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The chipset in that system isn't going to support a P4-M 3.0GHz. That system is limited to a 400MHz front-side bus so you can only use a Pentium 4-M that uses a 400MHz FSB. Note the "-M", meaning that you have to use the mobile version of the P4. Unfortunately, it may be hard to find a CPU that will work in that system.

Some fans also have arrows on them that denote which way the fans spins and which way the air flows. Those arrows are usually closest to the wires.

Not necessarily. I've heard/used the term "member server" used to denote non-domain controllers for quite some time (long before AD).

I'm not sure what the exact answer is but my response would be: "Why are you still worried about running Exchange on NT4? Or for that matter, running NT4 at all." However, the question should be expanded to include if the NT4 member server is in a 2000/2003 Active Directory. If I'm not mistaken, that makes all the difference in the world with regards to the answer.

Some controllers will let you do it and some won't. The unfortunate thing is that you'd have to then extend the partition within Windows. To do this you have to convert the drive to a Dynamic drive...something I recommend against because they can be difficult to recover if you have to reinstall the OS. I assume you're taking backups of all the data? What I generally do when I'm adding a drive to an array (or upgrading all of the drives in an array) is make a 1-for-1 backup*, recreate the array with the new drive (or upgraded drives) and then copy everything back. Honestly, since this is going to be a new setup, your best bet is to just plan for the future and add the 4th drive now. When doing server configurations I always try to plan for the future as much as possible. I generally tend to get 3-5 years of production use out of my servers, after which they move to a development environment for 1-2 years. * For a 1-to-1 backup I generally just Ghost the partition. This keeps all file permissions as well as the drive signature so Windows will just give it the same drive letter. You also won't have to worry about recreating Shares if you do it that way.

There can be some interference but, as Zxian said, often times you can change the channel on wireless routers. There are usually around 10 or 11 different channel selections. I did have the occassional problem with my wireless phone, but I solved that by moving to a 5.8GHz phone...no more interference. Bluetooth also runs on 2.4GHz. If I'm not mistaken, non-Bluetooth wireless keyboards/mice also use 2.4GHz, but their range is shorter so they wouldn't have an effect on the entire network, just on the devices closest to them. Again, it's all trial and error. 802.11a (which is 54Mb/s and uses 5.8GHz) was supposed to fix a lot those problems...but it was expensive to implement and had several problems (range and throughput) so it never caught on. All in all, most 2.4GHz wireless networks (802.11b, 802.11g and the upcoming 802.11n) will work with other 2.4GHz devices in the area, you just have to find the right mixture of channels so they don't interfere with each other. Also, those cars you were talking about working in the lower MHz range and there were only two standard channels available (27MHz and 50something if I recall correctly). Wireless networks operate in a much higher range of frequencies, not just a single frequency.

