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"crappy onboard video" You bet ! Bozo :mrgrn:

In XP and Win2k you can do a repair without losing all your programs. Boot from the CD. After the EULA, select that repair. It erases most of the system files and copies fresh fom the CD. You will have to reinstall service packs and updates unless you slipstreamed them into the XD CD. Sometimes...

If you suspect you have a virus in the BIOS, will flashing the BIOS get rid of it? Bozo :mrgrn:

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=97378 Bozo :mrgrn:

Absolutely incredible :D Bozo :mrgrn:

It should be woof, woof, woof,.....strike!

Stupid question: How can you have a SCSI error on a SATA drive? Bozo :mrgrn:

A personal view from yours truely: Things that still don't work right or are fubared: search, networking, sharing, defrag, repair/restore, indexing, admin rights, login, user permissions, dual boot management....and some others that don't come to mind at the moment. If you code for Windows...

Not that many years ago you did a clean install once a year to keep the OS from crashing. Now you need to do a yearly clean install to make sure you don't have some nasty root kit or other desease in your system. Bozo :mrgrn:

I've used Registry Mechanic. I has lots of options to clean out the registry. My systems seems to be a little quicker booting up but I didn't time it or anything. At least it still boots up and runs :o Bozo :mrgrn:

Great suggestions! All these computers are in an air conditioned envirnment. I have cleaned them up with canned air not too long ago, but I'll do it again. The power management suggestion is a great one. I didn't think of that as all these computers must run 24/7, and were never setup to...

For all you AMD fans, which would be everybody here except me :-? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32374 Bozo :mrgrn:

But I'd bet Singapore has the best Singapore slings :D Bozo :mrgrn:

Didn't MS just release their Virtual Server for free?? Bozo :mrgrn:

A few of the hard drives that I RMA'd were for broken SATA connectors. If they are stupid enough to adapt that crap connector, then they can replace the drive under warrenty. Bozo :mrgrn:

I must add: All the hardware inside a Dell laptop, whatever the model. Eight Excedrin Bozo :mrgrn:

The reason I questioned the LED staying on is that the power supply did not 'crow bar' or 'mouse trap' (depending on your location this is when the power supply shuts down internally to protect itself. Usually requiring the plug to be pulled) But, the power supply needed to be unplugged to get...

Over the past month I have been having problems with a group of computers shutting down. I have 13 computers all running an Intel D845XXX motherboards with a P4 1.8GHz CPU, and 1 GB Crucial ECC memory. All running Win2K. All these computers have been running 24/7 for ~4 years. For some reason...

Arizona, New Mexico, south Texas..... Bozo :mrgrn:

I don't see the point of jumping on the dual core band wagon. Both the operating system and the program or applicayion must be coded to take advantage of dual cores. Are there reaslly that many programs that can take advantage of dual core, or is this more marketing nonsence? Bozo :mrgrn:

What if another species came to our planet and erradicated us to change the planet to suit them? How would you feel about that? Bozo :mrgrn:

IE7 in Vista blocks the Firefox download. You can get around it, but I thought it was funny. Bozo :mrgrn:

Google?? Bozo :mrgrn:

I no sooner typed that and a VIA mini ITX system showed up on my desk. A WYSE terminal with a VIA Epia motherboard. I took the lid off the Excedrin.... Bozo :mrgrn:

The VIA chipsets that earned a 6 out of 10 Excedrin rating were on a Tyan motherboard for a P-3. Bozo :mrgrn:

That twice a decade flooding is fresh water, what you are proposing is salt water. The salt water would kill everything. And because the water in the lake would evaporate and be replaced by more salt water, you end up with more and more salt that would leach into the surrounding soil and pollute...

After my experiance (a while back) with VIA chipsets, you'll be sorry. Bozo :mrgrn:

After working with "Longhorn" server, I don't think it will be easy to turn it into a desktop OS. Damn :cry: Bozo :mrgrn:

Those Elements always remind me of a Rubic's Cube :wink: Everybody I know that has one loves them. Good luck with your new wheels. Bozo :mrgrn:

If it's under warrenty, RMA it. You might try writting all zeros to the drive. Bozo :mrgrn:

Did you ttry re-flashing the BIOS now that the new CPUs are installed? And with the memory installed. Bozo :mrgrn:

This is true.... http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=151250154&size=o Funny but sad Bozo :mrgrn:

http://www.allofmp3.com/ Bozo :mrgrn:

Is it just me or has the quality slipped with Antec power supplies. In the past 6 months I've had 3 DOA in new Antec cases. Now I have 3 more that the cooling fan has died. But, these have been running 24/7 for 4 years. Am I asking too much? Bozo :mrgrn:

20 Things you won't like about Vista http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9000829 Bozo :mrgrn:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2557 Bozo :mrgrn:

The ability to restore a hosed system has been severly limited. The boot from CD and do a complete OS overwrite with good files from the CD (and not lose your installed programs and settings) has been eliminated. Restoring a hosed system is now a crap shoot. Bozo :mrgrn:

Mercutio: "Last time I checked, it wasn't the job of any US government agency to decide when, where or with whom anyone has sex" Or the church Bozo :mrgrn:

You can also do a repair. Boot from good CD; at the first install new/repair menu selete install new; agree to the EULA; now select to do a repair. During the repair process you will be asked for the CD key. Use the legit one. This repair will not change user setting or remove/change istalled...

In my testing I have not seen one reason to install Vista. The learning curve is so steep you might as well install Linux and save the $$$$ An IT department nightmare. Bozo :mrgrn:

http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=188101645 Bozo :mrgrn:

A few minutes ago I was reminded that I had recommended the brick and mortar to someone. That person did go to the store and ended up buying a reconditioned HP. The HP warrenty and service is handled right at the store. Hmmm....best/worst of both worlds??? Bozo :mrgrn:

One of thie things I have learned about recommending a computer to a non technical person is 'brand recognation' I mentioned to a person that was looking for a computer that he would be better served going to the local brick and mortar computer shop. That didn't seem to suit him even after...

http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron/nForce/H8DCE-HTe.cfm Just bring a dump truck full of money Bozo :mrgrn:

I think I would look into a brick and mortar shop near my home. At least when you have a problem, you can talk to someone face to face. And, they use off the shelf parts. The quality of the parts depends how much you want to spend. The desktop computers where I work are leased IBMs. (about 600...

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/05/19/intel_core_duo_t2600_on_the_desktop Bozo :mrgrn:

Just took a look at some Dell dual Xeon, RAID 1 workstation boxes that some equipment manufacturer drug in here. These, I would think, should be top of the line computers. BUT....they match my "junk parts" post perfectly. http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5726 Bozo :mrgrn:

They will still be Dells :cry: Bozo :mrgrn:

Parts? Parts? I got your parts...... Dells sucky non standard power supplies. If one dies, off the shelf power supplies won't fit in the case Non ATX mother boards... Clam shell cases.... Dell only connectors.... Tying the OS to the motherboard serial number.....opps, guess that's software. NICs...

I've been buying WDs for some time now and never had many problems with them. But the consensus here is that WDs are junk. So I decided to try some different hard drives. The 'authorized vender' for the company that I work for does not handle Samsung, so I bought 4 Seagate IDE drives, and 4...