Recent content by delano

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    Do laptop batteries usually fail like this?

    My two laptops, a P133 and a P150, have screwy power saving detection; they both think that the battery is uncharged for the first few seconds, after that they are fine for a couple of hours. I had to turn off the 'power off on low battery' in the bios to run on battery power. I don't know...
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    Anyone use a Alpha PEP66 on there A7V?

    It fits fine, I have one on with a fan on either side without a problem. I don't see the copper plate as an issue.
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    Question on capturing on Radeon ViVo?

    In the initial setup there is a choice between microphone, cd audio, line-in, aux, TAD-in, or what you here (?). If you pick line-in the audio will go through the regular line-in on the sound card...
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    IBM GXP Owners, in here! I demand a recount!

    tbird 800@997 on A7V 30gig 75gxp on via ata66 running freeBSD/win2k fine for three months.
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    Poll: What's the most NUISANCE to install?

    I voted LAN for close to the same reason as eagle, a no-name NE2000 PC card that i have never ever been able to get to work in windows. Of course that is just the tip of the iceburg of general PCMCIA problems..
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    Kingston ValuRam PC133 compatible with Athlons, Durons, etc?

    The 'value' is kind of odd, my vc133 is from that line..very good quality.
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    Attn : Canadians living in Vancouver BC - Need help purchasing a Computer!

    I would go with a-power as well. Excellent service. I have had trouble with ncix as well, but that was with how soon they got around to shipping a harddrive.
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    Poll: Best Operating System for an x86 platform

    You should add *BSD..
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    What Linux will work with this computer?

    I would have to say yes. I have two laptops, one an acer P150 with a 2mb vidcard and the other a whitebox P133 with a 1mb vidcard, and have had linux work fine on both. That is an ample harddrive, I have installed on a 500mb drive before, you just end up leaving behind some bigger things, which...
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    Does a VCR and the Video Input on my Radeon give me a TV-Tuner??

    It works just fine in practice. A VCR does have a tuner.