Recent content by Swampster

All of these suggestions will work . . . but you are going to have to go to a computer with a DVD drive in order to cheat the image and place it on the thumb drive. Then you will have to go into the boot order of your netbook and change it so that the USB drive is the first option. The thumb...

Go back to the people you bought it from. There should be at least a 90 day warranty on a rebuilt unit.

Check in Device Manager and see if your Network Adapter is working. If so, then go to their site and look for Downloads and they will guide you through the process of downloading all the needed drivers. My usual order is to install the Chipset drivers, then Video, then networking, then the...

Yes, type is obvious (DDR), because of the difference of the different memory slots, and speed is important (400/PC3200), because some moherboards are able to downshift all the memory to the slowest module, and some cannot. BUT . . . the often overlooked spec is the TIMING (such as 3-2-2-6)...

Good evening Corky, Yes, it can be done . . . but also has the propensity to do major damage. As you know, I have a small dry-air compressor, but you are right in that it needs to be done outdoors. I usually finish with a Swiffer also, but didn't want to go into too much detail as I was more...

By cleaning it out with compressed air, I presume you mean from a compressor. Canned air uses a propellent, and when you see the fog come out it is -40 degrees. This will cause all sorts of problems with electonics. Using your compressor, remove all the RAM and blow our each slot. Then take...

Did you mirror your old RAID boot drive into the new SSD drive, or is this a fresh installation? Generally speaking, when the system pauses as you describe it is a matter of something else momentarily grabbing priority. In theory, each click of the clock the CPU gives priority to one of the...

You have a different controller for each different type of drive. Therefore, you might have a Floppy Controller, an EIDE controller, a SATA controller, and possibly even a SSD controller. In your CMOS settings, you need to specify which controller to boot from and which device on that...

Sleep Mode was never, and still isn't a very reliable system. The older the system, the better chance you have of having problems. That coupled with the fact that electronic parts DO wear out after a while combines to make my recommendation as follows: Consider yourself lucky that you have been...

I'm not sure how your Outlook 2010 would affect your performance with a database app . . . but would be interested in what you find. Keep up informed via this note as I have it flagged. Also, check to see how your your NIC port is configured in comparison to that of your XP pro systems. That...

Turn off HomeGroup, then set it to your network the same way you did it in XP . . . all on same workgroup, sharing as needed, etc.

Thanks Vailr, I think what I am going to do is do a quickie installation of AutoCAD on my Win7 Beta system and take it over to the client's office and try to install the designjet and see just see what happens.

Thanks for the replies! Let me narrow the question a bit . . . will a Vista driver likely work in Windows 7? Or, is there too much difference in the operating systems to expect this.

I am designing a new system for a client who is an engineer. He is in great need of a newer and faster computer, but would like to keep his printers as if possible. The only printer that gives me any concern is his HP DesignJet 430. HP lists a VISTA driver for 32 bit or 64 bit, but nothing...

Joe, Even quality parts come with a warranty . . . guess why! Try a different cable even if you have to change from HDMI to Digital or even VGA