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Did anyone care to check what resolution he's running at? If the drivers for your graphics card can't match the resolution of the TV (which my guess is at 1366x768), then the fonts are going to look ugly.

It seems as though I answered most of my own questions this morning. 1) Yes, it's possible. I did this by compiling a second copy of MySQL to another directory, and then setting the configuration in the my.cnf in each install's respective $BASEDIR. 2) The mysql init.d script that is provided is generated using the directory given during compile configuration. There shouldn't be too much other work you need to do here. 3) You need to configure each replication to listen to a different port, since you can still access and query this server as normal. It just happens to be replicating the master at the same time. 4) /etc/my.cnf is meant for global MySQL options, while the $BASEDIR/my.cnf files should be used for daemon-specific options. This is what I found in my studies... if anyone has any more feedback or other info, please let me know.

Just throwing this out there for all those members still running Rosetta... how many active members do we still have? I've moved all my computers over to crunching Einstein@Home applications, since they seem to be a bit better organized, and they've also got optimized applications for their simulations. I'm getting more credit/time running at stock speeds now than I did with Rosetta at a 25% OC. On another note - the overall MSFN.org team is only about a month away from breaking the 2,000,000 credit mark! Let's keep up the good work everyone!

We've got a number of MySQL databases here at work, but we'd like to setup a replication server to allow us to make incremental backups of just one or two databases (the rest aren't as important). I've read various guides from the MySQL site and others, but they all seem to refer to separate servers - one master and one slave. We're running a single RHEL5 machine, and we don't really have the resources to setup a completely different server. Here come the questions: Is it possible to setup two MySQL daemons on the same machine, and keep one as master (server-id=1) and one slave (server-id=2)? If so, would I need to specify the path of each when accessing the daemons using the mysql command? Just to check - this shouldn't cause any problems with port access or locks, since the slave is only there to listen to the master, correct? The actual master/slave configuration would have to be set in $BASEDIR/my.cnf, since /etc/my.cnf is common to both installs, correct? The server is currently in use, so setting this up with as little reconfiguration as possible on the master would be much appreciated.

A little update of my desk area. Added the phone, and moved from my Logitech MX3200 to a G15 keyboard and an MX518 mouse. Warning! The image on the desktop might not be for the faint of heart...

Me three here. I'm already running Vista on my laptop, and it's the least capable machine of the three that I use. The other two would actually make better use of the optimizations in Vista/Server 2008 (64-bit support, multi-core, 4GB RAM). So far, the only drawback has been my touchpad drivers, but they're buggy even on XP, so that's no fault of Vista. I think all that needs to be said has been said.

HD has already lost the battle. BluRay comprises over 90% of all high def video sales these days... My next gaming console is likely going to be a PS3, partially for the games, and partially for the BluRay support out of the box.

It is a little over budget, but worth the extra money in my opinion. To be honest, I'm wondering if your ACHI guide actually invokes the ACHI capabilities under XP, or just masks them with the ACHI driver. Secondly, it's not really a matter of RAID performance, but rather the ability to have RAID itself. Using the RAID0 on this system gives me a healthy speed boost, and RAID1 on my file server gives me a little more peace of mind. The extra SATA ports just gives FAR more options in the future. Considering that optical drives are moving to SATA now as well, I've got one SATA port left on my workstation computer (two drives in RAID1, one SATA optical drive, one PATA drive for personal data such as music). The 8 SATA ports would be a welcomed upgrade on that system.

If you're trying to keep costs down, I'd say go with a good P35 based motherboard. Pretty much all modern chipsets don't come with built in PATA support. IIRC, everything after the Intel 945 chipset used a separate controller to provide PATA access (I know the 975 and 965 do). From the specs in your sig, the PATA drive is your music drive... so is disk performance really that crucial? There's also no quality to be lost with adaptors. The data that's sent to the disk is the same data that comes from the source - it's just that the access might be slower. It's probably a little more than you want to spend, but the Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R is probably your best option right now. It's got plenty of SATA ports, a single IDE connector, three PCI slots, three PCI-E slots, and one PCI-E x16 slot. The ICH9R chipset also provides support for ACHI mode under Windows XP, and will give you the option of setting up RAID arrays for your data storage in future. I can't tell you for sure, but I think there are some members over at SPCR who are using the Ninja on this board as well. Check out the gallery section to make sure though.

