[newbie] external hardware mouse

2005-02-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
Hi All I've noticed that since using external hardware mouse in Mandrake 10.1 that I don't have a problem with disconnections from server all the time, or difficulty logging on in the first place, which was happening frequently before. I don't know whether it is being in linux, the modem, or

Re: [newbie] external hardware mouse

2005-02-20 Per discussione mike
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hi All I've noticed that since using external hardware mouse in Mandrake 10.1 that I don't have a problem with disconnections from server all the time, or difficulty logging on in the first place, which was happening frequently before. I don't know whether

Re: [newbie] external hardware mouse

2005-02-20 Per discussione Rosemary McGillicuddy
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:18, mike wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hi All I've noticed that since using external hardware mouse in Mandrake 10.1 that I don't have a problem with disconnections from server all the time, or difficulty logging on in the first place, which was happening

Re: [newbie] external hardware mouse

2005-02-20 Per discussione Aron Smith
On Sunday 20 February 2005 07:36 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:18, mike wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hi All I've noticed that since using external hardware mouse in Mandrake 10.1 that I don't have a problem with disconnections from server all the

[newbie] OT: Hardware Issues

2004-07-29 Per discussione Marc Hultquist
Morning / Afternoon and evening everyone. I just wanted to ask, my play machine at home, at the moment runs as a dual booting system, with both windows XP Pro and MDK 10.0 Community, now it was running fine up untill last night, I bought a processor and GFX card for the machine, now when I put

RE: [newbie] OT: Hardware Issues

2004-07-29 Per discussione Tony S. Sykes
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Marc Hultquist Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT: Hardware Issues Morning / Afternoon and evening everyone. I just wanted to ask, my play machine

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware reboot

2004-07-05 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 04 July 2004 11:44 pm, Marek Pawinski wrote: -Hi - -I had a problem where one of my machines would reboot every 8 days or so. -Now it reboots every few hours. The CPU fan seems to be working every time -i look. I tried knoppix on it as well so its not the OS looks like it. Not -being

[newbie] OT Hardware reboot

2004-07-04 Per discussione Marek Pawinski
Hi I had a problem where one of my machines would reboot every 8 days or so. Now it reboots every few hours. The CPU fan seems to be working every time i look. I tried knoppix on it as well so its not the OS looks like it. Not being much of a hardware man i wonder if anyone knows what could

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware reboot

2004-07-04 Per discussione Mikkel L. Ellertson
Marek Pawinski wrote: Hi I had a problem where one of my machines would reboot every 8 days or so. Now it reboots every few hours. The CPU fan seems to be working every time i look. I tried knoppix on it as well so its not the OS looks like it. Not being much of a hardware man i wonder if

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware reboot

2004-07-04 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 13:44, Marek Pawinski wrote: Hi I had a problem where one of my machines would reboot every 8 days or so. Now it reboots every few hours. The CPU fan seems to be working every time i look. I tried knoppix on it as well so its not the OS looks like it. Not being

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware reboot

2004-07-04 Per discussione Dennis Myers
On Sunday 04 July 2004 10:44 pm, Marek Pawinski wrote: Hi I had a problem where one of my machines would reboot every 8 days or so. Now it reboots every few hours. The CPU fan seems to be working every time i look. I tried knoppix on it as well so its not the OS looks like it. Not being much

Re: [newbie] Troubleshooting hardware

2004-06-21 Per discussione C. Tresenriter
On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:58:35 -0500 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dumb question time - Are the connectors on that cable labeled for where they should be plugged in? (Motherboard, drive 0, drive 1) If so, are you plugging things in the correct place? You may also have to try

Re: [newbie] Troubleshooting hardware

2004-06-21 Per discussione Mikkel L. Ellertson
C. Tresenriter wrote: On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:58:35 -0500 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dumb question time - Are the connectors on that cable labeled for where they should be plugged in? (Motherboard, drive 0, drive 1) If so, are you plugging things in the correct place? You may

Re: [newbie] Troubleshooting hardware

2004-06-21 Per discussione C. Tresenriter
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:56:13 -0500 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I were you, I would try changing to cable select, and see if that fixes the problem. I know that one setup I have does not work right when useing the cable select cable, and jumpering as master, or slave.

