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    x1600 pro vs x1900GT

    Thanks for the feedback. I have ordered the x1900GT and will be returning my x1600 pro to Worst Buy when it arrives. Thanks!
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    x1600 pro vs x1900GT

    thanks for the advice but the cheapest x1800xt on newegg I found was 234.99. Then when I add tax and shipping, it is 261.05. Out of my price range. :(
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    x1600 pro vs x1900GT

    I bought the x1600 pro for $190 with tax last week from Best Buy. I just noticed I can get the x1900GT for $219 with shipping online. Is it worth spending the extra $30 for the x1900GT? I know there is better vut $220 is definitely my cut off.
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    Question on Raid with 2 different drives

    One of my drives died this week in my raid. I had 2 maxtor ATA 133 drives in there with 8 mb cache. I'm thinking about replacing the one that died with a Seagate drive since they comes with a 5 yr warranty. Will I have issues placing a Seagate drive that is only ATA 100 with a Maxtor that is...
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    Raid or Hard drive failing - Help!

    I believe what I'm doing is called Raid 1. I have four drives, they are set up as two seperate raids. The first two mirror each other, and the second two mirror each other.
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    Raid or Hard drive failing - Help!

    I have 4 hard drives set up in a Raid 1. The first two are fine. The second two drives in the raid have been acting funny lately. One of them sounds like it is constantly working and just some funky noises from it. I unplugged one from the raid and booted up. I was able to access the drive...
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    Anyone running a website on/with a AS400?

    My company is looking to migrate their current system to AS400. I'm the lead senior web developer and I would have to completely redesign our website that currently uses Oracle to use DB2 on the AS400. We using an off the shelf web solution now that we have to trash since it is not supported...
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    Question about Raiding Hard Drives

    I have an Asus P4P800 motherboard setup with a Raid, I think it's Raid 1, where my drives duplicate each other. I'm thinking about upgrading my hard drives from 80GB to 160GB. I was wondering what would happen if I unplug one drive and replace it with the 160GB drive. Will it replicate itself...
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    Help! trying to capture video from my camcorder through firewire...extremely dark!

    I have a Sony TRV27 digital camcorder. I have hooked it up to my computer through the firewire port. The video looks fine on the camcorder LCD but once I get it on to my computer it looks extremely dark. I have one of those monitors that has a super bright mode for viewing movies so I don't...
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    Having a problem adding network components on XP-HELP!

    I found the problem, it was in the registry. My device path was bad. thanks!
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    Having a problem adding network components on XP-HELP!

    I been trying to add a network component by going to properties on my network connection. I click install and then choose a network component to install. As soon as I hit add, I get an error that says "Could not add the requested component. The error is: The Specified path does not contain...
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    Question about pentium-m processors

    I'm looking to buy a new notebook. When I bought my last notebook, there was no such thing as a pentium-m processors, just celeron or the regular ones. What's the difference between a pentium 4-m processor and a regular pentium 4 processor? For example, I'm looking at a pentium 4-m 2.2 ghz...
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    How to test a raid 1?

    Thanks! I'll have to test that out tonight.
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    How to test a raid 1?

    I'm new to this whole raid thing. I bought a Asus P4P800 Deluxe mobo that had raid and have decided to do a raid 1 for my two 160 gig drives. I know, highly inefficient but I wanted to know my drives are mirrored. Is there a way I can test this out to make sure the raid is working properly...
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    Php help needed for newbie

    Thanks for helping out a newbie! That worked perfect!