[H] DVD Divx players... RIP Philips DVP-642
Hello HWG, So, I went to watch 'Ghostbusters' this morning as nothing was on any of the 500 channels I get on DirecTV. The little red light just blinked away and the tray wouldn't open nor would the display come on. I unplugged it - waited - and plugged it back in. No joy. This is the second of two that have died. I swear they put timers in these things. So now, I am looking for another Divx player. The Philips DVP5140 is looking like my best bet. It does Divx Ultra, which the 642 didn't - but I didn't encounter divx Ultra that much. I currently use this 642 through S-Video but I have RCA available also. No HDMI. Might have ability to do component RGB type hookup, if I shuffle some stuff around. I am looking for other suggestions before I get this unit. Is there something better out there? -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
Re: [H] testes...
Rick, Apologize for the delay answering your suggestion. Not sure how to turn off the L1/L2 cache.. I do not overclock any of my machines any more; certainly not since 2001. When voltages go out of tolerance, I replace the psuunless I can find out what load is causing the condition and fix (eliminate) it. Not ever sure about a CD's condition unless visibly obvious. Understand finger prints. scratches, etc.. It either reads or not. I have 5 other CD/DVDROM-burners. Process of elimination determines CD condition. I do try to have a spare CD/DVDROM-Burner in reserve. Just now I do not have one. I am still inside my bigger chore of converting from scsi-to-pata-and now to sata! Sata opticals seem to be limited from my research. Still in study. At this point I am focused on another HD failure..seems to be going around... :) Duncan -- Original message from Rick Glazier rickglaz...@gmail.com: -- It is always a bad sign, but... Sometimes you need to turn off the CPU L1 and/or L2 cache in the BIOS, and/or underclock the CPU, or cut the voltage a notch. It is a bad sign since you should not need to do that. Are you sure the CD is perfectly clean? Good luck, (I've been lucky lately.) Rick Glazier From: But all my reads yesterday and today tell me that WinXP can NOT recognize SATA of any flavor (hard drives and CDROMs) w/o F6 added drivers. I have both(via pata/sata converters!)... Getting ready to try demoting the hard drive back to pata... I did not think so either, but,.. :(
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
Zul, What's funky about 4x40GB? Keeps me in check and makes backups quicker! I do not do video, music, or pix on my Office machine. Email, Word, and Excel only. :) Best, Duncan -- Original message from Naushad, Zulfiqar zulfiqar.naus...@siemens.com: -- Should be no issues. But why the funky partitioning scheme? Regards, -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of dsinc...@bellsouth.net Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 10:59 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] HD size limit for XPPro? What is the hard drive size limit to try and build XPPro? Have a 500GB SATA drive. Plan to try and configure 4x 40GB partitions to start. Remainder can stay unused/unformatted. Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:46:42 + dsinc...@bellsouth.net wrote: Zul, What's funky about 4x40GB? Keeps me in check and makes backups quicker! A HD with no partitions is like a house with no rooms. YMMV, al
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
tnx Al, LOL!! Duncan -- Original message from Al Anger 128customi...@gmail.com: -- On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:46:42 + dsinc...@bellsouth.net wrote: Zul, What's funky about 4x40GB? Keeps me in check and makes backups quicker! A HD with no partitions is like a house with no rooms. YMMV, al
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
Let me rephrase. A HD with no partitions is like a house with no WINDOWS :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Al Anger Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:04 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro? On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:46:42 + dsinc...@bellsouth.net wrote: Zul, What's funky about 4x40GB? Keeps me in check and makes backups quicker! A HD with no partitions is like a house with no rooms. YMMV, al
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
with no partitions is a unformatted drive :-) At 02:04 PM 2/7/2009, Al Anger Poked the stick with: On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:46:42 + dsinc...@bellsouth.net wrote: Zul, What's funky about 4x40GB? Keeps me in check and makes backups quicker! A HD with no partitions is like a house with no rooms. YMMV, al -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Republican rule: The more I get, the better off you are.
