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  1. P5-133XL

    Goin Crazy with SQL2k and Exchange2k3...

    There shouldn't be a compatibility problem between these. They are bundled together in SBS2003. If you are only dealing with a few users (Less than 50) and don't mind a single failure point then SBS is your answer. It is signifigently cheaper than W2003 server + SQL 2003 + Exchange 2003 and...
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    All about Java

    Old IBM keyboards compete well with any other keyboard including the old Northgates omni-key ultra's: I like my keyboards to have some weight attached along with the appropiate clicky feel. New keyboards - Yuk, Yuk, Yuk. Generally I very much like IBM equipment. Very little proprietary...
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    What's your start page?

    my.yahoo.com
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    Folding@Home

    For those that want to improve their folding: The pande group has realeased a new version of the Gromacs core 1.56v. Specificly it is designed to quit causing machine lockups with Gromacs WU's and AMD machines but as a side benefit, it folds at aprox 2-3% (16 seconds on a 8 minute frame)...
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    Dead Battery,lost settings,no SCSI setup

    Your correct Merc, not likely exposed. But it probably has a reset to default settings. My guess is that it didn't reset to its defaults (and was most likely configured to the defaults) but rather to zero's when it booted up with the new battery.
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    Where are you on the political spectrum (test)?

    -4.5 Economic Left/Right -2.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian Now I see why I have yet to see a major decision made by George W. Bush that I agree with.
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    Favorite Quotes

    "Before enlightenment, you clean and carry water. After enlightenment, you clean and carry water".
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    Separate Apps Partition - Worthwhile?

    Seperating data from everything else == good. Forcing applications to go where you want them and not where they want to go == Bad. It just isn't worth the hassle and in the end, you never win. I've given up the fight and almost always use default locations: It just saves time and brain cells.
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    [NEWS] - Power Supply review at Tom's

    Just another of Tom's Junk Reviews.
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    Ram rocks!!

    The fact that he noticed an improvement in snap shows he made the right choice. If he had picked the CPU instead then he still would have been limited by the RAM. There isn't likely to be a big improvement going from 1->2GB. The next step would be a CPU improvement.
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    Sony Support at its finest

    A proper end. Sony and the Legion of doom have been properly vanquished.
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    Folding@Home

    Certificates of Achievement Congrats to all SF'ers that have stayed the course. Jake the Dog Fushigi P5_133XL The_JoJo CougTek Ghostwheel Handruin JMP Bartender zx nrg Mercutio blakerwy Pradeep Will_Richards Tannin Slo_crostic
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    Need Scsi Guru

    This problem is at the HW/Firmware level. The adapter is not properly communicating with the drive. Formats and Fdisk issues are irrelevant at this level. I know the drive is being seen and has power because the drive ID is shown at bootup. Lets simplify - do this diagnostic procedure one...
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    [NEWS] - Novell offers protection for it's Linux customers

    Novell is a corporation - There is no such thing as a "good guy" maneuver. As a company they have gone from top-of-the-hill to bottom-of-the-barrel by making quite a few very bad decisions. The best single example that I can think of is what they did to Word Perfect. I think of them now as a...
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    I need a shipper within the States.

    I have no problem accepting the item and shipping it to you.
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    Folding@Home

    You get aprox 15-20% folding gain using HT.
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    Zalman power supplies

    I don't think I've actually watched an entire episode of the Simpsons: Yes, those references are wasted on me.
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    Folding@Home

    You need the force SSE on all AMD chips that support SEE (they default to using 3dNow). Intel chips use SSE by default and don't need to be forced.
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    Correct Termination?

    My guess, as to why it does not work, is that the cable/terminator is not a multi-mode cable/terminator. LVD and SE modes actually use different impedances. Multi-mode uses an active terminator that matches the expected impeadance of the specific mode used, so that regardless of the mode the...
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    Correct Termination?

    The best alternative is to use a standard multi-mode ulta160 cable with terminator and then use a standard 68->50 pin adapter without termination at the DVD=Rom. Another alternative is to use the DVD-Rom termination (which only terminates pins 1-50) and the 68->50 pin adapter must be a...
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    SpelChek feature added.

    Spell checking does not seem to be an option for me - I've never seen the option. I would prefer one as long as it is easier to deal with than running word with cut and paste into the forums.
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    Beautiful Barton

    2500+'s generally run fine whil;e changing the FSB from 166->200. Don't know about the 2600+'s or the 2800+'s though. Try it, you may find it works fine: If not then simply switch back. (You generally do need PC3200+ ram however to make it work).
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    Quick!! HELP! Radeon 9000 VIVO and MMC

    Make sure terminal server is not active.
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    ''State Of The Art'' CPU Cooling (Circa Dec 2003)

    I've now tried 12 of these 2500+ and I have only had one that would not run properly at 3200+: it ran perfectly at 2500+. I found that folding a gromacs WU using SSE to be a very good test of the CPU's stability. The one that failed at 3200 appeared to work fine but couldn't fold properly at...
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    Papst fans - are they not supposed to be quiet?

