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    How do you back up your storage?

    Thanks for all the advice. It just strikes me as funny that I buy a HD and then need to buy a 2nd HD just in case the first one fails. Its not like we all have spare cars in our driveways just in case our main one breaks down.
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    How do you back up your storage?

    I like the idea of just putting another drive in another computer on the network. How long would it take to back up a 1.5tb drive though. That must take forever!
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    How do you back up your storage?

    I am getting ready to put a 1.5 TB drive in my HTPC. I plan to archive most of my DVD collection to the HD. Then I began thinking, "What happens if the HD fails?" Ripping all those disks is a rather large time investment. Should I just use Raid-1 (and get a 2nd drive)? The way I see it, I...
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    Intermittent Loss of Internet

    I say to the both of you, "THANK YOU!" It was the license issue!!! I have had countless people out here and spent hours on my own tring to figure this out. I went around the office and started an audio stream to each pc. I monitored the Users via the Cisco interface. When I tried to...
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    Intermittent Loss of Internet

    Hello everyone. I registered with the site in hopes that someone, somewhere can help me. I have replaced several pieces of hardware and had a few ?specialist? out to my office to try and fix this issue, and still, after a year, the problem continues. I will try and give as much info as...
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    Help a frugal spender...Crossfire wanted

    I just wanted to thank everyone here for their advice. I ended up getting a K9A2 Plat with a 5000+ BE, 4 GB PC1066 and a decent heatsink. Should work well with the twin 3870's.
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    Help a frugal spender...Crossfire wanted

    Here's the link http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa...intel_x38_versus_p35/1
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    Help a frugal spender...Crossfire wanted

    Actually, i do know in this case. I read an article this am where they compared 16x/16x vs 8x/8x and 16x vs 4x. Thhere were gaming benchmarks with several games. There was a bottleneck at x4. I can try and find the link again if that would be helpful. I did need to do quite a bit of diggint...
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    Help a frugal spender...Crossfire wanted

    Keep in mind that x4 / x16 makes _very_ little impact in real world performance. PCIe has scads of bandwidth! If you were to make this comment about 8x I would agree, but I think that at 4x, there IS going to be some bottlenecking of the PCIe bus. On another note, I would love to go intel...
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    Help a frugal spender...Crossfire wanted

    I presently have a DFI NF7-Ultra (I think, its been 2 years since I got it). Its run wonderfully, is moderately overclocked, and has 2 gig of ram. RAM is A-Data, but runs very well in the system and is highly overclockable. The CPU is a Opteron 165, which when I got the system, was a bit of a...
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    Wireless mouse with very small receiver?

    I need to get a few wireless mice for my office. They are going to be used on with tablet PC's. Even though I love using a pen with my tablet, some people in my office just can't get used to it. Therefore, we agreed we would buy them coreless mice to use instead. The problem is, we carry the...
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    Windows 2003 back up server

    Thanks dclive. You essentially gave me the info I needed. The ERM is on 2 servers, each with multiple layers of redundency. Its only the authentification server, which I think of as a login portal, which is old and housed on a 3rd server. I need to back up that 3rd server only, and it has no...
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    Windows 2003 back up server

    Any advice would be welcomed. I currently am overseeing a network in my medical office. I do about 95% of the IT support on my own. I am mostly home taught and can put out most fires as they arise. We recently purchased an Electron Medical Record. At present, we are using an old server as...
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    mp3's for $.10.. thats right 10 cents!!!

    I have been using allofmp3.com for a long time (several months). I have spent less than $10 total, since I download very little music, but I have never seen and frudulent activity on my credit card. I would not have any reservations about "giving" them your credit card info.
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    Need help on final decision for new computer.

    I will be getting the following: Case: p180 MB: DFI Lanparty UTnf4 Ultra-D Processor: Opteron 165 Graphics: eVGA 7800 GT CO Now, I already have 1gig of DDR500 (Its ADATA Vitesta) that I know can run at 250 FSB @ 2.5-3-3-8. That's what I am running it at now. I also presently have 2...
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    OCZ Gold PC3200 (2x512) NEW BH-5 139 + shipping

    I will only say that BH5 requires a fair amount of Volts to get good overclocks. Check your volatge max (Vdimm) on your motherboard before you take the plunge.
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    Need help deciding on settings....(overclock)

    I have a quick question for all the overclockers out there. I finally got my 9NDA3+ working with SATA ports 1 + 2. For those of you that don't know, those ports are blocked by most AGP card heatskins. After much frustration, I made my own SATA cables by cutting open the boots of several SATA...
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    9NDA3+.....SATA won't fit...

