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  1. Pradeep

    Question on WD MyPassport Ultra 3TB

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00W8XXYN2 Does anyone know anything about this 3TB model? Is it a 9.5mm 2.5" drive inside? I have the 2TB model but will grab this to extract and upgrade a PS4 if that is the case.
  2. Pradeep

    Intervention - stop me buying a Gateway laptop

    Yes, that's right. http://www.amazon.com/Gateway-NV75S02u-17-3-Inch-Laptop-Ebony/dp/B0051OLCTS/ The one thing I know is missing is USB 3. Ideally I would be able to get a 1600*900 screen, BD combo drive, plus switchable discrete graphics. But this seems to be a decent one for the $599. Thoughts?
  3. Pradeep

    Socket G34, 12 cores @ 1.9 GHz or 8 cores at 2.4 GHz?

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/29/amd_opteron_6100_launch/page2.html Both at $744, 80W.
  4. Pradeep

    Best 640GB 2.5" drive?

    Looking at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148527 The only other option is the Samsung: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152204 Any thoughts? Has to be 9.5mm high so the 750+ drives etc are out. Thanks.
  5. Pradeep

    Do not upgrade to nvidia 196.75 driver - could fry your card

    Engadget are reporting that nVidia's 196.75 driver update might or might not kill your card during gaming - a bug in the fan controller code may exist which will cause it to overheat. http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/nvidia-pulls-196-75-driver-amid-reports-its-frying-graphics-car/
  6. Pradeep

    Radeon-5830-details-leak

    http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/02/23/radeon-hd-5830-details-leak/ Uses the same 256 bit bandwidth for the GDDR5 as the 5850, however it looks a little crippled compared to the latter. No need to worry if you are in the GPU market, I would say a pair of 5770s or a 5850 would be a much better...
  7. Pradeep

    ATI 5870 released and reviewed

    http://xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5870_17.html Delivers performance generally greater than the 4870 X2, with less noise and power consumption. The X2 version yet to be released will target the high end.
  8. Pradeep

    Fujitsu LifeBook P8010? Any experiences?

    Want to get something small, yet fully capable, for working at client sites etc. That can be carried all day without becoming burdensome. Looks like with two full size batteries you could do a good 8 hours of work. Reviews seem to show issues with very narrow viewing angles on the lcd screen, if...
  9. Pradeep

    EMC release solid state enterprise drives

    In summary, IO performance of 30 15K drives in one 72 or 144 GB drive. And of course no need to pay the middle man (i.e. drive maker), can just get the best deals directly from the flash ram manufacturers. That's going to be fantastic for performance. Just what we want for Exchange. Have to see...
  10. Pradeep

    Maxtor SATA 500GB drive for $89 at Fry's.com

    http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4551377
  11. Pradeep

    Read-only SAS cable?

    Have you guys ever heard of a read only (forensic) SAS cable? My initial thoughts are that such a thing doesn't exist as of yet. TIA, Pradeep.
  12. Pradeep

    Anandtech reviews the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000

    http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2949&p=1 Impressive, the quietest and one of the coolest running drives they have ever tested.
  13. Pradeep

    Details on quad-core AMDs

    Looks like they have made quite a few changes, in many areas. I might skip the dual core gen and go straight to the quads in 2007. http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35011 Barcelona is the first native quad-core AMD CPU, commonly but wrongly referred to as K8L. It is the first real...
  14. Pradeep

    Formmail and Japanese characters

    I have a problem whereby when someone fills in a formmail form with Japanese characters, when the email is received it's just gibberish. Is there a setting that allows the Japanese character set to come thru unmolested? TIA, Pradeep.
  15. Pradeep

    New Areca controllers released

    http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3787 How does almost 800MB/sec sequential writes with RAID 5 and 14 drives sound? 800 MHz Intel controller seems to do the job nicely. http://tweakers.net/reviews/639/6
  16. Pradeep

    Winter tire time

    So this year, I've switched from the Blizzak WS-50 to the new Nokian Hakka RSi snow tires. Any one else doing anything exciting?
  17. Pradeep

    150GB Raptor announced

    http://theinquirer.net/?article=28577 The WD1500AH is a model "for gamers", while the enterprise version is known under the name WD1500AD and comes with TLER (Time Limited Error Recovery) marchitecture. Also, the drives support SATA-II and NCQ marchitectures.
  18. Pradeep

    Best drive imaging software?

