On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 19:23:34 -0800, Ant wrote: "The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." --Proverbs 30:25 (Bible) Very interesting. Just one comment. The word translated "their meat" is lachmom in Hebrew, from the same root as Beth...

My wife uses an Epson printer/ scanner that was given as a gift. Though I generally am not in favor of scanner/printers, this one had been working fine for over two years...but yesterday the scanner portion quit. When a scan was started a "cannot communicate" error was displayed....although...

Hello, This little news item: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/100770/apparaatje-luistert-toetsaanslagen-draadloos-toetsenbord-microsoft-af.html makes me wonder if another good reason to buy low heat computers is better privacy protection. In other word perhaps low heat computers are harder to spy...

How big an SD card can I use? I have an Acer Aspire One netbook 8 or 10** years old running XP SP3 Pro with a slot in the side for a full size SD card. I have two Acer files, Quick Setup and another one, that describe the computer, and one or both mention the SD slot, but they don't give...

On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:59:19 -0800, Ant wrote: On 12/22/2014 7:58 AM PT, philo typed: That's one advantage of buying from a local store, you can see for yourself. I had to rely on customer ratings that I read on-line. I hate risking like that. If I see/try it in...

I have an HD7770 graphics card in my desktop. Just a basic one but a big step up from the HD5670 I was using before for light gaming. Last week I saw an auction for a faulty one on TM http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=803566559 and put in an autobid of $6.66 and won it. I thought...

I am looking for a way to miracast a non-miracast laptop with a P8400 CPU and Windows 7 Pro. I am trying to understand the hardware available and what I should be looking for in the hardware specifications that would confirm that there is a way for me to project my laptop screen to a...

I build a lot of machines mostly from decommissioned P-4's and have been re-testing machines that have been sitting for six months or so. Three of the machines would not boot and I was getting RAM error beep codes. (Dell and HP machines) Upon inspection I see that in all the machines I had DDR2...

The named download might be important. The reports CrystalDiskInfo generates are a little scary. Maybe I'm paranoid. Comments? PS It only sees flash drive or USB HDD seen by boot ROM on Acer Aspire One. Removable SDHC card is invisible.

hi all, Presently, I transfer movies etc to a USB thumb drive which I can plug into my TV USB port and then play on the TV (pc is not near the TV and is on a different floor). I have to unplug it and plug it into my (WinXP) pc to delete or add new files. I have a 250GB SATA 3.5" hd that I was...

Hi, I've Xposted this to alt.comp.hardware because it might involve hardware issues. I have a flash based netbbook with two partitions on a 32 GB SuperTalent internal PATA SSD. I use a 32 GB SDHC card as drive D:, formatted in exFAT. Win7 has flash support so I didn't mess with fancy drivers....

Hi all, A long shot, but does anyone have any information on the Philips P859 minicomputer from the 80's? The power supply has gone bad and I have no documentation whatsoever Regards /Nico

Hello All Said laptop is a bit slow, so I have upgrade the memory to 2x 2GB. What puzzles me, is that when I look in the system specifications, only about 750 MB is used. I cannot find anything relating to that in the BIOS settings Anyone any idea on what this could be, and how to make the whole...

Can someone tell me what the difference is between these 2 external hard drives? I going out of state next week and I'm going to backup a LOT of pictures and a few docs from my sister's computers (a desktop and a laptop). I have an old WD 250gb "My Book" that I have a lot of pics, docs, and...

Hi, At first blush, inexpensive USB flash drives might seem a good place to install the many lovely Linux distros, a policy, I've pursed for many years. (Windows cannot run on a flash drive only an internal drive.) Although not my first USB flash drive, I purchased an 8 GB OCZ Rally2 some years...

Realtek shot to fame with their dual channel, 48 kSps 16 bit A/D, D/A soundchip. The netbook I write this on has a Realtek sound chip. With their engineering experience they now market a RF A/D, the RTL2832U with a sample rate beyond 2 MSps. That gives a spectral display greater than 1 MHz. It...

This post is not Xposted. In a previous post I mentioned that Linux runs Skype well, but Windows does not run Skype on old machines. I also found that Linux based Skype could use my old webcam from my Xbox 360. However performance is inconsistent. I ordered a replacement internal webcam for...

I got a new router from Comcast. The new router is a Arris TM722G. Unfortuately, now it does not work with my wireless system, Linksys E2000. Does anyone have any suggestions or places to look. I tried Linksys and Googling, so was wondering if anyone here any suggestions. I want to take back the...

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I'm working a HP G61-429WM that has a dark screen. It's a backlight problem, as a flashlight shows screen detail, and video to an external monitor is fine. The problem would manifest itself within a few seconds of startup. I replaced the inverter, and the system ran for several hours with...