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Forum: Asus Motherboards August 11th 14, 12:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 8
Views: 1,416
Posted By Bob Willard
Troubleshooting P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 Build

On 8/11/2014 3:06 AM, Tater wrote:
I'm trying to pin down a problem with my P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 system that
I built around two and a half years ago. The problem is that the
system will suddenly...
Forum: Asus Motherboards January 9th 12, 04:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 6
Views: 1,229
Posted By Bob Willard
the "I can't see all 4 GiB RAM" problem - what are the reserved

On 1/9/2012 7:45 AM, Orson Cart wrote:
I have checked a few of my PCs, and one has 1.2 GiB missing in action,
but only has a 256 MiB graphics card (I prefer the low-power no-fan
models). I can...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 19th 11, 11:42 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 9
Views: 698
Posted By Bob Willard
HD Tune and similar

On 9/18/2011 10:33 PM, willbill wrote:
18 Sep 2011 20:53:34 GMT, wrote:

Why do you want this thing in the first place?
Usually you do not need it. Arno

My...
Forum: Storage (alternative) August 29th 11, 06:22 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 32
Views: 2,607
Posted By Bob Willard
My SATA transfer corruption issue is back !

On 8/29/2011 10:16 AM, Castor Nageur wrote:
On 29 août, 04:16, "larry moe 'n
wrote:
Castor Nageur wrote:

I let MemTest86+ run all night long and it...
Forum: Asus Motherboards August 17th 11, 11:55 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 7
Views: 1,865
Posted By Bob Willard
Modern, Inexpensive Mainboard

On 8/16/2011 6:05 PM, wrote:
One of my systems has gotten too slow to run antivirus and do anything
else. Since the max memory on that board is 512K, and the CPU is...
Forum: Storage (alternative) July 22nd 11, 05:17 PM Posted to comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 38
Views: 2,134
Posted By Bob Willard
Help, the dog ate my MBR (Linux/Windows dual boot)

On 7/22/2011 10:25 AM, Noob wrote:
[ Please note that I've added comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
to the list of newsgroups ]

Noob wrote:

Something trashed my MBR. Now when I boot the...
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 6th 11, 11:43 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 20
Views: 1,496
Posted By Bob Willard
IO thruput via SATA ports

On 4/6/2011 3:23 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 03/04/2011 1:45 PM, Gerald Abrahamson wrote:
Read the specs on the enclosure--disk spanning is not RAID.
It may be able to do it, but can't say one...
Forum: Storage (alternative) March 4th 11, 11:28 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 22
Views: 1,015
Posted By Bob Willard
Hard disk diagnostic tools

On 3/3/2011 12:09 PM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
I have located a few disk diagnostic tools. Can anyone comment on any
of them?

1. Everest Home Edition

...
Forum: Storage (alternative) December 7th 10, 03:26 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 11
Views: 1,018
Posted By Bob Willard
What does G mean?

On 12/6/2010 8:46 PM, mm wrote:
From the specs of a hard drive:

# Shock (1/2 sine pulse):

* Operating: 70 G
* Non-operating: 300 G

What does G stand for? Surely not "the...
Forum: Asus Motherboards December 2nd 10, 11:23 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 7
Views: 1,120
Posted By Bob Willard
Current knee of Intel system price-performance curve?

On 12/2/2010 4:48 AM, Eric wrote:
I plan to set up a new Intel/Asus-based system, running 64-bit Win7,
primarily for audio/MIDI applications. RAM-intensive, so I'll be
installing way more than...
Forum: Storage (alternative) October 21st 10, 11:08 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 43
Views: 1,941
Posted By Bob Willard
Windows on C:, and apps on D:?

On 10/21/2010 5:25 AM, Arno wrote:
David wrote:
[...]
I don't disagree with the need for a common place to store system-wide
information. I just...
Forum: Asus Motherboards October 18th 10, 11:36 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 5
Views: 622
Posted By Bob Willard
Any ASUS MB that can boot from an OCZ PCI SSD?

On 10/18/2010 3:33 AM, Nammelo wrote:
Tnx. I feel safe now to proceed with the P6T7 mainboard.



wrote:
On 17 Oct 2010 19:17:26 GMT,...
Forum: Storage (alternative) October 17th 10, 11:50 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 43
Views: 1,941
Posted By Bob Willard
Windows on C:, and apps on D:?

