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How do I stop this stupid rattling?!

I have an Inwin Q500 case that has 2 high speed output fans and 1 input fan, in addition to the intake/output fans on my Enermax 330W Whisper PS. Everytime I put on the 3 outer casings (top, left, and right), there is a slight rattle that drives me insane. The server already creates a...
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- Aug 28, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Where's my P-LAN?

Ever since reading about Media Fusion's idea to piggyback terabit/second data signals on power lines two years, I have anxiously been waiting for the time that we can all get brain jacks installed and go day-tripping in a digitized world ... yeah. But, inspite of my deluded fantasies, I've seen...
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- Aug 3, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Networking
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Use of PCAV or multiple lasers for CD-writing?

I'm just beginning to wonder as the 20X CD-R drives start hitting the mainstream -- how much longer can you go with constant linear speed writing before you hit a wall? I know there is a rotational limit where the dyes begin to deform, and also physical limits where the disks actually shatter...
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- Jul 19, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Win 2K questions. This is driving me nuts!!

I don't have Win2k installed at work, but I could have sworn there was a Beep thingie in there. Mainly because I had an issue at some point.. hmm.. maybe you had to do it through the registry... Try searching your registry for "beep" -- at some point I did it =) But I can't remember...
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- Jul 13, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Win 2K questions. This is driving me nuts!!

Go to your MMC control for system services. Change the status of the system Beep service from Automatic to Manual. Then stop the service if you want.
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- Jul 13, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Anyone know what "EZ_1-2-3 ActiveX Control" is? Or determining components of an installed app?

That's a component library that is installed, usually, in your system directory and registered in your registry. The only way I know of to get a list of registered components and libraries on your system is with Visual Studio. You can use regsvr32 from the command line to register and...
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- Jul 10, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Why do some CD-ROM drives choke on a particular disk?

One of the biggest factors in terms of CD and drive readability is the tolerance of the laser to irregular or low-reflective portions of a surface. CD's work -- obviously -- by reflecting light. On a professionally mastered CD, physical pits and lands (hills and valleys) are etched onto the...
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- Post #4
- Jul 8, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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HS Fit on a CUSL2 and CUSL2-C to replace Orb

I want to replace my current orb HS/fan solution with a non twist solution for application of better thermal compounds. I need to know if anyone has any experiences with fitting the following on CUSL2 boards, and if there were any issues with the blue thingies (transistors, eh? =) that are off...
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- Jul 6, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Remounted with Arctic Silver, no change, is ok?

I have 2 P3 systems, both with Thermaltake Golden Orbs on CUSL2 based motherboards. When I say re-mount, I mean I wiped off the thermalpad from the Orb/CPU and put arctic silver instead. Before the re-mount, I had idle temperatures around 33C on my P3-733 and 41-2C on the P3-1000. This is in...
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- Jul 3, 2001
- Replies: 7
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Can't burn a thing with Plextor 12/10/32A!!!!!!

Well, there several things you can try, all of which may or may not work (always nice to hear =): Try putting the Plextor drive as the master on the secondary IDE. Are you sure that you've setup the jumper settings on the Plextor drive correctly? Make sure its not in CSEL or CABLE SELECT mode...
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- Post #2
- Jul 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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ATA 100 help!

Try reading these: Post 1 Post 2 >> btw, ATA/66 is fine as the drive cannot go above 40MB/s True, both ATA/66 and ATA/100 cannot SUSTAIN above 37MB/sec. However, ATA/100 can get bursts of over 100MB/sec, while ATA/66 cannot attain bursts over ~75MB/sec (usually). You have some options if...
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- Post #6
- Jul 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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DMA or U-DMA....How to tell???

Can I give you the engineer's reasoning .. probably not. The qualifier of UDMA spec (2, 4, 5) is supposedly the multiplier for the clock rate of the data bus. Though, I don't think it's a constant clock rate that it's multiplying -- otherwise UDMA 5 would be somewhere near ATA/88 =). Maybe...
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- Post #6
- Jun 21, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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IBM 60GXP Clicking! please advise..

