What type of router typically has a gateway of 10.1.9.1, I'm used to seeing the typical router use 192.168.*.* but I'm trying to figure out what routers the local apartment unit is using to run their wireless.
posted by skEwb
on Jan 30, 2006 -
18 answers
How can I find out what's causing this laptop to power down during startup?
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posted by moift
on Jan 25, 2006 -
6 answers
I have a large mirror that my former roommates acquired via
dumpster diving. It measures 48" x 36". It has 4 small holes, one drilled in each corner, 5" diagonally from the corners and 3.5" from the sides. It's unframed and quite heavy. How can I hang it without using glue or mastic?
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posted by Famous
on Jan 17, 2006 -
14 answers
I'd like to upgrade my 4 year old Dell Dimension 8200 computer, while hopefully getting components that I could use later, should I decide to build a whole new system in a few months. Sadly, I know nearly nothing about computer hardware.
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posted by Elpoca
on Jan 5, 2006 -
23 answers
Need advice on selecting and implementing a file server for a small graphic design studio.
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posted by ads
on Dec 28, 2005 -
8 answers
MTBFFilter: Why is Microsoft's mouse scrolling mean time between failures different for scrolls
towards the user vs. scrolls
away from the user? As seen
here. [PDF]
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posted by disillusioned
on Dec 25, 2005 -
16 answers
RSI - a dear friend has bad repetitive injuries (carpal tunnel problems)...it gets bad when she types....and allieviates when she stops. Oh, yeah, she's a professoinal writer. No - not RSI advice....
keyboard advice. Have you (or someone you know) had comfort (or a reduction of discomfort) from using a particular keyboard?
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posted by filmgeek
on Dec 16, 2005 -
36 answers
Is there a combined bluetooth/802.11g miniPCI card that will work as a replacement for the Intel PRO 2100 in my Centrino laptop? It would need to support WPA as well, I suppose. Googling seems to show that such things exist, but I couldn't find any at Amazon or my normal online hardware shops.
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posted by tirade
on Dec 12, 2005 -
11 answers
How do DVD manufacturers convince DVD player manufacturers to cripple their product by include region restrictions? And why isn't the high cost of region-free DVD players considered a form of price-fixing?
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posted by tweebiscuit
on Dec 8, 2005 -
18 answers
My wife is a pharmacy student and needs a PDA, primarily to run pharmacy-related databases from
Lexi-Comp. I've owned only Palm handhelds in the past, but I want the best value for the money and have narrowed the field down to the
Palm TX and the
Dell Axim X51.
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posted by wheat
on Dec 5, 2005 -
7 answers
Is there any Windows XP utility that will tell me what program is accessing my hard drive?
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posted by crazyray
on Nov 23, 2005 -
10 answers
I want a new mouse. One that won't make me nervous, wondering what to do... Every computer mouse I've tried recently has been a piece of junk. What's the perfect one?
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posted by jellicle
on Nov 16, 2005 -
27 answers
Is there any way to attach an external WiFi antenna to a latest-model 15" Powerbook without voiding the warranty?
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posted by ggypsy
on Nov 16, 2005 -
3 answers
Does it matter if you leave an audio player (hard drive) in the car overnight in a New England winter?
posted by Mayor Curley
on Nov 13, 2005 -
9 answers
DVD problem. I have a new PC, installed Win2K, and the DVD/CD drive only sees CD-Roms.
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posted by Frasermoo
on Nov 8, 2005 -
9 answers
After dissassembling a hard drive, a coworker found a drive platter with an "X" engraved/stamped on it, anyone know what this means?
posted by yeahyeahyeahwhoo
on Nov 4, 2005 -
6 answers
After searching Google and the archives of AskMe, I've come across some great suggestions and ideas for making
digital photo frames. From what I can determine, however, all of these require a
computer of some kind built into the frame. Supposing one only has a laptop screen? Specifically, the screen from an old ThinkPad with a
blown motherboard. Could I connect the monitor to my network somehow? Hook it up to some special circuit board designed for just this sort of thing?
posted by aladfar
on Nov 3, 2005 -
6 answers
Yeah so I went the complete cheapo route and bought an Initio KM-910UW SCSI card from TigerDirect.com and I'm pulling the rest of my hair out. I can successfully see all 4 fujitsu and 2 seagate 18 GB drives in their Ctrl-I (like Adaptec) BIOS. I've got zero conflicts in Device Manager and my Events are so clean minus what's mentioned below.
No matter what combinations I try, e.g. disks/slots/drivers/try or buy software from download.com. I'm unable to get more than one drive to format and work correctly. I've been able to format in any slot w/only one drive but as soon as I add a second or even a third or all six, the second drive will refuse to format and/or the system will probe to no end thus hanging the boot process or after boot get a BSOD or chkdsk after a reboot on the 1st drive...
