ByronT

I'm looking at the ASUS CUSL2 also. With its ability to use PC100 or PC133 RAM plus the number of PCI slots, I've been wanting it for a couple of weeks. The bad news is that finding a vendor that has one might be the hardest thing. I'm a computer consultant and can and do buy directly from multiple distributors, but they are already allocated on the motherboard. I also have a link to the egghead.com page and check it everyday to see if they get it in stock (cause they're just drop-shipping from Ingram-Micro.) HTH.

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Not necessarily. Yes, your RAID controller BIOS makes the drives look like one big drive in DOS, BUT imaging software may try to work directly with the controller, and if so, the imaging software may see both drives as independent drives - not as linked RAID drives. If so, you're dead in the water trying to image the RAID set to a single drive. That's why it's still a good idea for you to go to the respective web sites and check out any RAID specific information. I'm about 50% sure that for RAID drives to be imaged, you need the standard or professional edition of Ghost (not the personal), but I don't know about Drive Image Pro. Look it up. It'll save you waiting on me to answer next time.

I believe you have to get the "Professional" editions to be able to use an imaging or ghost product with RAID hard drives. But your best bet for the right information is to scoot over to the online FAQ and documentation for the respective products at www.symantec.com and www.powerquest.com. HTH. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

My best friend has a Cantek overclocked machine with a GeForce2 32MB adapter (latest Det 3 released drivers) and 3DMark2000 would die on the 64MB texture test - until he upgraded his MOTHERBOARD mem from 128MB to 256MB. For whatever reason, this additional RAM allowed the test to complete. Ack... Forgot to add, he's running Win2K, SP1. HTH. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions [This message has been edited by ByronT (edited 22 August 2000).]

I got a BSOD the first time I installed them, so I booted into safe mode, removed them via the Control Panel Add/Remove Software and then rebooted. Re-installed them with all applications killed - including NAV2000. Now, I think they're faster, and more importantly, they're more stable. And combined with X-Setup from xteq systems (www.xteq.com), I can speed up my TNT2 Ultra using NVidia's own overclocker app. Just my $0.02... ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

First, it would be really nice if you would edit your message to only show the non-duplicate event log errors. You could put the number of times that the event showed up in parantheses beside the actual error. Example, (20X). Second, your computer is stating that the HighPoint controller has an old/out of date BIOS - have you updated this to the latest release. Third, I would check the firmware of that first Quantumm drive to make sure that it is up to date, also. I really can't help you past that, since the Promise Ultra66, and Ultra100 adapters that I use/used have given me absolutely no grief and only great performance. HTH. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

Yeah, we know that it works.... (We being Shrink and I.) I got my Ultra100 swapped in with the Ultra66 with a minimum of hassle, and only two reboots. I kept Shrink up to date on what I was doing, so it really looks like his Ultra100 was bad in the first place. Later.

Shrink, I may be just a tad bit better off than you. I contacted Promise support and was told that since the Ultra100 and Ultra66 use the same drivers, that I should be able to swap out the Ultra66 for the Ultra100 without any issues. Crossing my fingers... (and waiting for the IBM drive to get here - it's due Wednesday, while the Ultra100 got here this morning.) I'll let you know how it goes.

Sorry Shrink, this is not a post to help you out, rather it's a post that I'm about to be in the same boat: I ordered a Promise Ultra100 yesterday. I'm moving from a Promise Ultra66 with a 20.5GB to the Promise Ultra100 with a new 30.6GB drive. I'm hoping to use PowerQuest DriveCopy to copy the contents of the 20GB to the 30GB and then use PowerQuest Partition Magic to resize the copied partitions to match the new hd size. Any suggestions on the exact transformation sequence? Hoping for help! ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

Actually that registry hack only applies to Intel onboard ATA66 chipsets. For other chipsets and external controllers (HighPoint and Promise), only the use of their Win2K drivers are needed for ATA66 support. HTH. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

Eudora Pro 4.3.2 works for me also. In fact, of all the fun (read time-consuming, hair-pulling, crappy) things to happen to me in Windows 2000, Eudora hasn't caused problems. My only complaint with Eudora is that it won't save its windows settings when placed on the secondary monitor in a multiple monitor setup. HTH. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

I had the worse problems when running a Stealth III S540 (Savage4) 32MB PCI card with a Diamond V770 Ultra (TNT2) 32MB AGP adapter. S3/Diamond swore that it was a "tried" and "tested" setup. What a bunch of bull. I eventually found an old Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro 8MB (Permedia2) and am now using it without any problems. HTH. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

