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cloning to external USB hd question by
!Allen Lasting
Hi,
Lately I've been fixing a lot of old P2's running win95 or 98.
These are boxes used by children in their homes. I volunter to fix
them when they stop booting, etc. They are gradually learning not to
put tiddley winks and baseball cards in the floppy drives.
I was wondering;
could I use...
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how make laptop hd slave in regular box? by
!Allen Lasting
Hi,
This is a hd from a HP laptop. It has personal data on it that hasn't been
backed up.
I'm going to try to backup the data and then return the hd to HP. The HD in
question
is faulty, but it still spins, so I may have a shot at it. A friend swapped
the replacement
from HP with this one, and...
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September 16th 04 12:25 AM
by Dave
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video editing, which is better AMD or Intel P4? by
!Allen Lasting
Hi,
At a local screwdriver shop I spoke with a guy who was editing video clips,
and he wanted to know which CPU handeled that better. I told him AMD just
because they cost less, so for the same amount of money that a P4 cost, you
could buy a more powerful AMD chip. But, the more I thought about...
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August 20th 04 01:33 PM
by JK
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How is it that I'm on line with a P200 that Comcast says can't do it? by
!Allen Lasting
Hi,
I put a nic card in my old P200 compaq tonight, with 64 megs of ram in it,
and connected it to comcast broadband via my router with a cat5 cable.
Then I set up an internet account and a mail account using outlook express.
Then I updated win98 at Microsoft's website.
Here's the funny thing I...
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which video card, tv tuner? by
!Allen Lasting
Hi,
Here's the system:
Asus K8V-X mobo
AMD athlon 64 3000 cpu
256 DD400 ram
This is a new build for my sister who constantly changers her mind! Anyway,
the above is bought. Next case:
She wants a tv turner in it.
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235W power supply - maximum loading? by
#
Currently looking to upgrade a 1k Celeron system to a 2.6k Celeron.
After the new MB/Processor is installed, the system would retain the
following existing components;
1x 56k modem
1x nVidia Vanta 16 chipset AGP card
1x CDRW
1x DVD-ROM
1x 5400rpm HDD
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BIOS Programming and WTD: 486 bits by
'Show
My question is, my old 486 pc has an EPROM bios chip, and firmware.com do a
replacement EEPROM chip on a daughterboard to make the computer Y2k
compatible etc.
Anyway, would it be possible to get a copy of the new flash bios, and have
someone write it to an EPROM chip therefore doing away with the...
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LG L1917S 19" tft - good for games? by
() IvI 3 G 4
hey
i`ve seen this LG TFT
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=158951 and
it seems well spec'ed. question is, is it actually as good as it seems?
i know the general rule of thumb where ya get what you pay for, but i`m
looking for a pair of no-frills 19" TFT
it's primarily...
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Bobandcaroles true identities discovered by
(-:arl
On Jul 1, 12:00 pm, -̮̮̃-̃ ̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾ ™Usenet-Legends bobandcarole ♣♣♣
wrote:
On Jun 6, 11:470am, wrote:
David wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Bobandcarole is really James H Carrington...
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640m harddrive by
(-Peter-)
Hi..
I've got a dell 640m notebook..
I have 1 gb of memory..
I think that it's a bit slow when I'm starting 3 or 4 programs at the
same time.. (using windows xp)
I've been told that it possible is the hard drive that is to slow -
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k7s41 + x1650 pro by
(-Peter-)[_2_]
hi..
can I use a sapphire x1650 pro agp graphic card in my k7s41 mainboard
- I do not know wheater the voltage is correct or not?
Peter
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August 6th 07 12:27 PM
by Squat
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Where might I get most help please? by
)-()-(
J L Williams wrote:
Hello folks, I'm new here. I've just come looking for a group like this.
I'm thinking of building a new computer for my wife. Where might I get
most help to decide how to do this myself? I've seen a couple of sites
that look good......are there any that you'd all...
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Advice on new Quiet PC for 11 yr old by
)-()-(
Terry Wilson wrote:
I'm building a PC for my sister's kid and would appreciate any advice.
Actually, I'd like him to assist in building, as I am recruiting future
members!
PC to be used for gaming and voice recognition,
with an eye towards stability and longevity.
Case - newegg
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July 17th 03 05:53 AM
by Adrian
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HDD regenerator by
* * * y O R r . s H e P H e R d . a Q U i
Lord Gazwad of Grantham wrote:
A little while back I had my first ever hard drive failure.
Well, that's not strictly true, I RMA'd a drive once which was acting funny;
Another one failed but it was borrowed for troubleshooting, the trouble was
it was already ****ed so I was no better...
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GAS WAR by
* * * Y o u r . S h e p h e r d . A q u i
Kadaitcha Mummy wrote:
Dan Glybitz, , the heaped-up, psychopathic lost
soul, and
claimer of charity intended for the indigent, tattled:
"Ish Taylor" wrote in message
news:k5Fce.494$DC2.415@okepread01...
Subject: GAS WAR!
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April 30th 05 09:31 PM
by dawg
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Amount of RAM by
*** HAWK
How did you manage to get 521MB RAM??
I would always recommend lots of ram for what your doing, the more the
better really.
"Bill" wrote in message
...
Use XP Pro, AMD Athlon XP 2100CPU and 521MB of DDR RAM.
Do a little home...
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Problem with a PCI USB 2.0 card by
***Jamoke***
I installed a PCI card which upgraded my 1.1 port to a 2.0 port. It was
working for awhile - but now seems to have reverted to a 1.1 speed. Is
there a way (utility maybe?) to clock the transfer speed of my 2.0 USB
ports? Thanks..........
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