Re: [H] My PC Build for January
At 07:29 PM 03/01/2008, Greg Sevart wrote: I really like WD. Excepting the awful new Green Power line, I (1) like their What's wrong with the Green Power line? I haven't used any. drives, (2) have been satisfied with their reliability _for me_ (emphasis added; frankly, unless you're dealing with hundreds or thousands of drives a year, your sample size is too small to mean jack), and (3) love their return I probably handle 100 to 120 a year, and I find the WDs more reliable than anything else. T
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
At 04:40 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: Are these the components you mentioned? ENERMAX Liberty ELT620AWT ATX12V 620W Power Supply 90V~265V (Auto Adjusted) UL, cUL, TUV, CB - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194004 Yeah, this is the PS. Do you have a particular pioneer dvdrw product in mind? I've had good luck with the DVR-115, but there is a SATA one (DVR-212?) which is probably worth getting now. T
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
At 04:41 PM 03/01/2008, Brian Weeden wrote: Honestly, I would just go with whichever HD maker had the longest warranty and backup my data regularly. The problem is that Seagate HDs take about two weeks to get replaced under warranty and WD takes about three days to ship you an advanced replacement. T
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:36 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] My PC Build for January At 07:29 PM 03/01/2008, Greg Sevart wrote: I really like WD. Excepting the awful new Green Power line, I (1) like their What's wrong with the Green Power line? I haven't used any. They're all green, no power. They aren't 7200rpm. (WD is rather vague on the RPM, stating between 5400 and 7200rpm, leading some to believe that they may be variable RPM. They aren't--each model within the GP line is fixed--but it seems that most (all?) of them so far are 5400rpm drives.) It's great for a hard drive to be power sipping and run quiet and cool (and in this the GP does excel greatly), but I am absolutely unwilling to sacrifice performance. They're markedly slower than previous generation drives (7500AAKS, 5000AAKS, etc). Even the RE version of the drive looks to provide lackluster performance. So unless WD bothers to release a non-GP edition of their newer drives (1.0TB and up), I'm done with them. Greg
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
also they charge for advance replacement At 02:56 AM 1/4/2008, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: At 04:41 PM 03/01/2008, Brian Weeden wrote: Honestly, I would just go with whichever HD maker had the longest warranty and backup my data regularly. The problem is that Seagate HDs take about two weeks to get replaced under warranty and WD takes about three days to ship you an advanced replacement. T -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Love is blind, to everything except fat.
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
I can't put into words how much I enjoy a quiet PC. My old ones were so loud that I don't think I realized how much they bothered me until I learned how quiet one could be. It's now a true joy to listen to music, watch a DVD or TV show, or even play a game with no PC fan noise or HD noise. Watch out for DVD drives, too, because some get really noisy when they spin up. GPL wrote: Thanks for the link to the silent preview website. I didnt have that and its great! Yes -- I don't think SLI is in the plan for the future. The 120MM fans they reviewed were not on newegg. But I did find a flavor of what they tested: Scythe S-FLEX SFF21E 120mm Case Fan - Retail $14.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185005 How do you guys feel about these higher end fans? We would like our build to be quiet. Me chieftec tower has 4 $5 fans blowing and now that I notice, I wouldnt mind if they were more quiet. On Jan 3, 2008 6:29 PM, Greg Sevart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They don't. I've had 3 drives (out of probably 25 or 30 total ordered from them) packaged in this way arrive dead. Try returning a drive to any HD manufacturer in that packaging...bet the warranty will be invalidated. I, too, generally buy drives from ZZF due to their excellent foam HD enclosure packaging. I really like WD. Excepting the awful new Green Power line, I (1) like their drives, (2) have been satisfied with their reliability _for me_ (emphasis added; frankly, unless you're dealing with hundreds or thousands of drives a year, your sample size is too small to mean jack), and (3) love their return policy. They willingly cross-ship without a fee (just a standard hold) and generally process things in a timely and efficient manner. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:04 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] My PC Build for January I DO NOT like the way that NewEgg packages their oem drives for shipment. A couple wraps of bubble wrap and thrown in a box with styrofoam. I switched to Zip Zoom Fly for hard drives due to their full styrofoam box for the hard drive. Just my experience. YMMV. I bought two OEM returned drives from these that were packaged this way. I wasn't very impressed, I admit, but both drives seem to be working just fine. Perhaps they know more about packaging and shipping parts than I do.
