Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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| !where? help! emachine restore CD Cletustheinbredhillbilly 21:11:14 |
| | thank you very much for any (useful) suggestions 
looking for the emachines 733i etowerrestore cd.
why you may wonder as this would have microslop Me on it...
would greatly aid me in creating an XP restore disc.
i plan to sell this machine and having a nifty OEM
restore would be great.
i have a different emachines restore cd
which i had hoped would enable me to hack
togather an install of XP but i cantget past
loading mup.sys
wth is mup.sys?
any suggestions on this idea also joyusly accepted.
(if i can hax0r an install with this other machine
(restore CD i can then image that.
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Wednesday, 6 August 2008
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| Looking for an inexpensive desktop Shred 09:18:04 |
| | What is the least expensive way to go as far as a complete system goes,
including OS, keyboard, mouse, and monitor?
Could I build one cheaper than buy it already put together?
I remember a day when building one was cheaper. Is it still?
My mom's friend needs an inexpensive system for Internet and email.
What is the least she can expect to spend for a system and where can I
get her one?
Or, what components (mobo, cpu, etc...) and where should I go to get
them to build her one?
I usually shop at Newegg.
Thanks a lot.
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Monday, 21 July 2008
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| Strange Screws Guest 00:51:42 |
| | I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate
80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special screws. I shot a
picture of a screw here:
http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/Screwdriver_for_5-Point_Star_Screw.files.hidden/5-point%20star.jpg
Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws?
Thanks.
Chieh
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Hacking Digital Cameras -
http://www.camerahacker.com/books/Hacking_Digital_Cameras/
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Thursday, 19 June 2008
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| stop error: 0x000000D1 (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) Gary Roach 19:07:43 |
| | I'm trying to reinstall windows xp on a 533MHz PIII. The machine had been
running windows xp and suddenly began rebooting on boot-up just after the
logo screen. I tried re-installing with all unnecessary h/w removed and ram
and hd replaced. i constantly get the following stop error after the first
reboot of the install:
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
....
STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
I'm having no luck searching for this particular set of parameters. Any
ideas on the problem? Are there any diagnostic tools that will verify the
hardware?
Thanks,
--
Gary Roach
ADB Services
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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| APC Smart-UPS vs Cyberpower CPS1500AVR 00_DotNetWarrior 06:12:25 |
| | Thanks a lot for all the comments, I think I will get a better one. I went
to tigerdirect, they carry APC Smart-UPS 1500 VA and they also carry
Cyberpower CPS1500AVR (1500 VA) Is this Cyberpower any good? It said it's
design for running server, it's like 30% less expensive than Smart-UPS...
any idea?
Thanks
Alex.
"John McGaw" <nobody@nowh.ere> wrote in message
news:4k_uf.1779$0y2.1104@bignews2.bellsouth.net...> 00_DotNetWarrior wrote:>> I have been using APC products at least for 6-7 years and I have 10 of >> their products in the office and I am happy with them UNTIL recently. I >> have one of my regular desktops I left it on all the time protected by >> APC Back-Ups Office 500 VA, I went out for 2 hours and came back. The >> computer was off and the whole room got burning smell. I found that my >> APC was not working, So I examined my computer, monitor everything were >> fine when plugged directly to the elec outlet.>>
Now, I opened up the APC, Look at the photos!!>> The unit was not overloaded, and I checked my log file from other APCs >> software, there wasn't any surge during the day.>> Now, the questions are:>> 1. What caused this? anyone had similar experience?>> 2. If I am using APC for my servers (I do have several servers running >> 1000VA series), I am SO WORRIED this will happen and shut down by itself >> like this. How can I prevent this and WHAT'S THE POINT of having a >> backup when APC can't even function by itself?>> 3. See the photos? The burning is pretty bad, it can actually cause fire. >> I should think about APC product if I were to buy again.>> And how many pieces of electronic equipment do you own that will never and > can never fail? Was the UPS supplying a computer controlling, for example, > your life support system?> I'd say that if the UPS failing didn't damage your computer, and given > that the UPS in question is about the cheapest model that APC makes, > things worked out pretty well all things considered. By all means, go and > buy some other manufacturer's UPS if it makes you happy but if you > continue to buy from the bottom rung you probably shouldn't expect any > better experience and may well do far worse.>
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Monday, 2 June 2008
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| New Build GigsByte GA-8I955X-Royal--Ideas?? Spareone3 06:12:07 |
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Model Name : GA-8I955X-Royal
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M/B Rev : 1.1
BIOS Ver : f8
Serial No. : SN0543000024
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VGA Brand : GIGABYTE Model : 7800GT
CPU Brand : Intel Model : 830 Speed : 3GHz
Operation System : N/A SP :
Memory Brand : Corsair Type : DDRII
Memory Size : 2 x 512 Speed : 667
Power Supply : Aspire ATX-AS500W-BK
System fails to fully boot or enter BIOS setup, (Get 1 beep which is normal
I think). Will fully complete on screen Memory check OK finds 1Gb running in
Dual mode, IDE scan finds drives, then crashes/hangs and I lose VGA sync and
cannot even reset motherboard by case reset button! (Reset works OK if I
reset within first 2 seconds prior to hang) GigaByte DPS blue LEDs
illuminate one at a time and then all go out at point of hang. I have
cleared CMOS and removed motherboard from chassis disconnecting all but VGA
card. This is a new system build and therefore has never booted. No O/S is
loaded on the machine. I have a 24 pin connector fitted to m/b, however I
only have a 2x2 12V supply to the CPU. All literature suggests that only on
a 840 and 845 CPU requires 2x4 12V..Is this correct... I have worked with
Gigabytes boards week in and week out and this seems an uncommon failure,
however it is the first Dual core system and so this hardware configuration
is unproven!
