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Forum: General November 13th 20, 07:50 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 882
Posted By philo
Odd PSU problem

On 11/12/20 6:57 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
On 10/2/20 6:47 PM, Paul wrote:
phi


snip

I have a cable made up with a 7905 running off -12V
joined to it. This makes a "fake"...
Forum: General November 13th 20, 12:10 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 882
Posted By philo
Odd PSU problem

On 10/2/20 6:47 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
On 9/30/20 8:27 PM, philo wrote:
On 9/29/20 8:53 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:


snip

Forum: General October 23rd 20, 10:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 22
Views: 7,563
Posted By philo
Can a weak CMOS battery prevent detection of a drive

On 10/22/20 8:21 PM, Norm Why wrote:
I read that weak CMOS battery can prevent detection of a drive. I have
two
SSD drives. One an old Samsung 500GB boots reliably. Drive D: is a new
...
Forum: General October 21st 20, 02:36 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 22
Views: 7,563
Posted By philo
Can a weak CMOS battery prevent detection of a drive

On 10/16/20 3:07 PM, Norm Why wrote:
I read that weak CMOS battery can prevent detection of a drive. I have two
SSD drives. One an old Samsung 500GB boots reliably. Drive D: is a new
Seagate...
Forum: General October 2nd 20, 05:19 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 882
Posted By philo
Odd PSU problem

On 9/30/20 8:27 PM, philo wrote:
On 9/29/20 8:53 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:


snip


I've been using the 20 pin tester simply to weed out 100% dead supplies.
Forum: General October 1st 20, 02:27 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 882
Posted By philo
Odd PSU problem

On 9/29/20 8:53 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
On 9/28/20 2:08 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
Had a power supply die, so I replaced it with a used one I had that
I had marked...
Forum: General September 30th 20, 12:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 882
Posted By philo
Odd PSU problem

On 9/28/20 2:08 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
Had a power supply die, so I replaced it with a used one I had that I
had marked "good."

It booted to the bios and I just set if for...
Forum: General September 28th 20, 06:03 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 882
Posted By philo
Odd PSU problem

Had a power supply die, so I replaced it with a used one I had that I
had marked "good."

It booted to the bios and I just set if for default but it never loaded
the OS. It just returned to the...
Forum: General June 26th 20, 11:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 1,505
Posted By philo
WD Black

On 6/26/20 5:25 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
On 6/26/20 5:05 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:



snip

Forum: General June 26th 20, 11:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 1,505
Posted By philo
WD Black

On 6/26/20 5:05 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
On 6/26/2020 4:40 PM, David W. Hodgins wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:16:32 -0400, philo wrote:

I'm wondering if...
Forum: General June 26th 20, 10:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 1,505
Posted By philo
WD Black

On 6/26/2020 4:40 PM, David W. Hodgins wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:16:32 -0400, philo wrote:

I'm wondering if there are performance issues with WD- Black hard drives.
...
Forum: General June 26th 20, 10:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 11
Views: 1,505
Posted By philo
WD Black

I'm wondering if there are performance issues with WD- Black hard drives.

On one of my Wife's Win10 machine, there was constant disk activity that
I could not trace down...all seemed normal.

I...
Forum: General May 1st 20, 05:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 9
Views: 1,905
Posted By philo
USB Hub?

On 5/1/2020 8:06 AM, wrote:
What are USB hubs used for? What are good ways to use one? Just
curious. IE Keyboard receiver and printer to same hub?
Thanks
xxxxx



Just a...
Forum: General April 21st 20, 09:23 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 2,097
Posted By philo
New build Follow up (photo viewer)

On 4/19/20 4:28 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
X



snip


Forum: General April 19th 20, 09:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 2,097
Posted By philo
New build Follow up

On 4/19/20 3:51 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
On


snip

Thumbnail rendering of images considerably faster on Windows

Forum: General April 19th 20, 09:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 2,097
Posted By philo
New build Follow up

On 4/12/20 8:26 PM, Philo wrote:
As long as most of us are ****-in I thought now would be a good time to
build a new machine.

I usually order from NewEgg

Just checked and I see...
Forum: General April 14th 20, 03:17 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 2,097
Posted By philo
New build

On 4/14/20 8:10 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
On 14/04/2020 12:56 am, Paul wrote:
Philo wrote:
As long as most of us are ****-in I thought now would be a good time
to build a new machine.

...
Forum: General April 13th 20, 03:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 2,097
Posted By philo
New build

On 4/13/2020 7:56 AM, Paul wrote:
Philo wrote:
As long as most of us are ****-in I thought now would be a good time
to build a new machine.

I usually order from NewEgg

Just...
Forum: General April 13th 20, 02:26 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 10
Views: 2,097
Posted By philo
New build

As long as most of us are ****-in I thought now would be a good time to
build a new machine.

I usually order from NewEgg

Just checked and I see everything ships from China and to expect it in 8...
Forum: General April 13th 20, 02:24 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 8
Views: 1,180
Posted By philo
Last on Earth

On 4/9/2020 3:01 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
philo wrote:
On 4/6/20 3:43 PM, Norm Why wrote:
Hi,

I found the last 4GB Samsung DDR2 RAM, it was priced at USD 15,000.

I went...
Forum: General April 9th 20, 02:20 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 8
Views: 1,180
Posted By philo
Last on Earth

On 4/6/20 3:43 PM, Norm Why wrote:
Hi,

I found the last 4GB Samsung DDR2 RAM, it was priced at USD 15,000.

I went shopping for 2GB Samsung DDR2 RAM. Well priced, four RAM sticks were
...
Forum: General July 11th 19, 02:55 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 678
Posted By philo
Hard drive experiments

On 7/10/19 9:54 AM, John McGaw wrote:
On 7/10/2019 10:22 AM, philo wrote:
On 7/8/2019 9:25 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
Now that I'm an old retired guy I am finally getting around to...
Forum: General July 10th 19, 03:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 678
Posted By philo
Hard drive experiments

On 7/8/2019 9:25 PM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote:
Now that I'm an old retired guy I am finally getting around to doing a
few things I've always wanted to try concerning hard drives.

I...
Forum: General July 9th 19, 02:56 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 4
Views: 678
Posted By philo
Hard drive experiments

Now that I'm an old retired guy I am finally getting around to doing a
few things I've always wanted to try concerning hard drives.

I mentioned in another thread that I had two drives taken out by...
Forum: General July 2nd 19, 06:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 20
Views: 2,739
Posted By philo
Cables Reproducing?

On 7/2/19 8:42 AM, John McGaw wrote:
It has to be that these things are breeding. There used to be a joking
theory that wire coat hangers were reproducing and trying to take over
the world...
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