Re: [newbie] Troubleshooting hardware

2004-06-21 Per discussione C. Tresenriter
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:57:08 -0500 C. Tresenriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well that seems to have solved the issue, it's booting from the primary channel, master position on the cable. Guess I'll leave well enough alone. Appears I spoke too soon. Once I put the CD/DVD back on the cable I

[newbie] Troubleshooting hardware

2004-06-18 Per discussione C. Tresenriter
I'm trying to determine if my hard disk is bad or if the problem is motherboard related or something else entirely. When booting 10. CE, after running POST, I occasionally get: Disk boot failure: Insert systems disk and press enter to continue Yesterday I received a replacement mobo from ASUS,

Re: [newbie] Troubleshooting hardware

2004-06-18 Per discussione Mikkel L. Ellertson
C. Tresenriter wrote: I'm trying to determine if my hard disk is bad or if the problem is motherboard related or something else entirely. When booting 10. CE, after running POST, I occasionally get: Disk boot failure: Insert systems disk and press enter to continue Yesterday I received a

[newbie] supported Hardware list

2003-09-02 Per discussione Anguo
I am looking for the published list of supported hardware, but I cannot access anything from here: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 In case anyone knows, I am specifically looking information on the LCD monitor Nec Multisync LCD 1760nx with a nVIDIA GeForce 4 MX graphic card. The

Re: [newbie] supported Hardware list

2003-09-02 Per discussione Eric Huff
I am looking for the published list of supported hardware, but I cannot access anything from here: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 Yep. The page seems to be broken. -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

RE: [newbie] supported Hardware list

2003-09-02 Per discussione Tony S. Sykes
02, 2003 5:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] supported Hardware list I am looking for the published list of supported hardware, but I cannot access anything from here: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 In case anyone knows, I am specifically looking information

[newbie] OT: Hardware Guru Please - advice needed

2003-08-30 Per discussione Anne Wilson
A Soltek board, just bought, says that using a 2x graphics board will fry the mobo (wrong voltage). The G-Force2 MX-400 is a 2x/4x board. Is it safe to assume that it will have the right voltage, merely falling back to 2x if the mobo doesn't have the later standard agp? Anne -- Registered

Re: [newbie] OT: Hardware Guru Please - advice needed

2003-08-30 Per discussione Marc
On Saturday 30 August 2003 09:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote: A Soltek board, just bought, says that using a 2x graphics board will fry the mobo (wrong voltage). The G-Force2 MX-400 is a 2x/4x board. Is it safe to assume that it will have the right voltage, merely falling back to 2x if the mobo

Re: [newbie] OT: Hardware Guru Please - advice needed

2003-08-30 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 4:18 pm, Bart Salien wrote: Op Saturday 30 August 2003 16:47, schreef Anne Wilson: Anne , Normaly all AGP 4x should be backwards compatible with a AGP 2x . Unless they ran out of money to properly implement the AGP bus on your mobo ? Hi, Bart. No, that's not the

Re: [newbie] OT: Hardware Guru Please - advice needed

2003-08-30 Per discussione Bart Salien
Op Saturday 30 August 2003 16:47, schreef Anne Wilson: Anne , Normaly all AGP 4x should be backwards compatible with a AGP 2x . Unless they ran out of money to properly implement the AGP bus on your mobo ? Bart. A Soltek board, just bought, says that using a 2x graphics board will fry the

Re: [newbie] OT: Hardware Guru Please - advice needed

2003-08-30 Per discussione Bart Salien
Op Saturday 30 August 2003 17:24, schreef Anne Wilson: Anne , Normaly all AGP 4x should be backwards compatible with a AGP 2x . Unless they ran out of money to properly implement the AGP bus on your mobo ? Hi, Bart. No, that's not the problem. I'm really just asking whether it's

Re: [newbie] OT: Hardware Guru Please - advice needed

2003-08-30 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 4:44 pm, Bart Salien wrote: Op Saturday 30 August 2003 17:24, schreef Anne Wilson: Anne , Normaly all AGP 4x should be backwards compatible with a AGP 2x . Unless they ran out of money to properly implement the AGP bus on your mobo ? Hi, Bart. No,

Re: [newbie] OT: Hardware Guru Please - advice needed

2003-08-30 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 6:27 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 30 August 2003 10:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote: A Soltek board, just bought, says that using a 2x graphics board will fry the mobo (wrong voltage). The G-Force2 MX-400 is a 2x/4x board. Is it safe to assume that it will have the

Re: [newbie] OT: Hardware Guru Please - advice needed

2003-08-30 Per discussione Sharrea Day
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 02:47, Anne Wilson wrote: A Soltek board, just bought, says that using a 2x graphics board will fry the mobo (wrong voltage). The G-Force2 MX-400 is a 2x/4x board. Is it safe to assume that it will have the right voltage, merely falling back to 2x if the mobo doesn't have

