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bump, still having problems :(

BIOS definitely sees the drives, and the ports definitely work, both have been tested. I've even made it as far as verifying that Windows can see the drives as registry entries change to the appropriate drive model number when I change them out. Just need to figure out what I can do to clear...

Bump I'm definitely seeing the drives in the registry, I can see the model numbers listed under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi, the appropriate drives seem to be properly detected when they are plugged in, and disappear when I switch to the other drive. I feel I'm just missing...

OK I will first be upfront and admit something I know I shouldn't have done. For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to try and hotswap a couple of SATA drives to see if it would work. It didn't. My problem now is that neither of the drives appear to be recognized in Windows. When...

I'd say all 4 of the machines in my house are gaming capable. My wife and I each have a gaming desktop PC with some decent hardware... quad core CPU's, gaming video cards, lots of RAM, etc. Then we have a laptop that sits on the coffee table that is capable of playing WoW, not with high graphics...

For several months I ran an HTPC with a standalone card (8800GT I believe), and ended up stealing that card for my PC and installing a 780G motherboard. I couldn't notice a difference. Even 1080P video plays just fine. I believe the processor I am using is a 4850E.

After looking around a bit, this seems like a good mic: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006I51V/ref=s9_subs_c1_s1_p267_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1V2M34EQCHHHFM3Z69KF&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383351&pf_rd_i=507846 Although I'm still drawn towards buying the PC 350...

I've always used my Audiotechnica ATH-A900 headphones while gaming, and switching over to a smaller Sennheiser headset if I need to use a mic. I moved recently though, and it looks like the headset might have been broken in the process, as one of the earphones is no longer attached. I thought...

The 8800GT is a newbie to me. It was originally bought for an HTPC before I started playing, but since I've started, my old card (7900GTX) didn't seem to be cutting it, so I downgraded the HTPC, knowing that it was overkill, and used the parts in my desktop. My GF however, also has an 8800GT...

I'm just wondering what people are suggesting as the best video card for WoW right now. I'd like to be able to play with all settings maxed, at 1680x1050 and still have good frame rates. Are there any cards that are able to pull this off on a reasonable budget? I am not necessarily looking for...

I can definitely vouch for 780G, I've had a setup with that chip running for a couple of weeks now, and it's been great. Absolutely no problems with 1080P or any other kind of playback. The hardware I am using is an Asus M3A78 Pro motherboard with an AMD 4850E and 4GB of DDR2-800.

I'm sure you're not missing anything. I had figured that since my mobo and the SATA card both have a RAID option, that it was built in to the 3114. I know I could probably get by without the card, but I felt like one of the mistakes that I had made with my current computer was using the...

The time has finally come to upgrade my computer, and the last problem I need to take care of is how to deal with a pair of stripes disks I have. Currently, I have 2 750GB drives in RAID 0, plugged into the motherboard. The mobo will be getting scrapped in the upgrade, and I've purchased a SATA...

That's the thought that went through my head when it happened, I just figured eh it's probably just a ground or something, no big deal. Maybe I was right. My humble apologies, I thought orient at first too, but remember having heard the word orientate used in conversations before.

At the risk of terrible embarassment, I am just too curious and have to post this. About a week ago, my gf's computer died. I determined it was the motherboard, so I bought a replacement, no big deal. The fun came when I was putting it back together, the CPU wouldn't fit in the slot, and I...

I have 2 machines at home, a PC which I use for a bit of light gaming (just WoW really), and an HTPC that is dedicated to running MediaPortal. The hardware on my PC is a bit older (Opty 170 @ 2.4, 7900GTX). I don't know if this is unusual, but it doesn't seem to run as well as I would like it...

I kind of like this contract, I'm sure you could make it work for you: http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2006/06/13/free-contract-for-web-designers/

I've been trying to figure out what my options are to expand my storage system, while increasing reliability. NAS seems like the way to go, but I haven't had much like finding any systems with large capacity that are out of the box solutions, which is what I would prefer if possible. One I...

What are people's opinions on placing a PC near a large speaker (or enclosed subwoofer)? My apartment is fairly cramped, and with 2 PC's in the living room, I am having a hard time finding a way of keeping them distanced from my home theater speakers. Is this common sense that I don't seem to...

After a whole lot of waiting and saving money, I just bought a new box about a week ago, and I am already running into what seems to be quite a major issue. My system configuration: Asus M2N-E AMD 9750 2.4ghz quad core Corsair TwinX 4gb kit XFX 8800GT 512MB PC Power & Cooling Silencer...

