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    DSL But No WiFi

    Hey! I'm at my father's house in Raleigh, NC. Internet here is via DSL Modem, specifically a Westell VersaLink 327W courtesy of BellSouth. Except that its wireless capabilities have died out. Since the only way for me to have 'net service in my room is via WiFi, this has me... well, let's just...
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    Help me pick a good distro for an unusual platform, plz...

    Hi ya'll... I'm a linux n00b... I know a bit of the terminology, and I've dabbled in Ubuntu (and Xubuntu on one box of mine...) but when it gets to looking at other stuff, I'm not so sure of what I'm doing :oops: So... a little explanation of what I'm doing first, then relevant machine specs...
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    Need BIOS settings for old notebook hard drive

    Drive is a pull from a Dell CPi that Noah left behind when it started raining... j/k :D it used to be my mother's legal practice machine... a very long time ago. Label sez that it's an IBM TravelStar dcx1-210000 drive... IBM p/n 25L2735. It's an IDE notebook drive (44pin connector). I think...
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    Replacing ATX Connector... HELP!!

    Well, I find myself doing precisely what I didn't want to do... I'm replacing the ATX connector on my used Antec True430 so that I can test it. Trouble is, my toolset doesn't work :mad: :mad: :mad: The only way I can figure out to get the ****ing pins out of the connector is to break off the...
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    *PLANNING* an extremely low-budget mod... need some input

    Hi ya'll... putting together a system out of junk, scrap, and more junk. It's really a custom nettop, and IF I build it, AND it does not go to its intended recipient, THEN (and only then) it will be for sale. I know already what parts I want (but of course I'm open to suggestions); what I need...
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    Silly silly (but simple) question...

    Hi ya'll. I have sitting in front of me, an Antec True430 PSU that I got used from a competitor forum (boo hiss, I know, I know...). It looks like it has light-up fans in it, which is really, really awesome. But I don't know what color the lights are, and goooooooooogle isn't telling...
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    Here's a real doozy for you engineer types...

    H'okay. Pardon the long post here... it's a doozy, as labeled, and thusly has a doozy of a post to go with it. Also, long explanation of what I'm trying to talk about (laying the groundwork before the question, if you will) is NOT an excuse for tl;dr. Further, I've spent *at least* the past four...
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    How do I boot a bootable CD from a floppy?

    Hi all... got me a problem here. I am working on a Compaq Presario 5170. The blasted heap won't boot from CD (no option for it in BIOS, really, WTF people?!) and my trusty "Win98" DOS boot floppy refuses to run a Linux install CD from a prompt. Is there something out there that I can put on a...
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    Questions re: Garry's Mod...

    H'okay. Got me some questions for ya'll gamer types... but first I want to explain a little bit on my own side. I'm a total n00b when it comes to FPS games. I once played Unreal Tournament (I think it was the '03 edition, I really don't know for sure) for an hour and a half, and my score at...
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    Need *technical* software help w/ doozy repair...

    H'okay. So my father's last box basically committed seppuku (exactly what happened is something we're still trying to figure out...) and I'm left cleaning up the mess. There's plenty of that... and yet I feel like I'm soooooo close to making this crunkpile boot again that it almost physically...
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    Need help with *really* old tape drive...

    OK... first things first. This may be a bit of a doozy... since I'm asking a question about hardware that is old enough to make *me* groan in despair... and my first box had a 386 for the motor. I've got in front of me a 250MB tape drive. It's a "Jumbo 250" by Colorado Memory Systems, model...
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    Looking for info on *REALLY* old graphics card...

    NOTE 1: This is a (more or less) cross-post from here: http://www.old-computers.com/f...rum_posts.asp?TID=5413 I wasn't getting any replies there, so I thought I'd try somewhere else. NOTE 2: I will be cross-posting on HardForum if and when I resolve a small email issue with them... just...