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    My nForce4 Mobo doesn't see my WD10EACS harddrive

    Hey All, I just bought three Western Digital 1TB Green drives, model WD10EACS. For some reason my computer does not notice that they are plugged in when I connect directly to my motherboard SATA controllers (details about my computer are in my sig.). I can access them using a usb enclosure...
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    PCI-express Hardware RAID 1 ONLY

    I am growing a bit weary of the expense and relative complexity involved with RAID 5 solutions. Is there a PCI-express card out there that has multiple pairs of ports, the function of which is purely mirroring? I want to have pairs of ports that I know will do nothing but store the same...
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    1333MHz FSB Proc with DDR2 1066 -- What Happens?

    I'm currently debating between the Q6600 and the E8500. I think I like the Asus P5Q-e motherboard, but I want to get some affordable RAM. Since I'm planning to get 2x2GB of DDR2-1066, I'm curious; what would that due to the clock speed / multiplier for the E8500 (since it has a native FSB of...
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    Good RAID 5 Solution

    I am planning to upgrade my computer, mainly so that I can get solid storage solution. I currently own 8 500GB hard drives and want to use those in my machine in some form of RAID, probably RAID 5 with 4 drives a piece. I then want to use two single 1.5TB hard drives external to the system...
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    Need Suggestions for Mobo for new Build

    Requirements are: Looking to get an Intel Proc. (open to suggestions on which) 6+ SATA (hopefully 8 or eSATA) Firewire (port plus headers is preferable) Under $100 is preferable I want stability, I'm not planning to OC. This machine will be my main workstation and will be used for a...
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    Monitor won't shut off

    I've had this issue for quite a while and have begun to just hit the power switch on my monitor but I'm afraid it will wear out. Is there a software app. that can force my monitor to sleep? I use keyboard shortcuts to turn off the monitor but it just wakes back up, even if I turn off my mouse...
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    CD Duplication with Nero

    How can I use multiple burners at the same time to expedite a CD duplication project? I have 250 copies to make and I've got several CD burners I could use, definitely two and possbly more if I needed to...
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    Encoding VHS Home Movies

    I would appreciate some suggestions on what codec to use and what settings to use to encode a few hundred hours of home movies. I want to get them down to a reasonable size while not sacrificing much quality. I am capturing the video as uncompressed DV and then using Mediacoder to compress...
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    "Unallocated" ATA HD's

    I began capturing home movies with a fireware encoder and noticed that my PATA drives were not being recognized. When I checked in disk manager I saw that the drives are considered "unallocated" -- the partitions are full of files, any ideas? I've tried unplugging everything but the drives...
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    Digitizing Old Home Movies

    I have a few hundred hours of home movies on C-VHS and Beta formats that I will be putting on DVD over the next 2 months. I am tryting to decide what my methodology should be. So far I have two options: 1. Buy a DVD-recorder like the LITE-ON LVW-5005 and connect a VCR to it. Hopefully...
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    Maxtor Diamond Max 10, worth a shot?

    I found the Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L250S0 250GB (SATA 150) for $75 at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144235 I've never had a problem with Maxtor but this drive seems a little too inexpensive and I've heard of problems with nforce 4 boards (which I have)...
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    Using old Soundblaster Audigy front bay with the new X-fi

    Does anyone know if you can use the old Soundblaster Audigy front bay with the new X-fi? The bays appear to be identical... so maybe I could save myself $100 and just buy the cheapest version of the XFi XtremeMusic (of course that's assuming that the card would even allow me to use the...
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    Best Program for watching DVD's in Surround Sound.

    What do you guys use? PowerDVD, WinDVD, other? Maybe WMP? (I like WMP but it seems to not allow for dragging the timeline to get to a certain spot) I've long used a free version of PowerDVD but the new free version I got with my X800 GPU seems very crippled... if I set it to 6 speakers...
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    Please Delete Me

    *edit, wrong topic, please delete*
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    Gigabyte X800 causing reboots?!

    I bought the GIGABYTE GV-RX80256D Radeon X800 256MB and the rig in my sig has been restarting (I had written earlier that it was spontaneously but I'm starting to see a trend). I can force the computer to have a blue screen if I try to run PCMark 05. Before the program loads, it freezes and I...
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    Best Full-size case...

    I've recently become interested in a full-size case because I feel quite cramped with my setup in my current case... what do you guys recommend? I really like the setup of the Lian-Li PC-V2000 Tower Case with its separate compartments for hard drives and possible dual PSU's
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    Random reboots :(

    Well, I've been running the system in my sig and have been getting random reboots with no windows error messages. I'm assuming it's my PSU (what do you think?) Anyway, what PSU do you guys recommend I get? At this point I guess I'm aiming at the 550 watts+ sector.... ugh, kinda a pain...
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    MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Issues

    I have the system in my sig. almost just the way I want it, but I've run into a few road blocks. 1. My Sound blaster Audigy Platinum's front IEEE 1394 headers don't line up with the K8N Neo4 Platinum's ... the notch in th port appears to be on the wrong side. Has anyone seen something like...
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    3800+ X2 on Order

    I ordered a Combo yesterday that included the 4200+ X2 (at $499) but today, when checking over things I noticed that the 3800+ X2 was available for preorder at $369.... that seemed like a good deal to me with what should only be a small reduction in performance. This will also give me more...
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    Maxtor 250GB SATA Model Numbering... what's the difference?

    Is there a difference between These two hard drives Maybe one is native SATA and one isn't? Zip Zoom Fly has the same models with seemingly identical descriptions as well... First One Second One
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    4 X 1GB

    After having read the topic that shows 2T is negligably slower than 1T I have been contemplating throwing 4 x 1GB dimms into my next system. The mobo I plan to use is: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Socket 939 What would be the most cost-effective 4 x 1GB sticks? (reliable, ok timings) This mobo...
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    AMD X2 4200+ System Opinions

    My system as planned will be as follows: Planned Purchase: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ -- $527.00 CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX -- $85.00 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 (NCQ) -- $126.00 Rosewill 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR 400 (PC 3200) CAS...