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    Sound card issues

    What the **** is wrong with my computer? I was just listening to iTunes, and I changed some ID3 tags, and halfway through the change, all I hear is a loud buzz. I can pause the track and the buzz stops, so it is definately trying to play the track, and somehow EVERY sound from my computer is...
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    Firewire drives dropping out?

    I've got a bunch of firewire drives, all in 2 4 bay cases, each drive has its own FW interface, I have 4 drives in a RAID stripe, as well as a stripe of 3 more, with the 8th being the only non raid disk. The RAID works fine, plenty fast, etc etc etc. Now sometimes, even when in the middle of...
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    Clock counting too slowly?

    My clock is counting too slowly. I have set it via time.windows.com repeatedly, to the correct time. I can come back an hour later, and it is a couple minutes slow. The computer has not been turned off at all, and has had an active connection to the internet the whole time. My mobo is an...
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    XP dynamic RAID firewire

    I have a 4 drive firewire case, which I would like to convert via windows to a dynamic RAID 0. I have 2 xp machines, is the RAID tied to the exact OS that created it? Or can I move it to my other computer to move files around? My main reason for the RAID is i'm tired of having 4 separate...
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    Windows crashing during installation? (and other issues)

    I have a system that I have had for a year or so, and some video card issues caused it to crash shortly after boot. I decided to start fresh, with a brand new HD, which worked fine, unfortunately the brand new drive failed a day after installation (S.M.A.R.T. warned me but I figured the smart...
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    Which power supply

    I have an antec Sonata case, with the 380watt power supply that is just barely cutting it. I have a grand total of 9 hard drives in this system, 5 WD 200GB 3 maxtor 300GB and a 40GB boot drive. This is a file server for video files, so it needs to be on 24/7. I saw an Antec 550w at ecost for...
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    Raid 5 woes

    Ok, I have a RAID 5 on a highpoint rocketraid 454 with 4 WD2000JBs, and so far have had 2 drives fail separately, so I simply swapped out the bad drive and rebuilt the array, that's the point of pairity in raid correct? Well, not even a month after replacing one drive, 2 drives simultaneously...
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    Oxford 911 firewire problems

    I bought this 4 bay firewire case, came with 4 hotswap trays pre mounted. It connects and reads/writes just fine, but it makes the computer extremely slow during a transfer, does not maintain steady data rates, and if I try to access more than one drive at a time, windows reports that the drive...
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    SB Audigy 2 1394 port and DVD-RW?

    I just bought an Audigy 2, and love it, but the firewire port won't let me see my DVD or CD drive. I also have a firewire hard drive case on order to add more space. How do I get my 1394 port on the audigy to see drives? My system Albatron KT600 Athlon XP 2700 1GB ram Radeon...
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    Dual channel DDR speed boost?

    I have a shuttle SN41G2, with an Athlon XP2500+ OC'd to 2GHz (I think thats like a 2800 right?) and a Radeon 9500 with the softmod to a 9700 pro (I think it worked, as I got 14400 on 3dmark 2001 SE) Would I see any gain from getting another stick of Valueram to run it in dual channel? Or...
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    SN41G2 12volt too low?

    First off, im very happy with my shuttle. Everything runs fine, and I even OC'd my 2500+ from 1.83GHz to 2GHz, and it runs fine. I downloaded a utility that shows temps and voltages, and it shows my 12volt rail is only 10.5, and my fan speed is too low. I am coming from a Mac Desktop and a PC...
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    Mobility Radeon upgrade

    I have a Laptop with a Mobility radeon 8MB DDR. It is a Compaq Presario 1720US with 512 mb ram and xp pro. The games I play (jedi outcast) work just fine, I just want a bit smoother graphics (im not that picky with graphics, I think my friends GeForce 2 MX 200 is good enough). His is a bit...