On 12/30/08, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@tedroche.com wrote:
The folks at GotInk4You (*) sell a USB 2.0 to SATA/IDE cable
connector pretty cheap ///
Not an enclosure but I've heard good things about this gizmo. Anyone
have any
that Fedora 10 would be able to correctly deduce the proper
settings. As a developer, I like Fedora and the integration of new
packages into a surprisingly reliable distribution.
However, the laptop is my daughter's and she is enthusiastic about being
better able to manage herself with Ubuntu
with Fedora, and if so, I'll make the upstream X release
maintainer, Adam Jackson, who works here at Red Hat in the same
building as me, aware of the issue, and he can probably get it fixed
pretty quickly.
I just ran out of time to play with the laptop. My daughter was not
enthusiastic about
they have no fix. I can replace my laptop as defective, but they
do not expect the replacement to work any better.
My guess (as a software guy) as to what is going on: Ubuntu is only
detecting 4:3 resolutions from the video controller and the LCD screen
only supports 16:9 (or 16:10) resolutions. I
screens.
He gave me the Dell Ubuntu support phone number. When I called, they
said they have no fix. I can replace my laptop as defective, but they
do not expect the replacement to work any better.
My guess (as a software guy) as to what is going on: Ubuntu is only
detecting 4:3
About 2 mo ago I needed to upgrade my wife's laptop computer. I saw an
Acer for just under $400 at Best Buy that looked interesting. I'm not
an Acer fan, but at that price for a 15.5 LCD laptop with an Intel dual
core 2GHz T3200, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HD, DVD DL burner and wlan I thought it
was worth
michael miller wrote:
About 2 mo ago I needed to upgrade my wife's laptop computer. I saw an
Acer for just under $400 at Best Buy that looked interesting. I'm not
an Acer fan, but at that price for a 15.5 LCD laptop with an Intel dual
core 2GHz T3200, 2GB DDR2, 160GB HD, DVD DL burner
On 11/17/2008 03:12 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
Alex Hewitt wrote:
When I looked into having them recover a customer
drive they wanted somewhere north of $3k but their price was
proportional to the percentage of data recovered.
I've used DriveSavers before and they do a good job. Their
A friend was recently happily using his Dell Inspiron (Windows XP) when
it suddenly displayed blue screen and subsequent boot attempts have
lead to a no bootable device message. Running a live Linux CD
results in a indication the HD is dead...maybe hosed partition table.
Anyway, no backups of
This has been discussed here in the past so good info can
probably be found in the archives (RTFA! ;- ) and IIRC
the recommendations usually come down to:
- Connect the drive to a different system, either directly
or using a USB converter, to determine if the problems lie
with the drive
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Ed lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend was recently happily using his Dell Inspiron (Windows XP) when
it suddenly displayed blue screen and subsequent boot attempts have
lead to a no bootable device message. Running a live Linux CD
results in a
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Ed lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Running a live Linux CD results in a indication the HD is dead...
maybe hosed partition table.
Be warned that if the hardware is faulty, simply powering it up may
be doing additional damage. Unfortunately, making the
Ben Scott wrote:
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Ed lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Running a live Linux CD results in a indication the HD is dead...
maybe hosed partition table.
Be warned that if the hardware is faulty, simply powering it up may
be doing additional damage.
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Alex Hewitt wrote:
When I looked into having them recover a customer
drive they wanted somewhere north of $3k but their price was
proportional to the percentage of data recovered.
I've used DriveSavers before and they do a good job. Their pricing is
sort of a nice qualifier - if $3K is too
Ditto on the DriveSavers. Here's a quick story...
A long time ago (~6 years) I responded to an urgent page from a customer
who owned a few video stores in the area (Springfield, VT). I arrived
at the head store, introduced myself to the manager and then asked Can
you take me to your server?
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:47 PM, H. Kurth Bemis [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
They recovered the data. 100%. I would have figured the drive (and
data) was destined for the green monster (dumpster) with the damage I
saw. DriveSavers can do some amazing work.