[newbie] still hardware problems

2003-02-11 Per discussione Yaakov
Hi i wrote some time ago about the slow handling of mandrake (i mean that it takes too much time until the programs start up). so i downloaded the kernel 2.4.19-24mdk as someone suggested (thank you greg!). with this update there are some improvements!! but konquero and the games are still

Re: [newbie] still hardware problems

2003-02-11 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday February 11 2003 01:37 pm, Yaakov wrote: Hi i wrote some time ago about the slow handling of mandrake (i mean that it takes too much time until the programs start up). so i downloaded the kernel 2.4.19-24mdk as someone suggested (thank you greg!). with this update there are some

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-27 Per discussione et
On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU temperature if the fan happens to fail, or if the

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-27 Per discussione et
On Monday 27 January 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 11:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-27 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Monday 27 Jan 2003 3:31 pm, et wrote: On Monday 27 January 2003 04:04 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 11:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to mention a

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-27 Per discussione g
Paul wrote: Yup, no problem. I am of course NOT going to twiddle the running drives around, but they function wonderfully either on the side or straight up. changing hd position was meant to be after power off and spin down. i have seen drives develop problems and only run at new angle. i

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Marc
1/26/03 1:46:32 AM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reply to Stephen's mail, d.d. 26 Jan 2003 12:21:17 +1100: What if there is a mercury switch in either the PSU or somewhere within the casing itself that would cause this? I have been thinking about this also, but I have not been able to

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione et
On Sunday 26 January 2003 02:43 am, Paul wrote: In reply to g's mail, d.d. Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:56:31 +: knowledge of your back broke desktop/tower contents would be helpful. if it is still running, i would suggest 3 possible problems to go after first. #1 = power supply: does fan

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Sunday January 26 2003 01:43 am, Paul wrote: Yes, they both show on LM Sensors (through Gkrellm). The CPU (Athlon 1200) shows 78C (149F) and something else shows 29.2C (75.5F). I am not sure if I set the multiplier readings in Gkrellm correctly, but this is what I also could see (plus or

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione g
Paul wrote: No, it keeps going. No. There is still power on the mainboard led and the leds of the network cards. Both. Same result. Yes and yes. No, it is not. I cannot imagine that it does. I can leave the PC off for 2 hours, which should be enough to cool off most parts. When I

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 2:17 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday January 26 2003 01:43 am, Paul wrote: Yes, they both show on LM Sensors (through Gkrellm). The CPU (Athlon 1200) shows 78C (149F) and something else shows 29.2C (75.5F). I am not sure if I set the multiplier readings in Gkrellm

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 5:04 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday January 26 2003 09:11 am, Anne Wilson wrote: Tom - I'm not doubting you, and I'll certainly keep this post for reference, but how is that affected by orientation? Why would it run longer if on its side? Anne Heat rises

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 11:28 am, Anne Wilson wrote: *snip* Thanks for the explanation. Yes, my Athlon 900 runs around 50C, 24x7. I do worry about the weight of current heatsinks and fans - to say nothing of the fact that I have a heart attack every time I have to try to deal with those

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 5:47 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: On Sun, January 26 2003 11:28 am, Anne Wilson wrote: *snip* Thanks for the explanation. Yes, my Athlon 900 runs around 50C, 24x7. I do worry about the weight of current heatsinks and fans - to say nothing of the fact that I have a heart

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Marc
1/26/03 10:24:16 AM, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reply to g's mail, d.d. Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:05:48 +: from your replies, it is now to decide if problems is with mainboard or if you have a harddrive problem. with box in normal upright position, put harddrive on it's side. does system

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 11:49 am, Anne Wilson wrote: *snip* Thanks for the explanation. Yes, my Athlon 900 runs around 50C, 24x7. I do worry about the weight of current heatsinks and fans - to say nothing of the fact that I have a heart attack every time I have to try to deal with

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU temperature if the fan happens to fail, or if the heatsink happens to fall off.. Many 3rd party tests have shown

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Paul
In reply to Anne's mail, d.d. Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:49:45 +: And see.. this is why I spent the extra 20 bucks and bought a Pentium IV 1.6, instead of the Athlon 1800 (which runs at 1400mhz I think) No, I don't see. Why? I guess these do not suffer from 'overweight problems' of fans. ;)

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 5:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: *snip* Thats interesting. I always thought that AMDs' chips were better performers at the same speed rangefrom what I've read. (but I'm no expert). Really dependant upon what your doing, AMD's ARE better performance/mhz usually.. but..

