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I have two Barracuda 4.3 SCSI 68 pin drives that I am trying to run off an AHA 2940 and its 50 pin connector. It sees none of them. I ran an IBM Deskstar the same way but either the drive...

Be advised Mr/Ms Angel that the main battery is bad. I will leave it on a charge to see if it behaves if not see ya at Ebay :D
Ken

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My Canon 480CDS keeps giving me a cmos battery bad error even with a new cmos batt. I had it soldered for me at a shop so I thought, "The connectors may be backwards" So I reversed them and...

if you can get it not to conduct onto the myriad chips on the motherboard, etc and can make darned sure it won't leak I am all for it. Remember too that there is the issue of condensation.

It...

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Is there such as job as a network admin that neither carries a pager provided by his employer nor is "on call?"

I will not give up my camping and fishing time for an IT job that pays maybe...

So much for outwitting outdated technology :( Seems my card reader only goes down to 16m so the array of choices should be simple.
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Ken

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I have an Epson PhotoPc 600 that I put a Kingston CompactFlash 32mb card in. I formatted it in the camera. I copied photos to it shut down the camera and ejected the card, placing it into...

Double check your antivirus program you are running to see if it is up to date. Also change the desktop scheme for kicks. Perhaps try to change the character set in control panel.If this fails you...

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I need the pinouts for a Polaroid Fun Digital 320 camera. I cannot find them on the Web or Usenet. I want to make my own cable instead of paying the Roids 20 bucks for the thing.
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I am trying to build a serial cable for a Polaroid Fun Digital 320 camera and cannot find the pinouts. Does anyone know the pinouts? I have a phone plug and serial plug but need to match...

This scenario leaves me to cater to just the business customers or work in house for a business . But won't most businesses buy a slew of these throwaway pc's and decide to fling vs. fix?

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I am noticing an influx of computers into my store that are either too expensive to fix (mainboard in proprietary system, bad OEM pwr sup) or the parts cost too much from the OEM's. The trend...

Sorry but I guess I meant if I didn't unplug shouldn't there be a pile of dead ATX boards at my shop because usually we don't unplug the AC going to the power supply.
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Ken

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By the book you should unplug an ATX system before moving RAM in or out. Will having a plugged up system while pulling/putting RAM fry the motherboard?

It may be or may not be the culprit...

The original speed is 100mhz Intel Pentium. I cannot believe that going above 100mhz with a 133mhz chip or 166 will 1)burn the machine up and/or 2)not make a difference. What is the rationale for...

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I have a Canon 480cds laptop that I want to hot rod to 133 or 166 non MMX. There are jumper switches by the cpu over the PC Card slots when removing the keyboard.

However I checked Canon's...

Check <a href="http://www.driverguide.com" target="_blank">www.driverguide.com</a> and try different drivers. And make sure you leave word on Driverguide that the one you download/successfully...

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I am having a worse problem with a self contained DOS based virus scanner. Norton Rescue's disks with the self contained program and definitions fail to install themselves in RAM and give me...

Sorry I greeted you with a negative comment on those who "live and breathe technology" but did you get the "impress your friends" comment that prefaced it?

Then again technology can be fun....

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Where do I find information on what SDRAM types or DDR types are compatible with what CPU's? I had to shoot craps with a man who bought a 1.3 Athlon and the board took either pc100 or pc133....

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I have some AT cases that have viable power supplies. I would like to know if there are available any car stereo decks that will fit into one or two of the 5.25 inch bays so I can convert one...

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I have a CTX laptop that in every respect is a good machine. It is the better of the Socket 7 units. But the socket is supposed to have an anchor slider to engage the pins of the CPU. I have...

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I have purchased a Gateway Celeron/P3 Brookings motherboard, part 4000666. I cannot find the part no. on search and I can only find the MS-6312 motherboard info sheets on the web site. The...

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I have a P6IPW-Fe ECS mainboard that has a 6.21.00 bios. It is rated for up to a Celeron 500 cpu in the guide to operations. Would the bios by chance permit me to go as far as the multipliers...

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I have a Deskjet 632c that improperly feeds paper (1.5 pages at a time) and won't put a drop of ink on the page. Do I need a PCB and how can I get one without going to HP (100+$; I don't think...