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Making use of warranty vs. privacy

For businesses, if they worry about sensitive data on their drives, they usually have a contract with the OEM that allows them to keep failed drives (and still get the replacement) rather than send them back for RMA. Even so, the major OEMs and drive manufacturers aren't going to do anything...
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- Post #9
- Jan 22, 2012
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Cat6 cable and hardware?

I agree with you completely here. You do not want to be troubleshooting in-wall/attic cabling. If it doesn't work, you can try a new end - no go, then guess what? You're now re-running a cable, which is way more than a 5 minute job. With a patch panel, you toss a new $0.89 patch cable in...
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- Post #16
- Nov 15, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Seagate & WD woes because of Thailand flooding.

Considering I bought some 1.5TB drives for $50 each a couple months ago, seeing 1TB for $130 is no small jump. Give it a couple of months and supply is going to thin out significantly as OEMs scramble to secure enough drives to sell systems.
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- Post #152
- Nov 9, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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HTPC Plan - Cutting the Cord - Looking for hardware advice

If you can find a 2TB drive for under $100, and think you'll need it anytime in the next 6 months, BUY IT NOW. There will not be black Friday deals on hard drives that bring them anywhere close to what prices were two weeks ago. A quick perusal of Google shopping for "2tb hard drive" shows...
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- Post #20
- Oct 31, 2011
- Forum: Audio Components
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HDD "crisis" and speculation

You're correct that it is a natural disaster, and that the impact on those people is tragic. This does not, however, negate that, as it relates to computers, this is a crisis. As it relates to global economic recovery, still shaky from 2008, this could cascade into a crisis. The world is...
- mcturkey
- Post #12
- Oct 27, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Seagate & WD woes because of Thailand flooding.

SSD demand will jump due to the lack of supply of mechanical drives, especially in corporate laptops. The OEMs are going to have the bulk of whatever supply is left, and are going to push SSDs in order to secure sales of systems once that supply runs low. That means increased prices and lower...
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- Post #32
- Oct 26, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Negative progress in monitor technology?

Sure there have been significant improvements in display technology. In fact, pretty much every meaningful spec has improved significantly. Compare a modern 20" LCD to a 20" CRT from a decade ago, side by side, and tell me which one looks better. Then look at the price tags, even unadjusted...
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- Post #10
- Oct 25, 2011
- Forum: Displays
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Someone please tell me...

Memory typically runs at 1.5V, so to use 15W per 1GB, a 4GB DIMM would be pulling 40 amps. There is no way that much current is going to be flowing through those tiny traces on a motherboard. http://www.valueram.com/datasheets/KHX1600C9D3_4G.pdf According to this datasheet, that 4GB DIMM...
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- Post #4
- Oct 17, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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SANs

Think of a SAN as one really big computer made up of several smaller computers. Instead of a SATA cable running between the controller card ("Head Node") and the hard drive ("Storage Node"), it's all interlinked via network cables. This allows for massive scalability, while providing greater...
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- Post #13
- Oct 16, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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Computer desk + chair problem

For the best ergonomics and reduction of eye-strain, your eyes should be perpendicular from from the top of the screen. I have a 4-monitor setup stacked 2+2. The bottom 2 are my personal system, the top two are for my work system (hooray for telecommuting). When using the top two, they are...
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- Post #2
- Oct 11, 2011
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Gigabit NICs - PCI or PCI-E? And is Intel worth price premium?

Intel NICs are superior to Realtek and Atheros. Whether or not the price difference is worth it is something only you can answer. My two desktops both have Realtek integrated NICs, and I've never had any problems getting 70-80MB/s transfers, but the HTPC I built a few weeks ago has an Atheros...
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- Post #6
- Oct 5, 2011
- Forum: Networking
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RAID enclosure hit the floor, 1/2 drives dead, how to proceed?

Good grief! I'd call UPS and file a complaint - that's horrible!
- mcturkey
- Post #5
- Sep 24, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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HTPC: AMD vs. Intel

A Core i-series proc isn't really even all that necessary. You can get a Pentium-series Sandy Bridge for significantly less, and it will do just as well playing back video, while still giving you the option of adding a discrete card later on. I found a great deal on a motherboard w/ Pentium...
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- Post #35
- Sep 24, 2011
- Forum: Audio Components
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Will a mechanic easily find flood damage?

Rust on a five year old car? I don't think you should be seeing any rust (of course, I'm no expert).
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- Post #2
- Jul 6, 2008
- Forum: The Garage
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Post a picture that's worth a 1000 words

The text also clearly states that the photographer killed himself just a few months later because of the awful photographs he had taken. Give the man a rest, he felt such anguish that he had to end his life.
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- Post #73
- Jun 5, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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