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I'm seriously considering building a system with the FT02 and a Nofac CPU cooler, but I have some concerns about using a fanless PSU with the FT02. Both the Silverstone Nightjar NJ520 and the Seasonic SS-520FL Platinum Fanless 520W (on which the Nightjar is based) have printed warnings...

I would like to run an HD 3850 (PCI-Express) with an Accelero S1 Rev 2, but I am not an expert on graphics cards (and I'm totally new to ATI), and would appreciate some help on choosing a card. My main requirements (other than silence) are reliability and stability. The main use of the card...

I have actually now been able to identify, without doubt, what installation has generated the reference to the DgiVecp.sys driver: it is a Dell 1815dn (multifunction laser printer). It seems to be operating without the driver, but it would be reassuring to be able to obtain and install the...

Thank you for the links. I had not come across the second link, but based on that I have been able to disable it in the System Hardware panel. Many thanks.

In Event Viewer, Service Control Manager is regularly reporting that DgiVecp failing to start. Internet searches have found nothing about DgiVecp(other than that it may be related to an esoteric Samsung printer, but the only Samsung device that I have ever installed on the PC is a memory...

You're right - I'm sorry. Although I had in other respects set up the users in the same way, I hadn't yet set the password on the new PC. I have done this now, and everything is OK. Many thanks for your help.

Thanks for the response. Yes, I do.

I am trying to add a PC to a home network (comprising 2 existing PCs, and a 3rd new PC, all operating WXP), with a workgroup (rather than a domain). The two existing PCs communicate with each other without any problem, but when I try to access the new PC from the existing PCs (or visa versa)...

I have received the X3350,. It booted up without any problem in the IP35 Pro, and so far is running without any problem. It's early days, but I think that the gamble has paid off!

Good news . . . and bad news. I received the X3350 today (it had taken a week to clear Customs), and it booted without any problem in the IP35 Pro with its the pre-installed BIOS. I next successfully updated to 1.6 beta 10, and it re-booted again perfectly. The BIOS reported the...

I am about to build a system with 8GB memory (for Photoshop, it's a case of the more RAM the better), and need to know whether I can simply physically install the memory, or whether I need to change the motherboard BIOS settings. I will need to flash the motherboard BIOS to get it to recognise...

Ah.... According to the Abit BIOS download page, V.14 is compatible with the Yorkfields, but from what you say this might be a little optimistic. I've got my X3350 on order, but it looks as though I shall have to buy a basic LGA775 as well. :( I'll post my experience sometime next week...

Yeah. I've seen the Abit list, and there's no mention of either. But the blurb on the IP35 does refer to 45nm compatibility, and so I guess that they will be bringing out a BIOS that will be compatible. But I don't have an old (definitely compatible) LG775 processor, and so if I need to...

There are a number of threads mentioning using an X3350 in place of a Q9450. I had always thought that Xeons were more stable but also slower than mainstream processors. I had also thought that Xeons were much more expensive than mainstream processors, and required a different chipset (and I...

Thanks for a very interesting review. I do have some sympathy for Spine’s views on the use of the word “silent” (although not for how he expressed them), since some time ago (when I was a little more naive than I am now) I purchased a power supply described as “silent” only to find it was the...

Do the current Western Digital SE16 drives support SecureConnect? I understand that the WD5000KS did when it was launched (and in fact the retail version shipped with SecureConnect cables). But I have seen a reference to the WD5000AAKS no longer having a molex connection, and I can find no...

I'd be interested getting general impressions, including for example: Does it do what it says on the box? Is it reliable? Is it a good solution from a price/performance point of view? Does it have any serious drawbacks? Thanks

I am looking for a lower-end 4-port or 6-port hardware-controlled RAID controller for a workstation. I've already considered 3ware 9550SXU-4LP, but ruled it out because I don't want to restrict myself to a motherboard with a PCI-X slot Areca cards, but ruled them out because I want a...

Thank you for the advice, Rembrandt and drizzt81. It's very helpful. I'm thinking that it might be better to wait until I can afford the 9550SX, which appears to have much better reviews - and a much faster write speed with RAID 5.

Thank you for your comments, uOpt. Unfortunately they do not help me, nor I suspect will they inform others who hope to learn something from this thread. protias, unhappy_mage and Madwand, thank you for your advice, which is very helpful. It will help me in drawing up my system design...

I intending to build a RAID 5 workstation, and am trying to get to grips with a couple of RAID issues. 1. I understand the need, from a security point of view (in case the boot sector is corrupted), to keep the Windows system separate, but I thought that it was sufficient to keep it on a...

I am looking for a 4-port SATA RAID controller in under to set up a RAID 5 configuration, and I know that 3Ware has an excellent reputation. But according to the only review that I can find (gamepc.com ) the RAID 5 performance of the 9500S-4LP is patchy. Does anyone have any practical...

Much as I like SATA drives in general, I am appalled by the poor specification of the cable connectors - the power cable, but more particularly the signal cable. I quickly replaced the cheap cables that came with my motherboard with some cables supplied with my RAID card. But these were only...