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    Making a solar panel

    Recently I purchased some scrap solar cells. I'm attempting to connect the scrap cells together. Soldering works, it makes a low resistance connection, but it seems the solar cells and the solder expand at different rates when heated/cooled, and the solder literally falls off, flux helps, but...
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    Old Compaq, How do I make it boot without a keyboard

    I have an old 133 compaq computer that is running as a smoothwall, and I want it to boot without a keyboard installed. I managed to get into the "user friendly" BIOS and it was the worst BIOS I have ever seen; It looked like Windows 3.1, and did not hat a halt on errors option. I think I have to...
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    Bus Mastering

    Does the DFI LanParty NFII ULTRA Motherboard support Bus Mastering? What is Bus Mastering?