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  1. Posted

    hey all!

     

    well i had a raid 0 set up in a dell poweredge server - upon a reboot it seems the systems raid system will not work - called dell and they suspect the bgackplane card or the mobo is going - how ever the system will boot fine in "scsi" mode, just not RAID.

     

    the 2 hard drives 2 x 76g scsi drives were the drives used - both drives are fine - it was the controller that has died.

     

    How can i recover data from these drives? If i can at all...

     

     

    because the drives did not die - can i simply plug in each drive into a scsi controller and try to copy off data?

     

     

     

    Any help is appreciated!

  2. Posted

    hey all,

     

    Okay - the boss mentioned to me something about dividing up our network, i assume this would be done with multiple domains and he says that if we do this it will help releive load on our network some how....

     

     

    the idea is to have;

     

     

    domain 1 - domain 2 - domain 3

     

     

     

    and in each doamin resides certain computers - say

     

     

    Domain 1 - web server / mail server

    Domain 2 - support computers

    Domain 3 - personal computers

     

     

    and then what we want to do is only allow certain people certain access to Domain X.

     

     

    Do i need a Domain Controller for this and Active directory? or is there another way to do this?

     

    Will making seprate "domains" improve network peformance at all?

  3. Posted

    ^^ i can disagree with almost everything of the Above

     

     

    AMD are generally MUCH cheaper for the power and we all know AMD do more work per cycle.

     

    Canadian prices

     

    AMD

    AMD Athlon™ XP 3200+ Barton @ 400Mhz FSB - $299.99

     

    Intel

    Intel® Pentium® 4 - 3.2C-GHz @ 800Mhz w/ 512k -$399.99

     

     

    $100 more - now - it does depend on what you are using this system for...

     

    AMD is now more of a gamers / everyday user chips in terms of performance

     

    Intel - if you do video encoding and other GFX intense items - then Intel is often ontop of the game against AMD.

     

    Motherboards

     

    Asus

    Abit

    intel

     

    I prefer Abit - if you are overclocking as someone above point out wink - Abit is the way to go - dont even consider Intel. - Asus tends to forget key items if you want to overclock but they have nice features. If you just want a dekstop system to plug everything in and go - Intel is know for it's more stable motherboards - but often for a higher price.

     

     

    Video - STAY AWAY FROM THE FX'S cards - if you want to future proof your system - wait a month and see what new cards ATI and NVIDIA come out with - and even then watch the price of current high end cards drop nicely.

     

    if you can wait for everything - PCI-Express / DDRII /BTX are all coming out in the upcoming month so prices on current items will all drop.

     

     

    AMD is just as stable as Intel and is not as picky as you say above - for many many people - some people have bad experiences. This is aslong as you go with an Nforce2 chipset or SiS - via + AMD or via+intel = crap / troubles most of the times with some exceptions.

     

    As for harddrive - i am the opposite as above - i have had Maxtors and IVBM's die on me - i do how ever currently have 6 WD 120g / 40 WD and a 160g WD - the 6 120g WD have been running 24/7 for almost 2 years now as a file server and not one has died - how is that for quality!

     

    smile

     

    Samsung i also fele safe with - have a 80g Samsung that has traveld with me from toronto to antigua and now to costa rica and still works great.

     

     

    Pending on what mobo you get - many come with 6 channel audio so you wont need a sound card.

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    Also consider Call of Duty, a tad short, but still, worth playing again, and the multiplayer rocks. Nice graphics, although technically nuthin comes close to Halo until Doom 3 and Half Life 2. And dripping with atmosphere.


    lol

    nothing comes close to a game with graphics over 3 years old and ported from a console?


    you need to get out and play more game s- halo is a horribly coded game and the graphics are old - it has nice "effects" but the general textures and graphics are more basic then your game of hearts in windows..lol

    laugh


    but that is just my opinion - even after playing it on a 9700PRO with all features jacked up.

  12. Posted

    not sure if i had posted this here before - but fdor those of you who overclock your video card - why not make it permanent in the bios instead of strain your card with every reboot smile

     

     

     

     

    Hey all

     

    since most other posts with this have dead links and i know many are too lazy to do searches i have made a zip file with all files needed to successfully flash your nvidia bios.

     

    I have included instructions in the zip file typed out myself (not copied from anywhere else) - i have as of 10 mins before typing this flashed my MSI ti4200 from 250/450 to 305 /505 successfully (as a start - i can go higher)

     

     

    so go on over to www.mathiau.com and grab the files and spread em around!

