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    P55/1156 - PCIe x1 question

    Thanks, I read that article but now it see that it was described in the diagram, and I never look at those. -Matt
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    P55/1156 - PCIe x1 question

    I understand that having 2 PCIe x16 cards will cut the speed down to x8 each, but if you have one x16 and one x1 in does it also reduce the x16 by half? I'm looking on getting a TV Tuner card and just wondering about this. Thanks
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    I need a quality 802.11n router... ideas?

    Here's this article http://www.wifinetnews.com/archives/007328.html There are more...
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    I need a quality 802.11n router... ideas?

    As opposed to Draft 1.0, you're safe with any N router that draft 2.0 certified. Draft 2.0 is really just a formality. Pretty much every comment/issue received by the members have been satisfied by 2.0. If there are changes in the next draft, draft 2.0 routers only need a firmware fix to be...
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    Program to automatically sync two files/folders on same pc

    you know, I looked at those, but for some reason I missed number two on that list all way sync. This is actually a very powerful program. It does exactly what I was looking for. It's somewhat cumbersome to use if you want to only sync a couple of file in a large folder..you have to setup...
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    Program to automatically sync two files/folders on same pc

    Thanks, I forgot to mention that it hopefully will be free in price and in spyware. Anybody have any exp with any such program?
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    Program to automatically sync two files/folders on same pc

    I've researched this a lot, and I've found lots of file sync programs (I use syncback), but I can't find one that will automatically sync two files/folders across the same pc. This would probably have to be a program that's runs on startup or is always open, which is ok as long as it's not to...
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    SATA I & II living together in harmony?

    I have a WD 76gb raptor (SATAI) and a WD 320gb Caviar (SATAII) installed on a Asus a8n-sli premium MB. I've had some HD controller issues and I'm trying to piece my way to figure out why (other than a bad MB). The MB supports SATAII, but are there any BIOS setting that I should have, or HD...
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    SATA Controller Card Question

    Since I won't have time for quite some time to do a complete reinstall, I decided to buy a SATA controller and so far it seems to have fixed my problem...interesting.
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    SATA Controller Card Question

    Thanks for the replies. My feeling right now is if I'm going to repair XP, then I just, as alzan said above, going to bite the bullet and do a complete reinstall. However, back to one of my original questions, can I move my HD to a SATA controller card (on a PCI) without having to reinstall...
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    SATA Controller Card Question

    My setup is below. The MB is giving me fits with my HD's (especially the WD320). I get controller errors when trying to use Window Media Center 2005. it eventually freezes my PC. I was thinking about buying a controller card and hooking them up to it and seeing if that will work. Does...
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    Should I RMA ASUS a8n premium MB

    I?ve had this board close to a year now and it?s been almost error free. However, from the beginning, I can?t overclock or else my PC freezes up with a HD error (see this post). I?ve just resorted to the stock speeds and everything is ok. Since the beginning, I?ve had the MB hooked up to...
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    Xeon upgrade question

    Thanks for the replies.
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    Xeon upgrade question

    Interesting question for the folks here....my current work PC is a Dell Precision 670 with a Xeon "Cranford" processor running at 3.0ghz. Every new fiscal year we get in about 40 new pc's to upgrade existing ones. I have the option right now to upgrade to a Xeon 5060 which, from what I can...
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    Two Zalman Fanmate2 not working

    Thanks for the reply. I'm connecting the fanmates into the motherboard and I do have the fan speed control function on the MB disables. I don't want to connect the fanmate to the PSU because I want to monitor their speed. Thanks!
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    Two Zalman Fanmate2 not working

    My specs are below, except now I also have a scythe ninja installed. I purchase two scythe s-flex 1600rmp fans to replace the back fans and two install a new front intake fan. I also purchased two fanmate2. However, the fans don't work when connected to the fanmate. If they're connected...
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    Need help with Mom's crappy computer

    That's right, I forgot about that. I have that diabled on my PC. Like mentioned above, I'll have to see if her "castrated" BIOS has that setting. I think AMD also has software that will disable it. Oh, don't you know it. Though in her case, the controller on her MB went bad. Three brand...
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    Need help with Mom's crappy computer

    So, the pc that my mom uses for her business crashed the other day while I was out of town. My mom, because she needs a pc for her work, went out that day and bought a HP Pavilion at BB. To her credit, she got the one with the AMD 4200+ dual core. Now, I've recently built my own system so...
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    Windows Schedule Task Replacement

    I'm bumping this because I need a task schedular that will automatically start the task upon startup if the computer happenend to be turned off during the scheduled task. Windows Task Schedular can't do this!!
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    Any suggestions for a NAS

    Thanks again everybody for the suggestions. I don't really want to use an old pc (which I have) due to space reasons. The thecus looks really tempting, I like the fact that you can do RAID 1, but once you up add up the NAS and the two drives...it's starting to get expensive. I may have to go...
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    Any suggestions for a NAS

    Thanks for the replies: D-Link: I thought that I read somewhere that the D-Link requires a propriatary software on each PC, but maybe not Infrant: I really like that one after reading the review on AT, but kind of pricey Thecus: Looks like a real solution, I might have to get that...
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    Any suggestions for a NAS

    I'm looking for a NAS but I can't seem to find one that meets my criteria...which are: 1. Ethernet connection 2. Can use own HD(s) 3. Don't have to load propriatary software on each PC that needs to use access it. Really the only choice that I've seen so far is the Linksys NSLU2 with...
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    Is this IDE Controller setup normal?

