...as Good as a Holiday
I've had a couple of problems with my SATA RAID 0 array. The controller failed to detect the disk (containing my Windows system partition) which led me to think I might have a dead HDD. It turns out that a new PSU fixed the fault.
While I was at Scorpion Technologies I picked up a couple of other items - MouseSkatez (They work well, but they're expensive and I doubt their longevity), an Everglide Game Mat, the aforementioned Bluetooth adapter and a Xaserbag. The Xaserbag was unnecessary, but it's neat.
After noticing the state of my keyboard at the LAN Party yesterday, I took it apart this morning and gave it a good wipe. It feels like brand new. I also recalibrated my monitor and did some optimising. Feels like a new machine...
...unfortunately it looks like my mouse didn't make it though yesterday's warfare. I wonder if I'm the only one using that Right Mouse Button Key on the Microsoft keyboards?
My RAID array problems reminded me of a little Windows quirk that caused me some grief last time I rebuilt my XP Home install. I don't have a floppy drive in this machine (CDRs are so cheap these days) so when I F6'ed to install the RAID controller driver I was stuck. I ended up borrowing my housemate's floppy drive, but I can't see any technical reason why you can't insert a CDR with the drivers on. A search on Google showed plenty of others with the same dilemna but no answer (apart from making an Unattended Install CD).
In the words of Steve Stifler - "I dunno man, that sounds like a lot of work."
While I was at Scorpion Technologies I picked up a couple of other items - MouseSkatez (They work well, but they're expensive and I doubt their longevity), an Everglide Game Mat, the aforementioned Bluetooth adapter and a Xaserbag. The Xaserbag was unnecessary, but it's neat.
After noticing the state of my keyboard at the LAN Party yesterday, I took it apart this morning and gave it a good wipe. It feels like brand new. I also recalibrated my monitor and did some optimising. Feels like a new machine...
...unfortunately it looks like my mouse didn't make it though yesterday's warfare. I wonder if I'm the only one using that Right Mouse Button Key on the Microsoft keyboards?
My RAID array problems reminded me of a little Windows quirk that caused me some grief last time I rebuilt my XP Home install. I don't have a floppy drive in this machine (CDRs are so cheap these days) so when I F6'ed to install the RAID controller driver I was stuck. I ended up borrowing my housemate's floppy drive, but I can't see any technical reason why you can't insert a CDR with the drivers on. A search on Google showed plenty of others with the same dilemna but no answer (apart from making an Unattended Install CD).
In the words of Steve Stifler - "I dunno man, that sounds like a lot of work."
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