Sorry to take so long getting some photos taken.
http://picasaweb.google.com/101826608483721344453/DDR2Memory?authkey=Gv1sRgCO-t4u-NkdW7Kw#
I took a picture of a stick of PC2-3200 ECC I had laying around handy. I didn't tear any memory out of my htpc, which is running standard PC2-3200...
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That is what I am thinking....I either got ECC or Registered DIMMs. I couldn't find anything definitive in my 10 minutes of Googling this morning.
To address the other posts, thanks first off:
- yes, it does say GX280 when I boot it up.
- yes, the 2 x 256MB dimms are PC2-3200...
I have a Dell GX280 and it has 2 256MB PC2-3200 dimms installed in it.
I purchased 2 1GB PC2-6400 dimms to upgrade it.
However, when I tried to install the dimm, they wouldn't fit.
I visually compared the two dimms and the notch is off by a 1/4" if that. Maybe 2 pins off when I you...
Or better still........if there was a change in motherboard revision for the socket 754 specifically that "tweaked" the IO Shield layout slightly?
I am still doing various Google searches, but this type of information isn't readily available usually.
I am hoping some board members that...
I was a 2 pack a day smoker 9 years ago. I used to inhale Malboro Reds. I worked 10 hr shifts and you could set your watch to me lighting up every 30 minutes.
In the evening, when I was drinking with my friends, I would light up and smoke a second pack within a couple hours.
I quit cold...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...&cp=1&id=1169252413347
At BestBuy
In store price is $1199.00
Online price is $899.00
$300.00 savings
Free shipping and some combo offers with Bose equipment. I have already placed my order and am waiting for the...
For those of you running mobile chips in desktops, how did you get your heatsink to sit lower enough to make contact?
I have been looking around, but can't come up with any definite answers.
I am running a Biostart TForce 6100 socket 754 board w/ a mobile 2800+ in it. I was going to throw...
Here's the deal. I do the occasional computer cleanup when I need extra cash or for friends and family.
Whenever I bring in a strange computer to my network, I always yank the cable from the WAN port on my SonicWall router and plug the cable modem directly into the "stranger".
This is...
nLite is an awesome little utility for slipstreaming drivers and patches, etc.
Either look in the mobo box for a SATA driver floppy (sometimes included) or else make one quick.
Then, at the very beginning, make sure you hit F6 so that setup will ask you for a driver in regards to your...
As for the type of Raid array......I would go with either Raid 5 or 10 if possible (if you can afford a controller for it). That way you get the speed and reliability of Raid 0+1 but don't give up half the hdds to use as backups.
I've used WinXP for file serving and it does fine. I prefer...
I am typing this message from a Dell D600 laptop running Vista currently (12/20).
It is a little buggy still, I am looking forward to the next release in 06 to hopefully smooth out some of the explorer problems. Explorer crashed on me 4 times in the first hour I was using it this morning...
Check the Power Saving settings under ScreenSaver and turn "Turn Monitor Off" in x minutes to Never Turn Off
This is dangerous to the monitor IF you aren't doing anything, it can cause an burn in on the monitor's screen when left idle.
I have run across this problem running older games and...
An easy way to prevent most users from accessing URLs that I don't want them to:
Set DNS to 127.0.0.1 and then edit the Hosts file to reflect the IP == Domain Name that you want for all approved websites.
Combine that with a fully locked-down desktop that repairs itself every...
Anyone know of a good way to do it with Windows XP?
I guess a little more information will help to shine a light on what I am trying to accomplish.
This will be a public internet computer inside a bank. I want to restrict internet access to only 2 URLs that will be used to conduct...
Trying to setup a PC that is locked down tight (already complete) and can access only certain URLs on the internet.
Obviously, using the "restricted sites" setting is not an option because there are nearly infinite URLs out there to keep adding.
I want to add 2 URLs to a list and have...
Here's how I determine which switches are needed:
I open a command prompt (Run --> cmd) and then browse to the path where the patch is located. I execute the patch with the /? switch and see whether it is using the /q /z or the /quiet /norestart type of switches and document each one...
I have tried that and the switches don't seem to work correctly.
Some hotfixes call for the /q and /z to be "quiet" and "norestart" and the later patches spell the switches out "quiet" "passive" & "norestart"
Yet, when I que them via a manual Run --> CMD or through the batch file.....they...
I am trying to find a way to automate the installation of multiple hotfixes and patches for both WinXP Pro and IE.
