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Seagate GoFlex Home NAS is very slow

Thanks but i do not have a continuous virus monitor installed. I basically stay away from installing shareware/spyware/take care what files I open and then schedule a full system scan weekly. Virus scanners are like a virus themselves :)
- Serp86
- Post #6
- Jan 31, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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Seagate GoFlex Home NAS is very slow

Oh, I had the impression that it would be a little bit faster. At least reading speeds are enough for HD videos not to skip. Therefore what I am doing for now is transferring files onto it by USB (had another seagate usb dock - the hard disk itself is in an enclosure and you can swap the...
- Serp86
- Post #5
- Jan 31, 2012
- Forum: Networking
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Seagate GoFlex Home NAS is very slow

Hi, I have just bought a new/formatted seagate 2TB goflex home NAS and the setup was very quick and easy and both my computers immediately recognized the drive. However, the speeds are unbelievably slow - copy speed is about 1.5-2MB/s and copying 1gb takes about 10-12minutes. Reviews on the...
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- Jan 29, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Networking
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Audio device not found

Hi. Yesterday all was well - no problems whatsoever. Having changed absolutely nothing, upon bootup today, windows 7 gave me an installing driver prompt and then a driver install failed warning. This was for the realtek high definition audio. Then i downloaded the latest realtek driver...
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- Aug 14, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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A simple 2D platformer for the PSP?

Was wondering - is there a simple 2D platformer (as in super mario) for the PSP? All the ones i've seen (daxter, ratchet and clank, etc) are more like 3D adventures rather than platformers.
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- Jan 5, 2009
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Console Gaming
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About an old game... dating 5 years now... or more lol

Never mind freelancer. Starlancer was the real deal back in the day :)
- Serp86
- Post #10
- Jan 5, 2009
- Forum: PC Games
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Does anyone know this song?

heh yes its recorded from a tv using a phone mic, so apologies :)
- Serp86
- Post #5
- Dec 23, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Does anyone know this song?

No its not it :/ good guess though, and not a bad tune either.
- Serp86
- Post #4
- Dec 23, 2008
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Does anyone know this song?

Been searching for this song for ages now, but I cannot find it anywhere or on any lyrics site like I usually do. It's on a local tv advert, and the lyrics go like this: "and the sun was shining... hey, hey,... life just twists then turns away" for about three loops. I have recorded a...
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- Dec 23, 2008
- Replies: 6
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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System lags every 3 seconds

I performed all the tests, and they do not find anything wrong with the drive. (It did not click every so much seconds during the tests).
- Serp86
- Post #6
- Sep 7, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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System lags every 3 seconds

The problem is that the Aspire one will void the warranty if you open it. And I bought this from the UK, so it would be a hassle to send it to the shop, and then wait for them to hopefully send working one back, not to mention the long wait time involved. Is there anything I can do to verify...
- Serp86
- Post #3
- Sep 6, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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System lags every 3 seconds

Hi This is concerning a 120GB (Seagate Momentus® 5400.4) Acer Aspire one The problem is that every 3 or 4 seconds, the hard disc makes a noise as though its head is being parked, and then it resumes working. It does this all the time, even whilst the OS is booting. The result is that the...
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- Sep 6, 2008
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Install XP on aspire one

Hi Sorry if this has been covered before, but i searched and nothing turned up. Anyway, I recently got an aspire one 150L, and the linux installation just wasn't customizable enough for me. Therefore I installed vista using a USB stick (used an xcopy command from another vista computer to...
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- Sep 5, 2008
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Camera purchasing advice

Yes, but the canon has image stabilization. Do you think thats worth it?
- Serp86
- Post #8
- May 16, 2008
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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Camera purchasing advice

oops sorry. Can this be moved please or do i start another thread there?
- Serp86
- Post #5
- May 15, 2008
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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Camera purchasing advice

Im looking for higher quality pictures than compacts offer, but DSLR's are not required. Ive narrowed the search down to those: Canon S5 IS OR Fuji S9600 (also called S9100 in some countries) Which do you think is best? They are both about the same price.
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- May 15, 2008
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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Remap keyboard keys?

maybe this has already been answered before but i couldnt find anything. Can i remap the extra key some keybaords have to do other functions, such as launching alternate programs? My hp laptop came with keys to lauch the included quickplay application, and it is not very good. Can i remap...
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- May 1, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Keyboards
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Very slow internet browsing on vista laptop

OK WTF Browsing seems to run fine when i created a guest account on the laoptop and tried it from there. So its something in the main account thats screwing around. But what?
- Serp86
- Post #2
- Apr 30, 2008
- Forum: Networking
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Very slow internet browsing on vista laptop

Hi I have a new HP laptop with Intel 3945g wifi, and for the first week it seemed to be ok. However, not it seems as if browsing speed has been reduced to a crawl. Downloads go at a normal speed, however browsing is another story. Google search never seems to work, along with a handful of...
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- Apr 30, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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Can you partition a drive without formatting?

