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    Business router/security device recommendation

    I'm looking to retire a Cisco ASA-5510, which is discontinued and out of support contract. We are considering another Cisco, however, I work in a very small team whose expertise lies mostly in software development and server admin, and not networking. We likely use less than 1% of what our...
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    Stupid question: backplane/cage size limits

    A lot of 4-in-3 HDD cages with backplanes, as well as USB external enclosures, have specs like "up to 3 TB HDD supported". Do these specs actually apply/matter? ie. Any reason not to put a 4 TB drive in? Especially with a backplane, which I would expect to be nothing more than a direct...
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    Windows 7 won't install/run on HP DC7800p

    I have an HP DC7800p convertible Minitower, and i'm trying to get Windows 7 on it. (Dual core, 6GB RAM...) I've tried installing from two different Win7 DVDs, as well as a flash USB installer, which I have confirmed work on other PCs. The installer hangs, with a corrupted screen during...
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    build help - storage system

    1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc ZFS running 6-8 hard drives. (16-24 TB range) Plex media server transcoding [one - two max] 1080p streams. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Flexible 3) Which country do you live in? If the...
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    Best drives for RAIDZ (TLER, URE, cost, etc.)

    I'm trying to decide on drives, and have been doing a lot of Googling. Unfortunately, no drive seems to meet all the recommendations people are making. Specifically, don't use drives with TLER, and insist on 10^15 URE. Option 1: WD Red drives Pros: Cheap Cons: TLER isn't recommended for...
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    Build help - small FreeNAS

    Would anyone be willing to make recommendations for a parts list on a small FreeNAS build? I'm out of the loop on PC building, having lost track of chipsets and socket numbers years ago. Re-using: - Nothing Requirements: - As low cost as possible (main goal) - ECC preferred if...
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    Cheapest possible FreeNAS build in Canada?

    I'm curious to see what the cheapest cost of entry to a 4-drive NAS would be. More than 4 SATA ports would be a bonus for future expandability, but if we boot off of something that isn't SATA, I'd entertain only 4. I have an old P4 box which could work, but it only has 4 SATA ports, has high...
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    Phone wiring termination

    So, real stupid question here, but what is the current practice for wiring up phone lines in a house, at the point at which service enters the house? I ask because I recently bought a small 70's home, the basement closet has a few runs to wall jacks haphazardly chained with those little red...
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    TELUS Smartphone Retention - good deal?

    My Telus plan: Clear Choice $50 (100mins+500MB+Unlimited to 5 friends) (I pay 0.15 per text) Voicemail Free w/Plan Caller ID $7 --- $57 Bell offers: (On 3 year plan, and after taking a Palm Pre [I don't care about the device]) $50 -$15 Promo = $35. (100mins+500MB+Unlimited to 5...
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    Mac Pro - DDR800 instead of DDR667

    I'm getting RAM for a Mac Pro (2x dual-core Xeon) that takes DDR667, but I can get a far better price on DDR800. I've seen varying reports of success with this, but not a lot of decisive answers on this. With a non-Apple PC, you can use faster RAM at the lower clock-rate. Can I do the same...
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    Headset for office phone

    I've been Googling trying to find a headset but the ones I'm finding are either $300 and wireless, or use a tip/ring/sleeve mini-jack, which isn't suitable for a desk phone. My Google-Fu is failing. What's a good starting point for finding a CHEAP (since I may not be able to expense it)...
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    On-board LAN not working?

    Only a couple months old Gigabyte UD4P motherboard. The LEDs aren't coming on when I connect Ethernet. Is it safe to assume that if the LEDs aren't even coming on that it's not a BIOS problem? I've tried connecting to 2 ports on the router, and directly to the modem, and I've used 2...
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    Win7 - Users directory on another drive

    I'd like to modify my Windows 7 install disc so it will put my Users directory on another drive. I was able to do this with XP by using nlite and would like to with 7 as well, perhaps with the WAIK as last I heard the *lite people weren't planning a Windows 7 release. For example, C:\Windows...
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    ICH10R+2xG2 X-25M .. AHCI or IDE?

    I've seen so many threads where people are being told to switch to AHCI from IDE, or to IDE from AHCI that I thought I'd just ask which is preferable in 'most circumstances'. Which should I be using for a RAID 0 of two G2 X-25M's on a ICH10R? Windows 7 will be going on the array, if that...
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    Newer version than repo offers?

    I've got two servers; one running CentOS, the other, Openfiler. I'm trying to establish an rsync operation between the two. Openfiler box has rsync 3.0.3. CentOS box has rsync 2.6.8. And I'm getting errors indicating the discrepancy is an issue. When I "yum update" the CentOS box, it...
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    Gigabyte UD4P - RAID question

    The UD4P seems to have: 6x SATA ports off the ICH10R 2x SATA ports off the "Gigabyte SATA" chip off the PCIE bus. both of which are capable of fakeRAID 0/1. I will be configuring 2 Intel SSDs in RAID 0, 2 WD 640's in RAID 1, 2 additional HDDs as deep storage, and 1 SATA optical drive...
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    Did I break it? X850 won't power up

    I was working in my system swapping a hard drive, and when I powered it back on it did the "fan twitch/shut back off immediately" thing that happens when you get a short. I systematically unplugged stuff until it turned out it was my ATI x850 AGP. When it's unpowered it displays an error...
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    i7 on horizon - advice

    I've been out of the system-building loop for a few years (last build is a P4 from 6 years ago still going strong) so I'm still back in the FSB world, not quite comfortable with QPI, etc. Essentially, for my future i7 build (waiting for Win7) I'm not looking to overclock any components. Call...
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    Yet another 2408WFP saga

    Got two Dell 2408's (rev A01) and they both have an atrocious blue cast through most of the screen, pinkish at the lower left. Was looking for 24" displays and wanting to avoid the viewing angle problems of TN panels and got a ridiculously good deal on the Dells. To put the issue to rest, I'm...
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    Advice - shooting RAW

    I've shot JPEG for years. I'd like to start using RAW. On top of its technical advantages, I think it will "force" me into better workflow habits. Right now I'm dumping the card's contents manually (copy/paste) into a folder with the 'dump' date in the name. The files stay named IMG_xxxx...
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    Bad house wiring --> High-pitched whine

    So I just moved into a new place, and my APC UPS lit up "building wiring fault" when I plugged it in. Stupidly, I ignored it and plugged my PC straight into the wall to see if the outlet actually worked. It emitted a high pitched "whine" almost immediately, prompting me to unplug it again...
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