Re: [H] AHCI Mode
I suppose this is possible. When I first booted up the board, I was unfamiliar with the delays. Apparently the Hero polls all the USB devices on boot, so there is a long delay after the splash screen (mouse, keyboard, 2 USB hard drives, printer, scanner, 2 Midi Keyboards), so the screen goes black for a long time. The first time, I waited a few seconds, screen was still black and hit reset. Possible it could have happened then. On 9/1/2014 8:11 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 07:03 PM 01/09/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: If you remember a few weeks ago, I installed an Asus Maximus VII Hero MB and moved over the SSD from the old system. I had to put the Hero into IDE mode to get the system to come up. Now a couple of weeks later, I'm looking at moving to AHCI and found instructions on the net. HOWEVER, when I went into the BIOS, the Hero is already in AHCI mode. I hadn't changed it. I find this a bit weird. It's like the BIOS and Windows worked together to put in AHCI mode. Ever heard of this before? No, once switched, I've never seen it switch back. Maybe the BIOS reset on a failed boot? T
[H] AHCI Mode
If you remember a few weeks ago, I installed an Asus Maximus VII Hero MB and moved over the SSD from the old system. I had to put the Hero into IDE mode to get the system to come up. Now a couple of weeks later, I'm looking at moving to AHCI and found instructions on the net. HOWEVER, when I went into the BIOS, the Hero is already in AHCI mode. I hadn't changed it. I find this a bit weird. It's like the BIOS and Windows worked together to put in AHCI mode. Ever heard of this before? ThanksSteve
[H] Problems with 'Unlocker'
Early this morning, I was cleaning up some files, transferring them to various disks/servers when I came upon a mp4 file that would not move. I copied it over ok, but when I went to delete it, Windows would hang at 'Calculating...' and I had to cancel. I tried the direct delete, that had the same problem. So I installed Unlocker 1.89. It installed but I couldn't get it to start. I searched and found that there was a 1.92 version. That installed and worked and I was able to delete the file. Then the fun began. I tried to go to Control Panel and the window was empty. In fact, even searching gave no results. I tried windows explorer and although I got the libraries, no drives showed up. Finally I just did a System Restore and all was fine. I guess this is just a heads up as something screwy had happened. Or is it just me. Steve
[H] Engineer Goes BOOM! (Videos)
http://edn.com/electronics-blogs/benchtalk/4433531/Engineer-goes-BOOM?_mc=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_analog_20140821cid=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_analog_20140821elq=347aa8549ca64db7bb781e2f6fd4df78elqCampaignId=18676
Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive
If it's the same as my Asus EeePC, then that max it can support is 2gig, and that's due to the processor. And, yes, I did try to put more in there, but the hardware ignores anything over 2 gig. I originally thought it was Windows 7 Starter (which also has a 2 gig limitation). The Atom processor is the limitation. Check on Intel's site. Steve On 8/7/2014 9:22 AM, FORC5 wrote: My netbook needs a fresh install or a repair but has no ROM. any one know of a program that will copy a bootable image to a thumb drive ? actually trying to figure out how much memory this thing will support so I can put w7 in it. Has 1g and while MS says that is enough, (cough) Asus Eee, can not find specs yet at Asus. thanks fp Date: Thursday, August 7th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** That that is is not that that is not. ***
Re: [H] Laptop for College Student
Thanks for all the info, guys. At this point, I'm not sure how she is going to do her schoolwork, she might not either. She's been online schooled until this point. I don't know if she's ever been exposed to the massive hall lecture. Nor am I sure how they do it anymore. I've seen it where you get all the professor's notes and all you have to do it jot down a couple of extra tidbits. That's a far cry from when I did college, where you had to be able to write down one thing while listening to another. Apparently next weekend is a 'tax-free' weekend in Florida, so she wants to buy then. I'm not sure when she is starting school, but if it's not this year, which is probably isn't, she'd do best to wait. Unless her savings is in gift cards. I'll bring up all this good info to her and try to get an idea of what she really needs. However, keep the debate going ;-) ThanksSteve On 7/26/2014 9:53 AM, Vincent Winterling wrote: I have always liked Dell. That said yesterday I bought a refurbed Apple MacBook. A couple of years ago I bought my wife and granddaughter Toshiba L series laptops. While mostly plastic at the time their recent offerings are here: http://www.toshiba.com/us/customlanding.to?page=Satellite_L_Series I spent about $600 / per laptop and both are running well presently. Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 4:56 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Laptop for College Student My friend down in Florida is sending his daughter to college. She's saved up money in the range of $500 to $600 for a laptop. I haven't nailed down all her requirements, but she did mention she'd like one with the detachable keyboard, then rattled off some standard stuff like storing stuff to flash memory, printing and then camera/mic. I know this is vague, but I don't do laptops, so I'm not sure what's out there that is decent. She mentioned that the ones she's seen either don't meet her requirements or cost too much. Yeah, I'll have to get her to explain. Any ideas? ThanksSteve
[H] Laptop for College Student
My friend down in Florida is sending his daughter to college. She's saved up money in the range of $500 to $600 for a laptop. I haven't nailed down all her requirements, but she did mention she'd like one with the detachable keyboard, then rattled off some standard stuff like storing stuff to flash memory, printing and then camera/mic. I know this is vague, but I don't do laptops, so I'm not sure what's out there that is decent. She mentioned that the ones she's seen either don't meet her requirements or cost too much. Yeah, I'll have to get her to explain. Any ideas? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Laptop for College Student
Thane, Thanks. I found the Acer Aspire Switch which is one of those convertibles, not too expensive. I'll bring up the damage protection with her. Steve On 7/25/2014 5:55 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 05:56 PM 25/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: My friend down in Florida is sending his daughter to college. She's saved up money in the range of $500 to $600 for a laptop. I haven't nailed down all her requirements, but she did mention she'd like one with the detachable keyboard, then rattled off some standard stuff like storing stuff to flash memory, printing and then camera/mic. I know this is vague, but I don't do laptops, so I'm not sure what's out there that is decent. She mentioned that the ones she's seen either don't meet her requirements or cost too much. Yeah, I'll have to get her to explain. If it were me, I'd get an Acer with a 3 year Total Protection warranty. Covers failure and accidental damage and with college students, accidental damage is huge. It will cost more than $600 (maybe US is cheaper, but I doubt it). T
Re: [H] USB Problem
Yesterday, I popped a PCI-E USB 3.0 board (with external power), into the system. Initially I did have the sound cut out in one game (went out for whole system), but since then, everything has worked fine, system-wise and in games. The one oddity was that the MB was having fits (would not power up) with everything plugged in when the power was first turned on. After standby power came up, I was able to plug everything in with no problem. This seems to be +5VSB, so maybe it's time for a better power supply. On 7/14/2014 11:26 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote: Theoretically you can have 256 devices. Realistically it's tough even on a linux machine with quality drivers to go to 25+. I fear where you can get on windows without issue. Troubleshooting you can do: Get things as close to the root hub as possible, use powered USB hubs and move around the device giving you problems to see if a different USB root hub or path works better. If needed, buy a new USB card and see if that works for it. Not many people get this many devices on a system. On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 8:08 PM, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Joy for Grand-PA! You will survive, I'm told. Duncan On 07/12/2014 19:46, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Thanks for the reply. I'll let everyone know how it goes. None of this would have happened if I had retained both my computers. I had to cut down to fit in a smaller space. My daughter has moved back home with her two kids. First time in about 10 years that we've had young kids here. On 7/12/2014 12:31 PM, joeu...@chronic.org wrote: I don't think you have to many, IIRC you can have like 256 devices? I'd do just what your thinking. Plug the card directly into a USB port, skip the hub. Hubs can be cheesy, quality-wise. Tripplite makes some great powered hubs. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line... Original Message Subject: [H] USB Problem From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com Date: Sat, July 12, 2014 11:15 am To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Still working out the bugs on the new build. I *think* I have too many USB devices. System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, mouse, keyboard, two midi keyboards and the problem indication: Alva Nanoface sound card. When I had everything plugged in (printer, scanner midi keyboards were on an external hub), the sound would start out okay, then begin to crackle, finally get so bad you couldn't stand it. Tried plugging nanoface into just about every USB hole with the same result. The nanoface expects USB 2.0. Tried powering the hub, but that didn't help. If I unplugged one of the midi keyboards, things were okay for most of the time. Every once in a while (days apart), I'd get the crackling again, in the same way. Tried a different hub, no joy. I checked with the IT department at work, they said they'd had this happen once, too many USB devices, but don't know if it every got solved (it was at another division). So I'm looking for some ideas on how to make this bullet proof. Right now the performance is acceptable, on the infrequent times when it's crackling, I only need unplug the nanoface and replug it and I'm good for a while. Right now I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card sitting here. It takes power directly from the system PS. I was planning on isolating the nanoface with this card. If the problem is power, this has it's own power. If it's bandwidth, then this card doesn't share bandwidth with any other USB port. Ideals? ThanksSteve
[H] Windows 9 Activation System Details Leaked
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-9-Activation-System-Details-Leaked-450005.shtml Again, Rumors, take it with a grain of salt, although the more draconian measures sound a lot like Microsoft.
[H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting.
Re: [H] Microsoft Issues End of Support Warning for Win7
Piracy is no longer a big problem, however, revenue is Companies don't change operating systems willy-nilly anymore. They are very conservative, and very cheap. My workplace just got rid of the last few XP machines about a month ago. Telling them that they will now only have 6 months of support for what they just did, will probably make IT freak. I'm not sure how it is with other companies, but here the IT department is on the level with every other division of the company, so basically they dictate what we can do. They charge for upgrades, monthly maintenance, software, so they've configured themselves as a revenue center. False revenue, because all they do is drain money from other divisions. On 7/13/2014 9:52 AM, FORC5 wrote: MS has finally lost it's mind, if true. doesn't a lot of the world still use XP. AT least 25% of the ppl I know still do even though I keep telling them to move on but that takes new HW and mostly $ not everyone can afford this. I know one guy with Win 3.11 I may be wrong but I do not think piracy is as big a problem as it once was, nothing can stop it completely. Maybe we should go back to Dos :-} tallyho fp At 04:24 AM 7/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Issues-End-of-Support-Warning-for-Windows-7-Users-449974.shtml My company just got finished updating to Windows 7. This should be interesting. Date: Sunday, July 13th, 2014 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** *** There's nothing wrong with you a shotgun blast to the face couldn't fix. ***
[H] USB Problem
Still working out the bugs on the new build. I *think* I have too many USB devices. System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, mouse, keyboard, two midi keyboards and the problem indication: Alva Nanoface sound card. When I had everything plugged in (printer, scanner midi keyboards were on an external hub), the sound would start out okay, then begin to crackle, finally get so bad you couldn't stand it. Tried plugging nanoface into just about every USB hole with the same result. The nanoface expects USB 2.0. Tried powering the hub, but that didn't help. If I unplugged one of the midi keyboards, things were okay for most of the time. Every once in a while (days apart), I'd get the crackling again, in the same way. Tried a different hub, no joy. I checked with the IT department at work, they said they'd had this happen once, too many USB devices, but don't know if it every got solved (it was at another division). So I'm looking for some ideas on how to make this bullet proof. Right now the performance is acceptable, on the infrequent times when it's crackling, I only need unplug the nanoface and replug it and I'm good for a while. Right now I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card sitting here. It takes power directly from the system PS. I was planning on isolating the nanoface with this card. If the problem is power, this has it's own power. If it's bandwidth, then this card doesn't share bandwidth with any other USB port. Ideals? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2014 5:49 PM, DSinc wrote: Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbdmouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
Opps, forgot the processori7-4770K. I don't plan on overclocking, but I think Sonar does make use of the virtual cores. Tom's Hardware keeps saying that a gamer doesn't need more than the fastest i5. On 7/12/2014 6:18 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2014 5:49 PM, DSinc wrote: Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbdmouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC?
