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I know... Just sayin.
Let's talk partititions. Here's my new plan:
1. /boot (500mb). where the boot files for linux/grub will be
2. / (~90gb)
3. C:/ for XP (~90GB)
4. C:/ for W7 (~90GB)
5. S:/ shared partition (10-20gb)
6. swap (~4gb)
The sizes will be adjusted as needed based on the real drive capacity and formatting losses.
How does that look?Last edited by ratdude747; 01-08-2013, 12:02 PM.sigpic
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Today I (sorta) addressed a peeling paint issue with the RAM cover.
The primer dell used worked great on the Magnesium parts... but on the Aluminum RAM cover, it had no adheshion. Due to heat or something, the paint was bubbling and chipping like mad. Remoiving the faded and crispy Vista Home Bacic COA was hard at first (it was flaking apart) but became easy once I cut the paint with a knife and peeled it off, paint and all.
I wish I grabbed pictures.
After that, I sanded off the remaining paint... it came off so easy... when I was done, it had a nice brushed appearance.
I think the issue is that the AL was really smooth... it should have been brushed or sanded before it was hit with primer. My dad's thinkpad T22 has the same issue with the rubbery stiff coming off the bottom covers. No surface prep at all.
I'm thinking of using some high-temp black engine enamel or perhaps Topcat's favorite plastidip. Whichever is more durable and can take the stress.
Also, moron here somehow lost the e-clip for the cover screw. Anybody know what size clip I need to replace it with?sigpic
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The drive came this evening.
My laptop services were ultimately not needed... but given how piss-poor i855GM graphics are at CAD, I still went about my Triple boot plan.
Bad news: due to various issues, I had to re-install all 3 OS's. I also managed to corrupt the FS on both old partitons... ao I lost 2 days of notes and the originals of a lot of the stuff I've posted here over the past year and a half. Luckily, the really important stuff I had backed up over winter break... and the notes I can recreate.
Good News: The 7200 seems to run a lot better than the 5400. Between the added space and the speed boost, I'd say $55 was worth it.
I'll post a screenshot from each OS... here's XP:
Windows 7 Coming up next...Attached Filessigpic
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Windows 7:
A few from Debian coming soon...Attached Filessigpic
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And Debian:
The overall Partition scheme:
Under linux, I noticed much reduced boot times with the upgrade Hdd. I like it.Attached Filessigpic
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I'm considering a move to SSD drives in ALL my laptops and UMPCs. That's at least 3 SSD's I need to purchase. The UMPCs (Sony Vaio UX and HTC Shift X9500) will definitely get the green light first... then my conventional laptops, starting with my Lenovo T61... then my Macbook.
Annoying bit is with the UMPc's and the 1.8" drives.Don't find love, let love find you. That's why its called falling in love, because you don't force yourself to fall, you just fall. - AnonymousComment
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Cap Datasheet Depot: http://www.paullinebarger.net/DS/
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Got the required SW installed on the XP side... runs great.
I never thought there would be such a performance difference between a 8mb 5400 and a 16mb 7200...sigpic
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I have a i965 and it really should support 4 but the bios only allows 3. and according to this, unless your laptops have 4 slots, it should not be possible to do 2x4 /w ddr2Cap Datasheet Depot: http://www.paullinebarger.net/DS/
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Well, 2x 4gb works. It did take a BIOS update from Dell.
My guess was that 4gb modules were either unheard of or not practical at the time of the mobile i965's prototyping/testing... so it wasn't tested and not listed as compatible.
Time goes bye and Dell, seeing a new demand for 8gb capable laptops, decides to remove the BIOS limit at 4gb and upon testing 8gb, they find that it actually works.. and after enough stability testing, they decide to add it to the latest bios.
This sort of thing happens all the time... Like when new CPUs come out. Only this time, Intel didn't add it to their list (probably becase they want to sell newer platforms).sigpic
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Hi guys, this is general query really
So I have a Hill DX3000 3KW audio amplifier here.
It has a topology/design like a class A/B but all the banks of output transistors (10 transistors in each 'side' of the channel) are NPN.
I was wondering what class this is. It doesn't fit the description of class A.
It also doesn't match class A/B or B amplifiers as all the examples I see have a complimentary output stage desigs (NPN/PNP) and clearly is not G, H or D
I looked for 'class A push pull' but that didn't tell me anything either
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For some time, a "Class 2" HDMI cable (part number BN39-01583B) supplied with a Samsung 4K 60 Hz display sometimes causes the display to overlay a few horizontal lines of flickering pixels of random colours and sometimes drops out, particularly on content requring HDCP.
Since changing the cable to a thicker Class 2 unit, this problem has not occured again - do you know of other marginal "Class 2" HDMI cables supplied with displays?09-06-2023, 08:50 PM -
Hi all!
I have a piece of gear with a Power-one SPL130 power supply in it. On the primary side, there is a very tiny (about the size of your thumb nail) RIFA Class Y capacitor, 2.2 nF. I'm not too sure about the condition (whether or not it's cracking) but I do know that it's there.
I'm aggregating information as to how I should remedy this. It hasn't exploded yet, but that's what I'm trying to avoid.
I've never seen a RIFA class Y safety cap self destruct (or at least it hasn't been documented in the past). However, it's not worth the risk to leave it in there.... -
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Is a snubbing capacitor fine to use in place of an X2 suppression safety? The only real difference I see is that the dV/dt is around 3 times higher than the recommended Class X2. Is this a positive or negative issue in this turntable audio device? See C601...
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