raintheory Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) - Installed Ubuntu Linux on one of my old boxes. - Set up OSXVNC on our G5 so we can work on it from wherever. - Experimented with something I had seen done online somewhere (see image below). [attachmentid=1890] (my finace always complains because I never have a background image set up on the laptop, so I mainly did this as a joke... ) Edited July 21, 2006 by raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuge Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 Right now i`m ripping Rock 2006 Audio cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishiyoshi Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 - Experimented with something I had seen done online somewhere (see image below). [attachmentid=1890] (my finace always complains because I never have a background image set up on the laptop, so I mainly did this as a joke... )Very nice... now you can alternate scenes from around the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 - Installed Ubuntu Linux on one of my old boxes. - Set up OSXVNC on our G5 so we can work on it from wherever. - Experimented with something I had seen done online somewhere (see image below). [attachmentid=1890] (my finace always complains because I never have a background image set up on the laptop, so I mainly did this as a joke... )That screen is looking transparent! That joke probably took too long to set up, didn't it! Well done.I like the idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 loaded the Ubuntu 6.06 Live CD to take a gander at it. I am almost on the verge of making my final decision as to which distro will live permanantly on my rig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I've used ubuntu - apparently its the easyers linux to install! I would recomend ubuntu.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I still want to check out Fedora and PCLinuxOS before I make a final decision. I must say that I was impressed with Ubuntu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted July 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 looool, cleaned out the front of case filter as hadnt been done in around a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayzray Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 *sitting here watching the dust balls sway;; and all my nearly 27 MD units "Idol" *and,just couldn't take it any more; so i went out and bought the Kiss DVD "Rock The Nation - Live" which i didn't have yet.. bet you rasins that i make an audio CD within two days and put in my Hi-MD 900's.i didn't buy it to listen as much as to have it; like a chochoholic NEEDS choco; i need "Stuffo". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted August 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 damn!! Just installed my firewire 800 card to use with my lacie 160gb, and it can now transfer 700mb to my local disc in,.,...FIFTEEN SECONDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 damn!! Just installed my firewire 800 card to use with my lacie 160gb, and it can now transfer 700mb to my local disc in,.,...FIFTEEN SECONDS that's pretty sweet, ill see if i can beat it when i get that ethernet lan hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 I still want to check out Fedora and PCLinuxOS before I make a final decision. I must say that I was impressed with Ubuntu.So which have you decided on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuge Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 I've used ubuntu - apparently its the easyers linux to install! I would recomend ubuntu.. I was thinking of using it ..now i will give it a try atleast . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumz Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 I have just had diagnostics run on it at a local pc shop to be certain of what the problem is. What am I doing next to my PC? CANABALIZING IT, YAY! Ram, Vid Card and CPU gonna have to go up on ebay. The mobo went south— so maybe I’ll sell the XPC SN95G5 as-is on ebay for anyone that wants parts or to try to fix it. Sometimes I hate computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 I was thinking of using it ..now i will give it a try atleast .I recommend Ubuntu Linux as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Dare I say, I had to format today - again! I don't really know the reasons, But I do know that I've been getting alot of blocked hacing attempts to my computer today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted August 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 that's pretty sweet, ill see if i can beat it when i get that ethernet lan hard drive.i think you will. firewire 800 isnt like scsi or w.e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 So which have you decided on?I have pretty much ruled out PCLinuxOS. Fedora is next to test but there is no official live CD for it. Soooo, I would have to install it. That means I have a lot of backing up to do. I guess it does not matter since I am determined to leave the M$ world behind, on my personal rig anyway. I am actually doing some house cleaning and getting rid of files I do not need but it is taking longer than I thought it would. Once that is done, Fedora gets installed. If I dont like it, Ubuntu it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 i think you will. firewire 800 isnt like scsi or w.e.i dunno, it'll be a 100/100 conection but the frame's 'll get slowed down througth the router. the bottle neck in your system'll be the processor & yours is hot. i think the router will be the slowest [relative] section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 not sure if i mentioned it in this thread, but speaking of cpu's., my x2 4600 arrived and i installed that Dare I say, I had to format today - again! I don't really know the reasons, But I do know that I've been getting alot of blocked hacing attempts to my computer today...good chance your ports are a bit too obvious to others on the net. Maybe running some dodgy sharing app? Get a better internet security package? what do u have atm? Im using NOD32 atm, but kapersky is supposed to be very good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 good chance your ports are a bit too obvious to others on the net. Maybe running some dodgy sharing app? Get a better internet security package? what do u have atm? Im using NOD32 atm, but kapersky is supposed to be very good too.ATM, whats that? anti-malware? As for shareing I wasent even online on messenger (No p2p programs installed)! But I am on a 3 way network and who knows what there on. I use ZoneAlarm Free (Firewall) AVG Free & Spybot,Really I dunno - as long as ZoneAlarm Keeps Blocking them I'm happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I haven't really done too much too my computer lately but I'm half thinking of getting another external drive - the 250gb one I have at the moment is rapidly being filled up with endless VPC / Virtual Server images that I use at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 ATM, whats that? anti-malware? As for shareing I wasent even online on messenger (No p2p programs installed)! But I am on a 3 way network and who knows what there on. I use ZoneAlarm Free (Firewall) AVG Free & Spybot,Really I dunno - as long as ZoneAlarm Keeps Blocking them I'm happy yeah, you could always find out how to disable notification of an attempt to hack your computer. btw, (by the way), atm means at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 thanks,I have never come across the 'atm' thing b4...