I was trying to say, and I don't think that it came out quite right, that the only reason I went with an i7 (to get the virtual cores) was because of Sonar X3 (Digital Audio Workstation) and not games. Yeah the i7-4770k was pricey. On 7/12/2014 7:41 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, I'm not one to argue with Tom's HDW, and I do so love my core i5-3570K's, but, let's be real. This is the HDW Group after all. Shoot forthe stars, and, settle on logic and the wallet! Duncan On 07/12/2014 18:27, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Opps, forgot the processori7-4770K. I don't plan on overclocking, but I think Sonar does make use of the virtual cores. Tom's Hardware keeps saying that a gamer doesn't need more than the fastest i5. On 7/12/2014 6:18 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Bino, I was way behind the curve with an i7-860 in a Gigabyte P55 board. Here's what I upgraded to: Asus Maximus VII Hero 16 GB ram GTX750 750GB Samsung 840 EVO Well, the GTX750 hasn't yet got into the system. I don't game a lot anymore, but I work in Sonar X3 quite a bit. Steve On 7/12/2014 5:49 PM, DSinc wrote: Hi Bino, Yes long time no-talk-to. I am not a gamer, but I'll share some goodies I have or dream about. OS: your choice Kbdmouse: your choice Display: Your choice, but I'm very happy with my Dell U2412M (x2). Case: Lian-Li - youchoose PSU: Seasonic 650W (modular) Gold M/B: Any ASUS Z97, you choose (I like the PRO) Processor: Intel Core i7/4770K/4790K Ram: G.Skill ~16GB Optical: your choice (I like the ASUS burner) Video: nVidia forever Hard drive: SSD all the way! I use Samsung and Crucial. EM is dead no matter how big/cheap they are. I've seen some Enterprise SSD devices for CAD/CAM, but they cost ~$3K. Just a bit much. The Collective knows all about 'water-cooling.' I do not. I still use whatever comes in the box. HTH, Duncan On 07/12/2014 15:22, Bino Gopal wrote: Bueller...? Did my message not go through...? From: binogo...@hotmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 15:55:06 -0700 Subject: [H] Long time and new desktop gaming PC? Hey all, LONG time no talk/see! Glad to see the collective is still here and going strong! Who's running/hosting the list if I may ask? Anyway, that aside, question for you all as I haven't been keeping up with stuff the last few years... My main desktop gaming PC died *years* ago and rather than replacing it I've been using my laptop as kind of a stopgap (yeah I know, but when I got in 2011 it was a Core i7-740QM with a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and then I upgraded it with 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD so it's been pretty bad-ass; just has heat issues when I really hit graphics intensive games...) Anyway if I wanted to get a really bad-ass gaming PC but not necessarily go through the trouble of building one myself, anyone got any recs on builders that give you the whole shebang that offer the best customizability. Like Falcon Northwest or Puget Systems, etc, etc? Budget-wise I don't know; what *should* I spend on one of these?? And is there any new tech I should def get, like all 3D monitors or multi-screen gaming or Oculus Rift something like that?? I've been mostly playing Xbox360 and then iOS games lately lol! :P BINO
Re: [H] USB Problem
Thanks for the reply. I'll let everyone know how it goes. None of this would have happened if I had retained both my computers. I had to cut down to fit in a smaller space. My daughter has moved back home with her two kids. First time in about 10 years that we've had young kids here. On 7/12/2014 12:31 PM, joeu...@chronic.org wrote: I don't think you have to many, IIRC you can have like 256 devices? I'd do just what your thinking. Plug the card directly into a USB port, skip the hub. Hubs can be cheesy, quality-wise. Tripplite makes some great powered hubs. Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line... Original Message Subject: [H] USB Problem From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com Date: Sat, July 12, 2014 11:15 am To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Still working out the bugs on the new build. I *think* I have too many USB devices. System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, mouse, keyboard, two midi keyboards and the problem indication: Alva Nanoface sound card. When I had everything plugged in (printer, scanner midi keyboards were on an external hub), the sound would start out okay, then begin to crackle, finally get so bad you couldn't stand it. Tried plugging nanoface into just about every USB hole with the same result. The nanoface expects USB 2.0. Tried powering the hub, but that didn't help. If I unplugged one of the midi keyboards, things were okay for most of the time. Every once in a while (days apart), I'd get the crackling again, in the same way. Tried a different hub, no joy. I checked with the IT department at work, they said they'd had this happen once, too many USB devices, but don't know if it every got solved (it was at another division). So I'm looking for some ideas on how to make this bullet proof. Right now the performance is acceptable, on the infrequent times when it's crackling, I only need unplug the nanoface and replug it and I'm good for a while. Right now I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card sitting here. It takes power directly from the system PS. I was planning on isolating the nanoface with this card. If the problem is power, this has it's own power. If it's bandwidth, then this card doesn't share bandwidth with any other USB port. Ideals? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- The Story So Far -- Complete!
The upgrade is complete and the immediate effect is that Windows Explorer seems a lot quicker. The Hero VII is an odd-looking board, they run a bunch of LEDs off the +5VSB so that the board glows red even when off. Using the included fan/heatsink, the processor is running cool. I stuck the 6850 back into this system and have not yet tried to install the GTX750. The 750 can handle 3 monitors and that's something I'd like to do, but I don't have room on the desk yet for 3 monitors. Abnormalities: With all my USB devices plugged in (Printer, Scanner, APC, two external drives, two midi keyboards, mouse and keyboad, the boot-up is slow. There is a 15 second black screen between POST and Windows loading. Right now I would not recommend the Nanoface midi/audio interface. I've finally gotten it working with no crackling, but you have to be darned careful. There is a firmware upgrade, but you have to install the drivers with the device not hooked up, then hook it up later. I'm going to stress test the interface by running a team deathmatch in UT2004. The to-do list includes looking at the slow boot, making sure all old drivers are removed. On 7/1/2014 5:37 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 05:58 PM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Can SFC detect whether the correct driver is installed? As for the system drivers in the Intel exe, it looks like it generates a .inf on the fly. The .inf files it generated on the netbook were filled with 'no driver'. I tried that anyways, it said installed but didn't change the situation. Since I can prep this drive beforehand, will deleting the HD controller drivers make windows reload the generic drivers? Or maybe I can get away with doing a sysprep? Never did sysprep before Not sure if SFC can fix a driver. Can you use this remove the drivers: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/device_manager_view.html T
[H] Z97 chipset Driver
I'm about to upgrade my main box. In doing this, I need to maintain the current operating system (and tons of audio apps) install. I'll be going from a P55 board to a Z97 board (Asus Hero VII). So to preserve the install, I need the chipset drivers, but I can't use them bundled up in an exe file. If the system doesn't startup, I need to have the drivers to install them under the recovery console. So far I've been unable to find them un-exe'd, nor does trying to deconstruct the exe work (I get ? files). Anyone know where I can find the actual drivers, not the exe? Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- The Story So Far
Luckily I have another HD with a very similar install on it, so I don't have to muck with my full install. First try: Windows can't boot and then it can't repair. Bad Driver (ya think?). Went to command prompt and tried just running the exe. Won't run, doesn't have the structure to run (thought so). Current status: Tried installing the drivers on a netbook. Currently can't find the drivers. Still looking. Since this is an extra drive, I could put it into my running system, boot up and then install the drivers and see if that works. Steve On 7/1/2014 11:13 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:24 AM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I'm about to upgrade my main box. In doing this, I need to maintain the current operating system (and tons of audio apps) install. I'll be going from a P55 board to a Z97 board (Asus Hero VII). So to preserve the install, I need the chipset drivers, but I can't use them bundled up in an exe file. If the system doesn't startup, I need to have the drivers to install them under the recovery console. So far I've been unable to find them un-exe'd, nor does trying to deconstruct the exe work (I get ? files). Anyone know where I can find the actual drivers, not the exe? Can you run the install on another PC and after the files decompress, copy them from the temp folder? I do that quite often. T
Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- The Story So Far
Can SFC detect whether the correct driver is installed? As for the system drivers in the Intel exe, it looks like it generates a .inf on the fly. The .inf files it generated on the netbook were filled with 'no driver'. I tried that anyways, it said installed but didn't change the situation. Since I can prep this drive beforehand, will deleting the HD controller drivers make windows reload the generic drivers? Or maybe I can get away with doing a sysprep? Never did sysprep before Thanks...Steve On 7/1/2014 4:24 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:57 PM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Luckily I have another HD with a very similar install on it, so I don't have to muck with my full install. First try: Windows can't boot and then it can't repair. Bad Driver (ya think?). Went to command prompt and tried just running the exe. Won't run, doesn't have the structure to run (thought so). Did you try an offline SFC from the recovery console? T
Re: [H] Z97 chipset Driver -- Solved
Okay, found the problem. It was an idiot mistake. The new MB had the drive mode defaulted to AHCI. The drive I was trying to boot was set to IDE. Once I changed the BIOS, I was able to boot up to the desktop. It complained a lot, but it booted. One other important thing I learned...SYSPREP will not work on any install that has been updated. It only works on a fresh install. Thanks for all the help and ideas! I'm done for the day. I will do the complete upgrade tomorrow. Z97 MB (Asus Hero VII), i7-4770K, 16GB memory and Alva Nanoface Audio/Midi interface. Thanks...Steve On 7/1/2014 5:37 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 05:58 PM 01/07/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Can SFC detect whether the correct driver is installed? As for the system drivers in the Intel exe, it looks like it generates a .inf on the fly. The .inf files it generated on the netbook were filled with 'no driver'. I tried that anyways, it said installed but didn't change the situation. Since I can prep this drive beforehand, will deleting the HD controller drivers make windows reload the generic drivers? Or maybe I can get away with doing a sysprep? Never did sysprep before Not sure if SFC can fix a driver. Can you use this remove the drivers: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/device_manager_view.html T
Re: [H] ATT DSL
Thanks, Duncan. My friend (and family) are very computer illiterate, so everything has to be simple. That, plus, their camera on Skype doesn't have good enough resolution for me to read things. I'm hoping as they do this stuff, that I'll be able to correctly see what they're doing. Once they have the cables hooked up correctly, then I have teamviewer installed, so I can guide them through the rest. I had ATT DSL for a while, a few years back. Here's what it was like to get it installed. I had to have two appointments, one to activate the phone line and another to install the DSL. Once the DSL was installed, I couldn't access the 'net for 24 hours (could never get a good answer on that one). In all, it took most of a week before I was online. Here's what it took for Cox Internet. I got an appointment the next business day. The modem was installed and I was online in two hours. The only reason it took that long is that the technician was a newbie. On 5/15/2014 5:52 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, I spent 6 years using ATT modems, not routers. Used 3 different brands. Sorry, can not recall who the MFG's were, but, I do recall they came to me pre-programmed for the Bell South network I was on. All I got was an RJ45 cable to my chosen router's WAN port. In 9/2010 I converted to Fiber service and, I fired ATT BellSouth DSL service. I seem to recall that any/all 'authentication' is done via the modem and the service provider. LOL! Yes, Bro, you have that last comment nailed down tight! Duncan On 05/15/2014 17:11, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Does anyone have any experience with ATT DSL Modems/routers? This is what my friend down in Florida is hooked up to. What we need to do is replace his old box with the one I sent him. As of right now, I don't even know if that box is wired or wireless network. It's situated next to the router and it's 8 years old, so I'm almost sure that it's wired. So I'm assuming that all they need to do is hook up the new box, turn it on and they'll be connected. All the authentication is done by the modem/router. Or does ATT do something stupid? (boy, what a question, the answer is almost always yes to that). Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] New M$ security patch for IE6-IE11?
http://windowsitpro.com/windows/all-hands-deck-zero-day-reported-wild-affects-ie6-11 On 4/28/2014 10:04 AM, DSinc wrote: Does anyone know about this recent announcement? Does anyone have a link to any explanation? I just heard about this from someone in Florida. Curious, but I use FireFox v28.0. Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Hotmail?
