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Thanks Mercutio, blatted the samba.conf and started again. Now I could get my wife's PC to see the SAMBA server, (from W2K) but I couldn't, and my wife couldn't when booting into W98SE. I'll start again...

OK, an update. When I connect from a Windows 98SE machine, I can connect OK, but W2K SP2 - no go.

OK peeps, I'm just a noob at this. I've got a Linux machine I want to use as a server (RH 7.3). Client machines are W2K SP2. Clients can ping server, server can ping clients Clients can access internet via ADSL on server I've mounted all the FAT32 disks I want to share and can see the contents...

.Nut Doesn't the IBM Deathstar ranges support TCQ? I am under he impression that it was introduced with teh 60GXP. And if it is true, then what is to stop current PATA drives from other manufacturers benefitting? And as TCQ is only optional in SATA (mandatory in SATA-II), isn't it a little...

Splash, I would like to be surprised on the upside by SATA but... Is there a whitepaper floating around that details the efficiency gains in the SATA command protocol? Seagate are obviously taking the correct move, but do you have any figures on likely performance boost due to the difference...

Thanks Ali, I mean, Mr. Dog :)

Thanks people, there is hope. Mercutio, I'm going to try VNC tonight. If I can relocate my server I'll be very happy. If not, Tea, you wouldn't have a price on a 2-port version of the one you are using would you?

I have been using a mechanical KVM switch for a while now (VGA, Serial mouse and DIN keyboard) and the thing that drives me batty with it is that at highish resolutions 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz or better, the VGA signal "ghosts" quite badly. 1280 x 1024 is unusable. So I'm in the market for a new KVM...

Just received a reply from MS @ LostCircuits - the drive does have an 8MB buffer - so that's where the perf comes from...

http://www.lostcircuits.com/advice/sata150/ Compares a Maxtor D740X to a 30GB engineering sample SATA 'Cuda V But I have a few concerns about the review. The 'cuda could have an 8MB buffer. The Seagate PR says 8MB, but the review states 2MB (it is after all an ES). Is there any software out...

CougTek, Tannin, Mark - the Usual Suspects. Coug, you are right. A slightly slower drive won't turn a system into a snail. Mark is also right. The difference in performance between drives in most classes of drives is not distinguishable. The problem rears its head when substitute an average...

Guess Seagate weren't listening Time http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5392 Oh well...

It's now not expected until late Q1 2003, so for us mere mortals, late Q2 2003. http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=80033647 also http://news.com.com/2100-1001-957757.html?tag=fd_top Who's he trying to kid? Bummer... This kind of delay is usually due to silicon errors - 3 months is how...

NRG = MC^2, posted this over at Ace's BB when I read a blurb on SATA at Anand's http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=80033197 Seems that there are still a few kinks to be worked out....[/b]

I'll bite. What is it?

Does anybody know when the DiamondMax 9 Plus and MaxLine II Plus drivres with 8MB cache will ship? There are hints of October but I can't find anything firm...

I've always suspected .NET of being another case of the Emporer's new clothes (a fancy name for passing and working with XML) but this adds a little weight http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5334 It seems Microsoft don't want you to disclose .NET benchmarks. Do they have some performance...

Excellent post jtr1962! Groltz, I can't buy a Thermalright in Aus in my usual haunts :(

If you have a look at DansData cooler comparison which has IMO a rather well researched, repeatable methodology, you will see that the Volcano 7, 8 & 9's score no better than the 6Cu. What people tend to forget is that while copper can absorb more heat than aluminium by volume, heat is carried...

:) Yeah, but apart from that glitch is was as smooth as any install I ever had. And in the past, the glitch would have toasted the W2K partition and all the data :o Disclaimer: I have been trying to get a workable Linux install off-and-on for a couple of years now, so when I buy major...

Re my earlier post about how smooth the RH install went. Well it wasn't quite that smooth. When it came time to partition the drive - the RH installer made some changes and away things went. What it did though was move some partition number around - and this temporarily hosed W2K. You see, I...

Santilli, I was playing with Mandrake 8.0/8.1 for a few months, but things kept crashing and updates were a pain. So I gave it a miss. A few hardware changes and I tried to boot Mandrake again only to find I've lost the 8.1 install disk. But I'd downloaded Lycoris (Redmond) a while back...

He he Pradeep. Bought a cheap ATX case from the computer markets/fairs a few years back for my Celeron 300A. The p/s lasted 1 day before one of the capacitors blew itself to bits quite spectacularly... Not so cheap a buy after replacing the p/s.

Power supply weirdness Have had two power supplies go bad on me in as many weeks. One has seen almost three years service, the other two. The first was a Jao Jye (sp??) 250W AMD approved that came with my original Slot A Athlon. The other was a Leadman 400W. Both just died. A sharp crack...

Thanks Barry. I'll hunt it up. I always put the swap on another drive and I did get the "corrupt or missing swap message". Now that I know what, I'll be able to fix it. Thanks again.