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
At 09:25 AM 04/01/2008, Greg Sevart wrote: They're all green, no power. They aren't 7200rpm. (WD is rather vague on the RPM, stating between 5400 and 7200rpm, leading some to believe that they may be variable RPM. They aren't--each model within the GP line is fixed--but it seems that most (all?) of them so far are 5400rpm drives.) It's great for a hard drive to be power sipping and run quiet and cool (and in this the GP does excel greatly), but I am absolutely unwilling to sacrifice performance. They're markedly slower than previous generation drives (7500AAKS, 5000AAKS, etc). Even the RE version of the drive looks to provide lackluster performance. So unless WD bothers to release a non-GP edition of their newer drives (1.0TB and up), I'm done with them. Well that's too bad. I'm all for power saving (although I'm not convinced the HD is the primary power guzzler in today's computer or home) but I agree that I'm not going to take a major performance hit for it. T
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
I've actually had quite the opposite. After loosing my final WD drive last year (Dec) (400gb sata) I have sworn off WD. A buddy of mine also loves to buy WD, raptors for speed, but has had the same type of problem where they just wear out quickly or just go bad. It could be because they tend to run hotter imho. As for my seagates, the oldest one I currently own is from 2001, and it's still humming along just fine. On Jan 3, 2008 12:33 PM, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd go Western Digital over Seagate. I replaced a lot of dead and dying Seagates, and very few Western Digitals. I only sell WD, and I have a very low failure rate. As an added plus, WD will cross ship and Seagate won't. T At 04:25 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: I have been looking for a hard drive, sata, in the 250-320 gb range. Looking at the following two that were rated customer choice awards: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822144701 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148140 Despite obtaining a customer choice award some of these drives have some bad user feedback that worries me. We dont need to go raptor here, more space is worth more than speed for this build. Should I stay away from these drives? Probably, what might you folks suggest? On Jan 3, 2008 3:22 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thane, Was not aware of asking tricky questions! Perhaps, I just find myself in tricky situations! (seems like it lately!!!) In any case, in 2008, I'll try to be less tricky :) Remove the card? The AP is on a separate plug-in card? That would do it 4Sure! Will keep doing research. Looking for future spares..which will be whole upgrades, now! Thanks. Best, Duncan At 16:05 01/03/2008 -0400, you wrote: Of course you always ask tricky questions. :) According to the manual, you can, although I haven't tested it. I *think* you might be able to remove the card itself. You could, at the verty least, disconnect the antenna, which should make the wireless unusable. T At 03:43 PM 03/01/2008, DHSinclair wrote: Thane, Can the WIFI-AP be disabled in bios? I like the rest of the feature-set, but do not wish to have a wifi rcvr just to use the m/b. I've used asus m/b's since 1999 and like the quality, features and reliability. Best, Duncan At 14:45 01/03/2008 -0400, you wrote: At 01:29 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131196 I've used this motherboard a couple of times, and I like it. Seems reliable. T -- -Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More...
[H] What gives?
I am trying to send my Brother a dot-wmv (2374KB) via my xdsl connection. Eudora seems to slow down to a real 'crawl' processing the send! Maybe a Eudora tweak I need? Anyway, the eventual response I get is: Dominant, 1 message left to send. DATA (02:45:52PM) Error writing to network. Cause: connection reset by remote side (10054) Is this: Eudora? Is this: BellSouth? Is this: My BellSouth Modem? Is this: My Router? Is this: My network? Wondering in the rural badlands of GA :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
Like I said before, the sample sizes most of us work with are utterly irrelevant. My Seagate drives (7200.9, 7200.10) generally run hotter than my WDs, and have had a higher failure rate (especially those pre-7200.9). But, for my part, I discount my experience when someone asks which drive is the most reliable because I appreciate the fact that my sample size is too limited to be applied generally. Frankly, I find myself buying more and more based on support experiences. I've had excellent experiences dealing with WD returns/support, so that's a preferred manufacturer for me. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francisco Tapia Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:47 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] My PC Build for January I've actually had quite the opposite. After loosing my final WD drive last year (Dec) (400gb sata) I have sworn off WD. A buddy of mine also loves to buy WD, raptors for speed, but has had the same type of problem where they just wear out quickly or just go bad. It could be because they tend to run hotter imho. As for my seagates, the oldest one I currently own is from 2001, and it's still humming along just fine. On Jan 3, 2008 12:33 PM, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd go Western Digital over Seagate. I replaced a lot of dead and dying Seagates, and very few Western Digitals. I only sell WD, and I have a very low failure rate. As an added plus, WD will cross ship and Seagate won't. T
Re: [H] What gives?
