[newbie] recognizing/testing hardware problems?

2003-06-19 Thread Crak600 - Michael
ok, in windows you can right click on my computer and it gives you hardware profiles and you can see if everything is working correctly. 1st questionwhere do you do that in mandrake 9.1? i think i saw it before but can't seem to find it now. 2nd questioncan you test your hardware for

Re: [newbie] recognizing/testing hardware problems?

2003-06-19 Thread Paul
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 22:45, Crak600 - Michael wrote: ok, in windows you can right click on my computer and it gives you hardware profiles and you can see if everything is working correctly. 1st questionwhere do you do that in mandrake 9.1? i think i saw it before but can't seem to

Re: [newbie] recognizing/testing hardware problems?

2003-06-19 Thread Richard Urwin
On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 10:45 pm, Crak600 - Michael wrote: ok, in windows you can right click on my computer and it gives you hardware profiles and you can see if everything is working correctly. 1st questionwhere do you do that in mandrake 9.1? i think i saw it before but can't seem to

Re: [newbie] recognizing/testing hardware problems?

2003-06-19 Thread mike
Michael, what video card and what version of windows do you use? ( if you said already I lost that post...) anyway win98 has had a ongoing problem like you describe though I don't remember what it was. generally in linux my experience has been if a piece of hardware was flaky linux simply

Re: [newbie] recognizing/testing hardware problems?

2003-06-19 Thread Crak600 - Michael
checked it in the control center, ran test, no problems. i already took the faulty moniter back. it was a KDS 16 viewable, flat screen. already went and ordered a Samsung 18 viewable (19 overall) to replace it with, only cost $40 more, and that was because of shipping ($165 total).

Re: [newbie] recognizing/testing hardware problems?

2003-06-19 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:03:12 -0400 Crak600 - Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Samsung 955? that's what I got, love it! -- + Joe Hill + Registered Linux user #282046 + Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net + ICQ# 279518458 + Don't believe the Hype! Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] recognizing/testing hardware problems?

2003-06-19 Thread Crak600 - Michael
On Thursday 19 June 2003 10:32 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:03:12 -0400 Crak600 - Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Samsung 955? that's what I got, love it! no, 950B. don't know how much difference there is between the 2. ordered from Techonweb, where geeks shop or