Yes, DriveSavers has an excellent
Ed lawson wrote:
Any suggestions of NH repair shops to check system/HD, repair and
determine if recovery of bad drive feasible at reasonable price and/or
best nearby recovery shop?
There have been some great recommendations so far. Go for those if you can.
If you can't...
I often get
Greg Rundlett wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
Vista Home Premium appears to add $30 to the cost.
On 11/14/2008 11:03 PM, Greg Rundlett wrote:
I've noticed many vendors offering a Windows XP downgrade for an
additional fee. I just ordered a Lenovo notebook, and they do that.
I don't know what to say about paying not to get something other than
it sounds like a mafia racket. /me shakes
I guess I'll throw my two cents in...
While a non-standard unit (no OS, etc) is out of process, I would
imagine that Microsoft's OEM licensing Agreement forces the OEM to sell
a percentage of units with the latest Microsoft bloatware, and I'd
imagine that percentage or term to be somewhere around
I guess I'll throw my two cents in...
while we're throwing pennies around, I think a lot of time when you
buy a computer with Windows, you're actually getting the Windows OS
and a bunch of other software that you'd rather not have (crapware).
These are programs that have some means of generating
While I don't know what the contract terms are, a while back Dell was
prevented from selling consumer PCs with other than Windows. I also
believe that applied to Compaq. Before the merger, both Compaq and HP
had a contract that allowed them to sell business systems with Linux
because both were
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On 11/15/2008 12:47 PM, Peter Dobratz wrote:
while we're throwing pennies around, I think a lot of time when you
buy a computer with Windows, you're actually getting the Windows OS
and a bunch of other software that you'd rather not have (crapware).
These are programs that have some means of
Lloyd Kvam wrote:
My daughter's laptop has a failing disk drive. I've backed up her data.
The laptop is old enough that we want to replace it. I'm looking for
suggestions as to where I can get a reasonable laptop with Ubuntu or
simply bare. I can handle the Ubuntu installation.
I have
On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 20:24 -0500, Nikkiana H. wrote:
Actually, Dell does sell them on the web, you just have to go to the
right second on the website to find it. (In the Laptops Mini
dropdown nav, it's under Open Source PCs). If you try to go through
the selector thing on the main page, the
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 08:04 -0500, Ted Roche wrote:
Lloyd Kvam wrote:
My daughter's laptop has a failing disk drive. I've backed up her data.
The laptop is old enough that we want to replace it. I'm looking for
suggestions as to where I can get a reasonable laptop with Ubuntu or
simply
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At least we managed to avoid buying an unwanted Windows license.
The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
I've noticed in the past that many PCs being sold without a Windows
license cost the same as the ones
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Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:54 AM
To: Greater NH Linux User Group
Subject: Re: buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At least we managed to avoid buying
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At least we managed to avoid buying an unwanted Windows license.
The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
I've noticed in the past that many PCs being
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
Vista Home Premium appears to add $30 to the cost.
The Vista laptop allows for some lower cost options that are not
available in the Ubuntu configurations. Once all the hardware got
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
Vista Home Premium appears to add $30 to the cost.
I've noticed many vendors offering a Windows XP downgrade for an
My daughter's laptop has a failing disk drive. I've backed up her data.
The laptop is old enough that we want to replace it. I'm looking for
suggestions as to where I can get a reasonable laptop with Ubuntu or
simply bare. I can handle the Ubuntu installation.
Dell no longer offers Ubuntu
Actually, Dell does sell them on the web, you just have to go to the right
second on the website to find it. (In the Laptops Mini dropdown nav, it's
under Open Source PCs). If you try to go through the selector thing on the
main page, the only thing that shows up with Ubuntu is the Mini.
