Sometimes there can be a warranty difference too.
Sometimes longer or shorter.
(AMD CPU, OEM shorter)
(WD HD, OEM longer.) (3x -- Have not checked lately.)
(I guess WD expects home users to beat them up more putting them in...)
Rick Glazier
From: Joe User
OEM
Three friends got it recently. (I can't, I'm not in an area supported.)
Two were fine, One had all sorts of problems.
Speed seems great, but I don't really need anything faster than DSL
for what I do, and at a much lower price...
Rick Glazier
From: Naushad
FWIW: I do not trust a'' versions of Fdisk to remove everything.
Especially mixing old with new, and/or third party OSs...
Good luck,
Seasons Greetings Everyone,
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
Used FDISK
Typo: a versions - should be - all versions...
FDisk always seemed very buggy to me, (among other things...)
Rick Glazier
From: Rick Glazier
FWIW: I do not trust a'' versions of Fdisk to remove everything.
Especially mixing old with new, and/or third party OSs...
Check your sent and rec'd time stamps on the headers,
(or in your e-mail program, if you turn on those columns).
IF you are Moderated, my hat is off to them since your
last two posts cleared in around -- under a minute...
Rick Glazier
From: FP
BTW, how
Some of the _very_ early ones did (fat32),
until they got the images switched over.
(I only read that, I never understood it...)
Rick Glazier
From: Tharin Olsen
I don't think I have ever seen a system that was Win2K or XP come with a FAT32
partition instead
CPU up/down grade (AMD)
If an AMD Barton 3000+ 333FSB will not run at specs,
(tested on three machines rated to use it),
is it a really bad idea to under-clock it to 2200+ 233FSB?
FWIW, I'm doing a burn-in test at the lower numbers...
Rick Glazier
I know from several other replies that you have solved this problem.
Burning the wrong type disk...
You saw the error you did because the HD was not FULLY erased...
Some erase utilities do not go close enough to the beginning of the disk
to get it all...
This is sometimes why people have
The El Torito Bootable CD Specification needs to be followed.
Nero will burn this right ONLY if it is used in the original ISO,
(so the ISO needs to be built correctly),
and IF the ISO is NOT burned as a file,
but instead burned as an IMAGE...
From: Rick Glazier
I only spoke to them once about a compatibility issue on the phone,
and they were both friendly and helpful.
I just happened to think, that was a pre-sales question... grin
ALL companies (~generally) shine in that type of situation
...
Rick Glazier
From: Al
If only the tracking links worked. Been trying them since the day after
ordering.
secretary
never got back to me...
I lost interest and started changing MBs instead to ones that had
USB2 embedded and mutiple extra pin headers for USB2...
If I can find their e-mail... (might not be easy...)
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
What I really need is a PCI
Rick Glazier
that particularly easy... imho)
Rick Glazier, (occasional TI beta tester).
A, there are some good
deals around, but stuff is clearing out fast, FWIW...
Rick Glazier,
Non-gamer (I think you figured that out... grin)
From: FORC5
Any one know what the db is on AMD stock fan/heatsinks ?
Model in question is a 6000 x2, sink has thermalpipe tech on it.
Thinking
.
(No VHS.) Sort of the modern time shifting equivalent to an old VHS tape
machine...
You might call it a poor mans Tivo. (I mean a thrifty man...)
FWIW: I think they are rated for DL-DVDs...
Rick Glazier
From: JRS
I had one that exhibited the same issues. I didn't find
...)
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: Al
http://al_anger.home.comcast.net/mwo2.jpg
://www.onqlegrand.com/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/pid/956
These you have to be very carefull to get the proper one.
Rick Glazier
Saving links inside the MS site is very often (YMMV) a waste of time.
They use active pages that are all changed in real time through
a changing database program structure/thinggy...
(Someone else will have to explain that better... grin)
Rick Glazier
From
I just thought of a nutty idea...
Plug the MW into a heavy extension cord run
to a different room of the house...
Maybe the phone lines run next to the power
line that feeds the MW...
Rick Glazier
From: Al
Try moving the oven; just for testing
RadioShack used to? sell a MW leakage meter...
Can you beg or borrow one?
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
It now appears that my current MW Oven is grossly disturbing my xdsl
connection.
