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February 27th, 2019, 03:06 AM
A lot of what I read just said to replace-- wasn't sure if they meant replace to stop the annoyance, or replace as it will be a fire hazard. I hate throwing away working stuff. As long as it's safe,...
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February 26th, 2019, 02:59 AM
Sorry, I'm not sure where to put this exactly.
I use a laptop which sits on an inclined stand. There's a small (~5"x5") 12V fan behind it to help with ventilation, have been using it for more than...
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August 25th, 2016, 11:39 PM
Ah, so I still go with the external case. Got it. Thanks again, Train.
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August 19th, 2016, 05:06 AM
Sorry for the questions coming in trickles-- I was looking for solutions for the crowding of usb plugs as my laptop can only handle 2 at a time. I didn't realize such a thing existed:
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August 18th, 2016, 09:36 PM
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August 17th, 2016, 11:54 PM
Train, two quick tangent questions on backups (since this is a thread on TM):
a. I was given a flash drive with an image (dmg/iso) of an OS X upgrade installer. I want to keep a copy of the...
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August 7th, 2016, 08:32 PM
Train- yes, I saw the paperclip thing for the green-black wire to jump it. In any case, I'm not really doing it, I just wanted to understand how it worked and file it in my head for emergency...
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August 7th, 2016, 04:41 AM
Train/Midknyte- What I meant was, in the hypothetical tower-turned-ginormous-external hdd scenario, where the motherboard is completely bypassed or removed, is it safe for just one or two internal...
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August 6th, 2016, 05:53 AM
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August 6th, 2016, 05:45 AM
Oh interesting... From what I've read, portable HDDs only need 12v power supply to run. Is there no issue that only one or two HDDs are connected to a 500w PSU when it's powered on and nothing else...
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August 5th, 2016, 03:41 AM
Ohhhh! ok, got it. I was reading up on enclosures, how it has a chip that you have to be careful of since you don't know what codes are written on it, etc.. I thought enclosured internal HDDs needed...
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August 4th, 2016, 09:41 PM
I thought using the internal-turned-external hard drive as a spare drive would basically just be a removable usb data drive like a flash drive/store-bought portable drive that's just plug and play. I...
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August 4th, 2016, 12:35 PM
Wow. That must be a LOT of data then! How do you backup thrice aside from the copy on the computer itself? One hard drive and 2 different cloud locations?
2 mins?? Just to confirm-- a typical...
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August 4th, 2016, 10:12 AM
Train, yes, formatting is no problem. The portable hard disk is on fat32 and prompted for Time Machine when plugged via usb. I was only unsure if its size (though twice the current data) is enough.
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August 4th, 2016, 12:17 AM
Hi! While I'm still fixing my desktop situation, I've resurrected my MacBook Pro for work. The MBP HDD 150gb total disk space with only 50gb used. I have a 100gb portable HDD which I would like to...
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August 2nd, 2016, 01:26 AM
Ok ok... I think I will be forced to go for Win 7 and forget about XP.
Midknyte, this sequence ok?:
physically install radeon, turn on pc, load windows, uninstall nvidia, install driver of radeon...
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August 1st, 2016, 11:33 PM
re XP-SATA--sorry, I may not have understood what you said. My current HDD is SATA and is running XP... I don't recall using any floppy driver when I installed XP.. In any case, do you mean XP can be...
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August 1st, 2016, 10:03 PM
Train, sorry, a few more questions-- I found a new fan and the vid card still won't work (boot up screen shows nothing) so i guess the card itself is done. A friend has a an old radeon agp that he...
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July 30th, 2016, 10:35 AM
Got it.
Thanks very much for the help, guys! Very much appreciated.
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July 30th, 2016, 09:15 AM
Train, my motherboard has five 32bit PCI slots-- do latest motherboards also still have those? If yes, is there such a thing as a vid card for that slot that I can fit there instead of the agp slot?...
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July 30th, 2016, 08:45 AM
Oh ... Lol... So whatever I'm buying would be pretty much for this old computer only?
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July 30th, 2016, 01:32 AM
Train, will look at the cards you linked to and see if they're available. Thanks! When choosing a new vid card, are there motherboard model considerations, or as long as they have the same agp bus...
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July 29th, 2016, 10:57 PM
Train you genius... Yes, I tried booting with the tower wide open, the culprit seems to be the vid card...its fan would run a few seconds then stop, then sluggishly try to run again. Ok... Next...
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July 29th, 2016, 08:15 PM
Train- there's already a fan blowing in front of it. The first hdd test where it froze at 80% showed a temp of 44*.
Ok, I will try to run the memtest in a few mins if I can reconfigure the BIOS to...
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July 29th, 2016, 07:39 PM
Train- ubcd via flashdrive
I restarted the pc just to see if the files are intact and I was able to load xp properly. I then shut it off to re-conduct the seagate test. The boot didn't recognize...
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