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Forum: General February 3rd 11, 11:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 3
Views: 644
Posted By Gerard Bok
cannot see external harddrive

On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 02:43:48 -0800 (PST), ealadi
wrote:

I have en external HD with some important files. The Drive is
connected via USB. Two days ago the HD stopped appearing...
Forum: General December 21st 10, 01:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 30
Views: 1,298
Posted By Gerard Bok
Refurbished XP class computer- comments please

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:03:08 -0500, mm
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:26:38 -0500, John wrote:

I am in need of an XP class computer for home office...
Forum: General December 12th 10, 07:32 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 13
Views: 900
Posted By Gerard Bok
Voltage for powering US hub?

On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:30:57 GMT,
(GMAN) wrote:

In article , (Gerard Bok) wrote:
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:31:07...
Forum: General December 12th 10, 03:59 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 13
Views: 900
Posted By Gerard Bok
Voltage for powering US hub?

On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:31:07 +0000, Terry Pinnell
wrote:

I've dusted off a 4-port USB hub I had lying but can't find whatever
adapter it came with. What are the specs...
Forum: General December 3rd 10, 12:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 2
Views: 552
Posted By Gerard Bok
PC keeps rebooting

On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:56:07 +0100, Wolf Grossi
wrote:

running OpenSUSE's 11-3 Linux firmware test on a PC makes the PC
immediately rebooting.

The pc had WinXP installed and...
Forum: General October 30th 10, 02:15 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 6
Views: 493
Posted By Gerard Bok
mini-USB to yellow RCA?

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:49:14 -0400, mm
wrote:

I bought some stuff at a yard sale, including a cable with a mini-USB
plug at one end (the trapezoidal-shaped kind that...
Forum: General October 2nd 10, 12:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 2
Views: 378
Posted By Gerard Bok
Acer 950CX Manual?

On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:02:22 -0400, wrote:

I am looking for a user manual for the Acer 950cx notebook.
I can't find one anywhere - no surprise as the computer is rather...
Forum: General September 25th 10, 04:43 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 7
Views: 579
Posted By Gerard Bok
Q:dead laptop motherboard, could the reason be...

On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 05:52:23 -0700 (PDT), sitotisak
wrote:

After moving cooler off the processor than i realized that on the
cooler side there is an Aluminium foil wich is...
Forum: General August 8th 10, 01:01 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 989
Posted By Gerard Bok
Help - HD issue...

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 06:45:47 -0400, "Uncle Vinnie"
wrote:

I was doing a back up, Seagate BlackArmor, when the program came across an
error, unable to read a particular...
Forum: General July 31st 10, 02:02 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 955
Posted By Gerard Bok
Defunct batteries on APC Smart UPS 1000

On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:13:45 +0100, "Brian Cryer"
not.here@localhost wrote:

I recently purchased a second hand APC Smart UPS 1000 on ebay - when it
arrived it was totally dead.

1. It takes...
Forum: General July 19th 10, 03:37 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 383
Posted By Gerard Bok
Single UPS that can control 2 PCs?

On 19 Jul 2010 12:54:32 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:

In John McGaw
wrote:

On 7/18/2010 11:18 AM, Bert...
Forum: General July 4th 10, 02:15 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 1,118
Posted By Gerard Bok
SSD For Old Computer

On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:01:14 -0400, kony wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:48:43 GMT, (Gerard
Bok) wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:49:03 -0400, Paul...
Forum: General July 1st 10, 06:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 1,118
Posted By Gerard Bok
SSD For Old Computer

On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:49:03 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Gerard Bok wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:42:48 -0500, "Tiziano"
wrote:

I have this 11-year old...
Forum: General July 1st 10, 11:19 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 1,118
Posted By Gerard Bok
SSD For Old Computer

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:42:48 -0500, "Tiziano"
wrote:

I have this 11-year old PC and I am thinking about upgrading it by
installing an SSD (SATA).

What do the experts...
Forum: General June 17th 10, 10:44 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 7
Views: 429
Posted By Gerard Bok
Computer boots after power supply restarts twice

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:48:48 -0400, "Christopher M."
wrote:

My computer boots after the power supply restarts twice.

It seems that I have to unplug it for a while...
Forum: General April 17th 10, 03:53 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 1
Views: 301
Posted By Gerard Bok
Mouse doesn't come up.

On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:49:13 -0400, wrote:

I am resurrecting an old E-Machine with a PS/2 mouse. Frequently a
cold boot will miss activating the mouse, and I have to re-boot to...
Forum: General February 19th 10, 04:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,uk.comp.homebuilt
Replies: 8
Views: 496
Posted By Gerard Bok
SD card with adaptor or USB stick?

On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:36:15 GMT, Sain So
wrote:

I am thinking of using an SD card with a USB adapter (instead of a USB
memory stick) as way of having portable data.

(Q1)...
Forum: General January 18th 10, 11:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 770
Posted By Gerard Bok
HD Inaccessible

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:09:24 -0800, "Jerry West"
wrote:

Is it possible to switch the jumpers on the fly versus rebooting each time I
do so?

No.
Rule #1: don't hot-pull or push...
Forum: General January 16th 10, 12:36 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 770
Posted By Gerard Bok
HD Inaccessible

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:16:22 -0800, "Jerry West"
wrote:

I pulled a HD from a failed Windows Server 2000 machine today.

Any chance the drive was set to dynamic ?

Wanting to...
Forum: General December 4th 09, 10:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 7
Views: 602
Posted By Gerard Bok
hard disk off-level?

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:55:53 -0800, "Anita"
wrote:

I have a 250 GB hard drive that has the Dell "rails" on it. I wish to run
the OS and programs on this disk in a couple of...
Forum: General November 29th 09, 04:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 3
Views: 225
Posted By Gerard Bok
Test Intel P45 Chipset

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:29:37 +0200, "John Smith"
wrote:

How can you test if your Intel P45 chipset is faulty or not ?
Is there a utility program to test chipsets ?

Well, it's...
Forum: General November 15th 09, 12:18 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 16
Views: 531
Posted By Gerard Bok
Connecting a UFS harddisk

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:24:50 +0100, "Holger Beuttler"
wrote:

I had a problem with my hard disk recorder from Pioneer. I found a method in
the internet how to recover...
Forum: General October 24th 09, 01:03 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 528
Posted By Gerard Bok
Blue Screen

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:09:03 +0200, "ElJerid"
wrote:

When booting a portable HP Pavilion dv6000, I get a blue screen and
immediately, the system restarts (too...
Forum: General October 23rd 09, 04:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 583
Posted By Gerard Bok
RAID help

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:48:12 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
wrote:

"Gerard Bok" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 23 Oct...
Forum: General October 23rd 09, 11:41 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 583
Posted By Gerard Bok
RAID help

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:06:24 +0100, "GT"
wrote:

I've never setup raid before and want to know if the following is
possible...

I currently have a 1TB samsung...
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