Has anyone run an 830D on this or any other board using just the 2x2 12v P4
supply?
Any help would be appreciated!
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Tuesday, 8 January 2008
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| recovory cd for model# ze4325us laptop Guest 02:38:50 |
| | my hp laptop crashed and im told that i need this recovory cd to fix the problem my only problem is that i cant find this disk if anyone knows where i can d/l this recovory disk i could really use that info thanx |
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Friday, 7 December 2007
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| motherboard for FX-51 Beall 03:13:02 |
| | I have an AMD Athlon FX51 CPU. I have been using an Asus SK8V motherboard
which I have really liked, but after a recent thunderstorm my ethernet card
seems to have taken a hit. Now, I am having to use the USB port for my
cable internet service. Just out of curiosity, I have been surfing around
looking for a replacement motherboard. Not much available. Anyone else
have the FX51? If so, do you have a good web site to buy older motherboards
for that particular CPU? Or do you know of any other options? At present,
I do not plan to upgrade my cpu, but I will get the itch sooner or later...
kev
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Thursday, 6 December 2007
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| Western Digital Settlement Approved Andy 10:28:27 |
| | <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-briefs28.3jun28,1,7805653.story?coll=la-headlines-business>
Western Digital Settlement Approved
From Bloomberg News
June 28, 2006
A U.S. judge has approved a settlement between Western Digital Corp.
and a class-action group of hard-drive purchasers.
Buyers contended that the Lake Forest-based company overstated its
hard disk drives' storage capacities by about 7%.
Western Digital will give free backup and recovery software worth $30
to members of the class. About 1 million purchasers are eligible.
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Sunday, 2 December 2007
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| PSU load tester Skeleton Man 12:59:41 |
| | Hi all,
I'm soon to be reviewing a new 750W psu but I don't have anything for load..
I have seen heavy mention of wire wound power resistors of 'various values'
but no mention of what those values are. I can get various load resistors
of around 100ohm/10W from ebay.. but oviously 100ohm isn't gonna be
sufficient.. I'm not sure if 10W is heavy enough either..
Any suggestions on the values I should use to create a good load... I'm
talking like 600W+ at least.. and if I can setup multiple banks of
resistors that would be good too so I can have 100W, 200W, 350W, 500W, etc..
Just to be clear I want a _load tester_ not a $10 PSU tester that tells me
if it's dead or alive..
I have a good DMM and will probably buy a second so I can measure V and A
simultaneously.. I also plan on getting a Kill-A-Watt P3 meter.. so the load
tester is the only real concern I have..
Thanks in advance..
Chris
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Saturday, 24 November 2007
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| Gamepad disappeared Ampersand 07:28:18 |
| | I'm having a problem right here: I have 2 Gravis Game Pad Pro gamepads
(regular, not USB), but I usually only keep the first one connected since my
system is becoming choppy when both are connected. Usually, when I connect
the second one, Windows (XP) recognizes it as the second gamepad, and simply
lists it in the Game Controllers control panel as being "OK". Then I can
unplug it and plug it back later and Windows will still recognize it as the
same gamepad. However, yesterday, I connected it (the second one), and I
had a PnP message saying "New hardware had been found", and so Windows
installed the appropriate Game Pad Pro driver, something that never happens
normally, because I always plug in the same additional gamepad. So I tried
to play a game but only my first gamepad worked; I then looked at the
control panel's Game Controllers only to find out that 3 (!) Game Pad Pros
were listed as "OK", even if only 2 were connected. I clicked on
"Properties" to find out which was the first, and as I expected, the buttons
on the first pad responded. Same thing for the second one listed, whose
buttons would not respond: the first one's buttons did respond, though.
