Computers and Related Hardware/Software

2 Mar 2007, 09:56 #3301

Bah, i really could use another hard drive.

*waits for sales*

2 Mar 2007, 10:19 #3302

krim wrote:Bah, i really could use another hard drive.

*waits for sales*

New Fry's ad tomorrow.....! :woot:

2 Mar 2007, 10:46 #3303

krim wrote:Bah, i really could use another hard drive.

*waits for sales*

I suggest you go with a Western SATA instead of Maxtor. At least these are the competitive ones I'm told... but I suppose that wouldn't matter....you're waiting for a sale! :hehe:

:victory:

2 Mar 2007, 11:59 #3304

no SATA controller. :puppydog:

2 Mar 2007, 12:18 #3305

NO SATA? :sweat: how about throwing out a dvdrom drive if you have one. Then you can have up to 3 internal HD's and a burner.

If not you can always go for external drives, or replace small drives with larger ones. 500gb drives are rather cheap now.

2 Mar 2007, 12:26 #3306

krim wrote:no SATA controller. :puppydog:

You can always add in a PCI SATA controller card, ne?

2 Mar 2007, 13:08 #3307

woah woah woah... back up people.. :rofl:

i've got enough connectors for 7 more internal drives (4 UW2SCSI, 3 ATA/133), my power supply on the other hand couldn't handle more than 2 more. I've already got 4 other backup drives on my Firewire chain.

i just need to find a 200'ishGB drive at a good price.

bmwracer wrote:
You can always add in a PCI SATA controller card, ne?

i dont think i'd be worth buying another controller, since my bus is limited to 133.

2 Mar 2007, 23:07 #3308

krim wrote:i dont think i'd be worth buying another controller, since my bus is limited to 133.

There's always the new mobo route.

Today's Fry's ad:

Seagate 300GB PATA100 or 300GB SATA300, 16MB buffer, 7200RPM... $90, no rebate required.

3 Mar 2007, 01:13 · edited #3309

krim wrote:woah woah woah... back up people.. :rofl:

:rofl:

3 Mar 2007, 01:51 · edited #3310

I like coming to a place where I know I'll get lots of help...with computers!

:victory:

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:mrgreen:

3 Mar 2007, 04:34 #3311

Terryb wrote:[image]

Looks like you can't hotlink that pic. :sweat:

Or was that the point? :sweat:

3 Mar 2007, 06:52 #3312

nah, it showed up properly for me at first, fixed it :beaten:

3 Mar 2007, 07:40 #3313

Terryb wrote:
I like coming to a place where I know I'll get lots of help...with computers!

:victory:

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:mrgreen:

thnx... I'll keep this in mind now.....

3 Mar 2007, 07:52 #3314

uhno wrote:

thnx... I'll keep this in mind now.....

:patpat: there there, I just couldn't help thinking of that t-shirt :hehe:

6 Mar 2007, 02:21 #3315

Ok, I'm about to cry now :puppydog:

my new pump died. and that only after a week, I'm so sick of it I wanna puke. I imported my new parts all the way from the US, which cost me an arm and a leg, now I have to send it back for RMA etc. I'll be damned to install my old setup again. bah.

not to mention I don't even know my mainrig fried my cpu or other hardware :banghead:

6 Mar 2007, 04:39 #3316

Terryb wrote:Ok, I'm about to cry now :puppydog:

my new pump died. and that only after a week, I'm so sick of it I wanna puke. I imported my new parts all the way from the US, which cost me an arm and a leg, now I have to send it back for RMA etc. I'll be damned to install my old setup again. bah.

not to mention I don't even know my mainrig fried my cpu or other hardware :banghead:

Major drag.

Do those pumps have a high failure rate? :sweat:

6 Mar 2007, 06:10 #3317

anyone have the graphic card x8800 series
mad expensive.

6 Mar 2007, 07:35 #3318

Terryb wrote:Ok, I'm about to cry now :puppydog:

my new pump died. and that only after a week, I'm so sick of it I wanna puke. I imported my new parts all the way from the US, which cost me an arm and a leg, now I have to send it back for RMA etc. I'll be damned to install my old setup again. bah.

not to mention I don't even know my mainrig fried my cpu or other hardware :banghead:

Try one of these next time, they're cheaper.

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6 Mar 2007, 08:36 #3319

bmwracer wrote:
Major drag.

Do those pumps have a high failure rate? :sweat:

not that I know of, but Laing is quite reputable. And you also expect a $100 pump to be reliable too. My much cheaper $50 Eheim served me well for 2 years.

edit: I took apart my pump and the second pic pretty much explains why it won't start anymore:
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6 Mar 2007, 10:55 #3320

Terryb wrote:Ok, I'm about to cry now :puppydog:

my new pump died. and that only after a week, I'm so sick of it I wanna puke. I imported my new parts all the way from the US, which cost me an arm and a leg, now I have to send it back for RMA etc. I'll be damned to install my old setup again. bah.

not to mention I don't even know my mainrig fried my cpu or other hardware :banghead:

No, don't cry.... :mrgreen: I hate RMAs. It is always such a process! A real pain in the butt! The fact that your CPU and other hardware may be affected, is a sad thought! But u r a smart boy, I'm sure u can fix things. :woot:

:victory:

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