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    IBM Requires Authorized Cards Only for Mini-PCI

    Ok sweet I got rid of the 1802 unauthorized Mini PCI error, not I get an error about multiple ethernet controllers being found and I need to remove one. alas I can press Esc to continue booting and then I boot. It also took me awhile to find the driver for my Askey WLC4020 mini pci card with...
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    IBM Requires Authorized Cards Only for Mini-PCI

    I gotta buy the new Mini-PCI card first, but this certainly gives me hope! Might have to actually pull out the floppy drive and boot DOS to do this hack, or install a Linux kernel module but I don't like doing that...
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    IBM Requires Authorized Cards Only for Mini-PCI

    Great! Thanks for the quick reply, I've been searching for one and can only find cards built for the Centrino models. Not to mention I'd rather just keep the $15 D-link PCMCIA I have than spend $60+ for the convenience of an internal card.
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    IBM Requires Authorized Cards Only for Mini-PCI

    I was looking for a wireless 802.11BorG mini-pci card for my IBM T30 thinkpad today and founf about this "defect" IBM built into their laptops. One site mentioned it only affects certain models and/or BIOSes. Does anyone know a way around this limitation? Otherwise a cheap place to find an...
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    Rubber Button on IBM T30

    Well to actually protect the hard drive it would need to spin the hard disk down. I don't think it can spin down the drive and lock the heads in the few milliseconds it takes for the laptop to fall the 2-3 mm difference between the button bottom and the legs. It also does not do that much to...
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    Rubber Button on IBM T30

    First off, here is a picture of said button. I've done a few google searches and some sites proclaim it as a cusion for the hard drive if the laptop is set down hard on a flat surface. Considering that it does not protrude very far beyond the legs of the laptop and is only in the center, I...
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    Can't install Win2k on 250GB HDD

    Any general known issues about error 00008001?
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    Can't install Win2k on 250GB HDD

    Just before Win2k setup loads completely I get a message that says "Disk I/O Error 00008001" However, setup still continues. I get problems when I try to format the partitions I created with cfdisk in Linux. I've tried NTFS and FAT, setup formats the partition, takes about 30min to get to 100%...
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    Experience with 555 Timer Chips

    What would people reccomend to create an exact frequency of 14.035 +/- .003 Hz? Should I just try to program some style of PIC chip?
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    Inverter Circuitry

    No, the device I want to turn on has a switch that closes the circuit, I will fry the electronics of the device if I allow current from the horn switch, or the +12 from the car, to enter the circuit I am trying to close.
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    Inverter Circuitry

    Hi, thanks to all the people who have been answering my questions on this forum, I've been doing a few electronics projects and this is where I come for help when things don't behave as I expect them to :confused:. Right now I've got an odd problem, the horn switch on my car is a normally on...
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    some new German guy is at my job...

    Dude, in Europe, its often shiek or cool to be friends with a black person. This is from the Norwegian girl that was an exchange student at my HS. She only wanted to hang out with black people, it was quite interesting because she was the most innocent thing you'd imagine. Its sad that here in...
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    Experience with 555 Timer Chips

    No body knows of another device for creating simple oscialltions? Although I admit the 555 is pretty simple as it it.
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    Experience with 555 Timer Chips

    Excellent I got it working with the astable mode but I see that a 50% duty cycle is the best you can get. Is there an arrangement where I can get less then a 50% duty cycle, other than a CMOS inverter on the output?
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    Experience with 555 Timer Chips

    Thanks, I'll try these suggestions.
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    How do you unlock an AMD Athlon XP 2100+ Palomino

    no one knows? I tried the L1 bridges first, then I did the L5 turning it into a mobile processor, but I still couldn't hot swap the multiplier with CPU MSR. Then I tired the wire trick, none of these worked and it annoys the heck out of me.
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    Experience with 555 Timer Chips

    I am trying to get a 555 timer to give me a 14Hz signal. I followed this website using only the left 555 circuit (I did check the pinouts since this site used a 556 chip) and found that it matched the schematic in the manufacturer data sheet for my timer chips (Harris HA17555). I rebuilt the...
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    Steel formula

    The structure of metals is not like H2O or CO2 as you are imagining. Pure metals (iron, gold, zinc) are simply clumps of atoms loosely arranged together. Alloys are the same, the atoms of all the metals are distributed randomly (usually in clumps as like metals tend to congregate) throughout the...
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    Is Heavy Water Poisonous?

