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by mpjohnst
Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:00 am
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Samsung HD501LJ
Replies: 123
Views: 164562

by mpjohnst
Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:24 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: vga card died... need new efficient one: 9600, 6600, or ?
Replies: 12
Views: 5693

Thanks, that's great news! Now if I can only get my Toshiba R100 subnote (with a Trident XP4) to output that resolution for use with my KVM! I brought it into a store to try it out with the existing Dell 2405. Even with powerstrip, the best I could do was sync to 1600x1200 with black bars on the sid...
by mpjohnst
Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
Topic: vga card died... need new efficient one: 9600, 6600, or ?
Replies: 12
Views: 5693

I'm pretty much in the same boat as the OP but with an added complication. I currently have an ATI 8500DV 64MB. It still runs fine for what I use it for (i.e. videos, DVDs, emulators, little to no comp. gaming) but that is with a 1280x1024 19" monitor. I've been eyeing the new Dell 2407 24" monitor ...
by mpjohnst
Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:52 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Turning off a hard drive?
Replies: 15
Views: 7061

bomba- Thanks again, you posted this in a different thread about the topic a few weeks ago! :D Do you know if there is a script that can shut down the hard drive... ideally something that could have a shortcut? While going through device manager is possible, I'm pretty lazy and would prefer a more e...
by mpjohnst
Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:06 pm
Forum: Silent Storage
Topic: Power management to quiet hard disk
Replies: 10
Views: 7025

I was just thinking about this tonight for (2) old, loud, WD PATA drives I have and want to use as media storage... I don't plan on using them often and already have a very quiet system using (2) SATA samsungs for my OS and data. I was looking into a switch of some sort I could mod into a free 3.5" ...