I happened to see this link. See what you think...
http://www.apple.com/server/documentation/
Rick Glazier
From: Thane Sherrington
I'm thinking I may have to learn out to repair Macs, since there are
more than three in town now. :) Does anyone have any good
I just had trouble when Nero (something) did not understand what a .mov file
was...
Are the picture files absolutely standard and not damaged?
Rick Glazier
From: FORC5
Try to do a slide show and program locks up.
any clues ?
I was under the impression that over-clocking erroded the
electronics at a microscopic level... (A hidden cost so to speak...)
Rick Glazier
From: Winterlight
I am surprised that anybody is still screwing around with
overclocking considering
idea to stray away from Intel...
Rick Glazier
From: Thane Sherrington
The cost of a new motherboard
install (assuming one can get a motherboard that will match all
components) and the work involved is a lot more than just the cost of
a new
...
Rick Glazier
From: Thane Sherrington
Because of the puffed caps problem? Intel-based motherboard have had
plenty of those. The P4 doubles as a cap-puffer due to the
ridiculous power strain it puts on components.
At 05:03 PM 31/10/2007, Rick Glazier wrote:
I'm beginning to think
FWIW: Me too... (But bought used for a repair...)
GIGABYTE GA-7ZXE SOCKET A 462 MOTHERBOARD ATHLON
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2g4ey9
Fixed it myself.
Rick Glazier
At 09:41 PM 29/10/2007, FORC5 wrote:
Sent back a MB with a blown cap on rma. mb was not giving
IIRC, Does Tweek UI have a section for fixing special folders??
Rick Glazier
From: Thane Sherrington
Well, I moved the link to another folder (which also wouldn' t open)
and then moved it back (and it still won't open.) Is there a
registry setting that holds the My
/
Rick Glazier
From: Thane Sherrington
Here's an interesting one. I had a machine in with seven blown caps
(one group of four near the CPU and one group of 3 near the AGP slot
- all 3300uF 6.3V.) So I replaced them all and this morning (after
running AV scans overnight
Can anyone tell meAt other places, I got un-subed because of an e-mail
server
bounce problem at my host... Too many bounces and I
was out...
Rick Glazier
From: Bobby Heid
Why I got unsubscribed from the list? I got the email at 12:07am this
morning
started getting
TOTALLY wrong answers - like erase your BIOS settings,
(it will Auto-detect them again --- NOT --- wrong model), I figured I
better build my own...
Rick Glazier
From: Thane Sherrington
And I forgot, their diagnostic software isn't worth
) that Smart
does not tell you too much, or when a drive will fail...
Rick Glazier
From: j maccraw
Hasn't SMART been summed up as an idiot light AKA
it's already failed, here's
your error? Other than monitoring temperature I
thought SMART has proven mostly
useless
I have a small-OEM licensed machine (white box) right now where
the MB manufacturer is no longer making ANY MBs. I hope they take
that as a reason for switching manufacturers.
Rick Glazier
From: Gary VanderMolen
Yes, it is important to stress
...)
Rick Glazier
From: FORC5
so the sw id's the bios during install, how greedy is that. what about a bios
update.
At 07:17 PM 8/31/2007, tmservo:
Once mb bios identification tag changes, they consider that the end of the oem lic.
Funny thing is though...
About the only thing I CAN'T get from his site is the WGA thing...
(Can't connect to that specific file...)
I'm sure MS will make sure I get it, VBG
Rick Glazier
From: Hayes Elkins
That would really, really, REALLY suck.
RyanVM has
Yes, quite awhile ago.
- Original Message -
From: Neil Davidson
Is that domain resolving for anyone else?
I can't get to it at all.
(located in the UK)
(clipped)
http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=bezugsquellen
I have been using telephone books for years...
Rick Glazier
From: Ben Ruset
The stands are junk. All of my developers who have Acer monitors have to
stuff a few O'Reilly books underneath them to get them to a comfortable
viewing height.
Are you typing your user admin password,
the the true ~root~ admin password?
If you orginally put the password in with a personalized username
during some of the later Windows setup Welcome screens,
that is the wrong admin...
Rick Glazier
From: zaske
Can
.
Rick Glazier
From: Brian Weeden
It would be a pain to reinstall Ubuntu because I have made lots of
modifications to the default install, not just installing software but
actual config changes.
