///M5

Having a raw drive right next to the PC (which is all in a 19" rack in the furnace room) and the sata cables right next to it seems about as safe and easy as it can be. Forces me to reboot my machine everytime I backup which is good because otherwise it is on.

WHen I bought the monitor I thought it too was 1080p Did that all on purpose as I only have one TV and one PC feed in the basement that go to all screens.

That is the problem with the ATI now, does connect but won't mirror.

And of course I don't want to extend the desktop but mirror it.

When I bought the ATI it claimed it would do it....it doesn't

Definitely. Understatement. Aidan is in kindergarten and Tanner is a few months away from being 4. Nutso!!

I doubt it would help much. Lightroom is a cpu bound prog I think. Processor, SSD and RAM make the most difference. What don't you have an NAS storage solution yet? Your problems scream for it. I've thought about it. Storage isn't really a problem though. The only advantage of the NAS for me would be I could keep it off and unplugged in my office. (I REFUSE to have mybackup powered up). Of course I used to keep my backup drive connected via E-sata and use the home automation to trigger turning the power supply on it on or off for backup. Now I just unplug it completely as I feel better about it. Losing my main drive and external backup drive on the same day before has me gunshy on any other solution. That and every 6 mo I backup other drives onto mine and vice versa.

I can haz PCI-E choices I guess. Supports the newest Intel® Core™ i7 processors in socket LGA1366 with QPI 6.4 GT/s Supports 3 channel DDR3 2000+ memory 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 graphics interface with CrossFireX and SLI support for ultimate graphics performance

According to Adobe even the on board video should be fine. I imagine this means that other than my output request any video card should work pretty much no?

Buck up buttercup. You will get there in now time. Interesting

Would Lightroom run better with a beefier video card? Are there any video cards that allow you to have the screen displayed on 2 display with DIFFERENT resolutions. Specifically 1920 x 1200 and 1920 x 1080? (my main PC monitor is 1920x1200 and I'd love to patch it into my stereo/home automation for the other 5 TV's in the house.

Looks just like this one only it is a 56 instead of a 51.

Or just boot to bios and start Ubuntu I think that is extreme for what I'm seeing. It isn't operating system related. I keep my shit clean that way. There are NO programs installed that don't get used.

Manny's $55 ribeye is on point.$55 Ribeye $8 Hashbrown $8 Asparagus $22 House Red $16 Brownie $109 + tip Economy of scale that.....add date: $55 Ribeye $164 + Tip = $200 or $100/person My wife gets a glass of tap water and free smells. Last trip to Manny's was $600 for 4 of us. I know. I'm happy when it stays under 3.

Figured playing a little SRV would help my picking and toughen up my pussy finger tips. His low finger bends are hard on the hands. In particular on big fat strings

Sounds awesome on the old Gibson though.

Might I add that Stevie Ray Vaughan is kicking my ass. His shuffle picking and circular licks are so far from classical it fucking hurts.

Computer only boots into safe mode...This post was WAY older than the last lol

Computer only boots into safe mode...

