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Installed Oscar's Multi-Monitor TaskBar and everything worked as expected. If you want a commercial alternative, UltraMon looks like the best by far. Brickbats to ATI, the latest version of Hydravision appears to be crap.

What makes you think an add-in card will be any different? So's a scheduled copy. Look, if you can afford 1200 CDs, you can afford a 3Ware card, or even an Areca card (better at RAID 5). Personally, I think RAID 5 is the work of the Devil, but if your heart is set on it, just do it. BTW, I...

Well, it certainly surprised me, at least until I realized that nVidia RAID (and every other onboard RAID) is really software RAID. That is, it's a process that the OS runs, not just a driver (probably bad terminology, but it's all I can manage right now). BTW, although I was able to convert...

Well, I got the customer to image his C drive (apps live on D) and send it to me on DVD. After some messing about, I managed to get this onto an identical PC (except for HDD brand) that I've been playing with. Sure enough, it too now has the shutdown problem. :( I tried changing the HAL back...

1. It sounds like you don't really need RAID at all. RAID redundancy is in real time, whereas copying from one set of drives to another whenever you got around to it would work just as well. Also, you may care to make the backup set removable for extra safety. 2. I can't imagine why you would...

No Steve, that's the point I was trying to make. You can happily build the RAID array *after* the Windows install.

I've never bothered with installing the nVidia drivers while installing Windows (F6), so for all I know, that may be completely broken (it obviously was for you). For everyone's future reference, you do *not* need to slipstream drivers with nForce 3 or nForce 4 motherboards. This applies to...

Wonderful stuff, Sechs.

What Merc said, but what about HomePlug powerline networking instead? It's still more expensive than wireless but not that much. Also, realize that claimed Mbps tend to overstate the throughput you are likely to actually see. I usually halve it when comparing to wired networking. If you have a...

Yes. The first time I tried nForce 4 RAID, it was with an Asus board and I initially had problems. It was fine after that initial entanglement, though. Recently, I tried it on a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 and had no problems whatsover. I installed the OS onto one drive, then enabled RAID in the BIOS...

Hmmm, they've updated that review a couple of times since I read it some time back. The firmware update fixed some things and the new model fixes most of the rest. Areca looks really attractive now, although still behind 3Ware in at least one relevant test. I have read that 3Ware actually came...

1. I imagine your JPEGs are large, so random access should be less important than STR, provided your drives and OS are doing writeback (without which you have no chance). 2. The Areca controller turns in respectable RAID 5 numbers, at least when compared to 3Ware. However, the 3Ware destroys...

I don't see how dual cores would affect a CRC calculation. It sounds bad, but I don't know what to suggest, Will. Which OS? If in doubt, disable the firewall and see if things stop corrupting.

Welcome, Cyril. So, what's it like to work for an evil overlord?

Ted, it may pay you to read Mercutio's experiences with Sony customer support and a Sony DVD drive. On this list of Sony DVD rebadges, I note that Mercutio's DRU-500A was in fact designed and manufactured in-house by Sony rather than being badge-engineered. I imagine that not all Sony products...

I'd guess it's a GA-7S748 with SATA added? Pretty academic for me seeing AFAIK they didn't make it to Oz. :(

I've used several of the DVR-109s without problems, Doug. The A09 is even quieter.

I personally haven't had any troubles with Pioneer products, but in the past they've been too expensive for us to use very often. Now, however, their OEM drives look to be similarly priced to competitors'. Does anyone know what happened to hacked firmware for Pioneer drives? I can't find any...

I don't agree with you on this point. DVD technology is still evolving and manufacturers are releasing unfinished products - look at Sony, for instance. Pioneer and NEC rely on firmware updates to meet their advertised feature set. I'm relieved that DVD burners appear to be far more reliable...

I don't normally join in this mutual backslapping stuff, but this is one member who commands respect for the quality of his posts. 90dB signal to noise ratio all the way. Cheers, Steve!

Good luck with the VPN aspect, you may need it - ask Ddrueding.

I had already run the PC up with a different drive and installed Win2k before shipping it out, so I don't need to try that again. Device manager says ACPI is working okay. How did you 'force' it? The only other thing I can think of to try is a Windows repair.

Mubs' post here reminded me to revisit this thread. Fifteen months have elapsed and gasoline prices have risen 40%, although the pace is picking up.

I've never understood why the US felt the need for teeny weeny gallons. A ten-gallon hat is really just a baseball cap with pretensions.