    I have to setup computers before they ship to clients. Often-times, the POS Maxtor Calypsos inside will shit the bed within a few months, and the client has to setup the PC again, using the provided Dell OS CD, and various CDs that we provide. Big headache in terms of support. Ideally, I would...
  19. Pradeep

    10 GB Ethernet, or adapter teaming?

    So our new server at work is humming along, takes all we can throw at it. However, as we add more connections to it, I can see that we are going to max out the gigabit ethernet connection (there's 2 on board, one goes to the lab for all the work, the other to the rest of the offices). I see...
  20. Pradeep

    Sweet Jebus, the Maxtor Calypso is a turd

    Out of around 15 Dell Precision workstations (470 and 370), 4 of them have had a failed 250GB SATA version of the above. Within a year of purchase. Of course they are worked pretty hard, but it's difficult to go SCSI when you need large capacity. Surely Dell must be losing money next daying us...
  21. Pradeep

    Cult of the Mac is alive....

    RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line. "This is total...
  22. Pradeep

    My first ebay sale

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48516&item=7503208010&rd=1 My first ebay sale. Comments welcome. Lunar, interested in a spare battery for your 1DsMkII?
  23. Pradeep

    Serial port woes

    So we got an Athlon64 3800+ machine in for evaluation, the only problem is that the serial port doesn't work to our satisfaction (i.e. it fails to upload firmware properly). Now on the Dell Precision 470 the serial port does uploads flawlessly. My question is, will a PCI serial port card help...
  24. Pradeep

    Windows /3GB switch

    It seems one of our image processing programs at work is quite greedy when it comes to RAM requirements. Greedier than the feeble 2GB maximum that Windows allows per process. From what I understand, the quickest fix right now would be to run 32bit Windows XP Pro with the /3GB switch in boot.ini...
  25. Pradeep

    Cantilevered LCD wall mount, with keyboard tray?

    I was wondering if any of you guys had any experiences with LCD wall mounts. I'm after something like this: http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=3150348 Except, I need one with a keyboard tray underneath it (ideally with enough space to hold a trackball mouse beside it). I'm sure...
  26. Pradeep

    A little bit chilly

    Got down to a brisk -26C last night, with wind chill it was -29C, coldest day since 1994 for us. Much further and I will be able to convert F straight to C! How goes everyone in the forthcoming storm? Must have already buried Merc :)
  27. Pradeep

    Outlook 2003, where has my News tab gone?

    A question for the Office gurus amongst us. I tried adding the News command to the "Go" menu (which has to be done in Outlook 2003 to open the newsreader). Unfortunately I dropped it on the standard toolbar, instead of the Go menu itself. And now it's gone, no longer in the customise menus...
  28. Pradeep

    Image viewing tool?

    I'm after an image viewing application that will automatically display the most recent image that is saved into a directory, and will automatically update when a new image is saved. A full screen hot folder preview if you will. Is there such a tool? TIA, Pradeep
  29. Pradeep

    Top tier A64/Opteron manufacturers?

    So tomorrow I put the Athlon64 up against the Nocona. Assuming the A64 is faster, I then have the problem of providing a supplier for them. Right now we use Dell for our customers. Home built OC'd A64 is fine for our in-house use, but is not something we can support externally. Are there any top...
  30. Pradeep

    Deleting directories recursively

    Ok, so I have a bunch of directories, all at the same level, and they all have a directory called Output in them. I need to delete the Output folders (or at least delete their contents). I tried del /s Output but it didn't do jackshit from the root dir. I'm sure I'm missing something here...
  31. Pradeep

    Deleting directories recursively

    Ok, so I have a bunch of directories, all at the same level, and they all have a directory called Output in them. I need to delete the Output folders (or at least delete their contents). I tried del /s Output but it didn't do jackshit from the root dir. I'm sure I'm missing something here...
  32. Pradeep

    Uninstalling NAV Corporate Ver 8.0

    So one of our machines has turned into a sloth. No doubt by the customer who thoughtfully installed NAV Corp 8.0. Now one would think a simple Add/Remove programs click would rid us of this curse on humanity. However, it demands a password. Which we don't have. Any backdoors for nirvana? Thanks...
  33. Pradeep

    Excel and databases

    So here is my task. I need to create an event tracking database. Actually there will be two databases. Data input will be via a form. I need flexibility in terms of producing reports with any field possible. Can I just use the Excel Template Wizard for the task, or is there something more...
  34. Pradeep

    Switching to VoIP service

    So I've decided to give Alltel my local phone monopoly the flick, and switch to ATT CallVantage. Right now I pay around $45 per month to Alltell just for local service with caller ID package. Long distance from Sprint is on top of that. So I will be saving money from the first month. Got the...
  35. Pradeep

    Recommendations for an external SATA enclosure?