The main error in event viewer I get is that the card is not replying during the timeout limitation - "The device, \Device\Scsi\ini910u1, did not respond within the timeout period." Unfortunately my main computer BIOS (or the SCSI based BIOS) has no threshold for me to increase as far as timeout values go.
My first hope is that b/c I'm such a Windows hater is that I'm missing something there. I'm a Sun SysAdmin and ex Oracle programmer/pseudo DBA.
I'm desperately hoping that someone, somewhere has been able to get a Sun 6-drive Multipack to work w/a Windows XP IDE-based workstation.
I'm properly terminated, I've tested so many combinations of drives, cables and slots it's disgusting.
Thanks in advance for _any_ ideas, including a new Adaptec card that will hopefully do the trick.
Windows always defeats my Unix logic...
posted by prodevel
on Nov 2, 2005 -
7 answers
I want to record my own music. I have no idea where to start.
What would be a fairly inexpensive and good beginner's setup hardware and software-wise?
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posted by petah
on Oct 14, 2005 -
23 answers
Any suggestions for the best hardcore computer (and related) hardware retailer with online ordering and US-based?
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posted by Ethereal Bligh
on Sep 25, 2005 -
20 answers
I have an idea for a product/service. I've drawn out a rough business model and shown it to a few people who all think its a great idea but I'm having a few problems getting things rolling... more inside about funding the project, pitching it to major 'players' in certain industries, investors, etc
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posted by hummercash
on Sep 6, 2005 -
6 answers
I am searching for a 'one stop shopping' website for hardware and network related questions. I am a computer consultant with almost twenty years experience, so I know my way around the basic issues and, given enough time, can usually dig up and/or figure out anything I'm not familiar with. But I am finding myself with less and less time to spend researching this stuff and would much prefer being able to ask a pro directly.
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posted by Lactoso
on Aug 30, 2005 -
3 answers
I need to replace the hard drive in a G3 iMac. What type of disc will I need?
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posted by kenchie
on Aug 27, 2005 -
5 answers
I am updating an old server actually on dual xeon 450M/512k processor to xeon 500/2Mb. I know the motherboard support the new cpu's but do i need to change the vrm or will the old one do just fine ?
posted by selfsck
on Aug 25, 2005 -
1 answer
Help me save the world! How can I automatically power off all my computer peripherals when I power off my computer?
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posted by blacksky
on Aug 11, 2005 -
6 answers
OldAppleHardwareFilter: I've decided to cannibalize my first-gen clamshell iBook after a number of years of service and I'd like to use some of the parts for other projects. My problem is that I can't find any heavily technical information on the components.
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posted by authenticgeek
on Aug 7, 2005 -
5 answers
What does is mean when my G3 white iBook's sleep light flashes very quickly when I am either booting up or trying to shut down?
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posted by yesno
on Jul 31, 2005 -
5 answers
having made the switch to a mac mini, 1gb ram, 80gb hdd, wireless options and running tiger, i bought a labtec usb optical mouse to go with my machine. after a while i found that it does it's own thing, and will occasionally lurch over to he left side of the screen for no apparent reason.
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posted by spyke23
on Jul 28, 2005 -
15 answers
My DVD-ReWritable drive and my regular ol' CD-Rom drive are all of a sudden not working anymore. They worked fine last night, but now the computer doesn't even see them to list them.
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posted by NoMich
on Jul 24, 2005 -
18 answers
My not-for-profit theatre company (run by me and grumblebee) wants to start producing audio dramas and releasing them as podcasts (and maybe on CDs). We have a limited budget (under $1000). What recording equipment should we buy for good quality sound?
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posted by Evangeline
on Jul 13, 2005 -
24 answers
[DeadComputerFilter] I just moved, and as is customary, my PC moved in a separate trip, re-boxed in its original container, and generally cared for better than even myself. Now, I plug it in, turn it on... well, almost. It just doesn't come on anymore.
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posted by ChrisR
on Jul 9, 2005 -
6 answers
Adding hardware without full privileges to a PC with Win XP. My wife has laptop provided by her unwieldy megacorp employer which really restricts what changes can be made to it. We want to add to the computer wireless networking capability.
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posted by shoos
on Jun 29, 2005 -
19 answers
Where do I find hardware items
like this at prices that don't reflect one-off blister-pack purchases? I'm doing some small scale manufacturing (details below the fold) and per-unit prices matter - even $0.10 per piece makes a difference.
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posted by phearlez
on Jun 14, 2005 -
17 answers
I have a friend who wants to buy a sweet (and cheap!) fixer-upper in an up-and-coming section of Philadelphia. Thing is, she'll need to do a lot of work to renovate it, including putting in new floors...
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posted by AlexReynolds
on May 18, 2005 -
14 answers
