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This started a long time ago but in general I don't "restart" a lot and I had a lot of other more pressing things to worry about. The PC is a P8P67 Pro w/ i5-2500k running Win7 x64 Pro (which was originally installed on a P5B-E w/Q6600 and then upgraded 2.5 years ago without reinstall)...

I find myself somewhat unexpectedly looking into some possibilities for a modest-sized church environment as well as perhaps my home environment for wifi coverage. Neither environment has a 24/7 server at this time. I am not an expert in enterprise-grade, controller operated wifi networks at...

I'm looking for a little help re-gaining access to an LVM2 area on a spindle that came out of a crippled machine. Google has stopped helping me so I thought I'd ask for advice. The system was running ubuntu 8.04 LTS and I configured it using two pairs of disks with MD RAID-1 mirrored...

Hi: I'm looking for some advice concerning my specific situation for NAS/server. To be frank, I'm in the middle of some nasty family stuff - I don't have a lot of time or money to devote to home IT. Nevertheless I have important data needs and I need to do something immediately to repair...

Hello: I have for sale two Sony GDM-F520 FD Trinitron (flat) CRT displays. These have been touted as the best CRT displays ever made (Canada retail price was something like $2399 IIRC). Usually we see FD Trinitron displays for sale from commercial surplus houses and these displays have been...

In all the googling I've done, I've seen this problem misinterpreted by people trying to help, please read carefully. Google finds plenty of hits for this and people misunderstand the problem. I am working on a Toshiba Satellite P200-RT5 for my sister-in-law. It has two problems that are...

This thread is related to my "budget case" thread. I can either shop for a budget case for my second rig, or upgrade my main rig's space-constrained case and use my current main case on the secondary. I'm trying to get this finalized while ++++ still has a $4.99 flat shipping sale within...

Our friends at ++++ (I know this will be censored) are having a 4.99 flat rate shipping special for father's day and this is a good opportunity for me to get a case for my second gaming rig since the last time I looked they wanted something like $25-$30 to ship a case. It's currently running in...

Hi all: I'm not up to anything shady, just something "non-standard" if you ask Lenovo/IBM. I have come across a T41 which I want to install XP on for a retired person to use as a basic PC since theirs died. It has the XP OEM license key on the bottom of the unit. The HDD is blank and...

In the last couple of weeks I've finally done my upgrade from P5B-E+Q6600 to P8P67Pro+2500K. There's been a few things to work out but so far just about everything is in the class of "different", not "problem". I still have my fingers crossed. Two things I have noticed: 1/ My USB hub and...

In the past I've seen stats posted (whether a survey/poll or from another online source) on the binning of CPUs by VID. I remember seeing that my Q6600G0 was in the second-lowest VID bin and quite rare by percentile. Is there any similar information available today for at least the i5-2500k...

I've just recently migrated to my new P8P67Pro. I noticed in the BIOS set up that the Intel ports have switched "hot swap" enabling. I have an Ineo NA205Ue-S drive caddy in this system. On my old P5B-E I connected it to the internal JMicron SATA port and used the version of the drivers which...

Not too picky on brand. Prefer something external-exhaustish if at all possible although I know one doesn't officially exist. Must not exceed two slots wide. Should be close to reference length of 9", must not exceed 10". Must have at least one output as DVI (pretty sure this is all of...

I have read, and participated in, some discussion on this topic over the last couple of months. My Sandy Bridge parts are "in the mail" and because of the high degree of complexity of my OS install I'm planning to attempt to swap out the mobo without a reinstall. The system is Win7 Pro x64...

I'm choosing components for an SB build. I'm not really much of an OCer, but if I find that my chosen mobo can OC well without any side effects that are problematic I may do so this time. Planned CPU: i5-2500k Planned MB: Probably a P8P67 Pro, MSI P67A-GD65 also on the shortlist I'm not...

Background: I'm moving away from optical storage for long-term archives. I define "archives" as offline data which is irreplaceable. In my case this is photos (~50 DVDs worth), family video, financial data, email archives and various other things. This is specifically not short-term...

I'm upgrade shopping for an SB upgrade "soon". No hurry, just some time in spring I'd say. My processor will be the i5-2500K (possible non-K, haven't pulled the trigger yet). I'm not a big overclocker but if I had a system which TRULY operated flawlessly while OCing I might. Every other...

I'm upgrade shopping, working towards a Sandy Bridge upgrade in the next couple of months and the continuation of my current rig as a second gaming-capable rig. (Translation: my wife is starting to hog the gaming rig and we need a second one). I presently have a BFG GTX260 OC MAXCORE, and...

I'm almost positive that I've done this in the past without a problem, but I'm unable to do it now. Part of my new system for permanent archives I'm working on is two 2.5" HDDs in Ineo enclosures which come with a slide-in 3.5" bay dealy which connects to the eSATA and power ports on the back...