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Chuck Burns
On Sun, January 26 2003 1:03 pm, Paul wrote: *snip* I guess these do not suffer from 'overweight problems' of fans. ;) Paul No, it's because P4's don't overheat.. period. They throttle their clock speed, to reduce heat. if they detect overheating, so where thermal management on an Athlon

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-26 Per discussione Tom Brinkman
On Sunday January 26 2003 05:12 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:06 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: prevents the core temp. from reaching critical levels.. (Not to mention the 400-533mhz cache speeds, compared to athlon's measly 200mhz.. :p) Thats interesting. I always

[newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-25 Per discussione
Okay... I tried every trick in the book (and outside of it). And it is still a riddle. I just about took the entire machine apart again, put it back together with basically just the video card and the mainboard. No CDRom, no soundcard, no nothing. Standing upright it collapses within 15 minutes.

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-25 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Saturday 25 Jan 2003 8:00 pm, wrote: Okay... I tried every trick in the book (and outside of it). And it is still a riddle. I just about took the entire machine apart again, put it back together with basically just the video card and the mainboard. No CDRom, no soundcard, no nothing.

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-25 Per discussione Paul
In reply to Anne's mail, d.d. Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:10:26 +: There's only one solution, then. Pretend your tower was a desktop all along :) Woohahahahaa!!! It is a tower with a bad back! ;) Thanks for the grin. Paul -- The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-25 Per discussione g
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: moment the PC is on its side again and it runs. Since 5 minutes now, but I am confident that it will stay up. knowledge of your back broke desktop/tower contents would be helpful. if it is still running, i would suggest 3 possible problems to go after first. #1 =

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-25 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 11:56, g wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: moment the PC is on its side again and it runs. Since 5 minutes now, but I am confident that it will stay up. knowledge of your back broke desktop/tower contents would be helpful. if it is still running, i would suggest

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-25 Per discussione Paul
In reply to g's mail, d.d. Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:56:31 +: knowledge of your back broke desktop/tower contents would be helpful. if it is still running, i would suggest 3 possible problems to go after first. #1 = power supply: does fan stop? No, it keeps going. do you lose all voltages?

Re: [newbie] OT Hardware weirdness 2

2003-01-25 Per discussione Paul
In reply to Stephen's mail, d.d. 26 Jan 2003 12:21:17 +1100: What if there is a mercury switch in either the PSU or somewhere within the casing itself that would cause this? I have been thinking about this also, but I have not been able to find a switch like that. More and more I feel that this

[newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione Paul
Hello all, Forgive this OT post, but can someone point me into the right direction? My PC is going nuts. When it is upright, it won't boot properly (powers off immediately after switching it on). When it lies on the side, the system keeps running without a problem when switched on. Already had

RE: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione Tony S. Sykes
3:30 PM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness Hello all, Forgive this OT post, but can someone point me into the right direction? My PC is going nuts. When it is upright, it won't boot properly (powers off immediately after switching it on). When it lies on the side, the system

Re: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione David Robertson
On Friday 24 Jan 2003 3:29 pm, Paul wrote: Hello all, Forgive this OT post, but can someone point me into the right direction? My PC is going nuts. When it is upright, it won't boot properly (powers off immediately after switching it on). When it lies on the side, the system keeps running

Re: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Friday 24 Jan 2003 4:05 pm, David Robertson wrote: On Friday 24 Jan 2003 3:29 pm, Paul wrote: Hello all, Forgive this OT post, but can someone point me into the right direction? My PC is going nuts. When it is upright, it won't boot properly (powers off immediately after switching it

Re: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione David Robertson
On Friday 24 Jan 2003 4:25 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Don't you do that when you're checking on hardware jobs you've just done? I always do before righting it and closing the case. Anne Well, no. but maybe that's because I'm not a computer professional! I'm a gynaecologist, actually.

Re: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione Paul
In reply to David's mail, d.d. Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:05:24 +: Um, can't even begin to think of a reason, other than a loose connection somewhere. If you've looked at all the internals, maybe there's a probelm with the power cable? I suspect some loose connection 'somewhere'. The stranger it

Re: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione Margot
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness On Friday 24 Jan 2003 4:32 pm, David Robertson wrote: On Friday 24 Jan 2003 4:25 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Don't you do

Re: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione Paul
In reply to et's mail, d.d. Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:41:39 -0500: describe further... the pci cards sit horzontal and mother board vertical, when you say When it lies on the side. and when you say it won't boot properly (powers off immediately after switching it on) does power off mean no ac at all?