But to
Walmart still sells laptops with Linux preloaded on-line:
http://www.walmart.com/browse/Computers/Laptop-Computers/All-Laptop-Computers/_/N-3xtzZaq9c?catNavId=69ic=48_0path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A4070ref=125875.183815+50.500592
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My daughter's laptop has a failing disk drive. I've backed up her data.
The laptop is old enough that we want to replace it. I'm looking for
suggestions as to where I can get a reasonable laptop with Ubuntu or
simply bare. I can handle the Ubuntu installation.
Dell no longer offers Ubuntu
Hello everyone.
Does anyone know where I can purchase a wireless laptop antenna at a
store in the Nashua area or south of Nashua into Mass? I have an
(proxim) ORiNOCO 11b/g gold card model 8470-FC and I believe the
card has an MC connector. I'm looking an antenna just like the one
shown
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill McGonigle wrote:
So, it's a one-time configuration? I haz a vmware.
I think it's just an EEPROM setting. APCUPSD used to be able to
reprogram the EEPROM directly. They moved the code out of there and into
the
think I've read (could be wrong) that Li-ion drops on an S curve,
while most other types have a more steady slope.
However, that's academic. The batteries in every laptop I've
checked don't run at the same voltage as the line cord. Presumably,
the power electronics in the laptop are designed
, a bigger box, and
was familiar with proper acid handling techniques, ought there be an
electrical reason that 'just' making a 19.5v battery with the
required number of cells would be insufficient to power a laptop
(finding a charger might would be a separate challenge)? I'm curious
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:52 AM, michael miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The internal battery nominal voltage is 14.4 (4 x 3.6v cells in series).
FYI and FWIW, two Dell laptops I just checked indicate 11.1 volts on
the battery label.
-- Ben
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That would be 3 Li cells in series. My Dell Inspiron 5150 has a battery
labeled 14.8v, 6450mAh with a charger specified as 19.5v 6.7A. It's a
pain in the butt and next time I'm looking at a new laptop I will check
the battery voltage before buying. I think that 11.1v is a more common
battery
Good Morning.
My daughter has a Dell Inspiron (5100) and she dropped it. Consequently, the
LCD is cracked in a couple places.
I assume Dell sold a bazillion of these machines, so also, I assume parts are
available...
Where might I go in the Southern NH or Mass. areas, to
get this Laptop
might I go in the Southern NH or Mass. areas, to
get this Laptop repaired ???
Thanks In Advance
paulc
If you are adventurous, check out eBay for similar laptop models and see
if you can track down an LCD there (you may also need the proper
inverter board for it too). You'd be surprised at how
eBay is where I go when I have laptop problems. I just buy another laptop
that ideally is broken enough to be cheap, but has the parts I need in good
shape. eBay has lots of results right now if you search for Dell Inspiron
5100.
-N
On Thursday 21 August 2008 10:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
to about $200, depending upon laptop brand. I had to
replace the screen in a Vaio once, LCD alone was $295, so be glad you
don't own one of those.
Typically it's the labor that inflates the price. If you can do it, I
would say go for it. If you would like more information I can provide
in the Southern NH or Mass. areas, to
get this Laptop repaired ???
Check with Dell for an 'authorized service center'. Screens can be
gotten for low cost, 100-200 $$ for that model from a quick search,
but it's the labor that'll kill you. Labor chargers are anywhere from
75$-150$ an hour
I have a laptop LCD floating around my junk bin that... I have no idea
anymore what sort of laptop it came from, but if it's the right sort it's
yours. I've had dells before, so it could be correct.
--DTVZ
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:04 AM, H. Kurth Bemis [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
If you
Michael ODonnell wrote:
I once lucked out and found a YouTube video showing a tech
disassembling exactly the laptop model I was working on,
including all the secret/hidden catches and fasteners that
you normally only find out about *after* you've damaged them
Here's the site. I found it about 30 seconds after sending.
http://repair4laptop.org/notebook_lcd_display.html
Upon closer review they have a lot of information, but not for EVERY
laptop, but a lot of them. Most of the time the manfs use the same old
tricks with each model, so you might
Paul,
My friend Andy Demers did a great job when my four-year-old son knocked my
laptop off a precarious perch and cracked the screen. It makes some pretty
amazing colors and patterns when you poke it, doesn't it?
