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I would expect the drives to last the full 5 years that the warranty covers (much longer with light use). Swapping them out at 3 years is what I do to avoid drive potential drive failures and it has been working for me. Whilst the SMART data will give you an overall idea of drive health it's not...

Checking the spec sheets for the Blue & Black drives indicate they are the same on noise (1TB Versions @7200rpm). Idle 29 dBA Seek 30 dBA Larger capacity Black drives (7200rpm) are slightly louder (Seek 34 dBA). Larger capacity Blue drives (5400rpm) are quieter (Seek 28dBA).

WD 1TB Black. I have been using them for years often 24/7. My rule is to replace drives after 3 years of operation. I remove them from the machine and use them for off line backups. Not had any issues whilst in regular use or as offline storage.

Is the Lian-Li PC-7N likely to be available in the near future? http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-7n/

It is indeed a bargain, just treated myself to one.

My power button broke so i took the casing off the monitor and added some blu-tac to hold the switch in place. Worked ever since, just missing an actual click sound.

I've never had a problem with motherboards and linux. That said to be sure of compatability get a board that has been around for a while. Once you find one you like just do a search for the model number and linux and that should tell you if other people are using it successfully.

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=GuM6LMM9SR4~ This might help but only if you linux users are running SUSE.

Hmm, it suggested almost every distro as 100% suitable apart from gentoo (which i use) which it failed to list.

Just took delivery of my screen last night (it was an A01), all appears well. Looks fantastic next to my 2407 A04.

One point to consider if you are thinking of running a mailserver is reliability. If you have an MX record pointing to your server and your server is offline or unable to receive for whatever reason you will lose any mail sent to it duing the down time. Another option is to run a mailserver...

In theory you should be able to copy over the individual config files applicable to the particular applications you customised. Don't blindly copy over the entire /etc/ folder as it may upset the fresh install. Also make sure that the configuration files you are copying over are for the same...

I use a combination of mplayer and VLC. I prefer VLC as it is better at handling HD content, less stuttering.

Shielded cable is preferable but given the distances you will running the cable either will do.

How many pc's do you need to connect? If it is only 2 (1 upstairs, 1 downstairs) then I would put the router next to the phone socket and run 1 ethernet cable to the upstairs pc and a phoneline extension upstairs to the other bedroom. Then run the other ethernet from the router to the HTPC...

It depends on the type of flat cable you use. Flat ethernet cable should be designed to adhere to the ethernet specs but might have restrictions on maximum length. It's probably similar with the flat phone cable.

The 2 cable variants CW1308 and CW1311 are both BT specifications for telephone wiring. Both types are suitable for what you need but as you are running under carpet the flat type is most suitable. Keep in mind that you want to keep the cable run from the main socket to your ADSL modem as short...

Thats not exactly true. My (clueless) sis walked into a vodaphone shop (they seemed to have the most sensible package) and somehow got talking to the manager. She explained she wanted mobile broadband to study for a course and walked out with a free modem on a pay per month basis. Free modems...

Have a look at this post from my website http://www.deltanova.co.uk/498/ I had a similar problem due to my audio chipset not being supported by the current version of alsa. I compiled the latest version of alsa as modules instead of using the in kernel version. I also needed to modify a line...

I tried to install Fedora 9 on my laptop, failed at some point due to a problem with python 2.5. I seem to be having trouble with the latest crop of distros, Ubuntu 8.04 wouldn't install either, back to OpenSuse or Gentoo.