Ghost, I recently tried to use Ghost to copy some partitions from one hard drive (34GXP) to another (60GXP - replaced by IBM after 2 months when the first died - talk about customer service :X). The drives were partitioned as 2GB (WIN98SE), 4 or 5GB (W2K- NTFS) and remainder as data (FAT32)...

Clocker, memory interleave isn't that big a boost and depends upon the memory you have http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?section=rwtlabs&AID=RWT110401204523 It shouldn't cause any stability problems though, so enable it.

THanks Handruin. I'll drop you a line if Telstra start making noises. I'm going to get some stats on page impressions and see where things are headed...

Hi Tony, yeah, the allowance is only 100MB served per month (which is one of the reasons I use graphics so sparingly. If it becomes a problem I may have to look at more generous hosting. Don't know of a good one do you? Just in case...

BMW, thanks

Bay Em Vay, How do you tell the single platter version apart from the two platter? I'd like to see a test on this beast v the JB and two platter number

Will, that's the beauty of style sheets. A couple of lines changes those colours/fonts everywhere! Wait 'til I post the article, there will be a heap of good links including a List Apart - one of the sites I got tips from on how to deal with IE5.0/5.5Windows... There is a fair bit of...

Thanks Tea. I'll try to fix the Nutscrape thing. I knew that was going to be hard, but it should still be readable. When I took the project on, I thought "no sweat", but jeez, with the way different browsers do different things... My wife did the grphics and suggested the colours - design is...

Groltz, I guess browser preference is a person thing, because I have been using Opera since 5 and always preferred IE. But since using Mozilla (1.1b) I use it instead. Opera is still installed (as is IE 5.5) but for me Mozilla is the thing. I really wish that a few more would copy the IE fav...

Gee, I didn't know Triplex were making mobo's now... :)

8412N's - no NGML's (preferred) or NGL's, I'll take 3 :) <yeah, I know, a totally useless post!>

Brother 1200/1400 series. I bought a Brother 1270N to replace a GDI shitbox :). The 1270N has a 10/100 NIC and parallel port. The 1270N has been superseded by the 1470N 1200 x 1200 (I find 600 x 600 more than adequate) works with Linux and HP drivers so it might even run under/with OS/2 :)...

Ahh no. That was the point of the questions. IIRC (and I'm seeking clarification here), revision CD of the KT333 does not support 166MHz FSB with a 1/5 PCI divider, revision CE does. There shouldn't be any rev CD version left, but I don't know that. I believe the official stance is that...

Does the KT333 support 166MHz FSB/166 Memory (synch) settings? I heard it does (need an unlocked chip). If you run things at 166/166, is the PCI bus withing spec (running at 33.3Mhz)? Anybody have any idea when the KT400 is due? Thanks.

Tea, Time (hah hah) :) http://www.boags.com.au/ 'nuff said. San Miguel's finest. D'OH!

Yep. After the install, I did my usual BIOS tricks and patches and then started running some benches. Q3A scores were slower than the EPoX 8K7A. ScienceMark was a little faster (could be within the margin of error) and the Winstones were line ball - slight victory to the 8KHA+. MS Flight...

OK, after the Deathstar died, I had to re-install everything on a Maxtor D740X. Performance is now up to scratch. Maybe the install went bad because of a bad sector or two? Very strange. I would have thought that the whole thing would have went down the gurgler, not just slow down a little...

Thanks muchly Time - warranty is still valid :)

A curious thought just happened. Every time this thing has failed has been when I've moved it from one motherboard to another and when I've been running (or just after) Winbench 99's Disk bench's. If I wipe it, set it up again and leave it alone, it seems to work fine.

Yeah, unfortunately the dented, scarred and scratched casing gives it away :( It was an OEM drive. Back into the arms of WD or Maxtor by the look of things. This is probably a good excuse to get an 80GB JB... :)

Just had my 60GXP die an me (bad sectors) again. Ran DFT - "would you like to erase the disk - NOTE: you will lose all data". It's out of warranty but has a history of this trouble according to the logs. Not happy! :x

James, OK, me fool :oops: . Shoot me a price on all the bits you want to get rid of. $395 is for the board only (SecretNet or whoever they are). I'll probably need CPU's, not sure about the memory, was going to re-use my Micron unbuffered (2 x 256). Pradeep, 2 x Vol +'s! You're a maniac -...

Maybe you need me on the jury Tony. I'd say it was justified :) Why can't people give accurate time frames? You'd think that just after winning some business in a shocking economy, a business might actually want to do something to keep the business. Nah, it all gets too hard...

James, AUS$395. You're in Brissy aren't you? If you want to sell, email me with your price. Will the Bitspower 80D's fit? Or is the space around the sockets tight? I have been using the ThermalTake Volcano 6CU and Alpha PAL6035's and am happy with both of those - Alpha's should fit but the...