I think my best bet would be to format the Windows partition, shrink
it down to like 10 MB
Rick Glazier
From: Brian Weeden
Question about removing WinXP partition from Ubuntu dual boot
clipped
My desk is not like the one on Criminal Minds, (or NCIS...)
As a matter of fact, two of the computers are missing/retired...
A real old hub,(my first from years ago), is good enough...
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
Rick,
I used an Intel hub for ~2yrs after
entirely different results...
(Not to muddy the waters or anything, grin...)
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: DHSinclair (in reply to a different Rick.)
Yes, Rick. That is what I learned way back in 1998. Notice
a who-is, I am looking up the owner of
an IP address (or Domain).
Karen's Who-Is is a program that pretty much automates
that process... It is free...
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptwhois.asp
I also use her Hasher program, for making MD5s and
such...
Rick Glazier
Yourself?
WhoIs Lookup performed by Karen's WhoIs
The IP Address 127.0.0.1 falls within the Internet's Private or Reserved IP
Address Space.
If you have detected this address apparently assigned to a remote computer, the
IP address
is in error or has been forged.
Details: This block is
Rick Glazier
From: Winterlight
I have a friend with a old TV, I think a Panasonic, one of those with
a built in VHS DVD player deal. I think it has a corrupt clock BIOS.
It keeps turning off after a few minutes of play, and then it will
turn on by itself
...
Rick Glazier
From: Anthony Q. Martin
Subject: Re: [H] FAT32 under WinXPSP2
Nothing worked.format /FS:fat32 would crap at the end saying the volume was too big. Finally, I used Acronis to set the type
for FAT32 after the volume was id as NTFS
Which startup file did you change?,
and have you seen this?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151
Rick Glazier
From: Harvey Best
I have a Toshiba laptop running Win XP Home. All updated. Running Zone Alarm and Network Magic. (Don't believe
Depending on which file you changed, (see part one below),
you might be able to repair it with a BartPE CD,
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
or (better) a Win XPPE CD.
http://www.xppe.com/ (Harder to build for simple repairs.)
Rick Glazier
- Original
If you use 11 or Netidentity you _are_ having trouble.
(But if so you might not get this grin)
Rick Glazier
From: Neil Davidson
There has been about 70 or so messages this week.
Sounds like something is up if you haven't been receiving them
I use Acronis a lot on my own computers, and I always
make the destination larger. It is one of my most used
features.
As in most things, I run it (TI) in custom mode.
(Lots more to see and use that way.)
Rick Glazier
From: FORC5
tried aconis and did
Microcenter has OEM bulk drives with ONLY the foil bag anti-static covering them
stacked in bins where every customer can handle them and bang them around.
(Can you tell where I would never buy a drive?)
Rick Glazier
From: Winterlight
I think it has
can always D/L the latest version, but sometimes that leaves stuff out,
like help at the very least...)
Rick Glazier
From: JRS OK.. good to know they let you de-select stuff you don't want. I
have not
really looked at 7 yet so did
to customize it with your own install time settings...
Rick Glazier
From: Joe User
clipped... I have Jeff trying to upload the full
install for me. I am concerned that auto patcher will just direct to
windows update though and I'll be stuck again.
) configured the whole thing, and made all the files
for the CD. I was thinking of making an ISO next.
Rick Glazier
From: Joe User
Crap I was afraid of this...
Installation requirements
You must have Internet Explorer 7 installed on your
computer in order for IEAK 7
-xpsp2-32.iso 17,234KB
Rick Glazier
I have used that too, but I'm waiting for the full update...
Rick Glazier
From: tmservo
Same here. All praise autopatcher :)
From: Wayne Johnson
Looks like auto patcher or reinstall...
Autopatcher has saved me tons of work on a few machines so I'll bet
Thanks, (but) I tried SpinRite last year on something and it
fixes anonymously too. (Different drive though...)
I want a filename this time, if possible...
Rick Glazier
From: Brian Weeden
Hit it with Spinrite. It works at a very low level
Reminds me of a hudicackle I had once.
Rick Glazier
From: G.Waleed Kavalec
We need one of these...
