Thermaltake TR2 430w power supply
Some time ago my son-in-law experienced a major failure in his external hard drive storage system. He pulled the whole thing and replaced it with a new system. He boxed up the old system and let me...
View ArticleSecure A Networked Computer
This is not a ‘How-To’. It is more of a ‘What I Did and Why’. If you need specifics, go to the home pages of the people whos software I am recommending. The objective was to secure an old XP system...
View ArticlePCBSD ver 9
I am sure this is really neat software capable of wonderous things but its installer is not capable of using a server to obtain an IP adress. I figure if it is not smart enough to do that, it is...
View ArticleDVD/CD door keeps opening and won’t stay shut
I have had this happen on several drives over a 20 year period and the cause is always the same. Either the media is damaged and can’t be read or the motor that spins the disk is dead. Try cleaning the...
View ArticleDual Boot
Just about any boot loader will allow you to dual boot operating systems off a single hard drive. The hard drive is divided into seperate partitions for each operating system and a boot loader such as...
View Articleusb memory cards and sticks
I was comparing usb memory sticks to memory cards to see which was a better buy. Turns out that the memory stick is still the better buy. A 16gig memory stick sells for about $13 with free shipping...
View ArticleMemory Storage Computers
Mass storage has always been on hard drives and it still is but I have started using them differently. The conventional use of hard drives is to install them permanently to the machine where they can...
View ArticleBootable USB Memory Stick
There is nothing magical about making memory storage devices bootable. We have been doing it ever since magnetic storage media became available but the largest amount of memory available on the old...
View ArticlePSK Interface
In it’s most basic configuration a computer to radio interface for PSK and other digital modes consists of the following: 1. Radio audio output is connected to sound card mike input. 2. Sound card...
View ArticleNetwork Cables
When you make a cable just long enough to reach the computer it will probably not reach when the computer is relocated to the other side of the room. Cables should be long enough to reach all corners...
View ArticleSYLPHEED
I had been using the Thunderbird email program but recently started using sylpheed. Sylpheed loads faster and handles spam a little better than Thunderbird. Better in this case means easier with less...
View ArticleFormating USB Memory Sticks
As delivered most USB memory is formatted to FAT32. This is done because FAT32 ensures maximum portability. FAT32 also limits file size. Try copying a 4+gig file to a FAT32 device. You will get an...
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