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Last Activity: 05-01-2015, 04:53 AM
Joined: 02-01-2007
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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  • shadow
    replied to best cheap/free scores 1.1
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: best cheap/free scores 1.1



    At my school and university we were only allowed to use calculators up to the Ti 83+ (mainly so it wouldn't have those advanced features that you get in the 89 ). Anyway, I find it surprising how often that happens that the contrast is super low that you can't read it and you have to bump it up manually using the hot-keys on the calculator. From memory if the batteries are dead for a long time, when you pop in new ones, the contrast defaults to a very low level. Interesting that it still seemed to happen even thou the calculators...
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  • shadow
    replied to Laptop mouse suggestions
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: Laptop mouse suggestions

    Looks like a decent mouse which makes use of the tiny Unifying dongle.
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  • shadow
    replied to Extending wifi
    in Troubleshooting & Designing Networks
    Re: Extending wifi



    Seems to work every time for me. If done properly, adding a second router can solve many issues. ...
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  • shadow
    replied to Cisco IOS
    in Troubleshooting & Designing Networks
    Re: Cisco IOS

    I haven't used Cisco IOS for years. At that time I was using the Cisco CCNA text books to learn.
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  • shadow
    replied to "A Network Cable is Unplugged"
    in Troubleshooting & Designing Networks
    Re: "A Network Cable is Unplugged"



    Great advice. By following this you will tell if it is a software issue or a hardware issue....
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  • shadow
    replied to Windows XP End of Life Approaching
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: Windows XP End of Life Approaching



    Car companies make parts for cars that are not in production primarily because they make money off it rather than just customer service. It is true that original parts are probably made for so many years after production (much like XP has been getting updates for years).

    I know what you are saying..and what your intent is. However I still doubt it will happen because there is still an incurred cost of making it happen for no apparent gain. As far as I know, a service pack has a lot more work put into it compared...
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  • shadow
    replied to Windows XP End of Life Approaching
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    Re: Windows XP End of Life Approaching



    Unlikely...why would any company spend money to develop something on a platform that they are just about to pull the pin on....
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  • shadow
    replied to Windows XP End of Life Approaching
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    Re: Windows XP End of Life Approaching



    There is also a handy open source application called WSUS Offline Update. [URL="http://www.wsusoffline.net/"]http://www.wsusoffline.net/[/URL]
    You can download all the updates from various versions of Windows and Office for offline storage. It also has the ability to create an ISO image with all the updates on it along with an installation script which will install all the updates automatically, in the right order and can be set to automatically resume installing updates when Windows requires a restart to 'finish'...
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  • shadow
    replied to Sas backplane sp410423/412736 pinout
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: Sas backplane sp410423/412736 pinout

    I have an old proliant server...when I have some time I will open it up and take a photo of the molex connection. Hopefully that will provide some insight.
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  • shadow
    replied to Sas backplane sp410423/412736 pinout
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: Sas backplane sp410423/412736 pinout

    I'm a little bit confused with what information you are after. Can you give us some further information, perhaps even an image. What backplane are you talking about? I assume the backplane to the hot-swappable hard drives which I would have assumed would be 12V/5V.
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  • shadow
    replied to Laptop mouse suggestions
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: Laptop mouse suggestions

    I thought that the 'hyperspin' can be switched on and off using the mechanical button under the scroll wheel. Change between indented scrolling and continuous scrolling.
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  • shadow
    replied to What fails for you the most?
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: What fails for you the most?

    Today just saw a dead Toshiba laptop drive. *sigh*
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  • shadow
    replied to Laptop mouse suggestions
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: Laptop mouse suggestions



    Perhaps creative spelling auto-correct on his phone. ...
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  • shadow
    replied to Laptop mouse suggestions
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    Re: Laptop mouse suggestions

    I have just checked out a review for the mouse that JimboJet suggested. I was surprised that it actually uses a single AA battery! So if you don't want to use the USB connector for charging, you can charge the battery using traditional methods. However I have a suspicion that a single AA battery would not last too long. Perhaps better than two AAA's though.
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  • shadow
    replied to Laptop mouse suggestions
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    Re: Laptop mouse suggestions



    I can only judge based on the four or so Logitech mice that I have used (only two had tilt wheel). By default Logitech seem to assign the left tilt to scroll left and the right tilt to scroll right. However as I said before, the middle mouse button by default does not do the action of a 'middle button'. I found this a bit annoying, however all the mouse buttons are configurable under Windows using Logitech's software (SetPoint). Not sure if you can reassign actions to mouse buttons normally without any software. Under Linux I never had...
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  • shadow
    replied to [HOWTO] Fix/Repair "Chassis Intruded Fatal Error System Halted" on Asus P5QL
    in Troubleshooting Desktop Motherboards, Graphics Cards, and PC Peripherals
    Re: [HOWTO] Fix/Repair "Chassis Intruded Fatal Error System Halted" on Asus P5QL

    Very interesting find! I find it impressive that someone would come up with such a solution.

    By desoldering the transistor and wiring a 3.3V source straight to the drain pin. It seems like you are bypassing the whole Chassis Intrusion circuitry and making the motherboard 'happy' so to speak by saying that there has not been any Chassis Intrusion at any time (tying the relevant IO pin to high).

    I assume the Chassis Intrusion 'feature' will not work anymore with the...
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  • shadow
    replied to Laptop mouse suggestions
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    Re: Laptop mouse suggestions



    Had a quick look. Whilst I don't really like the idea of a rechargeable laptop mouse at first. They do hold charge for longer than standard batteries and that particular model can be charged through a micro-USB port (unlike my rechargeable desktop mouse which can't be charged without the cradle)....
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  • shadow
    replied to Corrosion on GA-M61P-S3
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: Corrosion on GA-M61P-S3



    As you now probably know. Probably not the best idea to have a PC running and operation outside. You would get all that lint build up. Living near the ocean just seems to make it worse I guess....
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  • shadow
    replied to heatsinks on northbridges/chipsets
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: heatsinks on northbridges/chipsets

    Not too sure what you are looking for. However I used to own a AMD Athlon based system (Socket A) and the motherboard included a small tiny 40mm fan that squealed (since it ran so fast to push the little air it could). I decided to disconnect and remove it. Nothing bad happened to it, I did make sure the chipset was not overheating at the start. I had decent airflow and as such I never had an issue. The motherboard was a Gigabyte GA-7VA. The chipset was a VIA KT400. Later revisions of the same motherboard ended up having passive heatsinks on...
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  • shadow
    replied to Laptop mouse suggestions
    in General Computer & Tech Discussion
    Re: Laptop mouse suggestions



    This was years ago when I used to dual boot. I didn't do anything specific. I used to have to re-pair my Bluetooth mouse every time I changed OS. However I think I exploited some sort of hardware glitch with my mouse and managed to get given the same Bluetooth key twice (as I said I can't remember how I did it). I did not do anything too special. However the link you posted seems to have a far more concrete way of achieving it. ...
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