If you just want him to watch it, why not upload it to google video? Setting up an ftp server is pretty easy to do and would work as well. On Jan 4, 2008 4:28 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben, Thanks. Is there a better way? I was beginning to think so too. Perhaps I am expecting more of this 'new' xdsl world. I know that if I had somewhere to put the file (temp), and, just have my Bro go get it from there, it may work. But, that involves a whole bunch of other network minutia that I'm not ready to try and explain to the recipient. I can kill the outbounds w/o malice. Have already talked to Bro on the phone. He knows the file name to search for. Maybe that will work, and, I don't have to tie up the INet with 1 P2P useless BS via email. I can handle this. Still looking at the home-20 settings. Excellent Point! Well taken. Still munching on it... :) Best, Duncan At 16:03 01/04/2008 -0500, you wrote: That's a pretty big file to try to send through email. DHSinclair wrote: I am trying to send my Brother a dot-wmv (2374KB) via my xdsl connection. Eudora seems to slow down to a real 'crawl' processing the send! Maybe a Eudora tweak I need? Anyway, the eventual response I get is: Dominant, 1 message left to send. DATA (02:45:52PM) Error writing to network. Cause: connection reset by remote side (10054) Is this: Eudora? Is this: BellSouth? Is this: My BellSouth Modem? Is this: My Router? Is this: My network? Wondering in the rural badlands of GA :) Best, Duncan -- Brian Weeden
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
What sort of sample size are you dealing with? T At 03:46 PM 04/01/2008, Francisco Tapia wrote: I've actually had quite the opposite. After loosing my final WD drive last year (Dec) (400gb sata) I have sworn off WD. A buddy of mine also loves to buy WD, raptors for speed, but has had the same type of problem where they just wear out quickly or just go bad. It could be because they tend to run hotter imho. As for my seagates, the oldest one I currently own is from 2001, and it's still humming along just fine. On Jan 3, 2008 12:33 PM, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd go Western Digital over Seagate. I replaced a lot of dead and dying Seagates, and very few Western Digitals. I only sell WD, and I have a very low failure rate. As an added plus, WD will cross ship and Seagate won't. T At 04:25 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: I have been looking for a hard drive, sata, in the 250-320 gb range. Looking at the following two that were rated customer choice awards: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822144701 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148140 Despite obtaining a customer choice award some of these drives have some bad user feedback that worries me. We dont need to go raptor here, more space is worth more than speed for this build. Should I stay away from these drives? Probably, what might you folks suggest? On Jan 3, 2008 3:22 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thane, Was not aware of asking tricky questions! Perhaps, I just find myself in tricky situations! (seems like it lately!!!) In any case, in 2008, I'll try to be less tricky :) Remove the card? The AP is on a separate plug-in card? That would do it 4Sure! Will keep doing research. Looking for future spares..which will be whole upgrades, now! Thanks. Best, Duncan At 16:05 01/03/2008 -0400, you wrote: Of course you always ask tricky questions. :) According to the manual, you can, although I haven't tested it. I *think* you might be able to remove the card itself. You could, at the verty least, disconnect the antenna, which should make the wireless unusable. T At 03:43 PM 03/01/2008, DHSinclair wrote: Thane, Can the WIFI-AP be disabled in bios? I like the rest of the feature-set, but do not wish to have a wifi rcvr just to use the m/b. I've used asus m/b's since 1999 and like the quality, features and reliability. Best, Duncan At 14:45 01/03/2008 -0400, you wrote: At 01:29 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131196 I've used this motherboard a couple of times, and I like it. Seems reliable. T -- -Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More...
Re: [H] What gives?
At 01:35 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Is there a better way? yeah, get a free website and upload it. Then send him the link.
Re: [H] What gives?
