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    NSK2400 build notes

    Weird problem popped up with my Dell 2001FP monitor. The colors were off. White text had a redish tint. Tried messing with the color settings. Tried a different cable as it was using the analog connection. No difference. Tried a different computer as the video source, same problem. Took it...
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    NSK2400 build notes

    First HS103SJ I got had a bad sector. RMA'd back to newegg (at my cost for shipping - grumble). Replacement tested fine and is in use. But the sporadic C drive chkdsk runs at startup have not gone away. I'm going to swap the data cable, might reinstall windows 7.
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    Council rates

    I'm in the city of Exton which is in Uwchlan Township which is in Chester County which is in the state of Pennsylvania (PA) which is in the USA. On my income I pay: - Federal Income Tax (7.86%) - Federal Medicare Tax (1.56%) - Federal Social Security Tax (6.63%) - PA Income Tax (3.28%) - PA...
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    Intel D101GGC motherboard always put CPU at 100%.

    Some diagnostic advice here: http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/04/07/3031251.aspx
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    Intel D101GGC motherboard always put CPU at 100%.

    Try putting something that monitors CPU/chipset temps in there. One of the chips might be overheating. Or just remove/replace the heatsinks.
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    AV Software that allows port opening?

    Same here. Because it is from MS I have this expectation that it will be slow to have definition updates. Maybe that isn't the case. I still use NOD32 for myself. For others I recommend NOD32 but if they don't want to pay, I use avast. Maybe I'll recommend the MS thing if they don't want to...
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    PSTs into Google Apps

    Can't thunderbird import the pst? Then maybe you can connect to google apps and move the contents?
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    CentOS 5.4 + WPA2 = Frustration

    I tried to use one. But certain devices didn't like it.
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    VONAGE: SOUND GOOD?

    Why not mobile phone only?
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    NSK2400 build notes

    Tried it not in AHCI mode. Windows 7 installed new drivers for the controllers, asked me to reboot. I rebooted, ran the chkdsk in admin mode again. This time I sort of waited with it by playing flash games for a few hours. It completed without error. So I don't know what the issue is, but...
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    NSK2400 build notes

    If the drive isn't the issue it would have to be the controller drivers. I was running the stock MS drivers initially. Issue occurred under those. Then I tried installing the intel storage manager drivers. Issue occurred under those as well. The only other thing I can think is an actual...
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    NSK2400 build notes

    The ESTool needs to be run out of AHCI mode, so it test fine there. I assume windows 7 won't boot if I take it out of AHCI mode though. So I can't really test that. It sounds like a weird hard drive electronics failure to me. I'm just ordering a replacement and not worrying about the warranty.
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    New arrival

    Good Luck!
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    NSK2400 build notes

    Samsung ESTool 3.00g says there is no problem with them. Running chkdsk in safe mode says no problem. But running chkdsk in windows causes it to reboot and when rebooting the intel AHCI bios can't see my boot drive anymore, so it says no boot drive. Cold booting resolves the issue. I haven't...
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    NSK2400 build notes

    Well looking up above it appears I bought them around 12/2007. So maybe they are still under warranty. Though for some reason I thought they expired in June last year.
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    NSK2400 build notes

    The hard drive is giving me issues. Windows 7 kept wanting to check the C drive when starting. I always shut it down so why does it want to check it? So I started running chkdsk. backup drive checks out fine. C partition checks out fine. D partition doesn't seem to be completing and causes...
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    Something Random

    There is something to be said for not escalating the situation. It is really hard though.
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    Something Random

    If I couldn't spank my child, what would I substitute? I can't think of anything nearly as effective. When you calm your child, what is the first thing you do? You touch them like a hug or holding them. Similarly a spanking can be just the appropriate discipline measure. Words aren't...
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    Wifi router reccomendations?

    It has one USB port, can you use a USB hub to connect a printer and a hard drive? And then both are available on the network?
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    Something Random

    Those cupcakes are awesome. Must have taken forever to do. I wonder if they actually ate them.
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    Merc's Useful Tools of the day

    That would have saved me time when I was rebuilding my parent's computer.
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    Another Digital Camera Thread - Point and Shoot

    I think the early olympus digital cameras used these
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    Online contacts or address book?

    I write checks only to the daycare. Everything else is electronic bills and payments. As such my checks still have my old address on them (been in this house 15+ months) and will for a while as I have another box still unopened. But I only went electronic after I moved into the new house...
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Yeah I liked what I saw too but I think in that article: 1. isn't available yet 2. will be priced higher than the intel drive So it is out for me.
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    How to configure a slave router with no access to LAN?