I have two hotmail accounts. I rarely ever go to the hotmail (or microsoft or live or outlook or whatever it is this week), but have tbird pick up my mail. With this thread, I went to www.hotmail.com for both accounts, both of them required a 'verification'. Microsoft insisted that they send a code to my alternate (non-hotmail) email address. On my main account, the alternate email was extinct (an sbcglobal address, that's how long since I looked at my settings) so I delayed the verification by 7 days (M$ said it was REQUIRED in 7 days) but the other has been verified and back to normal. Steve On 4/26/2014 3:45 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I use hotmail. Nothing has changed for me, Duncan. On Apr 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Brian, Great question. I will dig around and correct any bad links. I have been using the same 'Hotmail' link for the past 15 years! http://www.hotmail.com. Hmm. Thanks, Duncan On 04/26/2014 13:02, Brian Weeden wrote: Duncan, are you 100% certain you are going to https://outlook.com? Because there is no way the real Microsoft is going to send you to nunyabizness.com - Brian On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:54 PM, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Brian, Thanks for the share. More inline below.. On 04/26/2014 12:10, Brian Weeden wrote: Duncan, it sounds like some sort of 2-factor authentication has been enabled on your account. It might be part of some new security procedures Microsoft is putting in place, as are many others. Yes, this did occur to me; however, M$ usually announces pending changes well in advance of turning it on. I am aware that 'Hotmail' is now called Outlook.com, but I have been told to use my old Hotmail creds which no longer work. When you log in with a normal username and password, you are using something you know (ie your password) to prove your identity. A 2-factor system adds another type of verification, usually something you have (like a dongle that generates random keys) or something you are (like a fingerprint). For example, I have 2-factor enabled on my Gmail account and when I go to log in it requires both a password and a one-time code generated by an app on my phone. I can set it so I don't need to re-enter the code on the same computer for 30 days. The advantage is that if someone gets my password, they still can't access my account without also having the second factor (in my case my phone). I understand your share. Perhaps true. They keep asking me for a 'Security Code.' But I do not know what it is! They do give me 3 ways to share this code: 1. A valid un...@nunyabizness.com (clueless!) 2. The last 4 digits of my phone number (no good) 3. A text file to something or other (I read a 'smartphone') In any case, the confusing additional logic they give gives me pause and does not work per my comprehension. I am 66. The other thing that may be happening is that you are locked out of your account, and Microsoft is trying to send you a code to verify that you are you by another means, like a second email account or a text to your phone. Maybe you had one of those set up on your account and forgot about it, or changed emails/phones? Tes, perhaps, but, per above, M$ is making this interchange damn neat impossible. In either case, I think maybe calling Microsoft might help. They should be able to rest your account, provided you can prove that you are you to them. Fine. Do you have a working phone number I can try next Monday afternoon? Thanks, Duncan On Saturday, April 26, 2014, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Brian, Thanks for the share. I was too pissed yesterdy to reply. Now post a sleep, wakeup, and a cold beer, I've come just give up and let M$ just erase my old mid-1990's account and all the stored email. I suppose I am just disappointed that yet another block in the M$ 'wall of shame' is dorked up to me. I will speak to my ISP about a 2d email address for business/commercial use. Thanks, Duncan On 04/26/2014 01:53, Bryan Seitz wrote: On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 09:23:37PM -0400, DSinc wrote: What is up with Microsoft Hotmail/Outlook.com? My long old uname/pw creds no longer work; and I get sent to some page that requests a 'security code.' I am clueless how to proceed, but it appears that something will happen on 5/14/14 if I don't do something. Has M$ been hacked? I don't know but i'd honestly not use that ;)
Re: [H] Hotmail?
Actually, there is more to the story now. I tried to verify the account that had the sbcglobal address as verification. Naively, I figured I could go into settings, change the back email address then verify. Wrong. Everywhere I went, I couldn't change any of my settings without going through the verification. So I stepped through verification, giving them another email address to verify with. Surprise! Since I didn't give them the one in settings, they tell me that I have to wait 30 days for them to 'recover' my security settings. But wait, it says here that while I'm waiting, I can still access my emails. Whew! I use this hotmail account for just about everything (I've had this account since 1994). So I push forward, let them 'recover' my settings. Then another Surprise! I log in and now I can't access my email, despite what they said. I'm presented with a page that asks me if I 'remember' my security settings now and then I can cancel the 30 days. Well, it's not enough that I can remember the email address (which they ask for), they want to send an email to that address and nowhere is there a way to tell them that that address no longer exists. Well, I've held onto hotmail for 20 years, no longer, changing everybody over to gmail now. The one bright spot is that tbird can still download my email from that account. However, if anything goes to spam by mistake, I'm screwed, at least for the next 30 days. On 4/26/2014 7:03 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, What you share is what I am seeing also. I sort of consider the email addy I use here with the Collective to be my true/real email addy. As a general rulle I never use this addy with commercial/industrial links. That is what Hotmail is/was for. Back in March I started to try and take down another 'old' email account at Lycos.com (mailcity.com). Those folks are driving me crazy with 'supporting information' hoops to jump through. I never knew canceling an old free email account was this difficult. Old dogs can learn new tricks, I suppose. Thanks for the reply, Duncan On 04/26/2014 15:58, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I have two hotmail accounts. I rarely ever go to the hotmail (or microsoft or live or outlook or whatever it is this week), but have tbird pick up my mail. With this thread, I went to www.hotmail.com for both accounts, both of them required a 'verification'. Microsoft insisted that they send a code to my alternate (non-hotmail) email address. On my main account, the alternate email was extinct (an sbcglobal address, that's how long since I looked at my settings) so I delayed the verification by 7 days (M$ said it was REQUIRED in 7 days) but the other has been verified and back to normal. Steve On 4/26/2014 3:45 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I use hotmail. Nothing has changed for me, Duncan. On Apr 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Brian, Great question. I will dig around and correct any bad links. I have been using the same 'Hotmail' link for the past 15 years! http://www.hotmail.com. Hmm. Thanks, Duncan On 04/26/2014 13:02, Brian Weeden wrote: Duncan, are you 100% certain you are going to https://outlook.com? Because there is no way the real Microsoft is going to send you to nunyabizness.com - Brian On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:54 PM, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Brian, Thanks for the share. More inline below.. On 04/26/2014 12:10, Brian Weeden wrote: Duncan, it sounds like some sort of 2-factor authentication has been enabled on your account. It might be part of some new security procedures Microsoft is putting in place, as are many others. Yes, this did occur to me; however, M$ usually announces pending changes well in advance of turning it on. I am aware that 'Hotmail' is now called Outlook.com, but I have been told to use my old Hotmail creds which no longer work. When you log in with a normal username and password, you are using something you know (ie your password) to prove your identity. A 2-factor system adds another type of verification, usually something you have (like a dongle that generates random keys) or something you are (like a fingerprint). For example, I have 2-factor enabled on my Gmail account and when I go to log in it requires both a password and a one-time code generated by an app on my phone. I can set it so I don't need to re-enter the code on the same computer for 30 days. The advantage is that if someone gets my password, they still can't access my account without also having the second factor (in my case my phone). I understand your share. Perhaps true. They keep asking me for a 'Security Code.' But I do not know what it is! They do give me 3 ways to share this code: 1. A valid un...@nunyabizness.com (clueless!) 2. The last 4 digits of my phone number (no good) 3. A text file to something or other (I read a 'smartphone') In any case, the confusing additional logic they give gives me pause
Re: [H] Hotmail?
Not your fault, Duncan, you don't work for Microsoft ;-). I've got this figured out now. The one big problem with Microsoft is that nothing they do is explained very well. Usually it's technically correct, but practically useless. Go ahead and set the 30 day 'recovery' on your hotmail account. You'll still be able to access your email from a browser. Again, it's not obvious, but when you log on and it admonishes your that your 30 days ain't up yet, just hit the next button and you're right into your inbox. My mistake not hitting the obvious button. Steve On 4/26/2014 8:43 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, I apologize for somehow walking you into the same quicksand I found. Yes, I am ready to just walk away from M$/Hotmail. I will come back with questions about GMail. Yes, I do have some My Older Brother has a GMail account. I plan to speak with him also.Perhaps it is time for me to also join the 'force.' Again, Sorry for your new situation. I never intended for any of the Collective to repeat my behavior that got me into this stupid circular 'game.' At this point, I can freely walk away from Hotmail/Outlook/whatever and just let them choke on my stored email. I believe I have pretty much done an fwd to my (this) ISP addy. Thanks, Duncan On 04/26/2014 19:26, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Actually, there is more to the story now. I tried to verify the account that had the sbcglobal address as verification. Naively, I figured I could go into settings, change the back email address then verify. Wrong. Everywhere I went, I couldn't change any of my settings without going through the verification. So I stepped through verification, giving them another email address to verify with. Surprise! Since I didn't give them the one in settings, they tell me that I have to wait 30 days for them to 'recover' my security settings. But wait, it says here that while I'm waiting, I can still access my emails. Whew! I use this hotmail account for just about everything (I've had this account since 1994). So I push forward, let them 'recover' my settings. Then another Surprise! I log in and now I can't access my email, despite what they said. I'm presented with a page that asks me if I 'remember' my security settings now and then I can cancel the 30 days. Well, it's not enough that I can remember the email address (which they ask for), they want to send an email to that address and nowhere is there a way to tell them that that address no longer exists. Well, I've held onto hotmail for 20 years, no longer, changing everybody over to gmail now. The one bright spot is that tbird can still download my email from that account. However, if anything goes to spam by mistake, I'm screwed, at least for the next 30 days. On 4/26/2014 7:03 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, What you share is what I am seeing also. I sort of consider the email addy I use here with the Collective to be my true/real email addy. As a general rulle I never use this addy with commercial/industrial links. That is what Hotmail is/was for. Back in March I started to try and take down another 'old' email account at Lycos.com (mailcity.com). Those folks are driving me crazy with 'supporting information' hoops to jump through. I never knew canceling an old free email account was this difficult. Old dogs can learn new tricks, I suppose. Thanks for the reply, Duncan On 04/26/2014 15:58, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I have two hotmail accounts. I rarely ever go to the hotmail (or microsoft or live or outlook or whatever it is this week), but have tbird pick up my mail. With this thread, I went to www.hotmail.com for both accounts, both of them required a 'verification'. Microsoft insisted that they send a code to my alternate (non-hotmail) email address. On my main account, the alternate email was extinct (an sbcglobal address, that's how long since I looked at my settings) so I delayed the verification by 7 days (M$ said it was REQUIRED in 7 days) but the other has been verified and back to normal. Steve On 4/26/2014 3:45 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I use hotmail. Nothing has changed for me, Duncan. On Apr 26, 2014, at 1:26 PM, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Brian, Great question. I will dig around and correct any bad links. I have been using the same 'Hotmail' link for the past 15 years! http://www.hotmail.com. Hmm. Thanks, Duncan On 04/26/2014 13:02, Brian Weeden wrote: Duncan, are you 100% certain you are going to https://outlook.com? Because there is no way the real Microsoft is going to send you to nunyabizness.com - Brian On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:54 PM, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Brian, Thanks for the share. More inline below.. On 04/26/2014 12:10, Brian Weeden wrote: Duncan, it sounds like some sort of 2-factor authentication has been enabled on your account. It might be part of some new security procedures Microsoft is putting in place
Re: [H] Fwd: Pc-matic commercial
On 4/22/2014 7:20 PM, DSinc wrote: This 'ranks' up there with 'MycleanPC'. It's your garden variety scam. No matter how new your install, they will show you viruses and all kinds of stuff to clean up. Then this is supposed to be 'free'? How do they make money? Pop-up adds as part of PC-matic? Online help that just happens to cost money? I'm always wary of installing software that will 'speed-up' my computer. Does anyone have comments/suggestions about this. It is something about 'PC-Matic' seen on the FOX tv channel. I have never seen it. I tried to discount it, but :) Personally, I will upgrade. My older Brother may be blowing upgrade off and staying on XPpro. Original Message Subject: Pc-matic commercial Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:27:32 -0400 From: Bruce Sinclair To: DUNCAN SINCLAIR dsinc...@epbfi.com Here is the commercial abut Pc-matic where the girl complains that her computer is too slow and she needs a new on. http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7kVH/pcmatic-com-state
Re: [H] Fwd: Pc-matic commercial
On 4/22/2014 7:20 PM, DSinc wrote: Try this full-fledged review of PC-matic: http://michaeljkarg.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-pc-matic-experience.html Does anyone have comments/suggestions about this. It is something about 'PC-Matic' seen on the FOX tv channel. I have never seen it. I tried to discount it, but :) Personally, I will upgrade. My older Brother may be blowing upgrade off and staying on XPpro. Original Message Subject: Pc-matic commercial Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:27:32 -0400 From: Bruce Sinclair To: DUNCAN SINCLAIR dsinc...@epbfi.com Here is the commercial abut Pc-matic where the girl complains that her computer is too slow and she needs a new on. http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7kVH/pcmatic-com-state
Re: [H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application --Solved
For those who are interested, this is how I solved the problem of running PFS: Write under Windows 7. PFS: Write apparently needs some DOS functions that are not in the cmd.exe for Win7. Not even under 32 bit Win7, it will not work. DosBox is out, as it does not provide for printing at all. It's made mainly for games. What I found was a mod of DosBox called vdos. The programmer took DosBox and added printer functionality in a unique way. It accesses a program called Dosprinter (the freewave version is included with DosBox). Vdos starts the DOS program in a fixed size window, it looks like 800 x 600. Vdos comes with a config.txt and an autoexec.txt which you have to modify (they gave you a list of commands you can use) to run your program. For example, you have to add a mouse=on command to use the mouse. Finally, Dosprinter is finicky about what printer is used by the DOS program. About all they tell you is that it emulates an Epson printer, I had to try each one listed in PFS Write until I found one that worked on multi-page printouts. A lot of them worked on one page, but choked on more than one. When printing from PFS: Write, now, the PFS: Write print page pops up, then goes away, followed by the Windows print box, where you can select to print to anything installed, including USB printers and Acrobat converters. It was an interesting challenge. I'm surprised by how many people are still using DOS applications, never mind games. Steve On 4/7/2014 9:44 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: Why not use dosbox or similar? We've been rolling out stuff like that with dosbox a lot recently. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks, I'll have to find a copy of a retail disk to proceed. It scares me how my buddy refuses to learn certain things, if I put something together like XP mode, I'd have no end of trouble. Keep it simple for the stupid. (I do that all day at work...;-) On 4/7/2014 7:39 PM, Winterlight wrote: No... 32 and 64 are separate disks. And you need a retail purchase to get both disks... not OEM. And yes the easy solution is to go 32 bit if the program you need will run OK... your only other alternative would be a virtual XP setup. Win 7 PRO and Ultimate offers free download of XP mode for businesses that use proprietary software but I have found XP mode to be unreliable and problematic. At 04:32 PM 4/7/2014, you wrote: Okay, so I answered some of my own questions. It looks like it would be much easier to downgrade the install to 32 bit (there's only 4 gig on the computer). I haven't tried it yet, but can I do this from an OEM System builder Pack? I know I have to wipe the partition and start over, but does this '64 bit' SP1 disk have 32 bit on it? On 4/7/2014 6:38 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I'm dealing with my friend Dennis down in Florida again. In general, he makes the computer-illiterate look like geniuses. Just to recap, he still does all his law documentation in PFS Write. This works fine on his current creaky 2006 vintage computer and 32bit XP. So I'm about to ship him another box with Win7. The problem I've run into is that I still need to give him PFS Write. He has over 500 files in the PFS Write format and most of the recent ones are down in FL on his computer, I have the balance of them. So the problem is that the Win7 I have is 64bit, which means 16 bit programs are a no-go. There are two choices: Use 32bit Win7 (is that also on the 64 bit disk or do I have to purchase?) or set up a shortcut that will start something like virtual box and start PFS Write. For the latter it would have to be dead simple, or simple enough for the dead. Would that be possible? And, as always, thanks guysSteve
