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    SATA drive show up as RAW in external enclosure

    I recently upgraded my system and removed one of my old drives ( a Maxtor 250gb SATA 150) that had good data on it. (no, not pr0n, get your mind out of the gutter). I thought I had copied everything off of it before removing it, but inevitably I'm missing some stuff now that I know was on that...
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    Installed Windows Home Server - AntiVirus Software Question...

    The problem relates to the driver for the chipset controller that manages the hard drives. During install it says that the storage device is not recognized and asks for a driver. I've tried every combination of driver for the Promise 378 and the VIA VT8237 controllers and I can sometimes get...
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    Installed Windows Home Server - AntiVirus Software Question...

    Larry, Did you install WHS on your Asus A8V box? If so, I could use some advice, since I've spent four days doing 19 different installs without success>
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    I don't see why you couldn't, unless they built something into the BIOS to prevent it. I was thinking about dual booting with XP as well. Where is the BB forum?
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    Dave, That's a very reasonable price for the RAM. Good luck with the BB, did they give you any tips for achieving the 3.6GHz overclock?
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    Yo TJ Maxx - According to the PC Tools diagnostic, 4Gb of RAM has no effect on the overclock, I'm at 3.33 GHz just like always. Maybe it hinders performance on more aggressive overclocks, but the conservative overclock by the factory is for maximum stability rather than maximum speed. As I...
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    Giz, I got it about 2 weeks after placing the order by phone. But, I called them several times for updates because I never received any other contact from them after the invoice on the first day. I have let them know that I wasn't too happy about the lack of communication.
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    I'm glad to see they got the online configurator up and running finally. I'm also really glad I got in early on the DE, since I probably saved about 500 bones. I also have to give props to HP/Voodoo since they adjust their price to reflect the Canadian dollar and we Canucks actually got it...
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    The additional RAM doesn't make a huge difference but I do a fair amount of Photoshop work and it is one of the few programs that can see additional RAM. You are correct that 2Gb is the sweet spot. So unless Photoshop is in your repertoire, you can probably cruise on 2gb until the 64 bit...
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    I did the same thing, just added a couple of sticks of Dominator TWIN2X2048-6400C4D - I think it's 4-4-4-12. After adding it, my Performance Index went from 5.5 to 5.9 Just be aware that Vista 32bit will not recognize it all. Even using the PAE switch only shows 3089Mb on my system. For...
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    giz, Congratulations on joining the 1337 BB community! You won't regret it. As far as your question about noise, I too have an old Voodoo, probably about as old as yours and it is twice as noisy as the Bird. The BB isn't silent, but it's not like an F-18 on afterburner either. It's hard...
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    Mike, You gotta do what ya gotta do, just remember, when all that new stuff comes out in a few months, there will be more new stuff that will come out in a few months after that, and on and on. The big developments with the Intel chip architecture, i.e. on board memory controller , won't be...
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    1. It comes with the full Vista OEM box as well as a system specific recovery disk - 2. I forgot to mention that it comes with a cool Blackbird mousepad that's the same shape as the case - slightly trapezoidal. It also comes with the bonus game software - orange box half life, etc., but no...
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    Mike, to address your questions: 1. I feel it's a good purchase, but I can't quantify it in terms of the case alone. There's a review online that adds up the components in the system and they came up with about $500 for the case and labor. As you know, a Lian Li or Silverstone will run...
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    Voodoo/HP Blackbird

    Yeah, they're cool, loading and unloading is much easier. I did a quick search on the egg and came up with this;)
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