I recently bought a dedicated HTPC box, so I am starting to play with my desktop again now that it has been relieved of its HTPC duties. One thing I was thinking of doing was installing Windows Home Server. My system consists of a few hard drives in the desktop box that store all my media files...

Totally overkill. But it has to last at LEAST a few years (I'd like to get 5 out of it), so if it has to be a little bit extreme now then so be it (plus it's more fun that way :)). It will see a lot more than just playing media files too, it will have to do a lot of encoding (3 tv tuners and a...

Alright, I just bit the bullet. I ended up going with: AMD Phenom 9750 2.4ghz quad core Asus M2N-E mobo Corsair TwinX 4gb ram XFX 8800GT 512mb PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W PSU Silverstone Lascala LC17B Samsung Spinpoint 1TB Seagate Barracuda 500GB Samsung DVDRW Came out to...

If what the above said doesn't work, try going into the Network & Sharing Center (I believe it's called) and you should be able to pull up something like a list of saved wireless networks, or networks you've connected to or something. If you see yours in there, delete it and then try to connect...

Hopefully someone here can answer this for me: I am in the process of building a new HTPC. This setup will likely include another box running WHS or some other Windows OS to hold my drives and function as a media server. The box that will acting as the server has dual gigabit NICs. The...

Maybe I'll give the networking thing a go and see how it plays out. It will be easy enough to switch back if it's a failure. While it could handle HD video, my process for downloading content involves downloading it onto my laptop and cleaning it up and copying it over the network to my desktop...

The box that will be acting as my server if I go that route has dual gig ethernet ports, so it would be nice to take advantage of that to move data between it and the HTPC. Otherwise, my router is only 100mb and it already sees a ton of traffic as it is. It seems like it would be the more...

Basically all you are suggesting then is to keep my drives in another box and sharing them on the network? Easy enough, I've actually thought about doing that already. As far as networking it, would it be possible to bridge the two connections, ie: run an ethernet cable between the server and...

So what would your recommendation be then? I do have a desktop that I can use to store drives in, and it's pretty much available to be used as whatever I like. What would you buy in terms of hardware, and how would you configure the two machines to work together?

So this one might be for those with some proficiency in Frontpage, but here goes: My scenario is this. I am the webmaster for my organization, and I've been working for several months on redeveloping our site. The scheduled launch date is quickly approaching and I am trying to put together a...

I am definitely a media hog so I'm not sure that the case will work. I really like the looks of the SIlverstone Lascala LC17B. I believe I'm going to be stuffing 5 hard drives (2x1TB, 2x500gb, system drive) in there from the get go, so lots of room is a big thing for me.

So I finally have the money saved for my new HTPC, but I am still on the fence as to what to buy. I have a basic idea, but still haven't decided on anything. I do have some parts that are going to be salvaged from my current desktop, those being 2 tuner cards and a few hard drives. I need...

I am putting together an HTPC in the near future, does anybody here happen to know if the Silverstone Lascala LC17B case will fit an 8800GT and allow me to keep all of the drive cages intact?

I just asked my girlfriend, and she said yes it is worth it. Also, she told me she wishes I had 4 more inches :(

Do you have any idea if the M3A-H has Silicon Image RAID? Starting to consider that one as well.

Once again, thanks. That looks like a really nice motherboard, just what I'm after. The sucky thing is that I'm in Canada and Newegg won't ship to me. I can always find a way around that I guess. Is that coax output good enough to get all the signal I want? I am using a digital coax...

Thanks for the good reply. By every day stuff, I mean that this thing is almost always in use. I'm often watching something on the screen and recording more than one TV show at once. I also have my system automatically compressing all my recorded shows from dvr-ms format to mpeg4. The main...

I'm in the preliminary stages of buying another PC. When I do, I was planning on taking some of the drives out of my current PC and putting them into the new one. Currently, 2 of the drives are in a RAID 0 array, using the onboard RAID. What are the chances that these drives will work fine if I...

I've been an HTPC hobbyist for long enough now that I think it's time to build a dedicated HTPC and let my poor, tired desktop take a break. I primarily play downloaded TV shows and movies in DivX format, with the occasional 720p or 1080p TV ep or movie. It works fine on regular files, but it...

Won't do any good. He is using an IR system, that RF repeater is only good with RF remotes like the 890 and 1000. Is it the IR receiver that doesn't work? Any more details on that? How did you program the remote? Which IR codes are you using and where did they come from? You might not...