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    Best slim digital camera for best price?

    Canon SD200. 3 megapixels, 3x optical zoom, 2.5" LCD. Print up to 8x10" with great quality. 640x480 30fps movie mode limited only by the size of the memory card. Perfect go-everywhere little point-and-shoot digital camera. Uses SD cards. I bought mine for $230 a month ago from B&H in...
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    Can I do this with RAID-0?

    OK, here's a link to MS KB article that discusses software-based RAID. Note, however, it talks about RAID-1 (mirrored), not RAID-0 (striped), and further states that this is not available for XP Pro. Since you're talking about Photoshop swap files, I assume you're looking for RAID-0...
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    Can I do this with RAID-0?

    I can't speak for software RAID, since I never used it, but no hardware-based RAID I've ever used--whether SCSI, ATA, or SATA--will let you do that. Those RAID arrays are created at physical drive level, not at logical partition level.
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    Newegg RMA's

    Why don't you ask NewEgg directly?
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    9-in-1 memory card reader

    OK, so we've established that the USB controller on your mobo is USB2.0. Now, under the Device Manager, change the View to "Devices by Connection" and make sure that the 9-in-1 reader shows up under the "Enhanced Controller." If it does--then the reader itself may be a 1.1 device. You could...
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    9-in-1 memory card reader

    Check the Device Manager under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" and see if you see something like "USB 2.0 Root Hub" or something that indicates the presence of a 2.0 controller. AFAIK, "USB Enhanced Controller" is USB2.0, and USB "Universal Controller" is USB1.1. Does your Device Manager...
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    9-in-1 memory card reader

    Have you verified that the 9-in-1 media reader is USB2.0, and not USB1.1?
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    6600GT and driver/Dualview issues

    OK, problem solved. I had installed the Leadtek version of the Nvidia driver, then Nvidia one, and somehow along the way it corrupted DirectX 9.0c. I reinstalled 9.0c and all is well.
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    6600GT and driver/Dualview issues

    I bought a new Leadtek A6600 6600GT AGP video card today. My system specs are: Athlon XP 2500+ Asus A7N8X Deluxe 1GB Corsair XMS DDR400 Win2K Professional SP4 DirectX 9.0c The 6600GT replaced an old Radeon 9600 card. I've got the Dualview feature enabled. The primary display is a...
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    New Hardrive purchase, 160 gb, getting 128 gb after formating

    Here you go: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098
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    printer sharing trouble

    Well, what's the difference between the two XP machines? Are they both Home or Pro? Do they both have SP2? Are the firewall settings the same on both machines? More info please!
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    How's this for a budget gaming rig?

    Thanks for all the replies, guys. In the end I decided to hold off on the new rig and ordered just the video card to get some gaming improvements. I got Leadtek A6600 6600GT card for $151 AR from NewEgg. So, my current computer will look like this in a couple of days time: Athlon XP...
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    How's this for a budget gaming rig?

    OK, I just changed the video card from 9800 Pro to 6600GT, based on comments here and also the review on Anandtech. Thanks.
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    How's this for a budget gaming rig?

    Well, that Sapphire 9800 Pro card is $124. The cheapest 6600GT card at NewEgg is $158. X800Pro cards start at $245!! I could consider the 6600GT for $34 more, but then I start playing head games... "hmm, only $40 more for 3200 Venice..." Gotta draw the line somewhere! Is the 9800 Pro...
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    How's this for a budget gaming rig?

    I was going to replace only the video card on my current Athlon XP 2500+ setup, but decided to go for a new system. How's this setup for value/budget gaming? Athlon 64 3000+ Venice Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 Corsair ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR400 Leadtek A6600 6600GT 128MB (EDITED: changed...
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    Need better gaming performance--what should I upgrade?

    Aaargh, sorry, that was a typo, I meant "replace the video card with something like ATI Radeon 9800 Pro". I've edited it.
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    Need better gaming performance--what should I upgrade?

    My current setup: Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Asus A7N8X Deluxe mobo Corsair 1GB PC3200 Radeon 9600 128MB (regular 9600, not XT, Pro, or SE) Maxtor SATA150 boot drive + 2 ATA133 HDDs I'd like to get a little bit better performance while playing games like Dawn of War and Codename: Panzers...
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    SCSI RAID transfer speed/throughput giving me grief and gray hair!

    Thansks for all the input, guys. Yes, I'm running the drives in non-RAID format just to get benchmarking numbers. The plan is to run benchmarks on single drives, then run them again with the drives striped, then 1/0 and see, and also to compare different speed/manufacturer drives. For...
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    SCSI RAID transfer speed/throughput giving me grief and gray hair!

    While I understand that Sandra is not the ideal hard drive benchmarking software, wouldn't it at least test the hard drives equally? That is, it'd use the same kind of benchmarking operations on all hard drives?
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    SCSI RAID transfer speed/throughput giving me grief and gray hair!

    Oops, I knew I forgot something. The SCSI HDDs are housed in U160-capable cages with ID-selectors. We've been using this model of cages for two years now and they have been working well for us. I have tried different cages and also tried it with the drive connected to the chain directly and...
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    SCSI RAID transfer speed/throughput giving me grief and gray hair!