It sounds as if UT is running in software mode - because you're not getting Direct3D, or OpenGL mode in UT. If in fact it is in software mode, it means that you didn't actually *upgrade* your NVidia drivers - you just changed your NVidia drivers to some mangled combination of MS and NVidia drivers. The way to correct that is to make sure that you always get a clean install of NVidia drivers - by first changing to generic MS drivers and then upgrading to the latest NVidia drivers. There is a more detailed post that I made that gives the step by step way of removing NVidia drivers so that you can then re-install the latest NVidia drivers: http://www.ntcompatible.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002962.html Try those steps, then reinstall the latest NVidia drivers and you should be ok. Hope this helps... ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

OK, let's try this again - and this time use the thing on top of your shoulders for more than a hair growing area. What do you think pressing ANY button on a keyboard does? That's right, it sends a key/control sequence to the computer to be processed. So how are all these fancy-schmancy new keyboards with ten and twenty extra buttons working? Why they send some sort of key/control sequence to the computer!!!! So what do you think happens if Windows already has some predefined key/control sequences and your keyboard has a fancy/schmancy button that just happens to fire off a particular key/control sequence???? That's right! Windows does the predefined action for that key/control sequence. So how do these fancy/schmancy keyboard drivers allow custom configuration of their buttons? That's right, they put a key/control sequence interceptor and don't allow Windows to do it's predefined action, instead doing what you have customly defined!!! WOW!! So what do you need to do now??? First off, let's try thinking. That means that we might have to use our brain. And common sense would tell us that we need to use some software that "knows" our keyboard. I'm willing to be that the best software to do that would be the company that makes the keyboard!!! I would check to see if they had some software for configuration of your keyboard. And if not, then maybe just maybe someone else has written a key/control sequence interceptor for your keyboard. And if not, well then if you're capable, maybe you could write a key/control sequence interceptor, and allow custom configuration of your own keyboard. So Windows is not really "aware" of your extra keys - even the WWW one, it just doesn't have any predefined functions for the other key/control sequences your keyboard is sending it. Did that make more sense?

My Logitech Desktop Pro has software that I had to download from Logitech to make it work. Something Logitech calls ITouch configuration. I would assume that the keyboard manufacturer - you don't mention who - would have some software that allows the configuration of such. Good Luck. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

The biggest performance jump I have experienced in the past year came from installing a Promise Ultra66 with an IBM DLTA 307020 hd (20GB, 7200RPM, 2MB cache). I purchased both from Dirt Cheap Drives (http://www.dirtcheapdrives.com)overnight for less than $250. The Promise drivers seem to be stable, and the drive is the quietest I've ever had (I can only hear it if my case is open.) Yes, I know, this is not a "tweak", but I would spend the $250 in a heartbeat again. Just my two cents... ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

Hello all. It's been a while since I've been here... (been just a little busy - I got married!) Anyway, I thought I throw in my two cents concerning NVidia drivers. Now, I'm a business user mainly so I'm not applying every NVidia Detonator release that just happens to be found on the internet. I'm mainly concerned with getting decent performance with absolute stability <-> read ZERO lockups. That said, my experience with the 5.22 det drivers was horrendous. I would experience lockups anytime one of two things happened - either mem usage approached 210M or loading 10-15 Lotus 123 files in 123. Either of these instances caused a lockup where my mouse would just lock and the computer would not respond to anything. (Telnet access dead, ftp access dead, etc.) I finally got tired of having to pull the power connection on my computer and started reading news posts here. With all the NVidia posts, I decided to uninstall NVidia first and observe the effects. The correct way to uninstall NVidia, btw, is first change the drivers in the Display properties to the Microsoft ones. Reboot. Then go into the Control Panel, Add/Remove programs, and Remove NVidia Win2k drivers here. Reboot. Only after you have rebooted the second time, have the NVidia drivers been completely uninstalled (even after the first reboot and MS drivers load, NVidia has some handles left in the system and registry.) This will also allow what is considered a "clean" install of NVidia drivers later. After uninstalling the NVidia drivers, my system became that impossible stable: Currently, I am running 56 different programs with over 362MB of memory in use. (I have had over 60 programs open, and approached 400MB in current mem in use.) I have every MS Office 2000 program open with at least one document in each. I have all my Lotus SmartSuite products open with at least one document in each, and with 30 documents open in 123 (where I was dying the most.) I'm actually considering overclocking my Celery again - one of the first things I "undid" in search of stability. My system configuration: Celery 466. 256MB PC100 (running at 66MHz). Tyan Thunderbird BX S1856 mbd. Promise Ultra66 - IBM DLTA 307020 (20GB, 7200RPM, 2MB cache) [blazingly fast!]. Buslogic BT-946C SCSI2 Busmaster PCI - Plextor 8/20 CDR, Plextor UltraPlex 40 CD, Plextor 12/20Plex CD, Iomega Jaz 1GB, Iomega Zip 100. Diamond V770 Ultra (AGP) - Hitachi 19" 751Elite. Diamond Stealth III S540 (PCI) - Mitsubishi 17" DPlus 71. USRobotics 56K Faxmodem (ISA). Intel Pro/100 Management Adapter. Diamond MX300. HP ScanJet 4100Cse (USB). HP LaserJet 6L. HP DeskJet 970Cse (USB). And the stability only came back after going to MS drivers for NVidia. After getting some work caught up, I'm going to try the old 3.78 drivers and I'll post results. For the time being though, I'm staying away from the 5.22 det drivers. Lot's of luck! ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

