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Obscenely slow notebook hard drive

Automatic fix worked just fine. Quick and easy solution to a problem that's been bugging me for two weeks. On the bright side, I've got upgraded RAM and more recent drivers, as unnecessary as it may've been....
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- Post #5
- Aug 9, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Obscenely slow notebook hard drive

Bang. There we go. Read speeds went from 2.8MB/s to 22.4, an eight-fold increase, and burst transfers went from 3 to 89MB/s; CPU utilization went from ~95% during reads to ~4%. Better yet, this fix did the same for my DVD drive, which was to be my next target because I had trouble playing...
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- Post #3
- Aug 9, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Obscenely slow notebook hard drive

After moving cross-country, I'm stuck for awhile with my laptop as my primary computer -- which means I've finally realized how damn slow it is. It's an older Averatec 3225, with a Barton-mobile 2000+, 1GB (single-channel), integrated S3 Unichrome graphics, and a 40GB IBM/Hitachi Travelstar...
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- Aug 9, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Okay G80/R600, but when's the next quantum leap in video?

Sooner or later they're going to hit the point of real-time photorealistic animation, and then devs will go back to concentrating on gameplay rather than graphics. And I don't think that day is too far, relatively speaking. In 15 years we went from 4D Boxing to Oblivion. I wouldn't be surprised...
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- Post #18
- May 5, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Transformers Optimus Prime 20th Anniversary Figure, one big heavy mother! The non-molested 1980's version of Prime!

I remember my parents arguing over this thing when I was about 8 years old because my dad spent three pre-Christmas hours standing in line to buy one. I also remember thinking, at the time, that it was worth it. Ah, the good old days, when toymakers knew about this material called "metal".
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- Post #23
- Jan 5, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Comcastic Billing Price Hikes

Yeah, that'll be the day. The FCC is moving towards inter-technology competition (i.e. cable vs. DSL vs. BPL vs. wireless), not intra-tech competition.
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- Post #8
- Jan 4, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Has a woman ever hit you?

I got cracked in the face by an old girlfriend, but instead of responding in kind I just turned my head back towards her and laughed in her face. For some reason she found that infuriating.
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- Post #132
- Jan 2, 2007
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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HOTHOTTT Seagate 400GB 16MB SATA2 for $99.99 AC and FREE Ship @ Newegg

I had heard the 7200.10 series was annoyingly loud. Has that been fixed?
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- Post #7
- Dec 16, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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BACKYARD SPA $699.99 Harbor Freight

Nothing says "classy" like an inflatable hot tub. I'm putting mine right back of my trailer!
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- Post #2
- Sep 6, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Free Pledge of Allegiance Bumper Sticker

Yep. Since you're all about traditional American values, why not go back to the Pledge as it was originally written in 1892? You know, the one written by a socialist trying to encourage obedience to the state? The one that didn't mention God? If you prefer it the modern (post-1954) way, fine...
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- Post #15
- Aug 22, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Kickass SATA DVD-RW -*OUT OF STOCK*-

That...would be hilarious.
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- Post #106
- Aug 16, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Back to school coupons at BB (30% off) Cracked!

They still honoring the coupons?
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- Post #74
- Aug 8, 2006
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Simple friggin' task for Google Desktop Search

All I'm trying to do is get Google Desktop to generate a list of the photographs I've taken with my digital camera. Shouldn't be hard -- each and every filename begins with the letters "DSCF", followed by four numbers. All are JPGs. So I figured the query "DSCF*" or "DSCF*.JPG" would do the...
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- Jul 31, 2006
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows
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"Thank you, Israel"

I say we make use of a couple of bombs that are scheduled for decommission, turn the whole region into a glass parking lot, and then repopulate it with sane people. Maybe people from Wisconsin.
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- Post #441
- Jul 26, 2006
- Forum: Politics and News
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"Thank you, Israel"

Yep. Hundreds or thousands. I figured with an estimated death toll of around 400, the number injured has to be a couple times that number.
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- Post #437
- Jul 25, 2006
- Forum: Politics and News

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