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Very funny indeed.

Used for fileserving? How many harddrives? APC has a pretty cool power consumption calculator on their website.

More upgrades since my last post. It's getting really absurd since I'm spending more time upgrading the systems than working on them. Workstation: A64 3700+ San Diego Core (2.75Ghz - 250x11 @1.5V) Scythe Ninja Gigabyte nForce4 SLI 1GB Corsair XMS DDR550 Gigabyte Fanless x800 PCIe 40GB Samsung...

To quote Mercutio from another thread:

I just got back from a wedding in LA over the weekend. With the temp over a hundred and the humidity over 80%, I could feel the pollution sticking to my body. The one advantage of wearing the full tux with vest and tie was that it took nearly 5 minutes for the heat to penetrate fully and cause...

My complaints about the slot architecture are focused on the physical design rather than the cores they supported. Most notably the tendancy for the socket itself to pull clear of the motherboard. Though it would be interesting to see what heatpipe-based coolers could be devised around the slot...

Slot-1/A - Now there is an architecture worth replacing!

The problem with standards is that they have to be standard. That means being able to accomodate at least 90% of the boards out there. There's just too many "special needs" now that so many things are integrated onto the motherboard. Many of the funkier things are now using PCI slots and...

The new boards I buy are Gigabyte nForce4 boards that have 6 audio plugs, 2 ethernet connectors, and 2 SPDIF connections. How are you going to fit that in a standard? I'm still hoping that someday soon the average board will ditch parallel, serial, and PS/2 connections. That would require...

I have had good experiences with Get Data Back, but it does take FOREVER to do anything. Thanks for the update, and glad to hear you didn't lose anything.

Hoping you hadn't deleted the original of the data yet?

I'm quite interested in your results as well. I don't have much experience with dynamic disks, but have always wondered how hard it would be to move them around and do maintenece/recovery stuff on them.

THis is indeed a great idea. I use the 3M hooks along the top of the case to guide these cables into the topmost 5.25" bay.

Not going to argue, just going to make sure that this is it. "BlueGears/HDA Digital X-Mystique 7.1 Gold 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail"

The circuit city where the impulse buy happened did not have anything but this card and a SB Live!. There's no way I would have ordered a sound card, I simply didn't think it would make that much difference with my current speakers (Klipsch 2.1) and my source (192kbps ABR MP3). It was on the...

I've been running onboard audio for about as long as the AC97 standard has been shipping on mainstream boards. I just did a major impulse buy and went for a Audigy 2 ZS. Now I really understand what my 850 codec was missing! This is really good sound by comparison. I know Creative sucks, but I'm...

I recently recieved a 2.5" Samsung SATA drive from newegg as part of a larger order. The drive was in a sealed anti-static bag in a small box along with some OEM CPUs, RAM and peanuts; then put into a larger box with other components and more peanuts. Considering the beating laptop drives are...

Ugh, that kind of stuff is typically reserved for wacko websites. Normally I'm just marginally glad that I don't watch TV, but every once in a while I'm REALLY glad.

Have you considered switching to png image files? I noticed a 30% drop in the size of the images without noticeable image degredation.

Making some good money? A very nice rant; and one I 100% agree with. It's not like linksys don't know how to do WPA; many of their products have it. The killer for me is why their range extenders don't support it. They have a "one touch setup" that would obviously not support keying in a code.

...But 754 didn't last as long as 462. Say hello to 939!

The Barton 2500+ was my best friend for a LONG time. Though the Venice 3000+ is looking pretty darn good.

The Neopower ran for about 18 hours before erupting in a cloud of smoke. It filled the laundry room, leaving quite a suprise for me when I got home. Fortunatly it didn't take anything else (like the TB up unbackedup data) with it. I have since replaced it with an Antec TruePower 500W. This PS...

Well, I lay awake last night worried about the temp of all those hard drives in the Silverstone, so I made a run to Frys today and spent too much money. I think I averaged about $1000/hr :(. Workstation: A64 3700+ San Diego Core (2.75Ghz - 250x11@1.5V) Scythe Ninja Gigabyte nForce4 SLI 1GB...

In addition to the measley price difference, it moves the video card closer to the CPU. The only fan I have is a Nexus 120mm @ 5v between the CPU HS and the passive video card making the airflow from the HSF work better at keeping the video cool as well.