Good idea Brian. Do not know how to do this bit of modern magic. Yes, I could setup an FTP server, but, I have a problem with LAN security (here) after the fact. Yes, I do know that the technology is here. I just do not know how to play with it yet :) Best, Duncan At 16:33 01/04/2008 -0500, you wrote: If you just want him to watch it, why not upload it to google video? Setting up an ftp server is pretty easy to do and would work as well. On Jan 4, 2008 4:28 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben, Thanks. Is there a better way? I was beginning to think so too. Perhaps I am expecting more of this 'new' xdsl world. I know that if I had somewhere to put the file (temp), and, just have my Bro go get it from there, it may work. But, that involves a whole bunch of other network minutia that I'm not ready to try and explain to the recipient. I can kill the outbounds w/o malice. Have already talked to Bro on the phone. He knows the file name to search for. Maybe that will work, and, I don't have to tie up the INet with 1 P2P useless BS via email. I can handle this. Still looking at the home-20 settings. Excellent Point! Well taken. Still munching on it... :) Best, Duncan At 16:03 01/04/2008 -0500, you wrote: That's a pretty big file to try to send through email. DHSinclair wrote: I am trying to send my Brother a dot-wmv (2374KB) via my xdsl connection. Eudora seems to slow down to a real 'crawl' processing the send! Maybe a Eudora tweak I need? Anyway, the eventual response I get is: Dominant, 1 message left to send. DATA (02:45:52PM) Error writing to network. Cause: connection reset by remote side (10054) Is this: Eudora? Is this: BellSouth? Is this: My BellSouth Modem? Is this: My Router? Is this: My network? Wondering in the rural badlands of GA :) Best, Duncan -- Brian Weeden
Re: [H] What gives?
Duncan, http://rapidshare.com -ben DHSinclair wrote: Ben, Thanks. Is there a better way? I was beginning to think so too. Perhaps I am expecting more of this 'new' xdsl world. I know that if I had somewhere to put the file (temp), and, just have my Bro go get it from there, it may work. But, that involves a whole bunch of other network minutia that I'm not ready to try and explain to the recipient. I can kill the outbounds w/o malice. Have already talked to Bro on the phone. He knows the file name to search for. Maybe that will work, and, I don't have to tie up the INet with 1 P2P useless BS via email. I can handle this. Still looking at the home-20 settings. Excellent Point! Well taken. Still munching on it... :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] What gives?
DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Is there a better way? There are public file share FTP sites you could use. Can't think of the name of any right now... Try google. Best, al
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
Greg, Thank you for your honest remark about 'small sample size.' I've waited years for this to float to the surface of our discussions. This is an important metric when we generally, freely bash the major suppliers. I do understand that all of us have our favs. This is quite normal. You like WD, I like Seagate. Nice. And? Yes, as I get older and more cost aware, I look to our List for ways to avoid getting screwed. Please do not stop sharing your experiences. We all do what we can do at the time we do it, I think. I mean no disrespect to those on the List that are 'In-the-biz.' I know that you have options that I, as a pure retail-monkey do not. I can live with this. I have since 1995! Thanks Greg. Great post! Best, Duncan At 14:50 01/04/2008 -0600, you wrote: Like I said before, the sample sizes most of us work with are utterly irrelevant. My Seagate drives (7200.9, 7200.10) generally run hotter than my WDs, and have had a higher failure rate (especially those pre-7200.9). But, for my part, I discount my experience when someone asks which drive is the most reliable because I appreciate the fact that my sample size is too limited to be applied generally. Frankly, I find myself buying more and more based on support experiences. I've had excellent experiences dealing with WD returns/support, so that's a preferred manufacturer for me. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Francisco Tapia Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:47 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] My PC Build for January I've actually had quite the opposite. After loosing my final WD drive last year (Dec) (400gb sata) I have sworn off WD. A buddy of mine also loves to buy WD, raptors for speed, but has had the same type of problem where they just wear out quickly or just go bad. It could be because they tend to run hotter imho. As for my seagates, the oldest one I currently own is from 2001, and it's still humming along just fine. On Jan 3, 2008 12:33 PM, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd go Western Digital over Seagate. I replaced a lot of dead and dying Seagates, and very few Western Digitals. I only sell WD, and I have a very low failure rate. As an added plus, WD will cross ship and Seagate won't. T
Re: [H] What gives?
Ben, Thanks. Is there a better way? I was beginning to think so too. Perhaps I am expecting more of this 'new' xdsl world. I know that if I had somewhere to put the file (temp), and, just have my Bro go get it from there, it may work. But, that involves a whole bunch of other network minutia that I'm not ready to try and explain to the recipient. I can kill the outbounds w/o malice. Have already talked to Bro on the phone. He knows the file name to search for. Maybe that will work, and, I don't have to tie up the INet with 1 P2P useless BS via email. I can handle this. Still looking at the home-20 settings. Excellent Point! Well taken. Still munching on it... :) Best, Duncan At 16:03 01/04/2008 -0500, you wrote: That's a pretty big file to try to send through email. DHSinclair wrote: I am trying to send my Brother a dot-wmv (2374KB) via my xdsl connection. Eudora seems to slow down to a real 'crawl' processing the send! Maybe a Eudora tweak I need? Anyway, the eventual response I get is: Dominant, 1 message left to send. DATA (02:45:52PM) Error writing to network. Cause: connection reset by remote side (10054) Is this: Eudora? Is this: BellSouth? Is this: My BellSouth Modem? Is this: My Router? Is this: My network? Wondering in the rural badlands of GA :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] What gives?
