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A lightweight linux operating system? [closed]
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Lightweight GUI Linux distribution for really old computer
Running Linux on Old PC
I currently have with me installed Windows XP. It works fine, it's just that I have ...
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Getting a Bloomberg keyboard to work on a standard machine
I have just gotten my hands on a Bloomberg Keyboard (Model CTB100) and it looks quite interesting... Its got a shed load of extra buttons (hopefully programmable), a USB port on the back, place for ...
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How can I connect the VGA 15 Pin?
I have 9 wire of different color like White, Grey, Black, Violet, Blue, Green, Red, orange and Yellow. I dont know how to connect.
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CPU suddenly overheating
One day, when I woke up and turned my computer on, it suddenly just became so slow, when I move the mouse it hangs then moves, hangs then moves, i turned off my pc and touch the insides of my cpu and ...
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SATA-III drive comaptiblity with current motherboard
Next month I will be upgrading my computer with newer/better hard drive (Western Digital 250GB, 7200rpm, 32MB, Sata III, Caviar Blue, here is a link where I will buy it from - ...
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Why won't 2GB of ram across 3 of 4 slots work on my motherboard (max 2GB)?
My desktop is an old home-built machine circa 200[5-6] running Ubuntu 11.10 (but this is not relevant because I'm reading available ram from BIOS loading screen), with an ASUS P5GPL motherboard, not X ...
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Keep Win 7 or revert to Win XP? Win 7/XP, compatibility, hardware
I am helping an older gentleman with his new computer. He is a scholar, and he wants to use scholar programs that are not compatible with Win 7. In addition, he has a scanner and a printer that does ...
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How to tell double-density vs. high-density in 5.25" floppies?
I recently found a box of old 5.25" floppies. Is there a way to tell the double-density (360K) 5.25" ones from the high-density (1.2M) ones when the disks do not have any markings? It looks like the ...
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Play Video on CPU: “VIA Samuel 2”, 797 MHZ
Please help me track down if the hardware is able to output video.
VLC 1.0 - 2.x.current are not possible to install (Problem occured, send report)
VLC 0.3.x (very old) installs but hangs after 2sec ...
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Does Vista run on Pentium?
Does Vista run on the original Pentium (586) or does it require at least Pentium Pro (686)? If not, what feature of the 686 does it require?
EDIT: Geoff Chappell, Software Analyst says that Vista ...
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How do I connect a webcam from a laptop to another computer? [closed]
I was disassembling my old laptop (asus, circa 2004) and (so far) have removed the webcam and monitor from it.
I'd like to use them for some fun projects (maybe connecting them to a raspberry pi ...
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Is it possible to run Windows 95 or 98 from a CD?
I have certain old DOS-era programs that expect to be able to bang on hardware directly, specifically, the printer port. These cannot be run in an NTVDM under 2K, XP or later, since the NTVDM ...
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Will a VGA monitor work if connected to 9-pin serial port?
I have a (old) computer that I am trying to use, just for giggles. It has a 9-pin (RS-232) output for the monitor (marked 10101). Can I connect it to my VGA monitor using an adapter?
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Accessing an ATAPI Zip Drive via a USB-ATA bridge
I have an old Iomega Zip100 drive (labelled as ATAPI) which I'm trying to access via a USB-ATA/SATA bridge. Under Windows 7, plugging it in brings up an error in Device Manager (USB Mass Storage ...
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Need technical info on NEC FC-9801V “factory” computer
A friend has an obsolete Japanese CNC metal-working machine which is built around an NEC FC-9801V "factory computer". The FC-9801V is a V30-based machine similar to the very popular (in Japan) ...
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Downgrading gaming pc to NAS box
I currently have an old gaming pc which I wish to turn into a NAS box.
Im aware and understand the way to install, im more interested in reducing power consumption.
I thought if i removed the ...
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Computer Restart : it shutdown but it never power up
I am seeing an used desktop computer with MSI motherboard and runs Windows XP,
the problem is when i restart the computer using Windows >> shutdowns >> Restart, the computer shutdown but never power ...
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Which malfunctions cause old computers to slow down and crash?
I've had a few computers of my own break after a few years of use, and I've seen computers owned by friends and family do the same thing. They either slow down (even running the original software ...
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improving an old pc - using two HDDs
I have an old Athlon machine with 1.5GB ram and two HDDs and will install Windows 7 on it (for my mom to browse and mail). Can I get some extra performance out from the two disks? I see two scenarios:
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Best old PC Operating System [closed]
(According to Windows Vista), I have a Compaq Presario C500 laptop with a 32-bit Intel M 1.6 GHz processor. I have 502 MB of RAM and 30 GB of hard disk space free.
I don't care about frequent ...
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Install Linux on this Computer
I have an old desktop computer which I am trying to install Linux to. It looks Dell-ish to me. So far I have tried Linux LiveDVD (I have no LiveCDs) and the computer only has a CD drive. The BIOS is ...
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Linux for Cyrix 6x86 and 32MiB RAM
I have really old computer with Cyrix 6x86PR200 processor and really low RAM. And I want to place some kind of linux on it. What good and preferably not really old distro can you suggest? The low RAM ...
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Can I directly open an MMF Cash Drawer through RJ-11 port?
My aunt bought this cash drawer at an auction recently and has tasked me with figuring how to open it via a computer. We have the key (pictured) and can open it manually, but I'd like to be able to ...
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Will ie9 run faster than ie8?
I am trying to get an old computer running Vista to browse the internet faster. From the point of view that the resources on the computer are slowing things down.
Currently IE8 is installed and ...
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Computer freezes after watching Youtube videos
I had Windows 7 installed all september. But I installed Windows XP Professional back because my computer couldn't handle the new OS. Click on my profile to see my full specs.
