Recent content by jtelep

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    SCSI - Which one?

    Building PC's with any type of IDE drive is a cinch right? As long as your firmware supports the size of the drive and the MB accepts the connector you're golden. Switch to SCSI and it's a whole new mess. A SUN Ultra 30 workstation was recently donated to me in the hopes that I could use it...
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    Grepping the last 30 minutes of a log file...

    The problem is that I need to be able to do this every hour twice an hour (24/7) so I can't just look at one particular date or hour as it has to keep happening.
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    Grepping the last 30 minutes of a log file...

    I need to know if anyone can assist me on how to grab the last (we'll just say "x" minutes) of a log file. How do you tell the grep command without specifying an exact window of time? (So relative instead of absolute.) The log format looks like this: 03-05-2008 09:33:34 blah blah blah...
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    K9A Platinum problems with PCI-e video

    I just tried running at 4-4-4-12 2.1V and still no good. It's the strangest thing I have ever seen. It gets to XP fine but just as soon as it goes to bring up the display you hear a click in the hard drive (that's normally indicative of the same sound you would hear when it reboots) and then...
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    K9A Platinum problems with PCI-e video

    This may seem like a strange place to be posting this but I am convinced there is something up with the system board. So first, my spread: Hiper modular 580W PSU (2 +12V rails #1@20A #2@18A) MSI K9A Platinum system board AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800 am2 2 GB (2@1 GB sticks) Kingston Hyper X MSI...
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    GeCube 1950 Pro 256MB drivers

    I recently decided to build a new system that was quite an upgrade from my last and one of the things that changed was the fact that I went from a familiar and steady NVidia AGP platform to an unfamiliar and apparently unsteady ATI PCI-e platform (the wave of the future, yeah right!) Anyway so...
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    x1950 PRO PCI-E catalyst driver issue...

    OK, no problem but one other question as I began thinking about this this morning and had forgotten about it last night. Please bear with me as I am a "noob" when it comes to PCI-e. I'm running this card on an Asus K9N Platinum and noticed that in addition to the 6-pin power connector on the...
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    x1950 PRO PCI-E catalyst driver issue...

    I am sure this has come up in the past but I am going to ask again for my own sanity's sake simply becaukkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkse I am not sure where to find it. I recently upgraded and installed a new GeCube 1950PO 256MB PCI-E loaded up the Catalyst driivers, bounced the system and now as soon as I...
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    PSU's....

    I am looking to purchase a new PSU and have been eyeing the Hiper brand pretty closely. They've got some really nice looking units and they're not that pricey. However I am trying too understand which is a better rating to have: "Dual + 12V" or "4 x 12V independent rails". I am guessing that...
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    Memory speed help!!!

    Hi, I have been looking to pick up some new performance RAM but am afraid to drop $300+ on something that the MB may not be able to use/recognize. I have already had really bad luck with some Asus boards where if you put any memory in except for what's on Asus' qualified vendor list it...
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    Best type of high performance memory to purchase...

    I am looking to put together a new system and want to purchase 2GB of the best memory you guys think money can buy. The ones that I have narrowed my choices down to are: Buffalo Firestix Corsair XMS Crucial Ballistix Kingston HyperX I just gave an Athlon 3200XP with 1GB of the HyperX...
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    New system specs...

    I am curious if I can get some opinions on a system I am planning on putting together. I know that I need to upgrade my entire box so after doing some looking around this is what I have come up with. Please let me know what you think of what I am planning and if you have any suggestions on...
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    Utility for measuring power supply usage...

    Ya but I mean something that actually resides within windows. What I am looking for is a utility that will actually monitor the usage of the PS so I know whether or not I am using too much and will also let me know if the quality of the power coming from the PS is bad. Is there anything out...
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    Utility for measuring power supply usage...

    Does anyone know if there are any good utilities for measuring how much juice you PS is putting out at a given time and what kind of condition the power is? I have been looking around but so far have been unable to find anything. Thanks.
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    Lost on video card specs...

    I know. I know. I am stupid and have never really spent a lot of time trying to understand this so please forgive my ignorance. I have looking to buy a new card and have been comparing quite a few (I need to stick with AGP for at least one more year). I have always liked NVidia cards more...