    Apparently not to eye-fi. So it turns out the eye-fi cards don't like WPA2-PSK (pre shared key). They want you to use WPA2-Personal where you have to use an 8 - 63 character passphrase rather than a 64 character hex key. Once I figured out how to enable that on my router, everything is fine...
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    How to configure a slave router with no access to LAN?

    So I got this eye-fi card with that google promotion ($50 for 200GB of space on picasaweb and a free eye-fi 4GB card). But it doesn't support WPA2 with preshared key. When I called they said I had to use WPA2 Personal. There is no setting for that on my router (Actiontec MI424-WR Rev. D that...
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    USB Flash Drive Bootable XP Image?

    Issue was using files from server 2003 SP2. I switched the the SP1 versions like in the tutorial and it worked. Deleting some files now, running a chkdsk.
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    USB Flash Drive Bootable XP Image?

    No drivers were loaded
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    USB Flash Drive Bootable XP Image?

    Well it starts to boot, loads the ramdisk and then hangs at Please Wait. I used 2003 SP2 instead of SP1 and an OEM XP SP3 CD.
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    USB Flash Drive Bootable XP Image?

    Following these instructions, we'll see how it goes.
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    USB Flash Drive Bootable XP Image?

    How do I take a 1GB usb flash drive and get it to boot an XP install CD image? I've got the iso for the CD image. Situation is a friend has an acer aspire one machine that she thinks she filled the hard drive on, so windows won't boot now. I'm trying to get to a point where I can delete some...
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    HDD Missing in XP

    There is a rescan disks action available in Disk Management. Did you try that?
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    Free Drive Imaging Software - SelfImage

    Holy old thread batman. But the site is 503 - wonder if it got moved. You can get it here. You can view the cached version of the site as of 12/1/2009 in google, so it did exist. It just looks like the webserver is down for that domain.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    Here is the link to the charger I bought. I bought it with these batteries.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    I bought a charger from dealextreme when I bought the 18650 batteries.
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Those tests seem to tell me the bus is the limiting factor now.
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    Having a baby!

    Aren't you both still in med school?
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    Netbook for the wife

    What do you think of the Acer AS1410? It seems to have a couple processor options. This deal looks dead but looks like just what I was looking for. It had the core 2 solo ULV processor model SU3500. There is the one with the celeron processor, model SU2300, at frys for 350 here.
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    Netbook for the wife

    7 might be more taxing but I'm looking for 7 preinstalled. The MSI wind only has the 10" screen. I was liking the larger and supposedly better screen on the HP. It was recommended by gizmodo or engadget. And the nvidia ION is supposed to make it easier to run HD stuff and probably the windows...
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    Netbook for the wife

    Surfing, facebook, youtube, flash games. Playing music/syncing with ipod.
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    Netbook for the wife

    So I was looking at the HP mini 311-1025NR. This is the Atom 1.6 and the nvidia ION graphics. It has 2GB of ram and a 7200 RPM hard drive and windows 7. There is also the -1000NR which has 1GB/5400RPM/XP. I see it at 499. Bing cashback of 20% so maybe $400 with free shipping. But I'm...
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    dSLR thread

    Works fine is relative. It works fine on my system until it crashes unexpectedly. Haven't used it enough in windows 7 64bit yet to see if that still happens. But in XP 64bit it used to happen about every 3rd time I used it.
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    Cheap Color Laser Printer

    Does Tannin hate HP printers? Or maybe just the desktop stuff? I think there is a rant or two posted on here someplace.
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    Cheap Color Laser Printer

    The brother. But I'm still not sold on color laser printers. Most color stuff I want to print is photo oriented, so I get it printed. I'm still a fan of good monochrome laser and printing photos through a service or drugstore.
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    8-port hardware raid

    It seems to be 150-200 on ebay, and much more elsewhere.
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    I do want to buy a used car

    I thought about that before posting but was in a rush so I posted them without editing them. I just removed those photos with either license plate in them. But I don't see what they can get from my license plate number. And I saw it all the time in searching for cars that people wouldn't post...
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    I do want to buy a used car

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=828278&l=383df5e6d1&id=1037540983
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    I do want to buy a used car

    Passed on the acura. Found a 2001 Subaru Legacy GT Sedan with manual transmission. 156000 miles. Bought that today. My search is over.
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    Windows Home Server / Home Server OS

    I still use VSS just about every day.
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    To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages.

    It seems to be working fine now. That Compact Check Count registry key hasn't reappeared. Problem solved.
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