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Re: Gigabyte mobo ?

s...@spam.com (kony) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 23:29:59 UT

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:16:13 -0600, philo
One of the reasons I do, is at least then I know it's not
likely to have the same fault again, could end up lasting
longer than similar bought new to replace it (in the case of
capacitors since I can choose better ones, not so much the
case if it's a transistor or similar and is landlocked so I

Re: Post Troubleshooting help

s...@spam.com (kony) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 22:00:49 UT

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:55:58 -0600, philo
Run memtest86+ overnight, at least several hours.
Good idea, and it might be possible that the SATA connector
on the board or the cable itself is flaky, try another
connector and cable. It does seem like it could be an
intermittent or failing hard drive issue, he might also

Re: Post Troubleshooting help

ph...@privacy.invalid (philo) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 16:55:58 UT

I've had flaky HD's cause a machine hesitate prior to posting...
can't hurt the check it.
Just go the the HD mfg's website and they will have a free diagnostic
utility.
Also: You can try just disconnecting the drive and see how fast the
machine posts...then goes to the "no OS" error
Finally...check the bios to see if maybe instead of having all channels

Re: Post Troubleshooting help

sa...@dontbother.com (Sarge®) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 16:52:01 UT

I ran the mem test off the Win7 CD with no errors found. Would the HD
affect the Post ?

Re: Gigabyte mobo ?

ph...@privacy.invalid (philo) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 06:16:13 UT

kony wrote:
I don't usually bother to repair stuff on the component level...
unless it's something highly critical

Re: Gigabyte mobo ?

ph...@privacy.invalid (philo) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 06:15:18 UT

kony wrote:
I don't toss any computer stuff in the garbage...
I drop it off at the recycler

Re: Post Troubleshooting help

ph...@privacy.net (philo) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 06:03:03 UT

All I can think of would be to run a RAM test
and HD diagnostic

Re: Gigabyte mobo ?

s...@spam.com (kony) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 23:23:05 UT

On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600, philo
I suppose I just get into the habit of tracing faults and
trying to fix them... even if the hardware never gets used
again. Earlier today I picked up a couple LCD monitors,
both had bad caps on the output of their internal power
supply. CapXon capacitors apparently aren't fit for use in

Re: Gigabyte mobo ?

s...@spam.com (kony) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 23:07:51 UT

On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:39:05 -0600, philo
... but then what will our garbage man do for spare parts?
It's funny sometimes watching him root through our garbage,
sometimes he just takes the whole bag or box and puts it on
the seat next to him, not even realizing he took the wrong
bag, lol.

Re: Post Troubleshooting help

sa...@dontbother.com (Sarge®) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:22 UT

On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:52:16 -0600, philo <ph...@privacy.invalid>
wrote:
Nope, no go.

Re: Internet device for emailing and browsing?

nob...@nowh.ere (John McGaw) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 21:36:04 UT

JD wrote:
Any good smart phone will do email, browsing, and a load of other Internet
functions. If you could get along with email only, there is a device called
Peek which seems as if it would be easy -- looks like an e-book reader
actually.

Re: Internet device for emailing and browsing?

inva...@invalid.com (UCLAN) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 21:11:46 UT

JD wrote:
Careful, I'm about to say it:
WebTV (now MSNTV)
[link]

Internet device for emailing and browsing?

j...@noden.con (JD) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 20:03:47 UT

Hi Experts,
I remember about a year ago reading about very simple devices -
not much more than a tiny typewriter and an internet connection.
They would send and receive emails and could browse the Internet
and might serve as a small Internet radio or TV.
The people I am thinking of giving them to are those who almost

Re: Unable to Create Windows 7 System Image on DVD's

nos...@needed.com (Paul) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 18:51:28 UT

I don't know anything about the software you're using, but instead
of writing directly to optical media, can it create an ISO9660 file
instead ? If it could, you could then use a separate burner program
to finish the job.
Personally, I'd much rather have an intermediate file, than have
a program write to disc itself. That way, I get to choose the

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