(the 'btw' thing comes up alot on the web lol)Some people need better things to do than to attempt to get into my computer what are they going to get out of a newly formated computer anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I am now ripping my hair out trying to get Ubuntu Linux to boot from an external USB drive so I can use it's full functionality on my laptop without actually installing it to the internal drive...grr... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 So, why not just use the Live CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) So, why not just use the Live CD?Well that's what I've been doing, but I'd like to add some additional things to the installation...I have it installed on one of our boxes upstairs, but I'd love to be able to just carry around a small external drive with my tailored install on it. The Live CD is great though, it's the only Live CD I've found that detects all of the hardware on my laptop with no problems. Edited August 3, 2006 by raintheory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Here's my plea for help.I've had a 120 GB maxtor for a while, was having the thought of dual boot etc with it, but every time I try to power up with it connected, puter just freezes, if I go into bios, it recognizes the drive, but when I save and reset, no boot. Doesn't seem to mater whether I set the drive as master or slave, same problem. Only thing I can think of is dud drive, does seem to run fairly warm.thanks much,Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Tires Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Here's my plea for help.I've had a 120 GB maxtor for a while, was having the thought of dual boot etc with it, but every time I try to power up with it connected, puter just freezes, if I go into bios, it recognizes the drive, but when I save and reset, no boot. Doesn't seem to mater whether I set the drive as master or slave, same problem. Only thing I can think of is dud drive, does seem to run fairly warm.thanks much,Bob Have you checked to see if the jumpers on the drive are set to make it a slave drive? You might have to change the jumper setting on your existing drive to make it the master. This all assumes that you're connecting both drives on the same IDE channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Any luck with this, bob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Looks like a defective hard drive, gets very hot, and won't accept an OS installation, have tried to install Linux and XP onto it, both stop saying that no drive volume exists. I have another drive coming next week, and will see what happens with it.Thanks for the thoughts and helpBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Looks like a defective hard drive, gets very hot, and won't accept an OS installation, have tried to install Linux and XP onto it, both stop saying that no drive volume exists. I have another drive coming next week, and will see what happens with it.Thanks for the thoughts and helpBobTry putting the drive in the freezer for about 30min... Sounds crazy, but this has actually worked for me before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Try putting the drive in the freezer for about 30min... Sounds crazy, but this has actually worked for me before.if you do make sure it's in something to keep moisture out. not a bad idea at all though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuge Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) Reinstalled Norton Internet Security & Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal.Then i remove dust from my graphic card . Edited August 14, 2006 by stuge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 I just installed a small little app on my XP laptop called miniMIZE. It basically catches your minimized programs and displays them on the desktop as little icons. Your task bar stays clean. You can easily tell which program you need just by looking at the icons. I decided I did not need a task bar anymore so I disabled it with Object dock. Here is a screen shot of what it looks like: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 miniMISE looks neat, I just coulden't find a use for it. ####I got a extra 1GB ram for my computer about last week, works real faster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted August 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 im liking the 'click to a move a window and it goes invisible' feature that you get in my nvidia settings. can also set your task bar to be as transparent as u like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 Try putting the drive in the freezer for about 30min... Sounds crazy, but this has actually worked for me before.Was actually one of the first things I tried, unfortunately no luck, may try it again, who knows.Thanks,Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted August 14, 2006 Report Share Posted August 14, 2006 (edited) im liking the 'click to a move a window and it goes invisible' feature that you get in my nvidia settings. can also set your task bar to be as transparent as u like.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/gre...otter/sceen.jpgThat pics makeing me go dizzy! well its givin' me a headach! lol Edited August 14, 2006 by danielbb90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted August 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Just installed my SATA I, 10k Raptor this morning. Formatted it as Dynamic (as opposed to basic) not quite sure what the difference was, any ideas, rich? anyone>? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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