Well, here's my NEW new rig... A64 3700+ San Diego Core (2.75Ghz @ 1.5V) Scythe Ninja Gigabyte nForce4 SLI 1GB Corsair XMS DDR550 Gigabyte Fanless x800 PCIe 40GB Samsung SATA 2.5" in a Scythe Silent Box Enclosure BenQ 1620 DVD-RW Nexus 120mm@500rpm Antec Phantom 350W All my storage and...

8TB? Well, at least they didn't contain data.

I took mu second Judo class last night...ouch. Everything was going just fine until I tried a "front fall without arms". This is where you kick yourself around until your feet fly over your head and you land on your rounded back, softening the blow. Either mt back wasn't rounded enough or my...

If you like semi-sweet whites, I need to reccomend Galante Vineyard's Sauvignon Blanc; the finest example I've found. Though my personl favorite wine is their Merlot. Aged in 100% new french oak that's been lightly toasted, it offers just the right amount of spice to go with steak or other...

Yup. This thing was officially sponsored by EA, as a "Battlefield 2 Premire Event". They provided gaming mice, games, and T-Shirts as prizes. It's now 1:30AM on Sunday, and I've had 2 hours of sleep since 6AM on Friday. Every hour in between has been me yelling my head off, organising and...

So tired. Just wrapped up the first 24 hours of our Battlefield 2 Tournament. Now I can sleep for a few before going back to finish it off.

I Think the laptop argument holds the most water. The laptop resting in myleft hand as I type this with my right would be much heavier and harder to manage if it had even half the weight or size of the brick added. I don't mean to digress, but if I could have lost the size/weight of the optical...

That involves integrating the heat as well. I'd prefer to keep that heat behind my desk.

The next PS for my bedroom computer will likely be a brick...silence is happy.

9AM and 14C. The high today will be 20C, the lowest it got last night was 13C. Being 200m from the ocean helps a bit.

I didn't stop to look at it, but it was the original drive in a 440BX-based P2-400/128MB NT system. 8GB in 2 partitions of 4GB. When I installed a USB 2.0 PCI card in this machine and got WinXP Pro SP2 installed (yes, same hardware) the drive works fine. Only guess is that the onboard USB wasn't...

Thanks for the quick response Buck, it does indeed look like some other type of error. I connected the drive to my system via USB and it's reading fine. I think their hardware is just too old.

I just upgraded a user from NT4 to XP Pro. I took his old drive and installed it in a USB 2.0 enclosure so he can access his files. The drive letter is showing up, but it prompts for "insert disk". Is this an issue with the old version of NTFS or an indication that the enclosure is not operating...

Following my logical yet completely baseless and incorrect thoughts; wouldn't monitors that ONLY supported DVI be cheaper than monitors that ONLY supported VGA? Wouldn't it be the same with video cards?

When i lived in San Francisco and Manhattan I didn't have a car and didn't miss it at all. All the good stuff seems to have been covered, so I'll just say "yeah..." and hit post...\ PUI

From what I can tell, there are 2 scenarios that should make DVI superior. 1) Long cable runs: To VGA's credit, on runs as long as 50' VGA still looks fine. 2) Higher res/refresh: This is only in theory, as VGA can support both higher res and refresh...wtf?

I'm currently considering selling my GTI and buying a sport bike. In anticipation of this change, I've started trying to live like it already happened. My car is completely empty, and the only things I let myself carry is a backpack in the passenger seat. So far no issues; I've started doing...

I didn't need any more reasons to dislike Intel, but thanks anyway.

The best laptops to park your Hummer on are certainly toughbooks. I saw a demo of that one, quite impressive.

How embarrasing. Try This one. Sorry about that. I'm thinking our definitions might just be different. I recently had to swap out a Zalman Fanmate as it was producing the slightest whistle while slowing my Nexus 120mm fan to 5v.

Not true. DDR works fine with single DIMMS. However, Dual-Channel DDR requires matching DIMMS in specific sockets to support Dual-Channel mode.

I wonder what the min RPM is? I tried a Nexus in one and the alarm sounded constantly

Just so you know, that SCA box and silent aren't compatible. The fan on the back is quite noisy and cannot be swapped or removed without the very loud alarm going off. Removing the alarm requires a soldering iron or surgical hammer. I'd suggest this:

I don't think you'll see plasmas with that kind of res. They're designed to replace televisions, remember, not monitors. That's a decent resolution for TV (I guess, I don't watch it). If you're looking for a better resolution, you're probably looking for Samsung's 24" 1920x1280 or their 57"...

Antec Phantom 500W. Semi-passive, the fan will never turn on if you have good case airflow or low average power draw.