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    Extremely disappointed in Synology

    And if you worked for me, I'd fire you for being an arrogant blowhard.
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    Just need Stable Router

    I have one at my parents house and five of them in my home. They're extremely reliable. They can also easily be configured and adjusted by a "regular" person from an iPhone or iPad in their default state if there's ever trouble.
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    Odd Cat5e issue

    How can that be? The cable works perfectly and multiple testers, jumpers, etc. all show all the pins connected - just crossed over. I would think a nail would wipe out some of the pins ability to connect and show issues with connectivity, packet loss, ability to hold PoE...no?
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    Odd Cat5e issue

    Different Jumpers were used each time I tested and the keystone is leviton like the others. Could a defective keystone cause this?
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    Odd Cat5e issue

    My whole house is wired with cat5e. I have two RJ45 jacks in each room/location terminated in keystones using 568a. All the cables go back to a patch panel and are also terminated with 568a. I have tested all ~40 connections and they all test and work perfectly with one exception. One...
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    Changing HDD drive orientation

    I have two 7200 RPM WD disk drives mounted horizontally in a server. They've been mounted that way since they were brand new. They're in a RAID 1 configuration and I haven't had any problems with either of them. They're both the same age - about 2 years old. I'm think of changing the...
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    Do we need a BIG wireless router to stream Netflix?

    It's hard to say for sure without doing a lot more troubleshooting, but those Netgear routers have always been very unreliable. For what it's worth, I've had good luck with the Apple Airport Extreme routers - especially the newer ones.
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    Internet Disconnecting every 3-5mins

    Are you really connected to the dish with cat5e cable? I would think it would be RG6, but I have never used a Dish for Internet access.
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    Dual ISP - any software to aid in fast failover for critical redundancy?

    http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-WAN_Version_1.2.x You can take an old PC with three NICs, install pfsense, and make it work exactly as you describe. Shouldn't cost more than the price of the old PC (which is probably pretty close to $0, if you have one collecting dust somewhere) and an...
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    any 100% secure web server?

    Just don't use anything from Microsoft and you'll be fine. http://httpd.apache.org/ http://www.lighttpd.net/ http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/ http://www.cherokee-project.com/ Here is a whole page of choices: http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/apachealternatives.htm
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    2 routers on same cable conn. 5 public IP's, how to map IP's to specific routers?

    http://www.pfsense.com/ http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/1:1_NAT
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    Help me design a NAS

    Check out FreeNAS.
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    Will there ever be a need for more than 64bit computing?

    Hopefully Windows will be replaced with something much, much better by then.
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    Problems with X1600 and Abit Mobo

    I can't even get into the Cat control panel because I keep getting the same error message about a missing ATI graphics driver. I have tried to update through the device manager with no success. I guess the card will go back to the store and I'll try an Nvida 6600 or something...
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    Problems with X1600 and Abit Mobo

    I have an older AGP 4x/8x Abit IS7-G Motherboard that I'm trying to get working with an the ATI X1600 XT. I have removed all previus video card driver software (NVIDA GeForce 6400). I have removed ALL ATI software and installed the latest drivers, etc. I have updated my Motherboard's...
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    Videocard for HD

    What would be a good card for great QuickTime HD and h.264 file playback? I don't intended to play any games on this machine, so I almost certainly do not need a high end card. I currently have a P3.4 OC'ed to 3.6, 2 gigs of RAM, and a GeForce Ti 6400. The Motherboard is an ABIT IS7G and...
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    +3.3V Undervolt?

    Which of these would be the best for my setup? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104152 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104155
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    +3.3V Undervolt?

    I don't have a multimeter. But this happened right after I installed the Audigy which seems to suck a lot of power. I really don't want to have to buy another PSU now. Things are running steady at 3.10-3.12.
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    +3.3V Undervolt?

    Well, I thought that this might be a common problem that wouldn't depend on specific hardware... Abit IS7-G Ablecom 300 Watt PSU Thermelright XP90C Ante 92MM CPU Fan P4-3.2 OCed to 3.6 SuperMicro Case AUdigy 2zs Platinum Pro 2 SATA Seagate 300 Gig Drives in RAID 1 1 300 Gig PATA Drive...
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    +3.3V Undervolt?