    Well, I spent about $25 (damn shipping) buying various right angled SATA cables from a few different places and NONE of them worked. There is about 1/4-1/3 of an an inch verticle clearance between the top of the SATA port and the AGP's Cooler (Silencer v3). The icing on the cake was that I...
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    9NDA3+.....SATA won't fit...

    I found these and think that they might work. They look to be low profile but its hard to tell.
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    9NDA3+.....SATA won't fit...

    I just picked up this motherboard. I first want to say that this system went together VERY easily. Not a single problem with getting the OS installed on a Raid array. My Adata Vitesta DDR500 worked flawlessly. No overclocks yet, but I will. One problem is that I have a Radeon9800 with a...
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    transitory upgrade

    Also, don't forget that you will need a new power supply with the 939 (or use your existing and run the risk of insuff power).
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    Anyone seen a dead Raptor?

    I got on a a while ago and it was DOA. When powered up, it would just make a clicking sounds, as if the drive head was stuck and could not move. I RMA'ed it and got another one.
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    Best brand of RAM for ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe

    I had one brand of ram that would not work in my a7n8x. Unfortunately, I can't remember which is was. My ADATA wroks great. Just so you know, don't spend a tone of cash on fast memory, especially if you are using a SATA drive. The max fsb my a7n8x is about 190, but since there is no lock on...
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    Wanted: Program that can tell me what chips are on my RAM?

    Thanks for all the replies. The thing is, different chips were used during different production runs, and without ripping the heatsinks off, I won't be able to get any info off the chips themselves. Oh well. Just thought I'd ask. I didn't think there was anything but thought I'd ask just...
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    Wanted: Program that can tell me what chips are on my RAM?

    I have some ADATA Vitesta DDR500, with heat spreaders that are "glued" to the chips. I have tryied to research whether these are TDDC or Hynix and besically have determied that different batches of this ram used different types of chips. Is ther a program that I can run that will tell me what...
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    4X PCI-E slot?

    I am not 100% sure, but i thought they were all backwards compatible.
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    New motherboard with a no go at XP splash screen

    If you put in a new motherboard, without a fresh install of windows.....well......bad things tend to happen. Its a huge change to the system. I have seen it work, but man....that's asking a lot.
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    939 Socket Mobo with AGP...

    I had the same question, so thanks to all for the replies.
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    Keep Crashing in Warcraft III... Using Corsair XMS... Help?

    I may be way off base here, but please confirm your multiplier. Most newer Batron's (read: anything from the last 8 months) are locked. You can change the multiplier in the bios, but its ignored and can me confirmed by running a benchmark program that shows the true multiplier. I have the ver...
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    9800NP (soft modded to pro) vs 6600 vs 6600GT.

    Also, I am still looking for an answer to the primary questions about video card performance.
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    9800NP (soft modded to pro) vs 6600 vs 6600GT.

    I have several psu's around. All however, are probably cheap ones as they came with the packaged cases. If I go Nforce4, I will spend the money on a new PS. Frankly, money is not the issue. I can afford both options. I do however, get a little upset when I get the whole thing together and...
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    9800NP (soft modded to pro) vs 6600 vs 6600GT.

    Just curious, but why go 754? The 939 and 754 are about the same price; both the CPU's and the MB's. If i get a 939 now, I leave my options open to get a new MB later, without having to get a new CPU (if I don't want to). The 745 solution offers no upgradability other than a complete system...
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    9800NP (soft modded to pro) vs 6600 vs 6600GT.

    I currently have an aus a7n8x, 1g DDR500 (Adata Vitesta - its cas 2.5) with a Barton 2400. I have a 9800NP that is soft modded to open the extra pipes and is set just below pro speeds. I bought 2 raptors a while ago, and long story short, the raptors would not play nicely with my present...
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    budget pc under $350-400

    Go to fatwallet.com in the hot deals section. You caon find lots of Dell PC's in this price range, some WITH 17" LCD if you hurry.
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    "Official" DFI nF4 Ultra-D / SLI-DR Thread

    I am thinking of getting one the DFI MB, but am concerned about my ram. I have some: Adata Vitesta - DDR 500. It's decent ram, and has wored well in ny nforce2 platform. The timings are not great, but as long as it works, I'll be happy. Here is a link to the website...
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    Seeking site that benchmarks cards using same system?

    I am looking for a site that benchmarks cards, but consistently uses the same "base system" such as MB, processor, ram, etc. I currently own a Asus A7n8x with Athlon 2400+ with 1g PC 4000 and aa radeon 9800 NP (which is moded to semi-pro). I picked up 2 raptors (36 GB verions) and long...
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    Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W Laser Printer

    I would like to comment on this. For a long time people were bad mouthing these because the printer comes with a Starter Toner. It does not last that long. The toner has a chip in it that prevents you from re-filling it. If you choose to refill, the printer works at a significantly slower...