:scratch: Did I say that? Well, it's certainly an obnoxious application, and the number of reports on the web suggest it may have at one stage anyway. It used to be a not uncommon delivery system, being sponsored to bundle 'helper' applications with your own. Or perhaps Incredimail used to phone...

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Solved it. Windows PnP enumerator problem, although MS tries to imply it's the fault of the network card vendors: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306983

Okay, I bunged in a network card (Davicom, I have heaps of them lying around). It does exactly the same thing! :( So, obviously Windows is broken. I ran System File Checker - no change. Then I did a Windows repair - no change. I've been in and out of Safe mode, removed "Rhine" keys from the...

I tried disabling NOD32's scan at shutdown option, but it didn't help. I also finally got the user to boot in safe mode and restarts from there - it did exactly the same thing! Surely, this means it's not a simple driver or rogue service issue?

We've been struggling with ATI Hydravision (latest version) on a Sapphire X300SE (i.e. dual monitors). Tried the 'Full Edition' first. Hydravision Properties didn't work, neither did 'Move to 1/2' to position a window. In fact, the only thing that did work was dragging a window across the...

I can't see any wormsign yet, and his copy of NOD32 is up to date. It's something I plan to investigate further, but he doesn't use IE or Outbreak. BTW, like a lot of my tricky problems, the PC is about 600 miles away. :-?

Yes (SP4) and the MS info I've turned up so either hasn't been useful or hasn't been relevant (eg XP only). It doesn't mean that it isn't there, just that I haven't found it. There was one that talked about copy protection software, but the file concerned wasn't on the computer. :(

I have a Via KM400A motherboard (Asus, curse their black heart). It temporarily replaced an nForce 2 board and all was fine (actually, it was a huge PITA, but I won't go into that). I removed it and used it to replace an nForce 1 board. Everything works except the Via Rhine network chip, which...

Customer runs Windows 2000 Pro. He's vague, but a few months ago it started hanging with a blank screen when he tries to do a restart. It gets through the 'saving your settings' part, then blackness (and sometimes a cursor), but only the big switch (or reset) gets it any further. And now for...

Doug, try the Hitachi Feature tool. It works with all drives.

I had a similar problem with a Samsung drive, but put it down to the severe vibration the drive was exhibiting. The replacement was fine. From my obervations of different drives in about half a dozen computers, I would say HD Tach results are only approximate, but still reasonable. I achieved...

Differences between thermal transfer compounds are mostly down to thickness of application. Certain compounds can be spread much thinner than others, but in addition, some compounds are a little more tolerant of extra thickness. Consider that heat conductivity ranges from 200 to 400 W/m°K for...

Just after I paid for Suse 9.3 Pro ... I don't care, it's still worth it. BTW, I notice 9.3 is finally smart enough to automatically load the Forcedeth driver for the nVidia nForce 4 network adaptor.

The Athlon 64 contact area is huge compared to Socket A, so there's no point in using Artic Silver unless the thermal pad becomes damaged (after removal, for example).

If you use an LCD, DVI should render graphics quality problems irrelevant. I don't know where Greg got the idea that a Matrox P650 is fast - the X300 Will selected is at least twice as speedy. According to Storage Review, the Fujitsu MAU (albeit 4-platter version) is 6dB louder and 8.5C hotter...

Speaking of which, have you tried reseating the CPU? It is socket 775, after all. :-? No bent pins?

Or, it might mean the CPU is history. :(

Well, yeah. The power supply was by far the most likely candidate, the next is the motherboard. I had something similar where it turned out the PS just wasn't compatible/capable with a particular motherboard, but as long as you tried a different model PS, that scenario doesn't seem to fit. If...

I'd stand by everything Mercutio said in his response in the earlier thread, and I don't see any reason to change anything I said in the post that followed. In other words, nothing's changed in more than a year! Virtually any non-DSL router should do the job, as long as you don't want advanced...

How did you get from there to considering 15k drives? :o

Must be bootlegged.

Just more really stupid ravings from Roger Waters, along with "we don't need no education". His mother was a teacher, BTW. He wrote most of the lyrics, and most of them are pretentious drivel.

Tazwegion, Mercutio is a qualified instructor for several IT certifications. He has a copious memory and a formidable intellect. He's also sometimes spectacularly wrong, but I can't recall him ever admitting that. :) I *know* the Cyrix CPU could be a viable platform. So did IBM - AFAIK they...

I need to apologize without reservation to Jtr1962. I have no idea why I took the line I did about capacitor internal resistance - let's just attribute it to stupidity or intoxication. :o I meant to apologize once the thread had quietened - sorry it took me so embarassingly long. :oops: P.S...