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Hard drive testing

Aha! Do you have any ideas how to circumvent that?
- JohnGalt47
- Post #6
- Jul 5, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hard drive testing

It actually creates a file on the destination disk called Outfile.txt. I'm going to try another test which will copy lots of data from one disk to another using Karen Kenworthy's program called Replicator. It has the ability to time the file copying. To answer seeminglyrandom's question, no...
- JohnGalt47
- Post #4
- Jul 5, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hard drive testing

I wrote the following little VBA program to test various drives in different computers. All the drives in my home computer test the same. I have two 150 gig Raptors in RAID 0, one 150 gig Raptor X for C drive, one new Velociraptor as D, and a Hitachi 7K1000 1 terabyte drive. They all take 38...
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- Thread
- Jul 4, 2008
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Raptor 150

I have both the old 150gig Raptor drives, a brand new Velociraptor drive and a Hitachi 7K1000. All of them test the same in my computer. I wouldn't bother getting a different drive if it was me.
- JohnGalt47
- Post #8
- Jul 4, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Motherboard/CPU/Memory recommendation for MathCAD

Thanks! Unfortunately, MathCAD does not use multiple threads yet and when I queried them as to whether or not they planned to implement multiple threading they said they did not plan to do so.
- JohnGalt47
- Post #3
- Nov 11, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Motherboard/CPU/Memory recommendation for MathCAD

I need the fastest Motherboard/CPU/Memory combination to use with MathCAD. The emphasis needs to be on which combination allows the fastest floating point calculations. Secondarily, it takes forever for the program to load into memory. Graphics speed is not that big of a deal.
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- Thread
- Nov 10, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Motherboards
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No luck with building computers

It is interesting that you brought up the topic of magnetic fields. I have been thinking the same thing about myself. I must have some kind of magnetic or electrical field that keeps killing the machines.
- JohnGalt47
- Post #4
- Sep 18, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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No luck with building computers

Is it just me or do you have problems with computers that you have built? I have built several and very few of them last. There are a couple that are still going after several years but most of them develop some kind of problem, especially with motherboards. I tend to use premium components...
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- Thread
- Sep 18, 2005
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dually Motherboard with a 5volt, 64 bit slot?

Yes, it was the retail version with all the packaging. At the time I had no idea there were two different kinds of 64 bit slots.
- JohnGalt47
- Post #4
- Jan 30, 2003
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dually Motherboard with a 5volt, 64 bit slot?

Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes a dually mobo with a 5volt, 64 bit slot? I bought a MSI K7D Master and a Tekram Ultra 160 SCSI controller card but they are incompatible due to the differences in voltage and slot configuration.
- JohnGalt47
- Thread
- Jan 30, 2003
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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64 bit PCI boards

I bought a MSI dual processor mobo that has 2 64 bit slots. I also bought a Tekram SCSI 160 controller card. I was surprised when the card would not fit in the mobo's slot. The configuration of the pins and cutouts is different. Would someone please explain why there are 2 different configurations?
- JohnGalt47
- Thread
- Dec 11, 2002
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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AOpen AX4B-533 Tube Motherboard

Has anyone heard of the AOpen AX4B-533 Tube mobo? I'm curious if anyone has any interest at all in it besides me. From an audiophile standpoint, it is too good to be true but for most people I can't imagine it drawing any interest at all. I can't imagine that they can recoup the engineering...
- JohnGalt47
- Thread
- Aug 4, 2002
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Motherboards
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Chaintech 7VJL- KT333

Well.... Somewhat bad news to report. The board will not post at 166mhz even though the manual says it will. Supposedly it has a 1/5 divider but something is not right with the implementation. See the review at http://www.viahardware.com/kt333apogee_1.shtm which seems to agree with my...
- JohnGalt47
- Post #11
- Jul 29, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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Chaintech 7VJL- KT333

After all was said and done, this thing runs like a champ. The reason it appeared dead when I first tried to crank it up was that the picture of the front panel connector in the manual looks 180 deg. out. Also, the cpu speed jumpers are not explained very well in the manual. In any case, all's...
- JohnGalt47
- Post #9
- Jul 27, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards
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Chaintech 7VJL- KT333

I just received my 7VJL from newegg. It is deader than a doornail. I have checked the jumpers but it still will not come on. Also, the board is a little different than the manual. One of the jumpers on the board is not in the manual.
- JohnGalt47
- Post #8
- Jul 24, 2002
- Forum: Motherboards

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