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Reply #1120 on: August 13, 2009, 06:51:43 PM

Is it hanging during name resolution (DNS lookups)?
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Reply #1121 on: August 13, 2009, 08:33:50 PM

How on earth did they get that badly infected in the first place? Does someone have a secret porn obsession or something? Or just not know enough to never, ever click random email links?

Their Virus Scanner subsrcription ended and they didn't renew it, they are middle aged and completely not internet savvy got the idea in their heads that Kerio firewall would stop everything. Anyway it's like a riot act at the moment might not be salvagable but it's working-ish for now albeit very slowly. Still twice as fast as it was before I got my hands on it.

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Reply #1122 on: August 14, 2009, 02:55:08 PM

Don't know where to stuff this, but the egg is having a 72 hour HDD sale, code HDDSALE15. 15% off up to $10, just bought a WD 500GB Black for $60 free ship.
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Reply #1123 on: August 15, 2009, 11:11:53 AM

You could also get one of these, though the external case would come in useful beyond this instance.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232004

I got my hands on one of these but when I plug it in doesn't pick up the HDD, properly, it detects it somewhat but cannot run it.

When I boot I get the message "Secondary drive 0 not found". It's spinning so the power cable is ok, maybe I need to update the BIOS?
« Last Edit: August 15, 2009, 02:27:01 PM by Amarr HM »

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Reply #1124 on: August 15, 2009, 02:32:47 PM

Just happened to see this in one of the reviews when I went to see what it was:

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    Pros: Now that I got it working, its great... I can use my old IDE optical drive.
    Cons: Well, before I loaded my OS I NEEDED the jumper on my DRIVE set to master for it to work correctly, after it was all loaded, turned the computer off, turned back on & it wouldnt read my drive... switched the jumper to "cable select" then booted & it worked perfectly!!!!
    Other Thoughts: You might have to switch from master before loading OS, then cable select AFTER.

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Reply #1125 on: August 15, 2009, 03:07:17 PM

I can boot the OS fine, it's seeing the Master drive as the Primary drive.
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Reply #1126 on: August 15, 2009, 06:32:53 PM

You could also get one of these, though the external case would come in useful beyond this instance.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812232004

I got my hands on one of these but when I plug it in doesn't pick up the HDD, properly, it detects it somewhat but cannot run it.

When I boot I get the message "Secondary drive 0 not found". It's spinning so the power cable is ok, maybe I need to update the BIOS?
May need to fiddle with the jumper on the IDE drive. Never used that sort of adapter so not totally sure.

Edit: whoops Viin already posted that
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Reply #1127 on: August 15, 2009, 07:08:08 PM

I got my hands on one of these but when I plug it in doesn't pick up the HDD, properly, it detects it somewhat but cannot run it.

When I boot I get the message "Secondary drive 0 not found". It's spinning so the power cable is ok, maybe I need to update the BIOS?


Whoops yes excuse my ignorance on that one I didn't know what that meant never really dealt with IDE drives much, it's obviously a physical switch over of leads right? I thought it was something in the bios needed to be switched, I'll get on that. Ok I can see it now but it's pretty awkward to get at and the drive can't be removed without taking out the floppy and CD rom also. I'm gonna try and get a toothpick and pop it out I think it's in this one if that makes any sense >> ::[:]:



Ok I've tried every sequence on this diagram except for the one with the two jumpers on it. It was initially on cable select afaik.
« Last Edit: August 15, 2009, 08:18:55 PM by Amarr HM »

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Reply #1128 on: August 16, 2009, 07:11:13 PM

You are running another SATA drive I assume? Try unplugging it and just booting up with this drive set as MASTER. Then go into your BIOS and make sure it's recognizing it. After that, plug your SATA back in and set this one to CABLE SELECT and start up again in BIOS.. make sure it shows both. If not, try having it auto detect the drive.

Are you sure this drive still works?  why so serious?

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Reply #1129 on: August 16, 2009, 07:52:16 PM

Is it hanging during name resolution (DNS lookups)?

How would I know if it is?
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Reply #1130 on: August 17, 2009, 01:35:57 AM

Is it hanging during name resolution (DNS lookups)?

How would I know if it is?
Open up a command prompt. Figure out the domain name of a "resource" that's taking a long time to load. Type at the prompt:

nslookup <domain name>

E.g.

nslookup f13.net

If that's taking a long time it's your DNS server that's borked. Many ISPs have poor DNS servers. PacBell/SBC/AT&T was notoriously bad when they were first rolling out DSL lines in the SF Bay Area. I actually just used the DNS servers of my co-location servers for the longest time instead. Comcast isn't so great in my current area either.
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Reply #1131 on: August 17, 2009, 04:22:07 AM

You are running another SATA drive I assume? Try unplugging it and just booting up with this drive set as MASTER. Then go into your BIOS and make sure it's recognizing it. After that, plug your SATA back in and set this one to CABLE SELECT and start up again in BIOS.. make sure it shows both. If not, try having it auto detect the drive.

Are you sure this drive still works?  why so serious?

They needed the machine back so never really found out I'll probably be getting it back in a couple of weeks though presumably riddled with viruses again. If/when that happens I'll try again and yes the spare SATA drive works hehe checked that aforehand. Just wondering though should I have set something akin to jumpers somewhere on the converter/SATA drive aswell to mimic IDE? There didn't seem to be a place to do it vOv
« Last Edit: August 17, 2009, 04:26:52 AM by Amarr HM »

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Reply #1132 on: August 17, 2009, 03:49:52 PM

If that's taking a long time it's your DNS server that's borked. Many ISPs have poor DNS servers. PacBell/SBC/AT&T was notoriously bad when they were first rolling out DSL lines in the SF Bay Area. I actually just used the DNS servers of my co-location servers for the longest time instead. Comcast isn't so great in my current area either.

