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    AMD Motherboard - No Video. Doesn't Work?

    I have MSI K9N Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP motherboard. Recently I was having problems with one of my HDs freezing during transfer, so I RMAd the HD. Then I saw the same problem with another HD. After switching cables, the problem seemed to go away, but then I restarted the...
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    Looking for a good cheap HDD

    Not to disappoint you, but yesterday both tigerdirect and amazon had this drive: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Black-WD1001FALS/dp/B001C271MA/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header for $69. That's right. Now it seems the price is gone. I posted the one for tigerdirect here, but by the time I...
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    Where do you guys buy DVD+R DL media (preferably Verbatim)

    The prices are close enough. Yes, if you're buying 5 and are not getting charged more than about $10 for shipping and 0 tax, then it is a few cents cheaper. I need only one cake and for those looking for a small volume purchase, amazon is the best in this case. But Rima has great prices and...
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    Where do you guys buy DVD+R DL media (preferably Verbatim)

    I looked around all the links suggested here, including ebay. I think the best place to buy is amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-96542-Dual-Layer-30-Disc-Spindle/dp/B001D8OGOO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1259302393&sr=1-2#productPromotions. When you figure in free shipping and no...
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    HITACHI Deskstar HD31000 1TB

    Holy crap: let me solve you your problem: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4426054&CatId=2459 !!! $69.99 for a WD 1TB GREEN Drive. It doesn't get any better than this right now. I am getting it. Add to that: No tax if you're from CA (it's like 10% now...
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    HITACHI Deskstar HD31000 1TB

    Ancient cognomen or not, I have seen recent polls in several hard drive forums where in terms of reliability the top drives are WD and Seagate. Everything else is far behind. My experience is N=1, so it doesn't mean much, but in years of building computers for others and myself I have not...
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    HITACHI Deskstar HD31000 1TB

    Be VERY careful with deskstars. A quick search online will show you that they are called DEATHstars. My 750GB is not working properly right now and it is only 10 months old. The packaging was good from newegg. Personally, I will not be experimenting with my data like this again. I'd rather spend...
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    Hard Drive Failure: Is anyone familiar with this issue?

    Here is example of the screen I got after my scan was done Didn't get anything reported beyond light gray.
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    Hard Drive Failure: Is anyone familiar with this issue?

    I already transferred over 200GBs out of the drive. Had to reset the computer at several points along the way, but I was even able to transfer out a single 18GB file. So all my important files are now on three drives. I hope that at least one of them is functional. I also ran the MHDD from the...
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    Hard Drive Failure: Is anyone familiar with this issue?

    Well, maybe you've been lucky. Here, look at this: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/packaging3.htm. It says at the top that those packages will "void your warranty."
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    Hard Drive Failure: Is anyone familiar with this issue?

    If English is your second language, maybe I can understand. Though considering that it is my third, maybe I should not. Anyway, read what I wrote again. I am talking about the packaging requirements and how they are ready to void my warranty if my packaging is "only" as good as the ones provided...
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    Hard Drive Failure: Is anyone familiar with this issue?

    I can't believe this crap. I just submitted an RMA, and look at what Hitachi REQUIRES to ship back the HDD: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/packaging2.htm. The damn packaging alone might cost me like $20 plus shipping!!! These guys are totally nuts. I am going to call them.
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    Where do you guys buy DVD+R DL media (preferably Verbatim)

    Hah!!!!! Beware - these guys were implicated in the sale of FAKE Taiyo Yuden about three years ago. I remember it was all over CDFreaks. I wouldn't trust them. Try Rima.com instead, especially if the pricing is similar.
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    Where do you guys buy DVD+R DL media (preferably Verbatim)

    I thought that this site http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=DPLUSDL had the best deals, but I guess I was wrong. At least it's a good place to get genuine Taiyo Yuden, though they don't make DL yet.
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    Hard Drive Failure: Is anyone familiar with this issue?

    You might find this incredible - I did a couple of tests of transferring and found out that the drive freezes when I try to transfer the files into my backup HD (which is an IDE WD 320GB) but it does not freeze at first when I transfer the files to my empty SATA WD 320GB. So I tried transferring...
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