Recent content by ClayN

I had something like this happen several years ago. Somehow I had gotten the fan and heat sink on backwards. I unclipped the heat sink and fan, turned it 180 degrees, and reclipped it. I'm not sure how putting it on one way was different then the other, but it was turned it worked fine.

No. The two 64 bit servers can connect to each other ok. It only goes wonky when connecting to the third server. I can also get on other servers and connect to the third server without having the problem. It seems to be limited to this particular combination of servers.

I've had a strange issue come up and I'm stumped. We have three servers running Windows Server 2003. All of them are HP Proliant DL385. Two of them are 64 bit AMD. The other, that we can call Server A is 32 bit. On Server A there is a share with some 30 GB of data. When either of the other two...

Update: I tried several different settings in the BIOS last night to try to get this system stable. I bumped up the voltage to the memory by .5 and it has been up now for several hours under a good load. Hopefully it will stay stable.

Basic Info CPU: Athlon XP 2800+ Barton core @ 333 Mhz (2.08Ghz clock) Board: Albatron KX600 Pro w/ latest BIOS Problem I recently tried upgrading the memory in this old box from 1 stick of 512MB to two 1GB sticks. All are PC3200 that POST at 400mhz. The system POSTS fine recognizing 2GB at...

It would take a globally catastrophic event to stop these markets within the next two years. Overall I don't see them cooling as much as consolidating. AMD picks up ATI. How long until Intel picks up nVidia? Consolidation will not only happen on the business side, but in the components...

"his other book too. the black one." The Elegant Universe "...those theories are entirely different to the point where they definitely do not work together at all." Sure they do. We just don't know how. :)

Does anything out of the ordinary appear in the event log? You might want to try booting with confirmation to find out exactly what driver or process is taking so long to load.

Hi. I am trying to install a HP NC7771 gigabyte network card into a HP Proliant ML530 server. I put the card into a PCI-X slot and booted it back up. As far as the OS (2003 Server) is concerned the card doesn't seem to exist. It doesn't say that new hardware is found. When I try to install the...

Several years ago I was one of those annoying mofos who called to harrass people into paying on defaulted student loans. You can get it put on hold if you go back to school or end up in prision, but not even bankruptcy will make it go away. If you don't pay, they will start garnishing your...

Personally, I thought Guerrilla Warfare was very informative. Good for planing insurrections and/or fighting them. Too bad Bush and Rummy didn't read it.

adwilk, Are all the machines set to be on the same segment? For example, where your IP address is something like 192.168.1.2 do all of the other computers' IPs start with 192.168.1 with the last number different? Are the subnet, gateway and dns server settings all the same? This can be...

TSDible, I owe you a beer. I think the problem did turn out to be heat due to the HS being backwards. I didn't even know it could be on backwards, but the tightly stretched wire from the fan plugging into the mobo should have been a clue. :) Watching the temp from the BIOS I could see it edging...

Thanks for the response. I don't think it is a heat related problem. For one it happens before the computer has a chance to get hot. Secondly heat distribution was a big concern on this box (I live in Texas with no central air). There are a total of 10 fans on it including a massive HS/fan...

Hi. I'm trying to put together the following system: 2600 Athlon XP @ 266 Albatron KX600 mobo 512 MB PC3200 Different things happen when I try to boot. On every cold boot it passes the POST, but only gets so far until it hangs. If I reset after a hang I never get video and have to cold boot to...