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    What is a low level format?

    What is a low level format, exactly? I bought this used 40gig Maxtor from FS/FT which turned out to be a dud. The seller shipped me another drive right away, and I connected it and all seemed fine. However, when I tried to access it from My Computer, the rig hung. So I try formatting it from...
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    Netgear Cable Modem

    I want to buy a cable modem to avoid paying the ISP a monthly fee for it. While I believe the Motorola SB5100 is the safest bet, I figure it wont hurt to have another Netgear product to keep my 108 mbps wireless router company. The question is, does Netgear even make cable modems? I cant...
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    Northwood CPU on an Intel 915P chipset?

    Do the socket 478 / i915P based motherboards such as the ASUS P4GD1 support Northwood 'C' CPUs? If not, are there boards out there which support Northwoods AND have PCI-E slots? I want to build a SATA RAID5 file server based on an Intel 3.0C and the Promise S150 SX-4M card I want only...
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    RAID0 question

    This may be a 'stupid' question so bear with me please :) Say there are 2 SATA drives in a RAID0 configuration on an Intel ICHR. If the drives are removed and are switched when connected back; (i.e. Drive0 becomes drive1 & vice versa) would there be a problem? TIA
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    PSU installation question

    My 15 month old 350W Kingwin PSU went gave up the ghost with a little puff of smoke late last night. Yeah, I was looking for a reason to get one of those quiet Seasonics but I luckily have a spare Enermax 430W lying around. Now on to my question: On a PSU with 2 fans, where does the one...
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    Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface???

    I did an ipconfig /all and found this unfamiliar connection in there. I have no idea what it is - it may have been installed as part of another package, but I couldnt be sure. This may be related: Services.exe from the System32 folder is taking up CPU cycles constantly, with CPU usage...
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    Shipping a rig when original carton/box is no longer available?

    Alright folks. My rig is in a Kingwin KT-424 case. I'm relocating shortly and the wife has long since thrown the packaging out, as I discovered recently. Sigh... I want to make sure I transport the case in its secure box, so I'm in the market for another box to ship it in. I have a WTB...
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    Dual channel memory for Notebooks?

    I'm looking to buy a Dell 700M notebook, which has the Intel® Pentium® M Processor 725 (1.60 GHz/400MHz FSB) CPU. I'm not sure if the dual channel memory config is available for notebooks - and what the suitable memory will be for a notebook. Is dual channel even available for Intel...
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    Oops, my bad!!!

    Oops, my bad I've seen this used in several places without understanding how it originated. Yeah, I know that its used to admit to making a mistake, but where did it come from???
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    Creative MegaWorks 6.1 $99

    I would love to get one of thse, espcially at the price. Unfortunately WAF was not on my side. eCost is offering the Creative 6.1 MegaWorks speakers at $99. What sucks is that shipping is a hefty $58 and they add a $4.95 handling charge. Still sounds like a good deal. Link
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    Northwood 3.0c temperatures?

    I just upgraded my 2.4c to a 30 cap 3.0c on an ASUS P4P800 deluxe. Temperatures at idle with the retail HSF and stock speeds are hovering at 40 degrees celsius. The 2.4c idled at about 32 degrees C, which brings me to wonder if there's anything wrong. The Intel CPU fan is running at 1962...
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    Backup policy/methods/plans?

    How do I plan for the future? I currently have about 18 gigs of invaluable digital pictures, 200 GB of video files in AVI format waiting to be converted to mpeg2. All of this is of my family, mostly of my 2 lil kids. The amount of data is growing all the time, at a current average rate of 4...
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    Can I change fans?

    I've had a Kingwin KT-424-BK-WM mid tower for over a year - and while I like the case, I'd love to silence it to an good extent. It somehow seems to have got noisier over time. It comes with 3 80mm fans that are riveted to the case, 2 in a side by side configuration in the front and one at...
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    DMA mode for Plextor 708A?

    My rig has a P4P800 deluxe, with 2 Hitachi 7K250s on the SATA channels in a RAID0 configuration. The primary master is a Plextor 708A and the secondary master is a Maxtor 40 gb. For some reason, DMA mode isnt being enabled for the Plextor, it shows up as PIO from the Device Manager for that...
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    MSCONFIG for Windows 2000

    Hi, I'm looking for the Win2k equivalent of the msconfig file available on WinXP so I can remove some entries from the start-up list. Can anyone please let me know what it is? Thanks!
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    Hard Disk copy problems

    My rig has 2 7k250s in a RAID0 configuration. One of these drives is generating a SMART event that could be the beginning of the end of the drive. In an attempt to backup data from the RAID array, I'm moving files to a 40 GB Maxtor. Problem: I have a 12 GB AVI file that was captured from a...
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    S.M.A.R.T warning?

    During bootup, one of the two SATA 7k250 drives shows up with a SMART event. Does anyone know if there's a tool that can be used to view SMART events or if there's any other way I can view what the event was about? The Intel Application Accelerator allows me to reset the SMART event, but does...
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    REMOVE in email address

    Ok, can someone tell me whats with the REMOVE that I see in a lot of email addresses?
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    SLR Cameras - soon to be extinct?

