Recent content by wgoldfarb

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    Need feedback on an "urgent" build for a friend

    Thank you blackmage, Mfenn. This helps a lot. I will go take a look at the parts you mention.
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    Need feedback on an "urgent" build for a friend

    A friend of mine is leaving the country in a few days to live abroad for a while, on very short notice. He just asked me yesterday to help him buy parts for a build he will do when he gets to his new home. Here are the requirements/constraints: - He is not really a gamer. He would only do...
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    Help a confused newbie

    Thank you Bankster!
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    Help a confused newbie

    I not-so-recently did my first overclocked build using an Intel Conroe, so I am not a "complete" newbie, but I am completely unfamiliar with Intel's Sandy Bridge. Also, I am not a gamer and GPUs have always been my "weak point". I am trying to help a friend build HIS first rig. He is not...
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    Best anti-virus program for W7 x64?

    I use Avira's free Personal edition on Win7 x64 with no problems (They claim that their free version works under x64 systems). The only problem with Avira is the nag screen after every update, but if this bothers you I recall reading somewhere that there is a way to turn off that nag screen and...
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    Win7 Desktop hangs every 3 sec

    This may make no sense at all, but I know that Win 7 loads some services in delayed mode. You mention the problem seems to go away after a few minutes. Perhaps a service is set to load in delayed mode (when it would need to load at startup)? Once the service loads, the problem disappears. I...
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    How to cause a harddrive to run at it's rated Ultra DMA

    I am just grasping at straws here, but, here are my $0.02, in case none of the other suggestions work. I would try those first, though, they probably make more sense than mine :-) If one drive works in UDMA5, both are identical drives, and both are connected to the same cable, I would guess...
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    can't find malware infecting my pc

    I would agree with booting into safe mode and running hijack this along with antimalware/antivirus software. Perhaps you can also try this: http://portableapps.com/ I have not tried it myself, but they have a portable antivirus you can install on a USB drive from another computer, and...
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    Win 7 64 bit saying only 3.25 GB Usable?

    Wait: OP says that Windows does see all of the 4 GB. His system properties screen says 4GB installed. It if it was a memory remap issue, wouldn't Windows report less than 4 GB installed, regardless of how much of it was "usable"?
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    Intel G2 SSD running in PIO mode - SOLVED

    I believe you are right. There is no way the drive was really operating in PIO mode, or even in UDMA 2, for that matter. The transfer rates I was getting are impossible in those modes. So, I think the drive was operating correctly in UDMA 6, but being reported incorrectly by the Windows device...
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    Intel G2 SSD running in PIO mode - SOLVED

    http://alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?cat_id=4
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    Anyone here running a SSD just for OS?

    taltamir: I am still playing around trying to figure out what to place where. I have an Intel 80GB G2. I have all my OS and Apps on the SSD and my data on the spindle drive, but some things are not so obvious. Do you keep your pagefile on the SSD? Also, many programs keep data files on each...
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    xp to 7 upgrade question

    Completely agree. If you have a valid XP license, there are several ways to do a legal, clean install using upgrade media (I believe some are even supported by MS). Just follow the link Sumotku gave you.
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    Intel G2 SSD running in PIO mode - SOLVED

    deanxOr: what should the mode be listed as if the driver was correct? In device manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI devices I see the 6 ATA channels plus the "Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA controller". Each ATA channel shows 2 driver files: atapi.sys and ataport.sys. In addition, the AHCI controller...
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    SSD partition alignment under windows 7

    Thanks to both! My Offset is 1,048,576, so I guess I'm ok. I'm glad I won't have to reinstall everything!