Re: [H] Goodbye, Abit

2009-03-06 Thread Al Anger
I still have an Abit IT7 Max II in use playing internet radio for the house. Al Julian wrote: Wow, this is pretty sad news. I didn't even know they were in trouble, but now looking around Google, it looks like this was expected awhile ago.Sabre Julian On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12

Re: [H] Extending wireless...

2009-03-12 Thread Al Anger
Bobby Heid wrote: One thought I had was for him to place a wireless access point on the outside of the trailer and have it wired to the laptop. I do not know if this would work though. Wireless bridge: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Bridge HTH :) al

Re: [H] DOCSIS 3.0 - Charter Communications

2010-03-07 Thread Al Anger
an exercise in futility for most people on this list to call tech support. :) Just out of curiosity, how much is the rental charge? -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke

[H] Web Hosting

2010-03-12 Thread Al Anger
Anyone here does web hosting? Rather give my money to you than a stranger. TIA -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Re: [H] eudora in windows 7 ?

2010-03-14 Thread Al Anger
the stick with: clipped -- Al The Space Elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing -- Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Re: [H] eudora in windows 7 ?

2010-03-14 Thread Al Anger
FORC5 wrote: but the horse is not dead The one in Bryan's post was. ;) al

Re: [H] Killed an Old Machine!

2010-03-17 Thread Al Anger
DSinc wrote: Opinions welcome. Viking Funeral is in the plan... Pics are required. :-D regards, al

Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD?

2010-05-23 Thread Al Anger
is tempting... -- Al

[H] Black Dawrf

2010-06-27 Thread Al Anger
Very nice. http://www.willudesign.com/BlackDwarfTop.html

Re: [H] Black Dawrf

2010-06-27 Thread Al Anger
Looks cool, Does he quote the costs anywhere? Looks like he has/had sponsors, so probably not. al

Re: [H] How bad will this get for Dell?

2010-07-01 Thread Al Anger
Dell replaced two of mine. The machines in question are old as HELL, old news, move on. Hardware wise, yes. Punitive damages; finical fines and a spanking from the public? So what else is new thinks my cynical vision. We will see said a blind man. al

Re: [H] dead drive

2010-09-11 Thread Al Anger
Mark Dodge wrote: stacked it in the corner with the rest of the dead ones. (don't know why I keep em) To get the cool, powerful magnets out of them? al

Re: [H] Loss of power, followed by overheated smell

2013-02-25 Thread Al Anger
If it is as drastic as a bad mainboard, you will want a new power supply for the new mainboard, anyway; given the symptoms described. I'd start there. At worst you have a PS on hand. best al On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:42:45 +0800 Brian Weeden brian.wee...@gmail.com wrote: Was working on a paper

Re: [H] List info / Jim Edwards

2013-03-21 Thread Al Anger
and creative, and inspiring ideas shared by all. Al

Re: [H] What the heck is up with Jim?

2013-03-24 Thread Al Anger
Jim, Good luck, best wishes, three cheers and all that. Keep putting one foot in front of the other, and don't look back. Al

Re: [H] Greg 4930K

2013-06-25 Thread Al Anger
now would work with a 4930K? According to VR-Zone, Intel Ivy Bridge-E CPUs would be based on the 22nm Tri gate architecture and would be compatible with LGA 2011 sockets with the X79 chipset or the rumored X99 chipset which is currently in works. It's all rumor 'till it happens :) Al

Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread Al Anger
I keep telling people, don't use the right click - move. If it dies, you in a world of hurt trying to figure what got moved. Only use the copy and then delete after the copy is successful. al On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:57:21 -0400 tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Well, points for style, it appears MS

Re: [H] Windows 8 Copy function

2013-07-06 Thread Al Anger
Well, I got burned once, way back when. The two step method just seems like basic sound practice. But yes explorer's file handling has always been buggy. :( On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 07:56:06 -0500 Chris Reeves tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Well yes I do that. :). Just referring to copy glitches. I

Re: [H] Defrag?

2013-07-17 Thread Al Anger
Thane wrote: I do think that mydefrag is a good program, since it does some additional optimization. +1. Back in the 98SE days I would put a large file (movie) on a drive before installing the OS. Delete the movie and that first Defrag would fly. Nothing to move out of the way and

Re: [H] re-seat CPU

2017-07-29 Thread Al E. Gator
Aye, fresh paste too. al From: Bryan Seitz Subject: Re: [H] re-seat CPU Up to you, *I* would redo it nicely :)

Re: [H] Files disappeared when moving from Win10 to Synology???

2017-08-14 Thread Al E. Gator
Retire the old drive immediately and run deleted file recovery software. Best, Al Subject: [H] Files disappeared when moving from Win10 to Synology??? I am panicking

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-07-14 Thread Al E. Gator
the camera doesn’t work. Now waiting for this to arrive: www.ebay.com/itm/CLEARANCE-Bluetooth-Keyboard-for-Google-Nexus-10-Silver-Black-/321635908985? Thanks for the responses. Al From: Jason Chue Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 3:21 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Android Tablet

[H] FW: Android Tablet Reccomendation

2017-07-21 Thread Al E. Gator
can’t find the pinout for it. Searched and read a dozen forum links, some quite long. No joy. Ideas? TIA, Al From: Al E. Gator Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 6:11 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Android Tablet Reccomendation I’m pretty sure everyone here has heard of Synergy

[H] Android Tablet Reccomendation

2017-07-21 Thread Al E. Gator
/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118 Java runtime And https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floriandraschbacher.deskdock.free=en Will upgrade to the paid version for $5.49 Best, Al

Re: [H] My first week with Android

2017-07-22 Thread Al E. Gator
Thx. LineageOS has an option to hide root. Will try that too. Al E. Gator From: Naushad Zulfiqar Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2017 12:52 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] My first week with Android Look at custom roms and root hider.

