Will changing/removing a factory (DELL) set RAID 5 configuration from a home desktop PC interfere with rebuilding the OS (XP Pro) from the factory restore discs? [more inside]
posted by lyam on Nov 19, 2009 - 4 answers

Seemingly arcane Solaris I/O Multipathing (MPxIO) question - how do I remove a physical device on a MPxIO-managed controller? [more inside]
posted by SpecialK on Nov 2, 2009 - 5 answers

Tearing my hair out over what feels like a simple PHP/SQL question: mysql_fetch_array returns, dur, an array of all the rows that matched your query. How can I tell it to skip a row of that array? More inside. [more inside]
posted by GilloD on Jun 27, 2009 - 14 answers

So I have an array of data in Excel. Specifically, weekly repos outstanding (dollar amounts) since 2001. Is there any way to find monthly rate [(last date of month-first date of month)/first date of month] of change for it? What I have in mind is something like subtotals function except it shows rate of change rather than sum or average. Does anybody have any ideas? [more inside]
posted by Lucubrator on Apr 21, 2009 - 6 answers

How to do a VBA version of the following array formula in Excel? The following array formula (entered with ctrl,shift,enter) will produce the string 'Bank statement'!H842, which is the name of a cell I would like to be able to manipulate via VBA: {="'Bank statement'!H"&MATCH(C1&D$39,'Bank statement'!A:A&'Bank statement'!C:C,0)} [more inside]
posted by Mokusatsu on Oct 17, 2008 - 3 answers

Item: one Excel spreadsheet. Contains: fifty rows. Column A - parrot name. Column B - parrot selling price. Column C - parrot age when sold. Without sorting the rows, how can I find the average age when sold of the most expensive ten parrots? I know I need an array here but just can't work out how to get my correct parrot average.
posted by humuhumu on May 21, 2008 - 10 answers

Someone asked me if I could use Excel to take a table of information and put it into a new table randomly. Without thinking about it too hard I said "Yeah, I bet I could do that." Turns out I spoke too soon. [more inside]
posted by qldaddy on May 13, 2008 - 7 answers

What is the best way to create an expandable storage array with eight 500GB SATA drives? [more inside]
posted by cgomez on Mar 8, 2008 - 11 answers

How to recover from sync-ing a RAID 1 the wrong way? [more inside]
posted by notsnot on Feb 6, 2008 - 11 answers

How do I sort this array in PHP? [more inside]
posted by samstarling on Feb 25, 2007 - 3 answers

Excel Powers Active! Vague Excel spreadsheet lookup problem inside. [more inside]
posted by brettcar on Jul 21, 2006 - 8 answers

A/V nerdfilter: I'm looking to control a 9x9 array of LCD screens driven by a computer for an art installation. What's the best/cheapest way to set this up? [more inside]
posted by unlicensedarchitect on Apr 19, 2006 - 13 answers

How do I make an computer-controlled (and PIC-controlled) LED matrix? [more inside]
posted by yellowbkpk on Mar 25, 2006 - 8 answers