So my local cable co. has finally entered the realm of the less-stupid. Their new HD-DVR option finally actually supports the eSATA connection. It's a Pace RNG200N, if it matters in any way. This DVR in enclosed in a low entertainment center below my TV. There's very little ventilation and...

I'm planning ahead for an SB build in the next couple of months. I figure that I'm looking at a P67 mobo and I was checking out the 2500 and 2600 CPUs. I will probably be going with the 2500 because it will be plenty fast for what I'm doing, the economics make sense, and I'm unlikely to be...

I'm observing some strange behaviour with respect to WD Advanced Format on my shiny new WD1502FAEX (Caviar Black). Because my case has no empty drive bays, I elected to connect the new drive via eSATA. I planned to test it, exercise it a bit, partition and clone my data HDD onto it and then...

Hi: My Razer DA (1800dpi version) needs new feet. It's recently, and suddenly, started dragging it's casing on my Ratpadz. It's really getting ground in and doesn't glide well. My only backup mouse (MX510) also has worn feet. I looked at Hyperglide. $11 + $15 to ship, no Canada retailers...

I was corresponding with INEO tech support concerning some questions I had with their I-NA205Ue dock/enclosure system. It is currently eSATA+USB2.0 and I inquired about whether they would be updating it to be eSATA+USB3.0 any time soon. They responded that eSATA and USB3.0 are "incompatible"...

I currently have an Asus P5B-E. I'm planning to upgrade to Sandy Bridge this summer, but I have not chosen a board. I generally run Intel SATA/RST drivers on all of my installs and I use AHCI mode. I understand that the Win7 factory drivers allow you to "eject" any SATA device but the Intel...

I'm collecting the parts to launch a new data archiving plan for my personal, irreplaceable data. This is not just "backups", but archives. It will involve multiple 2.5" chassis drives off site which are synced from a data area on my mechanical HDD. While I don't want drives that are dog slow...

I've made another post in another forum about dealing with a laptop restoration/migration to SSD from the HDD that came with it. My question here is specific sub-question. I'm not trying to do anything illegitimate, I just don't want to waste an hour to find out that something I might try to...

My boss/friend has just purchased an Asus G73JW laptop but he wanted an SSD (which wasn't available I guess) so he also got a 160GB Vertex 2. He'd like my help (today) getting it all set up and transitioned. One thing that concerns me is partition alignment in this situation, including the use...

I'm interested in picking up a 2209WA (or similar 22" class IPS panel) - if you've got something please let me know. I indicate that Canada is preferred because of shipping charges and import taxation, that's all. Thanks,

I had trouble deciding which forum to put this in since it's video processing, but a pretty specific application for a "console". I have been using a PSP principally for entertainment while commuting for over 5 years now I'd say. I generally convert movies and television series from downloads...

Last night while doing some experimenting with fixing some FO3 issues (thread: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1558210 ) I needed to change some settings for fallout3.exe. I did this using NVCPL and enhanced settings. I was NOT using the "show only installed" check option. I went in to...

Yes, I'm *still* working on FO3 for two years now. I keep running out of time, losing interest, or whatever. I'm at around 63 hours of play at this point. If I change anything, it must be compatible with previous save games - I'm not starting over. I'm running Win7 x64 on a GTX260OC and...

Due to some space limitations in my home office desk I have very few cases to choose from. My rig is currently in an Antec NSK-4400. The rig: Asus P5B-E Q6600 G0 @ stock Arctic Cooling Freezer 7Pro BFG GTX260OC Auzentech Forte 7.1 Intel Gigabit CT Corsair HX620 Intel X25-M G2...

Hi all: I follow the [H] mechanical keyboard thread but it's pretty long and I could miss/forget something. I've also read the referenced Overclocking.net article series on mechanical keyboards. I think I'm ready for a good mech keyboard and want to put one on my Christmas list since no...

Hi all. My PSP 1k has been running daily on its original battery for 5 years now and I think it's time for a new one. I don't want to pay extra money for "SONY" on the side, but I also don't want to get a crappy third party one. I'm OK with higher capacity than original but I want it to fit...

I've been forced to make some changes to my home Internet connection. I used to have a commercial grade DSL product which comes with a Cisco demarc router/modem and uses a public, routed /30 to connect to the customer prem router. I'm now moving to a residential grade product. The Cisco and...

I have some Amiga-2000 era hardware (which was mine personally) that I'm looking to sell. In your opinions what's the best way to do this? A decked-out running system or by parting it out? Does anyone know of any places other than ebay specifically that I should look into for selling...

Has there been any release of a mouse acceleration fix for Ghostbusters - official or not - that google and I haven't run across yet? I'm not usually super fussy about these sorts of things like some people here are, but the MA in Ghostbusters is purely NASTY, and really ruins what otherwise...

Hi all: I'm working on a project where I need to do things really cheap. The patient is an ubuntu 8.04LTS system running on a Gigabyte GA-7NNXP motherboard and it might need a few more non-RAID SATA ports. I'm looking for a bargain (used is fine) but reliable under linux. This is for a...