Low-noise PCs
HDD Vibe-Fixer
fit-PC, really small fully functional PC (Dutch reseller)
SheevaPlug Dev Kit, cheap very low-power plug-computer
Benchmark
CrystalDiskMark, disk benchmark, some results:
Samsung Spinpoint HD501LJ 500MB:
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CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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Sequential Read : 71.090 MB/s
Sequential Write : 76.105 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 40.095 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 58.464 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 0.685 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 1.104 MB/s
Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2009/10/30 9:01:28
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 (USB stick 2GB):
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CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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Sequential Read : 11.101 MB/s
Sequential Write : 4.440 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 11.111 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 1.403 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 4.935 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 0.014 MB/s
Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2009/10/30 9:16:32
OCZ Vertex (new):
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CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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Sequential Read : 191.568 MB/s
Sequential Write : 93.804 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 153.306 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 90.380 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 29.273 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 8.269 MB/s
Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2009/09/19 14:58:31
Samsung Spinpoint HD154UI Ecogreen F2 1.5TB:
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CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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Sequential Read : 100.007 MB/s
Sequential Write : 100.986 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 48.473 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 70.352 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 0.725 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 1.490 MB/s
Test Size : 100 MB
Date : 2009/09/19 15:02:55
eSATA
To get hot plug to work on an Asus P5K motherboard and Windows XP, install the latest JMicron JMB 36x drivers from http://www.jmicron.com/. Reboot, and in the Asus BIOS change the JMicron SATA mode to AHCI. When booting into Windows XP, the JMicron controller will be detected and you have to reboot again. After this second reboot you can switch external drives that are connected by eSATA on and off. You will not see anything in the system tray, the drive letter will just appear and disappear in Explorer. When you assign a drive letter to the drive in the Drive Manager, it will keep this drive letter even when turned off and on again.
Spyder2Pro on multi monitor
ProfileChooser is by default only able to select profiles that have been assigned to a monitor under Control Panel->Display->Settings->Advanced->Color management. However you can only assign profiles to a single monitor.
To get the ProfileChooser to work, I had to write an AutoIt3 script that selects the correct profiles. No profiles should have been assigned in Color management. There should only be two profiles created by the callibration software: IIyama and Samsung. Leave the sRGB one alone. The script exe can be put in the Startup folder. This is the script:
; Start ProfileChooser and click away the error dialogs
Run("c:\Program Files\ColorVision\ProfileChooser\ProfileChooser.exe")
WinWait("Standaardbeeldscherm")
WinWait("Profile Chooser")
WinActivate("Profile Chooser")
Send("{ENTER}")
WinWait("Plug en Play-monitor")
WinWait("Profile Chooser")
WinActivate("Profile Chooser")
Send("{ENTER}")
; Set profile for CRT
WinActivate("Standaardbeeldscherm")
ControlClick("Standaardbeeldscherm", "", "all monitor profiles")
ControlCommand("Standaardbeeldscherm", "", "ListBox1", "SelectString", "IIyama")
; Set profile for LCD
WinActivate("Plug en Play-monitor")
ControlClick("Plug en Play-monitor", "", "all monitor profiles")
ControlCommand("Plug en Play-monitor", "", "ListBox1", "SelectString", "Samsung")
; Quit the application
Sleep(1000)
Send("!{F4}")
Data recovery
Kroll Ontrack, dutch company in Hoofddorp, mentioned in CT
