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Forum: Homebuilt PC's November 23rd 18, 04:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 865
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
What are your findings with SSDs ?

On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:29:59 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Everytime my harddisk is slow/taxed I kinda wish and wondering about SSDs... how much would I really like it ?!

What I...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's May 26th 18, 05:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 7
Views: 211
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
What is a "Softraid controller"?

On Fri, 25 May 2018 20:52:17 -0400, Paul
wrote:

The "real" hardware RAID allows setting up things
at BIOS level too, just to get around some bootstrapping
issues you might...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's April 23rd 18, 12:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 63
Views: 6,866
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
Recommend data recovery company?

On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 08:15:54 -0400, "Jonathan N. Little"
wrote:

Zaidy036 wrote:
One last effort?
Place drive in zip lock bag overnight in freezer. Quickly attach to PC...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 7th 18, 04:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 23
Views: 765
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
The Biggest Mistake in Windows 7 and such, Task manager does not focus on harddisk performance !

On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:49:42 -0600, Charlie Hoffpauir
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 19:16:43 -0800, Loren Pechtel
wrote:

I got started with 110...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 5th 18, 03:16 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 23
Views: 765
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
The Biggest Mistake in Windows 7 and such, Task manager does not focus on harddisk performance !

On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 20:12:51 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

And, yes, as you say, I suppose there would have been something about
MS-DOS that decidedly felt different: There was...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 4th 18, 03:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 570
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
"Windows 7 computers won’t receive security updates without antivirus scanner"

On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 21:06:50 -0600, Lynn McGuire
wrote:

"Windows 7 computers won’t receive security updates without antivirus
scanner"
...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 4th 18, 03:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 570
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
"Windows 7 computers won’t receive security updates without antivirus scanner"

On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 02:47:56 -0500, Paul
wrote:

I was looking for Definitions, as I was going to chuck in a set
just for fun. This item is more than definitions...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 2nd 18, 12:30 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 19
Views: 646
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
Man sues Microsoft for $600M after a forced Windows upgrade destroyed his PC

On 1 Mar 2018 20:13:24 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

BTW, what *is* this 'Windows 10' thingy you guys keep talking about!? :-)

An abomination.

I had a bug report that I...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 17th 18, 09:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 328
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
RAM Slack?

On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:28:56 -0500, Paul
wrote:

I would fix that if I were you.

What I do, is I review my handiwork with a hex editor,
testing as I go. To verify that...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 15th 18, 05:17 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 328
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
RAM Slack?

On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:37:01 -0800 (PST), Davej
wrote:

I have been reading some stuff about digital forensics and have seen several comments about "RAM slack" where supposedly...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 15th 18, 05:17 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 328
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
RAM Slack?

On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:20:02 -0500, Paul
wrote:

In one case, Microsoft Office may have made things worse,
by rounding something at the program level to...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 14th 18, 04:21 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 3
Views: 176
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
Took 3 months to get a keyboard

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:52:10 -0500, Flasherly
wrote:

Time remains. My last mechanical board is over a decade old and still
functions perfectly. It also cost perhaps fourfold...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 10th 18, 07:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 1,510
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
"Warning: Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre patch is bricking some AMD PCs"

On Mon, 8 Jan 2018 15:47:13 -0600, Lynn McGuire
wrote:

"Warning: Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre patch is bricking some AMD PCs"
...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 6th 18, 09:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 253
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
Spontaneous Shutdown/Reboot

On Tue, 02 Jan 2018 02:41:46 -0500, Flasherly
wrote:

On Tue, 2 Jan 2018 00:49:06 -0500, Bill wrote:

Before I found my "fix" I was producing...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 26th 17, 01:42 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 13
Views: 559
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
question re micro-USB/regular USB cord

On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:48:26 -0500, Paul
wrote:

On cameras, it's the battery pack that is non-standard.
If you go to Best Buy, there's a whole rack of different
battery...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 26th 17, 01:42 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 13
Views: 559
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
question re micro-USB/regular USB cord

On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 08:03:20 -0500, "SC Tom" wrote:



"Loren Pechtel" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 21...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 25th 17, 02:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 13
Views: 559
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
question re micro-USB/regular USB cord

On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:59:26 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

However ... and here's the catch ... many camera makers use their own
proprietary connectors on their cables and camera ports. ...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 25th 17, 02:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 250
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
plug in USB drive = reboot

On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:34:33 -0800 (PST), wrote:

I transferred a Gigglebite H61 mainboard to an old Antec Lanboy case.
All was fine until I plugged a thumb drive into front...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's November 27th 17, 01:24 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 7
Views: 316
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
I What kind of USB connector is this?

On Fri, 03 Nov 2017 01:21:18 -0600, wrote:

Yep, that is the one. I was not sure how to look it up.
I think that #2 is the one on my cellphone. (not that this matters).
I...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's September 30th 17, 07:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 5
Views: 298
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
base clock only 96.6 MHz

On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 04:07:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I was given a dead PC: if you pressed the on button, the fans just flicked
half a turn then stopped. The mainboard does not...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's September 30th 17, 07:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 38
Views: 854
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
Is there any proof that Usenet is still international?

On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:32:05 -0000 (UTC), John Doe
wrote:

Since communist China prohibits such things, like YouTube,
Twitter, and Facebook, it might seem otherwise to...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 27th 17, 10:39 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 20
Views: 628
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
Strange new pdf animal? Anyone know how to print it?

On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:50:59 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

Since they bitch that I wasn't using Adobe Reader when I opened the PDF
to which you linked, my guess is that Adobe Reader has...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 25th 17, 06:41 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 0
Views: 114
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
Customers took a stand against Windows 10’s aggressive upgrades – and won

On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:16:38 -0600, "K Wills (Shill #3)"
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 23:14:54 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote:

Jesse Worley...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 14th 16, 04:30 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 5
Views: 103
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
Must batteries be removable from devices?

On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:36:43 -0500, Larc
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 04:47:05 -0800 (PST), wrote:

| On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 12:21:26 PM UTC+8,...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 14th 16, 04:30 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 5
Views: 103
Posted By Loren Pechtel[_2_]
SanDisk Issues (continued)

On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 03:40:41 -0500, Flasherly
wrote:

On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:53:56 -0500, Paul
wrote:

When they ask for pictures of the device, it's...
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