How much memory do you have installed? what OS,and how many slots available for use?3 slots, 6gb in 2 slots, Windows 7 64I would try changing slots I have seen faulty memory banks on motherboards....And remove a stick of DDR and try to boot, 3 gigs should be able to boot windows 7 what banks are the DDR installed in? And what model motherboard are you using? Michael Well I would but... After trying to run 3Dmark yesterday it won't boot. I can get it into Bios or Safe mode just fine. Figured that 3D Mark overheated and mulched the video card. Went downstairs to see if the fan was spinning....can't see shit so I touched it and burnt my finger. If I go into safe mode and uninstall the video card driver will it use the equivalent that it uses in safe mode to boot into windows? Figure that would confirm my suspicion if I am not nuts. If that is the case I need a video card. Photo editing, internet and some word processing so nothing major but I don't want it laggy. I would pay extra for a video card that had dual HDMI outputs in particular if they could run at different resolutions. I need 1920x1200 and 1920x1080 at the same time if at all possible. And don't forget to go into regedit and delete any registry entries from your ATI software,drivers ect.before you load your new graphics card software...I would check out som nvida based cards at newegg they have some good deals! http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007709 600030348 can't I just remove the hardware in safe mode?I think your smarter than this Sean My honest opinion what I would do would be to visit western digital or seagate's website and get me some free H/D tools and low level format my drives that will re-write every sector back to 0 "factory state".. That fat32 or ntfs will not on you windows cd,, And flash your bios firmware interface revision that will re-write anything that may have targeted your bios cache...if you are unsure this is a shit video card or fan issue.. Only thing else I can think of I have no fuckin clue else! It "has" to be the video card. Intermittent failures - regularly associated with doing photo transforms Otherwise runs fine Lived through hours of Prime95 but did get warm 3DMark runs for 1 minute and the computer freezes up Won't restart after freeze - so I wait an hour Boots into safe mode at that point Still only boots into safe mode Figure my best troubleshooting step is to first slap a video card in it. I don't have to pull the case to do that. 3 minute job and I get ride of shit ATI board. Then if problems exist I'll run 3DMark again and see what else heats up. If nothing, play with memory and repeat.

Sharing a glass of wine, lol.

Manny's $55 ribeye is on point. $55 Ribeye $8 Hashbrown $8 Asparagus $22 House Red $16 Brownie $109 + tip Economy of scale that.....add date: $55 Ribeye $164 + Tip = $200 or $100/person

How much memory do you have installed? what OS,and how many slots available for use?3 slots, 6gb in 2 slots, Windows 7 64I would try changing slots I have seen faulty memory banks on motherboards....And remove a stick of DDR and try to boot, 3 gigs should be able to boot windows 7 what banks are the DDR installed in? And what model motherboard are you using? Michael Well I would but... After trying to run 3Dmark yesterday it won't boot. I can get it into Bios or Safe mode just fine. Figured that 3D Mark overheated and mulched the video card. Went downstairs to see if the fan was spinning....can't see shit so I touched it and burnt my finger. If I go into safe mode and uninstall the video card driver will it use the equivalent that it uses in safe mode to boot into windows? Figure that would confirm my suspicion if I am not nuts. If that is the case I need a video card. Photo editing, internet and some word processing so nothing major but I don't want it laggy. I would pay extra for a video card that had dual HDMI outputs in particular if they could run at different resolutions. I need 1920x1200 and 1920x1080 at the same time if at all possible. And don't forget to go into regedit and delete any registry entries from your ATI software,drivers ect.before you load your new graphics card software...I would check out som nvida based cards at newegg they have some good deals! http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007709 600030348 can't I just remove the hardware in safe mode?Do you have a copy of windows 7?Yes, but if I start fresh it'll be with ALL new hardware. Serious pain in the ass to reset up my home automation shit so I am not real interested in being that clean. I have a clean image of the operating system though...but of course that includes video drivers.

How much memory do you have installed? what OS,and how many slots available for use? 3 slots, 6gb in 2 slots, Windows 7 64 I would try changing slots I have seen faulty memory banks on motherboards....And remove a stick of DDR and try to boot, 3 gigs should be able to boot windows 7 what banks are the DDR installed in? And what model motherboard are you using?Michael Well I would but...After trying to run 3Dmark yesterday it won't boot. I can get it into Bios or Safe mode just fine. Figured that 3D Mark overheated and mulched the video card. Went downstairs to see if the fan was spinning....can't see shit so I touched it and burnt my finger. If I go into safe mode and uninstall the video card driver will it use the equivalent that it uses in safe mode to boot into windows? Figure that would confirm my suspicion if I am not nuts. If that is the case I need a video card. Photo editing, internet and some word processing so nothing major but I don't want it laggy. I would pay extra for a video card that had dual HDMI outputs in particular if they could run at different resolutions. I need 1920x1200 and 1920x1080 at the same time if at all possible. And don't forget to go into regedit and delete any registry entries from your ATI software,drivers ect.before you load your new graphics card software...I would check out som nvida based cards at newegg they have some good deals!http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007709 600030348 can't I just remove the hardware in safe mode?

do you have a deep fryer?