    I've had very good results from Enermax ultra-cool UC-001B-TC fans I found them searching the web and got this review. I tried them and I liked them. I've also found that experimenting with removing fans is a good idea. Very often surplus fans do not improve air-flow or internal...
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    Visual Basic .Net free download

    You do know it is the resource kit and not the actual program itself.
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    Folding@Home

    This past week I've been experimenting with UD_MON. It is a program that caches WU's. That is why I have 23 processors listed when I only have 7 machines with 8 processors. I understand that F@H dissaproves of caching because of the problems with older machines not being able to finish their...
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    Guide to crappy xmas carols

    Come on guys This isn't a list of crappy Xmas songs. These are songs I like! :lol:
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    Shock! Horror! What makes the news?

    The most obvious choice was excluded because I hadn't heard of this - Merc getting broadband. I had to pick my second choice Tea disapearing.
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    Saddam Hussein captured.

    The real man or one of his doubles? Does our govt. care?
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    Folding@Home

    I've put on the flag -verbosity 9 previously and found that it does flush it queue of already done units at startup as well as several times in the middle of each WU.
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    More critical patches from MS

    Obviously what they actually ment was that they were simply delaying "That time of the month" for one day.
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    "Ignore" function

    I really see little point in an ignore function on this site. There just isn't enough of a problem with the people that are here that it is worth the bother using. I definately think that it is a personal choice issue and not something that needs moderator action. It is simply an extention of...
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    Sony Support at its finest

    My theory with dealing with types like this is that I simply got a bad employee. I don't start out condemming the entire company for the actions of one person. Sony is big enough that the will litterally have hundreds/thousands of people answering that same phone number. Call again, to get a...
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    "Ignore" function

    So sorry. I won't do it again. Please don't muzzle me. :lol:
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    I need a tripod.

    I use a Bogen 3021 with a 3047 head and find that it is quite stable (though a bit heavy) with my camera equip. I'm sure carbon Fibre is much better and lighter. I however, have never been willing to spend the money.
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    google index of SF?

    Merc. What about you? You have some rather personal stuff posted here. Do you not care if it gets goggled?
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    Anyone else sees a "warn" bar at SR?

    Every once in a blue moon my self control lapses and a little bit of someone else escapes.
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    google index of SF?

    I don't mind being googled. I googled myself and found far fewer than last time when SR had been indexed. Now only my SR profile remains.
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    Anyone else sees a "warn" bar at SR?

    Your warning level has just gained 20% per unnecessary post. You're already at 40%. Better be careful: You don't want to get to 100%
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    Folding@Home

    Extreme Overclocking's stats are back.
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    Faster RAID

    Someone is making a card. Otherwise how could Tom's Hardware produce another Junk-review on it.
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    Strange Boot Problem

    If the options within the CMOS have changed then the BIOS has changed. Do you have a MB that allows remote bios updating or automaticly downloads and installs updated bioses? If so disable those options: It is like playing russian roulette with your computer. When a bios has changed then it...
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    Strange Boot Problem

    It sounds like the CMOS battery is going out. Though it could have been a power surge. If one item in CMOS has changed, I'd be going through the rest of the settings too or at least reset them to optimized/default values.
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    IDE hell

    Possible but a device conflict is more likely. Q1. - for your IDE are you using the MB IDE controllers or an add-on card? Look at your MB documentation and find out what PCI slot shares IRQ's with the AGP port. If you have a card there, then move it to another slot. Preferably, leaving the...
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    IDE hell

    In 1998 it was probably supported, but you needed a special cable to make it work: CS has always been an option on IDE. The special cable requirement disappeared with the advent of 80 pin cables and (ATA-66)
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    Folding@Home

    The Tinker core (65) does not use any optimizations and thereby will be very slow relative to Gromacs core (78). Remember that there is a 300% improvement between no optimizations and SSE optimizations. One could learn to hate Tinker givin that info. It is my understanding that FAH will...
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    Folding@Home

    Handruin, You are doing it correct. JoJo, Sorry that this is so. It is a beta and thereby bugs can and do exist. You might try -verbosity 9 and then look at the log file to see what the problem is. Do note that overclocking is not recomended with the -forceSSE or the -forceasm options: If...
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    It's now official : I'm old.

    You're not "officially" old till you are my age or greater. Please note this is a moving target.
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    Folding@Home

    The 30% gain is from 3d-now to SSE: I'm trying to be conservative and not exadurate. from no optimizations to SSE the gain is closer to 300%
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