On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 07:51, Diane Arsenault wrote:
> Hello Civileme,
>
> Oops - sorry about the HTML - I didn't realize it wasn't set to plain text.
>
> OK - info about my computer. It's a HP Pavilion 7915, and I purchased it
> from a company that sells factory overstocks from HP. It came "hardware
> only" (FYI - it did have Win98 on it, but when I first installed XP it
> trashed that). Her are the specs I know:
>
> - Intel Celeron 1.1 Ghz Processor
>
- Intelligent Celery running at 1100mhz
> - Socket 370 Motherboard, 100 Mhz FSB (what is FSB). I don't know the make
> of the board, but it does have "Fresno" printed along one edge.
>
- FSB stand for either "Front Side Bus" (doesn't make sense, does it?)
- OR - "Forward Searching Beagle" (makes more sense)
> - 128 Mb SDRAM PC 100, 2 DIMM sockets. I had 128 Mb added, for a total of
> 256. (NOTE - when the BIOS fires up it report 255 Mb's, not 256)
>
- HP can't count.
> - 40 Gb 5400 RPM Hard Drive
>
> - 48x CD-ROM Drive (LG) (original equipment)
>
> - 48 x 24 x 48 x CD-RW added (also LG)
>
> - 1.44 3.5" Floppy Drive
>
> - Intel 82810 Onbaord Video Graphics with 4 Mb of shared video memory
> (Integrated into chipset, no AGP slot)
>
- Gawd - a whopping 4mb for graphics! Gads, don't know if I could deal
with that much video RAM...(g)
> - AC97 Audio
>
- Dang - AC'97 - and it's now 2003 - musta been a good year.
> - Soundblaster compatible 16 bit 3-D Stereo Onboard Sound
>
> - 56K v.90 Modem PCI (Cheetah apparently)
>
> - Internet Multimedia Keyboard full size (104 key)
>
> - 2 button Mouse PS/2
>
> - Polk Audio Stereo Speakers
>
- Maybe it's the Polk speakers that are causing all the problems?
> - PORTS: 2 USB, PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, 2 - 9 Pin Serial, Parallel,
> Joystick
>
> - JACKS: Speaker, Microphone, Audio In, Audio Out
>
- missing a Jack. Jack Daniels.
> - Monitor - Not Included. I purchased a HP Pavilion mx 70.
>
- If you don't have a monitor, how can you see what you're doing when
you're doing your installations?
> - HARD DRIVE is SAMSUNG SV4002H (Primary Master)
- Samsung is a Korean company (I worked there) - so maybe this
particular HD is from NORTH Korea and it's starting a war with you?
> - CD-ROM is LG Electronics, Model CRD-8485B (Secondary Master)
> - CD-RW is LG Electronics, Model GCE-8481B (Secondary Slave)
>
- LG= Life's Good. God, I hate their ads.
> - BIOS is PhoenixBIOS 4.0, Release 6.0, Core Version 4.06, Bios Revision
> 3.08 02/16/02
>
- Doesn't a Phoenix "rise" from it's ashes? Maybe you need to set the
machine on fire, then a whole new machine will appear out of the tangle
mess of melted metal and plastic?
(Today is Australian Smart Arse Day - sorry for digressing from the
seriousness of the original thread)
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Fri, 7 Mar 2003 07:55:00 +1100
7:55am up 9:20, 5 users, load average: 0.02, 0.16, 0.19
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