    I'm wondering if buying an SLR camera is worthwhile anymore. I'm interested in the Nikon N75, but does buying an SLR film camera make sense in today's digital world? Or does it make more sense to buy a 5+ MP digicam and just take prints?
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    Please Help!!!!!!!!!

    I have 2 Hitachi SATA drives in a RAID0 configuration on an 865 PE platform. In an effort to improve performance, I'd like to learn how to do the following: 1. Turn off write verify. (Some SCSI hard drives/controllers may have write verify on; this feature checks that the data written matches...
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    Low write performance on SATA 7K250 RAID0

    I have two 120 GB disks in a RAID0 configuration. For some time now, I felt that performance had dropped and running Sandra 2004 revealed that the write index/performance seemed to be low and the recommendation was to check if write verify was off. I used this as an excuse to perform a fresh...
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    Mitsumi 7-in-one

    Okay, so I have this new Mitsumi 7 in one drive which besides being a regular floppy drive, acts as a USB 2.0 multi card reader as well. I am loathe to buy any sort of floppy drive, but I ended up making the compromise because I needed a floppy drive for the RAID setup I implemented. Problem...
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    SATA RAID 0 setup - Partitions?

    I'm implementing RAID for the first time ever, using 2 Hitachi 7K250 120 GB SATA drives. I'm not much of a game freak and expect to use the PC to burn DVDs of my attempts at home video. Other pertinent hardware: ASUS P4P800 deluxe Maxtor 7200 RPM 40 GB - IDE Primary Master PX708A - IDE...
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    Help with hooking up 2 computers via NIC

    I live on the 1st floor of a house that has a wireless router and cable modem on the 2nd floor. I have my desktop hooked up to the router via a wireless conection on the 1st floor. Question is: Is there a way I can hook up my laptop using a CAT5 cable to my desktop's NIC to connect the laptop...
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    Power Consumption

    I have a 350 watt PSU installed in my case. I'm curious to know - does this mean 350 watts of power is consumed on a continuous basis or do components draw from this 'capability' of the PSU as and when needed. Could someone enlighten me please?
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    RAID drivers during XP setup

    I'm setting up a new PC with RAID 0, using a P4P800 deluxe and 2 WD IDE drives on the VIA 6410 controller. Since I dont have a floppy drive and dont plan to have one, could someone tell me if it is possible to load the RAID driver during XP setup from a CD instead of a floppy? I'm referring to...
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    ASUS IEEE802.11b Adapter for ASUS Motherboards

    Anyone have this piece of hardware on their P4P800? I've looked for specs everywhere and haven't found information on what exactly this card does. Does it act as a Router or is it a sort of 802.11b Wireless PCI Adapter?
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    Dual P4s

    Is there a motherboard out there that will take 2 P4 (not Xeon) processors? I'm putting together a rig and want to know if thats an option using 2 P4 2.6 Ghz procs. I'm not sure if this is even possible using the regular P4 CPUs... Thanks!
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    SATA external enclosures

    Hi, Could anyone please tell me if they are using an external SATA enclosure to connect an SATA HDD to their USB/Firewire ports? I'm referring to a product such as the one found here. What i'm trying to get around to is connecting such a device with an SATA drive to my laptop, to boost storage...
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    Measuring Video Card temperature?

    Is there any software that provides reliable video card chip temperatures? I'm using a GeForce2 MX.
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    Asus PC Probe?

    Can someone please post a link to the latest version of PC Probe? Asus' download site is TOOOO slow and refuses to even load.
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    How about a new category for drivers?

    Title says it all...
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    What are the best detonators to use with my GeForce2 MX & DX 8a?

    I'm presently using the 6.67 detonators and Directx 8a. I'm not happy with this setup, because I'm experiencing random freeze ups & getting kicked out of simple games like AOE. Any ideas?
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    OK, so its Saturday morning. Where were you last night?

    I took my girlfriend out to this very cool club. My head hurts & I feel like I've been in a dryer. It was worth it though! I'm gonna do this again next weekend.
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    OK, so why does a PC have only 16 IRQ's?

    I'm sure its been asked here before, but I'd like to know the answer. None of my IRQ's are free, so I cannot add any more hardware. It sure does suck!
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    SB Live! 5.1 - SB16 Emulation question...

    Hi, Can anyone explain what SB16 emulation is used for? Is this for DOS support? Also, why does it need another of my precious IRQ's? Currently, I have it disabled, but I would like to understand this better.
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    What is the maximum # of users that can use this forum at one time?

    Hi, I tried repeatedly in vain to login to the AT forums yesterday between 2 & 5 am EST. Given the recent upgrade AT has performed to their Forums server, I didnt expect to receive a message that the user limitation had been reached. Just curious, but did the sever go down by any chance...
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    GE Force2 MX or DXR3 for MPEG Decoding ???

    Hi, The following is my system configuration: P3 866 on an Asus CUSL2-C GE Force2 MX AGP Soundblaster Live Platinum 5.1 Creative 12X DVD with DXR3 decoder Cambridge Sound Works DTT 2500 My question is, do I really need the DXR3 card for MPEG2 decoding, since decoding is supposed to be done by...