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    GC68 on XP3200+

    slappin together a box here w/ an XP3200+ and the only HSF I've got on hand is a GC68 w/ vantec stealth 80mm fan. No plan on overclocking. Will this heatsink sufficently cool the 3200 or do I need to pop for something more extravagant (say, in the 10 dollar range :/ )
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    Server OS

    I'm about to rebuild my aging fileserver and am trying to decide whether or not to take the dive into a linux based os. I'm sure that any decent distro would provide the features that I currently use under Win2k (file storage, dvarchive for networked replaytvs, remote access), but what I'm not...
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    Rayed Hurray -or- Mo Kwyet Boks?

    I'm about to rebuild my fat Antec sx1030 boxed server into a nice little SFF case (soltek qbic). I've got a promise pci raid card and a multitude of drives (mainly 3 Maxtor 200g's and a host of 80's, 60's and 40's). I've got a pretty large music collection and also use the box as a DVarchive...
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    DDR Ram Speed

    Just pieced together a new box w/ a FIC AU13 and an XP3200+. I plugged in 1- 512m PC2700 and 1- 512m PC3200... During post, the system displays the ram speed as 166mhz. Is this correct? I know that the speed will drop to match the slowest dimm.. I just want to make sure that bios is...
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    Fresh install w/ dual boot

    I'm about to do a fresh os install of windows and want to leave some space for a linux partition... My basic partition scheme is: p1 20g windows p2 10g linux p3 130g ntfs storage I'm assuming that I should install windows first... so: 1. is it best to have the linux...
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    RAM: Which mo betta: quantity or speed

    Piecing together a new box. XP3200+ on a FIC AU13. I've got one 512m PC2700 ddr and one 512m PC3200 ddr. Will I be better off w/ the single pc3200 or should I stick both in and let the pc3200 underclock? I don't do too much gaming. Mostly app development, cad, imaging, video, etc...
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    Mammary Upgraid?

    I'm in the process of upgrading a system w/ a new mobo and cpu. It would seem that the new setup is not too happy w/ my current ram. Here's the lo-down: Old: - ECS K7S5A, XP2000+, 2 x 512m PC2700 cas 2.5 ddr sdram New: - FIC AU13, XP3200+ The AU13 is id'ing the ram as 166mhz and...
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    PATA Raid vs. SATA Raid

    I've been running a raid0 array off a Promise Fastrak 100 pci card for years now. I recently upgraded to a new mobo which has SATA raid. Given drives of identical specs other than their interface, is there any performance advantage in moving over to SATA Raid? I'm wondering if SATA would...
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    Boxed AMD XP3200+ Question

    What brand of heatsink/fan do the boxed XP3200+'s have? I ask because I just purchased a bundled mobo / boxed cpu. I had the cpu/heatsink installed and tested before shipping. It came crammed in to the mobo box, but w/o the boxed cpu box/packaging. I'm kinda pissed about the packing, and I...
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    Hotswapping Wives, er, Drives

    I've been using some removable ide drive bays for some time now. They work fine, but in order to get Windows (2k or XP) to recognize a drive, I have to open device manager, disable the appropriate IDE controller channel (in my case, secondary), do the swap, then re-enable the controller. I, in...
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    Usb/Firewire Case to 2 computers?

    Can a dual format external enclosure be connected to / accessed by two computers at once (one over usb - the other over 1394)?
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    Trouble reading Enhanced CD

    I've got some audio cd's that are 10 or so years old which happen to be Enhanced CDs. They have music vids, software, etc on them. I just pulled them out of storage and wanted to pull the videos off to store on my server, but I'm unable to get XP to recognize anything but the audio tracks...
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    Remote Access sans Open Ports

    Does anyone know of a software solution that will allow me to access a firewalled pc without opening ports on the firewall? I'm guessing something like GotoMyPC.com offers, but I'm too cheap and prefer either something free, or something I can pay for once and be done.
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    2001FP on Nvidia Quadro

    Just got my new 2001FP and am having a problem getting my nvidia quadra to display 1600x1200. It's weird because I was using an IBM P275 at 1600x1200 on the same card/system earlier today. I'm now on a fresh install of XP, have the latest nvidia drivers installed, as well as the inf/icm for...
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    Rotten Raid Removal Reaction... really.

    Didn't quite know which forum to post this on, but certainly don't think that 'Technical Support' is appropriate. ;) AthlonXP 2000+ 512m DDR ECS K7S5A 2 - Maxtor 40g 8m 7200r drives on a Promise ATA100 Raid Card in Raid 0. Win2k etc. Recently one of the maxtors starting whining and keeping me...
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    W2K Encryption Question

    I've recently pieced together a little external usb/firewire drive I'll be using to carry around lots of stuff. Some of the stuff is private and I'd like to secure it so that if the drive is lost or pilfered, it will at least be very inconvenient to get at the data. Most of the systems I'm...
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    Quadro Question

    I just picked up a PNY Quadro4 200 to replace my Matrox G400max (to treat myself to some dual dvi gudns). While the stock Quadro drivers work fine, I was hoping to be able to use the NVrotate feature present in the newer detonator drivers. Will the Detonator series of drivers work with this...
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    Win2k Boot w/ Replaced Mobo

    Just had a MSI K7T-Pro2A die. Replaced w/ a K7S5A. During boot of win2k, I get the message "... cannot read from device...". The drive was working find prior to the mobo taking a dump, and checks out fine as a slave drive on another system. I had the same thing happen previously w/ a...
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    Large Drive Formatting

    I just got one of those comfortably large 200g maxtor drives to replace the tight-fitting 80g currently in my server. Currently, the 80g is broken into 2 partitions (3g boot, remainder for storage). The new setup will be a 3g notebook hd for boot (trying to keep the noise to a minimum), and...
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    Looking for cooling tips for Tb1ghz + Antec 1030

    I've recently moved and no longer have a separate office in my home for my gadgets... now everything is in the master bedroom. I don't have much problem with my p2-450 server, but my workstation is way too loud. Here's the spex: Antec 1030b Tbird 1ghz 2 - 60g maxtor hds, etc, etc. In...
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    WinTV / VIA Woes.

    I'm a bit bummed... got my fancy-arse new box built w/ a K7T Turbo + Tbird 1ghz, 512m PC133, Win2k, etc etc. Was in the process of moving all of my old hardware from a MSI 6119 + P2-450: Matrox G400max WinTV PVR Firewire card (for DV editing) Well, after installing the WinTV, I'm getting CRAP...
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    DVDisfunctional

    I just nabbed a couple of those 39.99 BTC 108A 8x DVD drives from Frys (mentioned in Hot Deals). Have tried installing both but can't get either to recognize dvds. Running Win2k. Matrox G400 max. Set drive's region code in win2k 'device mgr'. Tried using bundled PowerDVD, Matrox DVD, and...
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    2 Paste Notsure

    Just got a K7T Pro2a and a 1ghz Tbird. The fan I purchased, a Taisol CGK742092, came w/ a little thermal pad on the bottom of the heatsink. Question: Is the pad enough of a transfer agent for normal (non-oc) use, or do I need to put some jizm on my chip?
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    Mister Mobo Risin'

    Recently acquired a 1g Tbird and 512 Megs of micron PC133. Guess it's time to upgrade. I'm torn btw the MS-Pro2a and the KT7-Raid. I plan on using a raid 0 array and Win2k as the OS. As far as I can see from other posts, the MS mobo is more stable than the Abit, and since I'm not planning on...