Re: [H] PC freezing - Win 98...

2005-11-14 Thread Mark
Windows 98 loads memeory from the back to the front, its possible that the second memory module is bad. Try it with only one, or another know good. It also could be the next driver in line after the mouse vxd. If you can get into Safe Mode then remove the mouse from the Device Manager and see if

[H] Bit Torrent choking my broadband?

2005-11-14 Thread Brian Weeden
Just moved across town over the weekend to a new place, using the same broadband provider (Adelphia). Got the network setup and fired up my Media server which is also by Bit Torrent box. About 30 minutes later I was trying to surf and couldn't even load a webpage. It would partially load the

[H] Seen This ?

2005-11-14 Thread FORC5
power failure, system will not power up UNTIL the unit is physically unplugged and plugged back in have seen this on more then one occassion ? fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Would she be happy with a Pet Rock instead?

Re: [H] Bit Torrent choking my broadband?

2005-11-14 Thread Ben Ruset
A lot of places cap your downstream if you're doing a lot of upstream traffic. Brian Weeden wrote: Just moved across town over the weekend to a new place, using the same broadband provider (Adelphia). Got the network setup and fired up my Media server which is also by Bit Torrent box. About

Re: [H] Seen This ?

2005-11-14 Thread Brian Weeden
On 11/14/05, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: power failure, system will not power up UNTIL the unit is physically unplugged and plugged back in have seen this on more then one occassion ? Best I can figure it has something to do with the fuse circuitry in the power supply. Not sure

[H] OT of the day.. Wenzled

2005-11-14 Thread Chris Reeves
http://www.charleswenzel.info/ http://www.cafepress.com/dontgetwenzeled http://www.eld101.com/wenzeled.com/ Hilarious stuff. -- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam

Re: [H] OT of the day.. Wenzled

2005-11-14 Thread jeff.lane
This is great.. Jeff - Original Message - From: Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:04 AM Subject: [H] OT of the day.. Wenzled http://www.charleswenzel.info/

[H] modem IP ?

2005-11-14 Thread FORC5
Got a new Motorola SB5120 to replace my aging Best Data that constantly needed to be rebooted. Can not remember the ip to access the modem. BTW the difference is noticeable. hope the bug goes away :-) thanks -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Tell no big lies today. Small ones are just

Re: [H] modem IP ?

2005-11-14 Thread jeff.lane
Should be 192.168.1.1 and, maybe Admin, or a like that, and probably no password with new install. - Original Message - From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:41 PM Subject: [H] modem IP ? Got a new Motorola SB5120 to replace

RE: [H] AIW 9800PRO

2005-11-14 Thread Hayes Elkins
FYI, there are 850 and 800XT AIW's if you want more horsepower in an AGP format. From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] AIW 9800PRO Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:25:19 -0800 I am currently using a All

[H] Network card for laptop?

2005-11-14 Thread Brian Weeden
I need to get a 802.11g PCMCIA card for my girlfriend's laptop. Having never owned one myself, is there anything funky about buying laptop hardware that I need to be aware of? It is an older model Toshiba Satellite 1800. There are two free slots on the side and I am assuming just about any

[H] OT - Digital Cable question

2005-11-14 Thread Veech
I'm done with Dish. Three years of dropped channels and crappy image quality have done me in. I'm looking into HD digital cable as provided by Comcast, but even still it is an analog signal up-converted to digital at the house. Jeez, ten years ago it was the same thing. You'd think they

Re: [H] OT - Digital Cable question

2005-11-14 Thread Brian Weeden
The only all digital service I know of (outside of DirectTV which I use) is Verizon's new IPTV HD service. http://www22.verizon.com/FiosForHome/Channels/fios/FiosTV_comingsoon.aspx Try DirectTV. I;ve been a happy customer for 7 years and love their HD packages (epsecially NFL). Although you

RE: [H] AIW 9800PRO

2005-11-14 Thread Winterlight
At 01:39 PM 11/14/2005, you wrote: FYI, there are 850 and 800XT AIW's if you want more horsepower in an AGP format. Thanks! Glad I asked! I didn't realize this. I see a 800 XT, 800 XL and X600 PRO. I don't see a 850. The fastest, most advanced chip appears to be the 800XT at 500MHZ with

Re: [H] OT - Digital Cable question

2005-11-14 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 09:15 PM 11/14/2005, Brian Weeden typed: Try DirectTV. I;ve been a happy customer for 7 years and love their HD packages (epsecially NFL). But plan on paying paying paying. Last year if you had the HD service NFL Sunday Ticket you could watch the games in HD but not so this year. They

Re: [H] OT - Digital Cable question

2005-11-14 Thread Brian Weeden
On 11/14/05, Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But plan on paying paying paying. Last year if you had the HD service NFL Sunday Ticket you could watch the games in HD but not so this year. They want an add'l $100 to watch NFL games in HD for something they call SuperFan. As far as I'm

RE: [H] OT - Digital Cable question

2005-11-14 Thread Veech
I had also considered Direct TV since they can provide local channels in HD as well, as opposed to Dish who can't. I'm in LA so hopefully I'm in one of those top 20 markets. As for NFL, I watch one game a year (Super Bowl) and it's for the commercials. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [H] AIW 9800PRO

2005-11-14 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
At 09:25 PM 11/14/2005, you wrote: Thanks! Glad I asked! I didn't realize this. I see a 800 XT, 800 XL and X600 PRO. I don't see a 850. The fastest, most advanced chip appears to be the 800XT at 500MHZ with 256megs of GDDR3 ram, and it is only 80 bucks more then I was going to pay for the

Re: [H] modem IP ?

2005-11-14 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 07:32 PM 11/14/2005, jeff.lane typed: Should be 192.168.1.1 and, maybe Admin, or a like that, and probably no password with new install. That ip is usually used by routers not modems. My Motorola SB4200 cable modem is at 192.168.100.1 --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland,

RE: [H] OT - Digital Cable question

2005-11-14 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 11:37 PM 11/14/2005, Veech typed: I had also considered Direct TV since they can provide local channels in HD as well, as opposed to Dish who can't. I'm in LA so hopefully I'm in one of those top 20 markets. As for NFL, I watch one game a year (Super Bowl) and it's for the commercials. My

RE: [H] AIW 9800PRO

2005-11-14 Thread Winterlight
At 08:45 PM 11/14/2005, you wrote: At 09:25 PM 11/14/2005, you wrote: Thanks! Glad I asked! I didn't realize this. I see a 800 XT, 800 XL and X600 PRO. I don't see a 850. The fastest, most advanced chip appears to be the 800XT at 500MHZ with 256megs of GDDR3 ram, and it is only 80 bucks