@slhck Thats the second largest used phrase :P "HOPE THIS HELPS!"
It's very nice though :)
Because it does mean they want to contribute.
@slhck I can hardly recognize you on the site with the avatar and a number with a 2 beside your name. It'll be a few weeks before I get used to this :p
Question: What would cause anything on USB to not install? I've updated Chipset drivers, made sure USB is detected by the BIOS (the USB keyboard works in there), but nothing will install in WIndows on USB, even Microsoft Mice
Windows XP. SFC runs fine, running MemTest86 right now, ChkDsk is fine, no viruses detected
Swapped Power Supply, no change. Front or back USB
@Luke Wait, did I say millions? I meant a billion. One weekend, a billion dollars. To have a bunch of people go to downtown Toronto. That doesn't include the riots.
@SimonSheehan I paid the price (literally) to be able to use it legally and without wildly patching things. Don't see the point of a Hackintosh really. If I wanted a system that constantly needs work to adjust stuff and get things running smoothly, I'd get a Linux.
@TomWijsman "Update: Our original article stated that the software also came preinstalled on iPhones and dumphones, which has not been confirmed. That information came from this article at Geeks.com, and we actually believe that to be a typo. Considering it hasn't been mentioned in any other source, we're removing it until other sources say otherwise. Thanks to everyone who pointed this out." ...?
@DanielBeck For me, the merits of using OS X now are much greater. I've just stopped using Windows machine at school in favour of much greater performance on Mac.
Outlook for Windows though: If you click a link to a file on a network share, Outlook treats it as an attachment download. And since attachments are always tiny and already on your disk, there's no need to store it on a separate thread.
So what happens is that you click the link, want to save a 10GB file from the share, and Outlook locks up for 10+ minutes.
@SimonSheehan Haven't used that. I do presentations in Keynote because they look really nice without having to do much, and for everything else … can't even recall the last time I used a word processor.
I've been doing some upgrading, so this means I have some extra PCI Express video cards. They are not too shabby, either.
ATI 5870 1GB
ATI 5870 1GB
ATI 5770 1GB
Now, the two 5870 cards are still fairly high end and require two 6-pin power connectors. But the 5770 only requires one 6-pin conne...
"Edit: Contest complete! Selections are music2myear, jcrawfordor, surfasb. I did end up prioritizing those in the US because I'm just not confident I can get these cards through customs. I'll be contacting you shortly to get your addresses."
@SimonSheehan To achieve what? He'll just put up his hardware on eBay next time. But from what it looks like Jeff didn't consider the reactions of the two users he skipped just to save some international shipping hassle he wouldn't be actively involved with anyway. He is one of the guys running the site, so his (personal) actions are perceived in connection to the site and just needs to be aware of that.
I'd like a technical explanation of a fix I've seen for some HP laptops.
The user turns on their machine only to find a blank screen; the screen doesn't even turn on, but all of the keyboard LEDs and the fan are running. The computer becomes very hot.
I fixed this on my laptop after finding an a...
@studiohack Linker quit because of that decision. Given his application, I wouldn't be surprised if he already promised his kid the card or something like that.
@DanielBeck, @SimonSheehan this is stupid. if you notice Linker put it in his application late, and still got a whole bunch of votes, passing most of everyone, to settle in for third...
If you look back at the history of computer advancements and milestones in regards to CPUś, th3 last phenomenal milestone was breaking the 1 Ghz barrier, that feat was both made impossible and at the same time impossible by the same process. The very process which made pre-Ghz processors the fast...
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You know, I feel like people got a bit too worked up over the free GPU giveaway.
Yes, it sucks that Jeff ended up changing his mind about international shipping, but the fact is, he was doing this to be nice. He could've flipped those cards on eBay and made $500.
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Ragequitting because you weren't sent free things doesn't seem fair to Jeff or the community.
Jeff regularly donates his old hardware to Super Users (this is at least the 3rd time he's done so recently), and we also hold a contest annually in which we give away free things, and the blog has a standing policy (i.e. offer still exists) that we will buy you hardware if you write something cool about it.