Did that and this is what I got:



Took about 10 seconds to actually get a result.
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Reply #1133 on: August 17, 2009, 04:13:51 PM

Your DNS is borked unless your router hosts it ;)
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Reply #1134 on: August 17, 2009, 04:22:21 PM

God damnit. It was perfectly fine 2 weeks ago. God I hate technology.
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Reply #1135 on: August 17, 2009, 05:16:18 PM

It's no big deal, just go into the router settings and set a couple of public DNS servers for look up services:

This is just from a google search but the servers on there are what I expected to see:
http://www.tech-faq.com/public-dns-servers.shtml

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Reply #1136 on: August 17, 2009, 05:41:43 PM

Would a slow DNS cause issues with MSN and Newsgroup downloading?
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Reply #1137 on: August 17, 2009, 05:50:47 PM

A DNS issue can cause your download attempt to "hang" at the very beginning while the program patiently waits for the name server to give it back the IP address of the download host. Once a download starts, DNS issues shouldn't affect the download speed as the program now knows the IP address of the host. Packet loss, congestion, and other routing issues will, however, affect the actual download speed.
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Reply #1138 on: August 17, 2009, 07:35:09 PM

If your router has DHCP it should automagically get the DNS settings from your ISP, so you might look at that. (ie: turn DHCP on rather than hard setting IP address and DNS).

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Reply #1139 on: August 18, 2009, 11:02:50 AM

I have a hard drive in a busted DVR and I'd like to get at the shows on it.  I'm assuming there are "applications" to read it but I haven't been on that side of the Internet for a while.  Ideas?

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Reply #1140 on: August 18, 2009, 11:07:57 AM

If your router has DHCP it should automagically get the DNS settings from your ISP, so you might look at that. (ie: turn DHCP on rather than hard setting IP address and DNS).
Many times the ISP's DNS server is borked.  If I'm having issues I set mine to include my ISP and my work's DNS, though a public one would be fine, too.

Nix, if you use an IP address instead of a name does it work fine?  That's the easiest test to see if it is a DNS problem or not.

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Reply #1141 on: August 18, 2009, 05:06:39 PM

PS3 40GB backward compatibility?  possible via emulator or anything?
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Reply #1142 on: August 18, 2009, 05:54:49 PM

PS3 40GB backward compatibility?  possible via emulator or anything?

No PS2 BC at all, nor possible.
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Reply #1143 on: August 18, 2009, 06:06:41 PM

Man, I really want one of these SSD hard drives for my boot partition but they are a bit pricey still. If anyone sees a deal for one, send it over!

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Reply #1144 on: August 18, 2009, 10:37:53 PM

I have a hard drive in a busted DVR and I'd like to get at the shows on it.  I'm assuming there are "applications" to read it but I haven't been on that side of the Internet for a while.  Ideas?
What's the DVR? Most of the "name" ones have some sort of DRM that prevents you from playing the videos back on anything other than that type of device and you have to be a subscriber at the time (or have a lifetime sub).
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Reply #1145 on: August 19, 2009, 07:37:09 AM

I have a hard drive in a busted DVR and I'd like to get at the shows on it.  I'm assuming there are "applications" to read it but I haven't been on that side of the Internet for a while.  Ideas?
What's the DVR? Most of the "name" ones have some sort of DRM that prevents you from playing the videos back on anything other than that type of device and you have to be a subscriber at the time (or have a lifetime sub).


I'm assuming it will not be easy.  It's a DirecTV DVR from when they worked with TiVo.  This would likely have been far easier had I needed to do this some years ago but a 2006 unit is probably locked tight.

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Reply #1146 on: August 19, 2009, 07:51:31 AM

Why don't you just torrent the shows?  If you're willing to bypass the DRM anyway I don't think a little torrenty piracy is much different. And it'd sure be easier than screwing around with that hard drive.
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Reply #1147 on: August 19, 2009, 07:57:03 AM

Why don't you just torrent the shows?  If you're willing to bypass the DRM anyway I don't think a little torrenty piracy is much different. And it'd sure be easier than screwing around with that hard drive.

A fine, fine question but I'd be somewhat surprised if the shows I am looking for are on the internets.  Besides, it's a nerd challenge.

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Reply #1148 on: August 19, 2009, 08:19:04 AM

I'm assuming it will not be easy.  It's a DirecTV DVR from when they worked with TiVo.  This would likely have been far easier had I needed to do this some years ago but a 2006 unit is probably locked tight.
If it's a Tivo box there may be a way to do it then, since there is an active Tivo hacker community out there, though it would be a lot of work. There are ways to mount the Tivo HD on a PC (I've seen guides using Linux) and some of the formats can be decrypted.
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Reply #1149 on: August 22, 2009, 11:37:08 AM

Any suggestions for GPS units that are usable both in and outside of the US?

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Reply #1150 on: August 22, 2009, 09:46:41 PM

Any recommendations for an external HD enclosure kit that works with a Seagate Momentus 5400.3?  Need to (try, anyway) get data off a dead laptop.
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Reply #1151 on: August 22, 2009, 09:48:03 PM

Any suggestions for GPS units that are usable both in and outside of the US?

For what purpose? Getting driving directions?

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Reply #1152 on: August 23, 2009, 08:00:40 AM

I wasn't aware you could use them for anything else.

I'll be moving to DC soon, and as the road system there is pretty crazy, it'd be nice to not get lost all the time. Same for when I go abroad.

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Reply #1153 on: August 23, 2009, 08:42:42 AM

I wouldn't worry about them once you go overseas.  Most rental cars have them, or at least as an option.
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Reply #1154 on: August 23, 2009, 10:27:20 AM

I'll be living overseas, so a rental isn't really an option.  Ohhhhh, I see.

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