Re: [H] Compaq hidden partition
I'm not talking about the bootstrap loader & settings NVRAM, I am talking about the code to run the configuration interface FOR the BIOS. Choice of boot device happens w/o the software via the hardware BIOS reset jumper, but no further control over settings w/o the hidden partition's program. I know this from having run in to and a for one of the few times in my life being forced to contact TS to understand WTF to do! Stupid idea, yes? Gary VanderMolen wrote: > I removed the hidden partition on my son's Compaq laptop > without any ill effects. I do all partition work with BootIt NG. > > It doesn't make sense to put BIOS code on the HD because > a PC needs to be able to start the boot process from the BIOS > even when the HD is defective, or in case you want to boot > from a CD or floppy disk. > > Gary VanderMolen > > - Original Message - > I may be mistaken, but I think the Compaq partition actually has all of > the code for the BIOS or some utilities on it. You may not want to get > rid of it. > TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
Re: [H] Hardware QA in Santa clara, CA
This is not a recruiting list. There are more than enough of them other places. Hi there Contract-hire positions in santa clara, CA. Please feel free to send your resume. Hardware QA 2+ yrs exp testing hardwares (PC) Experience testing PC Chipset (should see SDRAM/ RAM /DIMM etc) Multimedia testing engineer 4 yr Degree Exp testing video equipments (oscilloscope etc more in the job description ) windows Plus HDMI / macrovision is ideal Please send the word resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Priya
[H] Hardware QA in Santa clara, CA
Hi there Contract-hire positions in santa clara, CA. Please feel free to send your resume. Hardware QA 2+ yrs exp testing hardwares (PC) Experience testing PC Chipset (should see SDRAM/ RAM /DIMM etc) Multimedia testing engineer 4 yr Degree Exp testing video equipments (oscilloscope etc more in the job description ) windows Plus HDMI / macrovision is ideal Please send the word resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Priya
Re: [H] adobe reader 8.1
Yeah, pain in the butt.. They don't seem to have the "alternate download page" any more where you could download and save the whole file... You can always download it to install and then save the temp file before you finish the install. :) >>Trying to dl adobe reader 8.1 to send to a customer on dialup but all it want >>to do is install, will not let me dl to keep. >> >>anyone have a link where I can get this ? I have 8.0 I got awhile back but >>there are several updates and trying to save my customer grief ( but finding >>plenty for myself ) >> >>fp >>thanks >> >>-- >>Tallyho ! ]:8) >>Taglines below ! -- JRS<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please remove **X** to reply... ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...
[H] adobe reader 8.1
Trying to dl adobe reader 8.1 to send to a customer on dialup but all it want to do is install, will not let me dl to keep. anyone have a link where I can get this ? I have 8.0 I got awhile back but there are several updates and trying to save my customer grief ( but finding plenty for myself ) fp thanks -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Money is a good aphrodisiac. Flowers work almost as well.
Re: [H] Fan Noise............
Well, re-installed Vista and XP. Newest nVidia drivers for each OS. Still get the full speed fan in Vista with the nVidia drivers... XP = silent fan Vista = full speed noisy fan Guess I need to wait for nVidia to address the issue. Per the forums I was on it seems there are no fan speed controls in the Vista drivers like there are in XP's. and it seems that the drivers think the Aero interface is a 3D app, which I guess it is basically.. Sigh. ps MS lies, this Core2 Duo machine screams in XP compared to Vista LOL >>Damn it -- JRS<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please remove **X** to reply... ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...
RE: [H] Glossy LCD screens
that would be accurate, I hate shiny screens, and not crazy about even wide screens, me a Dinosaur <:-| fp At 07:09 AM 6/6/2007, Hunter, Gary Poked the stick with: >So it's just a matter of taste then, I think I will go with the matt >screen. > >I was concerned one type might last longer or be more resiliant to >damge, but if that's not the case I'm fin with the matt ones. > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane >Sherrington >Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:24 AM >To: The Hardware List >Subject: Re: [H] Glossy LCD screens > >At 05:48 AM 06/06/2007, Hunter, Gary wrote: >>Hi, >> >>Looking at the ACER LCD's they come in glossy and matt finishes. I have > >>two lapops a IBM T42 with a matt screen and a Dell Inspiron 700m with a > >>glossy screen. I prefer the matt screen as you don't get any >>reflections. So I am thinking of getting the matt LCD monitor. Are >>there any benefits I am missing on the glossy screens? > >Pictures look better on the glossy screen (better colour) but the glare >is a problem. > >T > >The information in this electronic mail message is sender's >business Confidential and may be legally privileged. It is >intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this Internet >electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If >you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, >distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in >reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The sender >believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of >any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when >sent. This message and its attachments could have been >infected during transmission. By reading the message and >opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full >responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about >viruses and other defects. Travelport Inc. is not liable for any loss >or damage arising in any way from this message or its >attachments. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- History is a lie commonly agreed upon. - Neitzche
[H] Fan Noise............
Damn it Installed the latest Vista nVidia driver day before yesterday, and now my GPU fan runs full speed all the time even on the desktop, not just in graphics or games like it's supposed to do. Before the new driver, it ran slowly or not at all when on the desktop, which is good. Called nVidia, they are no help, they escalated to Second level support, but nothing has happened so far. If I boot into Linux or WinPE, the fan stays slow, so it's whatever the damn latest driver put on my PC that did the dirty deed.. Even re-installing the older driver did not work, it's leaving something newer somewhere. System Restore did not work either, again, that can change the registry settings, but not return to an older version of some driver left around some where on the system... nVidia and Guru3D forums said to try Rivatuner, but that does not work with Vista, and nTune did not work either, as neither show a "fan" tab in Vista like they do with XP. Curses. I think I might want to rebuild just because of this, and I wonder if I should go dual boot with XP this time ?? Whaddya think? Dual boot, or just re-install Vista? :) -- JRS<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please remove **X** to reply... ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...
