Recent content by Fresh Daemon

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    Possible to power-down individual hard drives?

    That's a shame. It seems like it would be so easy to implement too. I think I'm going to go with a dock and drives-in-a-drawer rather than cramming them all into the case anyway.
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    Possible to power-down individual hard drives?

    The options in Windows are to either have all hard drives power-down after X minutes, or to stay on permanently. My scenario is that I have a bunch of hard drives, some of which I need often and need constantly spun-up, and others which are rarely used and which I will often never access...
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    Recommend a cellphone

    Not sure where I'd get one of those under $300.
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    Recommend a cellphone

    My Bell contract is coming to an end soon (great) and I need a new cellphone. I don't know that much about them, at least relative to what I know about other electronics anyway. I'm in Canada, planning to go with 7-11's Speakout pay-as-you-go. I don't use it enough to justify a contract...
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    What to use to back up OS on?

    External hard disks are relatively cheap these days... that's what I use.
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    What's the best media streamer?

    You don't even need Windows MCE anymore - the Zune software will also stream media to an Xbox 360.
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    Wireless network stuck at "acquiring network address"

    The proset did it... I disabled the WZC, installed proset, tried to connect, same problem. Then I disabled the security, and it connected. So I re-enabled WPA-PSK, and it connected as well. Weird, but it works now, so whatever! :-) Thanks for your help, guys! I really appreciate it.
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    Wireless network stuck at "acquiring network address"

    No, I didn't. First, I've tried that half-a-dozen times already. Secondly, I have disabled encryption, and thirdly, I also tried WEP instead, and exactly the same thing happens. Therefore, it's not a key problem.
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    Wireless network stuck at "acquiring network address"

    I'm completely stuck here. I have an Asus M6Ne laptop with an Intel 2200BG wireless adapter. This thing worked just fine wirelessly until yesterday, when I had to reinstall Windows, ever since that it won't get an IP address from my router (Belkin F5D7230-4). My roommate's laptop is connected...
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    Quick Question Peeps

    Do you already have the cards? I ask because, in the circumstances, it makes more sense to get a tried-and-true NF4 board and a 7800GTX which will outperform two X800XT's anyway and most likely for less cash.
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    Quick Question Peeps

    It means that they can change the board at the factory to accept the new southbridges without redesigning the whole motherboard. This means there will be less cost to the consumer to make the changeover. It does not mean you can change it yourself.
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    Time for a new HDD.

    I would go with the SATA. Easier to cable, Seagate has a 5-year warranty and is quieter.
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    Athlon 64 x2 and existing 939 mobos?

    Maybe. It also depends on the revision and release date of the particular mobo within a given model. You can assume that. There's no risk of damage, worst-case scenario is it doesn't boot and you have to put the old chip back in and flash.
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    Water cooling tubing

    Use Clearflex 60 if on a budget, Tygon if not. Buy it from McMaster-Carr. You can order online, you can specify exact small quantities and they ship really fast.
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    Building A Server

    Your biggest problem is going to be the connection. Asynchronous broadband just isn't going to cut it. Depending on how many games you want to serve at once, you will need T1, T3 or even OC3. There's also OC12 and OC48. T1 lines cost between $550 and $1,200 per month. T3/DS3 lines cost...