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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 26 2013,5:23 am Post # 51 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Yeah it was a real mess, got it all clean and did a recovery on it and it's back the way it was when new, still a dud but at least it's usable, told the owner he needs memory just waiting on a reply.. :rolleyes
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 26 2013,5:58 am Post # 52 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Yeah it was a real mess, got it all clean and did a recovery on it and it's back the way it was when new, still a dud but at least it's usable, told the owner he needs memory just waiting on a reply.. :rolleyes

If it's just gonna surf the 'net and do email, downsizing to W95 (if you've got one) is a good way to go.
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 26 2013,9:28 am Post # 53 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
:eek  How many critters did ya run off??  Or are they now a resident in your home now?  :laugh   :eek
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 27 2013,5:23 am Post # 54 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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:eek  How many critters did ya run off??  Or are they now a resident in your home now?  :laugh   :eek

Nope, that sucka went right back outside and got blasted, hope the EPA didn't spot the cloud.. :eek  :rotflmao
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Post Icon Posted: Feb. 27 2013,5:25 am Post # 55 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Yeah it was a real mess, got it all clean and did a recovery on it and it's back the way it was when new, still a dud but at least it's usable, told the owner he needs memory just waiting on a reply.. :rolleyes

If it's just gonna surf the 'net and do email, downsizing to W95 (if you've got one) is a good way to go.

Nahh, he went with more ram, got 1g for $20 so it'll work.  :good
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 27 2013,6:34 am Post # 56 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well, since the weather was total crap out I decided it was time to get back on the puter project since it's pretty much out of warranty anyways by now,lol. Started sleeving the PSU got half of the 24 pin done, it's a lot easier than I been reading and it is fun.  :good

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Post Icon Posted: Dec. 03 2013,5:11 pm Post # 57 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Post Icon Posted: Dec. 04 2013,4:47 am Post # 58 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Yes it is, stitching will be a challenge though.. :eek  :D

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Well, got the PSU pretty much done still need to be stitched, don't look the greatest but not to bad for the first time, bad thing is this case wasn't designed for cable management, actually it's a very poor design. Still need to do the SATA and fan cables and run the fan cables to the controller, but this old POS I'm using now is starting to fail so I just put it back together so I can use it for now, and right now I have to much other things that need to be done anyways, so this is as far as it's going for a while. :(

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Post Icon Posted: July 13 2014,4:32 am Post # 62 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I've had this nice tower computer in the garage/shop that's just for doing video/graphics stuff. :comp  It was running Windows 7 "Enterprise" and during one of Bill Gates  :finger automatic updates, it lost it's software "key".  I would re-input it and everything was fine...until the next update... :break   Figured it was externally attacked so just shut it down  :(  ...until yesterday.

Local shop (been there 8 years now) buys used stuff and fixes them up...killer deals and sometimes a gem or two come in and he'll call me about it.   :cool

So I stop in yesterday to say "hi" and ask him about the dead duck in the garage.  He said just bring it down and he'll get it goin'... :good

Coupla hours later, a fresh install of W7 Pro, MS Office 2007, Win Security Essentials...and nutin' else...for a hundy... :beer  :beer  

I just might take the XP machines from the shop and get them upgraded to W7, add ram, etc.  The kid's a straight shooter...

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Post Icon Posted: July 13 2014,5:46 am Post # 63 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
That happened to me also, Microsoft came up with an update to replace WGA(Windows Genuine Advantage) with WAT(Windows Activation Technologies) it came with SP1, the update is KB971033, supposedly this deal is supposed to prevent hacking Activation,  the cure was to format and reload Windows then when doing the updates I watched for KB971033 then right clicked on it and turned it off so it don't pop up anymore done deal, been a year now no problems.. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 23 2014,7:29 am Post # 64 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
NEW WORKBENCH TOY...

I have a bunch of hard disks from old computers that needed to be trashed, but I thought I check what's on them first... :break

This $25 cable/connector did the trick...works with both SATA and IDE...looks like a USB storage device in File Manager.

Sabrent on Amazon

Didn't find much...formatted them anyway...need to find some enclosures to make 100g externals... :cool
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 24 2014,5:26 am Post # 65 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I've had one of them for quite sometime now, mine is a "Rosewill", they sure come in handy. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 25 2014,9:38 am Post # 66 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
HMM?? Will have to look into that little device. Have and going to add to the pile a few IDE drives with info that I need to keep and try to put on CD if possible or at least put in one place.
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HMM?? Will have to look into that little device. Have and going to add to the pile a few IDE drives with info that I need to keep and try to put on CD if possible or at least put in one place.

I've got a "toaster" for SATA drives which is very handy...hot swap out storage drives.  You can get one for IDE as well...NEVER have enough storage... :D
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Never enough storage is right, I need to get one of them too.. :good
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YEE HAA!!!!  Replaced my cable modem tonight to the latest and greatest 3.0 version. I need to put seat belts on my chair now. CRAP it's fast now. Called COX and with no other upgrades and no changes to my account. Went from 20 to well over 50 meg a second. Even with my crappy PC's it a mass improvement speed wise. My laptop on wireless it freak'n fast now.  :good  :jumpie

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Yep, gotta keep up on the modem or it cam be a real drawback, need to keep up on the latest Firmware too. :good
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Just updated an older Dell 755 with W7 and more ram for a buck/40...got a slave SATA to put in it as well... :good

Gonna be a nice desktop for the shop... :cool
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Should make a nice inexpensive basic machine.  :good

I gotta find a way to boost my Wi-Fi, signal ain't too strong in the shop for some reason. :stupid
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Should make a nice inexpensive basic machine.  :good

I gotta find a way to boost my Wi-Fi, signal ain't too strong in the shop for some reason. :stupid

I was readin' some stuff the other day...lemme look around... :comp
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Should make a nice inexpensive basic machine.  :good

I gotta find a way to boost my Wi-Fi, signal ain't too strong in the shop for some reason. :stupid

I was readin' some stuff the other day...lemme look around... :comp

:good  :good  :beer
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Top of the heap on Amazon...and <$30...

>>>> TP Link <<<<

You could dig a trench out to it as well... :D
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