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Forum: General June 3rd 09, 01:03 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 18
Views: 858
Posted By Bryce
RTC accuracy

VanguardLH wrote:

http://www.maxim-ic.com/view_press_release.cfm/release_id/1101
Depends on how old is your motherboard and its design as to whether it
utilizes a much more accurate (i.e.,...
Forum: General June 2nd 09, 01:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 18
Views: 858
Posted By Bryce
RTC accuracy

pawihte wrote:

My computer RTC is quite accurate as computer clocks go, being
off by no more than a few seconds over a period of several days
without syncing, whereas I've noticed some...
Forum: General May 23rd 09, 12:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 612
Posted By Bryce
UPS batteries

flamer wrote:

Hi I am wondering if its possible to have UPS batteries re-condition?
I have got hold of an old UPS, which I want to use at home, but the
batteries aren't...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's April 28th 09, 02:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 10
Views: 562
Posted By Bryce
Motherboard batteries

PC Guy wrote:

Question about motherboard batteries (2032 type):

Is it true that the current draw from the battery will be reduced if the
computer is plugged into an AC/main power (even if...
Forum: General April 13th 09, 12:30 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 7
Views: 352
Posted By Bryce
wd500gig and NexStar 3 usb enclosure problem

Hugh Sutherland wrote:

well its deffinently a M/B problem. Even my flash drive wldn't wrk under
USB 2.0 and the powered hub didn't make a difference. My printer and
logitech cam are not...
Forum: General April 7th 09, 02:18 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 7
Views: 352
Posted By Bryce
wd500gig and NexStar 3 usb enclosure problem

Hugh Sutherland wrote:

I have a 500Gig WD h/d and a NextStar 3 usb enclosure and a problem

*I can only format when the drive is attached as an IDE device. I then
attach it to the usb and...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 26th 09, 09:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 25
Views: 470
Posted By Bryce
XP SP3 update catastrophe - data recovery possible?

ToolPackinMama wrote:

A friend of mine was downloading/applying SP3 and (I was not present and
don't know the details) something went very wrong. When they rebooted,
their computer still...
Forum: General March 19th 09, 08:49 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 372
Posted By Bryce
How to interface the output from an alarm to a PC?

dean wrote:

Is there a card that plugs into a PC that has input terminals that can
be linked to an alarm system (for example the typical N/O or N/C
terminals)? (The use-case is that I want to...
Forum: General February 26th 09, 10:27 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 483
Posted By Bryce
getting a Mac address off of a dead motherboard

VanguardLH wrote:

Bryce wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

Boris Epstein wrote:

( ... )
However, there is a small problem he we' ve got this software who
Forum: General February 26th 09, 09:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 483
Posted By Bryce
getting a Mac address off of a dead motherboard

VanguardLH wrote:

Boris Epstein wrote:

( ... )
However, there is a small problem he we' ve got this software who
license is tied to the MAC address assigned to the network card...
Forum: General February 26th 09, 09:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 483
Posted By Bryce
getting a Mac address off of a dead motherboard

Boris Epstein wrote:

Hello people,

I have a Dell Optiplex GX620 who motherboard appears to have died.
Well, what can you say? Everybody dies one day, right?

However, there is a small...
Forum: General February 2nd 09, 01:39 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 15
Views: 1,088
Posted By Bryce
Destroying a hard drive

JD wrote:

Hi. I have a faulty hard drive I want to get rid of but a story that
appeared in the news recently (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7816446.stm ) has made me wary of
simply...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 1st 09, 02:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 8
Views: 522
Posted By Bryce
What is the best remote software I can use to help people?

jmDesktop wrote:

Hi, I was hoping that someone could tell me the best remote control
software. I never know who it will be that needs my help so it would
be something where they download a...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 31st 09, 03:49 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 8
Views: 431
Posted By Bryce
No beep - no post - with new barebones system

cryuff wrote:


daviddschool;890591 Wrote:
I just got a bare bones system for Xmas with a Biostar MCP6P-M2 Socket
AM2 motherboard, 4800 AMD CPU, 250 gig HD, 2 gigs of RAM etc.
I put it...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 19th 09, 04:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 41
Views: 1,442
Posted By Bryce
Electrical shocks ( Was "Silicone Spray into fan in power supply?")

wrote:


frischmoutt wrote:

In a PSU, there's two "class Y" capacitors for EMC protection purpose and
often two "class Y" surge protectors. On their cold side,...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 16th 09, 06:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 41
Views: 1,442
Posted By Bryce
Silicone Spray into fan in power supply?

Matt wrote:

Dave wrote:
Your chances of getting lubricant into the bearing without disassembling
the power supply are zero. Remove the power supply from the computer,
open up the...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 15th 09, 08:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 0
Views: 272
Posted By Bryce
Silicone Spray into fan in power supply?

Keith Lee wrote:

All:
Is it safely possible for me to spray some teflon silicone spray into the
fan of a PC power supply? I need to in
order to stop the squeaking and rattling when it's...
Forum: General December 30th 08, 12:34 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 265
Posted By Bryce
hard disk - USB 2.0 vs USB 1.1

Antonio Macchi wrote:

Hi
Can I use every USB-Hard-Disk both in USB 2.0 and USB 1.1?

thanks for elucidations

USB2 is backward compatible to the earlier (slower) standard:

USB2 drive +...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 26th 08, 02:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 10
Views: 1,238
Posted By Bryce
PC power on - start, stop, start, stop, etc - eventually powers up

spodosaurus wrote:

Hi all,

I have a problem that has only recently started (to my knowledge) and I
can't seem to solve it. I've got a P4 3.0GHz PC with an Asis P4P800S-X
board, 512mb RAM,...
Forum: General December 22nd 08, 04:50 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 2
Views: 285
Posted By Bryce
annoying usb problem

badgolferman wrote:

My motherboard is USB 1.1 enabled and has a few USB ports available on
the back. The front USB ports have broken so I purchased a USB hub and
a generic USB 2.0 card.

...
Forum: General December 16th 08, 02:31 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 555
Posted By Bryce
Beeps of death

Kroma wrote:


"Kroma" nospam@nospam wrote in message
...
I don't have another AGP enabled computer to test on (or a spare AGP card)
so the...
Forum: General December 11th 08, 02:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 402
Posted By Bryce
Confused Power Supplies

The Doctor wrote:

Due to mixing up power supplies, I don't know which one belongs to my ext
hdd & ext dvd drive. They both have identical power sockets.

Devices powered by the ubiquitous...
Forum: General December 3rd 08, 12:29 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 555
Posted By Bryce
Beeps of death

Kroma wrote:

Hi,

My computer was running fine until Sunday evening when I found it sitting
there with a faint smell of burning and no image on the monitor.

It was still running so I...
Forum: General November 28th 08, 08:33 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 5
Views: 437
Posted By Bryce
Network Drive for Home Network

Fred Atkinson wrote:

I'm trying to choose a network drive for my home network. I
keep reading different descriptions and they all seem to have their
setbacks.

My budget is limited...
Forum: General November 16th 08, 08:17 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 548
Posted By Bryce
Is this possible ??

DB wrote:

My friend has a desktop that he cant get to boot.....im not 100% sure what
his prob is but I do know that he doesnt want to lose all his date files
and nope, backing them up was...
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