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: with no partitions is a unformatted drive :-) Partitions (plural). I think it's safe, in this learned group, to assume the debate is between a single and multiple partitions. But there is a nit picker in every crowd. :P Enjoy your collection of nits. :-) -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
Naushad, Zulfiqar zulfiqar.naus...@siemens.com wrote: Let me rephrase. A HD with no partitions is like a house with no WINDOWS :) I guess this is a *nix zealot response which adds nothing other than evangelizing. It take all types to make up a world. Welcome to the world. :-) Al
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
Okay, OK! Forget the 500GB drive. I dug in my closet and found a new spare SATA 160GB drive .. Off to get Office back running XPpro again.. Bad news is that the old 160GB drive is NOT seen/recognized in POST by another duplicate PC. Bummer! If it were'nt for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all... :) Duncan -- Original message from Al Anger 128customi...@gmail.com: -- FORC5 wrote: with no partitions is a unformatted drive :-) Partitions (plural). I think it's safe, in this learned group, to assume the debate is between a single and multiple partitions. But there is a nit picker in every crowd. :P Enjoy your collection of nits. :-) -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
was that a DIG :-D happy digs At 02:43 PM 2/7/2009, Al Anger Poked the stick with: FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: with no partitions is a unformatted drive :-) Partitions (plural). I think it's safe, in this learned group, to assume the debate is between a single and multiple partitions. But there is a nit picker in every crowd. :P Enjoy your collection of nits. :-) -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Scrute the inscrutable; eff the ineffable.
[H] Partition Question
I do not have my XP-4-Noobz books yet . :) Checking my old W2Kpro books for ideas. Seeking advice on how to partition a new 160GB drive for XPpro. I am going to suppose that XP install/format will leave me with ~148GB of formatted space (ntfs). This should net 4x ~37GB partitions. I expect that the first/initial partition is Primary/Active/Boot (~37GB). For the remaining 111GB? Can imagine single Extended partition w/3 logical drives (d:, e:, f: ) ... or maybe, 3 Extended partitions (d:, e:, f:, ) ... trying to do this correct to start off! For a change.. :) Sorry, still new to XP and pata/sata drives. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
It was an observation. But if it felt like a dig, that's on you. :) On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:23:07 -0700 FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: was that a DIG :-D happy digs At 02:43 PM 2/7/2009, Al Anger Poked the stick with: FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: with no partitions is a unformatted drive :-) Partitions (plural). I think it's safe, in this learned group, to assume the debate is between a single and multiple partitions. But there is a nit picker in every crowd. :P Enjoy your collection of nits. :-) -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Scrute the inscrutable; eff the ineffable. -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
Married with children, used to it :-( fp At 03:31 PM 2/7/2009, Al Anger Poked the stick with: It was an observation. But if it felt like a dig, that's on you. :) On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:23:07 -0700 FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: was that a DIG :-D happy digs At 02:43 PM 2/7/2009, Al Anger Poked the stick with: FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: with no partitions is a unformatted drive :-) Partitions (plural). I think it's safe, in this learned group, to assume the debate is between a single and multiple partitions. But there is a nit picker in every crowd. :P Enjoy your collection of nits. :-) -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Scrute the inscrutable; eff the ineffable. -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A mouse is an elephant built in Japan.