I have 4 75GXP drives, and if it makes you feel any better, I've had all of them click on my like that before =). Have never had any faults, crashes, or integrity issues related to the clicking either. From what I gathered, it usually happened when the drive was reaching the maximum of the...
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- Post #2
- Jun 21, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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DMA or U-DMA....How to tell???

DMA and UDMA are drastically different things. DMA includes the Quantum spec up to ATA/33. If your motherboard is based on the BX or earlier chipset, this is your highest possible throughput. If your MB is any earlier, it probably only supports PIO modes. Generally, DMA or ATA/33 can be...
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- Post #3
- Jun 21, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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HELP - Necessary/Unnecessary Files Running

I have a couple questions to ask you: * Why are you running Win98/ME? =) * If you were running Windows 2000, I'd say that on a 1.2GHz Athlon with 256MB of ram, the least of your worries should be rundll, rnaap, and the device management processes. Most of the applications that you're referring...
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- Post #2
- Jun 20, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to tell if running at Ultra ATA/100MHz????

Dunno, I'll look into joining it. Thanks for the comments. -- c
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- Jun 20, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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How to tell if running at Ultra ATA/100MHz????

It's not 100 "mhz" but that's besides the point =). You can tell if your drive is running at ATA100 in several different ways: * The drive is configured for UDMA 5 (ATA/100) by default. You can make sure of this by looking at the BIOS info page that prints as your computer is...
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- Post #2
- Jun 19, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Winimage Help

CDRWin (Goldenhawk Software) Adaptec EZ CD-Creator (Adaptec (Roxio)) ahead Nero (ahead Software) For reading and possibly (I dunno) creating or manipulating image files: Isobuster There are other like WinOnCD. Many programs have something like an image writer (ie Nero) that will write out the...
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- Post #2
- Jun 18, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Splitting partitions

The only way to do this without reformating and re-partitioning is to attempt to use some sort of dynamic partitioning software like Partition Magic. You can't "emulate" partitions the way you're implying.
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- Post #2
- Jun 1, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Is thermal grease really that bad

Taken directly from Arctic Silver's website: Don't eat it. Don't squirt it in your eye, nose, ear, or any other accessible body orifice. Don't give it to children or leave it laying around where kids can get a hold of it. Don't smoke it. Clean it off your skin with dish detergent (Dawn...
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- Post #2
- Jun 1, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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2000, Nero 5.0.3.8, Yamaha CRW8424EZ ... and problems =)

My problem was fixed by upgrading to Nero 5.0.3.9 -- it's not available on the nero webpage, because it fixes Yamaha-specific problems. If you don't have a problem, I don't suggest you upgrade: Nero 5.0.3.9 See CDRInfo for more info.
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- Post #4
- Feb 18, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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2000, Nero 5.0.3.8, Yamaha CRW8424EZ ... and problems =)

The whole "Disconnect" and "Asychronous Transfer" option dialog is a part of Microsoft's 98 driver package. I don't have a problem under 98. Windows 2000 includes a different set of drives for CD and hard drives. The only option you have available to you through the device...
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- Post #3
- Feb 17, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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2000, Nero 5.0.3.8, Yamaha CRW8424EZ ... and problems =)

So, I don't have Intel's ATA Storage driver installed, my CD-RW is running in forced PIO mode right now (no DMA whatsoever), and I'm having a problem with Nero 5.0.3.8 in Windows 2000. I can burn a CD (any cd -- ISO, VCD, etc), and afterwards, the CD appears to be burned, I get an...
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- Feb 17, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How to make a short-cut in Windows from the command-line?

Is it possible? Like a link command in unix?
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- Jan 28, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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ATA 100 in Win2k with Promise controller?

The fact that they're recognized as "SCSI" has nothing to do with the Promise controller, but moreso with how Windows handles mass storage controllers. In order to facilitate control of such devices, Windows (and Promise as a result) configure their device drivers to recognize the...
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- Post #2
- Jan 26, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 98 ScanDisk and Defragmenter problem.

The Windows9x task manager only shows you (for the most part), active applications running your system. It does not include system processes and/or other services started by third-party applications. There's a couple things you can do to see if something is writing to the disk. Make sure...
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- Post #3
- Jan 26, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Getting rid of floppy seek at Windows 2000 Login?