That's a pretty big file to try to send through email. DHSinclair wrote: I am trying to send my Brother a dot-wmv (2374KB) via my xdsl connection. Eudora seems to slow down to a real 'crawl' processing the send! Maybe a Eudora tweak I need? Anyway, the eventual response I get is: Dominant, 1 message left to send. DATA (02:45:52PM) Error writing to network. Cause: connection reset by remote side (10054) Is this: Eudora? Is this: BellSouth? Is this: My BellSouth Modem? Is this: My Router? Is this: My network? Wondering in the rural badlands of GA :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
FWIW just built a new system for a customer and used two seagate 160's, mostly because of the warranty ( 5 years ) time will tell. I personally gave up on Maxtor even though I have a couple of old ones still chugging along just fine in a *backup* server. :-| Not sure why, their RMA procedure was always tops. Use to like IBM but with the merge to Hitachi their RMA procedure is lame ( last time I checked NO advance replacement, must send in the drive first ) fp At 01:40 PM 1/4/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: Thanks Francisco, I too have a long history with Seagate. I do know that stuff (rma) changes over time. I suppose that since I have had few failures I have not experienced Seagate's new RMA process. I'll now look at WD. But for now, I am still pro-Seagate for the long term (24/7 operation). Best, Duncan At 11:46 01/04/2008 -0800, you wrote: I've actually had quite the opposite. After loosing my final WD drive last year (Dec) (400gb sata) I have sworn off WD. A buddy of mine also loves to buy WD, raptors for speed, but has had the same type of problem where they just wear out quickly or just go bad. It could be because they tend to run hotter imho. As for my seagates, the oldest one I currently own is from 2001, and it's still humming along just fine. On Jan 3, 2008 12:33 PM, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd go Western Digital over Seagate. I replaced a lot of dead and dying Seagates, and very few Western Digitals. I only sell WD, and I have a very low failure rate. As an added plus, WD will cross ship and Seagate won't. T At 04:25 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: I have been looking for a hard drive, sata, in the 250-320 gb range. Looking at the following two that were rated customer choice awards: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822144701 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148140 Despite obtaining a customer choice award some of these drives have some bad user feedback that worries me. We dont need to go raptor here, more space is worth more than speed for this build. Should I stay away from these drives? Probably, what might you folks suggest? On Jan 3, 2008 3:22 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thane, Was not aware of asking tricky questions! Perhaps, I just find myself in tricky situations! (seems like it lately!!!) In any case, in 2008, I'll try to be less tricky :) Remove the card? The AP is on a separate plug-in card? That would do it 4Sure! Will keep doing research. Looking for future spares..which will be whole upgrades, now! Thanks. Best, Duncan At 16:05 01/03/2008 -0400, you wrote: Of course you always ask tricky questions. :) According to the manual, you can, although I haven't tested it. I *think* you might be able to remove the card itself. You could, at the verty least, disconnect the antenna, which should make the wireless unusable. T At 03:43 PM 03/01/2008, DHSinclair wrote: Thane, Can the WIFI-AP be disabled in bios? I like the rest of the feature-set, but do not wish to have a wifi rcvr just to use the m/b. I've used asus m/b's since 1999 and like the quality, features and reliability. Best, Duncan At 14:45 01/03/2008 -0400, you wrote: At 01:29 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131196 I've used this motherboard a couple of times, and I like it. Seems reliable. T -- -Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More... -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Overestimation: Thinking that all your geese are swans.
