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  1. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    How do you get that to work with 2003 Server?
  2. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    That's kind of what I thought. I have a home theatre setup already, all Klipsch, and it rocks. That said, that setup, for the money, looks pretty amazing. I've got a nice set of Yamaha speakers that I had been using for my SO's radio, but, she never used it, since for some reason, I've never...
  3. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    Thank you for the information. Didn't realize the chipset worked so well for HTsystems. How do you take standard stereo speakers and wire them to a computer, and, if you do, is the output enough to power the speakers? I've got a couple Yamaha speakers sitting around, and, they have the...
  4. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    Now, on a serious note: I'm not really thinking onboard video, or audio are a great thing. Learned that lesson when my current onboard sound out got bent by my 14 pound cat wrenching on the wires a bit. Now, the speaker jacks have to be inserted just right, or, I loose two speakers, and, the...
  5. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    What component combinations would you consider for a Home Theatre computer, ONLY a home theatre computer????
  6. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    "Greg, Panasonic is ~100 billion dollar group of Japanese companies and Samsung is ~174 billion dollar Korean company. Neither are likely to go out of business before your warranty expires. Are you talking about my personal warranty on life, or a computer OS?
  7. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    Panasonic had stuff in Hawaii in the 90's in Japan that was only a wetdream over here. The advantage of the Japanese business model is they tend to look at profits on a decade basis, not a 1/4 year. Steve Jobs resurrection of Apple means he manages to snake oil people into thinking his...
  8. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    It looks like the Intel SATA SSD's are coming of age. So, I guess that means I need to buy a Panasonic notebook that has SATA capability. Any suggestions? CF 52?
  9. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    Panasonic=Samsung? Owned by now?
  10. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    HMMM. Looks like I better start looking at Costco... What's Panasonics warranty?
  11. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    2003 Web edition supports 4 processor, or at least two, plus two hyperthreaded. Is it possible to use 2003 Webedition on a machine with two dual core processors, or quadcores?
  12. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    I was looking at this Panasonic in particular. Liked the price break: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889187081 Thoughts?
  13. Santilli

    Home Theatre setup, 2009

    Hi all OK I'm trying to figure out what LCD monitor to buy to upgrade from my Panasonic 32" tv, with S video in. Now, I'm looking for an LCD, a bit bigger, with HDMI and Svideo input. Any suggestions? Which Samsung, or panasonic?
  14. Santilli

    PDF editor?

    I never thought of Mercutio as a happy person... Now, that said, Anyone tried: Bluebeam PDF Revu Standard Edition?
  15. Santilli

    PDF editor?

    HI I have a bunch of forms that are PDF's, and, I'd like to be able to use a computer to fill them out, rather then my horrible handwriting. Does anyone have a PDF program that allows you: copy an original then fill in the original, or edit it, then save the copy, and print it? Something that...
  16. Santilli

    Seagate Cutting Warranties

    I just bought a 640 gig Seagate drive with 5 year warranty. It does over 100 mb/sec data transfer, and, so far, the reviews have been very good on reliability. That said, I noticed Newegg had a NOT of bad things said about Seagate 7200 rpm drives, and, shopped carefully.
  17. Santilli

    Seagate Cutting Warranties

    I have a problem with this post. From this list, I see TWO, TWO drives that have had reduced warranty.
  18. Santilli

    Way to install SCSI boot disk w/o a floppy drive?

    Thanks for the help. Turned out it was the face plate causing the floppy to bind and not load. Pulled the floppy out, and, as long as the floppy drive has no label, it works fine. Installed Fujitsu MAT refurb 10k, 110 dollars, 147 gigs. Hypermicro advertized the drives as 15k's, and, then would...
  19. Santilli

    Way to install SCSI boot disk w/o a floppy drive?

    Hi I'm using an LSI 120320 card, and a 10k 147 GB drive. I can't get the floppy drive to accept a disk. So, how can I install XP w/o a floppy drive to send the windows installer to, to install the driver for the LSI card??? Anyway to do this? Thanks GS
  20. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    Despite IRS incentive, I think this one might be good to wait a year?
  21. Santilli

    SSDs - State of the Product?

    OHHHH, the pain.... I've been waiting SOOOOO long for one that would have decent, or even, doable capacity. 32 gb is just barely enough for this machine. So, fill me in. What interface? Is it really 4 times faster, in most functions? My current dual cheetah, raid O, under HD tune does...
  22. Santilli

    Hi David P160. It's actually a caddy for a removeable Sata, just like the one above it. They...

    Hi David P160. It's actually a caddy for a removeable Sata, just like the one above it. They have little blue tabs limiting the reward travel of the drives on the ones above it. Thanks Greg
  23. Santilli

    Hi David I'm trying to install another drive in the computer you built me. I'm missing some...

    Hi David I'm trying to install another drive in the computer you built me. I'm missing some kind of clips that hold the drive in place for the last drive bay. Looks like a blue, screw in piece to hold the drive in place. Do you have a couple more? Thanks greg
  24. Santilli

    Notebook Computers

    Might have a look at Panasonic. If you do a bit of a search, they have dropped a ton in price, and, there are some great deals slightly used.
  25. Santilli

    System build review

    Hi David It was the second. Ordered one tonight. I'm going to open a second amendment law firm, and, I need a server, web page, etc. that consumes little power, but is plenty fast. Can we talk? Do you have my cell? Regular phone is changed. Thanks S
  26. Santilli

    System build review

    Anyone have a link to that newegg.com power tester? Time to get one. Thanks S
  27. Santilli

    NOD 32 slowing down my internet connection...