I have looked around online and can't seem to get the batch file to work to install the Hotfixes silently. Regardless of which switches I try to set, it will popup the window...
Bump for a thread with a topic I was about to start one on myself
Here's a copy of a "supposed" working batch file, but I can't get it working myself.
@echo off
setlocal
set PATHTOFIXES="j:\common\Microsoft Software\winxp\XP-Patches-Fixes"...
I am not referring to "patches and/or hotfixes" in the sense of just Microsoft software either.
We have over 200 pieces of 3rd party software that I have install and configure. Being that the previous contractors were very poor about documenting things, we are still writing new documentation...
Well, the development image has to have SOME Hal installed. Sysprep hasn't done a very good job deciding which one is right for the hardware. By setting it manually to ACPI PC, it works. I haven't coded anything into the sysprep.ini file about HALs.
I tried the BMSD switch and it didn't...
Also, designing a different image for each HAL doesn't do me any good because I have 9 different hardware platforms to support and over 2200 users. Think of the combinations of images to users that I have to design now. Even by consolidating down to 4 different images, I still have too many to...
the ACPI Hal that I am using works on desktops perfectly and is the default for laptops. By setting my desktop to that one, I cover all of our workstations. No one that I have to support has a dual processor workstation nor a Hyper-Threaded P4. All uniprocessor systems.
the GX50 has an Intel...
Hahaha
I changed the IDE controller drive from the Intel driver to the "Standard PC IDE Controller driver" and it took right off.
I am changing the HAL on the desktop to the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface PC
That is what the laptops like. The reason my image worked a month...
All the systems use the same HAL.......I made sure that the desktops are set to the use the same one the laptops due. That was a lesson I learned when this all worked a month ago.
I will work on the BSMD switch tomorrow and hopefully I can start moving it around again.
According to Microsoft, sysprep is used for precisely that effect.......to make an image that is compatible with multiple hardware platforms.
The original image was a fresh, ground-up image. So is this image that I am working with now. I gave up on installing all the other software until I...
I had no stability issues with the original image (the one that worked)
I was to the point of setting up the driver heirarchy and setting up the naming script. Somewhere in the 90% complete vacinity.
There aren't any mass-storage controllers other than all Intel chipset mobos with 1 IDE...
Alright.
I am attempting to use sysprep to universalize our workstation images where I work.
I started developing the "base image" on a Dell GX50 workstation w/ 20GB hard drive. Obviously, using the "ExtendOemPartition" line in the sysprep.ini file to expand the image to fill the...
I haven't dealt with HP/Compaq for server support. I would hope that IBM has better server support than they do desktop support. We used to fight with them over simple RMAs.
Dell, hands-down best support I have personally experienced. 4 Hour gold support here as well. Within a couple hours...
Here's the background story:
My main rig is a beefed up A64 system. I play games, surf, store files, etc. etc.
I decided to use my Dell Poweredge SC420 I picked up a couple months back as my router/backup file server for important stuff anyways.
I just installed WinXP Pro b/c I didn't...
As of this morning, I have an image that will work on all our Dell models.
However, it is hard-locking my Toshiba test machine. I am not sure what is loading improperly or not loading at all that is necessary.
I will probably have to build the image on a Toshiba and see if it will move...
I have been pointed to a class that will allow access to the BIOS via C programming. I am not overly confident with my C skills, but I have plenty of referrence materials in my office.
I will keep you guys posted.
Actually, I believe it will because you can specify where the PC looks for additional OEM drivers and can supply as many drivers as you want.
for instance:
make directory under C:\ called "drivers"
C:\Drivers and make additional directores for "Audio" "Video" "NIC" etc
Then point...
We use the Dell Service Tag as our Workstation ID at work. It is unique to each computer, so why not use it?
What I am working on doing is writing a batch file that will access the Service Tag from within the BIOS and rename the workstation that ID. It will also change 2 registry keys to...
I have figured out how to configure the sysprep.ini to look for additional OEM drivers. Unfortunately, 4 o'clock came around and I just shut the test machine down. :)
I will pick this up on Monday when I return to work.
But, I also managed to configure the ini file to set my Admin password...
I have only been working here for 2 months and am looking at ways to design and deploy updated images. It makes it a pain to apply an update to 15 different images, especially when you don't have the hardware to work with.
I am starting to look at the Sysprep tool and it hasn't quite done the...
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