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by fishmahn
Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:56 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Gateway laptop hard drive connector
Replies: 4
Views: 1729

Re: Gateway laptop hard drive connector

Thanks.

I'll give them a call.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:36 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Gateway laptop hard drive connector
Replies: 4
Views: 1729

Re: Gateway laptop hard drive connector

Alas, that is not the way my HDD connects... :( I must have an older version - I would much rather have the type of connector you saw. Instead of snapping onto the mobo as in that picture, the end of the ribbon cable slides into a tiny socket ('somewhat' like a SODIMM socket but smaller), and is hel...
by fishmahn
Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:04 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Gateway laptop hard drive connector
Replies: 4
Views: 1729

Gateway laptop hard drive connector

I received an old Gateway Solo 200ARC laptop, but the hard drive was 'bad', and the user had tried to perform basic 'surgery' to fix it. Then they sent it to me. I was able to get the data off the hard drive for them with an external enclosure and some data recovery software. Now I'm trying to see i...
by fishmahn
Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:53 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Some video card q's for upgrading old PC
Replies: 17
Views: 3166

Re:

Edit: Maybe $50 for for an AGP card is too cheap, but it's crazy to spend above too much >$100 unless you expect to buy a used AGP CPU/mobo/RAM combo sometime in the future. Heck, maybe one will fall on your lap one day for free. You're not going to believe this: One did. I know, it's an old thread...
by fishmahn
Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:13 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: poll on what your computer display is
Replies: 38
Views: 5540

How does one "lug around" a 24" CRT? My 19" CRT weighs like 40 pounds and its bulk makes it hard to hold/carry. I shudder to think what a 24" monitor would feel like. He comes over... "Hey Mike, gimme a hand out here!" I go out, lug in 24" monitor for him. (d...
by fishmahn
Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:44 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: poll on what your computer display is
Replies: 38
Views: 5540

1970BossMsutang wrote:
indeed unless you find some anchient never released laptop with a CRT on it hahahaha would be much of a laptop i know but just thinking of such a thing is a good laugh.
The display on one of my friend's laptop broke, so he's lugging around a 24" CRT with it... (really...)

Mike.
by fishmahn
Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Ok this one has me scratching my head. (update strange fix)
Replies: 14
Views: 2489

Other wag's: Don't know about SLI at all, but can you run the video card in the other slot? Maybe try x8 mode (if allowed - like I said, don't know anything about SLI - PCIe either really :oops: ) capaciters on the mobo maybe? Or a vreg? PS: Gratuitous - he says he reformated/reinstalled twice alrea...
by fishmahn
Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:59 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2525301

Hance wrote:
penis lightning rod yeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooocccccccccchhhhhhhhh

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2517312.html?menu=

:o
by fishmahn
Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:57 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Ok this one has me scratching my head. (update strange fix)
Replies: 14
Views: 2489

Are you sure the PC is locked up/frozen? (i.e., when the bsod happens, do the capslock/scrolllock/numlock lights go on/off when you press the keys?) Could it be video drivers or mobo drivers? Try new/old ones? Highly unlikely, but maybe the drive has a borderline sector and that causes it? Try a com...
by fishmahn
Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:55 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Dream Girl woot
Replies: 82
Views: 15440

^ what Ned said. :)

Mike.
by fishmahn
Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:58 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: PSU behind video card 'failures'?
Replies: 4
Views: 2007

AliceC, AGP doesn't provide as much power at the slot as PCI-E, and I have a 1950GT - yep, it has 2 molexes. Mine's running on an old FSP 400watt, so the PSUs should all power it - maybe it got blown because the old PSU couldn't take it. The others survived because they're less demanding of power or...
by fishmahn
Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:58 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Name This Book
Replies: 9
Views: 1837

I'm probably wrong but...

The Uplift War. I think it was David Brin.

Has intelligent apes/monkeys, but I don't remember much more than that.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:55 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The most annoying word in the English language
Replies: 60
Views: 12449

"Betsimpsier" As in MB Bank's 'better, simpler, easier'

Of course, most buzzwords irritate me too - especially the non-sensical ones like empower, synergy, etc.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:21 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The best word in the English language
Replies: 16
Views: 3872

Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz - it's the most remarkable word I've ever seen...

