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Sigh, problem after problem. Installed the various drivers, ignoring the Maxtor problem right now. Now the Ethernet controller is on and see the DHCP host and I get an address, but mysteriously, I can’t access the Internet. Ugh. This seems to be a problem with the builtin nVidia firewall. Incredibly,…

Some folks at “Hard Forum”:http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1028319389#post1028319389 think the issue is that Newegg (where I buy my drives) doesn’t pack them properly. Get them from ZipZoomFly or Hypermicro is the recommendation. Sage words about packing, maybe that’s why so many of my drives fail? “DFI Street”:http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9496&page=1&pp=20&highlight=maxtor+16MB reports that it is a problem…

Wow, I had almost given up hope on the DFI LanParty nF4, but amazingly, somehow it has come back to life. It must have been the CMOS reset. The recommendation is to take the battery out for a day. I didn’t plug the CMOS jumper in right and then I…

Tong Family Blog: Gigantic Fan. Well, I finally put the XP-120 into a machine and it was indeed big. Still need a bunch of 120mm gigantic fans. The Globe is hard to find and mnptech.com doesn’t carry it anymore :-0 So here is a new listing. “Sharky Forums”:http://www.sharkyforums.com/showthread.php?s=9df064fe0a0738b846800c5006cdd5c4&threadid=259758 has a…

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DFI Forums – NF4 Ultra-D – Ultra D: Leds of Death Once Again…. Well, I got a brand new 600 watt power supply and the thing is still dead. The LED standby power light goes on, but nothing happens when I push either power button. I also see the DRAM…

Well, I tried to get my DFI Lanparty board working and I’m pretty sure I toasted it. At least I tried the Seasonic Supertornado 400 against a known good machine and it worked fine. Also put the memory in and the OCZ memory seems good. So, now I just have…