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Got it. Thanks. I've never needed OCZs support, let me know how it works out.

So if a different drive connected with the same cables also won't post, doesn't that mean it is the cables or the board?

Just my opinion, but I prefer to use boxes over rings as it gives some strain relief.

Will it post with a different drive connected using the same cables?

You could always just strip the entire house. Now that I've worked on my technique, I can do 15' of wall down to the studs in under an hour. Only about 100' of wall left to do. ;)

That is the tool. Adjustable doesn't really matter. Once you get the hang of it you'll never want to terminate your own RJ45s again.

You'll need a punchdown tool for the patch panel anyway, so you might as well get the same for the wall jacks. They are faster once you get the hang of it. I would get some "old work" (remodel) wall boxes to mount the plates to; they have tabs that open inside the wall and hold the box to the...

Well I'm now in the market for a 32GB fast one. The 8GB it is replacing was a Flash Voyager, and price isn't significant. Anyone know what the fastest is? Ha! Voyager GTR Not cheap, that. But 34MB/s reads and 28MB/s writes

I've had office 2010 for quite some time now as well.

I would buy one, but I don't have an iDevice to control it with. That increases the cost considerably.

If you can recover the code, point and laugh until she's just shy of tears, then provide code. If you can't recover the code, the lesson has already been delivered.

Gotcha fb. I've looked before, and I just did again. They look awesome, but are considerably out of my budget.

Wow. That is downright crazy. And awesome.

Sorry, I was at the end of a very long day.

throw in "Addled" and "Retired" and you get "OLDFART"

Funny you should mention it, those arrived today ;)

Interesting

I'll be installing a small water feature outside the bedroom window, so it can blend with the traffic.

Multiple per run is a good idea. 4 is a bit on the overkill side, though that is never a bad thing. At one point I found a place that sold a single cable that contained 4x Cat6, 2x Coax, 2x component and some other stuff in a single pull. Interesting, though it wasn't cheap.

Time for the shop vac. Just keep some distance, or you might suck components off the boards ;)

Extra depends on where you are terminating them. If you are mounting a rack to the wall, and it is unlikely to move in the future, I would just leave a few feet. In the rooms will you be terminating to wall jacks?

Nope. If you think sleeping with a small noise every 30 minutes is hard, try it with earplugs ;)

Frys I think? I don't know if it was intended to be baseboard, and it was a fairly cheap plastic, but it took paint and worked well.

Got a link? That sounds neat.

In my place I'm tearing down sheetrock everywhere and installing conduit. The last time I did it myself without opening the walls, I got a special baseboard that acted as a conduit.

Everything in moderation, including moderation. I am an incredibly light sleeper. So much so that I used to think I was an insomniac, as I could never fall asleep. Then I started staying in nice hotels on high floors. Related: has anyone here tried a sensory deprivation tank?

The screen is fixed and will be in a recessed area at the appropriate height. Due to our active lifestyle, we only watch movies at night. Thanks to everyone for your help.

The screen is already acquired and in use got nearly two years. I suppose I could buy a new one if this one was unsuitable in some significant way, but I'd rather not. The wall unit has yet to be completely designed, much less built, so other than the size and material (hardwood, wall to door...

Nothing good. But on a longer timeframe.

Wow. No?

Much of it beyond what is visible in the attachment is still up for grabs. The couch is facing a full-height wall unit approx 1' deep, including a 110" fixed projection screen and a bunch of drawers/cabinets/shelves whose layout has yet to be determined. The screen is not of the acoustically...

Working on it.

It is for the bedroom. Two purposes, to isolate noise (in and out) and to deaden the acoustics as much as possible inside the room.

My favorite is at our ready mix plants. Powdered cement gets in case, humid morning sets it off, repeat daily. It'll kill a computer in a couple months.

Me neither.

It is a 110" projection screen. It wouldn't fit over the fireplace, much less in it. So where are we with the speakers?

Some compromise is necessary, as it is the living room and not a dedicated theater. That doesn't mean I don't want something that sounds good within the envelope that has been defined by my wife. And putting the speakers on shelves is nothing compared to the obstacle that is the shape of the...

Thanks for all the feedback guys. If I can get away with shrinking the room 4" in each dimension, I'll be doing the 5/8+GG+5/8+1" Fiberglass+Fabric. Owens Corning is still the only supplier I can find whose fabric is large enough to do my bedroom ceiling seamlessly (14'x13').

8' :(

While I agree that it would seem to be an effective solution, I'm having a hard enough time selling the wife on a fabric that at least looks like a normal wall from a distance. I may end up having to going with the dual-layer 5/8 just because it would look normal.

The house is a really big toy, knowing what I'm doing is second to the experience. ;) And I am learning as I go, the last time you mentioned green glue I read about that for an hour. It does indeed look like the best way to stop sound from going through a wall. On my own I had learned of the...

Having speakers that sit in the room on their own isn't an option aesthetically. I can have them built in to the cabinet, flush to the face, or I can put them in the ceiling like the surrounds will be.

I've already blocked massive amounts of sound transmission into the room, using 3" of expanding foam insulation and one of these. Now I want to make it acoustically dead internally. Not good for recording or listening, dead. Anechoic chamber dead if possible. Putting up hard sheetrock will not...

...and Merc blows past 13k... Congrats! And thanks for helping make this place great.

I want to buy this. It is obviously an easy DIY install, but I can't find a single place with it listed for sale. I know the core is just fiberglass panels, but the part I care about is the retention track and seamless fabric. Hours of Googling has gotten me nowhere. Can anyone here help?

The cabinetry will be custom built with spots for the speakers. Where do you stick them if not on a shelf?

Looks like the LSi7 is 10.25" deep. That might be where I go.

Thinking of getting a pair of good speakers for my birthday. These would be the front right/left of the home theater system, and I was considering Polk LSi9 (eBay, ~$700/pair). Unfortunately, the cabinetry that they will be going into was only going to be 12" deep. Are there good bang/buck...

Beyond crucial is one word for it. But our current system is less reliable than any of the servers I've built.

Any bad experiences with asterisk? This advice reminds me of Lunar's that I should skip the 7D and get a 1DIV; the price difference is considerable.