You can reach him via [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I had him replace the keyboard
(which
this Laptop repaired ???
I have had good luck with Laptop Universe in Londonderry, NH:
http://www.laptopuniverse.net/
They've fixed the fans in my ancient Dell laptop several times.
Amusingly, my laptop is so old that one of the techs there called it
the turd and he warned me that it might be too
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill McGonigle
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:47 PM
To: Greater NH Linux User Group
Subject: Re: Laptop external power from batteries (DC/DC)
So, to the original point of demo'ing linux in the field
On Aug 21, 2008, at 14:06, Michael Pelletier wrote:
The main drawback
to this approach is that you need a Windows system on which to run
PowerChute.
So, it's a one-time configuration? I haz a vmware.
-Bill
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Subject: Re: Laptop external power from batteries (DC/DC)
On Aug 21, 2008, at 14:06, Michael Pelletier wrote:
The main drawback
to this approach is that you need a Windows system on which to run
PowerChute.
So, it's a one-time configuration? I haz a vmware
Bill McGonigle wrote:
So, it's a one-time configuration? I haz a vmware.
I think it's just an EEPROM setting. APCUPSD used to be able to
reprogram the EEPROM directly. They moved the code out of there and into
the apctest module. Details here:
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... must cut speaker wire!
For most of the APC Smart-UPS line, pressing the On button briefly
will silence the On Battery alarm (but not the Low Battery alarm).
For the ones with only a single On/Off button, I think
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Michael Pelletier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The main drawback to this approach is that you need a Windows
system on which to run PowerChute.
PowerChute is/was available for Linux.
I think I've also seen a third-party utility (possibly part of the
NUT or
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Michael ODonnell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I once lucked out and found a YouTube video showing a tech
disassembling exactly the laptop model I was working on,
including all the secret/hidden catches and fasteners that
you normally only find out about *after
Probably more than you wanted to know, but you asked. :)
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 06:24:32PM -0400, Ben Scott wrote:
Looking quickly, I can't seem to find amp-hour ratings from car
battery makers/sellers. Google finds various third-party claims, but
they're all over the map (25 to 100 Ah on
a 19.5v battery with the
required number of cells would be insufficient to power a laptop
(finding a charger might would be a separate challenge)? I'm curious
if the voltage drops as the battery discharges or remains fairly
level. Come to think of it, laptop battery voltages aren't 100
with the
required number of cells would be insufficient to power a laptop
A lemon with zinc and copper electrodes generates ~1 VDC. Stringing
20 lemons in series would give you ~20V. Each string of 20 lemons
would provide about 2mA of power, so wiring 45,000 of these 20-lemon
batteries in parallel would
When: August 20, 2008 7:00PM
Topic: An evening at One Laptop per Child
Moderator: OLPC staff member
Location: One Laptop per Child,
OLPC, 10th Floor
1 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA, 02142
This is about 1 block from MIT building E-51 right across from the
Kendall T station. If you walk from MIT
Bringing this thread over here from gnhlug-org...
Someone brought up the idea of powering a laptop from DC sources,
rather than the traditional AC power bricks. This is strictly about
external power, not the laptop's built-in batteries.
Obviously, many laptops come with travel adapters
- It Depends (TM). One-shot,
or do you need 20 of them?
--DTVZ
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bringing this thread over here from gnhlug-org...
Someone brought up the idea of powering a laptop from DC sources,
rather than the traditional AC power bricks
On Aug 18, 2008, at 18:24, Ben Scott wrote:
Someone brought up the idea of powering a laptop from DC sources,
rather than the traditional AC power bricks. This is strictly about
external power, not the laptop's built-in batteries.
