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New to raid

I can attest that software RAID5 is fairly sluggish when it comes to writes. This is even with an Athlon X2 4850e (2.5GHz×2) and a trio of 640GB Caviar Blue drives. Whatever you do, don't put your pagefile on a software RAID5 drive. As for the failures that the people above mentioned, I...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #7
- Oct 12, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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ARM announces 2GHZ -Dual Core Processor

That's not entirely true. Recall that a great deal of hardware logic is coded in C and is abstracted by the HAL. That was done so that the NT kernel could be ported to numerous architectures, which so far has included i860 (not released), x86, MIPS, DEC Alpha, PowerPC, IA-64 (Itanium) and...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #22
- Sep 25, 2009
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Athlon II X2 (Regor) overclocking?

From what I've read over on the Asus forums, it is because your BIOS doesn't recognize the CPU, so it doesn't know that it should enable the extra power phases of the motherboard. So, your processor is basically power starved and/or isn't receiving clean power. People who have spoken with...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #13
- Sep 25, 2009
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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ATi 5850/5870 review thread

Do we know yet if the 58xx series supports AMD Hybrid Graphics? I've been looking at a number of mid-level 785G boards to replace my Nv570 board. The onboard video of the 785G is more than sufficient for the majority of my computer use, so I'd really be happy if I could toss in a Radeon 5850...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #528
- Sep 25, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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MSI K9N SLI Platinum w/ Athlon II-X2 "Regor"

The unanswered question is why the K9N doesn't work with AM2+ or AM3 processors, officially or otherwise. MSI tech support is using the defense that AM3 is completely incompatible with AM2 boards. We now know that is not true. MSI tech support will not answer questions about...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #6
- Sep 21, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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MSI K9N SLI Platinum w/ Athlon II-X2 "Regor"

A user by the name of wwenigma over on the Asus forums is claiming that they were successful in using an Athlon II X2 Regor 240 in their Asus M2N-E. Another user by the name of sorance2000 claims to have used the 250 in their board, and was even able to overclock it to 3.5GHz. The M2N-E is...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #4
- Sep 21, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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MSI K9N SLI Platinum w/ Athlon II-X2 "Regor"

Harsh comment. Why the hate? Using an unsupported processor on a motherboard before a BIOS update is released is nothing new. Go look at the CPU forums going back to the days of the 486 and you'll see plenty of stories of people dropping new and third party processors into their...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #3
- Sep 19, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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MSI K9N SLI Platinum w/ Athlon II-X2 "Regor"

For those of you interested in installing AMD's latest dual core AM3 Athlon processor in an MSI K9N SLI Platinum (Nv570-SLI, Skt AM2) motherboard, don't bother. The system will not POST with an Athlon II-X2 processor installed. Disappointing, but hardly unexpected. I have read elsewhere...
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- Thread
- Sep 18, 2009
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS M4N78-Pro

Cool, thanks for the info.
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #14
- Aug 8, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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ASUS M4N78-Pro

Can anyone who owns this board comment on how hot the Northbridge chip gets? I used to have an ATI 740G board, and one of my biggest issues was that the Northbridge was so hot, it was painful to the touch. I eventually dumped the 740G because of driver issues with X11 under Unix, and am now...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #12
- Aug 7, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Text-to-Speech is getting kind of scary...

I grew up with the SAM speech program for the Commodore 64. So hearing these computer voices like this are a bit unnerving to me.
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #11
- Aug 7, 2009
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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question: re-install Windows when upgrading MB?

You may need to. Your old P5B-E uses a P965 northbridge and ICH8R southbridge while your new P5Q uses a P45 northbridge and ICH10R southbridge. I've found that when changing northbridge chipsets, even an incremental generational change, can cause device drivers in Windows to have issues...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #2
- Aug 17, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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I finally sold my last HD DVD player

The main reason I picked up the HD-DVD player in the first place was because it was cheap (~$40 shipped). By the time I have paid for an HDFury, I simply could have purchased a nice upscaling DVD player like a Helios H4000. Furthermore, the wording of that HDFury link was slightly vague...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #17
- May 28, 2008
- Forum: Audio Components
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I finally sold my last HD DVD player

I just picked up a Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD player last week for about $30 plus shipping and I'm already ditching it. About seven years ago, I bought a first generation Toshiba 34" 1080i HDTV. I also purchased a middle-end Toshiba 480p progressive DVD player. Not a bad system, especially with...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Post #6
- May 19, 2008
- Forum: Audio Components
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[RETRO] System Manuals for Acorn System 2 & 3 Needed

Hello all, I've come across a couple of old Acorn System 2 and System 3 systems. Unfortinately, the systems did not come with any of the documentation. I've found one site with a few snippets of the System 2 manual in ASCII TXT, but I'm interested in a scanned copy with original diagrams...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Thread
- Nov 15, 2007
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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School zones in Washington State are 20MPH, even if signs state otherwise

According to an article (2nd item down) in the Seattle Times, a woman in Everett, Washington was cited for speeding in a school zone while driving 30 MPH, the posted limit when children were not present. No children were nearby at the time of her citation. The judge who reviewed her case...
- Lucky Stripes 99
- Thread
- Oct 1, 2007
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Politics and News

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