Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 4th 16, 12:42 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 29
Views: 511
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
September 29th 14, 12:22 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 3
Views: 427
RAID disks = PITA in more ways than one
I tried to install Centos 7 on an old PC that had Vista on it.
But installer did not detect any disks. Drove me mad for hours.
Eventually I found out this PC originally had RAID mirror on it.
One of...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 20th 14, 01:56 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,184
RAID disk "degraded" but divorced they are happy
I have a PC setup with RAID1 by somebody else.
It has Asus P6T SE board with ICH10R.
Upon booting, the BIOS whinges that a disk is degraded, giving serial
number thereof. Then Windows also pops up a...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 14th 14, 02:45 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 10
Views: 696
AMD's newest chip
On Monday, August 4, 2014 8:21:30 AM UTC+8, Flasherly wrote:
On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:32:04 -0400, Yousuf Khan
wrote:
but it relies more on turbo to make up...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
August 1st 14, 02:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 10
Views: 696
AMD's newest chip
On Friday, August 1, 2014 2:15:51 AM UTC+8, Flasherly wrote:
12 cores - 8 however are video.
How many watts does it burn up with 12 cores going hammer and tongs?
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 18th 14, 12:17 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 651
A reason I pay for for that card slot?
On Sunday, July 13, 2014 9:36:25 PM UTC+8, Flasherly wrote:
Yes. PCI-E Six Point Ohhhh One. It's the creamy sound.
According to the industry, I don't need more than one, if two, PCI
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
July 18th 14, 12:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 399
building an *OLD* PC will drive you nuts
On Sunday, July 13, 2014 10:16:53 AM UTC+8, wrote:
I needed to test something with old gcc, which meant using version 3.x
of RHEL. I downloaded Centos 3.9, but you neeed a...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 13th 14, 10:27 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 7
Views: 756
PCs that do not power up
Since the late 90s, I have come across quite a few PCs that do not power on.
I have checked out the power supply, the power switch, removed everything
except one stick of RAM, and they still lie...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 25th 14, 11:23 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 380
continuous BIOS beep
I got a PC that emitted one continuous beep - until you switched if off.
This is not listed in the BIOS beep codes. Could have been 1 dud transistor
that switched on the beep oscillator, but then...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 28th 14, 12:31 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 246
Lenovo amaze me
A friend gave me a Lenovo 3000 desktop PC to troubleshoot.
I opened the case and found the mainboard is
GA-G31M-S2L
Eh?
Companies like HP used bespoke mainboards from Foxconn, MSI, ECS or...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 18th 13, 01:20 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,798
WD AV drives not for desktop use
On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 12:50:50 AM UTC+8, Arno wrote:
Fortunately these should be more expensive and not
show up in cheap computers. But some people will
recycle them and run into...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 11th 13, 02:30 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 12
Views: 691
what is the next capacity stopping point
On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:29:30 AM UTC+8, Lynn McGuire wrote:
Now that we have a jumping point to get more than
2 TB in a single drive, what is the next limit of
capacity in hard...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
September 15th 13, 02:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,144
Asus GTX650 "Dust-proof fan" ********
I got this and on the box, it claims that the "dust-proof fan" will increase the life of the card by 25% through increased dust and particle resistance.
What means this? Do they have a peer-review...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 10th 13, 12:26 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 11
Views: 764
best way of copying hard drive to SSD?
Suppose I wish to replace a 500 GB hard disk with a 500 GB SSD.
Should I use the manufacturers data migration software, or can
I just use a workhorse like Clonezilla or Acronis?
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
June 3rd 13, 04:02 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 8
Views: 320
DDR2 1066 dies young leaves a pretty corpse
A few hours a week, I have been testing old PCs donated to charity for re-use.
Recently, started seeing stuff that would have been high-end in its day.
Now every system I looked at with 1066 MHz DDR2...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 13th 13, 07:28 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 160
an old-timer mutters about DDR* speeds
DDR went up to 400 (500 for the top shelf overclock specials)
DDR2 went up to 1066 (1200 for the top shelf overclock specials)
DDR3 is tipped to reach 3000 by the time DDR4 retail desktop boards...
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