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
I am not a zealot. In fact I don't even run linux at home. Vista Osx Xp home The only thing running linux is my satellite receiver. On Feb 8, 2009 12:47 AM, Al Anger 128customi...@gmail.com wrote: Naushad, Zulfiqar zulfiqar.naus...@siemens.com wrote: Let me rephrase. A HD with no par... I guess this is a *nix zealot response which adds nothing other than evangelizing. It take all types to make up a world. Welcome to the world. :-) Al
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
Naushad Zulfiqar z00...@gmail.com wrote: I am not a zealot. In fact I don't even run linux at home. Vista Osx Xp home The only thing running linux is my satellite receiver. Well, I said, I guess because I sure didn't understand the humor. Not so unusual for me. :) It's a big 'nuff planet for zealots and nit pickers too. :) Al
Re: [H] VPN problems
What would be better, continue using the router then do port forwarding, which I'm still not sure of or get rid of the router and use the two NICs, one for the terminal server and the other for the share to the internet? Do I assign a static IP with the sub net of the private range or use the static IP I have and set the server as a DNS server also? I have been reading some on the net and it is getting more and more confusing all the while. If I go the two NIC route, I still need some kind of firewall to keep all but what I want out making it more complicated but necessary. Do I need to then share the connection from that NIC so that not only the server can see the Internet but also the terminals need to see out. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:03 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] VPN problems On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, mark.dodge wrote: I have one Windows 2003 server running Terminal Services set up in each of three offices that I would like to get into from the outside world, one to be able to do some admin stuff without having to go to each office and another for the owner to be able to look at the cameras hooked up to each store. I have attempted to use VPN to do this and although I can ping the IP address I cannot log into the server. What are some things I need to look for? I have two NICs in the server one for terminal services internal and one for the vpn. The one office I am doing this at first has a static IP address and I have set the router to do vpn pass-through or at least I think I have it right. The router is a D-Link DI 808HV. I'll be honest I think I bit off more than I can chew on this project I can set up internal LANs but not much experience with getting them seen from outside, most of the time it is preventing access from outside baddies. I also need later to set up a cluster outside of the offices for fail safe and backup of all three servers, but that is another project altogether that I am still doing research on. I have to be able currently for the owner to log into either of the servers and see an app that is running on them to see if and when he has appointments and to do end of day and week and monthly reports, etc. and then also to check on the cameras, and of course for me to add or delete users and so forth, They all are working as Terminal Servers just fine within each office, so at least I got that right. Is the subnet you are on the same as the remote subnet? (I.E. 192.168.0.0/24 at your computer and the same subnet at the office?). That can cause routing issues with certain VPN software (Other software is smart enough to get around that.) Also with multiple NIC's in the server you might be running into a routing issue. Less likely if you're able to ping, but sometimes the VPN software will respond to pings no matter what (very annoying) Christopher Fisk -- Leela: Oh no, there's no exhaust pipe. Project Satan: That's right. Thanks to Ed Begley Jr.'s electric motor, the most evil propulsion system ever conceived! -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Re: [H] testes...
Voltages out of tolerance should be caught by a UPS... -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of dsinc...@bellsouth.net Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 2:43 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] testes... Rick, Apologize for the delay answering your suggestion. Not sure how to turn off the L1/L2 cache.. I do not overclock any of my machines any more; certainly not since 2001. When voltages go out of tolerance, I replace the psuunless I can find out what load is causing the condition and fix (eliminate) it. Not ever sure about a CD's condition unless visibly obvious. Understand finger prints. scratches, etc.. It either reads or not. I have 5 other CD/DVDROM-burners. Process of elimination determines CD condition. I do try to have a spare CD/DVDROM-Burner in reserve. Just now I do not have one. I am still inside my bigger chore of converting from scsi-to-pata-and now to sata! Sata opticals seem to be limited from my research. Still in study. At this point I am focused on another HD failure..seems to be going around... :) Duncan -- Original message from Rick Glazier rickglaz...@gmail.com: -- It is always a bad sign, but... Sometimes you need to turn off the CPU L1 and/or L2 cache in the BIOS, and/or underclock the CPU, or cut the voltage a notch. It is a bad sign since you should not need to do that. Are you sure the CD is perfectly clean? Good luck, (I've been lucky lately.) Rick Glazier From: But all my reads yesterday and today tell me that WinXP can NOT recognize SATA of any flavor (hard drives and CDROMs) w/o F6 added drivers. I have both(via pata/sata converters!)... Getting ready to try demoting the hard drive back to pata... I did not think so either, but,.. :(
Re: [H] Partition Question