I'll admit to it and just mention here that it came up
such adapters to power a Gateway laptop rated at
80 watts, the laptop would continuously switch between line-power and
internal-battery, at about 0.5 Hz. Apparently the adapter was going
in and out of over-current shut-off.
The AC and DC converters are completely different circuits housed in
the same
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've tried doing audio recording with my laptop running off of the car with
an inverter and the electrical noise ruined the effort.
FWIW...
Circa 1992, I spent some time trying to get a personal portable CD
player
I went through this same process a couple of years ago. Initially it
made no sense that a computer that uses components running on 12, 5, 3.3
and maybe 2.5vdc couldn't run off of a 12 vdc car battery. Ultimately
it turned out that it was the vendors choice of laptop battery that was
the problem
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:50:35 -0400
From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
multi-voltage adapters). Nasty alternator noise in the audio. Went
I imagine sufficiently good quality components would not have
trouble, but most laptops have cheap parts for both power and audio.
Noise depends
Lloyd Kvam writes:
That timing is right on. However, it needs to be a problem triggered by
the laptop. I hit this problem on the road. How would the laptop force
the port to be disabled?
Were you running any programs on your laptop that could have emitted
some strange network traffic
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 14:37 -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
Lloyd Kvam writes:
That timing is right on. However, it needs to be a problem triggered by
the laptop. I hit this problem on the road. How would the laptop force
the port to be disabled?
Were you running any programs on your
Thanks for responding.
On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 22:57 -0400, Dave Johnson wrote:
Lloyd Kvam writes:
When my laptop boots, it is configured to use a dhcp server. For some
time now, that processing has failed. I can run
tcpdump -n ether host mac address
and see the packets going
Lloyd Kvam writes:
When my laptop boots, it is configured to use a dhcp server. For some
time now, that processing has failed. I can run
tcpdump -n ether host mac address
and see the packets going out, but not the replies.
At the dhcp server, the same tcpdump command shows
Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A random orbit sander with 30 or 60 grit velcro discs could
be the basis for an automated platter eater, if you're feeling creative.
Hmm, velcro the disk to the bottom of the random orbital sander, and
sand down a cinder block...
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Seeya,
Paul
Nice detective work, Jim!
On Mar 5, 2008, at 16:28, Jim Kuzdrall wrote:
The drive tested the same at 20C with either the -c or -c -c
options.
Did you happen to interrogate the S.M.A.R.T status during this
process? Usually when a drive fails -c, there's also a S.M.A.R.T.
error code.
On Wednesday 05 March 2008 21:38, Bill McGonigle wrote:
Nice detective work, Jim!
On Mar 5, 2008, at 16:28, Jim Kuzdrall wrote:
The drive tested the same at 20C with either the -c or -c -c
options.
Did you happen to interrogate the S.M.A.R.T status during this
process? Usually when a
Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
Cost of saving Dell Inspiron 2650 (original cost ~$800)
Technician @ $40/hr 57 hr .. $2280.00
Book Understanding the Linux Kernel 49.95
Ice cream to sooth nerves (6 times)33.37
Replacement hard drive (160GB) 93.75
Rebate from wife
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, I do have some curiosity left. After disassembling the
drive, I want to see if any common household chemicals can etch off the
platter's magnetic coating.
Let us know the results.
I usually use DBAN or
Sandblasting will probably be the quickest way to remove that coating. It's
tough. Makes a good mirror though.
Mike Miller
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From: Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually,
On Thursday 06 March 2008 11:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sandblasting will probably be the quickest way to remove that
coating. It's tough. Makes a good mirror though.
It is a long shot, but I am looking for some mild chemical will do
enough damage in a week or so of soaking to preclude
Hydrofluoric acid is about the mildest chemical that may remove that coating,
from what I've seen. If you don't want to open the case (and salvage those
great magnets) then your best option is heat(wood stove, propane torch, oven -
not microwave - on cleaning cycle. Best done when your wife
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still find it easier to open the case, remove the platter (and
magnets) and chuck the rest of the stuff in the recycling bin.