Moved to correct forum. The Site & Forum Issues section is meant for problems you're having with the site itself. Software related problems should go in the Software Hangout. Moved to Software Hangout

Even ATI cards will start to show artifacts at over 90C - there definitely is an overheating problem here. The problem could be a lack of airflow in the rest of his case. The graphics card's heatsink and fan may be working properly, but if they have nowhere to expel the heat produced, then you're going to run into problems. What kind of case does he have? I've seen many high end systems built in cases that simply don't have the airflow capabilities necessary.

Why stop at saying "I wish"? Why not make it an "I will try" and then work your way towards making that attempt a reality. You'll end up getting a lot farther than by simply saying "I wish I could do X".

Congratulations! That is excellent news! What kind of college were you thinking of applying to?

You can set BOINC to only run when the computer is idle for a certain amount of time. Just wondering though... why wouldn't you let it run all the time? There are projects that don't require a lot of resources, and the work units always run at low priority, so they don't affect your overall computing. As a side note to all those still running Rosetta - have their new versions been less buggy than before? I was having several processes of Rosetta sit there doing no work until I manually killed them... I've moved over to Einstein@Home now, partially because I like the research a bit more, and their software has been much more stable than Rosetta.

I doubt that he'd even need a fan for the 3850. Your X1950Pro runs much hotter than the new cards, and would require the use of a fan to help the heatsink. AFAIK, there are people out there that use the S1 on their 3850's without a fan.

Glad to be of help. I know that the search for new parts can be daunting - it is for me all the time! The Slipstream fans are amazing. I replaced an S-Flex Low speed Fan (800RPM) by the Ultra Low speed Slipstream (500RPM) and my CPU temperatures dropped by a couple of degrees. My next batch purchase of fans is going to be 500 and 800RPM slipstreams. The Zalman VF1000 is alright, but can't hold a candle to the Accelero S1 and S2 VGA coolers. Arctic Cooling really hit the nail on the head there. You should check out SilentPCReview's articles for the Accelero S1 and Accelero S2. SPCR does very good hardware reviews for heatsinks, fans, and other devices that relate to the overall noise of your computer. They won't necessarily find you the fastest hard drive, or the best CPU, but for the rest of the system you've built, they'll tell you how to make it quieter. After having worked there for a while, I can say that their methedology is top notch, and the editorial skills of Mike Chin are world class.

I found that CS3 loaded faster than CS2 on my systems. The install process was a LOT longer, but once installed, it's easier to use, and fits better in a Windows environment than CS or CS2 did.

Have you tried Windows Desktop Search? Aside from a minor glitch a few versions ago with it's installer, I found it quite easy to use, and very user friendly. No search tool is going to be super-lightweight, since they'll all working at indexing your files, and keeping that index readily available.

I have a spare system to install Ubuntu on for that. It'll also give me a chance to make a testing platform for this discussion. I just need to find a new KVM switch, since I need DVI for my monitor.

NetLimiter can do this for you. I'm not sure if the free version supports this, but the pro edition does.

In my various systems: Desktop: 2x2GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 Server: 4x1GB OCZ Gold DDR2-800, 5-5-5-15 Workstation: 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800, 5-5-5-15 Laptop: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2-667 (running at DDR2-533).

Check your BIOS for any Q-Fan or Cool'n'Quiet related options. They're usually in the hardware monitoring sections. If you have them, enable them. It should make it so that the CPU fan only speeds up when needed. If you can't find any options that help you out, your next best bet is to replace the stock heatsink. What kind of motherboard and CPU do you have?

I'd recommend the Gigabyte P35 series over the Abit boards. Abit's quality was good about 5 years ago, but they've fallen off the mark. If you're going to spend nearly $200 on a motherboard, make it a good P35 setup, or if you can wait, X38.

How much PHP/HTML programming have you done? I recently updated the theme on my site (http://zxian.org) just by modifying some of the base theme code. You might have a better time figuring out what each function in WordPress does, and then piecing each of those parts together. If you'd like a bit of help, just let me know. It's worth it to setup a test template that's a copy of one of the current templates (take the default as an example), and then start removing bits and pieces to see what each does.

Yup - can't go wrong there.