Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 15th 20, 12:58 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,014
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 5th 20, 09:39 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,642
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
September 5th 20, 01:12 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,580
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 22nd 20, 03:23 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,180
"Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2020"
On Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 5:10:16 AM UTC+8, Paul wrote:
The Helium gas is guaranteed to stay inside for 5 years.
Does anybody have a Helium drive more than 5 years old? They arrived...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 8th 20, 11:53 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,115
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 25th 20, 02:11 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 900
asrock = useless pricks
I have a Z97M Anniversary mainboard. Doesn't boot, emits 6 beeps.
I have done all the usual crap, swapping RAM, graphics card, CMOS battery,
power supply ad nauseum....
The user manual doesn't have...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 25th 20, 02:26 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,640
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 19th 20, 05:04 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,640
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 4th 20, 02:08 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 1
Views: 613
ATX24 socket on mobo - PS is only ATX20!
I had a look at an old HP Pavillion PC and the power supply has only 20 wires
going into the mainboard. Jezus, that is cheapskatery I did not expect
from a major corporation. It is apparently a...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
June 26th 20, 09:58 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,827
who would buy Exo 15E900: 15,000 RPM only 900 GB
On Friday, June 26, 2020 at 1:50:18 AM UTC+8, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Seems like it might be an older enterprise disk, judging by how small it
is, and its speed. So it likely predates SSD's. These...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
June 25th 20, 11:52 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,827
who would buy Exo 15E900: 15,000 RPM only 900 GB
So it does 300 MB/s, whereas the bigger enterprise disks only reach 250 MB/s
I imagine this would be used as a fast temp disk that gets a good thrashing,
but then wouldn't you have an SSD for that?
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 16th 20, 11:58 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,250
Western Digital quetion
A black drive doesn't have shingles. A blue 3.5" may be shingled for 2+TB
and 2.5" shingled for 1+TB, so avoid blue
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 13th 20, 03:32 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 1
Views: 923
is re-badging of PCI-E cards common?
I was looking for 2.5GBASE-T ethernet cards, and there seem to be several
more available than a year ago.
But I noticed (on Chinese market sites) there are 3 with brand names I never
heard of, and...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 13th 20, 03:10 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,070
Intel cooler gone all clingy, will not detach.
On Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 11:45:42 PM UTC+8, Patrick wrote:
I have no explanation but why not hack the pins off from below and
replace them with new ones?
I put in some silicone lube, which...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 9th 20, 01:27 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,070
Intel cooler gone all clingy, will not detach.
A mainboard died, so I wished to salvage the i7 CPU therefrom. Has stock
Intel cooler. Can turn one of the locks 90 degrees, but the other 3 only
turn about 60 degrees, so can't pull them up. I have...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
May 16th 20, 10:31 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,490
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 10th 20, 12:57 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,187
SSD question
BluRay MDisc - lasts as long as polycarbonate lasts
Hard drive - good, as long as the storage is cool and *dry*
flash based - not as good as the other two
- not suited for...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
April 24th 20, 10:32 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,356
Don't get Shingled by SMR
On Friday, April 24, 2020 at 5:04:04 PM UTC+8, Yousuf Khan wrote:
Also if you want to avoid shingles, then you'd have to stay away from
Seagate Barracude Compute drives too. They go all of...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
April 24th 20, 04:16 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,356
Don't get Shingled by SMR
Hmmm, we had 4 TB CMR drives for a while until Helium arrived.
Why on earth are they making a 2 TB shingled drive? **** you WD, I am not paying
for Iron Wolf to avoid shingles.
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 24th 20, 04:03 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,038
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 10th 20, 09:13 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,187
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 9th 20, 12:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,187
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 27th 20, 06:59 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,387
SeaTools Bootable USB *NOT IMPRESSED*
I have used the Seatools for DOS burnt to a CD for yonks.
But sometimes it floundered with new hardware, either not seeing any
disk drives, or keyboard not working.
So got the new SeaTools bootable...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 27th 20, 02:03 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,042
CPU coolers aluminium versus copper core
I have an old HP business desktop that seems to have a problem with
overheating. One has to keep the heatsink dust-free in order to survive.
Now this is an aluminium heat sink and the CPU is TDP 95...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 4th 20, 05:08 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 1
Views: 747
craptop died with hard drive, but works with SSD
I had a laptop working fine one day, then next it does not boot.
The drive shows up in BIOS, but a disc diagnostic on CD cannot see it.
Not many SATA options in BIOS, just a choice of performance or...
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