The platters are actually pretty brittle. You can open the case, save
the magnets, and give the platters a good whack with a hammer to
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On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So it appeared to be a hangup in the drive's internal controller
when it has a long series of read/writes to do.
It could also be that there are bad blocks/sectors on the disk
On Mar 6, 2008, at 18:11, Ben Scott wrote:
A bench grinder also ate through the platter fairly easily
(not quite like a knife through butter, but close), but there was
always a piece left over where we had to grip the platter with pliers.
Since you're open to power tools, a belt sander might
Great picture with some specs here:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/hands-on-with-the-new-9-inch-eee-pc/673196/
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Since the commenters made a very good case that bad RAM byte 64h
should not affect Linux, I retested the RAM a 35C (maximum operating
temperature for the Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop) to see if the rest of
the RAM had weak bytes. Only 64h tested bad.
Since the chamber was going, I removed
Cost of saving Dell Inspiron 2650 (original cost ~$800)
Technician @ $40/hr 57 hr .. $2280.00
Book Understanding the Linux Kernel 49.95
Ice cream to sooth nerves (6 times)33.37
Replacement hard drive (160GB) 93.75
Rebate from wife for saving environment
On Wednesday 05 March 2008 18:33, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
Cost of saving Dell Inspiron 2650 (original cost ~$800)
Technician @ $40/hr 57 hr .. $2280.00
Book Understanding the Linux Kernel 49.95
Ice cream to sooth nerves (6 times)33.37
Replacement hard drive (160GB)
On Mar 2, 2008, at 16:26, Ben Scott wrote:
One thing I've seen a field service tech do is carry a stack of
plastic Dixie cups (2 oz size). Each set of screws went into a cup,
and the next one stacked inside that one. As long as one reassembles
components in the same order one took them
On Monday 03 March 2008 21:40, Bill McGonigle wrote:
On Mar 2, 2008, at 16:26, Ben Scott wrote:
One thing I've seen a field service tech do is carry a stack of
plastic Dixie cups (2 oz size). Each set of screws went into a
cup, and the next one stacked inside that one. As long as one
This isn't exactly a Linux-specific question, but hopefully someone here can
help...
On Saturday, I grabbed an old laptop that I thought I'd take down to the Boston
Linux InstallFest, so that I could get Ubuntu and the wireless card working on
it. This is a decent HP laptop that stopped being
On Nov 13, 2007 9:25 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I actually tried to remove the Print Screen key, but that didn't help.
I would suggest booting some MS-DOS-based diagnostic software, and
seeing if the system is getting keyboard scan codes for the key.
... because XP SP2 kept
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 09:33 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
On Nov 13, 2007 9:25 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I actually tried to remove the Print Screen key, but that didn't help.
I would suggest booting some MS-DOS-based diagnostic software, and
seeing if the system is getting
was okay, there were still problems with XP. After
that, I've had Red Hat and SuSE both run just fine on this laptop.
The main reason I'd planned to head down to the InstallFest (which I never
made it to because of these errors) was because I've never gotten the
wireless to work. Unfortunately
On Nov 13, 2007 10:15 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there some on-line location I get the MS-DOS diagnostics to put onto a
disk and see if there's something else I'm not seeing?
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going to have a bunch of
floppies full of old software. :-)
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 10:34 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
On Nov 13, 2007 10:15 AM, Tech Writer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there some on-line location I get the MS-DOS diagnostics to put onto a
disk and see if there's something else I'm not seeing?
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going to have a bunch of
floppies full of old software. :-)
What? So, what do people keep at the back of all their closets? What
do you do with all that room if you don't keep copies of every piece
of software
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 10:49, Paul Lussier wrote:
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Oh. Sorry, I forgot not everybody is going to have a bunch of
floppies full of old software. :-)
What? So, what do people keep at the back of all their closets? What
do you do with all that
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