jimwhite

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  1. Until then it's the second "r" word removed from my vocabulary, along with retirement...
  2. A lot of the RAM/Voltage/MB problems were resolved when the Enhanced Performance Profile portions of the SPD standard were added.... before, the SPD was often populated with the advanced performance mode, which required more than 1.8V, only... and the motherboard would obligingly read the SPD and set the timing as such, but if your MB was set on AUTO for it's ram voltage, the RAM only got 1.8V and failed... catch 22 on setting up the motherboard... NOW, the Jedec (first read) portion of the SPD gets set with some rather slow timings (stock?) so that the RAM will work at 1.8V, and the EPP profile in the SPD has the advanced timimgs which require more volts...
  3. Maybe it should have been Re-Store instead of Restore
  4. Some of these guys probably think they're dl'g a pirated version
  5. Starnge... I've never beeen able to get this to work...
  6. Which version of VMWare? IIRC, Server2 Beta (free) creates different version VM's from Server 1.6 (free) ...
  7. actually, it does... IF you have enough RAM... Weebotech posted about this somewhere, you might want to search his posts...
  8. jimwhite

    Why ReiserFS?

    Yes... the Disk Management module allows this....
  9. Stay where you are... unRaid doesn't exploit dual core/cpu...
  10. the Abit AB9pro goes regularly for about $80 at Newegg and has 9 SATA connectors internally, 1 ESATA
  11. okay, so that begs the question .... who's the most "experienced" father around here My oldest is 37... :'(
  12. I had a thought.... does anyone see any reason NOT to try installing (or hammering ) unRAID into FreeNAS ??
  13. Check out monoprice.com , they have the exact same card, rebranded, lower price
  14. can you point us to the Bird Clip, I couldn't find it....
  15. Bubba... care to post your slackware 12.1 config file (for building) as a starting point?
  16. Another thing to consider is that efficiency ratings are highest at some particular percentage load.... i.e. using a 750 watt PSU at 500 watt load may be less efficient than a 600 watt PSU at 500 watt load.... the reviews at silent pc talk about these things...
  17. Well I have... I have two 6 port PCI cards of an I don't recall manufacturer ( ) that advertised jbod support but it's only 2 drives jbod
  18. No mention of JBOD, so unRaid might see it as a single drive (Raid)....
  19. I headed over to monoprice.com to order some sata cables this morning and it ocurred to me that many of you may not be familiar with monoprice, the ONLY place to go when you need cables... their stuff is very high quality and priced WAY below most other places. Try buying a 50' HDMI cable from anybody else for $54 !! Meanwhile, I noticed this morning that they had SATA and ESATA PCIe cards, SIL chip, exactly like Newegg's $25 Rosewill cards for only $16 !!! check 'em out!
  20. A better question would be are there any affordable 8 port PCIe cards available yet