On 10/17/2010 3:27 AM, Timothy Daniels wrote:
In http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/749797.html,
the writer claims that if you put your Windows OS on the C:
partition and your apps...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 29th 10, 11:30 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 10
Views: 845
Posted By Bob Willard
Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration?

On 9/29/2010 4:07 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote:
Its not an exaggeration, its just MS stupidly using binary GBs.

It hurt me when I was doing a test. I didn't know that hard disks
manufacturers...
Forum: Storage (alternative) September 28th 10, 11:17 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 10
Views: 845
Posted By Bob Willard
Kingston 2 gb SD card has just 1.83 gb in WinXP, exaggeration?

On 9/27/2010 10:36 PM, TE Cheah wrote:
Same exaggeration in other SD cards I have. Has any manufacturer
been prosecuted for these exaggerations ?



No, because the SD card manufacturers, like...
Forum: Asus Motherboards September 10th 10, 04:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 19
Views: 1,196
Posted By Bob Willard
P5Q-SE2: SATA II?

On 9/10/2010 10:00 AM, Paul wrote:
dave wrote:
On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:28:36 -0400, Bob Willard
wrote:
...
If you are really hungry for disk throughput,...
Forum: Asus Motherboards September 9th 10, 11:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 19
Views: 1,196
Posted By Bob Willard
P5Q-SE2: SATA II?

On 9/9/2010 3:31 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Paul:
As far as I know, if C6 exists, a file system like NTFS should declare a
$bad_cluster around that C5 sector, so that files won't attempt...
Forum: Asus Motherboards September 9th 10, 11:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 19
Views: 1,196
Posted By Bob Willard
P5Q-SE2: SATA II?

On 9/8/2010 7:35 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Paul:

Well, yes, the computer must be dedicated to running the benchmark,
if you want meaningful results.

Not the brightest bulb on the...
Forum: General August 19th 10, 04:07 AM Posted to comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Replies: 71
Views: 6,389
Posted By Bob Willard
Intel's agreement with the FTC

Bill Davidsen wrote:
Robert Myers wrote:

One of the ironies here is that if Intel *did* keep prices
"artificially high," it would have benefited AMD, who has a hard time
selling chips...
Forum: Intel August 19th 10, 04:07 AM Posted to comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Replies: 9
Views: 1,005
Posted By Bob Willard
Intel's agreement with the FTC

Bill Davidsen wrote:
Robert Myers wrote:

One of the ironies here is that if Intel *did* keep prices
"artificially high," it would have benefited AMD, who has a hard time
selling chips...
Forum: Storage (alternative) June 18th 10, 04:37 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 28
Views: 1,131
Posted By Bob Willard
best backup software with USB external hard drives?

Joe wrote:
Well, my concern with Acronis is that- I could figure out how to run it
to make backups and create an image- but if my drive crashes and I need
to do a restore- that's when I'm...
Forum: Asus Motherboards May 7th 10, 03:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Replies: 4
Views: 481
Posted By Bob Willard
In the Year 24,152

Jack Simms wrote:

1980 is year dot to computer :)



Uh, not quite. 1980 is the beginning of time for WinDuhs (and DOS?),
but not for computers:

-for Unix (at least the ones I've used), 1970...
Forum: Intel April 29th 10, 11:20 AM Posted to comp.sys.intel
Replies: 1
Views: 509
Posted By Bob Willard
Strange SSD performance

Ivica wrote:
Yesterday I bought a new Intel X25-V 40GB SSD drive. I first tested it
in a running system, Windows 7 was installed on a 500 GB HDD. I used
HDTach and the performance was...
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 6th 10, 10:50 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 13
Views: 1,031
Posted By Bob Willard
SATA ports on the ASUS M4N78 PRO motherboard?

Arno wrote:
Bob Willard wrote:
Daniel Prince wrote:
Arno wrote:

Possibly. But you should not use mainboard RAID anyways....
Forum: Storage (alternative) April 5th 10, 11:19 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Replies: 13
Views: 1,031
Posted By Bob Willard
SATA ports on the ASUS M4N78 PRO motherboard?

Daniel Prince wrote:
Arno wrote:

Possibly. But you should not use mainboard RAID anyways. Better
use software RAID or get a separate RAID controller.

How much CPU...
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