Re: [H] 404 error
Just went there now with Waterfox and got the Host Gator 404 page. And it wasn't even Noscript's fault. Steve On 4/11/2014 2:54 PM, Michael Resnick wrote: I got to the download page without any problems. Browser was FF. Maybe they were doing maintenance??. Thanks for the web site. I didn't know about it - it looks very useful. Regards, Mike At 10:06 AM 4/11/2014, FORC5 wrote: when I goto the download for rt7lite page 404 errors no matter what browser I use. http://www.rt7lite.com/ can anyone check and see if the dl works for them ? anyone know of anything else to slipstream a SP into w7? fp Date: Friday, April 11th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** When you see a snake, never mind where he came from. ** __ Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. (Benjamin Franklin, 1755)
Re: [H] 404 error
The problem is not getting to the download page, it's downloading the file, at least for me. On 4/11/2014 4:56 PM, Michael Resnick wrote: I'm still getting to the download page (http://www.rt7lite.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=49Itemid=56) without any issues. I'm using OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/) to resolve domain names, Maybe that's making a difference. Regards, Mike At 04:21 PM 4/11/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Just went there now with Waterfox and got the Host Gator 404 page. And it wasn't even Noscript's fault. Steve On 4/11/2014 2:54 PM, Michael Resnick wrote: I got to the download page without any problems. Browser was FF. Maybe they were doing maintenance??. Thanks for the web site. I didn't know about it - it looks very useful. Regards, Mike At 10:06 AM 4/11/2014, FORC5 wrote: when I goto the download for rt7lite page 404 errors no matter what browser I use. http://www.rt7lite.com/ can anyone check and see if the dl works for them ? anyone know of anything else to slipstream a SP into w7? fp Date: Friday, April 11th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** When you see a snake, never mind where he came from. ** __ Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. (Benjamin Franklin, 1755)
Re: [H] 404 error
Mike, I found an alternate site to download the 2.60 Beta. HOWEVER, the program itself is tied to Host Gator, so as you try to run it, you get all kinds of script errors. It looks like they are trying to show web content from that horrible place in a side panel. The problem is, it affects everything, so you can run anything. I gave up. Steve On 4/11/2014 7:42 PM, Michael Resnick wrote: Steve, I finally tried to download and I'm now on the same page as you (pun intended) - 404. I guess guess your choices are to contact their Webmaster to get this resolved; or to start googling for an alternative download site. Btw, this looks like an interesting product. Have you used this before? Regards, Mike At 04:57 PM 4/11/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: The problem is not getting to the download page, it's downloading the file, at least for me. On 4/11/2014 4:56 PM, Michael Resnick wrote: I'm still getting to the download page (http://www.rt7lite.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=49Itemid=56) without any issues. I'm using OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.com/) to resolve domain names, Maybe that's making a difference. Regards, Mike At 04:21 PM 4/11/2014, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Just went there now with Waterfox and got the Host Gator 404 page. And it wasn't even Noscript's fault. Steve On 4/11/2014 2:54 PM, Michael Resnick wrote: I got to the download page without any problems. Browser was FF. Maybe they were doing maintenance??. Thanks for the web site. I didn't know about it - it looks very useful. Regards, Mike At 10:06 AM 4/11/2014, FORC5 wrote: when I goto the download for rt7lite page 404 errors no matter what browser I use. http://www.rt7lite.com/ can anyone check and see if the dl works for them ? anyone know of anything else to slipstream a SP into w7? fp Date: Friday, April 11th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** When you see a snake, never mind where he came from. ** __ Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. (Benjamin Franklin, 1755)
[H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application
I'm dealing with my friend Dennis down in Florida again. In general, he makes the computer-illiterate look like geniuses. Just to recap, he still does all his law documentation in PFS Write. This works fine on his current creaky 2006 vintage computer and 32bit XP. So I'm about to ship him another box with Win7. The problem I've run into is that I still need to give him PFS Write. He has over 500 files in the PFS Write format and most of the recent ones are down in FL on his computer, I have the balance of them. So the problem is that the Win7 I have is 64bit, which means 16 bit programs are a no-go. There are two choices: Use 32bit Win7 (is that also on the 64 bit disk or do I have to purchase?) or set up a shortcut that will start something like virtual box and start PFS Write. For the latter it would have to be dead simple, or simple enough for the dead. Would that be possible? And, as always, thanks guysSteve
Re: [H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application
Okay, so I answered some of my own questions. It looks like it would be much easier to downgrade the install to 32 bit (there's only 4 gig on the computer). I haven't tried it yet, but can I do this from an OEM System builder Pack? I know I have to wipe the partition and start over, but does this '64 bit' SP1 disk have 32 bit on it? On 4/7/2014 6:38 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I'm dealing with my friend Dennis down in Florida again. In general, he makes the computer-illiterate look like geniuses. Just to recap, he still does all his law documentation in PFS Write. This works fine on his current creaky 2006 vintage computer and 32bit XP. So I'm about to ship him another box with Win7. The problem I've run into is that I still need to give him PFS Write. He has over 500 files in the PFS Write format and most of the recent ones are down in FL on his computer, I have the balance of them. So the problem is that the Win7 I have is 64bit, which means 16 bit programs are a no-go. There are two choices: Use 32bit Win7 (is that also on the 64 bit disk or do I have to purchase?) or set up a shortcut that will start something like virtual box and start PFS Write. For the latter it would have to be dead simple, or simple enough for the dead. Would that be possible? And, as always, thanks guysSteve
Re: [H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application
Thanks, I'll have to find a copy of a retail disk to proceed. It scares me how my buddy refuses to learn certain things, if I put something together like XP mode, I'd have no end of trouble. Keep it simple for the stupid. (I do that all day at work...;-) On 4/7/2014 7:39 PM, Winterlight wrote: No... 32 and 64 are separate disks. And you need a retail purchase to get both disks... not OEM. And yes the easy solution is to go 32 bit if the program you need will run OK... your only other alternative would be a virtual XP setup. Win 7 PRO and Ultimate offers free download of XP mode for businesses that use proprietary software but I have found XP mode to be unreliable and problematic. At 04:32 PM 4/7/2014, you wrote: Okay, so I answered some of my own questions. It looks like it would be much easier to downgrade the install to 32 bit (there's only 4 gig on the computer). I haven't tried it yet, but can I do this from an OEM System builder Pack? I know I have to wipe the partition and start over, but does this '64 bit' SP1 disk have 32 bit on it? On 4/7/2014 6:38 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I'm dealing with my friend Dennis down in Florida again. In general, he makes the computer-illiterate look like geniuses. Just to recap, he still does all his law documentation in PFS Write. This works fine on his current creaky 2006 vintage computer and 32bit XP. So I'm about to ship him another box with Win7. The problem I've run into is that I still need to give him PFS Write. He has over 500 files in the PFS Write format and most of the recent ones are down in FL on his computer, I have the balance of them. So the problem is that the Win7 I have is 64bit, which means 16 bit programs are a no-go. There are two choices: Use 32bit Win7 (is that also on the 64 bit disk or do I have to purchase?) or set up a shortcut that will start something like virtual box and start PFS Write. For the latter it would have to be dead simple, or simple enough for the dead. Would that be possible? And, as always, thanks guysSteve
[H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate alone takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to try and save the install. To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the installation went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the install is find just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the web. There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to install drivers. You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, after it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you open up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E F are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were located on my system, YMMV): dism /image:E:\ /add-driver /Driver:F:\ /recurse After this, Windows booted from HD and proceeded to install drivers. It took a couple of reboots and so far everything is back to 'normal'. I need to check and see if every device is active. I had to reactivate windows (It gave me only 3 days!), but the new automated phone system was quick and easy. Obviously it refused to activate automatically online, it threw out a security error. I really did not have a big thing against a full reinstall. It would take a couple of days to finish, but it really cool to do something like this to 'fool' windows. Steve
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found all this stuff here: http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair-windows-7-install-after-replacing-motherboard/ On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? Disguised as upgrade install. I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate alone takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to try and save the install. To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the installation went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the install is find just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the web. There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to install drivers. You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, after it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you open up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E F are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were located on my system, YMMV): dism /image:E:\ /add-driver /Driver:F:\ /recurse After this, Windows booted from HD and proceeded to install drivers. It took a couple of reboots and so far everything is back to 'normal'. I need to check and see if every device is active. I had to reactivate windows (It gave me only 3 days!), but the new automated phone system was quick and easy. Obviously it refused to activate automatically online, it threw out a security error. I really did not have a big thing against a full reinstall. It would take a couple of days to finish, but it really cool to do something like this to 'fool' windows. Steve Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** I can't be stupid, I completed third grade. **
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
Tim, Interesting! How did you 'add drivers manually on SATA' if all you did was turn it on? Sounds like you booted from the install or recovery disks. Steve On 2/13/2014 2:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA. In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the boot upgrade does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot upgrade does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found all this stuff here: http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair-windows-7- install-after-replacing-motherboard/ On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? Disguised as upgrade install. I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate alone takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to try and save the install. To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the installation went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the install is find just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the web. There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to install drivers. You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, after it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you open up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E F are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were located on my system, YMMV): dism /image:E:\ /add-driver /Driver:F:\ /recurse After this, Windows booted from HD and proceeded to install drivers. It took a couple of reboots and so far everything is back to 'normal'. I need to check and see if every device is active. I had to reactivate windows (It gave me only 3 days!), but the new automated phone system was quick and easy. Obviously it refused to activate automatically online, it threw out a security error. I really did not have a big thing against a full reinstall. It would take a couple of days to finish, but it really cool to do something like this to 'fool' windows. Steve Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** I can't be stupid, I completed third grade. **
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
Okay, that explains it, thanks. I've never seen Win7 do that, usually it blue screens because it has the wrong chipset drivers for disk access. This particular system went into a reboot loop and the blue screen would flash for an instant and then the system would reboot. Did you do any prep? Remember when we used to change the drive controller drivers back to standard (XP or 2000) so that we could change the MB? On 2/13/2014 3:51 PM, Tim Lider wrote: The SATA driver was for the eSATA. It was not needed for the boot drive. If needed for the boot drive, I'd probably need to use the Install DVD. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Tim, Interesting! How did you 'add drivers manually on SATA' if all you did was turn it on? Sounds like you booted from the install or recovery disks. Steve On 2/13/2014 2:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA. In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the boot upgrade does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot upgrade does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found all this stuff here: http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair-windows- 7- install-after-replacing-motherboard/ On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? Disguised as upgrade install. I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate alone takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to try and save the install. To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the installation went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the install is find just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the web. There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to install drivers. You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, after it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you open up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E F are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were located on my system, YMMV): dism /image:E:\ /add-driver /Driver:F:\ /recurse After this, Windows booted from HD and proceeded to install drivers. It took a couple of reboots and so far everything is back to 'normal'. I need to check and see if every device is active. I had to reactivate windows (It gave me only 3 days!), but the new automated phone system was quick and easy. Obviously it refused to activate automatically online, it threw out a security error. I really did not have a big thing against a full reinstall. It would take a couple of days to finish, but it really cool to do something like this to 'fool' windows. Steve Date: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** ** I can't
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
Just trying to find out where I went wrong...;-). I went from Intel to Intel, maybe Windows can discern two different manufacturers, but not two different chipsets from the same manufacturer? On 2/13/2014 4:15 PM, Tim Lider wrote: No I did not. It worked since it was an Intel Chipset. Keep in mind it went from an nVidia Chipset to an Intel Chipset as well. After it was all installed and Windows was running, I installed the ACHI driver and set the SATA to ACHI. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Okay, that explains it, thanks. I've never seen Win7 do that, usually it blue screens because it has the wrong chipset drivers for disk access. This particular system went into a reboot loop and the blue screen would flash for an instant and then the system would reboot. Did you do any prep? Remember when we used to change the drive controller drivers back to standard (XP or 2000) so that we could change the MB? On 2/13/2014 3:51 PM, Tim Lider wrote: The SATA driver was for the eSATA. It was not needed for the boot drive. If needed for the boot drive, I'd probably need to use the Install DVD. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Tim, Interesting! How did you 'add drivers manually on SATA' if all you did was turn it on? Sounds like you booted from the install or recovery disks. Steve On 2/13/2014 2:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA. In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the boot upgrade does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot upgrade does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found all this stuff here: http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair- windows- 7- install-after-replacing-motherboard/ On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? Disguised as upgrade install. I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much choice, the new one is an Asrock with a G31 chipset. The previous was a P45. Since I have a ton of audio apps installed on this system (Complete 9 Ultimate alone takes 8 hours to install, then 4 hours of updates), I wanted to try and save the install. To be brief, letting the install CD try to repair the installation went nowhere. Since it's a chipset difference, the install is find just blue-screens on boot. Then I found a little trick on the web. There apparent is a DOS command that will tell windows to install drivers. You put all the new drivers on a CD, boot to the install DVD, after it finds the install location and fails to find a problem, you open up a command windows and do this (note that the drive letters, E F are for where my Windows installation and DVD drive were located on my
Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7
The board has 4 SATA connectors and the manual says that they are off the ICH7 Southbridge. Maybe the G31 chipset with an ICH7 is a odd combination? Whatever. I'm back and running with minimal effort, and happy. On 2/13/2014 5:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: I have done it from an Intel PentiumD to an Intel Core2 Dou system. The system just added drivers on its own. Maybe the New Motherboard was using nonstandard SATA Controllers. Some boards do not use the Intel SATA Controller. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:58 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Just trying to find out where I went wrong...;-). I went from Intel to Intel, maybe Windows can discern two different manufacturers, but not two different chipsets from the same manufacturer? On 2/13/2014 4:15 PM, Tim Lider wrote: No I did not. It worked since it was an Intel Chipset. Keep in mind it went from an nVidia Chipset to an Intel Chipset as well. After it was all installed and Windows was running, I installed the ACHI driver and set the SATA to ACHI. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:02 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Okay, that explains it, thanks. I've never seen Win7 do that, usually it blue screens because it has the wrong chipset drivers for disk access. This particular system went into a reboot loop and the blue screen would flash for an instant and then the system would reboot. Did you do any prep? Remember when we used to change the drive controller drivers back to standard (XP or 2000) so that we could change the MB? On 2/13/2014 3:51 PM, Tim Lider wrote: The SATA driver was for the eSATA. It was not needed for the boot drive. If needed for the boot drive, I'd probably need to use the Install DVD. Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 12:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 Tim, Interesting! How did you 'add drivers manually on SATA' if all you did was turn it on? Sounds like you booted from the install or recovery disks. Steve On 2/13/2014 2:01 PM, Tim Lider wrote: When I went from my old Core2 CPU to the new System with the i7 in it. All I did is turn it on and the drivers installed by themselves, did need to add drivers manually on the SATA. In Windows 8 it's basically the same way. Did a motherboard swap on a Windows 8 system and it worked like a champ afterward. Going about using the CD is something that is needed if the boot upgrade does not work. But, it also usually does not work if the boot upgrade does not work. Regards, Tim Lider -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:48 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Changing the Motherboard and NOT reinstalling Win7 When you boot to the install disk, the first window you see asks you Language/Time Currency format/Keyboard. After you click next, the next window has a big 'Install Now' in the center, however, in the lower left corner there are two options: What to know before installing Windows Repair Your Computer. Click on repair your computer and another window pops up where you can search for Windows installations on the disks. Once you select that, it will try to repair. After a while, it will come back and say either failed or no problem found. After you X out of that window, you now can get to the System Recovery Options and you can open up a command prompt. Since Win7 puts a Sys Exclusive partition, that usually shows up as C:, and the rest of the disk, with the Windows folder will be on another drive letter. For me, it put it at E: I found all this stuff here: http://www.dowdandassociates.com/blog/content/howto-repair- windows- 7- install-after-replacing-motherboard/ On 2/13/2014 1:29 PM, FORC5 wrote: I thought repair installs could only be done from the desktop in W7 ? Disguised as upgrade install. I do not see that option when booting from the CD/DVD. fp At 10:20 AM 2/13/2014, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: If you remember a few days ago, my music computer had gone down and it looked like the MB was loading down the +5SB. New motherboard arrived, for Core2 Duo, there wasn't much
[H] Killer Robots -- BAE's Taranis (video)
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[H] Demise of a Motherboard
With all the snow hitting CT today, I took a vacation day, we probably got close to 10. Anyways, my music computer refused to start initially yesterday, but then it started. Today, no go. It's a Gigabyte P45 board with an E8500 that served me well for quite a few years. So I started to troubleshoot it. The initial ideas that came to mind were: Bad On button, bad power supply, bad line cord. The line cord checked out okay, so I went right to the main power connector to check the +5V standby. It read 2.5V. I pulled the plug and the voltage now read 5.18V. Since it could still be a failing power supply (under load), I grabbed a 400W Seasonic that I had lying around and plugged it in. The Standby voltage was 3.8V now, but it was dropping. It attempted to start, but basically would spin up, die, spin up, rinse, repeat. That was the same behavior that has periodically plagued this system for a number of years. So I'm guessing that whatever was going bad has finally completely gone bad. So, did I miss anything here? Looks like new MB time. Of course it has occurred to me that this is also the behavior I'd get from a bad cap. The problem with taking caps off MBs is that it takes so much heat since there's lots of ground plane. Steve
Re: [H] Strange Problem on Win7 system
Jim, Thanks for the reply, I was beginning to think my messages weren't getting to the group. Anyways, I couldn't find any kind of answer online, so I just repartitioned the system and reinstalled. I have no idea what my sister did. The only explanation I got was that she clicked on games, saw something again for games or 'more games' and then the system locked on her, or she couldn't find out to go further or get out of it, so she shut the computer down. The only rational explanation I can think of is that she shut down the computer in the midst of an update. However, I don't know what could possibly create an extra partition and turn them all to GPT. Steve On 1/14/2014 2:51 PM, Jim Edwards wrote: Have you tried to low level format the drive? My sister bought an HP Envy computer, which I had to downgrade from Win8 to Win7 (64 bit). She's legally blind, so needs a lot of visual help to see the computer. However, that's not the question... Somehow she screwed up the install, then trying to do a system restore only resulted in things getting worse, so I resorted to a reinstall. When I originally installed, I cleared out all the partitions, then created a new one, which meant, I had one for 100MB and another for the balance of the 1T disk. Now, when I went to reinstall, there were 3 partitions, the extra one was 78MB and suddenly they were all GPT which meant I could not install Win7 to any of them. As far as I know, I shouldn't have been able to install Win7 to begin with if the partitions were GPT. Any idea how this could happen? I want to do something to make sure it doesn't again. Right now, the only thing I can think of is that she got some kind of malware. Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] Why this guy loves his Surface 2....
Watched most of it. A bit ironic how enthusiastic he is about how he can add a keyboard and mouse to it and get some work done. Voice control seems to have come a long way, I wonder how Word would work with dictation On 12/13/2013 2:06 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG1b0yBJHLMlist=WLB511C6E6D525ABF8
[H] TI Announces the first transistor radio, October 18, 1954
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4398895/TI-announces-1st-transistor-radio--October-18--1954
Re: [H] Another Reason HP sucks
First I have to correct myself. in HP systems, the MB is on the wrong side of the computer case, but it's not backwards. Right now I'm trying to run down the Win7 drivers to get this board working. HP does not provide them for this model, although there are models with the same MB that do have drivers. It just feels like DOS days. The main problem has been the driver for the HD controller. They apparently have an AMD RAID controller on the MB. There's not much to go on, the only description is 'AMD RAID Controller'. You're right, I'll have to put the RAID driver on a USB stick and see if I can load it at the critical time. I noticed that the Win7 install does also allow you to swap DVDs to load a driver. Steve On 11/30/2013 2:15 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: Sorry but what in all of that is HP vs. norm for all? Worst case you're looking at using a thumb drive to do the installation? On Nov 29, 2013 11:17 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I imagine at this point that Bill Hewlett and David Packard are spinning in their graves. The company they founded on test equipment expertise has devolved into a marketing driven 3rd world assembly house. But you know all of that. My sister, who is legally blind, bought an HP (h8-1414) because the Mac was driving her crazy (her words not mine). We hooked it up to a 32 TV and then discovered that her magnification program doesn't work under Windows 8 and won't for a while. So... we bought an OEM copy of Win7 Home Premium. She had used Win7 at work for years and knows how to get around in it. (She recently retired on disability at age 55). Then the fun began. Secure Boot sucks. I can see no reason for it. Nor can I see a reason why HP has to have their motherboards backwards or why they have to use F10 to enter BIOS. Forget the fact that the BIOS seems almost entirely devoid of options. Finally I get it to boot to DVD. Win7 loads, then stops, saying it can't access the DVD drive and needs a driver. Well, it's not on the Win7 DVD nor does the Win8 work. Nor does HP provide Win7 drivers for this particular model. This is going to have to be a hack job, piecing together drivers from the primary manufacturers. It seems to be poetic justice that a marketing-driven company blindly follows another marketing-driven company's demands. Just had to complain. Steve
Re: [H] Another Reason HP sucks
Luckily, HP didn't alter the Dev id's, so I was able to trace each one down. Since I've recently had a tooth removed, I can definitively say that this was worse than pulling teeth. Found the RAID driver first, and Win7 installed. Then there was no network driver or video driver. A couple of drivers from HP worked, but the video and network had to be found outside. You can find out the device and vendor in Device Manager (Details - Hardware ID) and search the numbers online. Right now it's all working except the bluetooth (which she doesn't need). It seems that this device is on the board, but not activated. The absolute worst part of this whole exercise was trying to read the key off the Win7 OEM package. It was 4 point type on a hashed background! On 11/30/2013 8:37 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: Well then what you're really saying is the SATA controller is not generic so no driver which means no hdd or optical media once BIOS hands off control. That means even if you put entire install on USB whatever there's no using that controller. I'd look into the PID on the win8 driver and search for the win7 equivalent even if that means hacked INF. Reminds me of Dell video drivers where they intentionally changed the reported PID to protect consumers from evil non-dell drivers. Same hardware but good luck getting it to install a driver without a hacked INF and that again is not just Dell or HP. On Nov 30, 2013 2:12 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: First I have to correct myself. in HP systems, the MB is on the wrong side of the computer case, but it's not backwards. Right now I'm trying to run down the Win7 drivers to get this board working. HP does not provide them for this model, although there are models with the same MB that do have drivers. It just feels like DOS days. The main problem has been the driver for the HD controller. They apparently have an AMD RAID controller on the MB. There's not much to go on, the only description is 'AMD RAID Controller'. You're right, I'll have to put the RAID driver on a USB stick and see if I can load it at the critical time. I noticed that the Win7 install does also allow you to swap DVDs to load a driver. Steve On 11/30/2013 2:15 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: Sorry but what in all of that is HP vs. norm for all? Worst case you're looking at using a thumb drive to do the installation? On Nov 29, 2013 11:17 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I imagine at this point that Bill Hewlett and David Packard are spinning in their graves. The company they founded on test equipment expertise has devolved into a marketing driven 3rd world assembly house. But you know all of that. My sister, who is legally blind, bought an HP (h8-1414) because the Mac was driving her crazy (her words not mine). We hooked it up to a 32 TV and then discovered that her magnification program doesn't work under Windows 8 and won't for a while. So... we bought an OEM copy of Win7 Home Premium. She had used Win7 at work for years and knows how to get around in it. (She recently retired on disability at age 55). Then the fun began. Secure Boot sucks. I can see no reason for it. Nor can I see a reason why HP has to have their motherboards backwards or why they have to use F10 to enter BIOS. Forget the fact that the BIOS seems almost entirely devoid of options. Finally I get it to boot to DVD. Win7 loads, then stops, saying it can't access the DVD drive and needs a driver. Well, it's not on the Win7 DVD nor does the Win8 work. Nor does HP provide Win7 drivers for this particular model. This is going to have to be a hack job, piecing together drivers from the primary manufacturers. It seems to be poetic justice that a marketing-driven company blindly follows another marketing-driven company's demands. Just had to complain. Steve
[H] HP Compact DC7800 continuous beeping
Got a weird problem. I acquired an HP DC7800p ultra-slim tower (well, they were throwing it out). It set up fine in Linux Mint, so I lent it to our in-house contractor. He plugged in his cordless Microsoft dongle and everything was fine until the next day at startup where the system refused to boot and beeped continuously. If he plugs in the dongle after boot, then all is fine, it just won't boot with the dongle in any USB port. According to HP the continuous beeping is a 'Serious system issue such as CPU overheating'. Well, sorry HP, wrong again. If a corded mouse keyboard is plugged in, there is no problem, only with this M$ dongle. Anyone encounter this weirdness before? Thanks...Steve
[H] Another Reason HP sucks
I imagine at this point that Bill Hewlett and David Packard are spinning in their graves. The company they founded on test equipment expertise has devolved into a marketing driven 3rd world assembly house. But you know all of that. My sister, who is legally blind, bought an HP (h8-1414) because the Mac was driving her crazy (her words not mine). We hooked it up to a 32 TV and then discovered that her magnification program doesn't work under Windows 8 and won't for a while. So... we bought an OEM copy of Win7 Home Premium. She had used Win7 at work for years and knows how to get around in it. (She recently retired on disability at age 55). Then the fun began. Secure Boot sucks. I can see no reason for it. Nor can I see a reason why HP has to have their motherboards backwards or why they have to use F10 to enter BIOS. Forget the fact that the BIOS seems almost entirely devoid of options. Finally I get it to boot to DVD. Win7 loads, then stops, saying it can't access the DVD drive and needs a driver. Well, it's not on the Win7 DVD nor does the Win8 work. Nor does HP provide Win7 drivers for this particular model. This is going to have to be a hack job, piecing together drivers from the primary manufacturers. It seems to be poetic justice that a marketing-driven company blindly follows another marketing-driven company's demands. Just had to complain. Steve
Re: [H] HP Compact DC7800 continuous beeping
The dongle is the USB receiver for his cordless keyboard mouse. I doubt that it has anything to do with booting. Also, with the dongle removed, it boots fine, then he can plug it back in and keyboard and mouse work. On 11/29/2013 2:18 PM, Winterlight wrote: At 10:59 AM 11/29/2013, you wrote: Got a weird problem. I acquired an HP DC7800p ultra-slim tower (well, they were throwing it out). It set up fine in Linux Mint, so I lent it to our in-house contractor. He plugged in his cordless Microsoft dongle and everything was fine until the next day at startup where the system refused to boot and beeped continuously. what do you mean by a dongle.. a external flash or hard drive? What is on it? Check the BIOS and make sure it didn't change the boot drive. Try booting from a floppy or CD which will tell you the PC is bootable. If he plugs in the dongle after boot, then all is fine, it just won't boot with the dongle in any USB port. is this dongle a bootable device, could it have changed the MBR of the active drive? According to HP the continuous beeping is a 'Serious system issue such as CPU overheating'. Well, sorry HP, wrong again. If a corded mouse keyboard is plugged in, there is no problem, only with this M$ dongle. Anyone encounter this weirdness before? Thanks...Steve I have had issues where POST will hang when loading USB ports. I don't know why but I suspect it is because of a high power draw at startup by the USB devices. Unplug USB ports and the PC goes back to normal. m
Re: [H] (no subject)
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Enjoy the long weekend!