How? Can I? Why does it seek the floppy while logging in anyway? What could you possibly have in there that could be of any relevance to login? I'm not referring to the floppy seek at boot, so please don't refer me to a BIOS setting. I'm referring to the floppy seek that occurs as the login...
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- Jan 22, 2001
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Operating Systems
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a few win2k/98 dual boot questions...

Not if you want to keep your sanity. Details. Windows 98 doesn't really understand what it means to be a "Dual Boot" OS. Everything about 98/98SE likes "C:". You may be able to modify your MSDOS.sys to make some changes, and go through your entire registry, but it's not...
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- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 2000: Moving User Profiles?

My you people are helpful today ... err, nevermind. In any case, I went ahead and did it, here are some tips for anyone who wants to do it as well: Copy the entire "Documents and Settings" folder to your desired location. If you're going to use Windows copy, make sure you have all...
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- Post #2
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 2000: Moving User Profiles?

Anyone have any experience with this? Is it sufficient to just change the one registry setting for "ProfileList" and move all the folders to that path? Will this update all environment variables like %USERPROFILE% on boot? Do all programs refer to %USERPROFILE% when they try to find...
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- Jan 22, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Problem: win2k - dual pentium, CPU use is always around 50% w/ nothing running... (memory problem?)

I had a problem similar to this when my CUSL2 (single processor) didn't like my memory configuration. At boot-time the CPU utilization would be 0%. As the machine continued to run, the CPU utilization would gradually increase in idle mode. After maybe an hour of uptime, the CPU would idle at...
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- Post #2
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Questions about tweaking Windows2000 before reinstall.

Also, does it really matter if both Windows 2000 and 98 use the same "Recycled" directory? ie, are the files in the same format?
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- Post #2
- Jan 20, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Questions about tweaking Windows2000 before reinstall.

Thanks to everyone who answered my previous questions, so here are some new ones to keep you all occupied! =) Windows 2000 creates this "Documents and Settings" folder which keeps all the pertinent information about users on the system. Well, personally, I hate the idea of a...
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- Jan 20, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Before I reinstall Windows 2000, tell me...

So anyway, most of 2000 was working perfectly. 815E INF drivers, ATA driver, SP1, all without problems. System was up and running without a single crash. However, I decided I still wanted 98, so I decided to repartition and install 98 on C, before I ever consider re-installing 2000. Here's a...
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- Jan 19, 2001
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Gah! WTF is with this Liveware! and Win2k?

Dxr3 decoder card.
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- Jan 19, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Gah! WTF is with this Liveware! and Win2k?

Well, other than the fact that I can't get the PC-DVD player to play w/o setting digital only output, what the hell is up with the following: Everytime I empty the recycle bin, it BEEPS. Not like a chord beep, but a PC Speaker BEEP. Like "BEEP!" (gah! argh!) I had to record a .1...
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- Jan 18, 2001
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Motherboard Monitor 5.04 & CUSL2 Question

MBM 5.04 picks up 4 sensors for my CUSL2: Asus 1 (MB) Asus 2 (PS) Asus 2 CUSL2 (CPU) Asus 3 (??) "Asus 3" is always -32 C.. have no idea what this is. BUT, "Asus 2" is 11 C, which I assume is the thermal sensor from my Enermax Power Supply. BUT, I can only select one of...
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- Jan 18, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Motherboards
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A MUST READ for any CUSL2 series owners.

This is my own personal public service announcement for any owners of the CUSL2 series boards. I want to thank Stormblade5000 for introducing this information on the www.cusl2.com board. This message is being posted to multiple locations, and I hope that anyone that finds this will forward it...
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- Jan 17, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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A MUST READ for any CUSL2 series owners.

This is my own personal public service announcement for any owners of the CUSL2 series boards. I want to thank Stormblade5000 for introducing this information on the www.cusl2.com board. This message is being posted to multiple locations, and I hope that anyone that finds this will forward it...
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- Jan 17, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Motherboards
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Video Memory/CRC/Disk Integrity Question

(See the link at the bottom for specifications of my system) Is there any software out there can test video memory? I'm wondering because of a couple of things. For the past 3 months I've noticed a data integrity issue when all my drives are in DMA mode. (It may have been longer than 3...
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- Jan 16, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building

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