Recent content by swayzak

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    Weird issue with a wireless device & network - please help !

    Thanks Yes - always set to broadcast. inSSIDer also used to select a "quiet" channel. WPA/WPA2 security.
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    Weird issue with a wireless device & network - please help !

    I've been having REAL problems with my Logitech Squeezebox Controller device (it's a hardware handheld remote controller for Squeezebox music players). It persistently fails to connect to my wireless network - either saying "DHCP address cannot be found" or "no valid IP address". The...
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    This CPU upgrade for my S775 boards - worth it ?

    Thanks - that's very helpful. However it's also a bit confusing as some results favour the 2 core and others the 4 core ! Not sure which results I should be looking at - I'm mostly using these PCs for music e.g. realtime audio processing (plugin effects. playing plugin software...
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    This CPU upgrade for my S775 boards - worth it ?

    thanks So sticking in a C2Q won't dramatically increase performance ? I'd have thought doubling the processors & increased cache would boost things significantly ...
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    This CPU upgrade for my S775 boards - worth it ?

    Hi I run 2 DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations), one with E6600 and one with E8400 (Asus P5B Delux & Asus P5KE-Wifi respectively). Been out the loop regarding cpu development - but gather the i7 current "must have". Now I'm happy with these systems - they cope well with what I do on them -...
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    LCD monitors - advice please ..

    hi I am about to upgrade my trusty old CRT monitors to LCD (3 in all). One of my PCs has a DVI out, the other not (2 x vga, with current dual-monitor setup for digital audio workstation). I was thinking of this model: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews...viewsonic-vx1940w.html Will an...
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    Advice on laptop for my dad please ...

    Thanks Actually it's an ATI Radeon X200M Graphics chip, not Intel onboard (not sure what difference that makes). Anyway, if it can show basic video stuff OK then it will do him fine I think (and very good value ... C2D, 2GB ram for £409 delivered).
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    Advice on laptop for my dad please ...

    hi I like the look of this: http://www.nice-pc.co.uk/acata...milo_li1718_t5300.html My dad is in his 70s and only wants it for internet & some office stuff. He will also want to watch some family camcorder videos. I was little put off by reviews saying the graphics chip was...
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    Please help me transfer old video to PC

    hi I have one of these on my old PC: http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/c3dxtpe/c3dxtpe.htm I want to transfer original copies of analogue video from our old Panasonic camcorder to the PC (ie. using the original small tapes, direct from the camcorder). Somewhere in my garage should...
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    XP can't see any SATA SMART data - is this normal ?

    thanks again I've set each of them to 1+0, and get the full capacity for both drives. Option where - in Promise BIOS ? Don't think so - the only option is RAID ("performance" or "security") or not RAID (then, as I said, the disks don't appear to mboard BIOS. I'm going to have another...
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    XP can't see any SATA SMART data - is this normal ?

    The only way I can get these drives recognised on SATA is enabling RAID/SATA in BIOS. This then prompts the Promise 376 RAID BIOS - if I don't set up an array then the drives don't appear in Asus BIOS (or windows). It seems that SATA is integral to the Promise chip - can't use it without...
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    XP can't see any SATA SMART data - is this normal ?

    Thanks. Bummer - although presumably this must be an ancient problem as my board is 5 years old+. If there is no fix for it I must assume that it can't be done. Could you help with another query ? I have set these drives up as 1+0 each as this was the only way I could figure to use them...
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    XP can't see any SATA SMART data - is this normal ?

    My new drives are just listed as RAID/SCSI devices (each is installed as RAID 1+0) - no manufacturer, temperature (via HDTach) etc. Is there anyway I can access the data from Windows ? MB = Asus P4PE thanks swayzak
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    Can I move over from PATA to SATA without reinstalling ?

    hi I would like to replace my 3 PATA HDs with 2 larger capacity SATA (150) HDs. I won't be using a RAID array. I understand you have to install the Promise driver to use the SATA/RAID functionality, and this is described during Windows XP installation. I would really like to...
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    Cannot connect to network at all ...please help !

    Right - I have (qualified) success. Here's what happened: 1. As advised, I went through each of my partitions (there are 4 XP installations on the wireless PC) and moved wireless network config control over to Windows. Disabled the Linksys service from starting up. 2. Logged into router...