I would recommend against the any soundblaster live product if you are wanting to run 2000 on the box. I have seen many compatibility problems with them. One of these problems is documented in MS knowledge base Q211241. The work around is uninstall the card. I also saw a page on the creative labs site a couple months ago that basically said change operating systems. I can't find that page on the creative labs site any more so I don't know if the issue was fixed or not. If I were you I would use a different card just to be on the safe side. -----Original Message----- From: Jupp, Peter [mailto:JuppPat_private] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:10 AM To: forensicsat_private Subject: Forensics Lab Equipment Questions Greetings All, Does anyone know a good supplier for a bench-mounted variable power supply? Secondly, has anyone found a universal solution for getting power to a laptop computer with no power supply? We are often asked by other investigators if we can determine the owner of recovered stolen laptops. Of course, the battery has always fully discharged and there is no power supply (disposable computing for thieves). There are so many of these coming in with no real evidenciary value (we're just looking to get them back to their rightful owners) that we don't do a proper forensic analysis, usually within 30 seconds after booting it up we can find enough clues to determine who used to own it. The problem is that we often don't have a compatible power supply. If there exists some kind of universal option, I haven't found it yet...but I'd be very interested to know how others cope with the same problem. Our collection of power supplies is slowly growing, but not fast enough. Thirdly, does anyone use an external CDRW drive (not for using with the forensic box, just for our laptops)? Any recommendations? We were using an older HP, it sure makes a lot of coasters. Finally, since we're on the subject of equipment, I have the enviable task of building a couple of forensic workstations. I have so far compiled the following list of components. If anyone has any comments on compatibility issues, or has had a particularly bad experience with anything on this list I'd appreciate knowing about it before I submit my wishlist. Case -- Antec SX1040B Motherboard -- ASUS P4T Intel 850 Pentium 4 Processor -- Pentium 4 1.5GB (comes with 128MB RDRAM) Memory -- Extra two 64MB RIMMS for a total of 256MB Storage -- Quantum Fireball AS 20.5GB Storage -- Plextor 16X10X40 Video Card -- GeForce2 MX-400 32MB SCSI Card -- Adaptec 2940 Audio Card -- SB Live Value DVD Drive -- ??? (Any recommendations appreciated) Thanks in advance, > Det. Peter Jupp > High Tech Crime Unit > Ottawa Police Service > CANADA > (613)236-1222 ext.2234 > *E*jupppat_private > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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