These people should be pissed at scanner companies, and not MSFT. He can find it "inexcusable" all day long, but it isn't going to make a closed-source, proprietary driver that runs on Vista pop out of thin air. I can now confirm that my scanner does not work Vista. I'm not personally mad at anyone...

incredible driver/device support... I read that many older scanner drivers won't work and you may have to install a VMware Server and put a Windows XP virtual machine on it if there is no Vista driver. Is this true? I doubt it. Most of the things people say about Vista at this point in time aren't ...

ciz28 wrote:incredible driver/device support...

I read that many older scanner drivers won't work and you may have to install a VMware Server and put a Windows XP virtual machine on it if there is no Vista driver. Is this true?

Yes I have problems with counterfieted car parts that might fail and cause injury and death, or dodgy drugs that might containe the same shyte that drug peddlars put into their wares, and copied books and other goods. However when you are talking about something that actually has substance, just ho...

The Sempron looks cheaper and easier to cool than the Celeron. I'll consider it, thanks.

I need to put together a new computer for family, for basic stuff like the web and email. It just has to be quiet. The cheapest pre-built system I can find locally is based on a Celeron D 331. How loud is its stock fan and would it be possible to simply lower the fan speed to say 5V without overheat...

So JBOD may not be supported by each SATA connection? The P5W DH specs are: * Intel ICH7R Southbridge o 1 x Ultra ATA33/66/100 (data transfer rate up to100MB/sec.) o 4 x SATA 3.0Gbps ports o Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 * JMicron JMB363 SATA/IDE controller o 2 x SATA 3.0Gbpsinterface (1...

I'm looking for a board to use with Core 2 and numerous hard drives, say at least 5. Can anyone name some boards with numerous SATA and some ATA connectors?

I know of:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe: 8 SATA, 2 ATA
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6: 8 SATA, 1 ATA

This sounds like a serious and widespread problem. I'm going to avoid this heatsink for now.

For harddrives of these sizes, are there specific brands whose products are always significantly louder than others such as Seagate? Over the last few years I've bought only Seagate and Samsung drives and am unfamiliar with the rest.

Chrissicom wrote:Shortly said, keep your computer running 24/7 it will greatly increasing its age .

Ooh does that also mean I can live longer if I work 24/7 and never sleep (as opposed to sleeping forever after a week)?

Is it harmful to the drive to turn it on and off often?

How loud is the fan on a typical stock GF7 card such as the 7900GT, etc. say compared to a panaflo or a quiet PSU like Enermax Noisetaker?

(Is there a retailer for G450 (16mb) in Canada other than T****D*****? I read some rather bad reviews about them.)

Amourek wrote:

shunx wrote:Unplug the stock fan, then blow a quiet 5v fan at the heatsink. I've been using this for 4 years.

I did this on my TI4200 a few years ago... died after 3 months.

In that case, a Your Mileage May Vary disclaimer is hereby added.

Found a cd$14 price for the G450 in Canada, cd$28 after shipping and tax, but the only dealer that sells it is disreputable. Anyway, Asus V9400-X/TD at slightly over cd$30 is cheaper than the V9400. But it seems to have incompatibility problems. Now looking at a Powercolor Radeon 7000 at cd$44. Does...

Thanks, though I found ASUS V9400 GEFORCE4 MX 4000 is available for under $50 Canadian.

Unplug the stock fan, then blow a quiet 5v fan at the heatsink. I've been using this for 4 years.

Can anyone name some cheap fanless cards with dual monitor outputs? It's for office use only. Thanks.

Will the list be updated anytime soon?

well, based on the FAQ and some posts, I would guess this is ok. I'd especially appreciate feedbacks from those who are running at least 4 drives. Again I'm mostly concerned about the spin-up power spike.

I'm about to add a 7200.8 SATA drive to one computer with 3 7200.7 ATA drives. The computer has Athlon XP1800+, GF4 Ti, 512mb DDR, a DVD burner and runs on a Nexus 300watt PSU. Think this is safe (eg during spin up)?

Well this is from Seagate's site, for the 200gb model: http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/sata/st3200822as.html POWER REQUIREMENTS: +12V START-UP (amps) _2.8 POWER MANAGEMENT (Watts): ACTIVE _______________13.5 IDLE _________________9.0 STANDBY (typ/max) ____2.0/ That looks like 1.1A on the 1...

How much do SATA harddrives use on the 12V, say a Seagate 7200.7? I already have three 7200.7 ATAs running on a Nexus 300w so I have to start being careful.

Did you hear any coil whine?

They spin up at the same time. I must admit I was a bit nervous the first time I turned the system on... But it has always remained trouble-free. If the 12 drives consume 1.5A each on average on the 12V at spin up, for a few seconds they would hit 18A on the 12V. I don't know what'd happen if I ran...

Anyone sees these drives anywhere yet?

Jan Kivar wrote:HDs consume the most power when they spin up. That's why SCSI allows staggered spinup (HBA starts the drives).

Some questions:
1) about how much current is on the 12V when a HD (say, a 7200.7) spin up?
2) which controllers if any allow for staggered spinup for ATA and SATA drives?

Lliam wrote:Doesn't the harpsichord sound like two skeletons copulating on a tin roof?

You know, a family member of mine also thinks it sounds like scrap metal banging on each other. Unfortunately she doesn't care much about classical music.

Please be aware that it calculates a worst case scenario where all components are stressed to the max at the same time. This rarely if ever happens in real world, unless you do it purposefully. Well, if one uses a RAID array with lots of drives, all of them would be constantly in use at the same ti...