Just as if the first pad was listed twice. I then tried to click on
"Properties" for the third pad, but couldn't see the appropriate window, as
it kept on disappearing right after popping up. What I did is I deleted the
second pad (because I thought it was a duplicate of the first one), and then
both of my gamepads disappeared in the "Game Controllers" control panel. I
thought rebooting would make Windows redetect the gamepad(s), but it didn't.
Same when I turned my computer back on this morning: nothing. Just in case
one might wonder: yes, my gameport is listed in the "Hardware" section. I
desperately need help on this one, as it has never happened before (maybe it
is because of the fact that I recently installed Gravis Xperience (a week
ago) to use keyboard emulation in one of my games and it was the first time
I plugged in the second pad since installing it. Who knows?) I thought
about going into the registry and deleting every Gravis Game Pad Pro entry I
could find, except for the entry where all Windows-recognized gamepads are
listed. However, I'm not sure this wouldn't screw up something so I'd
rather ask first. Any ideas? Thanks you very very very very much!!
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007
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| Samsung 970p TFT Monitor Arm Problem Dune2 21:31:30 |
| | Hi,
Anyone with this monitor that have problems with the Arm?. Last days
the panel don't stay at his highest position. I can't see were can I
manipulate to force that it stay were I leave it. I think in a few days
the panel will drop until the table 
sorry by my poor english, I hop you could understand my problem.
thanks.
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007
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| ARGOSY - HD363N - Network Storage BobVal 06:23:17 |
| | I have just purchased a Argosy - HD363N Network Storage Enclosure and
put in my Maxtor 200 gig drive.
This Enclosure connects to your router by RJ45 and allows adding
Network storage cheaply.
It supports Fat16, Fat32.
The problems I am having:
1) When the drive wakes up after being unsed for a while it does not
allways connect properly and needs to be restarted.
2) I copied all the files I needed to the drive and have just used
applications that READ only from the drive but do not write and now I
have files that are corrupted.
Is anyone using this Network Enclosure?
Are you having any of these problems?
Bob Valentino
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Monday, 23 July 2007
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| usb NAND chip replacement? Guest 21:35:50 |
| | i was wondering, would it be cool to replace a nand chip found in usb
flash drives. I recently came upon a flash drive of mine and wanted to
know if replacing nand chip is ok or practical; the original chip seems
loose.
also how many pins do these chips have, i tried counting, to no avail.
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Sunday, 8 July 2007
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| I have a mini Dv VTR that it is JVC IEEF 1394 JVC VTR Guest 05:38:39 |
| | It has the problem of interface it can not capture i think the IC has Born any where that i should send it and can solve my problem please send me the add of that jvc where VTRs are making can u send me the phone number or Add of that company please coz i am working in a TV Chaneel i should make it as soon as possible i am in afghanistan i wana send that or have the IC from any company that can make the JVC VTR. please send me the feedback Early. |
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Monday, 28 May 2007
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| What do I need to edit and burn DVDs? Buckaroo_Banzi 03:15:37 |
| | Have Microsoft XP Media Center Edition (preloaded). Looking to buy USB
external dual-layer DVD writer and everything I need to edit and burn
movies (ones I can not purchase).
Two questions:
1) Which DVD writer? (looking at iomega)
2) List of everything else I will need.
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Friday, 18 May 2007
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| Transfering big files Hamid 05:53:07 |
| | We launched a free new service called TransferBigFiles.com that allows
file transfers up to 1GB to be sent to anyone on the Internet. I
thought the people in this group might find it useful:
http://www.transferbigfiles.com
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007
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| Serial ATA power connector Mike 21:10:30 |
| | I am confused about the Serail ATA power connector
for hard drives I seems to me that there are two sata
power types, A real sata connector, and an adapted type.
I noticed that a sata hard drive has a different
looking power connector than the one for the old
style (Molex). And I have been reading some articles
that show a different Pinout for Sata. It shows an
extra 3.3 volt tap. But if you use a Molex to sata adapter
you do not get the 3.3. volt source. Yet the sata drive
still functions ok. I have even seen a good many power
supplies that do not have a true sata setup, just adapted
off the Molex leads Why does sata have the extra power
wires, if they are not needed ? Or have I missed something ?
Thanks for your advice
Mike
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Saturday, 12 May 2007
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| Low Voltage from the Central Air Crashes My Computer JRoughgarden 19:21:30 |
| | When our A/C comes on, it pulls a lot of power. The lights dim
momentarily, but all the computers in the house weather it fine, except
one: my homemade Asus 2.67 GHz dual-proc system.