Steve
On 11/28/2013 4:52 PM, Julian Zottl wrote:
Happy Thanksgiving all! I hope you have a great day!
Julian
Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial But not in that ishort bus kind
of way...
On Nov 28, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Jeff jeff.l...@comcast.net wrote:
Happy T-Day to all who celebrate it. May your tables be plentiful.
Your six is clear, just rest the nose on the horizon and enjoy the sunset.
Jeff
Happy Turkey day to all.
no T here, beef :{()
fp
Date: Thursday, November 28th, 2013
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Re: [H] NAS Software
Are you using WHS2011 for streaming? I'm assuming that flexraid can be used standalone? On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: I've been using whs2011+flexraid. Whs2011 can be found for $29. I paid $39 for flexraid. I currently have 48tb online and performance has been really solid -Original Message- From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com Sent: 11/11/2013 5:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] NAS Software After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a couple of E8400's, I've got a bunch of stuff to build a NAS. For software, I want something that will give me some sort of parity, so that I can replace a dead drive without loosing stuff and the ability to add storage without doing a nuke and reinstall. I looked at FreeNAS, but that's a pain to increase storage, but then noticed UnRaid (I think it's been mentioned here before), which seems to fit the bill. Anyone familiar with UnRaid --- good/bad points --- or is there some other software I missed? Free is to be preferred, but UnRaid seems to be worth the extra $70. Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] NAS Software
Yeah, I found a discussion comparing Flexraid to Unraid. For me, they are identical except for two issues: Flexraid can add disks with data already on them (Unraid can't) while Unraid can run the OS from a USB stick, saving a MB SATA port, while Flexraid requires one disk for the OS. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Flexraid runs on top of any windows os. Whs2011 can be had very cheaply -Original Message- From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com Sent: 11/12/2013 8:03 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] NAS Software Are you using WHS2011 for streaming? I'm assuming that flexraid can be used standalone? On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: I've been using whs2011+flexraid. Whs2011 can be found for $29. I paid $39 for flexraid. I currently have 48tb online and performance has been really solid -Original Message- From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com Sent: 11/11/2013 5:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] NAS Software After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a couple of E8400's, I've got a bunch of stuff to build a NAS. For software, I want something that will give me some sort of parity, so that I can replace a dead drive without loosing stuff and the ability to add storage without doing a nuke and reinstall. I looked at FreeNAS, but that's a pain to increase storage, but then noticed UnRaid (I think it's been mentioned here before), which seems to fit the bill. Anyone familiar with UnRaid --- good/bad points --- or is there some other software I missed? Free is to be preferred, but UnRaid seems to be worth the extra $70. Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] NAS Software
All good points, Alex, except for the cost. A Synology system would cost me $500 to $800 without disks and limit me in number of disks. Right now I have disks a system, the only cost would be the software. As it is, I can't find WHS2011 for less than $49.99 (where'd you find it for $29.99, Chris?), adding flexraid would be another $80.00. Or go with Unraid for $70.00 (or free if I limit myself to 3 disks). Does Synology do an array of differing size disks? Steve On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Alex Lee a...@kukaki.net wrote: Unraid is basically a special version of slackware linux. I used to use Unraid and switched over to Synology at 2x the cost. a. 1 disk failure tolerance for Unraid - I wanted 2 (which Synology offered with their hybrid raid setup) b. Unraid performance is great if you use a cache disk (SSD), same as Synology (without cache disk) c. When a disk fails, how do I know which one failed? (Unraid) ... I don't want to look at each of my drives and read the label. d. Wanted a lower power footprint so it can last longer on UPS. My 16-drive Unraid tower used a 600W PSU, my 13-drive Synology uses less than half that. It basically boiled down to the fact that I have less time and tolerance to deal with the little issues that come up on homegrown solutions that forced me to go with a much more expensive but polished product. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I found a discussion comparing Flexraid to Unraid. For me, they are identical except for two issues: Flexraid can add disks with data already on them (Unraid can't) while Unraid can run the OS from a USB stick, saving a MB SATA port, while Flexraid requires one disk for the OS. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Flexraid runs on top of any windows os. Whs2011 can be had very cheaply -Original Message- From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com Sent: 11/12/2013 8:03 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] NAS Software Are you using WHS2011 for streaming? I'm assuming that flexraid can be used standalone? On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: I've been using whs2011+flexraid. Whs2011 can be found for $29. I paid $39 for flexraid. I currently have 48tb online and performance has been really solid -Original Message- From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com Sent: 11/11/2013 5:40 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] NAS Software After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a couple of E8400's, I've got a bunch of stuff to build a NAS. For software, I want something that will give me some sort of parity, so that I can replace a dead drive without loosing stuff and the ability to add storage without doing a nuke and reinstall. I looked at FreeNAS, but that's a pain to increase storage, but then noticed UnRaid (I think it's been mentioned here before), which seems to fit the bill. Anyone familiar with UnRaid --- good/bad points --- or is there some other software I missed? Free is to be preferred, but UnRaid seems to be worth the extra $70. Thanks...Steve
[H] NAS Software
After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a couple of E8400's, I've got a bunch of stuff to build a NAS. For software, I want something that will give me some sort of parity, so that I can replace a dead drive without loosing stuff and the ability to add storage without doing a nuke and reinstall. I looked at FreeNAS, but that's a pain to increase storage, but then noticed UnRaid (I think it's been mentioned here before), which seems to fit the bill. Anyone familiar with UnRaid --- good/bad points --- or is there some other software I missed? Free is to be preferred, but UnRaid seems to be worth the extra $70. Thanks...Steve
[H] SSD Endurance Experiement on The Tech Report
http://techreport.com/review/25559/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-200tb-update I don't know if anyone has been following this experiment, but after 200TB of writes, even the weakest SSD (Samsung 840, which is what I have) is still going strong.
Re: [H] SSD Endurance Experiement on The Tech Report
I wonder what's the rating for the magnetic media. It may be expressed in different terms, but if it could be compared, people would be shocked how 'low' it was. Although the media may be rated to outlast the mechanicals. On 11/2/2013 7:36 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: I'm happy to see these sorts of tests getting more attention. There's been a tremendous about of FUD spread about SSD wearout. Under typical usage scenarios, the SSD will be obsolete years, or even decades, before the NAND itself will have worn out. Hardware.info did a test of two 250GB Samsung 840's as well, and they lasted over 3200 P/E cycles for over 750TB of writes. These are the (presently) one-of-a-kind TLC drives that are estimated to be rated for 1000 cycles. If the P/E ratings were accurate, they'd already have a tremendously long useful life--but the ratings are ultra conservative. Given a 10GB/day usage scenario (a high estimate for most users) and a write amplification factor of 3, those drives would last for ~80 years based on tested endurance, or ~25 years based on the guaranteed spec. I know there are some that like to hold on to old tech, but I suspect even Duncan would have retired the drive before then. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Saturday, November 2, 2013 7:55 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] SSD Endurance Experiement on The Tech Report http://techreport.com/review/25559/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-200tb-update I don't know if anyone has been following this experiment, but after 200TB of writes, even the weakest SSD (Samsung 840, which is what I have) is still going strong.
[H] Some Interesting Historical Facts
The First Computer Bug (1947) http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4420729/1st-actual-computer-bug-found--September-9--1947 Kilby Demonstrates the first integrated Circuit (1958) http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4396104/Kilby-demonstrates-the-1st-IC--September-12--1958
[H] Apple's 6 biggest Failures
Some names you haven't heard for a while... http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/serious-fun/4420641/6-of-Apple-s-biggest-failures
[H] Koenigsegg 2014 Agera S hypercar (Video)
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386doc_id=268539cid=nl.dn14dfpPParams=ind_184,industry_auto,aid_268539dfpLayout=blog
[H] Go out on Halloween dressed as a Traffic Light (how-to)
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/hackwire/4398694/Mixed-signal-costume
Re: [H] APC UPS's?
