Recent content by Cannyone

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    anti virus recommendations

    I've tried several of them over the last few years... NOD32, which I preferred in the past, dropped the ball. It let a serious malware infection take place on a customer's system. And ESET wouldn't do anything to help us out. I tried Panda and Kaspersky, and they were both far to intrusive...
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    Questions about C300 and Marvel 9128 Controller...?

    Actually, your comments are a great help. And a perfect example of why I wanted to ask my questions here instead of on the Cruicial Support Forums. See, when I heard that people were getting BSODs when they connected a C300 to a Marvel controller, I automatically suspected the Marvel drivers...
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    AHCI Questions

    For clarification, and information... I'd like to add the following. First off, AHCI is a mode for your motherboard's SATA controller. So if you turn it on it affects all drives connected to that controller. And you want it turned on because it allows your system to use the "Advanced"...
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    Questions about C300 and Marvel 9128 Controller...?

    I have a Rampage III Formula motherboard with secondary SATA III controller by Marvel. And I just got a Crucial C300 SSD. Initially I connected the C300 (256 GB) in place of the Seagate Momentus XT drive I was using for my boot drive, and restored a disk image of the OS. It works fine! And I...
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    Can you just insert the Windows 7 upgrade disc to do a clean install with a WinXP disc?

    I did some digging around.... one of the rumors is that the "Upgrades" will be distributed digitally. So you can choose to download one, or the other - and PID codes will be sent for your copies. Alternatively, they may ship you a copy of the 32-bit client and include instructions for where...
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    Can you just insert the Windows 7 upgrade disc to do a clean install with a WinXP disc?

    You're right, for a Restore Point you have to go under "system protection". Then you would have to configure that Removable Drive as "Protected". And finally you would have to Create a Restore Point from that System Properties page. But I think Shaq was referring to making a backup to the...
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    Can you just insert the Windows 7 upgrade disc to do a clean install with a WinXP disc?

    One more question: If I do this (the Restore Point) from a 64-bit copy of Vista will it mean that it will install the 64-bit version of Windows 7? Or will I have a choice?
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    Windows Media Center 2005: Proper install sequence of 3 discs?

    I can't tell you "exactly what's on each CD"... But I can tell you how to install it. 1. Boot to the Media Center Disk 1... 2. When it asks for a different disk, insert the Media Center Disk 2... After a bit it will ask you to put another disk in - That disk will be Disk 1. 3. Once you get...
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    Can you just insert the Windows 7 upgrade disc to do a clean install with a WinXP disc?

    Two Questions: How does one get a "restore point" on a removable drive? And how might this work for more than one computer? I have 3 computers. All have legit Vista licenses. (Though 2 of those are currently running Windows 7 RC...) I'd prefer to not have to reinstall Vista on both...
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    Clean Install with W7 Home Upgrade

    So you have to enter a valid Windows install... Then it restarts wipes your drive and installs Windows 7? (Does it save information about your hardware? Or is there any other advantage? I mean I know this allows M$ to verify that you are "entitled" to the Upgrade. But if you ever have to...
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    Bootmngr is missing...

    I see he's solved his problem already... but just for reference the "boot.ini, ntildr,... etc. is not the only thing you need. What you really need is the "MBR", or Master Boot Record, which is not visible and must be recreated using a drive utility. Specifically information is written to the...
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    Zalman comes out swinging with CNPS10x extreme

    A few months ago, when I was setting up my first Ci7, I decided to just get a CNPS9900LED. I've always been pleased with Zalman in the past. In fact if I was happy with stock speeds, the Zalman would be fine. The catch is that I never had intentions of running "stock" speeds. So I eventually...
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    BEST Cooler for i7

    It's a CM HAF 932. And I have one extra fan mounted in the lower part of the 5.25" drive bay. (I didn't notice till now that you can see the safety wire I used to suspend that fan - on the right side of the pic...)
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    Started w/ Armor LCS and now I'm switching cases

    Whoa! That video makes me want an ATCS 840 so I can water-cool it. :D It even looks like he's got a radiator that allows use of two 230mm fans... :drool:
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    High temps with TRUE 120 and stock 920?

    You may be really fortunate to get a TRUE that doesn't require lapping, and you have a C0/C1 that runs really well on lower voltages. Whereas the OP might be one that really does need to lap his TRUE. Still I agree that he should try remounting the heat sink. And he should also try lowering...