Hardware & Devices

The specification is 1.8V. Higher voltages are used by idiots trying to overcome the fact that at higher-than-rated speeds (overclocked modules), there isn't enough time for the outputs to stabilise at the level required to detect a value transition. I can't honestly remember whether a high voltage represents a 1 or 0 bit these days. Using higher-than-rated voltages means that the inherent R/C (resistance/capacitance) junctions within the circuit will take less time to charge and will therefore stabilize more quickly. It also means that more power will be dissipated and therefore more likely that the chips will overheat and melt the very thin metal traces joining parts of the circuit, meaning failed chips. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

I see, ok, well thanks.. It's an interesting little program anyway. If I come across a fujitsu scsi drive, in the near future I'll drop you an email on what I find out. Wish I could be of more help. It's interesting issue.. Progload

I've got a Latitude D820, without a docking station. But it's got a nice screen - not that TrueLife cr*p that the consumer-level models have. But even with a 1.66 GHz proc / 7200 rpm drive / basic video card / 1Gb ram I get some of the fastest compilation speeds I have ever seen! Or maybe that's 'cause I'm not including any Windows files... But in any case, I've been *very* happy with it. Just a hint, if you didn't think of this already - make sure you get the OS installation disks - and XP pro, at that. Not home or mce. That way you can wipe your hard drive and get rid of all the OEM stuff that's pre-installed. And then install drivers via Windows to avoid even more unwanted software. My .02 cents ;) Mike

Thts correct, at idle you should have 40 and while running at full load you should not go beyond 45 with a perfectly installed cooling system. For me since I overclocked it from 2.94GHz to 3.33GHz.. my temperatures are acceptable. -Pavan

PREMSONBABY wrote: Is the BIOS able to detect a USB device without the help of an OS Possibly, it depends on the BIOS int he machine. PREMSONBABY wrote: is it possible to access the bios details of the system, using the low level program in this USB device The machine would ahve to support booting off a USB device. Most new machine can do this. Install DOS on it, and write your code as a DOS app in C or C++ and it should work. As for HOW to read the BIOS stuff, you'd have to consult the programmers guide for the BIOS your working with. Check with the manufacturer's site to see if you can get some information on it. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

EscapeKey wrote: 1.) If I buy a pc with RAID 0, later, can I change it to RAID 1? Is it just a matter of setting jumpers? Backup all your data, re-build the RAID array as RAID1 (this will delete everything from the drives), restore the system from backups. No jumper settings are used, just software. EscapeKey wrote: 2.) For RAID 1 config, if one drive fail, do I get any notification in such failure(so that I know it had failed)? How do I get my data back from the working drive? You should get a monitoring program with the RAID controller that tells you about drive failures. Replace the failed drive with a wworking one and the array will be restored automatically.

You cant use any usermode libs or dlls in a kernel mode driver. You can use ntoskernel.exe, hall.dll, ndis.sys and so on. Truth is the subjection of reality to an individuals perception

I think this one can do any tape drive. give it a try. It's down about the middle of the page. http://www.inostor.com/support/support_tape_utility.htm[^]

Did you try another hard drive on your motherboard? It's possible the port is bad. In either case, you're best source of information is ASUS, not us. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Im not sure its helpful for you but see here[^] _** **_ WhiteSky

It seems you need to WMI _** **_ WhiteSky

How about asking Lenovo support[^] about it? Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

You could try posting to hardforum.com. While thier overall focus is on highend gaming systems there's enough overlap with other highend hardware that you should be able to get some input. Overall relyability of SuperMicro if nothing else. PCI-X is an obsolescent standard, so finding support for it on new boards is going to be an issue.

There is such a thing as apci graphics card, that is not pci-express. These cards generally ar not as popular and most shops will not stock them, but you can get them. You can probably get up to a 128MB card, maybe 256MB, but the downfall is lower graphics bandwidth. If you are not using it for very high performance, it should be fine, Gaming, Video editing, a PCI Graphics card should do the job. Ask your local pc store if they can get them or browse online. Tip: If you go into a shop and you don't see certificates, chances are, the person may not know what your talking about, always go to a trained professional. Posted by The ANZAC

http://www.codeproject.com/system/DevMgr.asp[^]

FWIW, I bought a laptop recently which has a Duo E6x00 in it, and I'm quite happy with the performance; lest you think I am easily pleased, I'm running some heavy duty number crunching (matrix transformations etc) at the same time as stuff like a SQL Server 2005 and development environment :) I have a Pentium D with the same RAM and similar load, and although it's a higher clock speed, it's slower... Steve S Developer for hire

http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5050&PN=2&TPN=2[^]

install windbg.exe (free downlload). then use it to open the crash dump you will find in your system dir, or in your minidump dir. note the offending .sys file it names as guilty, then identify which device this driver belongs to by searching the internet/looking at the properties of the sys file etc. then bitch like hell to the company that sold you this pile of crap driver. Truth is the subjection of reality to an individuals perception