I have an XS 1000 and an XS 1300. The XS 1300 has flaky communications via USB, you can't count on it being recognized by Windows. I've had no problems with anything else USB (even an old Canon 4200F scanner). APC replaced it once, but the new one had the same problem. I *think* that APC had a bad USB implementation and just refuses to acknowledge the problem. Hopefully the newer Back-UPS's have the problem solved. Steve On 10/12/2013 12:40 PM, DSinc wrote: Does anyone have any negative comments on the BR1500G UPS? I ordered a pair. Big $$$. I need to replace an APC XS1500USB UPS that seems to have gone away---The APC PowerChute icon now shows a yellowtrianble w/Exclamation point. And, the ups will not do a 'self-test.' This tells me some sort of internal trouble. Besides, this old ups was made in India. No I'm not a biggot! I was just surprised back in 2006 when I got it and put it to work. Yes, the batteries were replaced in 2009. Now it is 2013 (late) and I could suppose it may be time for new batteries. FINE! I will do this(and make this ups a house spare). But, I ordered a BR1500G as a replacement! My choice. So, any negative opinions about the APC BR1500G ups? Thanks, Duncan
[H] Good UPS's
Since the subject has been brought up, what's a good company/UPS to get? Right now I have two of the APC Back-ups line (XS 1000 and XS 1300). The XS 1300 has had a problem with USB from day one, so I'm not impressed with APC hardware, but I have experienced good customer service from them. They replaced the XS 1300 once, however, it still exhibits the same problem, dropping out and not detected. And, of course, the website blames every but the UPS itself (and the phase of the moon). Looking at Amazon and Newegg, I've noticed that Cyberpower gets high marks, much higher than APC, but there are also complaints on their customer service. Experiences? Thanks...Steve
[H] South Korea's Answer to Jelly Fish blooms - Slaughter Bots (Video)
http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36doc_id=1319743itc=eetimes_sitedefaultcid=NL_EET_EE_Life_20131011elq=133b35b2c1854ea794641b1225c3bc6felqCampaignId=1674
Re: [H] Good UPS's
No, Duncan, no hot button. This was supposed to be a different threat (maybe I should have named it differently??), I don't need a UPS now, but I don't think we've discussed UPS's very heavily on the list. Just looking for other's experiences. APC wouldn't still be in business if all they had was crap. The cyberpower reviews I've read come down to a low number of initial problems, however, once there is a problem, they are slow to respond. That's similar to a lot of companies. I've never worked on inverters, so I can't say as to how difficult it is to supply a true sinisoidal waveform. One thought that does come to mind is whether a UPS can do power factor correction. Again, that's an area I haven't had to do anything in, so far. If you want a real 'hot button', ask me about PTC, the makers of MathCAD;-) Steve On 10/12/2013 4:15 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, I get it. You have a hot button. Fine. I'd be on the email, phone, whatever, if the replacement ups is still doing the same sh*t! Who knows? Maybe you got somebody else's bad ups back. I mean stuff happens. I know not much about CyberPower. I'm still looking at them. They read well, but, I'm not ready to drop their kinda dollars yet. Fine, just call me a dweeb. I've given up on tripp-lite, junk! JMHO. I'll say this straight out! I do not trust any 'user reviews' on newegg or amazon. Period. I know how they can be faked. And, I refuse to try and track down someone who wrote a really 'good' review. I am still waiting for Cyber Power to prove/discuss how they believe they supply 'sinisoidal' AC power. I have seen nothing in the past 3 years. But, I check in from time to time to look for updates. None yet. Yes, this is a personal itch for me! I admit this. I'm just not ready to test/try out Cyber PowerATM. Yes, I get that full sine AC is tough to do, but, I would have thought that by 2013 somebody could step up and just do it. Maybe my wish is still 'rocket science' but, I am suspicious. Can't say yea or ney. Maybe Cyber Power is worth a look. YMMV. Best, Duncan Best, Duncan On 10/12/2013 15:46, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Since the subject has been brought up, what's a good company/UPS to get? Right now I have two of the APC Back-ups line (XS 1000 and XS 1300). The XS 1300 has had a problem with USB from day one, so I'm not impressed with APC hardware, but I have experienced good customer service from them. They replaced the XS 1300 once, however, it still exhibits the same problem, dropping out and not detected. And, of course, the website blames every but the UPS itself (and the phase of the moon). Looking at Amazon and Newegg, I've noticed that Cyberpower gets high marks, much higher than APC, but there are also complaints on their customer service. Experiences? Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] Boeing's new sci-fi weapon: CHAMP - lights out (video)
Must have gotten messed up when I forwarded it from work. This one works: http://www.boeing.com/Features/2012/10/bds_champ_10_22_12.html On 10/12/2013 4:32 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Leads to a dead link. Actually their 404 page. And yes, I did delete the double slash. On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: Boeing has developed and tested a weapon to unleash an EMP. No direct damage to people or property, but nasty. BOEING'S NEW MIRACLE This technology could take out Iran and N. Korea's nuclear program in a New York heartbeat. Most interesting 2 minutes on new technology that Boeing has developed. A must watch! You won't believe this latest technology: http://www.boeing.com/**Features/2012/10/bds_champ_10_**22_12.html//http://www.boeing.com/Features/2012/10/bds_champ_10_22_12.html// // --**--** DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the exclusive use of the addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. To the extent this communication includes technical information subject to U.S. and/or other applicable non-U.S. export control regulations, this communication is restricted to persons legally permitted to receive such information. If you have received this message in error, please delete this e-mail and all files transmitted with it from your system and immediately notify the sender by return e-mail. Thank you.
[H] The Sprinting Quadraped Robot
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1319706itc=eetimes_sitedefaultcid=NL_EET_EE_Life_20131004elq=ad91ea8c6c224afa9ee7ad746fb97f5celqCampaignId=1523 Aside from the fact that it sounds like a weedwacker, it's an amazingly fast robot with no tether. At one point, it does slip but recovers nicely.
[H] Teardown: Samsung Galaxy Note 3
http://www.edn.com/design/consumer/4422020/Teardown--Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-still-the-category-leader
[H] microSD SSD Creator Kit
This sounds like a cool ideaand cheap: http://www.geekstuff4u.com/microsd-ssd-creator-kit.html#.Uk_zrRCmUrZ
[H] Opinions - Which Video Card is Faster?
I'm scraping together a system for my son. He doesn't do 3D shooters or any gaming more than solitaire, but he will be doing some stuff in Sketchup, watching building and construction videos on Youtube (work with a contractor). What I have hanging around is an Nvidia 8800GT, Quadro and a Quadro 4. The latter two I just picked up, the 8800GT is what he had in the previous system. I suppose I'm asking if he can gain anything from the Quadro or Quadro 4. Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] Opinions - Which Video Card is Faster?
Finally searched on the two Quadro boards, they both only have 128 MB of DDR memory, so it's pretty much a moot point, back to the 8800GT. The base computer I'm using is an old Compaq, I'm replacing his Athlon X2 3600 with an Athlon X2 3600 (some things just work out that way...). I've got an E8400 and a couple of E8300's lying around, I'll see if I can find an LGA 775 board. Probably cheap if you can find them... On 10/5/2013 9:03 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: It depends if the app he uses takes benefit of quadro. I think that sketchup doesn't take advantage of cuda or anything like that. So it might be a moot point. On Oct 6, 2013 4:01 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I'm scraping together a system for my son. He doesn't do 3D shooters or any gaming more than solitaire, but he will be doing some stuff in Sketchup, watching building and construction videos on Youtube (work with a contractor). What I have hanging around is an Nvidia 8800GT, Quadro and a Quadro 4. The latter two I just picked up, the 8800GT is what he had in the previous system. I suppose I'm asking if he can gain anything from the Quadro or Quadro 4. Thanks...Steve
Re: [H] Again MSHOME vs. WORKGROUP?
Duncan, The bottom line is that you can change the workgroup name, but you have to do it on each and every computer. In Win7, it's under Control Panel - System and Security - System - Advanced System Settings - Computer Name and to rename the computer. At the bottom it will allow you to change the workgroup. Steve On 9/19/2013 6:20 PM, Tim Lider wrote: Usually you set that up yourself when installing Windows or other OS's. My router domain at home is Beave.net, but when I install Windows it defaults to workgroup and the domain/workgroup. At work the domain is ADV-DATA.local and it is setup that way on the router. Although, I have it setup if anyone uses the DHCP to access the network they will not be able to access the domain services, this is due to the fact the Router has one DNS server and the Domain uses others to access the active directory and network itself. Looks to see if their DNS is setup manually or it is automatic and check their subnet as well. Those 2 would make it difficult to access net appliances and shares across the network. Regards, On September 19, 2013 at 2:56 PM DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: All of my Brother's LAN clients appear to be: WORKGROUP=MSHOME. Is this an OS default? I do know how to change this value. And, all of my Brother's clients are set to get their network specs automatically - the MS Default (like from his router). Fine. When he brings his laptop to my home once a year, he can somehow get to the internet via my router, but he can not get to any of my other LAN services/PC's//appliances. Odd. I used to admin his laptop 'into' my LAN, but this never really fixed everything. Confusing? Is WORKGROUP= ? a router DHCP assigned value? I have recently turned on my router's DHCP server, and the logic seems to work fine. My home LAN and all of my PC clients us WORKGROUP=WORKGROUP (probably from back in Win2K times). All of my PC's and appliances work just fine. If this makes little sense, I apologize. I just had to ask. Duncan Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
Re: [H] Again MSHOME vs. WORKGROUP?
Sorry, I thought you had upgraded. In XP: Control Panel - System - Computer Name and click on the 'change' button. I used to change the Workgroup name all the time, but every install, Windows defaults, so I stopped. Steve On 9/19/2013 6:54 PM, DSinc wrote: Steve, I will save this reply for when I do switch to Win7pro. !am still on the fence (XP); and, my family is waiting for me to do the deed! My siblings have proclaimed me their Wizard. I've kept them happy from Win98SE, thru Win2K, and WinXP. As I recall the consensus here, Vista is not ever good fish wrap. Wait for the next offering! Am I tired? YES! But, somebody always gets stuck with this duty I fear. Thank you to you, and, the Collective You have no idea how many issues you have fixed since 2000 that had zero to do with my machines! Sorry. Duncan On 09/19/2013 18:27, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Duncan, The bottom line is that you can change the workgroup name, but you have to do it on each and every computer. In Win7, it's under Control Panel - System and Security - System - Advanced System Settings - Computer Name and to rename the computer. At the bottom it will allow you to change the workgroup. Steve On 9/19/2013 6:20 PM, Tim Lider wrote: Usually you set that up yourself when installing Windows or other OS's. My router domain at home is Beave.net, but when I install Windows it defaults to workgroup and the domain/workgroup. At work the domain is ADV-DATA.local and it is setup that way on the router. Although, I have it setup if anyone uses the DHCP to access the network they will not be able to access the domain services, this is due to the fact the Router has one DNS server and the Domain uses others to access the active directory and network itself. Looks to see if their DNS is setup manually or it is automatic and check their subnet as well. Those 2 would make it difficult to access net appliances and shares across the network. Regards, On September 19, 2013 at 2:56 PM DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: All of my Brother's LAN clients appear to be: WORKGROUP=MSHOME. Is this an OS default? I do know how to change this value. And, all of my Brother's clients are set to get their network specs automatically - the MS Default (like from his router). Fine. When he brings his laptop to my home once a year, he can somehow get to the internet via my router, but he can not get to any of my other LAN services/PC's//appliances. Odd. I used to admin his laptop 'into' my LAN, but this never really fixed everything. Confusing? Is WORKGROUP= ? a router DHCP assigned value? I have recently turned on my router's DHCP server, and the logic seems to work fine. My home LAN and all of my PC clients us WORKGROUP=WORKGROUP (probably from back in Win2K times). All of my PC's and appliances work just fine. If this makes little sense, I apologize. I just had to ask. Duncan Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com timli...@adv-data.com
[H] Drone Hunting
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/sensor-ee-perception/4420145/Drones--Testing--Use-and-Shooting-Them-Down- After the Federal Government has admitted that Drones are being used to monitor it's citizens, some states have decided to pass laws making it legal to hunt drones and offer a bounty on confirmed kills. The Federal Government is not amused...
[H] Simulating the Universe with NASA's supercomputers (Video)
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1395doc_id=267002itc=dn_analysis_elementcid=nl.dn14dfpPParams=ind_186,industry_aero,industry_gov,bid_22,aid_267002dfpLayout=blog
[H] Off-Topic: FAQ for the Flat Earth Society
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=1324.0#.UhjsAT8piwE Presented without comment.
Re: [H] Win 7 home ?
Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but isn't Win7 Home the version where it can only access 2 GB of memory, any more than that it ignores? Steve On 8/22/2013 10:44 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: I use home. No issues with it. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:39 AM, FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: Need to build a system for a friend and wondering any reason to not just use W7 Home premium ? Pro is another $40 and my friend is very frugal. :-[ fp Date: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 ***Caution, Tagline Below *** **Tallyho** Don't you know where *your* towel is?
