Hi Apologies if this is posted in the wrong group, if so could you point me in the right direction. I've just built a new home server; operating system is Server 2003 R2 standard. Motherboard is an Intel DQ965GF with a Core2Duo 1.86 and 2GB DDR2 Kingston RAM. I've been doing some testing before...

If this is not the correct forum, please let me know. I have monitored a disk drive as a PC comes out of hybernation, and I see that the system is doing single-block reads. Is there any way to change this so multiple-block reads will be done? K.

I've just put a new version of sys_basher on the web, http://www.polybus.com/sys_basher_web/ sys_basher is a multithreaded system exerciser and benchmarking tool. It run's extensive memory and I/O diagnostics as well as floating point tests. I wrote it because there didn't seem to be a good way...

Hi, I received the above from newegg recently and noticed a tiny piece of plastic was floating around in the packaging. Further inspection revealed it was a "pin" type piece on the underside of the board which seem associated with the pci connectors above. They all poke through the board except...

Hi all! I currently have a drive with WinXP/Vista in dual-boot. This drive is connected to a Abit AB9 Pro motherboard (Intel® P965 / ICH8R Chipset). Is it possible to migrate this single drive to a RAID1 setup without losing any data? (I already have installed a 2nd drive, identical to the...

Greetings! I would like to upgrade my HTPC system lowest cost and get highest performance and use as many components from my present system. Note I am only look at upgrading my MB and CPU. Hopefully to tie me over for total new system including Quad core blue ray etc. when the prices come down in...

I've put another release of sys_basher, rev 1.0.5, on the web. I wrote sys_basher to test the stability of my new Core2 system. It does extensive memory diagnostics, disk I/O tests and floating point tests. It uses pthreads to run from 1 to 256 independent threads so it's capably of keeping all of...

Intel has some investment in getting this new CPU cooler on the market, so I guess this is on-topic in this group. Actually interesting, I have to wonder if case cooling fans could also be made with no moving parts to fail. http://www.tfot.info/content/view/110/59/ -- Bill Davidsen...

Hi all! Just curious... On my Intel® P965 / ICH8R Chipset system, I am running 2x2HD's with RAID0 & RAID1. Because of this I can't monitor the S.M.A.R.T. values with normal utilities. Are there any utilities that will be able to display certain S.M.A.R.T. values (I am especially interested in...

AMD QuadFX-74 + ATI R600 = ? Intel QuadCore Kentsfield + ATI R600 = ?? AMD QuadFX-74 + CrossFire + ATI R600 = ??? Intel QuadCore Kentsfied + SLI + Nvidia 8800GTX = ???? Intel QuadCore Kentsfield + CrossFire + ATI R600 = ?????

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL8VQ Can a Prescott-compatible S-478 motherboard take this (or any) S-478 core-duo???

I've just bought a HP Pavilion with a Intel P965 Chipset and a Intel 82801 HR/HH/HO Sata Raid Controller. I've installed Windows Vista Ultimate on my machine. Windows auto installed the RAID controller. When i was using Windows Vista i've get many times the system freezes for about 20-30 seconds....

Ok, let me get this straight. I'm a newbie but maybe I can understand this... I can't get the fastest graphic card for the fastest chipset, but rather, settle for the second fastest chipset? And settle for the second fastest video card (at a whopping $600) with Intel? Not that I care so much...

Does Intel have a document listing the nominal or acceptible operating temperatures of it's CPU's? As reported by the on-board (or on-die?) temperature sensor? I'm specifically looking for info on this guy: SL7KB (Intel Pentium 4) Prescott / socket 478 3.00GHZ/1M/800

Hello! I am an apprentice of the Intel 8086 CPU and its assembler language. I was thinking about maybe there existing an "unfolded segment:offset" version of the 8086 (NOT 80286, NOT 80386, NOT 80486, NOT Pentium, NOT Itanium, ...)

Hello! Was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I've come across recently. I had a working RAID system running 1 set of mirrored disks however both the disks have recently died. Thankfully the drives died a few months apart, and I was able to connect replacement disks and...

4 x 533mhz 1gb sticks worked before but now I'm trying a different brand. I think it might have something to do with the timings. (They are all the same series.) I put one stick in, and set the ram timing for the indicated numbers listed below it in the bios. Then I put another stick in and...

Hello, What is the diffence in voltage between core 2 duo and latest Pentium 4/D ? I just want to understand if the difference is very important, or if a manufacturer of a one year old motherboard (with chipset intek 945 or 955, by example), can add support of a core 2 duo with acceptable...

Hi, I came into the posession of a Chaintech socket 478 motherboard (Intel 82845 & 82801 chipset), and a couple of Intel processors: P4 1.5, P4 1.6A (Northwood), P3 1.7 and a Celeron 2.5GHz. Which processor do I install? I heard the 1.6A can be overclocked up to about 3GHz! That isn't what I...

A friend of mine just purchased a new system. The system has an Intel DQ965GF motherboard. It came with IDU (Intel Desktop Utility) v3.0. It looks like IDU has the capability of monitoring processor temp, voltages and fan speeds. However, none of these sensors show up on the IDU. I've looked over...