Hy hard disk is 250GB and have 120 free. Can I partition the drive, and make a separate 40Gb partition without formatting?
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- Apr 23, 2008
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Cannot install Vista SP1

they cant install on my laptop (HP DV6000 series) i think i need the hp drivers, but they are not available for my model up to the sp1 driver.
- Serp86
- Post #3
- Apr 22, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Cannot install Vista SP1

Hi I read the technical issue report on windows and it shows that most propably, the issue is the realtech ac'97 chip, since driver versions below 6.0.1.6242 are not supported. I recently bought an HP DV6860ea laptop, and it comes with the realtech audio chip. However, the latest drivers...
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- Apr 22, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Ebay item never showed up

Well, after ordering one of those nice phones from ebay for what seemed like a reasonable price, i was given a dispatch confirmation (no tracking - just that the item was shipped), and i calculated shipping time with royal mail. The transit time should have been 3-4 days. 2 weeks later, the...
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- Apr 12, 2008
- Replies: 2
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Apple macbook questions

Thanks for all the replies. I went ahead and ordered it, but i have two weeks wait till the local store gets them in stock :( For about $70 cheaper, i was offered to take the old model from the store (2.1ghz, 1gb ram, 120 hd), but what im getting now os much better in my opinion for $70...
- Serp86
- Post #6
- Mar 25, 2008
- Forum: Apple
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How to install itouch apps without using itunes store?

No, mine is one of the early launch models and therefore they are not available. Not sure if this is legal, but i went ahead and jailbroken it. My 1.1.4 firmware didnt have the wiggly icons and the homescreen icons from the browser thing (wierd - but a lot of people had the same issue)...
- Serp86
- Post #5
- Mar 25, 2008
- Forum: Apple
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Apple macbook questions

Hi. Im just about to take the plunge and get a 2.4ghz macbook after the recent upgrades. Some minor questions remain, though. 1) Can you set the laptop so that when you close the lid, it remains on? (i.e. not go to sleep - i usually leave the laptop overnight downloading updates and...
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- Mar 24, 2008
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Apple
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How to install itouch apps without using itunes store?

I was trying to install the iphone apps on my ipod touch but can't. Since the itunes store is not available in my country, i guess i'm out of luck. Any ideas?
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- Mar 24, 2008
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Apple
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Desktop drops connection when transferring large files on WLAN

As title says. The connection is fine when transferring small files and both the desktop and the laptop stay online all day long downlading stuff and general web browsing without any drops in the connection. The only problems arise when trying to transfer large files (over 200mb). The...
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- Oct 12, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Networking
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Sapphire X1950 Pro 512mb AGP Help

What video drivers are you using? The catalyst 7.8 and 7.9 have major stability issues with AGP cards. If you installed a driver package recently, try uninstalling and cleaning up using driver cleaner and then installing catalyst 7.7 or even earlier.
- Serp86
- Post #8
- Sep 21, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Crossfire in vista 64-bit

anyone here has two ati cards and vista?
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- Post #2
- Sep 15, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Crossfire in vista 64-bit

After purchasing a 22" monitor, the radeon x1950pro 512mb i have barely cuts it at normal settings in the 1680x1050 resolutions. Luckily, last year when i upgraded i got a gigabyte DQ6 motherboard which has an extra pci-e x8 clot for crossfire support and also luckily, the x1950 pro cards do...
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- Sep 15, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Reminiscing about an old game...

Witch haven?
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- Post #3
- Sep 8, 2007
- Forum: PC Games
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NFS: Carbon, surprisingly good!

I never had issues with it neighter on xp nor vista after the upgrade. NFS: Most Wanted is, however the better game.
- Serp86
- Post #6
- Sep 8, 2007
- Forum: PC Games
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32" TV as a monitor?

Eventually i went with this LG M228WA 22" 1680x1050 mainly because of resolution. And coming from a 15" LCD and a 17" CRT, the experience is life changing :D It has a little backlight bleed only noticeable on a black background but other than thats its superb - no dead pixels also. Very...
- Serp86
- Post #3
- Sep 2, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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bad artifacting with 9700 pro

Take a look at this thread i posted about a year ago: Text Are the pics I posted the same as yours? Basically, my radeon 9700 pro also started acting up. I'm actually surprised yours was still working. If i remember correctly it was a memory issue, that affected the 9700 and9800 family...
- Serp86
- Post #7
- Sep 2, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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32" TV as a monitor?

Hi. I was looking for a TV/Monitor and This One seems to fir the bill perfectly. Also, I have seen it in store with a PS3 (which i'll be using) and it looks simply brilliant. However, 50% of the time it is going to be used as a PC monitor (1/2 games and 1/2 browsing), and i was concerned...
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- Aug 29, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Displays
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Where to start upgrading my car's audio system?

Currently I just have a 40w X 4 standard cd player with just outputs for the speakers on the front and back doors. I think i'll be getting these components and a 50w X 4 mp3/USB headunit from clarion too with aux/in and RCA out. I lose steering controls but get usb and higher power. Guess...
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- Post #4
- Aug 22, 2007
- Forum: The Garage
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Where to start upgrading my car's audio system?

I was considering upgrading my car's (An 06 Chevrolet Lacetti - called a Suzuki Reno in the US) audio system without spending too much. I would prefer not to change the headunit, since then the steering mounted controls will become useless (you can get adaptors, but they are like $150 just...
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- Aug 21, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: The Garage
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Which cards can run 1680x1050 without AA/AF?

yeah i do realise that - been that way since the 9700pro came out, which is why i was leaning more and more on an x1950pro or 7950gt (I have a 7900gt already in another computer, and that can take high settings and 6xAA/8xAF @ 1280x1024 - the monitor's resolution). Oh and BTW, which card is...
- Serp86
- Post #10
- Aug 18, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Which cards can run 1680x1050 without AA/AF?

I was about to build a system for university that is going to be used mainly for internet/research/some rendering and a lot of typing :) However, i am doing it on a tight budget and would like to include a 22 inch monitor with 1680x1050 resolution (reason is i can get an LG L226WTQ cheap at...
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- Aug 17, 2007
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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