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That was an interesting google. I hadn't heard that one, just the seemingly minor variant "Antidisestablishmentarianism", with a fairly unrelated meaning.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis BTW, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious "defined".

ATA Secure Erase instead, such as HDDerase on the Ultimate Boot CD?

Seconded, IMHO. I like the new icon-ing. "Hottness" is of secondary interest. (Also, my personal preference as a "minor-leaguer" here is for smaller icons.) But overall, a very nice upgrade! And per Bing's suggestion, the "New Post" button is very handy, and may also become my default. The...

And that's if your "lucky"; if not, it's a water dribbler.

iostat for Linux?

I tried pulling all the RAM, and then putting just 1 DIMM in each of the 3 sockets, and still no response, so that doesn't seem to be the issue. Re-seating the AGP card didn't help either. I didn't see any bulging caps on it or the mobo, in a closer inspection. Oh, well, I guess I'll get...

Thanks very much, but if I have to pull out the mobo, I'll replace it with something that can support 3 cores or more. CPU replacement didn't fix the problem, but I did notice that the MB didn't seem to have any bulging caps, FWIW. My apologies for the glibness; I should have just said "Happy...

Thanks for your advice; I don't want to put much effort or cash into a revival effort, and I'm barely handy with my hands, much less a soldering iron. I didn't look at the MB too intently, but my guess is that it might be from before the crap-cap issue started. And I don't want to trouble a...

Checking the status of my PCs on the World Community Grid, I found that my 8.6-year-old FIC Nforce2 PC had "No Reply" for some workunits. Looking at the box, "the lights are on, but nobody's home." I tried powering it down for hours, and jumpering to clear the CMOS, but there's no response...

I'm afraid for your physical and fiscal safety, even if most of it's in a sock drawer. Please consider getting to know a cute teller who'll be impressed by da roll.

CRN: "Likely To Cause Widespread Hard Drive Shortage" Forbes: "Deepen Crisis at HDD Companies" (... 60% of WD's drive volume, ... Toshiba shuts down plant)

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Maybe so. But AFAIK I never had this issue before, even when there was a second page with just 1 new post on it. Prolly just a fluke. Or a feature. Cheers!

Yes, and now I see Bookmage's post, first on the second page. And the thread no longer shows as having new posts in the Computers sub-forum, nor does the main page indicate newness in that sub-forum. Back to normal for me (at least on this fabulous forum). Thanks for everything!

Yes, I am. I just tried (twice) on a 4th box, a Vista laptop, in FF, first clearing cache before having to log in. What th? But again, no big deal, just "interesting".

Interestinger (but no biggie). Had the issue on my Ubuntu box in FF; cleared cache, logged out, cleared cache, logged on again. Still have the issue, and, don't see the final Bookmage post in the thread - I have to specifically search for it. Same general symptoms on my Vista PC in FF, and on...

This thread in Computers seems to indicate new post-age, for the past 10 hours or so (at least for me). But the last post is "old" (2nd thumbnail).

This Popular Science article claims potential wider applicability, to refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.

Yes, much of the south and midwest in the U. S. is having a heat wave, and indeed feels like a Sauna.

"Hitachi Data Systems to spin of storage division" thread in the Computers/News section. Yes.

from Computerworld:GFI apologizes for false alarm on Samsung keyloggers 'It's just mud on our face,' says security firm exec Eckelberry's surprise at Samsung quickly turned to acute embarrassment when he began getting reports from colleagues that the evidence for the supposed keyloggers was...

Ars Tech: "Samsung laptop keylogger almost certainly a false positive".

I think he got on the wrong thread, and was referring to this one. Do you think that, after powering off, if he just made sure all the cables in the old board were plugged in to the exact same sockets in the new one, he'd be OK? That's assuming it's the same model except for the fixes on the...

Thanks, Chewy, that article is "interesting": "using a P67 motherboard with a discrete graphics card, Ubuntu 10.10 or any other modern distribution should work just fine." Oh, good, I can order my parts right now and build the box next week, while I wait for the numerous job offers to flow...

That is indeed an interesting alternative, Bing. But we know it's not really a doubling of the cores, just a hyper-ing of the threads. The effect on WCG HCC may be somewhat difficult to quantify; the Re: i5 2500K or i7 2600K? post in the WCG forums claims "up to 25% greater throughput...

Thanks for your kind responses so far, all. In the interim, the emphasis has shifted more strongly to the "budget" part of this subject - I recently quit my job, and I'm looking for another, so far without success. So the extra $100 for the 2600K over the 2500K is currently too rich for my...