    I just installed an Audigy 2ZS Plantinum and now Windbond Hardware Doctor is telling me I have an undervolt on +3.3V its at 3.12 and the low limit is 3.10. Machine seems to run fine. Is my PSU being taxed too much?
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    Need CPU cooler for Abit IS7-G and P4 3.4

    Will this fan work with that Heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835129032
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    Need CPU cooler for Abit IS7-G and P4 3.4

    My CPU is getting overheated very quickly and I don't know why. I'm using the stock heatsink and fan and I have been using it for the past two years without problems, despite a 215 overclock. Now, even at the stock settings its overheating. I suspect the thermal pad has degraded so I'm...
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    Faster RAID 1 performance: onboard or external card?

    I have an ABIT IS7-G with onboard RAID 1 and 0. I'm wondering if I'll get better performance from an external RAID card. I'll be using two 300 gigabyte Segate SATA drives in a RAID 1 configuration.
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    Fastest SATA RAID 1 drives

    Its a SuperMicro case, and I have plenty of fans. I don't think it was heat that killed the drive. I heard the drive make a very loud clunk and after that I couldn't boot or repair in the recovery console. PowerMax reported an error as well. Same problem with a different maxtor drive and...
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    Fastest SATA RAID 1 drives

    For the second time in the past year, I've had a Maxtor die on me. Never again. I want to buy two drives for SATA RAID 1. They can be any brand, aside from Maxtor, but the faster the better. I have an ABIT IS7-G with on board RAID 1, but I will only use that if it is as fast as an external...
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    Extreme Tech reviews the MX1000 Laser mouse

    Where did you get it?
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    Trick to removing stock Heatsink and fan clip

    Actually the problem is more in trying to remove the heatsink/fan from the motherboard mounting brackets. I guess I didn't make that clear.
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    Trick to removing stock Heatsink and fan clip

    Last night my CPU temps were skyrocketing so I thougt I would redo my thermal compund. I orginally installed it with the stock heatsink, fan and thermal pad. Anyway, I tried to remove the heatsink and fan and in doing so, I pulled the chip out of the socket and ended up bending some pins...
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    NEC 2500A DVD locking up system

    Just installed my new 2500 but I'm having a lot of problems. I insert a DVD and the drive begins to scan the disk, but it almost always freezes as soon as the disc is recognized. No error, just frozen. Sometimes, it works perfectly. I put in the disc, it spins up, I open WinDVD and it plays...
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    10 days uptime good?

    Realistically your Windows system MUST be rebooted every so often. You are applying all the security patches...right? ;)
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    NEC 2500A DVD player problems

    Yeah, I flashed the firmware, and that didn't really work either. Do you have a link on dvdrhelp where I can read more about those problems?
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    NEC 2500A DVD player problems

    I set it as a master on its own channel and I still couldn't get it to work. I would double click on the drive and a window would open up with nothing in it...both with a disc in the drive and when there was no disc in the drive. The Bios recognizes the drive and Windows says there are no...
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    NEC 2500A DVD player problems

    Just installed my new NEC 2500 A DVD writer. It reads CDs fine, but it's not reading or playing DVDs correctly. I got it to play one DVD, but now it won't play anything including the one DVD that did play correctly. I've uninstalled it and let windows redectect it, but now that isn't working...
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    Drivers for NEC 2500A

    Is that a good drive? Should I start a new thread asking that question?
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    Drivers for NEC 2500A

    Great, thanks.
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    Drivers for NEC 2500A

    According to DVDRHelp.com the most popular DVD writer is the NEC 2500a. I'm considering getting it, but NewEgg only has OEM versions with no software. Anyone know where I can get the official drivers for this drive? I've looked at NEC's site and googled extensivly, but haven't come up with...
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    *** Official ABIT IS7/G/E (865PE) Thread ***

    Well, this is the first machine I've built, so I'm not sure what tight ram timings mean. I'm assuming that they mean "better" performance. I'm more concerned about stability. If I have to sacrifce and small bit of performance...thats fine. But if I could get both, that'd be even better. I...