    Budman, I am already using the nvidia sata ports (#1 & 3) and I've already disabled the SI controller. I guess I'm still confused about the responses to my original question. So far the score is 2 for normal and 2 for not normal.
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    Is this IDE Controller setup normal?

    When you say the "built in nforce controller" do you mean installing the nvidia ide driver? I was trying to avoid that since I've read about potential problems with that driver. I do have the HD installed in slots 1 & 3. Also, aren't the Silican Image slots only for RAID? I'm also...
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    Is this IDE Controller setup normal?

    Thanks for the replies everybody. As detailed in this post, I'm having problems with my SATAII HD when OCing. It works fine, even when OCing when I set the jumper setting to limit it to basically a SATAI. I was thinking that maybe all these "extra" controllers might be the problem.
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    Is this IDE Controller setup normal?

    I have three of each primary, secondary and Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controllers under device manager...it that normal? Picture of Device Manager
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    SATAII not working when OCing

    CnnmnSchnpps, Thanks for the reply. I have the raptor in Slot 1 and the 320Gb in slot 3. The raptor is not giving me any problems, so why might moving it to slot 4 help? The drive is detected by the BIOS and on that screen right after the post. I did notice yesterday when using the WD...
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    SATAII not working when OCing

    I already have the SATAII in slot 3. The raptor is in slot 1. I was looking through the ASUS MB Manual (what a concept!!) and I was wondering that in order to SATAII to work, you have to install the nvidia IDE chipset driver. Maybe if you don't have the driver installed, there's a conflict...
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    SATAII not working when OCing

    I do...I think. In my attempts in trying to figure out what's going on who knows. For example, in Device Manager under "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller", I have three each of the Primary and Secondary Channels, and the "Standar Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller". I don't know if this is correct or...
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    SATAII not working when OCing

    My spec's are below. The WD 320GB SATAII doesn't seem to want to work when I OC, no matter how slight I'm OCing. The drive will just freeze up at the first instance when I try to use it. I use this drive for my data. My OS is on the raptor and that's ok. I don't have the nvidia IDE drive...
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    Delayed Write Failure error on WD 3200KS SATA II

    Well, I spoke to soon. I should of waiting a couple more minutes before my last post. The problem happened again. I've been tinkering around for the past couple of days and I think I've found the "problem". The 320GB SATAII disk is the one giving me the issues, well, I just set the...
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    Delayed Write Failure error on WD 3200KS SATA II

    It turns out I had a bad powersupply...it died a couple of night ago. I installed a seasonic s12 600W and everything is working fine. So far the OC seems stable and I'm not getting any delayed write errors or locking computers. Thanks for everybody's response.
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    Delayed Write Failure error on WD 3200KS SATA II

    xtknight, Thanks for the replies. You said that you don't know how to lock the IDE ports, but do you know how to tell if they are open?
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    Delayed Write Failure error on WD 3200KS SATA II

    Thanks. What kind of damage can be done? I"m pretty sure my HD is fine. I just uninstalled the Nvidia IDE controller becuase I've read some have had issues with this driver. I just don't understand how I could be OCing for a month with no problems and then this all of a sudden. I've...
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    Delayed Write Failure error on WD 3200KS SATA II

    It turns out that it's an OC issue and probably a hardware problem. I've been OCing using these settings (as recommended by OCZ - 3rd post) for the past month with no problems. And now first it was the hard drive and now the whole system freezes when I OC. If I turn off the OC, no problem...
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    Delayed Write Failure error on WD 3200KS SATA II

    Thanks for the replies. I had the drive installed on another machine and everything was fine. No errors with WD diagnostics or SMART. Was able to Ghost an image with no freezes, therefore, all this means that it might be the MB or some software/OS conflict.... ...on that note, I just...
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    Delayed Write Failure error on WD 3200KS SATA II

    Thanks for the reply, Part of me hopes it's just a bad drive and not some funky driver/software/setting issue. Just broke, plain and simple. But then the problem is I need to somehow recover my 6000+ mp3 and digital photos (Luckly I still have 95% of them on my old hard drive on my old pc)
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    Delayed Write Failure error on WD 3200KS SATA II

    I?m getting ?Delayed Write Failure? warning on my WD CaviarSE16 WD3200KS SATA II drive. I use this drive for data storage and I have a WD Raptor 74GB for OS & programs. The rest of my system is in my sig. I?ve had the system for over a month now with no problems. However, just yesterday...
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    card reader disconnecting

    Well, after trying out a new card reader (exact same model), it worked fine. There were some issues when I had mine and the new one both plugged-in. But the new one by itself worked. This now gives me the excuse to buy an internal (3.5") card reader and maybe I'll still buy a stronger PS.
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    card reader disconnecting

    I forgot, I also have a Linksys PCI wireless network card.