Recent content by fairbro

Another post said this type of battery is typically used to store the date, and settings, so it wouldn't have anything to do with power on.

I got at the auction a DNW (Does Not Work) Canon PC 1309 Digital Camera (Power Shot A1000 IS), which seems to have no power. I tried new batteries - nothing. Inside the camera is a little rechargeable battery - MS614SE. This battery is rated at 3.1v, but it is comatose - just nudges the...

Good idea to match exactly. My DSL unit (from the phone company which was also the ISP wire to my computer) went down because the adapter failed (it was getting no power so I knew it was a bad adapter). I tried another adapter, which was off by 10% in mA or voltage, I forget. However, that...

OF course it is easier to do the simple way, but just curious, is it okay to plug, for example, a 9VDC, 2A adapter into a socket that calls for a 9VDC 1A adapter? I have tried to plug in an adapter (for a computer fan) that needed 1A, and the adapter was .5 amp, and that did not work, the fan...

You must have the new and improved version of Google? I looked (for days) on EBay, Google, but couldn't find anything. Thanks

Hello I got a Martin Yale paper folder at auction, but when I got it home, I noticed the power cord was missing. They want $94 for the new power cord. I want to find something cheaper. Required is an AC-DC adapter, to convert from 110 volts to 24VDC, at 1.2 amps. The only...

You guys were helpful to me on this board, so... What I did to fix my Dell 2001fp (there was banding on the left side) was install a small fan over the big chip on the main circuit board. That big chip overheats. You have to remove the stand, and I am now trying to figure out how to get some...

Thanks, everyone, for suggestions and solutions. I always thought Clickbook was an accounting program. Looks like just what I need. It makes sense, someone would develop this Clickbook software, when you consider that, when you run a print job, the whole thing gets shuffled off to RAM...

I have a Laserjet 5MX si I got at an auction for $10.The problem is the special paper for the books - it has a prepared ridged edge on it. The ridged edge makes it possible to do the "perfect" binding (the typical method for printing). So I would have use twice as much paper (using 8/5 by 11...

Hello If anyone can help me with this, I would greatly appreciate it. I have become numb going through E-bay and craigslists, checking specs, manuals, etc. I am trying to self-publish my book (300 pages) at home. The paper size for the book is half-standard - 5.5" by 8.5". I am...

I would back up whatever you have, if it's valuable. 2 out of 3 of my flash drives just abruptly stopped. The physical back-up is 5000 miles away, in a garage. No fix, I don't think.

"Are you thinkin of diggin up the parallel port driver that simulates SCSI over the port and using that to interface with your scanner?" Yes, that's would seem to be the cheapest solution, just get the cable. But I'm worried about the parallel end on the PC - how does the PC (windows XP)...

Hello The Ricoh scanner requires a SCSI-2 cable. Does anyone know if a SCSI-2 to DB-25 cable will work? Or should I get a SCSI-2 card? My old PC has, of course, the serial and parallel ports (the DB-25) but is just the cable gonna carry the signals properly? Thanks for...

Ha ha, I don't believe it. I switched cards, downloaded newest drivers and still got the faint ghosting. Then I pulled the loose video plug out and reinserted it, and the ghosting went away. :roll:

Hey, thanks for info! I will try updating the driver, and if that doesn't work, get a new video card. The monitor looks great when hooked to the DVD player . I got a couple of AOC flat panel monitors at the auction, too. One of them works, it's sweet. The other one won't quite turn on...