Recent content by rpoling

I'm a mainframe systems programmer, expecting my job to be sent offshore within the next year or so, and I'm looking to expand my skills to: - be ready for the eventual 'downsizing' - provide extra income while my children are in college. I've been a PC hobbyist from the beginning, building...

Update: Last night, I tried again, but with no luck. Here's what I did: - Use Win98 Boot Disk, and reformat C: drive. - Install Win98SE from CD. - Connect to Internet, and install all Windows Updates. - Used msconfig to perform a Clean boot, only Systray in Startup group. - Install Norton...

Here's my situation: I just reformatted my C: drive, installed Win98SE, installed all the appropriate Windows Updates, then performed a Clean boot by updating MSCONFIG so that Windows only started up the SysTray, installed Norton SystemWorks 2003 Pro (did not install CleanSweep or Go Back)...

I'm helping a friend build a PC. He purchased an Enlight 7237 case with a 300 Watt power supply. As he is putting the pieces together, he came across a power plug that I'm not familiar with. First, he installed the 20-pin (2x10 pins) power plug. Then, he didn't know what to do with the extra...