[H] My first week with Android

2017-07-22 Thread Al E. Gator
doing anything else. Or I may upgrade it to 5.XX (last stock image) and try to get the bad unit to run Netflix. Next week I’ll want to do something totally different. Anyway, I see many hours ahead, lost to the new (to me) world of Android. Thanks for reading Al E. Gator

[H] Last summer (off topic)

2017-07-23 Thread Al E. Gator
/showthread.php?t=134993 And a third part; a day in the life: https://www.klr650.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1452297=12 The second two parts are linked to in the first one, but just in case… Al E. Gator (aka 8bit)

[H] Nexus Cradle

2017-07-24 Thread Al E. Gator
It came in. Now to mod it. http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4782/5RQazO.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img924/4639/2sGBw6.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7950/XVreOg.jpg Al E. Gator

Re: [H] Follow UP>>> is there a way to stop creators update

2017-08-08 Thread Al E. Gator
Linux on it, it’s goodbye windows. al

Re: [H] locked drive

2017-06-19 Thread Al E. Gator
Try this: https://superuser.com/questions/277394/what-is-the-dos-debug-script-to-low-level-format-a-hard-drive Has worked for me in many situations, back in the day drive overlays… Al From: Winterlight Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 5:54 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] locked drive

Re: [H] Thoughts the the next processor upgrade

2017-06-20 Thread Al E. Gator
Plus there is also this to keep in mind: https://www.howtogeek.com/311743/how-and-why-microsoft-blocks-windows-7-updates-on-new-pcs/ Al

[H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
Looking to but an inexpensive Android tablet to play with. So much on the market, it’s hard to choose. Any help? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4TX5UD5025=1 Thx, Al

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
Thanks, that sounds like just the ticket. Cheap and get to stick it to Amazon. I don’t see a 10 inch. http://lifehacker.com/cyanogenmod-is-dead-and-its-successor-is-lineage-os-1790554964 Any other links you want to offer? Thanks Al From: lopaka polena Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 4:42 PM

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
Thanks lopaka. eBay is full of used FireHd of all sizes. Any particular generation/size to go for? TIA, Al From: lopaka polena Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 4:42 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation If you're not against modding/flashing ROMs

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
Yeah, screen res is important. It’s got JellyBean, but since it’s from Google, I’m guessing it’ll upgrade with out too much hassle? Complete Android novice, that’s why I want to get something and play with it. Thanks for the info. Al From: Jim Maki Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 4:57 PM To: hardw

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-06-25 Thread Al E. Gator
>From what I’ve read, most ppl agree. I want to learn Android, so that’s my >motivation. Thanks. Al From: Naushad Zulfiqar Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 7:07 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation As much as I'm an android freak, I thin

Re: [H] Drive Cleanup Accounting for space

2017-05-23 Thread Al E. Gator
Nice. Some of us are typing challenged, so the desktop icon is easier. Whatever works.  From: Joshua MacCraw Win 7 is simple as pasting "cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 /sagerun:65535" into search, ctrl-shift-enter to launch elevated.

Re: [H] Drive Cleanup Accounting for space

2017-05-23 Thread Al E. Gator
I’ll say it again, nice! :-) Joshua MacCraw not everyone knows you can run as admin with that search/ctrl-shift-enter trick was my example point. On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Al E. Gator <eight.bit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Nice.

[H] Drive Cleanup Accounting for space

2017-05-22 Thread Al E. Gator
Copy Command prompt to the desktop. Right click – properties. Use: %SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 /sagerun:65535 In Target box. Will give every option on what to clean. To use run as administrator. HTH, Al

Re: [H] 8GB RAM on NAS

2017-10-10 Thread Al E. Gator
Can you add the RAM yourself later? More memory is most always a good thing. It comes down to how dear the $100 is… Al From: Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:39 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] 8GB RAM on NAS I am planning a Synology DS916+ 4 bay purchase

Re: [H] 8GB RAM on NAS

2017-10-10 Thread Al E. Gator
https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?t=126223 https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Synology-DiskStation-DS916-PARTS-QUICK/dp/B01KVYSQO6 HTH Al From: Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 1:39 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] 8GB RAM on NAS I am planning a Synology DS916+ 4

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-08-27 Thread Al E. Gator
; but there isn’t a Linux version with decent touch capabilities… Al E. Gator From: Joshua MacCraw How'd that tablet & keyboard work out? My 2ng gen Nexus 7's are all dying eemc slow death and Pixel is still to damn expensive! ;)

[H] Running sysprep on dual boot tablet.

2017-09-02 Thread Al E. Gator
sysprep in the win 10 partition. Was wondering if it might mess up the dual boot function. Thoughts? TIA Al E. Gator

Re: [H] Off Topic - Book Promotion

2017-11-11 Thread Al E. Gator
Do hardwaregroup members get a free copy? :) Al E. Gator From: Steve Tomporowski Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 9:49 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Off Topic - Book Promotion I hope you guys don't mind a bit of self-promotion, my first book is out for Kindle: https

Re: [H] Off Topic - Book Promotion

2017-11-13 Thread Al E. Gator
Try to get it listed with BookBub, https://www.bookbub.com/home/ There, now do I get a free copy? J/K it’s not a genre I read. Good luck. That genre is crowded. Al E. Gator From: Steve Tomporowski Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 1:53 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Off

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