/young grandchildren around... :oops:

Mike.
by fishmahn
Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:14 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Intelliseek and NCQ
Replies: 1
Views: 1928

based on what I saw about Intelliseek, it shouldn't need it - it should work even without ncq.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:10 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Vista cd key question
Replies: 3
Views: 1297

Yes but Windows will almost definitely ask for activation on the 2nd computer as well - which may or may not cause a problem.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:03 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Strangest thing I've seen in a while
Replies: 15
Views: 2656

Did you try with a linux live CD?

Don't know what's happening though.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:21 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What are you READING right now?
Replies: 443
Views: 142505

this /had to be done.

Taliesin
...
...
Ummm, that's it that's even on my back burner :-? - unless you count the countless episodes of Dr. Seuss and similar for the g-kids...

Mike.

edit: D'oh! Beat by Semper and my slow typing...
by fishmahn
Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:57 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Favorite Backup Methods
Replies: 27
Views: 7099

Re: Distributed backups

This works well in a small office without a server. Backup each machine to two or three other machines. You loose an exponential amount of space but you're better covered and you don't have to buy an external drive. Until fire takes the office out... Buy an external drive, backup to that weekly and...
by fishmahn
Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:17 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: PDF attachement problem
Replies: 6
Views: 1568

Do you have an antivirus/antispam/protection program running that 'automagically' renames attachments? Maybe it is getting a different extension assigned by that program and when you save it it gives it the right extension.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:02 pm
Forum: TR Distributed Computing Effort
Topic: How old is tooo old
Replies: 5
Views: 2326

I have a 1ghz Athlon that folds and it has no problem with deadlines... AFAIK.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:20 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Why is the Zune brown?
Replies: 24
Views: 5878

Groan!

Mike.
by fishmahn
Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:13 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: changing the fan in a psu
Replies: 3
Views: 1763

Heck, I just cut the wires, spliced and taped the ends together - didn't even need connectors... :)

(agreed with the 'let it sit unplugged part' too)

Mike.
by fishmahn
Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:14 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: batch rename files based on data in a text file
Replies: 4
Views: 1469

Don't recall if batch can do that, but if you search/replace the rename command into your text file it'll be the batch file. Or import to excel and export after adding 2 columns.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:11 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Joining the Religion & Politics Forum
Replies: 421
Views: 424495

Let me in please.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:53 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Random power question
Replies: 4
Views: 1944

:o :-?

Umm, turn off/unplug everything else in your house and check the meter on the back wall? Oh, that's a hardware device. :wink:

Do you mean by software? or by calculation?

IMO, no is the only possible answer.

Mike.
by fishmahn
Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:49 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Good bye 3 dollar gas...
Replies: 121
Views: 28184

Yesterday AM I filled up at 2.95/gal. Going to work this morning, the same station was 3.19. :-? Did that last week too. (went up .15+/gal the day after I filled up).

I'll let you know if they do that next week. Maybe I have an effect on profits with my 10 gal tank... 8)

Mike.
by fishmahn
Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:11 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Keyboard Troubles
Replies: 11
Views: 1579

First guess would be software - driver update, remove/reinstall, etc.

Could be the transmitter too, in which case you're screwed (at least to me who still prefers wires) :)

Mike.
by fishmahn
Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:35 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: dymt reloaded
Replies: 26465
Views: 2525301

My house only lost power for about 20 hrs Thurs & Fri. One of the advantages of being near a high priority location (a school) :D . Some parts of Lombard didn't get power until Sat PM, maybe longer. I rarely loose power, maybe once a year. Funny thing - one of the branches that got blown off the...
by fishmahn
Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:38 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Lightning aftermath
Replies: 16
Views: 3202

There is a type of UPS that will guard against that kind of strike. Almost any UPS you can buy today at reasonable prices is NOT one of them however. I forget the exact name, but there are 2 types of UPSs: Switchover and in-line (since I'm not in that business any more I don't recall the exact terms...
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