[H] Reading a drivespace drive on XP
Is there a way to read a drive compressed with DriveSpace on XP or am I stuck creating a Win98 machine? T
Re: [H] My PC Build for January
FORC5, Bought 3 of those last year. Have 2 of them under power as I write this. One in the this machine even! So far, so good. Nice, quiet drives. Happy so far. (and, why I am looking to a NAS..) Best, Duncan At 14:34 01/04/2008 -0700, you wrote: FWIW just built a new system for a customer and used two seagate 160's, mostly because of the warranty ( 5 years ) time will tell. I personally gave up on Maxtor even though I have a couple of old ones still chugging along just fine in a *backup* server. :-| Not sure why, their RMA procedure was always tops. Use to like IBM but with the merge to Hitachi their RMA procedure is lame ( last time I checked NO advance replacement, must send in the drive first ) fp At 01:40 PM 1/4/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: Thanks Francisco, I too have a long history with Seagate. I do know that stuff (rma) changes over time. I suppose that since I have had few failures I have not experienced Seagate's new RMA process. I'll now look at WD. But for now, I am still pro-Seagate for the long term (24/7 operation). Best, Duncan At 11:46 01/04/2008 -0800, you wrote: I've actually had quite the opposite. After loosing my final WD drive last year (Dec) (400gb sata) I have sworn off WD. A buddy of mine also loves to buy WD, raptors for speed, but has had the same type of problem where they just wear out quickly or just go bad. It could be because they tend to run hotter imho. As for my seagates, the oldest one I currently own is from 2001, and it's still humming along just fine. On Jan 3, 2008 12:33 PM, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd go Western Digital over Seagate. I replaced a lot of dead and dying Seagates, and very few Western Digitals. I only sell WD, and I have a very low failure rate. As an added plus, WD will cross ship and Seagate won't. T At 04:25 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: I have been looking for a hard drive, sata, in the 250-320 gb range. Looking at the following two that were rated customer choice awards: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822144701 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822148140 Despite obtaining a customer choice award some of these drives have some bad user feedback that worries me. We dont need to go raptor here, more space is worth more than speed for this build. Should I stay away from these drives? Probably, what might you folks suggest? On Jan 3, 2008 3:22 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thane, Was not aware of asking tricky questions! Perhaps, I just find myself in tricky situations! (seems like it lately!!!) In any case, in 2008, I'll try to be less tricky :) Remove the card? The AP is on a separate plug-in card? That would do it 4Sure! Will keep doing research. Looking for future spares..which will be whole upgrades, now! Thanks. Best, Duncan At 16:05 01/03/2008 -0400, you wrote: Of course you always ask tricky questions. :) According to the manual, you can, although I haven't tested it. I *think* you might be able to remove the card itself. You could, at the verty least, disconnect the antenna, which should make the wireless unusable. T At 03:43 PM 03/01/2008, DHSinclair wrote: Thane, Can the WIFI-AP be disabled in bios? I like the rest of the feature-set, but do not wish to have a wifi rcvr just to use the m/b. I've used asus m/b's since 1999 and like the quality, features and reliability. Best, Duncan At 14:45 01/03/2008 -0400, you wrote: At 01:29 PM 03/01/2008, GPL wrote: ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131196 I've used this motherboard a couple of times, and I like it. Seems reliable. T -- -Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More... -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Overestimation: Thinking that all your geese are swans.
Re: [H] What gives?
TNX AL, will look! You always have a way2go! Do you ever run out of solutions? Nah! Don't answer that! I don't wanna die yet!!! :) Really appreciate that! Best, Duncan At 16:35 01/04/2008 -0500, Al wrote: DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Is there a better way? There are public file share FTP sites you could use. Can't think of the name of any right now... Try google. Best, al
Re: [H] What gives?
TNX Ben, I'll go look/see Just can not believe I'm so far behind everything! Again. :) Best, Duncan At 16:37 01/04/2008 -0500, you wrote: Duncan, http://rapidshare.com -ben DHSinclair wrote: Ben, Thanks. Is there a better way? I was beginning to think so too. Perhaps I am expecting more of this 'new' xdsl world. I know that if I had somewhere to put the file (temp), and, just have my Bro go get it from there, it may work. But, that involves a whole bunch of other network minutia that I'm not ready to try and explain to the recipient. I can kill the outbounds w/o malice. Have already talked to Bro on the phone. He knows the file name to search for. Maybe that will work, and, I don't have to tie up the INet with 1 P2P useless BS via email. I can handle this. Still looking at the home-20 settings. Excellent Point! Well taken. Still munching on it... :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] What gives?
At 02:04 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: Well, that works too! But, it does add a whole level of complexity to the project. Perhaps I just do not see this whole 'thing' properly. Possible. I am doing a re-think. More questions 2come... :) Best, Duncan Complexity, It is as easy as going to Godaddy, register any domain name for 8 bucks a year, get a fee email address for that domain name and a 5GB website. Now you have your own FTP site. You log in you upload, download. You don't have to put a website up if you don't want to. At 13:46 01/04/2008 -0800, you wrote: At 01:35 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Is there a better way? yeah, get a free website and upload it. Then send him the link.
Re: [H] What gives?
Well, that works too! But, it does add a whole level of complexity to the project. Perhaps I just do not see this whole 'thing' properly. Possible. I am doing a re-think. More questions 2come... :) Best, Duncan At 13:46 01/04/2008 -0800, you wrote: At 01:35 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Is there a better way? yeah, get a free website and upload it. Then send him the link.
