Recent content by Alexio

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    Disk corrupts files - totally puzzled

    Scaled FSB down from 200 to 160 Mhz. Same poop.
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    Disk corrupts files - totally puzzled

    Memtest (3 passes) didn't find any errors. I've tried to copy files under Linux (to eliminate any possibility of Win XP involvement) - same result. Does it looks like a hardware issue to you? The only 2 things I can think of are: swap the headers for Disk 1 and 2 and... blame power...
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    Disk corrupts files - totally puzzled

    PS. The only thing I've noticed is that my system HD seats on the second sata port, while the storege HD is on the first one.
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    Disk corrupts files - totally puzzled

    No it's not. it only has 10 Gb of freshly placed files. And I've defragmented it before last attempt. Tried Maxtor utility. No problems, no bad sectors. Also, I've replaced SATA cable, ran MemTest (no errors) and killed all nonessential processes with the same result: original file has no...
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    HDD Return policies...

    Seagate customer service suck big time. I don't know if it's true about Seagate itself, but it sure is a case for their recently acquired Maxtor unit. They do not do cross shipping (although it says that they do on their web site). They will ask you to ship your drive first, and then (after it...
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    Disk corrupts files - totally puzzled

    Here is my puzzle. I have 2 SATA NTFS formatted disks on my machine. 120 Gb split in 2 partitions (System and Docs) and the 250 Gb "storage" (Maxtor Diamond 10). Every time I am copying (never mind torrenting or e-muling one) a file bigger than 50 mb on the "Storage" disk it is almost...
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    HD Corrupts my files! How to dignose/fix?

    Chipset is fine. Both of my HD's (including the one with no problems) are SATA. Memtest went well... Voltage seems to be fine
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    HD corrupts big files

    I've noticed that my SATA Samsung 200Gb Single partition HD tends to corrupt bigger (500 mb and up) files. Explicitly, when I've reconstructed a CD image on this drive from smaller rar's, I had several CRC errors when trying to unpack archives from within that image. I've tried it 2 times, the...
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    HD Corrupts my files! How to dignose/fix?

    I've noticed that my SATA Samsung 200Gb Single partition HD tends to corrupt bigger (500 mb and up) files. Explicitly, when I've reconstructed a CD image on this drive from smaller rar's, I had several CRC errors when trying to unpack archives from within that image. I've tried it 2 times, the...
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    Which Logitech Harmony remote?

    I have a 659 model. It's fine, except the screen is to small for proper labelling - name of functions got trunkated.
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    [NEWEGG] ADVUEU 723A 17" LCD Monitor with Speakers - $280.00

    Got it for myself instead of 2.5 YO 15' Planar. Quite impressive improvement in size, brightness and color. No dead pixels.
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    Can anyone recommend a good Color injet Printer?

    i960. Quality is awesome.
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    Cant get 5.1 to work on ABIT NF7-S

    Another question on the same configuration. I've been tying Zalman Theatre 6 suround sound headphones. What I've noticed is that center and rear channels are so much more quet, that I can't really hear the effect. Is there a way to balance the output on each cannel? I was trying to adjust the...
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    Abit NF7-S and Nvidia System Utility

    Is your MB V2.0 or V1.X? Can anybody give a link to this software? Thank yo'all
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    Need some advice, when should I upgrade?

    No, i don't. But regardless, the answer is simple. If you REALLY want something, just get it and please yourself! Why do you want somebody else's oppinion? For me, as I've mentioned, it's a total waste of perfectly good money cause it will give you only marginal performance increase. But I...