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- Installing Mandriva 2008.1 on the ASUS Eee PC
- Out of the many distributions that work on the Eee PC, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring (or 2008.1) is one that works exceptionally well. It can be installed to the built-in SSD or onto an external SD card. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: ASUS, Card, PC, SD Card, built-In, Mandriva, Xandros, Eee PC, SDHC, BIOS, Wireless, Hardware, Components, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Like all myths, the OpenMac has a basis from history
- Yesterday, one of the big IT news stories was the debut of a Mac clone from a mysterious upstart company called Psystar. Now, less than 24 hours later, both Wired and The Guardian have dug into Psystar a little bit and it turns out the company and its rumored...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Psystar, EFI, Desktops, BIOS, Hardware, Components, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Helping a user with his home computer - a confusing conclusion
- An interesting discussion ensued when, in my last blog, I wondered about helping a user with a problem on his home computer (his wife’s computer, actually). I also voiced my displeasure with a technician who charged him for two hours of time ($150), but couldn’t fix a problem which was...
- Tags: Home PC, Password, Computer, Productivity, BIOS, Hardware, Components, Joe Rosberg
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- TR Out Loud - Feb. 29, 2008
- Join us for TR Out Loud this week to find out what delightful lass provided the question of the week. Also, listen to what's sure to become a legendary rant from Beth in this week's ShhhIT list segment. We're still open to suggestions for improving the show...
- Tags: Mouse, Performance, Mice, BIOS, Performance Management, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Beth Blakely
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Intel shows off faster, low-powered solid state drive
- Intel introduces a new solid state storage drive based on high-performance NAND storage, which it claims represents the pinnacle of this technology. Called the Z-P140, it delivers a blistering 40 MB per second read and 30 MB per second of write throughput. Intel says this is 30 percent...
- Tags: Solid State Disk, NAND, Intel Corp., Z-P140, BIOS, Hardware, Components, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- Dell Inspiron 1150 won't boot with power cord attached
- My laptop froze yesterday and when I tried to reboot using the power button and with the power cord attached, all I got was a blinking cursor in upper left corner. When I disconnect the power cord, system boots but I first get blue stop error screen (sometimes the...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, sckjgs2005@..., Dell Inspiron, BIOS, battery, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-25
- Acer aspire 5920g Bios and boot passwords removal
- Hi,I have recently bought my new Acer Aspire 5929G-1A1G16N notebook. I deceided to put bios and supervisor password on the notebook. I did it through the Acer's software, not through the bios. Just before rebooting i installed daemon tools and alchohol 120% which asked me to reboot my notebook. After...
- Tags: rostikk@..., Acer Inc., password, BIOS, supervisor password, notebook
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- About moving hard drives
- Hi all! Just a quick question here, ill try to make this brief =) Basically what Id like to know is if my current hard drive decided to throw a temper tantrum and stop working.. is it possible to plug a hard drive that already has windows on it from...
- Tags: AiTyrant@..., jumper, JPL, BIOS, ribbon cable, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Bios
- i can not go into my comouter. when computer starts it shows a window "Power-on Passward". But I can not type any thing on that screen. Also I can not go in to the boot menu (F10). My computer is Compaq Deskpro EN P866
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, mislammona@..., BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- bios
- i can not go into my comouter. when computer starts it shows a window "Power-on Passward". But I can not type any thing on that screen. Also I can not go in to the boot menu (F10). My computer is Compaq Deskpro EN P866Call CompaqThey can help you bypass the...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, mislammona@..., computer, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Laptop Hdd Pwd Recovery Help ?
- I lost my HDD password which i applied from the bios of my old laptop i tried to recover but failed someone help me how i can solve that problem.Hdd is 80 gb fujitsu, there is no password at bios only at HDD i can't boot or format that HDD....
- Tags: Manufacturing, Notebooks, internetspider@..., manufacturer, laptop computer, hard drive, password, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Windows XP Pro Invalid Key
- My 34MB drive crashed and couldn't be repaired. I need the extra room anyway so I started to start fresh with a SATA 250MB. My OEM disk only has SP1 so it only sees part of the drive. I borrowed a SP2 disk, but it won't accept my key "invalid...
- Tags: Serial ATA, tacpro@..., Microsoft Windows XP Professional, OEM, BIOS, disk, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Field Tech
- As a field tech, daily I walk in on infected computers. Most are infected with so many spyware/virus's I almost always recommend reformat/reload just to save timeand expense. But if they want me to try to clean their computer, I start with CCLeaner, then SpybotSD, then a good virus detector(at...
- Tags: Rootkits, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, renazonceman@..., BIOS, virus
- Discussion threads 2007-11-20
- DVD-RW wont show up even in bios
- I have a Fujitsu Siemens V2020 laptop and my dvd-rw wont show up, Even in the bios!!!!When I put in a cd into the drive, i can hear it spinning but nothing shows up.I cant even boot up from the CD. Any suggestions?
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, bivash.devjee@..., DVD-RW, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- dell admin bios password removal
- well and im sorry to say i came here for answers should have know none of theses guys have any answers other than ask dell and i thought this place was the shit !!!! ok the dell gets it sorry about your...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, HThammond@..., BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Bios Password
- Need master password for a FujitsuAmilo Pro. It was running XP, but cd wont boot anything now.Cmos battery is soldered in, can anyone help?Wrong question - Wrong forum - Sorry.TR takes the stance that, due to the high proliferation of laptop thefts across the world, we have no way of...
- Tags: Notebooks, satan_jane@..., password, payment, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- dell admin bios password removal
- dell inspiron 600m service tag: 4KQR131 1: so is there a master password that is derived from my service tag no.#?2: I've tride to jump the chip about 10 or 12 times and it didn't work! so i'm going to atempt un sodering pin 8, but im not sure witch...
- Tags: BIOS, HThammond@..., service tag, password, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-18
- Vista Freezes on Startup, 80% of the time.
- I recently purchased a new PC, custom built with an ASUS M2N-E SLI Motherboard (nForce 500 chipset). I am running of a AMD Athlon 64bit Dual Core processor, and my GPUs are 2x GeForce 8800GT 500s, if that matters. Its an SLI machine. =]Now, my problem began right after I...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Chipsets, justinrice@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, BIOS, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-11-17
- Can someone offer some direction on a RAM issue?
- Hello - Thank you for taking the time to help me. I have an older Sony Vaio (almost 4 years), and I have problems with my RAM not operating at full capacity, or anywhere near it. Until today, when I tried to install Dreamweaver, it hasn't mattered. The problem I...
- Tags: rentthese, memory stick, BIOS, RAM, memory
- Discussion threads 2007-11-17
- SATA drive on 3rd SATA port not showing in BIOS
- I have a MSI board that sees 2 of my 3 SATA drives. The drives are fine in the 1st and 2nd SATA port, but when I plug my 3rd drive into either the 3rd or 4th port the drive is not showing up in the BIOS. Any...
- Tags: bergheims@..., Serial ATA, SATA Port, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
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