 320 GB Enterprise Drive

    "Western Digital enterprise-class" is an oxymoron.
  3. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    Good news: It's not the drive. I swapped the drive to another slot and it works fine. Bad news: The drive with which I swapped it now exhibits the behaviors. So, this is likely either a problem with that particular rack or a loose connection on the back. Loose connectors are easy to fix...
  4. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    Ugh. I'm confused, however, as to why the drive does not seem to exhibit this behavior when on the other controller.
  5. sechs

    Bits and Pieces

    That's why you need to buy this from me. Now.
  6. sechs

    Bits and Pieces

    Now with prices.... 1 stick Corsair CMX512-2700C2 with lifetime warranty - $70 1 Samsung SP1614N with >1 year warranty remaining - $70 1 PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 Deluxe with >2 years warranty remaining - $125 1 Vantec 4-device, 50" rounded LVD SCSI cable - $8 1 Generic 80mm to 60mm...
  7. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    Drive passes Seagate's tests with no errors. As I've said previously, I don't get these errors when the drives are on the Adaptec controller. Maybe the LSI card doesn't like the OEM firmware? Rechecking cabling and connections is on my to-do list for this weekend.
  8. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    Ah hah!... Maybe CIMBrowser has started reporting an intermittent SMART error on this disk. The ASC is 47h and ASCQ is 3h. If I read this correctly (http://www.t10.org/lists/asc-num.htm#ASC_47), this translates to, "INFORMATION UNIT iuCRC ERROR DETECTED." I have absolutely no idea what this...
  9. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    Nope. I just get a series of event id 51s and an intermittent delayed write failed when writing to the disk.
  10. sechs

    Life Sucks...

    I've been dying since the day that I was born. Never had a problem with it.
  11. sechs

    Klunk

    It's not the fall that kills you... it's the sudden stop at the end.
  12. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    This is getting ridiculous. I'm now getting intermittent event ID 51s even when nothing is being written to the disk.
  13. sechs

    Motherboard voltages

    One of those negative voltages is no longer offered in the latest ATX specification (which also requires the 24-pin connector).
  14. sechs

    Creative Marketing apparently staffed by alchemists

    "Since our system makes converts all sounds -- including CD quality music -- to silence, compressed formats, like MP3 sound even better"
  15. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    I am also getting a lot of event id 51s (error during a paging operation), but only when copying files to the disk. PerfectDisk complains about several files on the volume that it cannot move. Windows defrag has no apparent problems.
  16. sechs

    Ghost

    Ghost 8.5 is the last old-style version that I have. Takes two floppies, tho'.
  17. sechs

    Another Presale

    Keyboard and mouse are going to Merc....
  18. sechs

    SATA cables

    The longest that I've found is a meter, which I think is the limit by standard.
  19. sechs

    Britain re-elects moron

    What's the record for the Lib Dems? A whopping 54 seats? They're not really an alternative to Labour. I don't really see Blair serving out a full term.
  20. sechs

    NEWZ: 64-Bit Windows Available End Of April

    1. Go to http://www.ati.com/ 2. Click on "Drivers & Software" 3. Choose seventh option down, "Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Drivers and Software"
  21. sechs

    Amazing Device: Hawking HWU54D WiFi Adapter

    Wouldn't an AP with a high-gain antenna do the same for cheaper?
  22. sechs

    [OS X] Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright

    Actually, back in high school, I was fluent in Spanish. Couldn't understand Mexicans back then, either....
  23. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    This is a 10.6 with an OEM firmware. It's on an LSI20320-R with three other drives (which do not show this behavior). I'm using the latest driver from LSI. There are no problems if I use the drive on my Adaptec 39160 controller.
  24. sechs

    Another Presale

    I can understand the confustion. That was Pussy Galore; she had the flying circus.
  25. sechs

    Another Presale

    Is $15 + shipping good on the mouse/keyboard?
  26. sechs

    Delayed Write Failed

    I'm getting a delayed write failed on the drive that serves some of my media files. Windows says that the writes are bad, but no file appears to be corrupted. Now, the weird part is that I turned off write caching in the control panel. So, Windows shouldn't even be caching writes to this...
  27. sechs

