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    cleaning of the computer :)

    An old thread, but maybe someone will visit me here rather than starting a new one.. I want to tweak MS. I dont like that they use all my ram. I am very stingy about that.. Well, I did notice that I could make adjustments in the graphic (I guess) part of XP. How my desktop is viewed...
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    Recording studios

    Thanks! Ok, now this mac... is it windows? No huh? I have to explore that area :D Would like to get away from windows.. MS hogs up all my ram haha.. I have copied/pasted this info.. Am accepting more hehe...
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    Need to rename 100s of files...need some tips

    Everything in the computer world is enterntaining to me haha.. Ok, I did this... Now, I have 2 folders within a folder on my desktop. Nothing is in those subfolders tho, so was this guy supposed to drag those unnamed files in those empty folders? lol That was pretty cool. I...
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    Recording studios

    Hi, My son wants to buy a computer that will enable him to make some decent music recordings for his band. He isnt a 'pro', but wants quality at a reasonable price. He wants to get a laptop, is that not a good idea, considering the programs he would have to use? I guess the sound card...
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    Win XP

    hehe, i must be enjoying it. I have always been a glutton for punishment I think.. Its cool tho let me tell you why... I just have to send a bit for shipping to a friend who gave it. I dont have to go in debt.. And I am learning, I love to learn new things. All it really needs is...
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    Win XP

    hi Charred.. you cant ramble enough to me, dont worry about that! Ok.. speed ...that program doesnt detect my fans either, I cant get a reading on either one lol but they are alive and running! And running fast too. 0 RPM on both fans.. No temp readings. It whirled and whined since...
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    Win XP

    Has an idea.. Removes guitar from case.. sets case at her feet, opened.. Starts singing the bluez and playing her heart out.. As she watches all the people here... putting tips in her case from older parts they no longer want... to the antec micro p180 case that holds up to 5 hard...
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    Win XP

    All these valuable tidbits I get here.. what an awesome place. Well ok a new word..the ribbon.. Ok.. From the motherboard a ribbon is born haha... heading for the cdrom. Can I hook up a hard drive to that left over pin connector? "or" could I buy a new ribbon that has 2 pin connectors...
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    Win XP

    Hmmmmmmm.... unless, its possible to buy another cable strip that has two sets of pin connectors. Then I could hook up 2 HD's? Because the HD wires have an unused P3 connector. totally fascinating..
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    Win XP

    LOL you are correct... that box goes the width of the wall. I didnt notice that at first. Its alot bigger than my ME box. You know...all these wires and each drive has the same colors. Yellow, Black, Red. But, there are also Green wires. From the power box to the power button on the front...
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    Win XP

    Hi, well I tried to flash my BIOS but it wouldnt accept it so that was a blessing! I havent shocked anything yet.. I wear rubber bottom shoes haha Time and date work just fine. So all this is ruling out a bad motherboard to me.. And that 'fan not detected', well if the fan is...
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    Win XP

    Ok, no other connector for a fan by the CPU and it really is the cpu... its running... now I took that other fan out that is hooked to the case, figgering air holes were better than a fan blocking the way that wasnt running haha... but up above that even is a big metal box that has a fan at...
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    Win XP

    HI AZ.. my lil dell wont let me have more than 1 gig. I hope people dont mind me rambling on here in this thread... I guess its becoming a diary of a madwoman haha Well, I got my floppy to obey me....it formats and reads I put the cdrom from the xp into the ME computer, but it wont...
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    downloadable music

    Ok.. DRM.. _____ RESTRICTED MUSIC?? What I am looking for is a place I can get all my favorite music like the oldies from the '70s I dont want to rent anything.. wow things surely have changed haha When I first started, I used napster, and I didnt know it was not legal.. lol I...
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    DVD players

    Thank you very much. With all the feedback I get here.. With the help of live chat with Dell... With my fearless tude.... Im getting this pc tweaked really well LOL (but I am mentally freakin exhausted, KUDOS to programmers and techies, they have an ongoing job that requires constant...
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    DVD players

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827136147 Hi, I have a dell dimension 2350 1gig ram, 30 g hd. my cdrom doesnt work, its a samsung cdr r/w sw 240b I think I have 400mhz 200 watt (something lol) Dell said I could have a dvd player if I wanted to on this machine. Just...
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    Win XP

    Thank you for that bit o info about the audio.. (am so backwoods now).. Ok latest scoop .. help where ya can. Fresh Install... My floppy is now trying to work but it wont format a disk haha.. My cdrom isnt working still. Lost my internet connection.. had to plug cdrom from my ME...
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    Win XP

    Hi, Im back in there again. I cant tell what this cdrom is set on. The white cap is on the first set of pins to the left. The cable its using is drive 0, which that is what I saw in the BIOS. Next to the master/slave part even more to the left is another place to plug something in, which this...
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    Win XP

    Hi all. Well what a day I have had. Remind me to NEVER charge by the hour hahahaa I had this brainiac idea that I could take the cd rom from my win/me to use in the xp so I could to a fresh install.........................thinking........................ afterwords the cdrom that was IN...
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    Win XP

