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I believe CuteFTP has that feature, but I can't remember if it's one of those "Pro Only" features or not. WS_FTP also has that ability.

Truth be told, this doesn't really say much about your system's actual power usage. I've got a 500W PSU in my server (next one will be a 620W), but the actual system itself draws about 80W. My laptop is the only computer that gets turned off when not in use. All of my other computers sit there and crunch away at Rosetta@Home as well as serve BitTorrent files. My file server to be is the computer where all of my files will be stored, so I can't really go about turning that off now, can I?

Well there's your problem... you put DDR2 RAM in a board that only supports DDR. I'd hate to say it, but you fried either your board or your RAM (or both). Next time, check what kind of RAM your board supports before you buy new RAM. A simple google search will find you endless information about your board, or you can find it on the manufacturer's webpage.

Indeed - jcarle was a big help in the final decision. Foxconn G9657MA-8EKRS2H is the motherboard I ended up going with in the end. I got a sweet deal on 2GB of OCZ Gold DDR2-800 RAM (2x 1GB for $70 CAD). The CPU is an E2160, since they're on sale at the moment, and are only slightly cheaper than a Celeron. Like many know, I run Rosetta@Home, so the extra core helps there. I still have to order the RAID card though - after I pay down this visa bill. Went on a trip this weekend with my girlfriend... gas, food, drinks... and so forth.

The higher clock speeds are what's going to give you those slightly higher temperatures. 37C is nothing to be worried about though. If you're worried about the noise, you should enable some fan management that your motherboard should have in the BIOS. Either that or grab yourself a fan controller like the Zalman FanMate2 and slow down the CPU fan speed a bit to lower the noise.

Love the pic!

Yea - it hasn't changed much since then, aside from an extra couple of icons at the top for Diablo II:LOD, FarCry, and Unreal Tournament (Original). Yes, this old system can run FarCry... the graphics are all on low, but it runs smoothly.

I think those are the best two to describe pain, depending on what type...

Copy Handler looks pretty nice, but it's a bit of a shame that it has to sit in the background all the time. Unstoppable copier seems alright as well, but it's considerably slower than TeraCopy set with a large buffer. I think it's because UC was meant to recover files from damaged disks, rather than to copy files quickly. I should do some simple file copying tests with my systems to compare various programs. I'll also be able to show the noticable difference between having the buffer set to 64KB vs 10MB (and everything inbetween).

What IP do you have when you're connected? What kind of router is it that you're using as an access point? Why doesn't your current router work with your ISP? If it's a matter of registration, most routers have the ability to mask their WAN MAC address, allowing you to trick your ISP into thinking your wireless router is the same as your current router.

That's gamehead200 in my IM window there. And he's legal, because he just had his birthday, and can now buy booze. Whadda little kid...

You need to setup your wireless access point to NOT act as a DHCP server. Disable that, and your laptop should get a 192.168.1.X IP address. Rule of thumb - only have ONE DHCP server for your home network. It simplifies EVERYTHING...

As long as you're using XP Pro or Server, then yes, permissions are very easy to setup. XP Home is another matter. For the directory you want to share, right-click and select "Sharing and Security". In there you can set the folder permissions for each user.

There's an option in nLite to remove the "Press any key to enter setup..." message that the normal XP CD has. Make sure you didn't select that option. Otherwise, you can use F12 to select the boot device and choose your hard drive after the initial setup occurs. I think you're better off remaking the CD and not selecting that option. What are you using to apply the hotfixes? I personally use RyanVM's Update pack - it's got pretty much everything you need and it's dead simple to use.

I know it's not Windows, but I figured I'd throw it in there for good measure.

I agree. Either the RAM is incompatible, or the RAM itself is bad. Download UBCD, and run Memtest86+. Let it run for a couple of hours. If it shows errors, then your RAM is bad, and you should return it

I've got my music stored on my file server, and I've just mapped the location to a network drive on my workstation. I have Winamp look for the media files in that network drive. Simple, works with any program, and built right into Windows.