Re: [newbie] OT: hardware weirdness

2003-01-24 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 02:29, Paul wrote: Hello all, Forgive this OT post, but can someone point me into the right direction? My PC is going nuts. When it is upright, it won't boot properly (powers off immediately after switching it on). When it lies on the side, the system keeps running

[newbie] Linux Hardware Database

2003-01-09 Per discussione Michael Adams
Has the ZDNet database moved or is it just down for two days now? -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Linux Hardware Database

2003-01-09 Per discussione Sridhar Dhanapalan
Microsoft Apologist (and ZDNet editor) David Berlind took it down a while ago. On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:33:58 +1300, Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has the ZDNet database moved or is it just down for two days now? -- Michael -- Sridhar Dhanapalan [Yama |

Re: [newbie] Linux Hardware Database

2003-01-09 Per discussione Michael Adams
Thanks Sridhar, good to see you are still lurking here. Your occassional advice has been invaluable from time to time. On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 02:42, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Microsoft Apologist (and ZDNet editor) David Berlind took it down a while ago. On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:33:58 +1300,

Re: [newbie] Linux Hardware Database

2003-01-09 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 00:42, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Microsoft Apologist (and ZDNet editor) David Berlind took it down a while ago. On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:33:58 +1300, Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has the ZDNet database moved or is it just down for two days now? --

Re: [newbie] Linux Hardware Database

2003-01-09 Per discussione Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 09 January 2003 01:42 pm, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Microsoft Apologist (and ZDNet editor) David Berlind took it down a while ago. On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:33:58 +1300, Michael Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has the ZDNet database moved or is it just down for two days now?

Re: [newbie] Linux Hardware Database

2003-01-09 Per discussione Carroll Grigsby
Sridhar: Are you aware of another Linux HCL? I sometimes refer to the Mandrake list, but sometimes its a good idea to get a second opinion. -- cmg On Thursday 09 January 2003 08:42 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Microsoft Apologist (and ZDNet editor) David Berlind took it down a while ago.

RE: [newbie] Linux Hardware Database

2003-01-09 Per discussione Jim Hubbard
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux Hardware Database Sridhar: Are you aware of another Linux HCL? I sometimes refer to the Mandrake list, but sometimes its a good idea to get a second opinion. -- cmg On Thursday 09 January 2003 08:42 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: Microsoft Apologist

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2003-01-01 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Sunday 29 Dec 2002 10:03 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Till then I leave you with the thought that like any hardware or compy junky, I tried? :) Thx for saving me the trouble of ripping my pink hair out. Well, I've just wasted another day, trying to revive a dodo :) Some of us don't know

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-29 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Sunday 29 Dec 2002 3:52 am, Joeb wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:38:55 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:06 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:50:00 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-29 Per discussione ET
snip Hehe, but I like the experiment! It sounded fun! :( Party pooper... K i'll play safe look where you suggest... Sigh... Can I at least play in my room Dad? snip Try eggs in a microwave then - safeish but VERY messy *G* Best if you paint faces of Bill M$ on them first. I thought

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-29 Per discussione FemmeFatale
At 09:17 AM 12/29/2002 +, you wrote: I've come to this rather late, but since I've had one of these boards, I'll add my 2p worth :) On a board that old it's unlikely that you have peripherals that would need a higher power supply. I would say that there is a very high chance that Joeb is

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-29 Per discussione Anne Wilson
On Sunday 29 Dec 2002 9:01 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: At 09:17 AM 12/29/2002 +, you wrote: I've come to this rather late, but since I've had one of these boards, I'll add my 2p worth :) On a board that old it's unlikely that you have peripherals that would need a higher power supply. I

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage(Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 09:50, FemmeFatale wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh Is there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? Merci - FemmeFatale One of the more simple ways of finding the wattage of a power supply is to do the following: 1.)