From: Peter Yannone pyannone
FANTASTIC! I have GOT to get one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuhYd9L_d7w
with NO warning...
(But Smart is a start...)
Rick Glazier
From: Brian Weeden
Can anyone help with deciphering this? Am I good or is this SMART
stuff saying the drive is bad?
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pIkHR2B_QrGUU7s5_T3v9eQ
Basically, I am trying
#...)
(Neat pictures, thanks.)
Rick Glazier
to look at the rest of their site (too much)...
Note their detector tool will NOT tell if you have .net v3,
only IF you have ver 2 (or not...) It ignores ver 3 totally...
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
Really trying to figure out what real benefits dot-net
That is how I knew their detector tool only looked for the one...
You are right also in that the detector tool is next to useless, but
easy for beginers...
Rick Glazier
From: Wayne Johnson
If .NET is installed on your system then it should be listed
points for), I am up for activation... (It would normally be easy,
since it has been over a year...) I hate it when that happens though,
since it will be when something fails and pushes me over (under?) the limit...
Rick Glazier
From: FORC5
I'm shocked
I think he said the 2400 is getting pushed out of the server...
FWIW: The 3200 Barton is one step up from the family of CPUs
that fit my older machines...
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
Is your retired 3200-Barton on the block?
I'm interested
I once read you could take a pound of gold and pund it out
to a sheet a mile square. (It is that malleable.)
Plating is even thinner... I think it would take a lot of RAM to
come up with much gold.
Rick Glazier
From: FORC5
actually have quite
Would it be too much of a stretch to say it was the new MS answer
to JRE (JavaVM) after they (effectively) got kicked out of that?
(Sorry if I got the wrong idea somewhere...)
Rick Glazier
From: G.Waleed Kavalec
clipped: .Net is all about
http://opendns.com/
It seems OK for me...
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
Remember this was asked/answered several weeks ago, but did not react cuz I
wasn't then having problems. Now I am getting the usual IE page telling me
to check my settings so, looking
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
Free, but needs a little custom setup to do MP3s.
(WAVs are the default...)
Rick Glazier
From: Joe User
What are you guys using to rip cd's to mp3 - preferably that's free?
Sorry it did not work.
How about a cheap (used) video card from somewhere instead?
Depends on what it is used for...
(I think I have an XP machine running a real old 4Meg card, or did...)
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
As an update, the VIA 4n1's did
...
Rick Glazier
for a study,
they tapped into his verizon DSL... None of my story is April fools day
stuff...
Rick Glazier
From: Mark Dodge
Yes April Fools jokes are rampant
On Behalf Of CW
Subject: [H] Google Introduces TiSP service
http
are too new for them
to abandon right now. They need some payback before they do that...
Some times being the first to get something delays future upgrades.
JMHO,
Rick Glazier
From: chuck
Are we relegated for decades to dial-up (those of us who can not afford
Two thoughts... (Things to think about...)
Is there more than one user on the Welcome Screen?
Does the user in question have a password?
Rick Glazier
From: Thane Sherrington
XP Screen saver/Welcome screen
I have a computer that doesn't go to the Welcome Screen
At 10:19 AM 20/03/2007, Rick Glazier wrote:
Two thoughts... (Things to think about...)
Is there more than one user on the Welcome Screen?
Thane Sherrington
Two users.
Does the user in question have a password?
One does, one doesn't. But even if there was only one user
that...
Rick Glazier
From: zaske
Yup...!
Greg Sevart wrote:
At 14:13 03-18-2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
Asus, just like Timex, takes a licking and keeps on ticking!
Battries outgas Chlorine too, a corrosive poisonous gas that is
highly irritating to the respiratory organs.
Rick Glazier
From: Gary VanderMolen
Just make sure the space is well ventilated so you don't get a buildup
of explosive gases.
...
Rick Glazier
From: Al Anger
Rick Glazierwrote:
You do NOT throw the switch when things are powered up...
For lack of knowing any better, I use a similar switch and only charge
the second battery when I've reached highway speeds.
if they still do as I lost interest in looking...
OTOH, didn't the Russians make the same design car for 30 yrs,
and had to grind them up eventually to get rid of them?
Rick Glazier
forget what it is
as I adjusted, and no longer do it...
I currently have QuickBooks Premier - (~Specialized~) Edition 2005.
