Recent content by terp4life2001

I just bought a different stick of RAM and the system works. The working RAM is- Patriot PSD22G8002S (DDR 2GB PC6400 SODIM) Single Module Speed 800M So, I don't know if the other RAM was bad or if there was some subtle difference that I'm not understanding, but I was able to upgrade the...

I purchased an Acer Aspire Revo and it only came with 1 GB of RAM. I have read that you can upgrade this system to up to 4GB. I purchased an additional 2 GB (2x 1GB) in the hopes that I could bump up the memory to 2GB. After installing the new memory I cannot get Linux to boot. I get a whole...

Hello, I have a fairly old d915pbl motherboard that I've been using for years. I was using it until I wanted to debug a graphics problem on a different system. I took the graphics card out of the 915 for about an hour. When I returned it the system wouldn't boot. I took out the graphics...

Hello everyone, I bought a used Dell Lattitude CPX to build a digital picture frame with. I want to remove the harddrive and replace it with a flash part. My original idea was to get a $20 IDE to Compact Flash adapter, however, my laptop isn't IDE and I'm not really sure what it is. It...

Hello everyone, I've got my hands on an Intel SE7530JR2 rackmount serverboard with dual 3.6 xeon processors. I really don't know anything about the board other than that. I'm going to need to buy the rest of the components. I'm going to put this board into a chassis that will reside...

Hello everyone, I don't have much EE knowledge and I had a question about PSUs and their power consumption. I apologize in advance for any terminology mis-speak I'm about to use. If I have a 500W PSU but my computer isn't consuming that much power, does the PSU draw less power from the...