I don't think it's a pain at all. It doesn't even come close to comparing with all the different Vista editions. Vista is a desktop product with as many editions as the entire Diskeeper line up. Diskeeper has three desktop products (Home, Professional and Professional Premier) and two server products (Server and Server Enterprise). It's pretty easy to find the information on their site as well: Home Edition: 32-bit only Supports Vista Home Basic/Premium/Ultimate,all versions of XP and 2000 Professional Defrags volumes up to 768GB Professional Edition: 32- and 64-bit Support Defrags volumes up to 768GB Supports Frag Shield 2.0 Supports all versions of Vista, XP and 2000 Professional --64-bit Support, Frag Shield 2.0 and additional Vista support are the differences from Home Edition Professional Premier Edition: 32- and 64-bit Support Defrags volumes up to 2TB Supports i-FAAST 2.0 Supports Frag Shield 2.0 Supports all versions of Vista, XP and 2000 Professional --Larger volume size support, i-FAAST 2.0 are the differences from Professional Edition Here's a nice comparison chart for the desktop versions. Server Edition: 32- and 64-bit Support Defrags volumes up to 2TB Supports i-FAAST 2.0 Supports Fragshield 2.0 Supports all versions of Server 2003 and 2000 Server, except for the Datacenter Editions of each Server Enterprise Edition: 32- and 64-bit Support No volume size limitation Supports i-FAAST 2.0 Supports Fragshield 2.0 Supports all versions of Server 2003 and 2000 Server --Larger volume support and Datacenter Editions support is the difference from Server Edition For my purposes at work all I purchased was Professional Edition for my workstations/laptops and Server Edition for my servers (even my database cluster running Server 2003 Enterprise). This is probably the most any organization needs. Most home users only need either Home or Professional Edition. A Home license will set you back $30USD, a Pro license is $50USD and a Pro Premier license is $100USD (those are full version prices, not upgrades). They have Family Packs available with reduced pricing for multiple licenses. If you're buying volume licenses you'll get even further price breaks. We have 110 Professional, 20 Server and 1 Admin licenses. To renew the maintenance agreement every year is roughly $2200USD, which is still less than purchasing the upgrade even every other year. The maintenance agreement gets us support and all version upgrades. I hardly consider those prices high considering the performance/reliability benefit you get from having a proven product. I've been using Diskeeper since version 5 so yeah, I know the earlier versions weren't as good as they probably could've been. But DK2007 was awesome and DK2008 just builds on top of that. I can tell you from personal experience that running Diskeeper across our entire organization has increased both performance and reliability of every one of our machines. I noticed the difference almost immediately on our desktops. It helps to keep our SQL databases humming along nicely as well (see this article for more info). The ability to control the options and schedules centrally from within Diskeeper Administrator is an additional plus, as well as the option to control the settings through Group Policy with the included adm template.

Did you by chance have your page file on the 320? Or did you have Program Files moved to the 320? Or did you have any apps installed on the 320? If it shows up as a healthy volume, reassign drive E: to it and then try to boot. You can do that in Disk Management by right clicking the volume (NOT the drive) and selecting "Change Drive Letter and Paths...". ALL you want to do is assign E: back to the volume...don't format it or do anything else to the drive. Putting the new drive in probably messed this up somehow (even though it's not supposed to). EDIT: Just saw that you reformatted. Wish I'd seen this thread a little sooner.

It's now been "officially" announced and the information is on the main site: http://www.diskeeper.com/products/products.asp

I'm pretty sure those features are included in all editions of DK2008. They don't have any information on the main site yet but if you have a volume license with a maintenance agreement they now have a site where you can login and download the latest versions at any time. http://my.diskeeper.com/account/ The only information they have about 2008 right now (and where I pulled the above information from) is on this page. They don't even have anything on their blog site about the release yet.

His point is it doesn't even make any sense to tell someone that. Have you ever taken apart a hard drive? Gravity is not going to bend the platters anymore than it bends sheets of aluminum on a tin roof (yes, believe it or not those aluminum sheets are thinner than a drive platter). While we're at it lets posit that putting the drive vertically would allow gravity to pull them on the down rotation and sling shot 'em around so they spin faster than 7200RPM. I'm changing the orientation on my drives now!!

They won't install if the base product isn't installed.

It only installs 1.1 if you install IIS. I believe (and I'm not positive about this) that 2.0 may be included in the x64 version if you install IIS.

For those of you with maintenance agreements...expect to get your email soon. I got mine tonight. Here's a list of the new features...nothing on the main site yet though: EDIT: Well, I logged out of the site and was presented with the following message:

This has been debated for a long time. Some people say there's a difference, others don't. I will tell you this...I have servers that have them installed both ways. Honestly I really don't think it makes a difference. I've never noticed a performance or failure difference between the different mounting methods.

Short of WUD the quickest way I've found is to just run MBSA 2.0.1 against the server and let it tell you what's missing.

Glad to be of help.

Yeah, but what type of software (image/video editing, programming, games, etc)? Since you inquired about Server 2003 I assumed this was for a server setup. Most good server software has either already been ported to 64-bit or the 32-bit versions run just fine. There are a few weird things with some applications though (don't get me started on SQL2005 x64).

