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$700 from Dell (looks like SAS only, can't find the SATA compatible, but you get the point). That's more than 14TB of storage you could have bought by now.

I already had a session on the router, and I think it was https: rather than http: ... Interesting thought though.

"... RAID 5 tends to suck on all affordable controllers ..."

Speaking generally, does it make sense to use a dedicated RAID controller in this sort of case? My impression is that RAID 5 tends to suck on all 'affordable' controllers, and you now have the ludicrous situation where you can buy 6TB of storage for less than the cost of an entry level PERC...

Handy to know, thanks LiamC. Makes sense.

Remove and reinstall IE8? (MS loves to hide changes to Windows functionality in unrelated software releases such as IE). Failing that, you may have a rootkit that's too successful for the available tools. You could try Rootkit Revealer, but it looks to be well out of date. A quick search of...

This thread was going to be something along the lines of how much Linksys sucked. Instead, I'm posting a link to a solution! At some stage in the last few years, Cisco/Linksys decided it would be really cool to remove the option to remotely restart their products. Cause they always work...

How about CMS BounceBack? * Boots from backup device when primary storage fails * Then presents two choices: Continue or Restore * Continue runs the system directly from the backup device * Restore copies the image to replacement primary storage

In Catalyst, does the second monitor appear in the "Attached displays currently disabled" list? Have you tried clicking on the "2" graphic in the detected displays box? Have you clicked the "Detect Displays" button? Under Windows Display Settings, can you right-click on the "2" graphic and...

I think it's a glimpse of the not-so-distant future, a 'touch desk'. I particularly appreciate that they used cameras instead of traditional capacitive/resistive panels. Although the curve looks odd at first, it's actually how we work: a mix of vertical images (monitor) and horizontal (paper)...

TrueImage can automatically restore the image to a new SSD while running off the backup HDD?

Thanks for that info. What would the recovery procedure be if the primary (SSD) drive failed?

Much as it pains me, I'm looking for Windows solutions. :(

Seagate Momentus XT have just 4GB of flash, and that's used as a read-cache (not write). I'm talking about full performance on SSD, with periodic backup to HDD.

US tries to find charges to lay against Wikileaks founder I'm still not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand I had serious reservations about releasing information that could compromise international relations etc, but on the other hand I'm kind of happy that the veil is being lifted on...

Mercutio, that's awesome. My maternal grandfather was a pretty good woodworker, he loved silky oak. My father, on the other hand - god bless him - struggled to nail two boards together. Unfortunately, I take more after my father than my grandfather. :cry:

Really? You used to able to get 2 hour support. Have service standards sunk that low?

Are you sticking with 100% software RAID? Is that one of the reasons you split the HDDs, i.e. no special partitioning required?

I'm interested in a different combination: an SSD shadowed by an HDD. Shadowed because: * RAID would lose the benefits of the SSD * HDDs are typically far, far larger than SSDs My reasoning is that SSD reliability is likely to be far superior to HDD - once it's a more mature technology...

Marriage Bed by Edwina Sandys.

Thanks Mubs, all worship accepted and acknowledged as my due. But ... the image is 25kB, I checked before pirating Mercutio's bandwidth. It should take less than 6 seconds on dialup. Does your router moonlight as a carrier pigeon?

Is Dell going to reinstall/repair software for you? No. Are they going to drop everything to replace a critical part the same day? Even if their agent had it on hand - which they won't? No and no. What is the point in selecting Dell, but then sticking in your own equipment that they won't...

The Silverstone La Scala series is a nice choice. Apart from the good functional design, it looks a lot more upmarket than a P180. Any reason you're not using SSDs for the boot drive?

(borrowed from Mercutio) The Catalyst software takes up about 50MB, or 0.04% of a 120GB drive.

Mitnick was an amateur. He also relied on 'stolen' passwords rather than engineering skill (to be fair, his methods are by far the most likely incursion, so his consultancy is probably quite valuable). Printers don't control conveyor belts, stamping or cutting machines, robots, centrifuges or...

