Re: [CGUYS] new comcast install

2008-10-27 Thread gerald
you want their coax everywhere. i was surprised when FIOS came in and said that the cable in the house was the same as their cable, and did not recable the house. i presume they would have recabled if i requested. FIOS dug a new trench from about 2-300 feet west to someplace to the far east

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-27 Thread Ranbo
Sorry for the continuing questions on this, but computer is exhibiting new behavior at start up. Today, even with all the USB devices pulled, still got the low system battery voltage warning, and on first few tries nothing happened when I hit the F2 key to continue, as it says on screen.

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-27 Thread Jordan
I'll vote for the Power supply. Ranbo wrote: Sorry for the continuing questions on this, but computer is exhibiting new behavior at start up. Today, even with all the USB devices pulled, still got the low system battery voltage warning, and on first few tries nothing happened when I hit the F2

[CGUYS] iMove HD 5.0 question

2008-10-27 Thread David Turk
I was trying to work on some clips I just imported, immediately got a Letterboxing-This may take awhile message. It's been doing that for 3 hours now. I assume this is because I shot the video in 16:9 aspect, but does it really take that long (about 30 minutes of video total)? tia.

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-27 Thread db
If you have to spend $100 to have someone replace the computers power supply... replacing the machine instead is something to consider as a better long term investment. But you also need to think about how you are going to get your data off of that machine. Taking out adapter cards will help

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
If I remember correctly this is a generic Dell desktop. I remember hearing somewhere (This MAY NOT BE ACCURATE) that Dell used a proprietary wiring setup in their machines. I belive that there are some adapters that would allow a good 400 watt power supply (which should cost less than $50.00

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-27 Thread db
Laptops are great for portability. They are very expensive when taking into account durability, lifespan, repair costs and ooommph. db Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Again I vote for computer power supply. Question, what kind of power strip is this plugged into and is it plugged into some

Re: [CGUYS] iMove HD 5.0 question

2008-10-27 Thread David K Watson
Quite a lot depends on the speed of your machine. Given that you are not running the latest version of iMovie (the last iMovie to call itself HD was version 6 and the most recent version of iMovie is version 7), I suspect that your experience is not out of line for your hardware. I think that

Re: [CGUYS] iMove HD 5.0 question

2008-10-27 Thread David Turk
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Re: [CGUYS] iMove HD 5.0 question

2008-10-27 Thread David Turk
Thanks! Will give that a try... david David Turk Manager, Preservation Imaging Indiana Historical Society 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Computer Guys Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David K Watson

[CGUYS] Flaky PC - BSD's

2008-10-27 Thread Mike Sloane
I rescued a Gateway ATXSTF Performance 1400 machine from the dumpster at the town's clean-up day Saturday. The owner said that he thought something was wrong with the motherboard. It had a Staples repair sticker and another sticker on the back announcing that it was refurbished - I suppose

Re: [CGUYS] Flaky PC - BSD's

2008-10-27 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Replace the memory!!! Memory (DDR single sticks) tend to be flaky and when they have problems nothing works right. Stewart At 05:25 PM 10/27/2008, you wrote: I rescued a Gateway ATXSTF Performance 1400 machine from the dumpster at the town's clean-up day Saturday. The owner said that he

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-27 Thread Tom Piwowar
I remember hearing somewhere (This MAY NOT BE ACCURATE) that Dell used a proprietary wiring setup in their machines. Not accurate for desktops. Laptops are all proprietary to some extent. * ** List info, subscription

Re: [CGUYS] Flaky PC - BSD's

2008-10-27 Thread Wayne Dernoncourt
Mike Sloane I rescued a Gateway ATXSTF Performance 1400 machine from the dumpster at the town's clean-up day Saturday. The owner said that he thought something was wrong with the motherboard. It had a Staples repair sticker and another sticker on the back announcing that it was refurbished -

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-27 Thread Ranbo
Computer and External HD are both plugged into a Surge Master II power strip. Not plugged into a battery back up line filter, as don't even know what that is. Not in love with machine, though money for new computer or laptop is somewhat an issue. Eventually, want laptop, as would be better for

Re: [CGUYS] Low battery voltage warning?

2008-10-27 Thread Ranbo
I'm doing pretty basic stuff; no gaming, for example. What would I lose going to a laptop if don't have exotic needs or for great speed or power? Randall On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 4:17 PM, db [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it is model dependent. There are BIG tradeoffs in compute

[CGUYS] Selection of Browser to Print Entertainment Coupons

2008-10-27 Thread Alvin Auerbach
To Entertainment.com: I had a problem printing restaurant coupons on http://www.entertainment.com using Safari 3.1.2 on my iMac running Mac OS 10.5.5. Your representative told me that your site isn't compatible with my browser, and that I should use Internet Explorer. I exercised an

Re: [CGUYS] Selection of Browser to Print Entertainment Coupons

2008-10-27 Thread Richard P.
They probably won't be able to read your email because you wrote it with an incompatible program :) Otherwise, a great response! Looking forward to hear what they say. Richard P. On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Alvin Auerbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Entertainment.com: I had a problem