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You all have taught me well. Latest firmware, latest, now upgraded to Ultra DVD 9. I've got Media Player classic HT, and VLC for regular DVD's, and, if Ultra won't play them, the others will. Also reinstalled the drivers for the 4670 from HIS website, trying Mercs' drivers only, then adding...

Somethings are rather odd. Sahara had lines through it, artifacts, and wouldn't play, period. Spidey 3 and National Treasure where incredible in DVD Ultra 9. Trying to play Wanted, nothing, didn't even really startup.

ATI AGP cards tend to use legacy drivers. I have the latest version of the legacy drivers, and, the drivers recommended by HIS. It appears to be a PowerDVD forced upgrade, since moving to PowerDVD 9 Ultra the setup works, and incredibly well. Just feel kind of used after buying the drive and...

I kind of figured that. 8 x 60 equals the tests I saw on review. Looks like that's the limit per channel. So, LSI makes a 4 port PCI-X 133 MHZ 64 bit SAS card. Wonder if that would work? Around 150 dollars...

Well, let's see if the 3 Ware driver for the 9550S 3.00.04.070 driver is any faster then the 2005 driver I was using... HDTach results: still stuck at 61.4 mb/sec... so the answer is no...

XP 8.65-0908131-087120E-ATI was the one that didn't work...

Anyone actually used one, tested it, and had good numbers using SSDS?

After lots of playing, it's the 9500S that's the problem. With a single drive, it's max is 63 mb/sec per channel. On the 3112 I'm getting around 124-126 MB/sec writes, and, 133-138 MB/sec reads. Kind of weird, since the slot it's in shouldn't be that fast. The debate now is to try and boot...

I just booted off the old OS that works with blueray. Driver date is 8/13/09 Driver version is 8.650.0. Don't know what the one installed on the raid that didn't work is, since I just pulled the raid array apart to test the drives on different controllers, in different slots...

Currently the 3 ware card shows up as a 9000 series. I also have the MegaRaid card 320-1 and the Silicon IMmage SIT 3112 Alink controller. The 3112 is highly unlikely to go over 120 mb/sec.

Hi Strange stuff here. On my prior install of XP PRO, I used a HIS 4670 video card. http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-448.shtml The drivers support HDMI, and, it will in fact output to the TV's rather cheezy speakers through that HDMI connection. I'm using a HDMI cable to connect the TV...

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/E7505/X5DA8.cf PCI Expansion • 1x 64-bit 133/100/66MHz PCI-X (3.3V) slot • 2x 64-bit 100/66MHz PCI-X (3.3V) slots • 2x 32-bit 33MHz PCI-X (5V) slots I've got the 9500S in the 64 bit slot, but, it still isn't very fast. The other slots...

I wanted a decent size boot drive, that's why I raided the two, and, I figured they would be faster, and, at a good price point.That hasn't changed. I probably made a mistake not enabling 'write through' or write enabling... I'm sure it would have increased write speeds. One of the cards is...

ATTO on the SCSI raid is Writes between 130 mb/sec and 100 mb/sec. Reads 130 to 133 mb/sec. SSD's are running 15 mb/sec to 20 mb/sec writes, and, 98 to 120 mb/sec Reads. HDtach is running SSD's at 60-105 mb/sec, Random Access 0.1 ms. SCSI 80-120 mb/sec, with 6.0 ms. The write speed is REALLY...

There is no onboard SATA controller. SCSI based system. The drives are too small to boot from off the other SATA card on the machine. Thought of putting one in the other HTPC, but, it's again, really too small to boot from. Guess I could use them on that machine, with the Raid setup, provided it...

So far, not all that impressed. Pretty snappy, but STR are slow: 100 mb/sec. Probably the controller. Stuff opens quickly, but boot time is a little longer. Writes are terrible.

I've been getting 150 mb/sec for about 3 years now, thanks to two Seagate 15k cheetahs,,IIRC. I found the two drives to be the fastest access wise, and through put wise, perception wise. In other words, 4 drives had faster throughput, but, what felt like hesitation compared to two. Two of the...

Currently my Raid 0 throughput is 150 mb/sec or so. I'd like something that is a noticeable increase. Two drives are a bit smaller then I would like, but, doable. I'm going to try that first.

David: is there much difference between two and three of those drives in raid 0 to humans, not benchmarks? Or is it at a point of diminishing returns?

Is this worth it? I'm seriously considering two of the Vertex Turbo's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227468 Price seems REAL good? Comments, suggestions?

How, and with phone and program?

Hi I was wondering what folks are using for Contacts or an address book? I am thinking using google gmail contacts list as an address book, so if I have a backup of my address book. Any other solutions you are using, and why? Thanks Gs Happy New Year

Did a clean install of XP and the problem went away.

Panasonics' Bluray player was about 190 bucks at Costco. I thought the Plextor would give me a full, functional copy of PowerDVD 8, which it didn't but, it does play Bluray, for 150 bucks, and the burner should work as well, and perhaps the burner software will work better then the PowerDVD...

