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Sean replied to MSI K7T Master-S

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05-01-2004, 12:05 PM
Yup, same here. That's why it took me like five years before I started purchasing WD drives again

My critical systems get RAID 1 or 5, scsi or ide. My most critical machine has mirrored 36GB Cheetah X15s and nightly near-line backups to a mirrored ATA set [i]and[/i] nightly Onstream ADR2 tape backups with tapes stored in a fireproof safe and one tape per week stored offsite. Can never overprotect your data!Yup, same here. That's why it took me like five years before I started purchasing WD drives again

My critical systems get RAID 1 or 5, scsi or ide. My most...

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Sean replied to MSI K7T Master-S

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04-30-2004, 02:06 PM
Just to give this thread some closure, thanks to Topcat for hookin' a brother up! Recapped board works better than new.

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Sean replied to Antec True430 ATX Supply BAD CAPS ARRGGHH!![NOT 56K FRNDLY]

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03-24-2004, 08:25 AM
One other thing...can't excessive heat swell an otherwise good cap?

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Sean replied to Antec True430 ATX Supply BAD CAPS ARRGGHH!![NOT 56K FRNDLY]

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03-24-2004, 08:24 AM
Noooooo not Antec Truepowers too

Has anyone had a Sparkle/Fortron or PC Power and Cooling PSU exhibit this?

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Sean replied to MSI K7T Master-S

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03-13-2004, 05:01 PM
My Cheetahs at work have the regular thermal-recalibration clicking sound ADU is referring to. The IBMs, however, are 7200rpm ATA drives and their cringe-inducing clicking can best be described as "Do not put anything important on this drive". A third 120GXP in that machine doesn't have the click. But they all still work and have no bad sectors so I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

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Sean replied to MSI K7T Master-S

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03-13-2004, 12:20 AM
Sure, here's a couple:

[url]http://chaosnetwork.org/sysinfo[/url]
[url]http://rieselsieve.com[/url]
[url]http://ultimatechaos.com[/url]
[url]http://n3ijw.org[/url]

The rest are just development/test sites primarily. Nothing terribly exciting but it keeps me fairly busy. Time spent learning is never wasted!

I run my 120GXPs on a VP6 as well...CO-EENKY-DINK? Had that board forever it seems, running two CuMine 700s at 933MHz 24/7/365 serving files, mail, and running a remote syslog daemon for my FreeBSD boxes. It's been rebooting itself...

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Sean replied to MSI K7T Master-S

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03-12-2004, 11:06 PM
The way I see it, all drives [b]will[/b] eventually fail, and it's just a matter of being aware of that and having a contingency plan. And sometimes it's simply a matter of picking the drive that has the best warranty (and RMA process). Oh, and a little RAID lovin' definitely can't hurt.

Fujitsu makes an insanely great enterprise SCSI drive...the same cannot be said for their desktop drives. But no manufacturer is immune, one could make a case for or against [i]any[/i] HDD manufacturer in business today. Heck, last year one of my customers had a newish Seagate Cheetah X15 headcrash,...

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Sean replied to MSI K7T Master-S

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03-12-2004, 11:06 AM
I love Quantum scsi drives. Haven't had such good luck with their IDE drives, though. And the word "Bigfoot" still makes me recoil in horror. But their SCSI drives r0x0r my s0x0rs, i've deployed dozens of them with no failures (yet). WD I used to despise, but they have come around nicely. There was a time when you couldn't [b]give[/b] me a new WD drive, now I run them in most of my machines at home.I love Quantum scsi drives. Haven't had such good luck with their IDE drives, though. And the word "Bigfoot" still makes me recoil in horror. But their SCSI drives r0x0r my s0x0rs,...

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Sean replied to MSI K7T Master-S

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03-12-2004, 11:03 AM
Yeah, it's really frustrating. It's my webserver, I run about 14 domains out of my house (just as a hobby and not as a commercial endeavour). Then again, you get what you pay for and the boards were under 50 bucks a pop so what can I say.

Though I suppose there is something to be said for the board, it still [b]works[/b], surprisingly. I've since moved my web services to a different machine with an Intel mobo, but this machine is still running and cranking out RC5 blocks. You may have noticed the fire extinguisher close at hand.

The case is an Antec 2U26ATX300XPR,...

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Sean started a topic MSI K7T Master-S

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03-11-2004, 07:44 AM
MSI K7T Master-S

I've lost not one but two of these boards :evil:

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[url=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/punchcard/badcaps.jpg][/url]

The rest of the caps are ok, just the five clustered by the CPU socket are bad. Can't remember the values offhand, I'll check em when I get home.

:evil:I've lost not one but two of these boards :evil:

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The

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