Posts by alc6379

First of all, it's rounded to 42.

think about the values of binary:

32  16  8  4  2  1 
1   0   1  0  1  0

That should kind of show you what's going on. If you've got any questions, let me know. For your reference, 10101010 is equal to 170.

I've got an original sparcstation 5, so I'm in a bit of a different position than you, but give Debian another shot. It had the most trouble-free X configuration that I've ever run on a sparc. You just put in the information that you know (mainly video card type, monitor size/resolution), and it generated a config file that had an acceptable setup that I hardly had to tweak.

Can you post your most recent XF86Config file? Maybe someone with a similar setup could help you out in tweaking yours.

Moved thread to proper forum. Hardware Swap is meant for trading hardware.

Well after having some members who wanted to erase their traces from the forums I don't allow thread removal either. and on the most "serious" forum I allod edit just in 15 minutes time after the post was made. Makes life as an admin easier.

I think Dani had some similar issues here too ;)

As for the mess cleaning, we all have mods (and we're also doing this as admins) .. so usually duplicates will be easily spotted

Hear, Hear.

If you really have a problem with a post, let a mod know, or use the "Report this Post" link on each post. Trust me-- it will get taken care of...

I'm doing it, or at least, I have access to the beta's through MSDN. If your specs are beefy enough, you can run it on another hard drive or another partition, and dual boot with whatever OSes you have on there already.

Currently, I'm booting Windows XP Pro, Vista, and Gentoo Linux on one hard drive without any problems.

No.

System restore is only available in Windows XP and Windows ME. Server 2003 doesn't even have it, to my knowledge. Your best bet is going to be restoring from your most current backup tape.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news on this one...

Unfortunately, there's not a way that I'm aware of to do it-- that "feature" is likely hard-coded into Explorer's file management behaviour.

It all depends on how vital it is to have minimal downtime. If you need to be up and running quickly, you should have a fairly current Ghost image of your drive sitting around somewhere. If you just care about your data, Windows backup is just fine.

Personally, since all I care about is my data, I just use Windows Backup, and I back up my documents monthly, because I can always reinstall on my personal system, and not have to worry about downtime affecting anything that I do. Besides, I have spare systems that I can utilize while I'm reinstalling...

Don't explicitly deny write access-- just don't set it. Then, set explicit write permissions on the folder you choose. That should do it-- when applying permissions in Windows, the most restrictive permissions always take precedence over others.

Have you got any peripherals attached, like a printer, or external hard drive? Make sure that only your keyboard, mouse and monitor are attached, nothing else, for the installation. Also, set your BIOS to defaults, or pull the Clear CMOS jumper on your motherboard, that helps clear the ESCD, which stores hardware configuration. That can often cause the installation to freeze if there's a bum entry in that database.

How often are you checking the emails? Is Outlook configured to check periodically for new messages?

What kind of application are we running here? There are some that allow this.

Is this even supposed to be in the Linux forum? What OS are we running, with a Setup.exe file needing to be run?

Have you got any peripherals attached, like USB printers, network adapters, or hard drives? When you're installing, just install with the network cable, keyboard, mouse, and Monitor attached-- that helps with a lot of boot issues like what you've described.

Really quick SSH howto:

at the command prompt, type in

ssh computer address

Where the computer address is the IP Address or hostname of the system you want to connect to. Enter in your username and password, and get to work!

...Connecting is just that simple.

You would either have to locate the RPM file for Fluxbox to install, or download the source code, and compile it yourself. I suggest checking out www.google.com/linux using the term "fluxbox" to get more information-- I believe that the people who wrote that WM will have instructions on how to install or compile the software for your system.

You probably want to obtain a real copy of your operating system media, and download the drivers for the system on another system. If it's not reading the discs you have, you're simply out of luck...

Great! thanks for the information!

Do you have another video card that you can try on this? Why are we loading such an old OS on this system, anyways?

It might work. The Pentium 4 1.3ghz was a bit faster than the Pentium 3. Also, there are certain processor optimizations that the code of the game might have to work more efficiently with the P4 processor.

But, what are the rest of the specs on your system? You might get by if you have a beefy video card.

service tag # 6TSYW31
EXPRESS SERVICE CODE#14862870253

DJSILVERMAN,

I will state this a little more clearly:

CREATE YOUR OWN THREAD.

