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I agree with Tannin on this. Canon is probably the only way to go. A lot of their mid range inkjets now come with integrated network ports, and they have a few models designed for business use with huge ink tanks (expensive to buy but much cheaper per page). cheers, mangyDOG.

Hi Tea, did you ever get this issue resolved? Cheers, mangyDOG

Get the cheaper one & wait for CS4, that might finally be 64bit compatible. Cheers, mangyDOG

Hi Tea, I'm not sure with smoothwall, but with IPcop I use the blue interface which is fully protected from the Internet. The blue Interface is intended for a wireless AP connection with limited access to the green network (none by default) but still secure from the Red network. A quick look at...

Hi Tea, Another option might be to add a 2nd NIC to your smooth wall box (I use IPcop and this works well). Three NICs = red to modem, green to your PCs via a standard switch, blue (or orange) to client PCs via a standard switch. This means that all PCs are shielded from the Internet via the...

Just an update, Replaced the HD2600Pro card (512Mb ram) with a nvidia 8600gt with 256Mb ram and the computer is back to normal with all options in the bios turned on. cheers, mangyDOG

I also just remembered, according to the supermicro website when using the SM 5in3 drive enclosures you disconnect the integrated fan and use the SC-942 12cm cooling fans, this should keep the noise down significantly. cheers, mangyDOG.

The Supermicro SC743T-645 uses server grade 8cm 6000rpm cooling fans, so it isn't on the quiet side. It is a great case as it can also be rack mounted but I wouldn't put it under your desk. I'm getting an SC-942 soon for my office so I hope the 12cm fans in it are reasonably quiet. cheers, mangyDOG

;-) Cheers.

Ok, got it to boot sort of normally, had to disable in the bios the 2nd LAN port, the eSata controller & the firewire controller. However the display is now "flickering" (imagine an old 15" CRT monitor running at about 20Hz). Looks like I may need to try a different graphics card. :-(

OK, I was begining to think it was a PSU overload problem but I managed to pause the PC during bootup and found the following error: No enough space to copy PCI Option ROM [00:1F:02] I have done a quick google and found a similar problem here...

I tried the 2600pro in two other PCs and it worked fine. I will disable 4 of the drives and the raid controller to see if it is a power issue. cheers, mangyDOG

;-) cheers mangyDOG

The PC is currently using a 600watt Enermax PSU which should be enough (i hope). Motherboard has the latest Bios. Cheers, mangyDOG

Hi Everyone, Heres my situation, I have a working computer: Asus P5K Deluxe (intel P35 chipset) Intel Q6600 processor 4 Gb ram (2 * 2Gb Corsair Dominator) 1 WD1500ADFD Raptor (boot) connected to Intel SATA as JBOD drive 2 WD2500YS connected to Intel SATA as RAID0 4 WD3200YS connected to...

Just need to give them fixed IP addresses, if you do not have any Internet then use: 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.5 I would leave 192.168.0.1 free as that is used by XP internet connection sharing if your client ever needs to turn that on and is also occasionally used by...

I have encountered the same or similar error in Windows XP and the fix was to delete one of the subfolders in the Installshield folder in Program Files. The only problem is I cannot remember which folder and could not find the reference to the fix in Google with your error message. Sorry. The...

Vantec make an eSata / USB enclosure for 2.5" drives, I haven't tested one to see if it will work off USB power only, although my USB / Firewire one does just fine. cheers, mangyDOG

What PSU are you using? A big overclock will suck more juice and the graphics card is no lightweight either. The soft reboot may be working because the components are already powered up. cheers, mangyDOG

Running on molex changed nothing. Still some form of conflict between the Raptor and the nVidia chipset or nVidia drivers. I have tested the nVidia nForce4 Ultra motherboard with SATA and PATA drives from WD, Samsung, Hitachi and Seagate and all worked as expected, just this Raptor cracks the...

I have checked device manager and on all PCs the drive is correctly listed and the drive controller is set for optimum performance and uDMA6. I ran the WD disk tools program on one of the computers and it had everything listed OK. I have also just noticed one other thing to test, on both nVidia...

I have a 74Gb Raptor drive which I have been using as the boot drive for a PC for some time now and all appeared to be normal. Recently, although boot times seem normal, transfers from the other drive in the system to the Raptor are really slow. HD-Tach tests the drive at a STR of only 9Mb/sec...

Hi Time, Both Westan and Multimedia technology can source Atdec units. cheers, mangyDOG

Check out the Legend Jazz here. Small, cheap, usb interface with no special software required and add as many SD cards as you like to increase storage. Cheers, mangyDOG

I did read somewhere that a few manufacturers will have them out by Christmas, I think Samsung now list their first model on one of their websites and I believe LG also has a model coming out in early 07. cheers, mangyDOG

I just binned over 1k of Ridata DVDs that I had in stock, the quality of them was so bad I refused to even give them away to customers. I only sell Verbatim disks now and have no problems at all with them. I do agree with Mercutio that for burning video it is best to do it at 8x, but for data I...

