Recent content by kmeson

The biggest problem I've run into with the R2G is on first cold boot it fails to recognize all 6 DIMMs (Corsair Dominator GT 1600s), irregardless of FSB, DIMM voltage, QPI voltage, etc... It takes a 2nd cold boot to recognize all installed DIMMs. Initially only 4 DIMMs were recognized, after...

Replaced with what I was originally planning on getting Asus Rampage II Gene mATX. Works beautifully! First boot.

Don't have a PSU with more wattage available atm. Under load, using OCCT, draw from wall is ~450watt. Perhaps during boot, hd spin up etc, it might pull more current than the PSU can supply. Then again according to the M12-700 manual it's Quad-SLI 'Ready'. I'll try the CMOS reset before...

Hi folks, just installed this board and it cycles the post sequence with more than 1 USB device connected. Basically anything more than a keyboard and it continuously reboots the post sequence. The diagnostic readout goes to 65h - initialize PS/2 mouse (really in this day in age!) then reboots...

I'd be interested in hearing from those who successful applied 02HA and have since applied 02HD. I'm currently running 02HA in Win7 x64 (single 160gig drive) machine and MacPro OSX 10.6 (RAID-0 2x 160gig drives). If there's no benefit then I'd rather not hassle with the update.

You got me there. For a second I thought you were suggesting to ignore the UNIX under pinnings of OSX and related shells in the quest to "not just ... learn how to use MAXOSX ... but to also learn how it works and how to troubleshoot/administer it". ;) It's rare I don't have a few terminal...

Under the hood OSX is UNIX. Any good book on UNIX shells would do you good. Most of my books on this are dated (1990, Unix Primer Plus is good). You might look into "UNIX for Mac OSX Users", it's current and covers additional OSX nuances. As for keyboard shortcuts there are numerous means of...

Evaluate Dropbox. It's an easy crossplatform solution for meager data requirements that automatically syncs data between machines. It's similar to Apple's iDisk but it's free for the first 2gig of data. You can purchase additional if required. It may not be exactly what you're looking for, e.g...

I purchased 2 2gig LPs from Fry's for the cheap price of 160ea about a month ago. They're the retail units which come with a 5yr warranty. Today I posted this Seagate Case request: Whenever I buy a Seagate drive I feel like I'm gambling. I know this isn't logical as forums are typically...

I picked up two X-25M 160gig G2 from Buy.com @ 455ea after Newegg screwed me with the damn RMA and jacked their prices. I have two more on order from Amazon @ 467ea. That order was placed Oct 27. I can wait for delivery or lower prices elsewhere. Don't matter much to me but I will not deal with...

All I have to say is put up or shut up. :D

FairMount + Handbrake. This combo has worked well for me.

When Newegg gleefully RMA'd my order I went to buy.com. Glad I did now. With Buy.com I didn't have to deal with the silly purchase limits and price was the same. 3 days after my order I had 2x 160gig G2 drives installed and have been happy since. I'm in the market for another drive or two...

A few weeks back I picked up a pair of Ergotron MX Desk Mount Arms to mount a 24" (wide) and 20" (portrait). I chose these because I'm planning on moving up to 30" soonish and the German review I read rated them highly. The Ergotron's are very well built, quality materials. Configuration...

You won't find much wisdom yet. Having spent today configuring 2 X25-M 160gig G2 in RAID0 I had the same question and did the search. Conventional internet wisdom, currently, points to 128kb stripe. Support for this is given by numerous benchmarks, IOMeter/Atto/hdtach/etc. On OSX it's far from...