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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: UEFI & GPT Boot Problem
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on: April 20, 2014, 08:06:56 pm
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You are right... I still have an LSI RAID controller card that I removed from my All Purpose PC after playing with RAID 0 for a while... I would not recommend this, since I would tend to believe that it must be quite noisy electronically speaking... It did that since I was curious and at the time the Intel software for RAID was unstable on my motherboard (ICHR9)... But RAID 0 ? It's fast, but there is absolutely no integrity with RAID 0... As soon as something fails, all fails... Got to have backups ! I still think that 2TB should be the maximum for a drive (even 1TB should be better with only one platter instead of multiple ones)... I thought about that for a while in the event I would need more than 2TB, but I can still hold all I like into this capacity... For the moment. And from what I see, it would prevent a lot of headaches Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / Re: IEC plug on NOS1: where is the live line as opposed to the neutral one ?
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on: April 20, 2014, 07:49:48 pm
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Peter, Well yes, I know we are stuck with this here (cannot do 180 degree swap easily)... I was hoping there was some kind of official (or unofficial) guidelines that was written by an association of some kind... Lots of "some kind" eh... I just know that for some appliances it does not matter, but for others it could (light bulb, switches that should either "cut" the live and neutral, or at least the live, not only the neutral), etc... Things can look so much "acquired" but they are not... I hope that you did the test while you have the chance to do so Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Phasure NOS1 DAC / IEC plug on NOS1: where is the live line as opposed to the neutral one ?
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on: April 20, 2014, 06:53:09 pm
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Hi Peter,
I never really cared to ask this, but I tend to overlook this question... I found two pictures showing from what slot the live voltage is supposed to be here in Canada (and I believe it is the same in US)...
The 2 pictures that you can see are showing where the live current is located (which prong) as opposed to the neutral one.
I think it could be interesting for each of us to tell where the current flows as opposed to the neutral - this on a cable with the appropriate connection for the socket wall on one extremity and the IEC side (Is it the same for all ?).
So I will start... Here in Canada, this is how it is done...
Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: UEFI & GPT Boot Problem
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on: April 20, 2014, 11:11:59 am
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Hi Peter,
I do not see any "recertified" on my hard drive label. BTW it is mentionned that the firmware is CC52.
I did not try to have it bootable though... I can't recall if I formatted it with my old All Purpose PC or my UEFI music PC though...
Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: UEFI & GPT Boot Problem
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on: April 19, 2014, 04:19:06 pm
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Peter, I have the same drive (Seagate ST4000DM000) and it was created and formatted as a "base disk"... Does this means that it is defined as MBR (as opposed to Dynamic disk) ?
Just to mention that my motherboard is from 2007 and does not have EFI nor UEFI in Bios... This PC being my "All purpose" PC on which that drive is connected through Esata (so external) and my PC is connected directly to my music PC through LAN.
Alain Edit: if someone finds something that explains clearly how things are related (Basic vs Dynamic disks, GUID aka GPT vs MBR), maybe this would help us to have a good understanding about what is feasible and what is not...
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Sound system chain and ground scheme
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on: April 12, 2014, 04:34:35 pm
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Peter,
Ah ! I stand corrected... I wrongly stated that I switched back to the iFi iUSB wall wart, but that's not correct.
I switched back to the wall wart that came with the external enclosure, not the iUSB. The iUSB does not work with the external enclosure anymore. I can't explain why it is so, since the SSD drive is told to use 195mW of power when active, while the iUSB can deliver 5 watts (5V x 1A). Maybe the enclosure itself takes more power than one would expect, but the result is that there is not enough current to power the SSD. Maybe the explanation lies elsewhere, but I can't wrap my head around this...
Regards,
Alain
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