Thanks for your responses. I had my qualms about the Hydro H50, and introducing liquid into a PC (other than caps :-D), so I'll probably go with air cooling. An SSD would blow about ⅓ of my budget, so I can't realistically consider one. I'm hoping that 8 GB of RAM would help cache a fair...

Hello, storag-ers. I'm considering the components for a new PC build in a couple of months. Primary usage would be the World Community Grid Help Conquer Cancer project, and taking over as my utility PC (browsing, E-mail, Open Office) from my current WCG-HCC box (Gigabyte 965P mobo, Core2 E5200...

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You could do it without having to create the thumbnail(s), like this:<A HREF="FullSize.jpg" target="_blank"> <IMG src="FullSize.jpg" height="10%" width="10%"> </A>

Comcast's "speedboost" is in for my uploads as well. "Now" (kids home from school, but not the 'rents): Best:

Basic Comcast, from Richmond, VA, closest dslreports.com sites: ; closest speedtest.net site:

No wait? eWiz seems to have them at $85. with free ground shipping. Limit 1 per customer. X-bit review

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Oh, great, just when I got my Nforce2 motherboard, VIA jumps ahead. I like the fact that the vt600 chipset has separate native support for both 4 parallel ATA devices and 4 serial ones (and RAID 0, 1 and 0+1). Possibly eliminating the need for a PCI ATA card.

Oh, great, just when I got my Nforce2 motherboard, VIA jumps ahead. I like the fact that the vt600 chipset has separate native support for both 4 parallel ATA devices and 4 serial ones (and RAID 0, 1 and 0+1). Possibly eliminating the need for a PCI ATA card.

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Thanks for the replies so far. I have a Belkin Omniview F1DB102P already, and I'm looking at the F1DJ102P-B model ($59 @ BestBuy). That one comes with the cables, and claims to support video resolution of up to 1920x1440@65Hz. I've also seen KAVM switches - audio included. That would be nice.

I have one 2-way KVM switch already. If I get another, can I hook the outputs of the old one to one of the inputs of the new one, and another computer to the other input of the new one, to create a 3-way KVM? Of course, I can do the connections, but will it work correctly for all 3 computers -...

Okay, I may be (carbon) dating myself with this, but how about a TV show, "My Motherboard, the Car".

How long is this yoperiso download going to take? 8½, La Dolce Vita, The Conformist, The Tin Drum Shoot the Piano Player, The 400 Blows, Breathless (original), Alphaville, Week End Belle Du Jour, The Exterminating Angel, The Andalusian Dog Freaks, Liquid Sky, Repo Man, Lonesome Cowboys The...

FWIW, I occasionally get an E-mail from Onvia.com about free Xerox color printers. I've never checked into it, but it may be worth a few clicks. www.freecolorprinters.com

Here's a link to a Nforcers HQ forum topic "Stop Grant Disconnect bit for nForce2 found!". This can produce lower temps, though possibly causing SoundStorm noise. In another topic in the "BIOSTAR, FIC, Albatron" section, somebody posted a link claiming a AU13 running their FSB at 210 MHz. I...

Looks like you're close to the FSB limit, Fushigi. Rodney Reynolds (the 3D Game Man) couldn't get his AU13 above 175 MHz, if I heard right. (I couldn't get the video working on his review, though.) So I guess I can give up my dream of AU13 @ 200 FSB. :cry: But anyhow, how cool is that...

How pleasant for you! I guess it met the challenge, budgetarily as well. I can't find too much online about the AU13, and I'd love to hear about someone getting to 200 MHz FSB before I get one. I E-mailed FIC, and they said "Yes, AU13+ does support AMD 200MHz FSB CPU but AU13 does not...

I simply must have a 2100+ or higher processor - my brother-in-law just got a Dell with a Pentium 2000. If it can overclock to >2000 MHz clock or 200 FSB, that's gravy, albeit very tasty gravy.

Thanks for the replies so far. I was thinking of a cheap-o case and an Antec True330, but the 380 would give me a little more headroom if I get more disk drives, and the Sonata is cheaper than a separate case and a True380. I have heard too much bad-mouthing to consider the ASUS, but I would...

I'm getting close to buying the parts for my next system. I already have a WD800SE, and this is what else I'm considering: Antec Sonata case2 Kingston 256 MB HyperX DDR400 modulesFIC AU13 motherboardAthlon XP 2100+Spire WhisperRockI hope to get it all at NewEgg, but they just sold out of the...

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