1. Sorry about that. I just noticed you listed Small Business Servers. No trusts with SBS. Takes a nonSBS server to do trusts.Answers are only as good as the information you provide.How to properly post a question: Sorry no tech support via PM's

    Sorry about that. I just noticed you listed Small Business Servers. No trusts with SBS. Takes a nonSBS server to do trusts.

    Answers are only as good as the information you provide.
    How to properly post a question:
    Sorry no tech support via PM’s

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  2. Have you tried to go to Dell's support page?http://support.dell.com/support/dow...Click Here on HowTo ask good Question to get best HelpLet us know, if the problem is solved !!!

    Have you tried to go to Dell’s support page?
    http://support.dell.com/support/dow…

    Click Here on HowTo ask good Question to get best Help
    Let us know, if the problem is solved !!!

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  3. So again, what is that cable good for?Not much at all according to the link posted by OtheHill. Mixing USB and Ethernet is not really a good way of doing anything,Stuart

    So again, what is that cable good for?

    Not much at all according to the link posted by OtheHill. Mixing USB and Ethernet is not really a good way of doing anything,

    Stuart

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  4. There are BIOS settings on some rigs that throttle CPU fan speed to a percentage of max. This may be the case if Cool & Quiet or the Intel equivalent is enabled. Also, running on AC power with some laptops allows the hybid graphics to kick in, which will cause more heat to be generated.

    There are BIOS settings on some rigs that throttle CPU fan speed to a percentage of max. This may be the case if Cool & Quiet or the Intel equivalent is enabled.

    Also, running on AC power with some laptops allows the hybid graphics to kick in, which will cause more heat to be generated.

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  5. Download the Windows Media Creation tool for Windows 10 http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft...download the appropriate version of Windows for your laptop and try to update, esure you have all the windows updates for your current OS first before you attempt to perform an upgrade.

    Download the Windows Media Creation tool for Windows 10

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/soft…

    download the appropriate version of Windows for your laptop and try to update, esure you have all the windows updates for your current OS first before you attempt to perform an upgrade.

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  6. I found a few setup disks with CD drivers and Mouse drivers, from Samsung and Mitsumi, respectively. Both installed and took care of the system file business themselves, and both worked well. The SSCDROM.SYS in the Samsung disk was version 2.4, and stated it was also good for CD and DVD drives. I stRead more

    I found a few setup disks with CD drivers and Mouse drivers, from Samsung and Mitsumi, respectively. Both installed and took care of the system file business themselves, and both worked well. The SSCDROM.SYS in the Samsung disk was version 2.4, and stated it was also good for CD and DVD drives.

    I still had no luck getting my LG combo drive to be recognized. I tried 6 different drivers, and no dice with each. I’ll be testing that drive in a modern linux box soon, and I’ll try an identical one to see if it is just that particular drive.

    The ancient hard drive I’ve been using started doing stunts with its actuator arm after the CD driver install, but it went back to normal after a few reboots. The disk may be dying. I have others to use should it fail, and I’m going to do an experiment with Compact Flash when the parts come in.

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  7. Thanks, everybody! Worldlibrary wins the intelligence test which I flunked :0.There are two tabs, underneath the front bezel, you can see them right by the 2 front feet. And even I can see them now :/ The lock was unlocked. But thanks also for the pic tips, the lock was easy to jimmy with pins!The lRead more

    Thanks, everybody!

    Worldlibrary wins the intelligence test which I flunked :0.

    There are two tabs, underneath the front bezel, you can see them right by the 2 front feet. And even I can see them now :/

    The lock was unlocked. But thanks also for the pic tips, the lock was easy to jimmy with pins!

    The lock would keep the entire top cover from sliding, the IBM hardware manual calls its a safety feature! Manual didn’t describe the latch tabs, probably thought it was obvious :/

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    Best part of these old systems, boot up is 8 seconds to desktop!

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  8. A 4 pin header allows you to view fan speeds adjust fan settings in the BIOS. You can set to conserve power and control noise or possibly have the fan run faster or not at all.If the clock speed is being slowed the CPU is doing that to prevent overheating. Post the EXACT message you are seeing. YouRead more

    A 4 pin header allows you to view fan speeds adjust fan settings in the BIOS. You can set to conserve power and control noise or possibly have the fan run faster or not at all.

    If the clock speed is being slowed the CPU is doing that to prevent overheating.

    Post the EXACT message you are seeing.

    You still haven’t explained HOW that pin got bent. Now it appears you actually broke the pin off. Why were you inside your laptop anyway?

    message edited by OtheHill

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  9. After replacing the battery did you also reset the necessary values in the BIOS (setup)? Date & time, boot order, etc. Are you sure you installed the battery correctly? Flat side up.

    After replacing the battery did you also reset the necessary values in the BIOS (setup)?
    Date & time, boot order, etc.

    Are you sure you installed the battery correctly? Flat side up.

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  10. The CMOS data is a small part of the BIOS data , but it's not all of it.The BIOS chip is a combo chip, not just the CMOS part - it has both non-volatile and volatile data. There is non-volatile data, the majority of the data, that does not need power to retain it, in the (e.g. 4 mbyte) EEPROM part oRead more

    The CMOS data is a small part of the BIOS data , but it’s not all of it.
    The BIOS chip is a combo chip, not just the CMOS part – it has both non-volatile and volatile data. There is non-volatile data, the majority of the data, that does not need power to retain it, in the (e.g. 4 mbyte) EEPROM part of the chip (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) and volatile data in the tiny (e.g. 64 byte) CMOS part of the chip that requires at least a minimal voltage and a minimal current from a battery, rechargeable or not rechargeable, to retain at least the current Time and Date, and any other User set settings that are not defaults, when the computer is not running or when all other power to the mboard has been removed..
    When you clear the CMOS, e.g. by moving a jumper then moving it back on a desktop mboard, or when you remove the battery for a short time then re-install it, you are only clearing the data for the current Time and Date, and any User set settings that are not defaults.
    Some of what you see in the bios Setup is determined automatically by the bios for particular ram and cpu the mboard has installed in it and the drives connected to it every time you boot the computer – it does not require a battery and the user can’t change the settings of most of that data.

    http://computer.howstuffworks.com/b…
    Excerpt:
    The first thing the BIOS does is check the information stored in a tiny (64 bytes) amount of RAM located on a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip. The CMOS Setup provides detailed information particular to your system and can be altered as your system changes. The BIOS uses this information to modify or supplement its default programming as needed.
    Most of what you see in Setup is on the EEPROM part of the bios chip. Most of the data on the EEPROM part of the chip is not visible in Setup at all.
    The EEPROM part of the chip is what you change data on when you flash the bios to a different version, although a small part of that data is for the Boot Block portion, which is not normally changed when you update or downgrade the bios version.

    In the case of modern laptops and netbooks (about a dozen years old or newer) , they have a second chip that user data is stored on, including the password info, that cannot be cleared by removing the power to the chip. Clearing the CMOS or removing the CMOS battery then re-installing it does NOT clear the user data on that second chip.

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