1. It is not the benchmark issue. It is the amount of ram and the size of the hard drive that would be one of the issues. What exactly do you think is any advantage of 64 bit?? Second would be drivers for what people have already. They may have cameras or printers or scanners that do not support 64 bitRead more

    It is not the benchmark issue. It is the amount of ram and the size of the hard drive that would be one of the issues.

    What exactly do you think is any advantage of 64 bit??

    Second would be drivers for what people have already. They may have cameras or printers or scanners that do not support 64 bit.

    Third would be applications that a common user may wish to sport on that micro laptop.

    As to Intel they know their product design supports both 64 and 32 bit. One could make a small server board or system with that processor. It would not be the typical user that a micro laptop user might be.

    Playing to the angels
    Les Paul (1915-2009)

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  2. If this mboard is NOT in a brand name system case....(motherboard picture and diagram at the end of this)Motherboard Specifications, PTGD-LA (Goldfish3)http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...Excerpts...Motherboard description •Motherboard manufacturer's name: ASUS PTGD-LA•HP/Compaq name: Goldfish3-GLRead more

    If this mboard is NOT in a brand name system case….

    (motherboard picture and diagram at the end of this)
    Motherboard Specifications, PTGD-LA (Goldfish3)
    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/…

    Excerpts…

    Motherboard description
    •Motherboard manufacturer’s name: ASUS PTGD-LA
    •HP/Compaq name: Goldfish3-GL8E

    Chipset
    •Northbridge: Intel 915GV Graphics Memory and Controller Hub (MCH)
    •Southbridge: Intel ICH6

    Video graphics
    •Integrated

    Intel Drivers
    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/def…

    915 main chipset family
    Main chipset drivers (INF Update Utility), integrated video drivers,
    SATA drive controller drivers, and SATA drive controller drivers for the floppy disk when you need to install SATA drive controller drivers while loading files from the XP or 2000 CD to install Windows on a SATA hard drive:
    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea…

    Serial ATA
    •4 SATA connectors
    •Each connector supports 1 serial Ultra DMA 150 disk drive

    NOTE
    You may need toi install a jumper on two pins on a SATA II or SATA 3 hard drive to limit the drive to 150mb/sec max burst speed to get the main chipset to recognize those drives.

    Onboard audio
    Realtek ALC880 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC

    Onboard LAN
    •Realtek RTL8101L LAN PHY (Physical Layer Protocol)
    •10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller

    Realtek Drivers here:
    http://www.realtek.com/downloads/

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  3. "Does this sound like a browser problem? I'm using IE 8. Also, have Windows XP Pro (SP3)"Most likely that's the problem. IE8 is no longer being supported by many websites (or Microsoft). In fact, Microsoft has ended support for IE8, IE9, & IE10...IE11 is the only IE version that's being supporteRead more

    “Does this sound like a browser problem? I’m using IE 8. Also, have Windows XP Pro (SP3)”

    Most likely that’s the problem. IE8 is no longer being supported by many websites (or Microsoft). In fact, Microsoft has ended support for IE8, IE9, & IE10…IE11 is the only IE version that’s being supported from now on.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Win…

    So if you’re going to stick with XP, you’ll have to switch to an alternate browser…Firefox, Chrome, Opera, etc. I’ve recently switched to SRWare Iron which is based on Chrome but is supposedly more secure & “optimized for privacy”.

    http://www.srware.net/en/software_s…

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  4. Here's the support page for that model:http://www.samsung.com/latin_en/sup...Apparently the 'update software' option under Firmware is a bios update.You can download the manual there if necessary. It may have information about bios setup.message edited by DAVEINCAPS

    Here’s the support page for that model:

    http://www.samsung.com/latin_en/sup…

    Apparently the ‘update software’ option under Firmware is a bios update.

    You can download the manual there if necessary. It may have information about bios setup.

    message edited by DAVEINCAPS

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  5. The message is self explanatory. Boot into the BIOS screens and verify all the drive controllers are enabled there. If the drive is an IDE/PATA type (wide ribbon cable) verify the jumper on the drive is set correctly.In addition, I have seen some motherboards that have some SATA ports that DO NOT suRead more

    The message is self explanatory. Boot into the BIOS screens and verify all the drive controllers are enabled there.

    If the drive is an IDE/PATA type (wide ribbon cable) verify the jumper on the drive is set correctly.

    In addition, I have seen some motherboards that have some SATA ports that DO NOT support a bootable device. In that case you would need to connect to a port that does support bootable devices.

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  6. The most stable DOS for running Win 3.x in my opinion is IBM DOS 5. Believe me, I have done a lot of testing on this. It's a very clean DOS. There are drawbacks to DOS 5 as compared to MS DOS 6.22. The main drawback are suite of tools you get in MS-DOS. As a DOS on its own, MS-DOS is superior to DOSRead more

    The most stable DOS for running Win 3.x in my opinion is IBM DOS 5. Believe me, I have done a lot of testing on this. It’s a very clean DOS. There are drawbacks to DOS 5 as compared to MS DOS 6.22. The main drawback are suite of tools you get in MS-DOS. As a DOS on its own, MS-DOS is superior to DOS 5 – for the tools. As for running Win 3.11, I have found IBM-DOS 5.01 compliments the shell operating system extremely well.

    As for long file names, I wouldn’t bother with it. I get the fact that some hobbyists love to stretch limitations of the old systems because it is fun, but you start getting compatibility problems when you start pushing the envelope this way. I’m not trying to be a killjoy, but using 8 characters for a filename is not really all that much of a hindrance for exploring the old operating systems and the cool vintage programs they support.

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  7. Well your bound to get the same error when you disable the SATA ports, so that doesn't help you diagnose the cause of the problem one little bit.inaccessible_boot_device error when booting from an optical drive could indicate that the optical drive is faulty.inaccessible_boot_device error when bootiRead more

    Well your bound to get the same error when you disable the SATA ports, so that doesn’t help you diagnose the cause of the problem one little bit.

    inaccessible_boot_device error when booting from an optical drive could indicate that the optical drive is faulty.

    inaccessible_boot_device error when booting from hard drive could indicate that the hard drive is faulty.

    You can test the optical drive on a different computer.

    You can test any make of hard drive (under 3TB) with the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test diagnostic software which loads from a bootable CD or floppy. Download CD Image or Floppy Disk Creator here:
    http://www.hgst.com/support/downloa…

    If you choose the CD Image, you can create a bootable CD from it with ImgBurn: http://www.filehippo.com/download_i…

    message edited by phil22

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  8. Look in Device Manager:Start >> Control Panel >> Device ManagerIf the wireless device is not listed under "Network adapters", & there are no error symbols showing, it may mean the wireless adapter itself is faulty. This is a common problem on HP & Compaq laptops.If it's still undRead more

    Look in Device Manager:
    Start >> Control Panel >> Device Manager

    If the wireless device is not listed under “Network adapters”, & there are no error symbols showing, it may mean the wireless adapter itself is faulty. This is a common problem on HP & Compaq laptops.

    If it’s still under warranty, Compaq will fix it free. Otherwise you will have to pay them, and it will be much cheaper just to buy a USB wireless adapter and use that instead.

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  9. Get a wireless access point for your building. Then get an external antenna and mount it on the outside and run the wire into the WAP. Hook you computer into the WAP. If you still want wireless inside configure your WAP as a wireless repeater.http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.a...

    Get a wireless access point for your building. Then get an external antenna and mount it on the outside and run the wire into the WAP. Hook you computer into the WAP. If you still want wireless inside configure your WAP as a wireless repeater.

    http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.a…

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