@Linker3000 I'm sad to see you go, and hope you reconsider and come back sometime. I was surprised by this outcome as well, but I don't think anyone should take it personally.
@SimonSheehan Indeed; people do come and go. But when you're quitting you're only fooling yourself. More than a week later people don't think about it anymore. I've rage quit once but came back, because it doesn't have any effect besides cooling myself down...
"The computer is simply crashed. It is on. The reason you have to remove the battery and push the power button is to remove all power from the laptop so that it uncrashes. Yes, some of that power is in the capacitors, but it is supposed to be there -- that is the capacitor's purpose. The problem is simply that the laptop is crashed and it is on."
@TomWijsman I think it's a good question because it is a really common fix, and a lot of people think it sounds like gibberish or black magic the first time they hear it
@slhck We are, but he seems unable to realize that even when I explicitly point it out, so I'm done, lol
Tamara-Lovs-MacBook-Pro:~ Tamara$
Tamara-Lovs-MacBook-Pro:~ Tamara$ 1+1
-bash: 1+1: command not found
That is what comes up when I open the terminal.
Tamara Lov is the name my Mac is registered under. I played around with some preferences but don't know to use it.
@TomWijsman I used to support Thinkpads for Lenovo. It was not uncommon to get "My computer just sits there and does nothing when I turn it on" calls, and I'd say fully 50% of the time pulling the battery, holding the power button, and putting the battery back in fixed the problem. And not temporarily either.
@Shinrai This question is however about HP, such a specific fix for something that applied to one batch of laptops doesn't apply to the wide public. It's merely coincidence...
@slhck I mean exactly that behavior - lights, fans, but no POST or any other activity.
@TomWijsman It's NOT one batch of laptops, though, that's the thing. It works for pretty much everything out there.
I've heard it recommended for pretty much every brand you can think of. (I can't claim to have firsthand experience with all of them, of course, but I have heard of it being a successful fix)
Whatever it is, it's not that the machine is failing to start up and "getting stuck crashed" or something like that. When you pull the power and the battery, that's it, it's off, no more.
@Shinrai How so? You said that it's a good question because it is a really common fix; but all I see is guessing and debating why the fix solves the problem.
On Super User, this won't lead to anything useful until an electrical engineer that knows the inner workings of a laptop passes by...
@TomWijsman Exactly why I feel like I'm being trolled, but I've given up at this point. I'll endorse any cogent alternate explanation that comes along but that user doesn't have one.
I still think it's useful on Super User as someone who hears about it and thinks it's probably garbage is way more likely to run across it here rather than on EE. Although I do think if my understanding is correct, it's more likely to be verified over there. (I suspect the explanation I've always been given may be a bit oversimplified, but I'd have simplified to that level for this question anyway. No sense breaking OP's brain.)
Well, I think it's a enough of a worthwhile technical inquiry that I don't think it warrants closing, although by the letter of "real problem you face" it does fail. So be it! ;)
aaaaaaaand on that note I gotta go anyway. Later kids!
TL;DR: I'm looking for opinions on why this question should be open or closed.
Answer: I now understand why it has been closed: It is not a real problem because it has no practical use.
Why are there 8 bits per byte?
Why did such a valid and interesting question got closed?
The user is...
I have an university exercise to make a research, that must answer the question What is the value of project management software?
I've been doing some upgrading, so this means I have some extra PCI Express video cards. They are not too shabby, either.
ATI 5870 1GB
ATI 5870 1GB
ATI 5770 1GB
Now, the two 5870 cards are still fairly high end and require two 6-pin power connectors. But the 5770 only requires one 6-pin conne...
How can I delete my Stack Exchange account(s)?
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Tamara-Lovs-MacBook-Pro:~ Tamara$
Tamara-Lovs-MacBook-Pro:~ Tamara$ 1+1
-bash: 1+1: command not found
That is what comes up when I open the terminal.
Tamara Lov is the name my Mac is registered under. I played around with some preferences but don't know to use it.
TL;DR: I'm looking for opinions on why this question should be open or closed.
Answer: I now understand why it has been closed: It is not a real problem because it has no practical use.
Why are there 8 bits per byte?
Why did such a valid and interesting question got closed?
The user is...