    NEWZ: 64-Bit Windows Available End Of April

    ATi's 64-bit drivers have been out for some time. Or I illegally downloaded them from the driver area of the ATi website. One or t'other.
  28. sechs

    Books

    Goodwill
  29. sechs

    Another Presale

    More stuff to add: 3 5.25" to 3.5" adapters 2 Heatsink retention frames for Opteron motherboards (with screws) 1 Two-line phone line Y-adapter 1 Three-plug current tap 1 80-to-68-pin adapter, Ultra320 rated SCREWS GALORE
  30. sechs

    REVIEW: "High Capacity Hard Drive Roundup"

    Seems to be pretty lacking. They included the 250GB Western Digital drive, but not the several other 250GB models out there.
  31. sechs

    dvd to tv

    How did you you encode the DVD? What software did you use?
  32. sechs

    [OS X] Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright

    I did ESL work for a year and half, and I still can't speak the language. I was a teacher, by the way....
  33. sechs

    www.redhill.net.au

    Must be the ape....
  34. sechs

    [OS X] Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright

    Your second sentence is compound-complex, but the "that" which should introduce the dependent clause has been left out. Especially in spoken English, the "that" or "which" is understood, but can be confusing in written writing. Does, "They don't list it in their financial statements, but that...
  35. sechs

    www.redhill.net.au

    No issues here, either....
  36. sechs

    [OS X] Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright

    Perhaps inserting the understood "that" would make more sense to you....
  37. sechs

    Another Presale

    Oh yeah, the reason that I came here... to add more items! 1 Logitech Cordless Freedom keyboard/mouse combo, never used 1 Vantec 4-device, 50" rounded LVD SCSI cable 1 Generic 80mm to 60mm fan adapter with screws 1 copy Nero Burning ROM 6 Ultra Edition (of unknown origin) 3 6" molex power...
  38. sechs

    Another Presale

    Maybe $125 for the PSU? An international money order in US$ or a cashier's check drawn on a US bank is what I usually ask for. I've only shipped out to Canada and the UK before, so I don't know how easy getting either of those would be in Australia. I'm looking at ~US$12 shipping via slow...
  39. sechs

    Another Presale

    It's a little over two years old and has two serial ATA connectors on it. This PSU still goes for about $200, so I'm looking at $150ish. I haven't researched yet to see if that's a reasonable price, however.
  40. sechs

    Another Presale

    I don't accept PayPal, but I will ship just about anywhere, as long as you are paying....
  41. sechs

    Another Presale

    Just upgraded my computer and have spare parts. I haven't gotten everything together yet and will be leaving town in a little over a week, but I wanted to give the folks here first shot. So far: 1 stick Corsair CMX512-2700C2 with lifetime warranty 1 Samsung SP1614N with >1 year warranty...
  42. sechs

    [OS X] Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright

    Did they ever resolve that suit from Apple Records?
  43. sechs

    NEWZ: Fujitsu In 2½ Inch SATA Drive Volume Production

    My serial ATA is black and red. No shiny.
  44. sechs

    NEWZ: Fujitsu In 2½ Inch SATA Drive Volume Production

    Do notebooks need serial ATA?
  45. sechs

    Torrents - do we even need TV any more?

    Who needs Tivo when you have the Internet?
  46. sechs

    Adobe Buys Macromedia

    From that article, I gather that "Metro" is Microsoft speak for "XML" which is something that's already freely available and in use.
  47. sechs

    Indiana and DST

    I figure that they did that just to piss off the people in Massachusetts.
  48. sechs

    Indiana and DST

    I, for one, have wondered why California wasn't on Mountain time. That would make sense to me pretty much all year round.
  49. sechs

    Strange days on planet Earth

    How many people know that dandelions and honey bees aren't native to North America? How many people actually believe that Kentucky blue grass is from Kentucky? People have so internalised the incorrectness of the world, that many wouldn't even know if it was wrong.
  50. sechs

    Indiana and DST

    Isn't DST about saving energy and not convenience?
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