Your initial issue has nothing to do with the one in this thread. Don't post any more information about your system in this thread-- no one can help you with this. If you really own the system, and you can verify ownership, contact Dell Technical support, and they might be able to help you out. Otherwise, your laptop is useless.

I don't care what you disassemble on those systems, that's not going to take out the password. It's not something as easy to remove as a desktop's BIOS password-- they're not kept in CMOS.

Seriously, now. The amount of power that you'd need to "penetrate the cranium" would be enough to screw up everyone in a region. What would someone have to gain by doing this, anyways?

Try booting to a DOS CD, like a Windows 98 install disc, if you have one. Using DOS commands, change over to the drive letter A: (it may be B: if it's a Windows 98 install disc). From there, type DIR, and then see what it lists. Swap disks, and then do the same thing. If the contents are listed as different, at least you know your drive is good, and that it's an OS issue.

You might want to go into safe mode by pressing F8 before the Windows logo loads. From there, you can go into device manager, and remove the drivers, or perhaps install a different version of the drivers. That might keep your system from hanging at boot.

I've got a Dell Axim X30, and it's my digital buddy. I have AvantGo on it, so I've always got mobile news when I'm away from my desk. I check my home email accounts, and sync when I get home, and I'm CONSTANTLY using it to jot down notes and stuff.

I could live without it, but now that I have one, I'm not sure if I want to. :D

What kind of keyboard? One for your PC? Are you sure you've got the keyboard's character set configured properly? You're not typing in an alternate language, are you?

Gee whiz!

Dani just turned 23 recently. Why are people responding to a 2 year old thread?

Thread closed.

I don't see anything wrong with this.

Family or not, the person's a criminal. He robbed banks, took innocent people's money. He was a drug addict, too, robbing banks to pay for his habit. What's the big deal? Why does it matter who turned him in?

My point is that the person got brought to justice. It shouldn't matter who brought them in, and the fact that people are trying to side with the dad because his sons brought him in is ludicrous. I applaud the sons for stepping up-- they shouldn't be chastized for turning in a bank robber.

User gets a message stating:

Unable to open your default e-mail folders. The path specified for the file path to PST file is not valid.

This article covers one fix for this issue, if the user does not know where their .PST file is located. Sometimes, the user can even point Outlook to their PST file, and still come up with this error message.

The resolution is to remove the mail profile that is referencing this file. There are two ways of doing this: via the Control panel, or via the Registry. Both should work the same, but I'll cover both methods.

Method 1: The Mail Control Panel
This is the recommended approach. Make sure Outlook is closed while performing this procedure.

• In Windows XP, open the Mail control panel. (Category view users must select "Switch to Classic View" for this option)
• If any profiles are configured, the next window will be your "Mail Setup" screen. Click the "Show Profiles..." button.
• If there is only one profile name listed under "The following profiles are set up on your computer", highlight it, and click the
  "Remove" button. Select YES to confirm your choice to delete the profile.
• The next time the user opens Outlook, they will be asked to create a new profile. Simply pick a name, and proceed with configuration of emaill account usernames, addresses and passwords.

Method 2: Removal via registry keys
Even though the Control Panel is …

it should be the exact same model.

Personally, I wouldn't fool with it. I'm currently sitting on an iPaq 3675 with a cracked screen. It's a pain in the arse to get the digitizer and everything properly installed, and you need to do it in a dust-free environment.

...And guess what? The LCD replacement cost hasn't changed in 3 years. When I first wanted to change it out, they said it would cost $180. I check other sources, now, and it's still about that same price.

To do it right, check these guys out:
http://pocketpctechs.com/

They do everything from RAM upgrades and screen replacements. They have a good reputation, and they have a clean room they do the stuff in.

I've seen wiring "hackarounds" for the whole "fan's power comes from the supply but motherboard needs to sense fan bla bla bla" hookups, but the actual wiring configuration depends on the particular motherboard, and honestly- I'm too tired to go Googling for that info right now. It's sleepy-time for Dave................................

Let's just say I have some experience with this machine. All you need is the one lead for tach running-- the motherboard requires that line, so you're kind of stuck.

Looking past the great specs doublethefist posted, I suggest making sure you get a card with hardware encoding. The Hauppage PVR-250 is a pretty nice card, IMHO.

You can still upgrade the graphics in the PC. That's no problem.

The question becomes: was the game even compatible with 2k in the first place? I've had tons of games run well in 98, but crash in 2000. Neverwinter Nights was a big one for me.