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione FemmeFatale
At 05:52 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:50:00 -0700, you wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh Is there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? Merci Dumb question, I'm sure, Femme, but did you look at the PS itself? Usually there's a

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione FemmeFatale
At 06:06 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:50:00 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Besides the label (watt listing or model )or your comp manual, if it is a pre-built system, you could use a voltage meter

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione David Williams
On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:50 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh Is there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? Merci - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione Rog
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:36:48 -0700, you wrote: At 05:52 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:50:00 -0700, you wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh Is there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? Merci Dumb question, I'm sure, Femme, but did

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione FemmeFatale
At 06:44 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:50 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh Is there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? Merci - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione David Williams
On Saturday 28 December 2002 07:15 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: At 06:44 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:50 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh Is there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? Merci

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione FemmeFatale
At 07:23 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Saturday 28 December 2002 07:15 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: Depends on what you are doing with it. Outside of the CPU, the most current draw will be the disk drives and the new ones draw very little power. Of course a high powered graphics accelerator will

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione Derek Byram
On Saturday 28 December 2002 23:06, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:50:00 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Besides the label (watt listing or model )or your comp manual, if it is a pre-built system, you

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione Lee
On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:50 pm, you wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh Is there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? Merci - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione FemmeFatale
At 09:52 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Saturday 28 December 2002 05:50 pm, you wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Thx. Oh Is there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? Merci - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione FemmeFatale
At 01:59 AM 12/29/2002 +, you wrote: On Saturday 28 December 2002 23:06, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:50:00 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Besides the label (watt listing or model )or your comp

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione Derek Byram
On Sunday 29 December 2002 02:39, FemmeFatale wrote: At 01:59 AM 12/29/2002 +, you wrote: On Saturday 28 December 2002 23:06, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:50:00 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP there any diff between AT ATX P/S's? SNIP

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione Joeb
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:38:55 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:06 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 15:50:00 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject says it all... any ideas besides reading a label? Besides the label (watt listing or model

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage (Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione FemmeFatale
At 09:52 PM 12/28/2002 -0600, you wrote: On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:38:55 -0700 FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:06 PM 12/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: Using the ATX power supply may not work for you. Even though the board may accept either one (I've got a board like that), the power

Re: [newbie] strange hardware question .. how to tell the Wattage(Watts?) of a P/S

2002-12-28 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 15:56, FemmeFatale wrote: Nothing... Just wanted to get rid of another AT case if I can. I have 3 now, and am getting rid of 2 as soon as I can. Maybe someone in Edmonton wants em? Cause I sure don't. :) - FemmeFatale Too bad y'all don't wanna send

Re: [newbie] laptop hardware question (sorry)

2002-12-10 Per discussione H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 08 December 2002 00:02, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hi, This is somewhat an illegitimate question, as it deals with hardware and not with linux per se. However, since there are quite a few helpful folks around here, and since my laptop runs Mandrake 9, I dare this breach of etiquette:

Re: [newbie] laptop hardware question (sorry)

2002-12-10 Per discussione Andrei Raevsky
Hi, Ok. But does keeping my laptop with the battery inside CONSTANTILY connected to the power outlet qualify as recharging or not (since the battery does not really discharge the battery to being with, right?). Thanks, Andrei Every time you charge a Li-ion battery you shorten it's life

Re: [newbie] laptop hardware question (sorry)

2002-12-10 Per discussione H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 10 December 2002 16:53, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hi, Ok. But does keeping my laptop with the battery inside CONSTANTILY connected to the power outlet qualify as recharging or not (since the battery does not really discharge the battery to being with, right?). Thanks, Andrei

Re: [newbie] laptop hardware question (sorry)

2002-12-08 Per discussione Poogle
On Sunday 08 Dec 2002 H:02 am, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hi, This is somewhat an illegitimate question, as it deals with hardware and not with linux per se. However, since there are quite a few helpful folks around here, and since my laptop runs Mandrake 9, I dare this breach of etiquette: I

[newbie] laptop hardware question (sorry)

2002-12-07 Per discussione Andrei Raevsky
Hi, This is somewhat an illegitimate question, as it deals with hardware and not with linux per se. However, since there are quite a few helpful folks around here, and since my laptop runs Mandrake 9, I dare this breach of etiquette: I was given an old Quantex N30W-15 (on which Mandrake 9

Re: [newbie] laptop hardware question (sorry)

2002-12-07 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 11:02, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hi, This is somewhat an illegitimate question, as it deals with hardware and not with linux per se. However, since there are quite a few helpful folks around here, and since my laptop runs Mandrake 9, I dare this breach of etiquette:

Re: [newbie] OT: Hardware boot problems

2002-11-26 Per discussione Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 05:52, FemmeFatale wrote: Duct tape. It solves everything. Or so says my friend Red Green *Smiles innocently* --- Femme Even dating problems? -- Wed Nov 27 07:30:00 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____

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