[H] Hacking the Toilet
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57596704-83/high-tech-toilet-gets-hacker-warning-nothing-is-safe/?tag=nl.e757s_cid=e757ttag=e757ftag=CAD2e9d5b9
[H] 10 Uncommon Things Printed in 3D (videos)
http://www.edn.com/design/diy/4419226/Wonders-of-3-D-printing--10-uncommon-things-printed-in-3-D
Re: [H] External drive issue
It seems to be a known issue with Win7: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8a0ac171-7bd1-4b8d-8e93-c3b05f969255/windows-7-64-bit-usb-external-hard-drives-lose-its-connection-and-stops-working Steve On 7/28/2013 6:01 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: Hey, I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive. When I try to copy large files (~50GB), the pc loses the connection and the copy fails after 15-20GB. Any idea as to what causes this or how to correct the issue? The drive seems to work normally except for this. Thanks, Bobby
Re: [H] External drive issue
Yeah, I noticed that I jumped too soon. Then I started to read the rest of that thread. Are you using an Nvidia/AMD chipset. There seemed to be a separate issue there. What year is it again? ;-) On 7/28/2013 6:57 PM, Winterlight wrote: Maybe a known issue in 2009 but I don't have problems in 2013 copying blue ray rips = 45GB files to my external USB2 drive using Win7Pro At 03:07 PM 7/28/2013, you wrote: It seems to be a known issue with Win7: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8a0ac171-7bd1-4b8d-8e93-c3b05f969255/windows-7-64-bit-usb-external-hard-drives-lose-its-connection-and-stops-working Steve On 7/28/2013 6:01 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: Hey, I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive. When I try to copy large files (~50GB), the pc loses the connection and the copy fails after 15-20GB. Any idea as to what causes this or how to correct the issue? The drive seems to work normally except for this. Thanks, Bobby
[H] Nasa Johnson Style - Video
A pretty cool science parody of 'gangnam style'. http://www.dvidshub.net/video/194008/nasa-johnson-style#.UfPH441vP4E
[H] 3D Printing: Ship in a Bottle - Video
http://blog.stratasys.com/2012/11/21/3d-printing-the-impossible-a-ship-in-a-bottle-video/?utm_source=outbrainutm_medium=widgetutm_campaign=Stratasys_fileobref=ssys_list
[H] Chrome Problems
There are several weirdeness with Firefox that finally got to me, so I'm trying to use Chrome. What is the best script-blocker for Chrome? I originally had Script No which seemed to morph into Safescript and, while I don't mind the scripts being blocked, but this is blocking legitimate websites, not even allowing me to get to the page (for example, www.mlb.com). I don't want to generate a whitelist by hand each time it won't let me get to a website. Thanks...Steve
[H] Are Product Demographics Pushing the limits on Privacy?
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1394doc_id=264131 Apparently, advertising kiosks are now scanning you for your sex and facial expressions to serve up targeted advertisements.
Re: [H] Are Product Demographics Pushing the limits on Privacy?
Then it's just a small step to monitoring people for political correctness. That is, in between the cialis ads.;-) On 6/8/2013 3:10 PM, Jeff wrote: Let's face it, Steve, privacy is a luxury of the past.I guess somebody has to come up with a modern version of the tinfoil hat. You're six is clear, just put your nose on the horizon and enjoy the sunset. Jeff http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1394doc_id=264131 Apparently, advertising kiosks are now scanning you for your sex and facial expressions to serve up targeted advertisements.
[H] Problem with TBird
The mail client, not the car I've been archiving some emails for a friend of mine and I've been copying them from TBird and pasting into Word 2007. The annoyance comes when I paste, any imbedded image in the email (TBird) does not copy into Word. I have to save the image separately and then insert picture in Word. Anyone have any idea as to what is happening? Thanks...Steve
[H] The Top 5 fastest supercomputers and their power management challenges
http://www.edn.com/design/power-management/4415242/Slideshow--The-top-5-fastest-supercomputers-and-their-power-management-challenges
[H] A DVD that smells like Pizza
http://www.dvice.com/2013-5-17/dominos-movie-dvd-temps-you-pizza-smell-after-movie-done
[H] A Boy and His Atom
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386doc_id=263519 This is a 'movie' created by IBM by manipulating individual atoms. https://www.youtube.com/ibm?x=us-en_atomic2_690_41 How the movie was made.
Re: [H] EGO! Smartmouse
Since Laura Sapiens is looking for crowdsourcing, I believe this isn't on the market yet. On 5/27/2013 12:03 PM, DSinc wrote: Does anyone on the List own/use one of these things? I do not use bluetooth, so I may cool to ordering a pair (4GB 8GB). But, it does seem to be a solid product! Duncan On 05/26/2013 21:08, Steve Tomporowski wrote: http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1394doc_id=263443 2D 3D control, memory, 400Mhz processor, up to 8 gig of flash memory, Video camera and bluetooth...and
[H] EGO! Smartmouse
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1394doc_id=263443 2D 3D control, memory, 400Mhz processor, up to 8 gig of flash memory, Video camera and bluetooth...and
[H] 3d Printed, self-assembling robots
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386doc_id=263447
Re: [H] The SSD and how Windows can make your life miserable
Duncan, Did you read my email on how I fixed this? Sent to the list last weekend. Things are going fine for a week now and I do have stuff that is starting very fast. My system used to take a long time from password prompt to usable desktop. There was a lot going on in the background which I'm sure what it was, but right now, from password prompt to usable desktop is about 10 seconds. I'm also not going to worry a whole lot about writing to the SSD. I've changed where downloaded files go and the defaults for documents, but if you do too much fiddling, then Windows Update will have a fit. Steve On 5/25/2013 3:23 PM, DSinc wrote: Thanks Steve, You focus on mymain quibble of conversion to SSD. I know that windows 'likes toboot' from C:\windows (using boot.ini, ntldr, and ?). Yes, that is as far as I know ATM. So, I am stuck with OP's ideas to learn truly what is going on. NO! I do not expect M$ to help; so I continue with whatever I can gleen from this LIST. Let's just say I am still confused also. Yes, I keep reading about 'imaging' stuff/partitions. I donot have a storage of dot-img files. I just do not get it...yet! sorry. Duncan On 05/17/2013 20:47, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Last weekend I cloned my main drive over to an SSD and then booted. Some things looked faster, but I wasn't blown away by the speed. I have found out why. It began on Patch Tuesday. 4 of 6 patches failed. Windows update threw some errors, but as I had a design review coming up at work, I was too buys obsessing about that to work on it. Today, a day off! I decided to look into the errors. Ran update again, same problems. Searching on the errors, it seemed to indicate that Update has a problem when you move stuff from C: somewhere else, like when you install an SSD. The only thing I really fudged with there is that I moved the Temp and Tmp folders. I moved them back, same problem. I wondered if I didn't do something else and forgot about it. Back to System and Advanced Settings. This time I looked a the lower half of the window. Half of my windows variables were pointing to my old boot drive which is now E: ! When I booted to the SSD the first time, I kept the old boot drive in the system, just changed the boot order in the BIOS. Wrong! Windows apparently got confused and I ended up with a mishmash. My %systemroot% was now E instead of C! Just a word of caution. Going to clone the drive again (it wouldn't boot properly on it's own) and this time remove the old drive. Well, that's how ya learn Steve
[H] Antikythera Mechanicism
This is a short article with a video on the Antikythera Mechanism _http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4414613/Gears-are-discovered-on-the-Antikythera-mechanism--May-17--1902_
[H] Do We Really Need An App for That???
http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386doc_id=263377
Re: [H] The SSD and how Windows can make your life miserable
Understood that a fresh install will align everything for the fastest performance. However, Windows here just made sure that it loaded everything from the old drive. For some reason, it never bothered trying to load Windows from the SSD. On 5/17/2013 9:06 PM, Dave Gibney wrote: My laptop drive was giving me signs of eminent failure. I has a local guy install a SAMSUG SSD and clone to it. It worked, but I wasn't happy with all the results. The next weekend, I did a fresh install Win-7 Ultimate, Office 2010, etc. Cycling through all the updates and getting the drivers up to date took a while, but no real problems. It is much faster on boot and the quiet is scary :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 5:48 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] The SSD and how Windows can make your life miserable Last weekend I cloned my main drive over to an SSD and then booted. Some things looked faster, but I wasn't blown away by the speed. I have found out why. It began on Patch Tuesday. 4 of 6 patches failed. Windows update threw some errors, but as I had a design review coming up at work, I was too buys obsessing about that to work on it. Today, a day off! I decided to look into the errors. Ran update again, same problems. Searching on the errors, it seemed to indicate that Update has a problem when you move stuff from C: somewhere else, like when you install an SSD. The only thing I really fudged with there is that I moved the Temp and Tmp folders. I moved them back, same problem. I wondered if I didn't do something else and forgot about it. Back to System and Advanced Settings. This time I looked a the lower half of the window. Half of my windows variables were pointing to my old boot drive which is now E: ! When I booted to the SSD the first time, I kept the old boot drive in the system, just changed the boot order in the BIOS. Wrong! Windows apparently got confused and I ended up with a mishmash. My %systemroot% was now E instead of C! Just a word of caution. Going to clone the drive again (it wouldn't boot properly on it's own) and this time remove the old drive. Well, that's how ya learn Steve
Re: [H] The SSD and how Windows can make your life miserable
Okay, now I'm set. I re-cloned the SSD, removed the old boot drive and the SSD booted fine, no problems. All applications seem to work. Here's what I had to do: #1: Make sure that the data on the drive you are cloning will fit onto the SSD. #2: Don't use Win7's disk manager to resize the partition. Depending on the size, it always adds a buffer. I had 182GB of data, it refused to size it less than 266GB. #3: Don't use Samsung's Clone software if the source partition is larger than the target disk. Even if you don't have more data that the size of the SSD, it will fail. It will only copy over the same size or smaller partitions. #4: I used the free version of Marcium Reflect. When copying over, it automatically resized the partition to fit the SSD. #5: It will take a long time! Well, relatively, 182 GB took about 1.5 to 2 hours. #6: Before booting to the SSD, remove the old boot drive or Windows will try to use it. #7: I don't have UEFI bios, but my system automatically selected the SSD as the boot device. YMMV. #8: No, my computer isn't any quieter, the processor fan and the 2TB drive are still running. So far, so good. Applications do come up faster and yes, the boot is faster. There used to be a long lag from login to desktop where a number of things were going on, lagging things terribly. Now it takes about 10 seconds and everything will run fine. I need to do some picture scanning and then, tomorrow morning will be another cold boot. I don't expect any problems. Steve On 5/18/2013 5:51 PM, DSinc wrote: Brian, Thank you for the share, but, I have quibbles. para1: I will not have the benefits of UEFI bios until I upgrade my m/b's to my new Z77 models, along with their new i5-3570K cpus. I still run XP on P65 C2D m/b's. So, OLD BIOS. I did try to use AHCI in bios when I built these PCs. It did not work well at all. I backed off to ESDI and have run for the past 4yrs w/SATA EM drives and opticals. And, yes, I have never loaded/used my Asus/JMicron drivers. So, adding an SSD to my current PCs is confusing. Especially with what Steve is dealing with. para2: I assume that 'gpartd' is an open-source linux program. I do not haveit. I am Win-blows locked on XPpro. Yes, I do have Win7pro for my new(pending) Z77 systems. para3: Yes, I accept cloning sw to move old sw to new SSD. Yet I am not convinced that the cloning sw included with a Samsung Pro 840 SSD is completely solid, so I remain on the fence. Thanks again for your share, Duncan On 05/18/2013 11:14, Brian Weeden wrote: If anything things have gotten easier. I just built two new systems in the last 6 months. A lot of the tweaking needed to get a system running is no longer needed. UEFI is a lot better than the old BIOS. If you're installing Windows, it does all the partition stuff for you. If you want to do something creative or manual, I suggest getting a program called Gparted and putting it on a bootable USB or disc. If you are upgrading to a new drive, you need to use some cloning software to avoid the problems with changing the drive mapping. I just upgraded to a bigger Samsung SSD and it came with cloning software. Brian Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2013, at 10:12, DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com wrote: Steve, Thanks for the view of your conversion/installation. You have demonstrated my biggest fear of moving forward until I create a roadmap of How to... with what to use, why use it, what to expect. It has been 4 years since I have built a PC from scratch. I recall in the good-ole-days, we all used a program post Format to set a Primary, Active partition. All other partitions were set to Extended NTFS. Sadly, I have forgotten the name of this program and don't even know if I still have it archived. Now I just use the Windows install media to create (I believe?) the 'new' initial Primary and Active partition and then use the Disk Manager in the Administrative tools post install to add/shape the remaining partitions. It does seem to me that you could possibly edit your boot.ini file to point Windows back to whichever drive you choose to boot from. I have done this in the dim past with some success. From your decription, Your old EM drive is/was your %SystemRoot%; and, it contained partitions c:\ and d:\. And, I read that your new SSD is now e:\. Am I correct? Otherwise, I am very confused! Duncan On 05/18/2013 07:03, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Understood that a fresh install will align everything for the fastest performance. However, Windows here just made sure that it loaded everything from the old drive. For some reason, it never bothered trying to load Windows from the SSD. On 5/17/2013 9:06 PM, Dave Gibney wrote: My laptop drive was giving me signs of eminent failure. I has a local guy install a SAMSUG SSD and clone to it. It worked, but I wasn't happy with all the results. The next weekend, I did a fresh install Win-7 Ultimate, Office
