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You are correct on both counts, but in my experience, old motherboards don't always work properly with the new PCI Option SATA cards. The BIOS in this system was released in 2002, so odds are that the SATA card will not be bootable. Those crappy VIA chipsets left a lot to be desired; SiS...
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- Post #7
- Nov 22, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Need help

WHAT doesn't "sound right"?
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- Post #5
- Nov 22, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Need help

Is there ANY way I can convince you NOT to do this? It would be MUCH easier to simply dual-boot XP and Ubuntu on an IDE hard drive and NOT go through all the aggravation of installing an OS onto the SATA controller card. You could still use the SATA hard drive for file storage; booting from that...
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- Post #3
- Nov 22, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Suggest an OS

For reasons I can't explain, I feel obligated to chime in here. I use Linux Mint Rafaela (17.2) with the XFCE desktop environment on several old laptops and a few netbooks, some with only 1 GB of RAM, and I am amazed by the performance. There is an excellent guide for tweaking Mint XFCE to make...
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- Post #12
- Nov 22, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Unpredictable freezes making my $1300 notebook a paperweight

Don't pay someone to run a test you can do yourself; save your money. Open the following link and download the software to test your HDD: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/hardware-testing-software/fl/fujitsu-diagnostic-tool.htm Let us know the test results, good luck.
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- Post #12
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Unpredictable freezes making my $1300 notebook a paperweight

I've replaced more than 1,000 defective hard drives in the last 20+ years. Some were under warranty, most were not, but some were defective straight out of the box. You just never know with mechanical devices; they can fail at any time. Can you borrow an SSD or HDD from a friend? If not, you...
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- Post #10
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Blue screen when connecting to internet

Any problems when you boot / run Linux from a flash drive / optical disk? If not, there is nothing wrong with your hardware, so please let us know what happens with Linux. I suspect that this problem is limited to the OS, but we can't be sure until you can give the hardware a clean bill of...
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- Post #4
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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PC Randomly Does Not Turn On

Any problems when you boot / run Linux from a flash drive or optical disk? If not, there is nothing wrong with your hardware...
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- Post #5
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Installed W10 1511 fresh, won't boot after multiple reinstalls (from any drive)

I'd like to know if any of the hard drives being used had any Windows bootloader partitions on them; if so, I suspect that those bootloaders are causing the problems described here. IIRC, those partitions are hidden, so if you don't remove them, you could easily have conflicts on bootup. Just my...
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- Post #9
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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HP Mini 311

Actually, the original 311's shipped with XP Home, the more recent versions shipped with Win7 Home Premium, Win7 Starter was installed on the HP Mini's that didn't include the ION-LE video chip. This one shipped with Win7 Home Premium, a good OS, but I prefer Linux and will install it as soon as...
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- Post #5
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Laptops
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HP Mini 311

Thanks for the input; it is appreciated. The 311 has 3 GB of RAM and Win7, though I will hose that and install Mint Rafaela 17.2 XFCE, my favorite distro these days. I'm an old dog and don't do Chrome or Windows; I prefer Seamonkey and if need be, Firefox. I really appreciate that you plugged...
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- Post #4
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Laptops
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Unpredictable freezes making my $1300 notebook a paperweight

Any updates on this? If you are still having problems, I have some suggestions that might help, but I'd rather not open a can of worms if this has been resolved
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- Post #6
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Windows/HDD

Any progress to report? I'd like to know if you've resolved this or not
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- Post #6
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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CCleaner shows odd firefox startup item

How did this turn out? Fixed, or still can't get rid of it?
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- Post #4
- Nov 21, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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HP Mini 311

I joined this site back in 2011, made only 1 post in reply to a question. Now I have a question, I'm hoping to contact anyone who can provide me with some specific advice about how to improve an HP Mini 311. Anyone want to answer a few questions to help out an old guy? Thanks in advance, I'm...
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- Nov 21, 2015
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Laptops
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What's the fastest Celeron for a Soyo 7VMA-B???

I recently purchased the same motherboard from a local reseller who found the NEW, unopened box sitting on a shelf in acloset. The board had two defective (leaky, swollen) capacitors (listed as ELC04 and ELC05), both rated at 6.3V @ 2200uF. I replaced the bad caps with new ones and installed my...
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- Post #2
- Dec 31, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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