After first boot I ...
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Minimal Gnu/Linux distribution to run only Firefox and Thunderbird
I usually run Ubuntu on my notebook, and I'm pretty happy with it, execept for the boot time : my laptop is pretty old, and Ubuntu takes about 50 seconds to boot.
Of course, that's not bad compared ...
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Can a PCI-X card be used in a PCI-E slot?
Does anyone know if a PCI-X card can be used in a PCI-E slot?
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Is “Ultra320 LVD SCSI” the correct name of the interface?
I have a HP Ultrium 960 tape drive, but I can't figure out what the SCSI interface is called.
The white paper doesn't mention it
According to this site it is called "Ultra320 LVD SCSI".
I can't ...
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Does the 6502 put FF in the stack pointer register as soon as it gets power for the first time?
I'm reading about the 6502 processor's instruction set from the many links at 6502.org, and one tutorial states:
The stack pointer (S) points to a byte on Page 1, that is, to a byte whose address ...
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Reading old 5.25" floppies
Summary: Having problems reading some old 5.25" floppies. Looking for advice on what else I can try before declaring the disks un-retrievable and giving-up.
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I recently found a box of old ...
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Is there a reliable IDE to SATA converter?
I got a cheap PATA to SATA converter on eBay because my box doesn't have any SATA ports left for the SATA Blu-ray writer I recently purchased. It only half works, which of course is worse than a ...
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Legacy Scanner; can I run XP inside of VMware or VirtualBox for support?
I have a legacy hp scanner that I am trying to run on my windows 7 machine. I've explored VirtualPC, but it appears that my processor doesn't support that. I'm now exploring other options.
I'm ...
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What could be bottlenecking me?
I have a rather old motherboard/processor and I'm trying to install a nice lightweight linux on it. However, I can never get through the installer because it's so slow. It took me over 400 seconds to ...
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Windows XP minimum requirements [closed]
I've just seen a clean Windows XP Home Edition installation crawling on a Celeron with 666 MHz and 128 MB of RAM (and sufficient video card and HD). There were no software installed, just SP3, all ...
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Is my Network Interface Card faulty?
I've got a Dell Optiplex GX240 running Windows XP, and am having network issues with it. I downloaded and installed updated drivers from DELL, but the issue is not resolved. Windows Device Manager ...
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What do I need to get an old 100MB Zip drive working?
I have a need to retrieve some data from a zip drive, but I cannot remember what I need to get everything working.
What I have:
Old PC with IDE controller running fresh install of WinXP SP3
ZIP ...
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Service for retrieving data from old Macintosh floppies
I have a bunch of old Mac floppies, from whatever System was common in 1995. I've been wanting to get this data off of these floppies for some time but feet dragging has led to the current state ...
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What to do when I notice symptoms of mechanical printer failures?
I have a HP Deskjet 9300 connected with USB to a Jetdirect 175x box. The 9300 is kinda old. Its been here since prior to 04/2007. The Jetdirect was installed in 2008. The users of this printer have ...
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How do I get old footage off an old (tape-based) video camera?
I am wondering what cheap ways there are for getting old footage of a old video camera (that uses tape) onto my computer?
The camera does not have FireWire or anything like that, just the video ...
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Full hardware emulation
I want to emulate some old desktop PC in order to run my application there (the emulated machine) as a stress test.
Is this possible? I looked around and some people mentioned Qemu, which is Open ...
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How should I dispose of all of this old hardware? [closed]
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What is the best way to dispose of non-working computer equipment?
I've got several boxes of hard drives, CD/DVD drives and expansion cards which I've collected over the ...
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What can I do with an old modem [closed]
After watching this video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9dpXHnJXaE it made me wonder if there is anything I can actually do with some old 56k modems I've got from old computers.
Obviously I ...
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How do I find out if my computer's hardware is compatible with Ubuntu?
I'm going to switch OS. From Windows 7 to Linux (Ubuntu, I think). Problem is that I'm not sure about my computer's hardware. Will it be suitable and there will be working drivers for it? For example, ...
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What is the average lifetime of a graphics card? [closed]
I've found myself changing graphics cards every now and then mostly just for personal preference and to "keep with the times". I'm in a Linux environment and sometimes drivers become an issue ...
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Is the cooling fan on a 2004 graphics card really necessary?
I have an old GeForce 6600 card in my computer, circa 2004. Recently the fan has started playing up and making loud irritating noises. I've tried oiling it with no luck. This is the second fan I've ...
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How to repair a very old laptop?
I've got a laptop which is something around 30 years old, and I like to just run that old machine again, but the problem is when I press the power button, it only lights up the screen and beeps at ...
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How to know which RAM I can/should buy for my PC?
I have a relatively old PC (5 years or more) which has only 1GB of RAM. I'm running on Windows 7 and unfortunately it doesn't like being so senile...
I have a Gigabyte mother board but I have no ...
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Often My Laptop Doesn't Work: Only Shows Blank Screen With the Cursor Flashing
My rather old Dell C840 started behaving strangely. When I try to start it up, it doesn't do anything, just shows a blank screen with the cursor flashing. It has nothing to do with booting. It doesn't ...
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Poor rendering: is my computer about to die?
Recently, my computer has begun to render some websites really poorly. Example:
This mostly happens in Firefox, but sometimes also in Chrome; it can usually be fixed by updating the page. However, ...
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How can I connect a Syquest EZ135 drive to a modern computer?
The drive and disks are over 10 yrs old so I have little hope, but what kind of cable could I use to make this drive readable on a modern PC (Vista)?
Is there an adaptor that has to be used?
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