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in replacing the RTC battery on an IBM Thinkpad, one of the ribbon cables between the keyboard and mainboard broke. its about 1/4inch wide and has 6 traces and connects to the little mouse button. i'm trying to reconnect the ends by scraping off the plastic on one side of the ribbon ends to...

ok, i know that the 'official MS party line' is: an OEM XP install is tied to the machine it is installed on and cannot ever/forever be put on another pc. i build PC's and install the OEM XP myself on them. there are different ways to install the OEM XP, one is to tie it to the BIOS of the...

before i start into something i'll regret later.. has anyone replaced the CMOS battery in an IBM Thinkpad 1421 iSeries laptop? like, is there a site somewhere that shows what has to be removed to get to it? thanks. thanks, eric

on customer PC's i build with XP, should i use NTFS or FAT32? NTFS seems like it offers little for the home user. and watching all the problems people are having on the Windows XP security newsgroup with "permissions and security" when they are using NTFS makes me think i'm just...

on customer PC's i build with XP, should i use NTFS or FAT32? NTFS seems like it offers little for the home user. and watching all the problems people are having on the Windows XP security newsgroup with "permissions and security" when they are using NTFS makes me think i'm just...

on new Cases i've been lately, they don't have a speaker in them, but there is this little Aspirin sized button with 2 wires about 1" long connected to a 4 pin plug. i assume this is a buzzer that is supposed to replace the speaker. is this a buzzer? and does anyone ever plug these...

to prevent losing the BIOS info when replacing the battery.. is it possible to replace the battery while the PC is running? (don't worry about me getting a shock, i'm accustomed to it.. hehheh) thanks, eric

i've got a windows workgroup with 3 Win98 pc's and one Win2000Pro PC. a DeskJet printer is attached to the win2000Pro box. i created users with 'users' privilege on the win2000Pro box for the win98 users to be able to print. this all worked fine. just removed one win98 box and replaced it with...

need a good ESD safe Vacuum for PC repairs.. anyone have any suggestions on what to buy? i'm thinking that one that blows as well as sucks would come in handy. thanks, eric

Quicken has terminated support on versions prior to Quicken 2000 and when re-installing everything on a PC, Quicken 99 won't run past 10 attempts without registering it, and Quicken no longer will accept the registration!! their only 'solution' is to buy the latest version. anyone know where...

a friend has an HP XL754 Pavilion. randomly, and they say since it was new, it will fail to boot. i saw this happen a few times, usually 1 out of 3 times. shutdown the PC, hit the power button, hard drive light comes on, no POST, no beep codes, no video display, light on monitor remains...