Jeff W wrote...
>Just disconnect the cable from the motherboard and store it somewhere.
Thanks Jeff but isn't that a motherboard removal to get at it? My
cable disappears around the back of the motherboard and is insulated from
the case by a slip of waxy brown paper??? Isn't there a simple plug (read
plug lazy) terminator?
>Are these difficult to find in the UK? Any hardware store that
>carries fasteners stocks them here, but we've barely made a baby step
>towards metric despite good intentions starting three decades ago.
Everything is hard to find in the UK backwoods - even the normal HD
body/bracket screws are difficult to track down locally. I had to order
the scsi adapters from the US of A. I've used the screws from the pci
blanks for the HD's. Looks messy round the back...
Will S wrote...
>I'm surprised hard drives haven't gone metric given the world wide
>market. perhaps there is a metric size that will fit...? Will S
>PS. In the US stores carry both metric and what is called standard
>screws
The UK is by no means all metric - we still use the old english
standards like AF and Whitworth and some others which are only
identifiable to the screw counter guy with forty years experience. Luck
can play a big part - I fixed the broken (thanks to FedEx - the loss
adjuster is due this afternoon and Gretag parts are VERY pricey) monitor
attachment for a Spectrolino with a screw from my telephone socket.
Tom wrote...
>On the front of the motherboard, where all the power switches and front
>audio jacks plug into the board, is a small white connector labelled fan
>pwr. I salvaged a power supply fan from an old 286 that was the right
>size and the standard connector (name or part number unknown) fit fine.
Thanks for that Tom - I had my eye on the pins near the cuda button
- what are they?
Keith wrote...
>>The system folder is over 400 MB and I don't know how to get
>rid of stuff that I don't need and I can't tell what extensions or
>preferences etc relate to what.
>I really dislike having anything on the computer that isn't
>necessary.
Hi Keith - the OS/Apps upgrade path is one of my pet annoyances - it
seems to grow exponentially to take up any increase in HD/processor
speed. It would be a boon to have a slimmed down pro operating system
with optional installation of everything that an experienced mac user
does not need - and apps like Pshop seem to double in size and halve in
speed with each release. We're dragged along the upgrade path by the
manufacturers with the inevitable 'system requirements' condition. More
OS competition would be good.
Pete in the UK
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