"Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q3 2020" https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2020/ "As of September 30, 2020, Backblaze had 153,727 spinning hard drives in our cloud storage ecosystem spread across four data centers. Of that number, there were 2,780 boot drives and...

Got a 7200.10 drive, the 320gb sata II one It has LOADS of complaints of BIRD CHIRPING noises, many many complaints. I see this for no other hard drive, nothing near this many complaints. It's happening to me, yet the drive never freezes, gives errors or fails to boot or load programs. It's FAST,...

Hi group. I finally had to give up my Win98se. I tried overinstalling with a WinME upgrade disk, that I received from a good friend, but that did not work out well. So, I finally purchased a WinXP system installation disk and have been trying to install and set it up, in the last few days. I...

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still on socket 2066, but will cost 2 kilo-dollars tech specs on Intel website still a bit thin, like TDP and max frequency

I was given a PC because it "crashed after a while". When I peeked in the BIOS settings, I noticed the CPU temperature was too low, e.g. 19 degrees. The fan seemed to be going pretty slow, so I guess it just overheated. I set the fan speed to full on, and replaced the CPU (in case it was toasted),...

Nothing of any signifcance happened... just logged on and the "D" drive was not there any more. Device manager sees it, and says it is working properly; however, when I go to "my computer" it is not there, and I cannot access any of the files on it. This drive has been working fine since I...

I am trying to install Windows 98 as a way to then upgrade it to XP on a box and it goes fine through the first installation phase, but then I am getting: ~ "Disk I/O Error" "Replace the disk, and then press any key" ~ Someone recommended to me to use knoppix (knoppix.net) in order to: ~ check...

I've never run across anything like this before. It seems as if when the components inside my pc heat up, I can 'hear' HD activity via my PC speakers. Almost as if something werent grounded properly. If your familiar with car audio, it reminds me of what happens when speaker lines are run too close...

Hello, Here is a short question for you: Is it possible for an asus GT 520 graphics card to cause a "over-voltage" feedback from "HDMI with ethernet cable" to "DVI cable" to monitor Setup was as follows: PC with GT 520 -- HDMI with ethernet -- a/v receiver PC with GT 520 -- DVI -- Monitor

I'm messing about with building a PC (from the frame on up). I tell ya, it's a project that just keeps on spiraling out of control... :) I just riveted together parts of the chassis I took apart to spray paint. Now I'm looking at fitting the fans. And here comes the crunch. I'm sitting there,...

Shamelessly taken from this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt/browse_frm/thread/63ac764decdbfef4/f8479484a5254f5d?q=storage+array&rnum=2#f8479484a5254f5d WARNING: I'M A NEWBIE AT BUILDING SYSTEMS. I'm asking for advice. I have now read the above thread about 6...

I have a new HDTV and I want to buy a Blueray dvd player to use with it and stream movies, etc to it. I have Verizon cableTV and network. I also have a computer which talks out over a cable DSLmodem, but the modem only has one network input .. a cheapy, but works fine. Question: is there a Blueray...

The Emperor of Usenet? He goes riding around Usenet on his white horse, declaring "troll" or "netcop wannabe", based on some criteria that he alone has decided is morally correct. Am I the only one who thinks this guy is a complete asshole? Who is he to decide who is a troll or not, and on what...

"Linus Torvalds: After big Linux performance hit, Spectre v2 patch needs curbs" https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-after-big-linux-performance-hit-spectre-v2-patch-needs-curbs/ "Patch is causing as much as a 50 percent drop in performance in some Linux workloads." Well, that sucks. ...

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"Major chip flaws affect billions of devices" http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/03/technology/computer-chip-flaw-security/index.html "Called Meltdown and Spectre, the flaws exist in processors, a building block of computers that acts as the brain. Modern processors are designed to perform something...

"Microsoft Announces Modern OS" by Paul Thurrott https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/207439/microsoft-announces-modern-os In an otherwise innocuous blog post about new PCs announce at Computex, Microsoft talked up the need for something it calls Modern OS. And it does not appear to be...

"Microsoft considering a dedicated Office key for keyboards" https://www.osnews.com/story/130160/microsoft-considering-a-dedicated-office-key-for-keyboards/ Just say no. Lynn

"Microsoft is now submerging servers into liquid baths" https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/6/22369609/microsoft-server-cooling-liquid-immersion-cloud-racks-data-centers "Microsoft has moved from seafloors to flooding servers" I am speechless. Lynn