One big partition is how I would go with a 160, especially with XP and office then throw in a few movies, crap down to 12 or 15 gig, time to start worrying, remember when getting to around 10 or 15 meg was a worry?? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of dsinc...@bellsouth.net Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 4:27 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Partition Question I do not have my XP-4-Noobz books yet . :) Checking my old W2Kpro books for ideas. Seeking advice on how to partition a new 160GB drive for XPpro. I am going to suppose that XP install/format will leave me with ~148GB of formatted space (ntfs). This should net 4x ~37GB partitions. I expect that the first/initial partition is Primary/Active/Boot (~37GB). For the remaining 111GB? Can imagine single Extended partition w/3 logical drives (d:, e:, f: ) ... or maybe, 3 Extended partitions (d:, e:, f:, ) ... trying to do this correct to start off! For a change.. :) Sorry, still new to XP and pata/sata drives. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Partition Question
Mark, I am still chuckling. Yes, I do remember when... Recall was your crib for H-Con/West! Ok, that's 2 votes for one big 160GB partition and a buzzilion folders Heck, that will look just like my W2KServer's RAID-5! So, I do have some experience with this model. Thanks, Duncan -- Original message from mark.dodge mark.do...@earthlink.net: -- One big partition is how I would go with a 160, especially with XP and office then throw in a few movies, crap down to 12 or 15 gig, time to start worrying, remember when getting to around 10 or 15 meg was a worry?? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of dsinc...@bellsouth.net Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 4:27 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Partition Question I do not have my XP-4-Noobz books yet . :) Checking my old W2Kpro books for ideas. Seeking advice on how to partition a new 160GB drive for XPpro. I am going to suppose that XP install/format will leave me with ~148GB of formatted space (ntfs). This should net 4x ~37GB partitions. I expect that the first/initial partition is Primary/Active/Boot (~37GB). For the remaining 111GB? Can imagine single Extended partition w/3 logical drives (d:, e:, f: ) ... or maybe, 3 Extended partitions (d:, e:, f:, ) ... trying to do this correct to start off! For a change.. :) Sorry, still new to XP and pata/sata drives. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Western Digital TV HD
Fail unless it has Component out (not Composite) I'd say they've missed the mark offering by the high end low end signals only given that HDMI2Component converters are damned expensive. Nintendo and their licensed partners screw customers similarly in that one cable you BUY is Composite + SVideo the other Component only where it should be a single cable doing all 3 or at least one doing Svideo + Component and it should have shipped with the WII. Where are the brains of these companies forgetting Component SVideo is more common than either of the other standards? Stan Zaske wrote: Here's another review of it: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1742/western_digital_s_wd_tv_hd_media_player_video_review/index.html
Re: [H] Western Digital TV HD
In making money. So far nintendo isn't hurting making money selling cable seperate. Word is an hdmi version of the wii may see light of day this year though. Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: maccrawj maccr...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:49:16 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital TV HD Fail unless it has Component out (not Composite) I'd say they've missed the mark offering by the high end low end signals only given that HDMI2Component converters are damned expensive. Nintendo and their licensed partners screw customers similarly in that one cable you BUY is Composite + SVideo the other Component only where it should be a single cable doing all 3 or at least one doing Svideo + Component and it should have shipped with the WII. Where are the brains of these companies forgetting Component SVideo is more common than either of the other standards? Stan Zaske wrote: Here's another review of it: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1742/western_digital_s_wd_tv_hd_media_player_video_review/index.html
Re: [H] HD size limit for XPPro?
No harm no foul. :-) On Feb 8, 2009 2:02 AM, Al Anger 128customi...@gmail.com wrote: Naushad Zulfiqar z00...@gmail.com wrote: I am not a zealot. In fact I don't even run linux at... Well, I said, I guess because I sure didn't understand the humor. Not so unusual for me. :) It's a big 'nuff planet for zealots and nit pickers too. :) Al
Re: [H] DVD Divx players... RIP Philips DVP-642
Hello, Saturday, February 7, 2009, 10:12:12 AM, I wrote: Hello HWG, So, I went to watch 'Ghostbusters' this morning as nothing was on any of the 500 channels I get on DirecTV. The little red light just blinked away and the tray wouldn't open nor would the display come on. I unplugged it - waited - and plugged it back in. No joy. This is the second of two that have died. I swear they put timers in these things. So now, I am looking for another Divx player. The Philips DVP5140 is looking like my best bet. It does Divx Ultra, which the 642 didn't - but I didn't encounter divx Ultra that much. I currently use this 642 through S-Video but I have RCA available also. No HDMI. Might have ability to do component RGB type hookup, if I shuffle some stuff around. I am looking for other suggestions before I get this unit. Is there something better out there? Ok, going to assume I am doing OK with my choice here. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
