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Going to SD West 2008 – a planning worksheet

1March2008GeekTieGuyPersonal, Software development

I have the good fortune to be able to attend SD West this year. I’ve heard people at work rave about this conference right inÂ my backyard, and was lucky to get approval to go this year. Unfortunately I’ve been so swamped with work (really exciting new stuff, too) that I haven’t been able to prepare

Computer performance puzzle: Hard drive PIO vs. (U)DMA mode

18February2008GeekTieGuy3 CommentsTech Toys

[I may have a hard drive mini-series on my hands here, see previous post.] If your computer has performance problems and you can’t quite explain why (you’ve ruled out startup items, spyware and such ilk), it may be worth looking at how your IDE controller manages hard drive data transfer. It should be using (U)DMA,

Listen to your hard drive’s S.M.A.R.T. status

18February2008GeekTieGuy3 CommentsTech Toys

As I mentioned in my last post, I went to the local Fry’s recently to get a replacement hard drive. What prompted me to do that was a warning from the BIOS of my computer saying that the S.M.A.R.T. status of the drive was bad. I’m glad I listened to that warning. After replacing the

On the cover of PC World February 2008

17February2008GeekTieGuyPersonal

Okay, time for a little bragging :). I was at the local Fry’s yesterday, buying a new hard drive to replace one that’s about to go bad, and on my way out I stopped by the magazine racks. Imagine my surprise when I saw this on the cover: How cool to see the product you

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Going to SD West 2008 – a planning worksheet

Computer performance puzzle: Hard drive PIO vs. (U)DMA mode

Listen to your hard drive’s S.M.A.R.T. status

On the cover of PC World February 2008