I purchased a Belkin UPS and an APC Line-R voltage regulator. I can see
the indicator light on the APC regulator show low voltage on occasion
when the AC is on. But bottom line is that the APC device cannot make
up for the problem.
Does anyone think the problem is in the power supply on this computer?
If so, is there a model or type that could withstand the voltage drops
better? I can't recall the output of my current model, but I do recall
searching for a quiet one with adequate margin. Would a very much
oversized model do any better?
Any advice is much appreciated.
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Monday, 7 May 2007
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| USB troubles Ricky Romaya 06:40:46 |
| | Grrrrr, I have nothing but endless problems here. I have setup
successfully, without any hassle, Canon i255 printer. After that, I
disconnect the USB printer cable from the printer, but leave it attached
to the USB port. While I'm writing the vendor about my graphic adapter
problems in win98se, my win2k suddenly crash with endless beep on the pc
speaker. I tried to reboot, but unsuccessfull, then reset button to the
rescue.
After reboot, at the point where the system info box displayed (just
before entering OS selection menu) there are beeps on the pc speaker.
Then I found out that the keytboard isn't working. The beeps are several
fast beeps (couldn't count, too fast), a pause, then a single beep. I
remove the USB cable, then things are working normal again.
The USB port used is the one on the backpanel which is built onto the
mobo. I tried to switch port (the one directly on top of it, if the mobo
is laid down) and the same problem occurs. Strangely, if I connect the
cable to the ports on the extra backpanel (the one which attached to the
mobo by cables), the problem doesn't occur. I haven't tried to print from
that port yet.
2 additional things I've noticed. Even if I disable the USB controller
(from the BIOS), and attached the cable to the ports on the backpanel
which built onto the mobo, the problem persists.
Another, If I attached the cable, on any available USB ports, there are
now noticable delays in power up, specifically, between when I push the
power button and when the power kicks in. Before this problem, it's
almost simultaneous, even with the cable attached.
Plz Help
TIA
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Friday, 6 April 2007
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| Problem with PCMCIA 4 USB ports card P 15:10:09 |
| | Hi,
I bought a pcmcia card with 4 usb, but I have this problem:
On my Celeron 650mhz notebook with windows xp, I plugged it, windows
recognized it and it works well.
On my pentium 150mhz MMX notebook that does not have any usb port (it's a
Siemens Scenic mobile 700) with windows ME, I plugged it, but windows didn't
see it. I tried installing drivers but nothing.
In the hardware list nothing is changed, there isn't neither any ? yellow
item nor usb devices with a ! .
I also tried to connect a usb LED lamp to these ports and it didn't turn on.
The only thing I am sure that the pcmcia slot on the notebook are good,
because if I connect a LAN card or a modem they works well.
What could I do?
Please help me, thank you,bye.
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Wednesday, 4 April 2007
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| Extending use of Windows 98 Darkrats 18:15:07 |
| | Is it still possible to buy, or put together, a top of the line system that
will be able to run the original Windows 98? Seems like the latest chips
from Intel only support 98SE and above, and even newer chips will only
support XP.
Any thoughts on this?
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Sunday, 1 April 2007
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| SDR SDRAM advice needed Bernhard Hortens 15:46:41 |
| | Hello there!
I have recently bought some 512 MB SDRAM sticks, using 8x Samsung
K4S511632C-TC60 modules. The modules were labled PC166 (of course not
officially, but using 6ns RAM from Samsung).
Trouble is, none of the 10 modules wants to work in any motherboard I
tried em in, 2x i845 chipsets (1x Asus P4B, 1x some other), 2x KT133A
(1xAbit KT7A 1.0, 1xMSI KT7 Turbo 2). This led me to believe that the
modules are fishy, but there seems to be another possible explanation
for this: the KT-133A seems to accept only 256Mbit density modules,
which the i845 should, however.
Is there a logical explanation for those modules not working (and if
there is, can anyone guess at a motherboard capable of running these
modules)?
Cheers,
Bernhard
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Sunday, 18 March 2007
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| Why Hitler is a Hero Daniel Joseph Min 23:36:52 |
| | Hitler was a leader who emulated divine love and we ought to go dig up
his corpse and clone him. He fought for the preservation of human
purity. We need to put dozens of Hitlers in charge of every nation on
the face of the earth so he can move forward and sweep the mud-tainted
scum off the face of this planet.
Everywhere you turn you've got primates, pansies, and other perverted
riff-raff screaming for their rights. Why the hell would we cast
pearls before swine, all they want to do is fornicate and sell each
other crack. Not on my watch, the hell with all of them.
--
We are Many
Mark 5:9
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