     

     

     

    for possible questions already answered run over to

    http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=232417&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

     

    or post here.

  13. Posted

    How do you know it is not an OEM - it came from a OEM manufacteur - PC sellers - whom %99 of the time install OEM O/S's??

     

    i am sure if you have the reciep[t if you send off an emaoil; to MS then can send you one - i recall hearing somewhere that if you havea receipt and can prove you purchased the O/S then they will givce you one.

     

    the serial key could be on a sticker on the side or his case somewhere - that is the most common method PC makers use.

  15. Posted

    personally for an FTP server you better of with a 3rd party app like BulletproofFTP (formerly G6)

     

    IIS to me just does not have the options and is too much of a hassle to set up accounts and permissions

     

    as for the rest i got no clue!

  20. Posted

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    On January 24 [1984], Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you’ll see why 1984 won’t be like ‘1984’.”

    This was the pronouncement at the end of Apple's commercial, which TV Guide magazine would later deem the greatest commercial of all time. Aired during the 1983 Super Bowl, the now famous Apple Macintosh “1984” commercial informed the world that the age of modern, home PC’s was coming. Get ready. Here comes the Mac.

    Apple successfully launched the Macintosh 128K on it’s designated date of January 24th, 1984 (although somehow I don’t imagine there were lines out the door of the Apple store, stretching for blocks and blocks and blocks, as seen here). But nonetheless, what a magnificent computer it was. Equipped with an 8Mhz CPU made by Motorola, 128kb of onboard memory, a 3.5” floppy drive, two serial ports, and a gorgeous black and white monitor built into the unit, the Macintosh was the first affordable home computer to include a GUI (graphical user interface). And the price for all that power? $2,500.

    So, one can only imagine my disgust when I happened to see one of these glorious creatures sitting on the curb by a neighbor’s house, patiently waiting to be lifted into the truck by our friendly, local sanitation workers, and then carried off to a dump where it would lay to rest in happy retirement for ages to come.

    I could have reprimanded my neighbors, or I could have let the Mac be taken away. Why do things happen as they do? Perhaps fate intervened, as I’m quite certain I recall seeing a slight shiver in the corner of the Mac’s screen as I firmly grasped it’s conveniently located handle (and taking the keyboard and external drive that lay on the grass next to it). Could it have possibly known all that lay in store for it; my ambitious plans for granting it a new lease on life? Perhaps…




    http://www.primotechnology.com/articles/0104/mac2004.htm

  22. Posted

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    Check out this review, just an observation.

    http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/r9800256mb_gffx5900upd.shtml

    My GeForce FX 5900 is certainly faster then the 9700 Pro.

    And wot a surprise, u have an ATi card... wink


    try reading numerous reviews - i have read more then 50+ reviews on the nvidia +ati cards of this round and VERY rearely nvidia wins


    i guess you dont know about NVIDIA"s driver "optimizations" ?
    well if you dont mind playing your games with entire scense and lighting and shadows missingf - then go nvidia,


    The OTHER problem - is that with certain drivers - you cans et your FSAA to max - but nvidia in FACT only put it to say 2x - so it is not doing what u think it is - this is often why nvidia "appears" to have better scores - because they cheat with their drives.


    I have a 9700PRO - i also have 6 opther video cards - ALL NVIDIA.
    read more reviews and you will start to see a clear picture that NVIDIA is behind ATI as soon as you use AA and FSAA and anything using dx9.

  23. Posted

    what re the compuetrs IP's?

     

    are your sharing 2 diff ip's from your ISP

     

    or just 1 ip - into the router - then your 2 systems..

    ?

     

     

    have you shared and directotories and made sure theya re in the same workgroup?

  24. Posted

    check for any jumpers that need to be set on the mobo to tell it the FSB of the AMD chip....

     

    also a 350w is not very strong for todays cpu's. so use the larger one - if it starts up then shutdown it means you PSU is not good enough.

     

    also - does your mobo handle that cpu... and that ram - alot of mobo makers are picky about what ram you use.

  25. Posted

    the 2.4 is the sweet chip and alwyas has been for the 2.4 (a,b,c) - the 2.6 and 2.8 o/c well - around 3.1 average - the 2.4 however are the ones that u can hit 3.5 with the right parts and cooling on average 3.2ghz and above often on stock cooling and voltage/

     

     

    Also 1 stick of ram overclocks better then anything - but if u want dual channel.

     

    also - it is better to get dual 512 then quad 256's.

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