Generally when I'm doing the first DC in a domain I just let dcpromo install and configure DNS. Unless you've already done a bunch of configuration in the DNS server, just uninstall it and let dcpromo do it's thing.

Server 2003 will work just fine on four cores. For that matter, Windows XP will work just fine on four cores. I have two Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition boxes (at work) using 4 x Dual-Core XeonMPs with Hyper-Threading...8 cores with Hyper-Threading = 16 threads! Whether or not you choose 32- or 64-bit really depends on what you're planning on running on the machine. My next server upgrade at home is certainly going to see me move from 32-bit to 64-bit.

I figured it was a US only deal (and I definitely knew the prices were USD), but my point was to check their site. TigerDirect.ca is running a factory refurbished Gateway GT5404 with the following configuration for $379.97CAD: Intel Pentium D 915 (2.8GHz) 1GB PC4200 DDR2 (2x512MB) 250GB SATA Drive DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Burner Media Reader keyboard/mouse/speakers includes Windows Vista Home Premium The fact that it includes Vista Home Premium at that price should be a major attracter for some. Depending on the chipset, you may even be able to replace that Pentium D with a Core 2 Duo later down the road. Here are a couple of bare bones deals as well: Intel D945GCPE Socket 775 Barebone Kit - Intel Pentium D 925 3.0GHz OEM, 200GB IDE HDD, 20x DVD±RW OEM, 1GB DDR2 PC4200, ATX Mid-Tower Case, Clear Side, 450 Watt Power Supply - $329.97 - $30 Rebate = $299.97 Foxconn NF4SKAA-8EKRS Socket 939 Barebone Kit - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0GHz OEM, 1GB DDR PC3200, ATX Mid-Tower Case, 500 Watt Power Supply - $317.99 - $10 Rebate = $307.99 They have a bunch more as well. Just keep in mind that with the bare bones PCs you still have to add at least the hard drive and optical drive.

You selected the correct HAL. You must choose the Multiprocessor HAL or it won't see (read: use) the second core. Have you installed the machine without using nLite to see if the heat problem still exists? Also, have you installed all of the AMD CPU drivers? You need both the AMD Dual-Core Optimizer and the AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver Version 1.3.2.0053 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 (x86 and x64) from this page. It probably wouldn't hurt to grab the AMD Power Monitor Version 1.1.5 as well.

It's happening in Q1 '08. http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20071017PD218.html

I've been getting regular emails from TigerDirect lately and they're unloading a lot of "white boxes" for cheap. For instance, today's bare bones deal is $149.99USD - $50USD Rebate = $99.99USD. It has the following: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2GHz) processor MSI K9N6SGM-V Socket AM2 microATX motherboard US Modular 512MB PC4200 DDR2 RAM Cooler Master Centurion 5 Mid-Tower case Add a cheap SATA hard drive and a cheap DVD+/-RW burner and that's a decent system. You will of course want to bump the RAM as well, but that's fairly cheap, too.

I'm pretty sure it's not a hardware limitation. The ATI (now AMD) chipsets didn't require this to support SLI and you can bet they certainly weren't using any NVIDIA parts along with their chipsets. Here's another quote from a different Anandtech article. Note that it specifically mentions a modified driver that made it work and not any additional hardware: The MCP72 (and upcoming MCP73) is NVIDIA's southbridge. I don't see Intel licensing the X38 northbridge without one of the ICH9 variants to go with it (and we certaintly won't see dual southbridges). This has actually been going on for years. NVIDIA has specifically blocked SLI on Intel chipsets in their driver for a long time. It's more matter of NVIDIA wanting Intel to pay for SLI licensing, and Intel not wanting to pay the fee. As a side note, SLI won't work on VIA or SiS chipsets for the same reason. You are right though, there is a bunch of misinformation out there and it's hard to figure out what's right and what's not. I've always trusted Anandtech as a source (and they're always quick to point out when they were wrong, as well as providing updated information).