At 06:38 PM 17/07/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote:
Marriott rewards card. Its all about who is the cheapest/best right now.
But which is it about? The cheapest? The best? The best bang for buck?
T
At 11:03 PM 17/07/2006, Winterlight wrote:
True, but it degrades as well.
It is a powder I have never seen degraded toner, and I have a
old cartridge here that is 8 years old in a old Epson Action laser
II that still works fine.
I've seen older cartridges (ones that sat in a box for
It also has to do with commoditization, especially with computer hardware.
Most people just want the cheapest price for a product that will be the same
retail boxed item at store A vs store B. I'm guilty of not remembering over
half of the stores I purchase hardware from off pricewatch.com
Bought a Samsung 204B about a week ago, used the digital cable/input. Video card is a Asus 7800GT. After working fine for a week, turned on the computer the other day and the monitor kept searching on video between digital/analog. Bought new digital cable, still no video. Stuck an analog cable
have a customer laptop in with spyquake2, uninstalled the program but still
have the tray pop up. Found a program to clean it called roguescanfix, but I am
leery of it and was wondering if anyone has used it. ??
so far spy sweeper and adware have not got it . The pop up is a fake one
Stupidity short sightedness.
USB devices can be disallowed I'll bet the corporate supplied laptops
are just as unprotected as the personal ones. Secure you data monitor
who accesses it before you point fingers elsewhere.
Robert Turnbull wrote:
I see a downward trend in loyalty paying off for the consumer. Just
switched from my bank of 15 years because they lied about an account
feature we'll enable that refund the charge, sorry, then jerked me
after 3 times in the same year from lack of said feature being enabled
only to be told in
Yeah, those colour lasers are real beasts, aren't they? Do the colour
toners rotate on that one, or are they inline?
inline, I would think that rotating cartridges would be a noisy headache...
way too mechanical and problematic.
-Original Message-
From: Tim Lider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:02 AM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: Rebuilt System Sponaineously Reboots
Hey guys,
Sorry I have not been posting. Its been awhile. I do read most of the
messages though.
I have a weird
At 02:03 PM 18/07/2006, Tim Lider wrote:
essages though.
I have a weird Problem. My computer is rebooting while Playing World of
Warcraft every once in awhile for no reason at all.
Which video card?
T
At 02:00 PM 18/07/2006, Winterlight wrote:
Yeah, those colour lasers are real beasts, aren't they? Do the
colour toners rotate on that one, or are they inline?
inline, I would think that rotating cartridges would be a noisy
headache... way too mechanical and problematic.
That's true.
At 01:49 PM 18/07/2006, warpmedia wrote:
Rot in hell BoA formerly Fleet, formerly Natwest, formerly Jersey Central.
So yes it's not loyalty that is the problem but rather greedy,
deceptive companies not earning the loyalty.
I think that's the big problem. It's more a situation of people
Here's a thing - when you print black only on it, does it spin all four
toners or just the black?
I don't know, it's in another room... has a network interface. I know what
your thinking, do they mix the colors to get black like a Inkjet does, and
I think the answer to that is no. Black
Sounds to me like a power supply problem. See if you can source a more
powerful PS and test to see if the reboots continue. Sounds like you've
built a powerful system, and I'm assuming your vid card probably matches the
rest of your system specs. Your system may need more juice while playing 3D
At 02:36 PM 18/07/2006, Winterlight wrote:
Here's a thing - when you print black only on it, does it spin
all four toners or just the black?
I don't know, it's in another room... has a network interface. I
know what your thinking, do they mix the colors to get black like a
Inkjet does,
YepIMHO BoA are some of the original Robber Barons. I hear that about
theme here all the time. They are so big they could care less about
us...the numbers. Greatest feeling when I paid their rotten credit card
off in full and told them to cancel it.
Jeff
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I'm running XP Pro on a P4 3.0G system, 2G RAM. The thing used to fly, and
boot in about 30 - 40 seconds. Now it's taking about twice as long to boot,
in fact it takes a full two minutes from the time I hit the power button
till the time the hourglass image disappears on the desktop. That
Does MSConfig show anything that you do not expect to be there? If you
selectively disable items there and reboot, you may find something that is
taking a long time to start up.
Running HiJackthis may help you find something.
Bobby
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wasn't thinking mixing. I just recall that at one of the Lexmark repair
courses, they mentioned setting the printer in one of two modes: in one
mode, it left all four toners inline and each one was turned, even if it
wasn't used.
I wouldn't even try to fix this thing if it did break. It
Using an Antec NEO Power HE 550. I do not think Power is the problem. But,
I will look into it.
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Kim
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:40 AM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: RE: [H] Rebuilt
Currently using XFX 520M nVidia 7950.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Rebuilt System Sponaineously Reboots
At 02:03 PM
At 02:48 PM 18/07/2006, Veech wrote:
I'm running XP Pro on a P4 3.0G system, 2G RAM. The thing used to
fly, and boot in about 30 - 40 seconds. Now it's taking about twice
as long to boot, in fact it takes a full two minutes from the time I
hit the power button till the time the hourglass
I'll look into it. I am using the latest Driver 91.31 right now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lopaka
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Rebuilt System Sponaineously Reboots
Is there a way to know what to keep and what to kill?