I use TeraCopy when copying large files or large volumes of files. With large files, I can definitely tell a difference in speed compared to the built in copy/paste, but I usually have to change the buffer size in TC in order to see that. If I match the cache size of the hard drive I'm using, the file transfers typically go much faster (since there's less back and forth of the disk heads). I haven't needed any sort of error recovery, but the pause and resume is nice. The only downside to TeraCopy is that it puts all transfers in a queue. If you go to copy FileA, and then FileB, it'll only do FileA and then do FileB (regardless of different hardware, network locations, etc). I have noticed though that in some cases, Windows copy functions are better - for example with flash drives. My Creative Muvo MP3 player (which connects to the system like a USB flash drive) had pretty horrible transfer speeds from TeraCopy (<1MB/s), while Windows seemed to be alright.

This is telling me that the system is still "on", but not doing anything. Try clearing your CMOS. I'm wondering if there's something strange in your BIOS settings that's preventing the system from turning off properly. @bonnestone - If the PSU keeps it's own fan running, then that's one thing, but the fans that are connected to molex connectors or the motherboard headers couldn't have power unless the rest of the system is running.

Start->Run. Type in services.msc. Scroll down until you see the Network Location Awareness service. Right-click for properties. Make sure it's set to Automatic, and then hit Start. Hope this helps.

True.... gah... so hard... to decide.... The only problem I've got with 7200RPM drives is that nobody's made a 160GB 7200RPM PATA drive. I've got the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160GB drive in my laptop right now, and the speed increase from my old drive (the one that's in the desktop now) is considerable. When somebody makes a high-capacity 7200RPM PATA drive, I'll be the first one to buy it. I've been reading about differences between the 975 and 965 chipsets. It's a little confusing, since the 965 is newer than the 975 - contrary to what you'd first think. From what I've read, the 965 outperforms the 975 at stock speeds anyways, so maybe that'd be a better choice. But on the other hand... 28 PCI-e lanes... *drools* Hopefully. I have a friend who built a system using the P5K board, and also noticed the AHCI settings disappeared after the BIOS update.Why does this have to be so hard? I wish I could build my own motherboard from various components... that'd be so much easier than all this back and forth crap. *grumble*

I was actually thinking of scrapping the OS RAID setup and just running it off a single drive. I was actually going to take those two drives and set them up in RAID0 in my main workstation, since it's currently running off a 100GB 5400RPM notebook drive... and it's slightly painful. In order to get the ICH9R, I'd need to go for the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P, which boosts up the price a bit. Secondly, Gigabyte's BIOSes aren't really up to snuff until a few revisions in... not too much fun that is. For an ASUS board with the ICH9R, it's the P5K Deluxe, which boosts the price by another $100. For that price, I'd rather move to the I975 based ASUS P5W64-WS Pro, which leaves far more flexibility in terms of PCI-e setups. The only thing I'd be missing out on there is 1333FSB support - no big loss. No domain controller on this setup. My network isn't complex enough to justify setting up a domain at home. I just map the drives to network shares - works well enough for me. I think I'll stick with the P5K-V motherboard. The lack of NCQ on the OS drive isn't going to make too much of a difference for the system, and the onboard video is a perk as well.

I think I'll try out the onboard NIC first and see how that goes. If it starts to be a problem, I can always pick up an Intel card later. I was planning on running a single drive off the motherboard for the OS and temporary storage drive. What impact would the lack of AHCI have on this? From what I understand, it's mostly for NCQ, hot-plug support, and other SATA features, right? Would you recommend moving down to the I965 or I975 chipset instead, or another manufacturer?

Scratch that... I didn't see this. I don't need extreme high end RAM, but I figured DDR2-800 would run better with my CPU since it's clock-for-clock with the FSB. Patriot Extreme Performance 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 @jcarle - Yea, I saw the HX620. I was thinking about grabbing that as well...

Ok, so there's a big sale at the local hardware store. I already picked up another couple of WD5000AAKS drives for $95 a piece... can't really complain at that. I just wanted to make sure that I'm not going to be throwing away my money at the parts I hope to get. Motherboard ASUS P5K-V ATX G33 LGA775 Conroe DDR2 2PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Video Sound GBLAN 1394 CPU Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 LGA775 1.8GHZ 800FSB 1MB RAM OCZ Platinum XTC REV.2 PC2-6400 2X1GB For the motherboard, I was debating between the P5K, P5K-V, or the P5KC, but I don't think I'll be putting DDR3 into this system anyways (so out goes the P5KC), and I'd rather have a spare PCI-E x16 slot for something else - who knows, maybe another RAID card eventually - so add the $10 for the P5K-V. Oh, and I'll be getting the 9650SE-8LPML card with a BBU. The only problem is that it's a 1-2 week wait for it to come in...