    OK, guys, I need some help. I've got a dual Xeon 2.4GHz on a Tyan i7500 motherboard with 2GB of Crucial DDR1600 memory. That part works perfectly. The storage system is as follows: Boot: Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM UMDA/133 hard drive booting up with Win2K Server SP3 Adaptec 3210S RAID...
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    NT Domain Printing problem/question

    I am having an inconsistent and intermittent printer problem. I hope someone here can help me. I have 20 networked printers in my WinNT 4.0 domain. The printers are set up on a dedicated printer server (a Pentium III 1GHz box running WinNT 4.0 Server, SP6A, 384MB memory, 40GB hard drive) via...
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    Can you mix 10K and 15K SCSI drives...

    ... in the same channel without performance degradation for either speed drives?
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    Will Intel Link Aggregation work with Cabletron/Enterasys switches?

    I'm wondering if Intel Link Aggregation (either through Intel Pro 100/S dual port NIC or dual gigabit ports through 82546EB on-board controller) will work with non-Intel switches. We are using Cabletron SSR6000 chassis with 6H252-17 fast ethernet blade. Thanks in advance for any help.
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    Need recommendations for a dual Xeon motherboard

    Thanks for your reply. I'm a big fan of AMD CPUs myself (have gone through 4 at home--386/40, 486/133, K6/233, Athlon 1.3), but for this machine, I need to stick with Xeons. My boss is wary of anything BUT Intel CPUs. At least I've gotten him to agree to build another machine (in the future)...
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    Need recommendations for a dual Xeon motherboard

    I know Intel is coming out of 533MHz FSB Xeons soon, but I am looking for a dual Xeon motherboard solution now... I've so far checked out Intel SE7500CW2 (based on Intel E7500 chipset), Tyan Tiger i7500 (also based on Intel E7500 chipset), and SuperMicro Super P4DL6 (using ServerWorks GC LE...
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    Need advice for a dual Xeon setup

    > DONT COUNT AMD OUT I wish I could, but my boss is an Intel die-hard and will not consider using a non-Intel CPU in the servers. Too bad, really--the past four home computers I've had were all AMDs (386/40, 486/133, K6/233, and Athlon 1.3GHz) and I'm plum happy with them.
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    Need advice for a dual Xeon setup

    > how much does that total, and where are u gettin the parts from? The only parts I've priced out so far are the motherboard ($498) and the prcoessors ($250 each). Not sure where I'll be getting parts from--first I'm going to see if our local vendor can supply the parts at competitive prices...
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    Need advice for a dual Xeon setup

    > why a geforce2mx in there too? the mobo doesnt have integrated video? This will teach me to read the specs of the motherboard a little bit closely before posting. Yes, the Intel motherboard comes with ATI Rage XL PCI controller built in. > a good server mobo will have integrated scsi...
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    Need advice for a dual Xeon setup

    > Whats with the seperate cdr and cdrw drives? And why the sound card in a server Oops, I meant CD-ROM and CD-RW drives, not separate Recordable and ReWritable. You are right, I can't think of a good reason why I would need a soundcard in a server. Just a force of habit (from building...
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    Need advice for a dual Xeon setup

    I'm in the process of spec'ing out a dual Xeon-based system for my work. Up till now we've been building our own dual Pentium III-based rackmount servers, but want to see what kind of performance we can get with the Xeons. The server will become either a SQL server (30 users) or a file server...
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    Athlon, heat, and human psychology (personal musing and sorta long)

    Well, I just gotta shake head at myself. I did something today that I felt was totally irrational, unnecessary, but felt compelled to do so. Two weeks ago I purchased my latest setup--an Athlon Thunderbird 1.33GHz on Asus A7M266 motherboard. The 300W power supply has two fans--one sucking...
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    Does anyone know of a screen utility to enlarge display area?

    I know some video card drivers have that feature built it. The reason why I'm looking for such an utility is because at the given refresh rate that I am using (which I'd rather not change), the hardware (monitor) control to position and size screen area is maxed out yet I'm not using the full...
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    I am buying a 4.1 speaker set. should i upgrade my sound card too?

    My motherboard (Asus A7M266) uses Via 686B southbridge chipset as well, but I have not experienced any problems with my SB Live! Value Edition card. Before or after the Via 3-in-1 (for Win2K) driver installation. Echoing others, I'd highly recommend going for a SB Live! card over onboard AC97...
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    Monitor won't standby in power save

    I know that's how you get to the power settings panel. However, my problem starts after that.
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    Serial Port Speed. Kbps... anyone know?

    I believe it's 115Kbps...
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    Monitor won't standby in power save

    Hi folks, I use Win2K both at work and home. I've got a minor that's got me stumped. At work, I've got monitor to go into power save mode after 2 hours. When that kicks in (usually overnight), the monitor turns itself off (the green ON light goes amber) until there is keyboard or mouse...
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    Asus Probe 2 - 3.3 volt meter going crazy!

    Hmm, I suppose the ultimate test is whether the computer is stable with the voltage fluctuation. Is it possible that it might damage something inside because of the fluctuation?
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    Asus Probe 2 - 3.3 volt meter going crazy!

    DDad, I am using a UPS--it doesn't have the Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR), though. Would the presence of a UPS make a difference?
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    Asus Probe 2 - 3.3 volt meter going crazy!

    I have an Asus A7M266 motherboard with a 1.33GHz Athlon. It's running great--however, I'm having a bit of problem with the Asus 2 Probe utility. I keep it running in the background when Win2K starts up. When I installed the software, I accepted the default settings for voltage monitoring...