- Original Message -
From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [H] curing system slowdown
At 02:48 PM 18/07/2006, Veech wrote:
At 04:01 PM 18/07/2006, Veech wrote:
Is there a way to know what to keep and what to kill?
Not easily, but send me the list directly, and I'll take a look if you like.
T
Ground. Check for a loose connection grounding the MB to the case.
From: Tim Lider [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Hardware List
hardware@hardwaregroup.com
To: 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Rebuilt System Sponaineously Reboots
Date: Tue, 18
wow, very generous offer. Thanks Thane...
- Original Message -
From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [H] curing system slowdown
At 04:01 PM 18/07/2006, Veech wrote:
Is there a
I think those rates changed monthly. I had other cards that didn't raise the
rates just because the Fed did. I had one that never raised them at all. BoA
stated 9.9 at the end of the 'no interest' period. They actually started at
17.9, and, when I called them on it they said in effect Oh well,
At 04:18 PM 18/07/2006, Veech wrote:
wow, very generous offer. Thanks Thane...
You can use the tasklist command from the command prompt if you want
to just get a list of currently running processes:
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/processes.html#TaskList
And you can use Autoruns from here:
yeah, Steam is a mess. HL2 Ep 1 wasn't so special anyway, I don't think
I'll bother with it any more.
Nope, didn't install any Nero roll-back software that I'm aware of, but Nero
itself seems to carry a lot of bloat. I'll have to check that
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From: Hayes
ok, I'll work on it this evening when I get home. thanks again!
- Original Message -
From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [H] curing system slowdown
At 04:18 PM 18/07/2006,
And you can use Autoruns from here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
Speaking of Sysinternals, did you see that Microsoft bought them (and
Winternals) today?
Bittersweet.
Greg
I installed 2 new drives on my system yesterday. When I restored the image
(Acronis True Image 8.0), the drive will no longer boot. I have tried many
different methods, none worked. I get the error message Error Loading
Operating System or No Operating system found.
I am trying to restore to a
Try getting an MS DOS disc out and use FDISK /MBR. That might do it.
Regards,
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Maki
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:48 PM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: [H] Making system drive bootable -- HELP!
I
At 04:53 PM 18/07/2006, Greg Sevart wrote:
And you can use Autoruns from here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
Speaking of Sysinternals, did you see that Microsoft bought them
(and Winternals) today?
Well shit. No wonder their site was down today.
T
At 05:48 PM 18/07/2006, James Maki wrote:
I am trying to restore to a SATA RAID (it was previously located on a SATA
RAID with different drives).
Who makes the RAID?
T
At 05:48 PM 18/07/2006, James Maki wrote:
I installed 2 new drives on my system yesterday. When I restored the image
(Acronis True Image 8.0), the drive will no longer boot. I have tried many
different methods, none worked. I get the error message Error Loading
Operating System or No Operating
Hi Guys,
I plan to upgrade mine for Intel D940 cpu. I look at ABIT AB9 Pro
(non SLI, not avaliable yet locally) or ABIT AW8D (only 1 PCI, need
at least 2 PCI).
I will use it for Photoshop CS2, video editing, light gaming.
Advices suggestions are welcome.
TIA.
--
Garind P
Don't forget to check event viewer and see if there are any errors or
warnings. If you have long logs you can even compare the event time
spread on startup events from boot to boot to see if anything stands out.
Could be a network issue (a feature, not a bug!) or service(s) taking
it's sweet
WHAT? Aw crap there goes a good source of utilities
Greg Sevart wrote:
And you can use Autoruns from here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
Speaking of Sysinternals, did you see that Microsoft bought them (and
Winternals) today?
Bittersweet.
Greg
Anybody install July XP Autopatch. I keep getting this error...
www.winterlight.org/error.jpg
anybody else? I have tried downloading it again from another mirror but
same thing. Any ideas?
Try using ms update instead.
From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Autopatch XP July
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:03:23 -0700
Anybody install July XP Autopatch. I keep getting this error...
At 08:35 PM 7/18/2006, you wrote:
Try using ms update instead.
if I did that I would have to install wga again. Which I just removed and
cleaned off my system.
From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Have you applied the FULL or LITE version first? The update file will show
this if you haven't installed the FULL or LITE versions beforehand. The
update files are usually 50MB. The FULL and LITE packages which need to be
installed first are either 200 or 250MB in size. I did the same thing
d to receive EMC Dantz Retrospect Express Software (the Software).
which is what?
Anyone else get in on this? I've tried all day can't get the darned
thing downloaded as they must be swamped. Heck I forget exactly what the
suit was for other than it had something to do with Raptors.
The class action lawsuit was because they (like every other HD manufacturer
in
yeah, I installed the April Full, the may and june update. At least I know
what it is. I may have to reinstall June full.
At 08:57 PM 7/18/2006, you wrote:
Have you applied the FULL or LITE version first? The update file will show
this if you haven't installed the FULL or LITE versions
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