Continuing saga of the TV. I want to try this with Bluray quality signals, so, I picked up a Plextor PX-B310u external Bluray player, about 150 dollars, total. It comes with burning software, and PowerDVD 8, my main software interest. Figured I would get a full copy of DVD 8 for that price...

Went back to Nero 6. No video player. Using Media player classic home cinema, and VLC>

thank you, ST and LM. Just really started crying last night. Grief is not fun. Triggered by watching an old episode of Magnum, about his grandfather dieing, and, the problems he has with his new stepfather. Almost EXACTLY the same problems I'm facing.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161284 http://www.hisdigital.com/us/product2-448.shtml Model Name HIS HD 4670 IceQ (Full HD 1080p) HDMI 1GB (128bit) DDR3 Dual Link-DVI / VGA / HDMI (HDCP) AGP (RoHS)

No memory errors. Must be a software conflict I haven't been able to figure out. Burning Rom works fine, it's just showtime that doesn't. Don't really need it. I bought a Plextor external Bluray player, with PowerDVD for playing Bluray on this machine. The drive got good reviews, and, it's...

Going through the same thing. Besides my mother passing at 10:30 Monday, The Mercedes 89 died next to the Mercedes dealership. It's a rather nice, 300E that was abused by my girlfriend, but, has relatively low miles. First mechanic said the compression was shot. Second has spent 120 in...

ran chkdsk:OK Will run memtest tonight... Wonder if it's a conflict between the other video progams? VLC, FLV player, etc?

"Showtime.exe-Application Error The instruction at "0x10C416de" referenced memory at "ox12d5e900". The memory could not be "Read". What does this mean? Possible cause? Thanks GS

Work I'm about 4 feet away when typing. Watching stuff, 5-7 feet. The keyboard pulls out of my desk, 13" Desk is 26" from TV to edge of desk. Oddly, it still looks better with my computer glasses on. I seem to loose part of the 3D aspects if I take them off, which bothers me... MacGillvery...

The depth, and 3D that this screen brings out, and shows, is really incredible. It's a VERY different experience from using the 21" Samsungs to watch movies. It's very BRIGHT and white, have to turn the backlight down from 85 to 25, but, that's very easy to do with the remote.

DARN COBRA ALMOST BIT MY HAND....

James Bond videos opening sceens are freaking incredible.... Watching Quantum Solice. INCREDIBLE. I MAY HAVE TO GET A PANASONIC BLUE RAY PLAYER, JUST TO REALLY TEST THIS THING...

Weird. The tax was, IIRC, 16 dollars on 629? It was near twice that on a 250 dollar monitor. VERY strange, as is this state....Plus, nearly 9%, or more, in state sales tax, so that's what, nearly 20% in tax? I can always return it in 3 months, and get all my money back, and get the Hell out...

Went with the Vizio 37" XVT, 120 hz, 1080P, 10 bit screen. Pretty bright. Playing with it, and typing on it right now. Think I'll watch a movie or two... 629 at Costco, and, I've got a 90 day window to return it...

David: Could you check if your system has slowed down at all? Both the Vertex setup, and the X-25M setup? Thanks gs

What I've found so far is there are just a couple that use a 10 bit screen and processor, and, they aren't cheap. Sony Bravia comes to mind, and the Vizio Extreme 40" are the two I have to choose from... Been thinking about that or two Vertex Turbos or more vertex turbos...

Pradeep: Looks like 2-4 drives is it for me on that card. 300-700 mb/sec, plus access time reduction should be noticeable. That would be a 100% increase from my current setup, if only on the low end.

SPED and ROP Intro to Law, and public schools in California.

My thanks. Didn't know MPC classic had a new version. I've found DVD 6 to have better picture quality then 8, and Nero 9 better then VLC, or MPC. That said, VPC works on stuff that most of the others don't.

BEST VALUE OF DRIVES TO HIT 1200 MB/SEC If you had a 3ware card with 16 channels, and a bus max of around 1500 mb/sec, what combination of SSDs would you use, and, if you have them used, do you want to sell them cheap to a retired teacher?????

Stereodude: What are you using for DVD playback? I've been using VLC, Nero 9, recently downloaded a trial of PowerDVD 9, but couldn't get it running. PowerDVD 6 gives me the best playback with DVD's so far, with default settings. David: I'll give any AnyDVD HD a try. I've been using, on...

THANK YOU FOR THAT LINK!!! Works great.

What software is going to best utilize HDTV and 1080P output, surround sound, etc?

OK; Thanks. So far, I took my old video card, and HDMI cable, installed it in my friends' computer, and hooked it up to a relative cheap Emerson 32" 720 60 mhz TV. Seems to play pretty darn well, and, with a DVD out put from the computer, looks VERY good. So, a few more questions. Which...

The last thread was about a 28" monitor they offer, lower quality but good reviews, for 300 dollars. I've been looking at the TV's, and, they have better picture quality, and a better price point. Also, they appear to have better quality control then the monitors. I have two 21.5" monitors...

Hi I'm looking at moving up to a TV as my main monitor from the 2233 Samsung. I'm finding the 32" TV's are much bigger then the monitors, appear to be better quality, and Costco has em. Is 37 or 40" too much for a desktop? Thanks GS