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I just went through Dell's wizard for the PE400SC, and after including all of the items that I speced, it comes to $1,005.00, and that excludes the operating system, DVD burner, and office software.

Sounds nice Fushi.

I went ahead and ordered the following to see how this little machine will work: Intel BLKD845GVSRL -- integrated Video, Audio, and LAN Celeron 2.4 GHz BX80546RE2400C CKVR333X64C25 512MB RAM Mitsumi D359M3BLACK Floppy Drive NEC ND-3500A/GNBlack DVD +-RW Apex TM-163 Black Enclosure VS2120...

This sure is interesting, especially considering that I haven't experienced any of these recent issues.

Somebody just asked me for some ultra-budget Celeron pricing to replace some existing computers. So, I slapped a few things and came up with a basic box for $660.00 -- I thought that was a decent price. The box consists of: Intel BLKD845GVSRL -- integrated Video, Audio, and LAN Celeron 2.4...

How about an issue with the Master Browser election?

OSes on Raptor, pagefile on a Cheetah, and the 1200JB use as storage. If you use other applications that have additional scratch files, like Photoshop, use the second Cheetah for that purpose.

Negative on that, I know first hand that OEMs (Dell, Gateway, HP, Apple etc.) have a quality process that must be met. They also have other requests that each HDD manufacturer try to meet.

Get your hands on a Technical Reference Manual for the WD360GD, page 12. Page 13 has a nice diagram illustrating how the drive should be cooled.

Nope. That is the Maximum temperature value that should be read at the thermalcouple location on the baseplate of the drive. However, sustained operation of temperatures exceeding 50C/122F will degrade the MTBF rating on the drive.

OEMs use products from all of the top hard drive manufacturers. The one exception is Apple, qualifying with them is more tedious, so manufactures don't always make it in with them.

Just to put hard drive temperatures into perspective, a WD360GD has a maximum operating temperature of 131F/55C.

Yes, and racecar. I think that was mentioned in another thread that Mirror posted in.

I didn't realize that was a prediction, I thought it was a known fact. :D

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It doesn't really matter, I heard on the radio this morning that there will be a 10 second delay this year. Also, the NFL will keep complete control of the half-time show, unlike last year when they farmed it out to MTV.

There is a lubricant on the media, but it is obviously in a solid state.

That Weather Pulse is a pretty nifty program. Unfortunately, it gathers data outside of my town. Maybe I should install a weather station at home that I could monitor from any computer across the Internet. :D

Good choice Clocker.

Indeed. Ramona is a nice area, but if you drive further East toward the small town of Julian, there is a lovely park and campground called William Heise. It is a beautiful area with the Manzanita trees and gorgeous vistas.

It makes the experience of a failed hard drive seem negligible.

That's the key, is it not. Just look at the FX5700 series, the plain FX5700 performs 30% better than the FX5700LE in Final Fantasy. The 9600Pro performs 65% better than the 9600SE with the same amount of RAM in the Final Fantasy benchmark, whereas the 9600XT from GeXcube (still the same amount...

You did specify non-SE, but the 9600SE is in the same slow boat as the 9550. Thanks for including that link from Time, I was trying to find that but apparently I forgot to place it in my bookmarks.

A non-SE card for only $65.00 -- I wouldn't argue the point either.

Oh, and P5, it's Rosewill not Roswell. It's amazing the difference a name makes.

The 9550/9600SE are out classed by the older 8500/9100 series. For example, the 9550 has a core clock speed of 250MHz and a memory bus speed of 400MHz. Whereas the 9600 Pro has a core clock speed of 400MHz and the memory is communicated with at 600MHz. Other than that, the Pixel Pipeline...

It is true jtr that the majority of California's population lives in a relatively temperate climate. However, that climate is not representative of our State. Thus, when people visit or talk about California they inadvertently describe our State as having generally nice weather. Granted, the...

You should be able to get an ATI 9600 Pro 256MB card for just over $100.00 (it supports DX9).

So Bozo, which drives have you been RMAing a lot lately?

Exactly what I had in mind sechs and dave. Does anyone remember the Donner Party? If I recall, they didn't die of heat stroke trying to make it through the pass. Anyway, it has been around 100F here too. Saturday and Sunday were the worst days, reaching 105. Good thing my AC works, keeping...

That is being extremely general.

Episode 29 :rofl: "Obviously I haven't reached the limit of my childishness just yet..."

People won't click on links as often as they'll read the actual contents of an Email -- especially if it is brief and eye-catching.

Ditto . . . and this is scheduled shortly after an automated session of Disk Cleanup. No need to defrag files I don't want. :D

Through experience, I would not recommend running the Raptor without active cooling. I won't say that it is not possible, but the results can be frustrating.

My disti has now dropped the XP2000+ CPU, so the least expensive CPU they have is the SDA2400BOX. I think I'll be pricing that in the $70.00 to $75.00 range.

Mercutio, No plunge yet, I just saw the description for the F4 BIOS version and that is what it stated. David, I would suspect not, but I suppose it is possible and would make the whole process useless. _____ They have also released another BIOS revision, F5. This fixes an apparent problem...

Contrary to some people’s experience, but not to mine, I would recommend the brown-box* packaged WD2000JB drives. They come with a three-year warranty. * The retail kits do not have a three-year warranty, well not at this time.

NOD32 Not only do I mention this option because of Eset's great record of detecting In the Wild Viruses and generating No False Positives across many platforms according to Virus Bulletin, but also because through personal experience NOD32 always comes through when the more popular anti-virus...

By the way, if you're going to use Sempron CPUs on the Gigabyte GA-7VT600-RZ board, make sure you are using the F4 BIOS version. It is a downloadable option that can be flashed through their Q-Flash utility.

How depressing.

Well, I'll give this a try my young simian friend. "Extra virgin" is an aeroplane that has never flown before, carried any passengers, or even left the hanger. It is the envy of all pilots, passengers, and crew around, because it is the cleanest plane available.

There is also the Sempron 3100+ with the Paris core which uses Socket 754. They are going for about $195.00 AUD ($135.00 US). Ironically, this chip is clocked slower (1.8GHz versus 1.833GHz) then the Sempron 2600+ Socket 462. As Tannin pointed out, the 2600+ is also a lot cheaper.

I chose the AXDA because I know what it is capable of doing.

So, my disti is showing a $40.00 difference between an SDA2800BOX and an AXDA2800BOX, with the Sempron being the least expensive. Both are SocketA, which should I buy?

So you are a "Mysterious Wannabe Storage Freak". :D

Just doing a quick search on Google, shows all of this Fushigi Yuugi stuff. I don't know what it is, but it sure seems popluar. That could be why the name is already taken.

Pretty cool. As TPI and BPI increase, heads need to fly lower. As this occurs, that necessary layer of lubrication becomes an obstruction. Hopefully this new polyester compound will allow for lower fly heights.

Wow, my own thread! What shall I do? Why couldn't Time ask something that I am more familiar with, like cars, beer, or WD drives? :oops: Sorry, Time you asked the wrong person. Although I sell and install both products, I haven't set up VPN on either. :(

Wow! Obviously there is only one of those in the state. I wonder how many people have tried to get that combo of numbers for their plate.