Yuppie said: "The forum helps those who help themselves..." Why, you heretic! I can't believe you would even suggest that some of these people use that thing attached to their necks above their shoulders for something other than a hat holder?!?!? You blaspheme!!! Although I do find the posts of "Does this work...?" and "Why does it say this is not Win95 or Win98....?" quite funny. Really because it's that type of mentality that keeps me busy. I really can't recall the number of times I've charged a client for walking them through the use of their internet browser to find the answer to a question they had. And then they call back two weeks later with the same exact question. The only problem is that here I don't get paid squat... Regards... ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

Andy_25 wrote: "You have to got through the "knowledge" thing everytime..." Unless you're a Preferred Lexmark Reseller (like me.) Then you have a toll free number that you can get ignored on first. Then you can leave messages that are ignored too. Then you can give them your Preferred Reseller number and get a WHOLE NEW LEVEL of ignoring!.... I've started buying and selling HPs... At least, they don't ignore me too badly. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

Do people just figure to come here and let us do their reference work for them??!?!? They can't even take the time to check the vendor's own website, and then they come here and post before searching for an answer. Maybe it's because of what I'm about to do that they do this: FrenchFC, you've got two problems: One, NAV 5.0 was a product that was released in two versions - one for Win95/98 and one for Windows NT. So first, you have a product that won't even install on NT 4.0. Secondly, Symantec has publicly announced that NAV 5.0 will not be made compatible for Windows 2000. Primarily, because they have released NAV 2000 that works just fine with Windows 2000. So what do you do now? Either go buy NAV 2000 or go buy someone else's anti-virus product. And first check with the vendor to see if the product will work with Windows 2000. And next time, http://www.symantec.com might be a better place to find answers to problems with Symantec questions - unless of course, you've already tried there.... Regards... ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

What you are running into is the limitation of the Joliet file naming specification. Joliet is a CD naming convention that defines the longest file name to be 64 characters in length. The idea behind Joliet is that you can create a CD with long file names that can be read under multiple OSes - but primarily the Windows family. It could be worse, you could be stuck with the ISO 9660 format (which was the previous CD naming convention spec) which only allows 8.3 names. AFAIK, there are no plans on anyone board to create another CD naming convention spec for longer file names. If you check even the latest CD releases of software companies, you'll find that for the most part, they are still sticking to ISO 9660 format. Regards... ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

LM said: "open up Task Manager, processes tab, and look at the CPU Time for the System Idle Process." Not to be mean, but WRONG answer. That time indicates the idle time of your CPU. If you run some CPU clock cycle eating program (SETI@home, PrimeNT, etc.) that time might show how early in the startup that you started those programs... For me to quickly check, I just double click on my LAN connection icon in the system tray. It shows the time that the network has been active on the computer - which for me is as soon as Windows boots up. But probably the best place to check would be in the System Event Log - check for the entry that shows that the log was started, and that will give you the last time that you started your computer. Regards...

You have to be kidding... I mean I used to reboot my computer at least once a day. Since I installed RC2 back in September of last year, I have had less than 10 reboots - and only 3 were caused by Windows problems, about 5 of them were for programs, and the other 2 were for the heck of it. The 3 crashes were due to some weird interaction that RC2 had with MS Publisher 2000, and one was an Adaptec EZ CD creator BSOD. The really bad thing (in your case) is that I know of a few other machines that have been going longer.... My programmer has a server that has been running RC1 with Advanced Server since January of 1999 - with zero reboots. His personal workstation has been running since June 1999 on RC2. I would guess that your configuration has something to do with it. The ATA66 HD or the Geoforce DDR - either one of which is sure to have some funny stuff in the drivers. Good luck on finding the problem though. Regards... ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions

I guess asking you to use the SEARCH link would be too much? I also guess that finding POST REPLY was much much easier than looking for the SEARCH link?? But I'll be nice and give you the link anyway... http://saturn.spaceports.com/~a3dfan/w2k/ Next time, use the SEARCH link first. ------------------ J. Byron Todd Computer Consultant byron@toddcomp.com Todd Computer Solutions