IIRC, it takes a few weeks or even months to achieve peak results, but Paugie should ultimately have excellent sight in that eye.

A lot of it is conjecture, but I just spent 3-4 hours reading up on it, and yes, it's quite possible. :o Calling it a worm hardly does it justice. As a whole, the product must be an order of magnitude more sophisticated than any other malware that came before it. And stealing certificates from...

All pillows turn into memory foam eventually ...

You must be on a really tight budget. I don't think I could make a business case to upgrade a P4 to a Core 2 Quad.

Why are you buying a 40GB drive instead of a 60GB Sandforce drive? Isn't it too marginal space-wise?

Just phoned his work number and got a recorded message saying he had retired. :( It said he will be away until after Christmas, but will then be available Mondays and Tuesdays as per the website.

Are you some kind of rock star?

I skimmed a consumer-feedback site and made some observations: * All mattress designs have unhappy customers. There is no single mattress that satisfies most people. * As a feature, the pillowtop attracted a consistently high degree of negative feedback - good in the showroom, lousy to live...

The problem with a solid sheet base is it restricts the airflow through the mattress; you want to turn your mattress frequently when you use that arrangement, or try drilling about a hundred holes through the ply. It also takes away some of the shock absorption when people sit on their bed, but...

LG offers full refund

As I said, it's not the Windows key sticking because it doesn't happen with any of the other standard Winkeys (which worked correctly when the Windows key was pressed). However, Lunar hit the nail on the head! I tried a keyboard without a Windows key and there was no problem. While I was...

Abso-bloody-lutely! Here's my tip: I've found far better value for money in lesser-known brands, i.e. NOT Logitech/Altec Lansing/etc. As a rule of thumb, check the weight of the subwoofer (and to a lesser extent, the size of the driver). Even $50 carefully spent will probably improve the sound...

Sorry, I was thinking of 32" and up. As Stereodude says, it's a bit of a challenge in the size range you're looking at. Wall-mount it instead?

Most are PVA or equivalent technology. Panasonic uses almost exclusively IPS. LG/Phillips supposedly also uses IPS, but I don't know if that applies to some, all, or none at all these days.

They're cheaper because they use TN panels. :nono: I don't think it costs much more to build a 32" over a 26", so the smaller ones are poor value. Unfortunately, Lunar says he can only fit a 26".

One of our PCs suddenly behaves strangely when pressing either 'F' or 'T'. It's as if the Windows key is being held down, but it's not, because other standard Winkeys (eg. 'E', 'R', etc) don't do anything unless the Windows key is also depressed. So 'F' launches the Search window and 'T'...

It's more discreet than "f**ked".

It's definitely a malware link, you can see the script in the page source, just as Chrome reports it. Here's what happens the first time you run it in Opera 11 (it sets a cookie so it only runs once).

Mind you, the 64GB SSD is either mis-stating the capacity or also isn't a SandForce - should be either 50 or 60GB.

The MicroCenter 128GB is definitely NOT a SandForce: SandForce do not use RAM cache in their controllers.

You can launch an 'extended' self test from a variety of 3rd party utilities such as HDDScan and SpeedFan. That ought to be the fastest way to verify the media, but arithmetic says it will still take several hours to traverse a 2TB drive. The self-test may be all the Samsung utility does as well.

I'm still trying to work out what "the wrong cable" is that you managed to plug into a SATA drive. :scratch:

Just in case anyone didn't get it: Execution -> Electrocution A word coined when Edison was promoting the use of AC electricity to execute criminals, hoping that would place his DC technology in a better light. Common usage has extended it to mean any death caused by electricity (apart from...

LunarMist said: Yikes! That could be a painful electrocution. I've had enough of those already.

Corsair is finally offering a firmware update for their Force drives. From the Mach Xtreme site: FIRMWARE 3-4-3 UPDATE (2010-10-28 ) Description: 1. Improved latency of the device 2. Added a diagnostic function to read the device ID of each flash die 3. Added capability to disable DIPM 4...