If your ISP is ncable, their DNS servers are quite unreliable. I have several clients with similar problems every few weeks, to the point now I have the mobile number of one their techs in my speed dial so I can get them to reboot the dns server here in Ballarat ;-). Cheers, mangyDOG

Have you considered that the CMOS batteries are getting flat? If the PCs are 4 years old the batteries are probably getting to the end of there lives. If you pull the battery out for a few minutes and put it back in there would probably be enough residual charge to fire up the bios again. I...

Looking for cases not just PSUs. The SLK1650 cases I am currently using are $92 ex tax wholesale, so a replacement brand will need to be similar. I have used AOpen cases in the past and was very happy with them, but for some reason they never increased the output of their PSUs in their "budget"...

I have also had serveral DOA in the last few months and quite a few back where the PC will not boot up (fans start but nothing else). After replacing the PSU the PC works fine. Testing the PSU with an Antec PSU tester some test OK and some fail on the 5VSB line. I sent six back to my supplier a...

Two questions Tanin: 1) have you tried starting the laptop with a different AC adaptor plugged in? 2) have you tried starting the laptop on AC but with the battery completely removed? I have had an old IBM in the shop which wouldn't start at all, but once I removed the battery it worked fine...

Sorry, I just checked the specs on the website and they do support USB2... Cheers, mangyDOG

Can you get these in the States? The player itself has no memory at all, you just stick in an MMC or SD card with MP3s on it and away you go. Want more music just get a few extra SD cards. They are only USB1 compatible, but who cares - just use a USB2 card reader, or better yet have a notebook...

Why my Wife left me... We were trying to save money as the mortgage payments were pretty tough to work with. As you know I don't drink that much - maybe a slab or two on the weekends with the boys. As a cost saving she told me we couldn't afford beer anymore and I'd have to quit. It was...

This poll needs a third option: 3) Incredimail sucks not only as a security menace, poor e-mail client and all-round example of bad programming, but it also is a strong indicator that the user of the infected PC is paddling in the shallow end of the gene pool... when this option is included...

These are bootable floppy images, so if you have a floppy drive you can use them straight away, just takes a bit longer to load... Cheers, mangyDOG

These may help: Ghost with USB1.1 & Firewire Support Floppy Image File. Ghost with USB2 & Firewire Support Floppy Image File. WinImage for putting the image files onto a floppy. If you use Roxio EasyCD creator to make a bootable CD and use one of these floppies as the "template" disk you can...

These TV cards are great http://www.comprousa.com/New/en/product/vmt300.html. Not to expensive, does digital and analogue, cable and free to air. It can turn the computer on and off (not standby or hibernate but fully off) and quality is pretty good. cheers, mangyDOG

Do they need an internal e-mail system or would a workgroup instant messaging software program like http://www.inbit.com/inbitmessenger.html be a more productive application for their needs? Cheers, mangyDOG

A little antenna like that would at best only give you a few % better coverage. If you want real performance you need a real antenna like the first three models on this page http://www.netcomm.com.au/Wireless/antennae.php. To give you an idea of size the first one (smallest) is about 1 metre...

The only known problem with Office 2k3 SP2 (so far) is if you have run the Windows Disk Cleanup after installing office 2k3. This removes the MSOcache hidden directory which then breaks the client version of the patch. If you use the full 104Mb version it will work OK. If you have the client...

I currently use a Legend USB2 card reader to transfer my images to my notebook. It has the neat feature on integrating the USB cable into the reader. It is also fairly fast (63 RAW files / 444Mb in 1 min 47 seconds, with the notebook on maximum battery save) and I can swap flash cards without...

Tea, again off topic... what lenses are you using with the D20? Cheers, mangyDOG

Two games which are due for release later this year which will be worth looking at are: 1) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - basically a single player roleplaying adventure game with a very loose central story line and hundreds of minor tasks and virtually unlimited free exploration. When I played...

Check these guys out http://www.areca.com.tw/index/html/index.htm they have a range of high end raid controllers including 16port SATA Raid6 controllers and of interest to you is a 16 port external SCSI to SATA2 controller. cheers, mangyDOG

sorry the printer is quite quiet :wink:

I know it is an inkjet but what about one of these? http://www.canon.com.au/products/printers/business_inkjet_printers/bij2300.html quite, small foot print, as cheap (if not cheaper than colour laser) to run and has a built in NIC to make networking it nice and easy. Cheers, mangyDOG

I have been selling the Mitsubishi DV175 and DV195 and have been pretty happy with the display quality. What I am after personally is a larger LCD monitor. I have been thinking about the Mitsubishi DiamondPoint UX21LCD professional screen, as it has a very good price point against similar sized...

Has anyone seen or tried one of these? The specs look pretty good, 1600*1200@85Hz and also 1920*1440@85Hz Cheers, mangyDOG

Tried the 19" LG T910B Flatron monitor over the weekend. No where near as good as the Mitsubishi 22" (big surprise there), and not quite as good as the 19" version, but much cheaper. My feeling is it is OK for graphics and CAD but certainly not as good as the Mitsubishi, so we still need to...