    HMMMM. NOW I'm supposed to listen to an orange semi human.... Seems to me the cat already runs the house: bowling ball, 15 pounds, with claws and teeth...
  28. Santilli

    Do you think Sony will kill Blu-ray?

    Hi Pradeep Can't figure out if the 1650 AGP would work with Blue Ray. I can't really see trashing my dual Xeon rig just for a different video card setup, at this point. Nvidia maybe in the future...Plus, I like the 3540 dual burners I have. Guess I could try an external, USB 2.0 Bluray...
  29. Santilli

    Do you think Sony will kill Blu-ray?

    BR Lite On reader now 99 bucks...
  30. Santilli

    NOD 32 slowing down my internet connection...

    "You know what's really weird, is school has an internet connection that is 25 ms ping, and 25 mb/sec. Yes, that's not a typo. 25 mb/sec. " OK. Not a typo just inaccurate. 25ms and 25 MB/sec.
  31. Santilli

    NOD 32 slowing down my internet connection...

    Pulling a sysco switch out of the system seems to have cut the ping time in half. You know what's really weird, is school has an internet connection that is 25 ms ping, and 25 mb/sec. Yes, that's not a typo. 25 mb/sec. WTF?????? Also, since the modem has a firewall, I turned off Windows...
  32. Santilli

    NOD 32 slowing down my internet connection...

    Hi I recently upgraded to cable 5.8 mb/sec, sometimes. Astound. What I've found is that for some reason, NOD 32 is slowing my uploads down. I put it on pretty much max protection settings, and, it was a notice able difference from default settings. Currently running Default, and, it seems to...
  33. Santilli

    Throwing old hard drives

    http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/Socrates28/VanHornLott450n2/GS510VANHORNWEB.jpg 600 grains, 2150 fps, .510" Van Horn...;0
  34. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    Installed the Linksys stuff. About 500k faster then the Surfboard Modem, and, the router/switch allows full speed to the computers, which is about 5.9 mb/sec, at best. At worst, instead of getting 700k, I'm getting 1.5 MB/sec. I wonder what they are going to do with the phones. The wiring for...
  35. Santilli

    System Temperatures

    Hi David What I was trying to point out is the Swiftechs are so good at pulling heat away from the processor, by their very thick base plate, and 'fins' that they work as well, or better, then the Scythe Ninja Plus. I've found the Scythe requires more airflow, in other words, cranking the fans...
  36. Santilli

    System Temperatures

    David: http://www.swiftnets.com/ ntroduction: The MCX-VPro™ heatsink is a high performance-low noise thermal solution for Intel® Xeon™ processors. It replaces the MCX603-V and MCX604-V heatsinks, and includes retentions mechanisms for all know Xeon™ compatible motherboards. I've found that with...
  37. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    HMMMM. That's not what they were offering us, I don't think. I thought they were offering standard, regular phone wiring for their service here. The guy dropped the a linksys router, and cable modem by, but, they don't have power supplies, yet. Found em on the net for about 9 bucks each...
  38. Santilli

    Does Vista remind you of the Mac OS????

    Server 2003 is fine with me, most of the time. When I thought about it, the feeling, and lack of intuitive interface to get to the TCP/IP settings reminded me a LOT of doing the same thing with OS X. Anybody have both to compare the same steps?
  39. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    Turns out the signal was +12 DB/MV. Now it's around 0. A noticeable bit snappier. But, the plot thickens. Astound is testing VIOP, and, they are upgrading their system. They are doing it by dumping a bunch of customers on one node, while they upgrade the other nods, hence the extreme...
  40. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    Hi Mercutio The cable now goes from a box they had outside, through my wall, straight to my modem. The bad wiring is pretty much gone, or, should be, unless they put their box on the end of comcasts old line... Your situation sounds like a typical cable nightmare. Where is Jim Carrey when you...
  41. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    Sometimes the conspiracy theorist gets carried away. What if, on this new install, they just crank the line ability way down, to sell you the 10 mb/sec package? I just ran three tests, highest 1400k, lowest 965. Average is 3.7 mb/ sec, my isp average 5.1 mb/sec.
  42. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    Anyone heard about Astound doing VOip?
  43. Santilli

    Does Vista remind you of the Mac OS????

    Somehow not all that funny....;-)
  44. Santilli

    Ideas for reducing PC power consumption

    How much is that little toy, and, where did you get it?
  45. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    They've been trying to sell me 10 mb/sec, so, that suggests that the limitation is on the modem, not the line... That would probably ensure not at least going slower then my ADSL. David, I'd been thinking about going with Vonnage, but, with 700k speeds at the peak times my girlfriend likes to...
  46. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    Yes, I think you are right. Just got done reading about an ATT banning for life a kid who did this. I'll call the guy tonight, and see what he says. Wonder if it's actually a governor on the modem creating the speed limit???
  47. Santilli

    Lag time on cable, vs. ADSL

    Ok. This deserves a bit of writing. We've had three guys come out. First two are basic setup guys. The guy today knows a bit more, but, he's a MAC guy!;-( ;-) Anyway, over a number of cups of coffee, I sort of found out the history of cable in this area. Early this morning I had called ATT...
  48. Santilli

    Does Vista remind you of the Mac OS????

    "What is the quickest way to get the dialog window open to give a machine a static IP address? If a quick way exists I haven't found it. In fact, the new way is so unintuitive I keep forgetting how to get in there." EXACTLY! That's what I was trying to do, actually turned out I was deleting...
  49. Santilli

    Does Vista remind you of the Mac OS????

    I recently worked on Vista, and, I couldn't help but think Vista=OS X.-10. It seemed to combine the worst features of OS X, the slowness, weird controls, etc. with the worst of windows. Haven't worked with it much, but, I really don't even want to consider it...
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