FWIW: Specialized (my word), is an industry specific type of install...
Rick Glazier
PS: Joe, for some reason, my replies to you
... grin..)
Just a thought...
Rick Glazier
From: Brian Weeden
It probably is the hardware but I can't think of anything that
could cause it to freeze up like that but not crash.
No problem, get a faster burner and finish in 16 minutes or less, VBG
From: Brian Weeden
Of course when I try and burn a DVD it seems to happen every 20 min :(
Rick Glazier
From: Brian Weeden
That's it, I've had it. Talk about your ultimate #*$#% piece of #$^
lame-ass #** company.
So I guess my question to the group is what do you guys use?
QuickBooks
Rick Glazier
I tried Peachtree a couple years ago...
'It was VERY different from QuickBooks...
Rick Glazier
From: Joe User
Same, but I heard Peachtree is good... *shrug*
They have fixed that in MSIE7...
(One of the best things about it, IMHO...)
BTW, FireFox fixed it long ago, (printing)...
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
No, using IE6sp2 in W2K.
Rick wrote:
Are you having this problem with IE7?
From: DHSinclair
still have
for other
reasons.
Vista, Hmm.. ;)
Sorry, I did not see what OS you were using...
Rick Glazier
?
Rick Glazier
This whole thing is a crock... grin
(It has its uses though...)
Daylight is a finite resource... Changing the clock doesn't save anything,
it just moves it...
I guess calling it Daylight MOVING Time has no sex appeal... ;-)
Rick Glazier
From: DHSinclair
Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst
Daylight Saving Time Update Guide
Note You must have active scripting enabled to use this guide.
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: DHSinclair
Has anyone seen
serial number/install keys... (I got a bunch of them.)
From the looks of it, SP3 for XP will be a last minute warmed-over POS
that drives people towaeds Vista even more...
Rick Glazier
From: Gary VanderMolen: I suppose at some point the OS source code
FWIW: I never had a problem with Norton stuff before - (MYSELF),
and was very good at fixing it on other peoples computers...
(It just took SOOO LONG)
I can only think of two people I provide support for still using their stuff...
Rick Glazier
From: Brian Weeden
I
I think they fix it so they DO NOT make mistakes... (As in false positives...)
It has been flakey at best and almost dishonest at worse...
Rick Glazier
From: FORC5
Did a MS update yesterday and it wanted to install a new and improved WGA tool,
I
think...) (I used to be able to fix Norton stuff, It just
takes
forever.)
Rick Glazier
From: FORC5
here we go again
WGA for Office.
this will prove interesting.
is -- They will still sell me DEFS
for it on the WEB (after IDing it correctly), but it seems to be totally
unsupported for installing... ???
Rick Glazier
From: FORC5
tried setting the clock back ?
used to work with Norton when it expired, not sure about now with mother
the file you want into the Windows directory.)
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: Bobby Heid
Hey,
To keep the kids from messing with a particular computer, I added a pw to an
existing user. When the machine boots up, the
background
VirtualDub will make MPEGs. (You may have to install some codec pacs.)
Rick Glazier
From: JRS
Playing with Vista and the Media Center Extender to my Xbox360, except it
won't play AVI's, only mpeg's or WMV's and such..
What is the best/fastest/cheapest AVI
Web site:
You can download the latest version of Eraser and the
required libraries at Eraser home page. (Freeware.)
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
Rick Glazier
From: Thane Sherrington
Does anyone know of a program that will overwrite empty areas
Ummm... Mine goes to around 30% from 2%...
Rick Glazier
From: nobozoz
Viewing that clock in Firefox consumes about 75% of my CPU resources -
yipes!
From: Bill Cohane
Subject: [H] Is the list quiet or do I have a problem?
See: http://hydra.hardwaregroup.com/pipermail/hardware/
to check what is going on...
http://hydra.hardwaregroup.com/pipermail/hardware/Week-of-Mon-20070108/thread.html
Rick Glazier
Bummer, Is the friend still a friend? VBG
$150 sounds like a small OEM version...
From: JOEUSER
Well, here is the latest. It was a VLK license. Which means it was a
bootleg and I would need either a legit VLK to replace or buy it at
150. Since it's his money he will have to decide on 100 for
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