    Morning all, I am in need of an external SATA enclosure (one that I can plug directly into the SATA port of my HD DVR box). Any one have any experience with such a thing? TIA, Pradeep.
  36. Pradeep

    Best file manager?

    Well I'm on the hunt for a file manager. Important features are the printing of directories/structure and also exporting same to an Excel file. Right now I'm reduced to dir>textfile.txt Also if I could tell it to only look a specified number of levels down and give me the count of...
  37. Pradeep

    re: Tech support number for freecolorprinters.com

    re: Tech support number for freecolorprinters.com Morning all, Just wondering if anyone (Merc?) has the techsupport number for the above? Our Phaser 860 has a fatal error code (drum preheater is farked) and I need to contact them to get it fixed. And of course I don't know the login details to...
  38. Pradeep

    Bloody garbage NTDLL.DLL

    Well we've been having continous problems with an app of ours crashing when run under winXP Pro, bastard NTDLLL.DLL is the one that crashes. Usually when two or more instances are accessing the same drive. Anyway I finally did a bit of research and figgered out that it's one of MS's own critical...
  39. Pradeep

    "Buffalo Spammer" sentenced to prison term

    From arstechnica.com "Howard Carmack, dubbed the "Buffalo Spammer," was convicted last month on 14 counts of identity theft and falsifying business records. According to court documents, he stole the identities of two Buffalo, NY residents to help set up a spamming operation that was used to...
  40. Pradeep

    Rocket man ready for DIY space race

    It would be one small step for mankind but one giant leap for Canada. A Canadian crew has selected a launch date as it battles 27 other teams from around the world in a do-it-yourself race to blast a man into space, in a quest for a $US10 million bounty designed to spur space tourism. This...
  41. Pradeep

    Tourism operator saves girl in croc attack

    A Cape York resort operator says he had no reservations about diving onto the back of a crocodile to rescue an employee's daughter. Roy Turner gouged at the eyes of the 2.5-metre crocodile to rescue 11-year-old Hannah Thompson. Hannah was in a group of children swimming in clear shallow water...
  42. Pradeep

    NASA mission sets world speed record

    An experimental pilotless plane has broken the world speed record for an atmospheric engine, briefly flying at 7,700 kilometres per hour - seven times the speed of sound, NASA says. The hypersonic X-43 aircraft, a cross between a jet and a rocket, was dropped from the wing of a modified B-52...
  43. Pradeep

    New HD clips from MS

    Think your computer is hot bananas? Try these and see if it can keep up. The 1080p clips are pretty challenging. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx
  44. Pradeep

    Mini Review - Epson R800 photo inkjet

    Well I thought I would put a few words together about my latest toy. It's the latest photo inkjet from Epson, uses 1.5pl droplets, and instead of the standard 6 carts, it uses 8. It's got Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow. In addition it has the new blue, red, matte black and gloss optimizer. The...
  45. Pradeep

    DellSB-400SC server with Free PDA for $249 after rebate.

    DellSB - PowerEdge 400SC Server with i875P Chipset, 2.0 Ghz, 128MB DDR, 40GB HD, 48x CD-ROM, AGP Slot, AND Free PDA or Digital Camera for ONLY $249 after Rebate w/ FREE Shipping too! http://gotapex.com/deals.php I don't think you can do the free double memory and the MIR at the same time. I...
  46. Pradeep

    More critical patches from MS

    Get em while their hot: For IE and Office. http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5105745.html?tag=st_lh
  47. Pradeep

    Free Wireless 54G Router with Switch purchase at Dell Bus.

    From bensbargains.net Last day. Dell is giving away a free Dell TrueMobile 2300 802.11b/g Wireless Router with the purchase of any of their PowerConnect switches. The lowest cost option is the PowerConnect 2000 Series 16 Port 10/100 Ethernet Switch at $89. No free shipping today but there is a...
  48. Pradeep

    Pradeep gets hitched

    Well this afternoon I got married. Great day. :mrgrn: Pictures tomorrow. Bartender, open bar on my tab cheers.
  49. Pradeep

    Sound card recommendation for 2003 Server?

    Just wondering if anyone can recommend a sound card that works well with 2003 Server. My MX400 soundcard doesn't want to behave. Creative Labs need not be mentioned. Thanks.
  50. Pradeep

    Sony tool for faster reading of DVD when using 510A, 510UL

    http://sony.storagesupport.com/dvdrw/downloads/dss10/DSS101.zip It doesn't work on my 500A, but apparently for the 510A and 510UL the tool can up read speeds from the pathetic 2x to 8x. I'm guessing this also includes CSS protected discs because they talk about dual layer DVDs. I think Merc...
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