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Using SATA-II drives for backup purposes? by
M. B.
I am currently running Windows XP SP2 on a one partition hard drive (WD
Caviar SATA-II), which is 250 gigabytes. My curent backup unit is a HP
SureStor DAT 40 tape drive using DDS4.
Since it is now taking me like 5 tapes to backup my system, would the
following solution work for me better? Buy...
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ATI 9600 Pro experience? by
Jonathan Sachs
I'm going to replace my video adapter soon, and I'm interested in the
ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro. It has everything I need and is available
pretty cheaply, and my experience with my current All-in-Wonder Rage
128 PCI card has been very good. However, I'm somewhat disturbed by
user reviews I have...
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January 21st 06 10:04 PM
by xmradio
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Why Are Laser Mice Only Right Handed? by
Victor
Logitech makes ambidextrous mice.
More like 10% are lefty's.Naturally the 90% controls the market.And
many lefty's(like me) use a right-handed mouse.
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Recomend Laptop/Notebook cooler? by
Pepper von Evil
Hi,
I realize this group is oriented more towards desktops, but I was wondering
if anyone had suggestions laptop cooler. I ran a temp/SMART test on my
laptop (compaq presario 2195us) and the proc is fine but the hard drive is
running hot 120F+. I'd like to keep it below $40 if possible, and if...
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Why Are Laser Mice Only Right Handed? by
Simian Dyson
"jim evans" wrote in message
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The laser mice I can find are all shaped specifically for right handed
users. Why are none ambidextrous? Seems like I read somewhere that
about 15% of the population are...
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Why Are Laser Mice Only Right Handed? by
Zaphod B
jim evans wrote:
The laser mice I can find are all shaped specifically for right handed
users. Why are none ambidextrous? Seems like I read somewhere that
about 15% of the population are southpaws. Is this too small a market
to design mice for?
jim
It's always economics.....
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Multiple motherboards from one PSU by
[email protected]
Hi there,
I'm building a chassis with multiple mini-ITX motherboards (teeny ~1Ghz
boards from VIA) which, for the sake of this question, use standard ATX
connectors.
These boards are pretty small and I'm aiming to install 4 in a single
chassis.
The power requirements all fall well within a...
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January 21st 06 01:20 AM
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January 21st 06 12:41 AM
by Victor
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about SATA by
bgd
Is SATA worth a try? I have a board capable and one on the way. After seeing
the conversions from regular ide to sata plugin, usb and sata, etc.It is not
much differnet is it? How much transmission is getting shared and crammed
onto those little cables? Are they hotter? Is it all that much of...
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ASUS P5P800 vs ASUS P4P800 by
Lorenzo Sandini
Hi,
Just need to upgrade a few things and re-use components that are here
lying around. With all other components being identical, how would these
systems compare in terms of CPU "computing power" ?
ASUS P5P800 (i865P) + INTEL 640 P4 FSB800 2MB 3.2GHZ BOX S775
ASUS P4P800 (i865P) + INTEL P4 3.2...
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January 21st 06 12:36 AM
by Victor
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Dead Ethernet port by
Jim
Wonder how common these are? My current AMD-64 system is but a few
months old. Tonight while downloading files the system quit. Did the
usual things of trying to redo the network settings, etc. Confirmed IP
was up by connecting to other computer also connected via the router.
Being dual boot...
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Upgrade Recommendations Please by
[email protected]
I fear my harddrive might be dying and I havent upgraded anything in years so
now is as good a time as any. I've thought about getting a system from Dell
and have also thought of upgrading certain parts of my current homebuilt
machine. I'd like to go whichever route is cheapest and right now I...
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Graphics card problem by
Ian Stevens
Hi,
Not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question, but here goes
anyway.
I just installed a GeForce 5500 graphics card, and everything seemed to be
fine. I got it for the twinview functionality. Suddenly, for no apparent
reason, the monitor display is VERY green, whereas the clone...
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Buying a CPU off Ebay? by
[email protected]
There's a guy on ebay selling an Athlon processor that I'm interested
in... he says it's "new" and that it's "been tested and in perfect
working condition". He even has a picture and it looks pretty new. He
has perfect feedback, and he's actually sold over 20 different Athlon
processors (most of...
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January 20th 06 06:44 PM
by kony
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How do L1 bridges affect a CPU? by
[email protected]
I'm looking for a new CPU for my Abit KT7-RAID mobo, and I read that it
supports a 1400 GHz Athlon Thunderbird CPU, but only if the L1 bridges
are disconnected.
What if I end up getting a lower speed CPU (like 1333, 1300, 1200,
1100, or 1000)... what difference would the L1 bridges being...
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How long do heatsink fans last? by
[email protected]
Just wondering how many years do heatsink fans usually last? I've got
a 5-year old GlobalWin FOP32-1 heatsink with the original fan. I'm
getting a replacement Athlon CPU, and if the fan on that heatsink were
to suddenly stop working, that would obviously be bad. So should I
also get a new...
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Question about an SATA MB by
Bob Knowlden
Correct.
"Bob" wrote in message
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I just bought (and not yet received) a custom computer based on an MSI
K8N Neo4 SLI MotherBoard. It is coming with an SATA(of which I know
little about) 250GB HDD, a DVD burner and a DVD-ROM.
I have...
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Laptop woes - DIXONS ******s NATWEST ******* by
ToolPackinMama
Gazwad wrote:
As to Dixons I'll make the ****ers suffer, I'll leave dollops of **** in
awkward places in all their shops.
LOL you are very naughty for x-posting this all over the net, but, LOL.
Stimulating stuff, well done. :)
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Question about an SATA MB by
Zaphod B
Bob wrote:
I just bought (and not yet received) a custom computer based on an MSI
K8N Neo4 SLI MotherBoard. It is coming with an SATA(of which I know
little about) 250GB HDD, a DVD burner and a DVD-ROM.
I have 2 older IDE HDD's of 60 and 80 GB in my current box.
Now here is the...
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