    HI Charred. Oh lord, come to my house and help me. I dont know what in the world this woman has done.. or if its just some kind of poopy firmware issue but here goes. I have a samsung cd-r/rw sw 240b It wont play music. It wont read the computers CD's. I have tried to download...
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    Win XP

    Hi everyone. I have installed my ram. Have not felt up to a fresh install yet.. but I need to ask something. well lots of things..haha Inside my pc at the back, there is a fan. Its connection is just dangling there. It needs 3 pins to plug into and dang if I can find it. But there...
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    watts

    hi, I traded out cases on my Win/Me because it didnt have enough empty bays.lol I even wore rubber boots so as not to cause carpet shock LOL Which brings a question to mind... am I allowed to use magnetic screw drivers? that was alot of work, and those screws are so tiny, and some places...
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    watts

    Ok, so in order to upgrade my power supply, I have to buy a case and put all my guts from the old one into the new one? (that has a bigger wattage?)
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    My body is awful at regulating heat.

    You sound like my hubby. I cant regulate my anything tho. I am beyond menapause so its not that. I do have thyroid issues. Hypo. Its almost as if I dont own a working thermastat lol Im hot, then cold. On with blankets, off with them. I cant find a happy medium in any season. Have...
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    downloadable music

    Ok, i guess this is where this question goes. I love music. When hubby and I became disabled, we lost our home and belongings, due to not being able to 'move' our stuff to another place. so we left it all behind, told friends/neighbors to come get what they want. So... I would like to...
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    Networking

    Is it possible? To network and xp with a win/me computer? What would I need to purchase? thanks. Oh and will it drag my XP down by using up too much power?
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    Win XP

    Hi, I got the ram, I bought 2 sticks of 512 , but with taxes, and extra money for faster delivery (hehe) it came to $50. So, I am el-broke_O for awhile.. I have put new ROMS in other computers. Its not really that hard. I havent ran CPUZ yet, because I am still using my Win/Me for the...
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    Win XP

    About the xp recovery disk..yes got that and they key is on the side of the pc. got xp small business cd and a few other things also. all in all about 6 cd's
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    Win XP

    Hi Quick. I updated as much as I could on ME. I dont do much of anything video'ish. Had my son stayed home, well that would have been a diff story about the longitivity lol With dsl, still I have no problem online. To beat it all I bought it at tigerdirect.com haha Fought with them and...
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    Win XP

    Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.. I dont have to wait till Nov 3rd. I am going to order my ram today. I am going to go where adviced, as I do see its cheaper than most computer stores. But, here is a question.... Can too much ram or anything doing with ram cause my pc to overheat? Just...
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    Win XP

    HI Charred.. Yeah I did tear a computer up lol but I didnt kill it, it ran like a computer should run. But I didnt learn much.. I learned that I am good at identifying like parts.. I learned that I am a bit logical. But, as far as 'what that part actually does', well I didnt learn much...
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    watts

    Hi again, I have a dell dimension 2350 200 watts is that bad? can I have more wattage? lol how? When you buy and empty tower to build your own, doesnt it come with some sort of power thingy?
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    Win XP

    With XP do you have to do a full take down? With ME, my disk forces me to take it down to manufactures state. And wow..that msconfig where my 'start up' place is, is STRANGE with XP.. all these monitors come up and there are so many things in that startup area that I have no idea what in...
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    Win XP

    Oh CharBroiled, cmere babe.... Ok.. now Dell SAYS they will only support PC2100 ddr sdram Non ECC 184 pins But that doesnt mean the computer itself cant handle a PC2700? This computer isnt under warranty so cant I just iggy Dell? haha I dont even see any pc2100's LOL Oh babe... I...
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    Win XP

    To all, Thanks so much for caring. Ok.. here goes. I had a fuss with Dell. One guy ended my chat session. Due to the fact that the front of the tower says deminsion 2350 but the service number indicates it to be a deminsion 4500 He was telling me I had a dvd-rw. I said no I dont. He...
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    Win XP

    Ok I contacted Dell with my service tag number. Now keep in mind on the front of my computer it reads diminsions 2350 But he is saying that tag number means my pc is a diminsion 4550 LOL sigh
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    Win XP

    This is too all... you are just simply ROCK.. oK this is what I was told by some techy at a shop. Dell only honors pc2700 or pc3200 It also speaks of pins I dont know how many pins are IN my stick of ram at the moment haha but it does say that my PCI size is 120 pins, does that...
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    Win XP

    Hello everyone! I got the computer in the mail today. This is the info i have so far. Dell Dimention 2350 Intell 4 pentuim cpu 1.80gh 1.79 gh2 128 ram win xp home version 2002 service pack 2 OEM Samsung cr-r/rw This is what I have found out. System INF Chip Intel 845gl...
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    Win XP

    Hi, My friend had done a data transfer and has removed all the stuff she has ever put on the pc. (xp) I am drooling like a puppy here. I will see what it all has and come tell you all what I found and maybe you can tell me just where I am in the computer world lol Its being shipped from CO...
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    Win XP

    Hi, I dont even have a dvd burner. My hubby has turned me into an old lady haha But this other pc I am getting will have a burner with it. I cant wait for it to get here. Im bout ready to meet FEDX half way haha I think I will listen to the advice I am receiving here and put win/98se on...