Sex is one of the most wholesome, beautiful and natural experiences that money can buy.-Steve Martin
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too bloody right - just have to wait for the final pratting about with the PhD. (other people's, that is, not mine).
Quote from: Peter on March 12, 2008, 01:14:50 PMQuote from: DirtDawg on March 12, 2008, 12:53:41 PMQuote from: Peter on March 12, 2008, 12:38:55 PMQuote from: Alex179 on March 12, 2008, 11:06:53 AMLoose cabling and/or connections is the most common thing with hardware it seems. That or incorrect jumper settings on a mobo. At least it wasn't something that needed to be replaced.That is awesome that you got a free laptop. You can't really bitch about that part of the deal haha. Do you not have much RAM (you seem to say it doesn't run XP well)?It's got 256MB of RAM, but when the connection was loose on the DVD drive, it only booted into windows one time in about 10 tries, and I only had access to a limited account. Now I just hope I can get some peace to work on it, without my dog clawing and whining at me every 5 minutes.What kind? I have never used Tiny XP. Is that enough?Last week we ran a sale on a 1GB stick of DDR2 notebook RAM for thirty two dollars. I'm sure you can find it priced similarly at one of our competitors. (double the price if you need DDR)The System Properties screen lists the following specs:Intel(R) Pentium(R)M processor 1.60GHz800MHz, 248MB of RAMTiny XP runs great on it, and is taking up 105MB of RAM at the moment. I don't intend to do anything fancy with it; just have it sitting in a corner downloading stuff mostly.JEEZ!Sounds like you're all set.
Quote from: DirtDawg on March 12, 2008, 12:53:41 PMQuote from: Peter on March 12, 2008, 12:38:55 PMQuote from: Alex179 on March 12, 2008, 11:06:53 AMLoose cabling and/or connections is the most common thing with hardware it seems. That or incorrect jumper settings on a mobo. At least it wasn't something that needed to be replaced.That is awesome that you got a free laptop. You can't really bitch about that part of the deal haha. Do you not have much RAM (you seem to say it doesn't run XP well)?It's got 256MB of RAM, but when the connection was loose on the DVD drive, it only booted into windows one time in about 10 tries, and I only had access to a limited account. Now I just hope I can get some peace to work on it, without my dog clawing and whining at me every 5 minutes.What kind? I have never used Tiny XP. Is that enough?Last week we ran a sale on a 1GB stick of DDR2 notebook RAM for thirty two dollars. I'm sure you can find it priced similarly at one of our competitors. (double the price if you need DDR)The System Properties screen lists the following specs:Intel(R) Pentium(R)M processor 1.60GHz800MHz, 248MB of RAMTiny XP runs great on it, and is taking up 105MB of RAM at the moment. I don't intend to do anything fancy with it; just have it sitting in a corner downloading stuff mostly.
Quote from: Peter on March 12, 2008, 12:38:55 PMQuote from: Alex179 on March 12, 2008, 11:06:53 AMLoose cabling and/or connections is the most common thing with hardware it seems. That or incorrect jumper settings on a mobo. At least it wasn't something that needed to be replaced.That is awesome that you got a free laptop. You can't really bitch about that part of the deal haha. Do you not have much RAM (you seem to say it doesn't run XP well)?It's got 256MB of RAM, but when the connection was loose on the DVD drive, it only booted into windows one time in about 10 tries, and I only had access to a limited account. Now I just hope I can get some peace to work on it, without my dog clawing and whining at me every 5 minutes.What kind? I have never used Tiny XP. Is that enough?Last week we ran a sale on a 1GB stick of DDR2 notebook RAM for thirty two dollars. I'm sure you can find it priced similarly at one of our competitors. (double the price if you need DDR)
Quote from: Alex179 on March 12, 2008, 11:06:53 AMLoose cabling and/or connections is the most common thing with hardware it seems. That or incorrect jumper settings on a mobo. At least it wasn't something that needed to be replaced.That is awesome that you got a free laptop. You can't really bitch about that part of the deal haha. Do you not have much RAM (you seem to say it doesn't run XP well)?It's got 256MB of RAM, but when the connection was loose on the DVD drive, it only booted into windows one time in about 10 tries, and I only had access to a limited account. Now I just hope I can get some peace to work on it, without my dog clawing and whining at me every 5 minutes.
Loose cabling and/or connections is the most common thing with hardware it seems. That or incorrect jumper settings on a mobo. At least it wasn't something that needed to be replaced.That is awesome that you got a free laptop. You can't really bitch about that part of the deal haha. Do you not have much RAM (you seem to say it doesn't run XP well)?
14:10 - Moarskrillex42: She said something about knowing why I wanted to move to Glasgow when she came in. She plopped down on my bed and told me to go ahead and open it for her.14:11 - Peter5930: So, she thought I was your lover and that I was sending you a box full of sex toys, and that you wanted to move to Glasgow to be with me?
You'll never self-actualize the subconscious canopy of stardust with that attitude.
Why do I have the urge to start singing and dancing like the Scarecrow from the Wizard of OZ.
Quote from: ozymandias on March 13, 2008, 10:19:55 AMWhy do I have the urge to start singing and dancing like the Scarecrow from the Wizard of OZ. Because you already donated your brain?
