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    Hard drive testing

    I wrote the following little VBA program to test various drives in different computers. All the drives in my home computer test the same. I have two 150 gig Raptors in RAID 0, one 150 gig Raptor X for C drive, one new Velociraptor as D, and a Hitachi 7K1000 1 terabyte drive. They all take 38...
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    Motherboard/CPU/Memory recommendation for MathCAD

    I need the fastest Motherboard/CPU/Memory combination to use with MathCAD. The emphasis needs to be on which combination allows the fastest floating point calculations. Secondarily, it takes forever for the program to load into memory. Graphics speed is not that big of a deal.
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    No luck with building computers

    Is it just me or do you have problems with computers that you have built? I have built several and very few of them last. There are a couple that are still going after several years but most of them develop some kind of problem, especially with motherboards. I tend to use premium components...
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    Dually Motherboard with a 5volt, 64 bit slot?

    Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes a dually mobo with a 5volt, 64 bit slot? I bought a MSI K7D Master and a Tekram Ultra 160 SCSI controller card but they are incompatible due to the differences in voltage and slot configuration.
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    64 bit PCI boards

    I bought a MSI dual processor mobo that has 2 64 bit slots. I also bought a Tekram SCSI 160 controller card. I was surprised when the card would not fit in the mobo's slot. The configuration of the pins and cutouts is different. Would someone please explain why there are 2 different configurations?
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    AOpen AX4B-533 Tube Motherboard

    Has anyone heard of the AOpen AX4B-533 Tube mobo? I'm curious if anyone has any interest at all in it besides me. From an audiophile standpoint, it is too good to be true but for most people I can't imagine it drawing any interest at all. I can't imagine that they can recoup the engineering...
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    Asus mobo requires Samsung Rdram??

    I just got a new Asus mobo with the Intel 850 chipset and it uses RDRAM. The manual says that only Samsung memory chips should be used. Is this a hard and fast rule or can I use chips from another manufacturer?
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    Win 2k and sound card

    Does Windows 2000 pro have problems with sound cards? I can't get it to work with a MSI K7 Master-S regardless of whether I try the built in sound card, an SB Live or a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz. I have the same problem with an ECS K7S5A. Any ideas?
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    MSI K7 Master-S no sound

    I can't get the sound to work on this mobo. I am running Win 2k pro. I have tried the driver from their web site but doesn't work either. I am also trying to install a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz but it says that the data is bad. (I did disable the onboard sound before doing this) Any ideas?
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    Radeon driver for Linux Mandrake 8.0

    Linux Mandrake 8.0 apparently has a driver for the Ati Radeon built in because when I go to the X configuration page, that board type is listed. However, it doesn't present me with a list of resolutions from which to choose. Also, the video is really slow. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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    Corsair vs Crucial memory speed

    I've started testing Corsair PC2400 and PC150 to see if it is any better than Crucial's PC2100 and PC133 CL2 memory. So far it doesn't seem that the Corsair performs any better. Has anyone else made similar tests? I'd like some feedback.
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    Abit VP6 gone bad (2 of them)

    Has anyone had a bad experience with this board? I've used a few of them but these two just went belly up for seemingly no reason that I can figure.
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    Gigabyte GA-7DXR with Win 2K

    Has anyone tried this board with Win 2K? The drivers for the onboard Promise raid controller don't seem to agree with Win 2K's setup program. By the way, the manual is no help in figuring out where these drivers are on the CD-ROM. I found them by accident. Also, the manual is incorrect about...
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    Thermosonic company shakeup

    Apparently there has been a shakeup at Thermosonic. I received an email from Lawrence Luk, the General Manager saying that 4 of their employees have left and may be posing as Thermoengine patent holders. He says to beware of them.
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    Win 2k + Abit VP2 + Matrox G450 doesn't work

    Has anyone else had a problem with this combination?