Have you tried Google yet? I suggest searching for the terms "x700" and "Black and White 2". Perhaps there's an updated driver, or a game patch that you need to install.

Do you get any error messages when attempting to run the game?

Do you have any other USB devices plugged in? What kind of system is this? What OS are we running? Are the drivers OEM, or is the device native to Windows?

With the NVIDIA stuff, it's usually best to install the current drivers, unless you know your card has a specific issue with a game you're playing...

What ports do you have on the back of your laptop? Do you have a Blue VGA connector? If you don't, then there's not going to be dual-monitors in your future.

What kind of flicker, exactly?

One thing to look at, if this started recently, is electrical interference. Have you started using any new appliances around this monitor recently?

a 9800 would be your only option, I guess. What about an Nvidia 6800, or a 6600 GT? Those are nice, and not too expensive (under $200 US)

It also happens on your desktop window? What does that mean?

Please clarify your query. It sounds initially like you may have a corrupt video card.

I haven't used it on a computer, but my favorite Korean restaurant just bought a Sanyo 42" plasma. Don't know the model, but that thing looks awesome on DVD and on HD channels pulled from satellite.

It could be a software setting. I don't remember offhand, but there are things in Windows that can configure that. To test if it's a hardware thing, though, does it do it in the BIOS? If so, you might be looking at a motherboard replacement on that unit.

It could be a bad LCD panel, or it could just be a bad LCD cable connection. You'll want to remove the keyboard from the unit, find where the LCD cable connects to the system board, remove and reseat it. If that doesn't resolve your issue, you're probably looking at a bad LCD panel.

Just use the instructions here

To yank the battery from the motherboard. It does the exact same thing as pulling the CMOS jumper.

Here's one thing to consider.

If your board says it needs PC-100, I try to stick with PC-100. I've had incidents where systems would not underclock the PC-133 like they're supposed to. In your case, I can say authoritatively that the P3-500mhz processor in that system only uses PC-100 SDRAM. The reason why the Dell rep might have given you the wrong memory type is because at one point, there was a REALLY old line called XPS (yours, no offense), and now there is a new, revamped line called XPS. As far as running Win98 is concerned, I personally don't see a need to go further than 512MB of RAM.

By the way, I just want to comment upon something here. The computer in question is OLD, like really old in terms of manufacture date. More than likely, the warranty on parts like fans, etc, have long since expired. In the case of your XPS T500, it's also quite likely that everyone who has one also now has an expired warranty. In that case, it doesn't make any sense to keep spare parts in stock for a system like that, because you're not fulfilling any warranty obligations by doing so, and you're certainly not making a profit by keeping stock on hand that may or may not get ordered, ever.

One thing about systems like this-- you still need to have a "tach", or RPM monitoring lead to connect to the motherboard connector. If not, your system will not boot, because it will think there's no CPU fan connected. And, of course, that's a no-no. :)

If you're looking at a bare-bones setup, with just PSU, mobo, and CPU, and we know the PSU is good, I'd suspect that motherboard. What indicators tell us power is getting to it?

same happened to me with the K7S5A motherboard
AMD 1200 i dont know anymore than that unfortunatly
the powersupply is fine everything is fine
exept it doest want to start up
i was unplugging IDE cables because the bios was set to boot up IDE-1 and i needed it to boot FDE so i could upgrade teh bios

please help me, this is making my head hurt

Please don't hijack others' threads. Your issue is not related to theirs, and there is nothing anecdotal that could provide help to this member.

As to the original poster, it's likely you do need a new motherboard, if you're sure the PSU is good. Why did it happen-- who knows? Were you the one who wired up the USB ports?

Can you pull the Clear CMOS jumper on your motherboard? 1666mhz doesn't sound like the right frequency for that chip-- did you do some overclocking?

All the same, can you check temperatures on your processor? It might be the power supply, but I'd be concerned about the CPU frequency you're reporting. At the very least, try simply leaving the CPU multiplier the same, and setting the speed really low for that, like a 100mhz FSB, just to see if it POSTs.

Curious-- why did you flash the BIOS? That's not something you should just do willy-nilly. What all components are currently installed in the system? Does it even power up now?

You can just shunt the jumper. I often times just touch a screwdriver to the two power pins to start a benched system. Do you have another video card/proc/mb to try? I'd start testing these components each, one by one. Put the proc in a known-good system, etc.