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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2012, 01:52:11 am »
Quote from: Ironman on November 28, 2012, 09:10:27 pm
I'm not sure how to go about fixing this. But be patient and I'm sure one of the members will have a solution for you. Personally, if the computer is that old. I would install Ubuntu on it. Once it's running that is.
Ubuntu could work, but I've found unity to be pretty much ****, especially on older hardware. I'd look at trying something more light weight, like bodhi. It's based off ubu iirc, but uses e17/enlightenment as the desktop environment.
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #16 on: December 02, 2012, 11:11:19 am »
Quote from: d3nn on December 02, 2012, 01:52:11 am
Ubuntu could work, but I've found unity to be pretty much ****, especially on older hardware. I'd look at trying something more light weight, like bodhi. It's based off ubu iirc, but uses e17/enlightenment as the desktop environment.
Well you don't have to use unity. You could use gnome or one of the other desktop styles to suit your purposes.
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2012, 01:13:20 pm »
GNOME, KDE, there's tons of choices.
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2012, 07:07:47 pm »
The most lightweight linux I know of is Wary Puppy Linux. You should try it out.
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #19 on: December 03, 2012, 07:33:06 pm »
Okay, I have an idea. It would be good to know what exactly is causing the problem, but most adapters can be ruled out. Try taking the hard drive out and putting it in another computer with know-good hardware, or if you are a boss, an external adapter. A PSU is your power supply. That big thing with a bunch of wires coming out that you plug a 3 prong cord into from the back.

And for this Linux discussion... Windows XP all day everyday.

I'm far from an expert.
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #20 on: December 03, 2012, 08:01:44 pm »
Windows XP? Are you serious? Why not Win7?
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #21 on: December 03, 2012, 08:41:56 pm »
Windows XP??!!!! I think I just threw up a little in disgust. LOL!! I hate XP. Trcx likes Linux Mint. I haven't tried it.
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2012, 12:55:58 am »
Ahhh, Linux Mint.... My love :P. But quite seriously, I like mint as well. It's great...
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2012, 04:44:12 am »
@ OP: Does the desktop have it's original RAM? And have you tried resetting the bios by removing little battery on motherboard (I'm tired and might be confusing matters - if so, I'm sorry). And is there an alternate serial cable to connect HD to? if there is, try connect HD via a diff cable.
Best ideas I could come up with lol
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2012, 07:42:33 pm »
Quote from: LankAsif on December 04, 2012, 04:44:12 am
@ OP: Does the desktop have it's original RAM? And have you tried resetting the bios by removing little battery on motherboard (I'm tired and might be confusing matters - if so, I'm sorry). And is there an alternate serial cable to connect HD to? if there is, try connect HD via a diff cable.
Best ideas I could come up with lol
Yes it has its original RAM and yes i have nemoved the battery. And no i dont have an alternate serial cable . Thankyou
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2012, 01:21:48 pm »
anyone out there that can still help ? :/
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Re: pretty old desktop please help
« Reply #26 on: December 09, 2012, 01:24:41 pm »
Quote from: Kringeify on December 09, 2012, 01:21:48 pm
anyone out there that can still help ? :/
Put a recovery cd in your disk try shut everything off and remove your hard drive, turn it back on and if your bios is setup properly it'll boot into the disk then you can plug back in your hard drive and see what magic you can do.
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