Re: [H] What gives?
Pando it. http://www.pando.com g On Jan 4, 2008 3:28 PM, DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben, Thanks. Is there a better way? I was beginning to think so too. Perhaps I am expecting more of this 'new' xdsl world. I know that if I had somewhere to put the file (temp), and, just have my Bro go get it from there, it may work. But, that involves a whole bunch of other network minutia that I'm not ready to try and explain to the recipient. I can kill the outbounds w/o malice. Have already talked to Bro on the phone. He knows the file name to search for. Maybe that will work, and, I don't have to tie up the INet with 1 P2P useless BS via email. I can handle this. Still looking at the home-20 settings. Excellent Point! Well taken. Still munching on it... :) Best, Duncan At 16:03 01/04/2008 -0500, you wrote: That's a pretty big file to try to send through email. DHSinclair wrote: I am trying to send my Brother a dot-wmv (2374KB) via my xdsl connection. Eudora seems to slow down to a real 'crawl' processing the send! Maybe a Eudora tweak I need? Anyway, the eventual response I get is: Dominant, 1 message left to send. DATA (02:45:52PM) Error writing to network. Cause: connection reset by remote side (10054) Is this: Eudora? Is this: BellSouth? Is this: My BellSouth Modem? Is this: My Router? Is this: My network? Wondering in the rural badlands of GA :) Best, Duncan -- -Gary
Re: [H] Newegg like
If you are paying the use tax as you should for your out-of-state purchases does it make much difference? ;) http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqusetax.htm Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like Newegg, I get a lot of stuff at Newegg, but they are in CA and so am I. I end up paying 7.75 percent sales tax. On a few hundred dollars I can live with it because, I am 100 miles awa,y and ground shipping turns into overnight. But when I start getting up there on the price, like I am about to do now, the tax is expensive. so is there a Newegg like web vendor that isn't in CA? Thanks!
Re: [H] Newegg like
At 03:15 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: If you are paying the use tax as you should for your out-of-state purchases does it make much difference? ;) http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqusetax.htm What are you kidding me... for a consumer retail purchase. You would have hell of a time finding any consumer in this state paying that!
Re: [H] Newegg like
Winterlight wrote: At 03:15 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: If you are paying the use tax as you should for your out-of-state purchases does it make much difference? ;) http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqusetax.htm What are you kidding me... for a consumer retail purchase. You would have hell of a time finding any consumer in this state paying that! Sometimes you don't have a choice When I buy stuff for the University of Arizona, if the seller does not charge sales tax, the University accounting groups are nice enough to add the 5.6% state sales tax, and send it off for us :) Harry
Re: [H] Newegg like
That's a purchase for an institution or a business not an individual making a personal purchase. At 03:54 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: Winterlight wrote: At 03:15 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: If you are paying the use tax as you should for your out-of-state purchases does it make much difference? ;) http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqusetax.htm What are you kidding me... for a consumer retail purchase. You would have hell of a time finding any consumer in this state paying that! Sometimes you don't have a choice When I buy stuff for the University of Arizona, if the seller does not charge sales tax, the University accounting groups are nice enough to add the 5.6% state sales tax, and send it off for us :) Harry
[H] Is there a service that.....
OK. I am stupid. Back in 10/06 I believe I re-admin'd my old NAT router to a NEW IP Address. I write 'believe' because I have written notes, docs, marks that say I did this task. Did it in plans for a new xdsl install in the future(that I now have). Maybe not! The router does not answer its' default address. (192.168.0.1?) The router does not answer the old address. (10.0.0.1) The router does not answer the new address. (192.168.1.1) Right now I have no clue what the address of the router might be. :) I give up. Is there any service available that may be able to recover what I believe to be a really good RT-314 router? Or, do I just toss it in the big red plastic box? Best, Duncan
Re: [H] What gives?
WinterLight, Good plan. Not in the current think. Really do not wish to go that far external. Thanks. Best, Duncan At 14:14 01/04/2008 -0800, you wrote: At 02:04 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: Well, that works too! But, it does add a whole level of complexity to the project. Perhaps I just do not see this whole 'thing' properly. Possible. I am doing a re-think. More questions 2come... :) Best, Duncan Complexity, It is as easy as going to Godaddy, register any domain name for 8 bucks a year, get a fee email address for that domain name and a 5GB website. Now you have your own FTP site. You log in you upload, download. You don't have to put a website up if you don't want to. At 13:46 01/04/2008 -0800, you wrote: At 01:35 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: DHSinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Is there a better way? yeah, get a free website and upload it. Then send him the link.