    Is it possiblt to create heavy water in any form at home? I suppose not as it is a nuclear reaction, not chemical. I guess I'll take heart I can make ozone at home.
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    Should I give it back?? *edited*

    btw, why is it your brother doing all this? I know he said your parents gave up on you, but what are they to not see the simple problems, coke heads or beatniks (think Flanders)?
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    Should I give it back?? *edited*

    Are you a F*Ning moron, wait yes you are. You slplit your tongue, WTF were you doing????? Do your g*d d*mn homework boy and get some ridalin.
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    Can you put voltage regulators in parallel?

    I have a bunch of 1.5A rated LM317 positive voltage regulators. If I want to provide more than 1.5A, can I put two in parallel to provide up to 3A? Do i need any diodes or anything on them to do this? Thanks
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    Hotter than the electric chair???

    Thats a damn good point.
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    Pulse Width Modulation for Dimming LEDs

    I'd like to start using pulse width modulation on an LED lighting system (google "led bed", first hit) but am worried about getting fully-dim to fully-lit operation. Is it possible to use pulse width modulation to dim an LED to an almost off state without noticing flicker? Would I need some sort...
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    lcd

    You're talking really technical stuff when considering controlling your own LCDs. I am sure there are line by line, pixel by pixel controllers out there... But, my suggestion would be to use an existing working laptop and taking it apart and attaching a touchscreen membrane to it that hooks up...
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    Problem with Epox 8k3a+ onboard RAID

    I have an Epox 8k3a+ with an onboard highpoint raid controller, HPT370/2. I just got a new 250GB HD and want to use it along with my 30GB and 100GB. I first enabled the RAID controller in BIOS and attached the 100 and 250gb to the raid as master and slave, while my 30gb and cdrw were both...
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    Kerry supporters tear 3 year old's bush sign

    People are sick ignorant fools. Wheres a dictator when you need them? Isn't that what an extravagant self-indulgent citizenry needs?
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    Kerry supporters tear 3 year old's bush sign

    Tell that to the couple arrested for wearing anti-Bush shirts and PEACEFULLY attending a pro-Bush rally.
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    Iraq war was illegal and breached UN charter, says Annan

    I for one would love to see GWB on trial for mas-murder etc. It'd be hilarious. Actually on a serious note, this President has shown America just how divided we are, I think a trial of that kind would erupt us into a civil war.
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    Iraq war was illegal and breached UN charter, says Annan

    We signed the UN charter, Congress approved the UN charter, if Congress wanted they could hold up the UN charter as US law and say "you broke the law Mr Bush." But that is as unlikely as Nader being the next president. I think the US citizenry should look at the fact that we and Congress (our...
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    China eradicates p0rn by October 1, 2004

    Considering the one child per family law, wouldn't the guys NEED pr0n to stay alive????
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    give me a reason

    There both evil rich white guys. I dont like either. Neither of them has shown logic in their thinking. I say vote for me, write me in: Affirmative Action - "It has its place at one time, but that time is ending soon." Hate Crime Legislation - "All crime is hate crime, I see no need to...
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    Why are you voting for Bush?

    Oops, missed the "repost" part, I was responding to "whats's wrong with this"
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    Why are you voting for Bush?

    Its acceptable, but doesn't have that much insightful information for me.
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    Why are you voting for Bush?

    There are alot of "Why are you voting Kerry?" or "Don't vote for Bush" But I want the other side. Please don't flame if you're not voting for Bush. Clinton passed the DMCA, the Bush administration let the assault weapons ban sunset, Clinton got some, Bush went to war against Iraq after...
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    Did the cops do the right thing?

    Its the south, of course they chased them, ever seen the dukes of hazard?