Re: [H] Glossy LCD screens
'bout time.. With all the advances in LED's lately, all laptops should be using them 10,000 hours of backlight life would be great. :) >>No rumor. The new Santa Rosa based MacBook Pros announced yesterday have LED >>backlighting. Apple claim there is no difference in brightless or viewing >>angle, but there is a 20% power saving. >> >>Engadget has a comparison. >> >>http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/06/macbook-pro-backlight-comparison-led-vs-c >>cfl/ >> >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset >>Sent: 06 June 2007 16:47 >>To: The Hardware List >>Subject: Re: [H] Glossy LCD screens >> >>There are laptops that are now just starting to come out with LED >>backlights. >> >>It's rumored that the new MacBook Pro will have it as well. >> -- JRS<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please remove **X** to reply... ...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...
Re: [H] Compaq hidden partition
I removed the hidden partition on my son's Compaq laptop without any ill effects. I do all partition work with BootIt NG. It doesn't make sense to put BIOS code on the HD because a PC needs to be able to start the boot process from the BIOS even when the HD is defective, or in case you want to boot from a CD or floppy disk. Gary VanderMolen - Original Message - I may be mistaken, but I think the Compaq partition actually has all of the code for the BIOS or some utilities on it. You may not want to get rid of it. Winterlight wrote: > I am working on Compaq EVO. It has a 40GB DiamondMax hard drive and is > formatted as a single NTFS Primary Active partition. No other partition > is showing. However I suspect there is a small Compaq hidden partition. > Using Partition Magic 8 I can not resize and add any partitions. I want > to resize the existing partition to 30 GB and make a FAT32 10GB Extended > logical partition with the remain 10GB.
RE: [H] Glossy LCD screens
No rumor. The new Santa Rosa based MacBook Pros announced yesterday have LED backlighting. Apple claim there is no difference in brightless or viewing angle, but there is a 20% power saving. Engadget has a comparison. http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/06/macbook-pro-backlight-comparison-led-vs-c cfl/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: 06 June 2007 16:47 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Glossy LCD screens There are laptops that are now just starting to come out with LED backlights. It's rumored that the new MacBook Pro will have it as well.
Re: [H] Glossy LCD screens
There are laptops that are now just starting to come out with LED backlights. It's rumored that the new MacBook Pro will have it as well. Al Anger wrote: So why haven't manufactures switched to LEDs instead of inverters/florescent, which only seem to last a few years at best... Or doesn't that technology work for lappys? regards, al
Re: [H] Glossy LCD screens
So why haven't manufactures switched to LEDs instead of inverters/florescent, which only seem to last a few years at best... Or doesn't that technology work for lappys? regards, al
RE: [H] Glossy LCD screens
At 11:09 AM 06/06/2007, Hunter, Gary wrote: I was concerned one type might last longer or be more resiliant to damge, but if that's not the case I'm fin with the matt ones. Not that I've seen. I've seen about equal damage to both. T
RE: [H] Glossy LCD screens
So it's just a matter of taste then, I think I will go with the matt screen. I was concerned one type might last longer or be more resiliant to damge, but if that's not the case I'm fin with the matt ones. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:24 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Glossy LCD screens At 05:48 AM 06/06/2007, Hunter, Gary wrote: >Hi, > >Looking at the ACER LCD's they come in glossy and matt finishes. I have >two lapops a IBM T42 with a matt screen and a Dell Inspiron 700m with a >glossy screen. I prefer the matt screen as you don't get any >reflections. So I am thinking of getting the matt LCD monitor. Are >there any benefits I am missing on the glossy screens? Pictures look better on the glossy screen (better colour) but the glare is a problem. T The information in this electronic mail message is sender's business Confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this Internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. Travelport Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments.
Re: [H] Glossy LCD screens
At 05:48 AM 06/06/2007, Hunter, Gary wrote: Hi, Looking at the ACER LCD's they come in glossy and matt finishes. I have two lapops a IBM T42 with a matt screen and a Dell Inspiron 700m with a glossy screen. I prefer the matt screen as you don't get any reflections. So I am thinking of getting the matt LCD monitor. Are there any benefits I am missing on the glossy screens? Pictures look better on the glossy screen (better colour) but the glare is a problem. T
RE: [H] Glossy LCD screens
Colours are usually brighter with the glossy screens. I tend to find the reflections on glossy screens more bearable. Instead of all or most of the screen being un-readable, it's only the localized area where the main reflection is. Each to their own though :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary Sent: 06 June 2007 09:49 To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] Glossy LCD screens Hi, Looking at the ACER LCD's they come in glossy and matt finishes. I have two lapops a IBM T42 with a matt screen and a Dell Inspiron 700m with a glossy screen. I prefer the matt screen as you don't get any reflections. So I am thinking of getting the matt LCD monitor. Are there any benefits I am missing on the glossy screens? Thanks Gary The information in this electronic mail message is sender's business Confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this Internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. Travelport Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments.
[H] Glossy LCD screens
Hi, Looking at the ACER LCD's they come in glossy and matt finishes. I have two lapops a IBM T42 with a matt screen and a Dell Inspiron 700m with a glossy screen. I prefer the matt screen as you don't get any reflections. So I am thinking of getting the matt LCD monitor. Are there any benefits I am missing on the glossy screens? Thanks Gary The information in this electronic mail message is sender's business Confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this Internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. Travelport Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments.
