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Yup, and it gets even worse once you install DD-WRT, turn up the CPU speed and increase the transmit power. ;)

The PC-P80 is big enough that I installed a PCIe card without cracking the side, just opened up the front door and undid the thumbscrew holding the bracket in. Of course, in order to reach the thumbscrew from the front of the case I was sunk halfway up my bicep. But it was a neat thing to try.

Heat. For all my failures, #1 is the power brick getting too hot and #2 is the unit itself getting too hot. For 54GLs in critical positions, I replace the power brick with a regulated power supply and crack the shell, installing a heatsink and sometimes even a fan. I'm hoping the Routerstation...

Get one cheap and break it?

As do I. I have a bunch of Ubiquiti hardware that has held up well (outdoors for years). No Routerstations, though.

Pulling the optical and putting in the spare battery/blanking plate would be choice #1 for me. Of course, if I needed an optical and didn't have one, I'd just use a USB. That is why I superglue all the USB ports on "secure" systems.

That HEC does look nice, but Googling for it before the purchase I didn't find anything. I may have had the name wrong (89R9) I hope that doesn't discourage you. I really do appreciate all the advice and suggestions, and I do take them into consideration, I just value some things differently I...

Lian-Li PC-P80 Check the dimensions first, it is the tallest and deepest case I've ever used.

Quite plausible. The heat buildup in those things must be pretty intense. They don't give a platter count on their PDF Spec.

According to their website, they are offering a 5400RPM version and a 5200RPM version.

Just did a clean install from a pre-SP1 OEM 7-x64 disk. Upon startup, it made it through 98 of the 107 updates successfully, hanging on KB2560656. I told it to cancel, and that hung. Then I told the machine to reboot. The last thing the update window said before the reboot started was the...

Just an observation: If you remove the part with the vendor's name on it from a computer component, it usually makes it better. I'm specifically thinking of Gigabyte motherboards and video cards where they put a Gigabyte-branded shroud or sticker over part of a heatsink.

PC-P80 us a beast. Those 3x140mm fans in the front do an amazing job very quietly. It would also hold a fantastic radiator, considering the whole front can be opened up. The biggest downside is the thin aluminum that it's made of. Becasue of that the 18x/19x Antec line is still my choice for...

What is the cost of a new piece of glass?

This was a ThinkStation, not a ThinkPad (I know, the subject says ThinkPad). Of the 7 I've opened up, all had 320GB or 500GB 7200RPM WD HDDs.

A joke from a Russian website: "Mr. Brin, we bought Motorola" "Great! Which model?" "Uh....model?"

This machine got an Intel X25-V 40GB as a replacement.

DingDingDing! We have a winner on the first try... Not that hard, I guess...

Just had my first hardware failure on a Lenovo product. Anyone care to hazard a guess on the manufacturer of the offending part?

...that I know of. I'd imagine the ride is pretty plush. How much does it weigh?

Certainly useful for Google. They needed the patents. They really had two options: 1. Kill the patent system quickly enough to avoid the issue. 2. Get a crap load of patents that everyone is licensing already to keep them off your back.

The Scott is more like the Specialized Tarmac, which is a hardcore racer and not comfortable at all.

With my current bananas and white toast diet, I will easily make my weight loss deadline, but this isn't the way I had planned.

Wow, what a failure: I can imagine. However, Carbon-reinforced plastic could do some neat stuff.

My brother-in-law has one and swears by it. It's out of my price range as well, I'm considering one of these for comfort.

Have you considered wood?

'Fraid not. If he were to stop making noise on this issue it would disappear from the news. No-one else making that kind of money has the balls to step up and point out the gross inequities of the system.

Just a guess, but his belief is probably that the system is broken, not that he should single-handedly fix the debt problem. You don't fix a massive budget imbalance by cutting a check, you do it by balancing the budget. You do that by spending the same amount of money as you collect. That he...

The remote is the tricky bit...otherwise just get one of these.

Honestly I'm not sure if it does everything in the building, but I know it does the lights.

He disagrees with you, so obviously that must be the case.

That isn't what it's about, is it? Even as the richest man, his contribution is nothing compared to the rest of the Billionaires. He wants the system fixed.

Heh, I had no idea Motobecane still made bikes. Mine is 33 years old at this point, and not made of Ti ;)

We have a fairly large line interactive UPS that lives between the generator/commercial power and our equipment. Typically it just runs the server room and a single outlet in each office dedicated to the computers, but it is capable of running the whole building (except the elevator, provided...

Corrective and preventive action?

The switch to bypass on ours is mechanical (generator/commercial is electronic and automatic). Obviously several orders of magnitude smaller, but it struck me as the most reliable way to do it.

Sick. Sucks.

Intel Core i5-2500K 6MB 3.30GHz Processor 11920 Asus P8H67-M PRO 32GB DDR3 USB 3.0 Intel Motherboard 8285 (2) Corsair XMS3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Desktop Memory (CMX4GX3M1A1600C9) 4590 Antec NSK 4482B Black With Power Supply ATX Cabinet 4625 OCZ Vertex 120GB 2 SATA...

Indeed. Like I said, really fun to build. Considering my test rig includes three Axis Q1755-E cameras (5MP @ 30FPS, $1700 each) and the necessary accessories (IR Floodlights, power injectors, cabling, mounts, and a 50' tall tower to mount some of them on), it isn't that bad ;)

I might have framed "painted" a little wider, but that is really nitpicking ;) Really, other than some minor cropping issues I do really like them. Doubt I could do as well.

I am working on a video surveillance system at the moment...that would be really fun to build ;)

Nice pictures, paugie.

The kids are one thing, and having a decent CPA is another. I know corps are willing to pay accountants and lawyers $0.99 to save $1 in taxes, and I must admit that I don't skimp on the professional services myself, paying on average $500/year to save probably $3-5k/year over doing it myself. I...

I would buy it if anyone could tell me if it would work or not. Otherwise it'll be a PC-80.

Windows softRAID should work on any controller in passthrough mode. I would just make sure that the controller the drives are on isn't even listed as a boot option in the BIOS.

I really like the look of the Lian Li PC-X2000F, but I can't get confirmation that it'll fit. It looks huge.

980X

In this case, two of them will be for video cards, one for a RAID controller, and one for a RevoDrive ;)

That'll work. Thanks.

Product Link XL-ATX Form Factor; 34.5cm x 26.3cm Antec P193 is a couple inches short unless I rotate the board 90 degrees. Tempting. The usual taste applies. Prefer black, no windows, as plain as possible. Low noise a plus, cost fairly irrelevant.