Re: [H] Newegg like
I don't mean to start a war, but Why is it the an individual making a personal purchase is any different than an institution or business entity? We can discuss taxation at a higher topic. But, tying to get around what we all know is due (?) is not part of the topic.I think. Best, Duncan At 16:07 01/04/2008 -0800, you wrote: That's a purchase for an institution or a business not an individual making a personal purchase. At 03:54 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: Winterlight wrote: At 03:15 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: If you are paying the use tax as you should for your out-of-state purchases does it make much difference? ;) http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqusetax.htm What are you kidding me... for a consumer retail purchase. You would have hell of a time finding any consumer in this state paying that! Sometimes you don't have a choice When I buy stuff for the University of Arizona, if the seller does not charge sales tax, the University accounting groups are nice enough to add the 5.6% state sales tax, and send it off for us :) Harry
Re: [H] Is there a service that.....
You could probably connect it to a PC that is running a packet sniffer (Ethereal, for example), and sniff the ARP traffic it makes when it boots up. DHSinclair wrote: OK. I am stupid. Back in 10/06 I believe I re-admin'd my old NAT router to a NEW IP Address. I write 'believe' because I have written notes, docs, marks that say I did this task. Did it in plans for a new xdsl install in the future(that I now have). Maybe not! The router does not answer its' default address. (192.168.0.1?) The router does not answer the old address. (10.0.0.1) The router does not answer the new address. (192.168.1.1) Right now I have no clue what the address of the router might be. :) I give up. Is there any service available that may be able to recover what I believe to be a really good RT-314 router? Or, do I just toss it in the big red plastic box? Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Is there a service that.....
From: DHSinclair Easy: see if it has a 'reset' button, depress for a few seconds and release. It would now be at all defaults. (Linksys, edimax, and belkin etc all have such a toggle) Been there and done this one many times...it is a netgear rt-314..so far, NoGo. Get the exact reset instructions from the manufacturer... Sometimes a reset has to be done just right, with proper timing and watching the (certain) lights just right... Ass-u-ming you get it reset, be sure to try to access it using the factory defaults! (Sorry, but I had to include that to be complete...) If a factory reset will not take, I guess it just bs busted... Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Is there a service that.....
Nice share. This means put it on my net live..right?. Connect it to? If I plug it on my LAN, why is a PC required? I can connect to it via a rs232 cable to a PC, but I do not then know how/what to say to it..still need ip addy!..understand. Will try. At this point, anything is a test.. Hate the red box. It has gotten lots of stuff lately! Thank you. Best, Duncan At 23:24 01/04/2008 -0500, you wrote: You could probably connect it to a PC that is running a packet sniffer (Ethereal, for example), and sniff the ARP traffic it makes when it boots up. DHSinclair wrote: OK. I am stupid. Back in 10/06 I believe I re-admin'd my old NAT router to a NEW IP Address. I write 'believe' because I have written notes, docs, marks that say I did this task. Did it in plans for a new xdsl install in the future(that I now have). Maybe not! The router does not answer its' default address. (192.168.0.1?) The router does not answer the old address. (10.0.0.1) The router does not answer the new address. (192.168.1.1) Right now I have no clue what the address of the router might be. :) I give up. Is there any service available that may be able to recover what I believe to be a really good RT-314 router? Or, do I just toss it in the big red plastic box? Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Newegg like
Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 03:15 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote: If you are paying the use tax as you should for your out-of-state purchases does it make much difference? ;) http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqusetax.htm What are you kidding me... for a consumer retail purchase. You would have hell of a time finding any consumer in this state paying that! Ermm yes well.. since use tax is pretty much an honor system the only people who would normally have to fear anything would be businesses and institutions because they are bigger fish. Just about every state, if not all, has an excise tax on out-of-state purchases that applies to EVERYONE but most folks don't know about it or ignore it. We don't have state income tax in Texas but I think some states that do include a line for use tax. I like to joke about it when people talk about buying stuff out of state. Newegg.com and Zipzoomfly.com tend to be my favorite for special orders (single unit items) because of aggresive pricing and their cheap shipping rates. It seems that alot of the better e-tailers for computer equipment are based in California. Probably because most hardware gets off the slow boat from china (literally!) in California first and most of the wholesale distributors are based in California. Anyway check out... Directron.com (its in houston, tx) globalcomputer.com (new york state)
