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    Can I change processor on the fly?

    Similar results to someone giving you a brain transplant while you were driving down the freeway :rolleyes:
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    WHS OS drive replacement thoughts.

    I had my WHS OS get corrupted. Took out the OS drive, attached it to another box and deleted all partitions. Put the drive back in the WHS and attached both data drives and booted off the install CD. The WHS go straight to Console Recovery, installs OS and sees all the files on the data drives...
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    Why Are Heatsinks Nickel-Plated?

    It looks nice. Nickle using either electroplating or electroless nickel plating. While both are thin, they are more than a few atoms thick. In the case of plating copper, it prevents oxidation which inside the typical computer case only effects aesthetics. If the nickle was actually preventing...
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    Samsung F4 firmware updated, ETools questions

    SMART has no effect on performance.
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    How to overvolt a hard drive

    A 7,200 RPM drive will not spin faster with higher voltage. Buy a 10,000 RPM drive, before you hurt yourself.
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    is my fan leaking oil?

    Oil from the fan bearings would never show up on the tip of a single fan blade without showing up on the paper on the hub. Whatever lubrication is in the fan bearings are located in the fan's hub area. If it came from the bearings there would be dark streaks from the hub outward. You may have...
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    Windows Home Server FAQ

    For the PlayonHD to wake the WHS, the Lightsout client software would have to be installed on the PlayonHD and be able to generate a "magic packet" to wake the WHS.
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    EIST/C1E vs. VID (?)

    It changes under different conditions. With EIST and C1E enabled under idle the multiplier is 6 so the CPU speed is about 2 Ghz (333Mhz bus speed x 6), and needs less voltage. Under load the multiplier is 9, the CPU speed is about 3 Ghz and needs a higher voltage.
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    WHS vs Drobo

    Drobos are for photographers who work on iMacs, i.e., people who are only interested in what computers can do, not how they do what they do. For them Dorpbos aren't slow because they otherwise use USB drives. They have about the same chance of setting up a WHS system as the do a nuclear...
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    Samsung F4 2TB drive question

    The F4 does not need any alignment or special formatting. It uses emulation and appears to have 512 B sectors to the OS, so no issue when used with WHS v1 or XP.
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    Need dual core to OC that can do stock voltage

    Motherboards adjust the voltage to the CPU depending on what VID is reported back to the MB. No matter what CPU you put in it will get the correct voltage to run at stock speeds. Usually the CPU can be OC'd 25-30% without any boost to the voltage. The E5xxx CPUs are a good place to start. I had...
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    Unlinked vs. Linked FSB:RAM

    I know this can be done with Nvidia chipsets, but I don't think so with Intel chipsets.
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    Home Server vs. Appliance

    I built a WHS based on a G41 MB, E5200 CPU, 1 Hitachi 1TB system/data drive and 1 Samsung F3, 2TB data drive & Antec EA380 PS. With both drives spinning at idle it draws 43w from the outlet. I have the power settings to power down the data drive after 20 min and then it draws unde 40w. (The...
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    250W 80 Plus Gold PSU?

    This is probably your best bet for a good, efficient, reasonably priced PS: SeaSonic SS-300ET Bronze 300W ATX12V V2.3
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    P5N-D/Q9550 Thermal Throttling Issue

    According to the ASUS site The E0 stepping of the Q9550 has been supported since BIOS 0701. Latest BIOS is1401.
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