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Time to restore with Acronis

In my experience Acronis restore timings depend as much on your mainboard's chipset. For example the VIA chipset (I have an Asus A8V mainboard) is not supported well. Although Acronis works with VIA chipsets, timings are really slow. This is well documented on the Acronis support forums. On the...
- FlirtyToad
- Post #9
- Sep 10, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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I want to buy a new HDD - SATA II + NCQ

SATA I is sufficient today for desktop use, but SATA II adds some interesting hot-swap functionalities. The Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA drive with 16GB buffer cache is a brilliant drive, I have 2 of these. (The absolute fastest SATA drive today is the WD raptor series, but these cost a factor...
- FlirtyToad
- Post #8
- Jan 23, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Looking at hard drives

I am extremely impressed with the 74GB raptors. They are perfect as boot drives. The 2nd drive in my PC is the new Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA 16MB buffer 250GB. This drive is additionally in a removable SATA mobile tray. I am very pleased with the above combination.
- FlirtyToad
- Post #4
- Jan 22, 2005
- Forum: Peripherals & Components
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Diamond Max 10: what do you guys think of these 16mg sata hdd

We are all waiting for Storage Review site to publish review of the Seagate 7200.8 drive. In the meantime the forums on Storage Review contain a number of threads on this topic. You might be able to draw a conclusion from these threads (not always easy mind you!). One consensus I did see...
- FlirtyToad
- Post #7
- Jan 21, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Diamond Max 10: what do you guys think of these 16mg sata hdd

Check-out [=Storage Review]http://www.storagereview.com[/L] which has an excellent review of the Maxtor drive. You might also want to consider factors such as noise and heat.
- FlirtyToad
- Post #4
- Jan 21, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Asus A8V dual channel memory problems... can anyone help?

Last point: I have the rev. 2.0 mainboard. Check your mainboard revision, it is printed on the mainboard somewhere. Sorry I can't help you further.
- FlirtyToad
- Post #8
- Dec 25, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus A8V dual channel memory problems... can anyone help?

I can add that I have BIOS 1007 which came with mainboard. Since all is working for me I am going to wait before flashing any new revisions. If it ain't broken............
- FlirtyToad
- Post #6
- Dec 25, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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best mainboard for a64?

I just did the same analysis, although our requirements probably differ in some areas. Anyway, I narrowed it down to 2 mainboards for AMD socket 939: 1) Asus A8V Deluxe (remember to get revision 2.0, since some problems with earler rev. 1.0) 2) MSI Neo2 something based on Nforce3 chipset...
- FlirtyToad
- Post #2
- Dec 25, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus A8V dual channel memory problems... can anyone help?

The plot thickens! After reading your last post I opened my case and checked my setup. I have my 2 stickes in slot A1 and B1. This is what is mentioned in the manual, see section 2.4 System Memory, table 1 Recommended memory configurations. Do you really have your 2 sticks in slots B1 and B2?
- FlirtyToad
- Post #4
- Dec 25, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus A8V Deluxe Wireless Edition rev. 2.0 success

No question, just sharing my experience. Hope it is of use to someone!
- FlirtyToad
- Post #3
- Dec 25, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus A8V dual channel memory problems... can anyone help?

Firstly I would remove Asus probe. I always remember having problems with this piece of software. Secondly check this site: http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=2 I did 2 things: 1) I got the latest VIA 4-in-1 drivers here. 2) I also followed advice on the forums of above site...
- FlirtyToad
- Post #2
- Dec 25, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus A8V Deluxe Wireless Edition rev. 2.0 success

Hi, This is my first post on these forums; so let me start by sharing the following success story. Just assembled a new PC and have been running for 2 days now: Asus A8V Deluxe Wireless Edition rev. 2.0 mainboard (out-of-the-box BIOS 1007) AMD socket 939 3000+ Winchester 90nm CPU...
- FlirtyToad
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- Dec 25, 2004
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards

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