Recent content by LostBoy

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    Ever seen a computer catch on fire . . .?

    A long time ago I did. I was helping a friend build a new computer and he decided to install the video card himself while I was out getting us some chow. He put the video ram in backwards (remember this was a long time ago) and when he turned it on the thing lit up like a christmas tree.
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    Athlon 700 Classic to T-Bird 800 worth the upgrade?

    Thanks for the replies. You've all pretty much confirmed what I was thinking. I think I'll be waiting until this fall/winter and look into a DDR Athlon4 upgrade.
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    Athlon 700 Classic to T-Bird 800 worth the upgrade?

    Hey all, Looking for some thoughts on a possible minor upgrade. I found a 800 Slot A T-Bird for $49.95 and am thinking about buying it. My current rig has a Classic 700 in it. Do you think it's worth the upgrade? I'm really not ready to do a full MB/CPU upgrade right now, but $50 I can...
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    Just put Linux on a laptop. A video question?

    Nope, it doesn't have any controls for that as far as I can tell. Any other ideas?
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    Best Linux Dist to get???

    This might help you decide. http://home.kimo.com.tw/ladislav/distro_compare.htm
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    Just put Linux on a laptop. A video question?

    I just installed Mandrake 7.1 on my Armada 7730MT (P166, 80MB RAM). Everything is great except for one problem. When it's set to 1024x768 resolution I only see a portion of the desktop in KDE or Gnome. Everything you can see looks great, but you can't get to the menu bar at the bottom of the...
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    SWISH! HELP

    You might also try the forum at the Swish site. Many people there are very helpful.
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    pixelvision flat panel monitor

    The only info I know of is here http://www.monitorworld.com/Monitors/pixelvision/ The PixelVision monitors they sell have a regular HD15 connector. They mention needing a fixed frequency video card. Maybe you can find some info there to help.
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    K7TPro-2A and Aopen PA256MX

    Are you using the AOpen drivers or the Detonator drivers? Have you tried different drivers?
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    Diamond Fireport 40 Dually SCSI card Win2k drivers?

    FWIW I checked NT Compatible's listing and it was reported to work flawlessly under all RC's for W2K. I would assume that was using the NT4 drivers since the test was 11/99.
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    how do you remove password on a laptop?

    From IBM http://www-1.ibm.com/servlet/support/manager?rt=0&rs=0&org=psg&doc=6E23CC54570C2374802564E5004B6676
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    Machine is Sloooooow on memory count and doesn't boot all of the sudden???

    One of the machines I'm running right now has just started to have a strange problem. Before I start ripping it apart and swapping what parts I can I thought I'd see if anyone else has had this problem occur. When you power on the computer it counts the memory really slow. It takes over a...
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    Can I add a second uplink to 100 base network?

    Thanks alot for the info gang.
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    How can I share PCs (files too) with DSL network ?

    This site should help some. WOWN Here is some info on sharing. http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/netdisk.htm
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    Do you guys hold onto all your old parts? If so, what's the oldest computer part you have sitting around.

    I've got a IBM PS2 model 30 (bad floppy drive) with the original monitor, keyboard and printer sitting around. Original specs here...