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    Areca x8 PCIe card into Gigabyte P965-DS4

    Hey guys, is it possible to plug in an Areca x8 PCIe raid card into the x16 slot of the P965-DS4 mobo? The specs on giga site for the mobo says its a x16, x4 slot.
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    Need Help Activating WDS Between 2 APs

    Spidey, thanks. Yes it looks like I'll have to try without any encryption and see what happens. Yes I know its more a marketing jargon too freely used by the manufacturers, but some people have got it to work with their soho stuff. Why can't we? ;)
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    Need Help Activating WDS Between 2 APs

    No one can spot what I did wrong? Hmmm...let me try to attack this from another pov. For those of you that successfully setup wireless repeating between 2 APs with WDS, what did you do? 1. Were they on the same channel? 2. Did you use WEP or WPA encryption (can I even use WPA-PSK...
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    Need Help Activating WDS Between 2 APs

    Hi Guys, I need your help in activating WDS for my two Asus APs. One is WL-HDD, the other is WL-500Gp. What I've done: 1. Main AP in server room is WL-HDD, connected to switch 2. Setup WL-HDD with WPA-PSK TKIP encryption (WEP disabled) 3. Setup WL-HDD to channel 8, SID: A1, LAN IP...
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    MB shipments Falling off a Cliff?

    Hey Guys, I am curious... I was monitoring the stock markets and saw this news: http://finance.yahoo.com/marketupdate/update "Between 1:00 and 2:00 ET, it was reported that Goldman Sachs is cutting its growth forecast for motherboard shipments. After the broker reportedly said...
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    Can USB to Parallel Adaptor be mapped to an LPT port?

    Yes, I tried to install an imaginary printer and then mapped it to an lpt port as in the post above, and it didnt work, the security software wont recognise it. I think I might have to get a PCI card. No, i cant ask for a USB version because the software itself we will replace very soon, I...
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    Can USB to Parallel Adaptor be mapped to an LPT port?

    Hi. Thanks for looking that up. ;) Yes I found that one too... but remember I dont have a printer at the end, its a parallel port security dongle that has some chip on it that my application detects in order to run. So theres no printer to map to...
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    Can USB to Parallel Adaptor be mapped to an LPT port?

    Hi guys, One of our application is secured by a Parallel-port security dongle. We recently upgraded our server, and the new server does not have a parallel port, all being usb. So we purchase a usb-parallel (db25) adapter and connected the parallel security dongle to it, and windows 2000...
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    Win2K doesn't need Dual Core Hotfix?

    Spy, what does this mean exactly. I always thought that W2K (Prof n Server) are both multiprocessor capable. Correct me if i am wrong, logical vs physical processor would come into play when u have an intel HT cpu right, where its 1 physical cpu but has 2 logical units. But with a true...
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    Win2K doesn't need Dual Core Hotfix?

    I've been trying to find the answer to this everywhere.......is every1 using XPSP2 now? Poor old W2K...... Anyway, I have W2KSP4 and was just wondering why AMD nor MS has released drivers / hotfix for Dual Core CPUs on W2K? Is W2K free from the problems (slowdowns, speedups, etc...)...
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    Is it safe to put AthXP 333mhz CPU in 266mhz mobo?

    Ok. Thanks, I'll try it. Unfortunately the mobile version is hard to find where I am. I live in Bali. It's quite a paradise here. Beaches and swaying palm trees abound here. But it's d*rned hard to get AMD processors... :) Thanks for the help.
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    Is it safe to put AthXP 333mhz CPU in 266mhz mobo?

    Hi Guys and gals, I just have a quick Q. I want to buy an AthXP2.6Barton. It's 333mhz but my mobo is 266mhz. Is the cpu or my mobo going to fry if I put a 333 cpu in a 266mb? Can my mobo accommodate the voltage ratings of the CPU? BTW, my mobo is MSI K7T266 Pro2. I have updated to the latest...