Post A11jY2CL4wulJDxP5E by knuxify@nulled.red
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(DIR) Post #A0hLEdXwtWIRmNIg2y by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T19:47:47Z
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in 2016 i got a computer from an uncle. for a while i used it for testing operating systems and stuff, but eventually it stopped booting, and in 2017 i put it on the attic. it's been sitting there...until now.
(DIR) Post #A0hLEdk0AhwCNkwIpk by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T19:49:41Z
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it's an HP Compaq nx9000! i don't know the exact specs yet but it's got 512mb+256mb of RAM.
(DIR) Post #A0hLEe6KpfnnV1O8e0 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T19:51:21Z
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the problem of this computer was that it got stuck on the bios screen, clicked and wouldn't let me boot off USB. i think that the problem here is that it's trying to read from the hard drive, and that hard drive is dead, so it gets stuck. I'll test this by plugging it into another computer
(DIR) Post #A0hLEeIk5Xj87VC2z2 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T19:52:01Z
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here's an interesting oddity: the hard drive is placed under the battery!
(DIR) Post #A0hLEenaEsOff9cg3U by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T19:53:39Z
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this might also not be the hard drive; idk, i didn't take it out yet
(DIR) Post #A0hLEf1lO9juN8G09o by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:03:09Z
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well, i was wrong! the hard drive is actually here:
(DIR) Post #A0hLEfbDGM6094qJPc by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:04:40Z
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ummm... is it just me or does this not look like a sata interface
(DIR) Post #A0hLEfxXvJxbGLI9Ds by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-30T20:13:12.881197Z
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@knuxify looks like it could be ide with an adapter, does the connector pull off?
(DIR) Post #A0hLOrlgsE04mabbUG by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-30T20:15:07.617533Z
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@knuxify I'm not sure, but around this time a lot of companies put an easy-pull connector onto their drives
(DIR) Post #A0hLUwiBPICXqsrcrQ by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:07:07Z
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oh well. let's at least see if I can boot this thing without it
(DIR) Post #A0hLUxE5UfipRpn6ae by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:09:17Z
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it does!! and there's no clicking anymore, so that confirms my theory about a dead hard drive.
(DIR) Post #A0hLUxjdbMxX1gYIlc by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:14:35Z
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so it's got a 2ghz intel processor, and all ~700mb of ram are visible. the bios is still a bit reluctant to let me boot off USB though
(DIR) Post #A0hLUy38QsYU09fs9o by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:15:04Z
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interestingly, the bios settings seem to claim that it's a hard drive. odd
(DIR) Post #A0hLUyUQnOODMoRfhg by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-30T20:16:13.159050Z
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@knuxify old Bios' do this, it's a compatibility thing, at least for most computers for dos compatibility, or until the OS takes over
(DIR) Post #A0hMOjo8ZRF231Fis4 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:26:06Z
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@Jessica i tried pulling the connector off, but it's pretty stuck in there. i don't want to risk breaking it even though i know the drive is probably broken anyways
(DIR) Post #A0hMUhZjmbZQrVMRnM by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-30T20:27:22.767526Z
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@knuxify https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gfcAAOSwnTdZ5yum/s-l300.jpg oh yep i looked it up and it's exactly what it is
(DIR) Post #A0hMfvvmkWl2ZR1sn2 by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-30T20:29:22.129436Z
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@knuxify I would probably try using contact cleaner and wiggling it and pulling it off like an eeprom
(DIR) Post #A0hMmeqCgj4DascoU4 by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-30T20:30:38.214333Z
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@knuxify maybe gently prying with a small precision screwdriver, going from one side to the other carefully lifting on each side
(DIR) Post #A0hNB2UWPO7xtU6qbg by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-30T20:35:03.609009Z
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@knuxify I don't know where you live, but in america, i could buy an SD to laptop IDE and then plug the adapter into the adapter, makes it a little harder since you'd probably need to find some sort of mountable solution to mount to the caddy, although some people sell a 3d printed caddy for it
(DIR) Post #A0hWjv7ShyEikl1yam by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:19:10Z
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turns out the bios is just oddly slow, perhaps an update would fix it. anyways here's the debian usb menu
(DIR) Post #A0hWk48VBTPqiaaQxk by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:20:59Z
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welp, it's x32i was kinda hoping it would be x64 but this is a machine from circa 2002 so that was pretty unlikely
(DIR) Post #A0hWkEAzr3LxrDpZEu by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T20:46:03Z
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ok, looks like the hard drive is indeed IDE, there's just a small adapter at the end (cc @Jessica)
(DIR) Post #A0hX5AqhQ9xbcRKCRs by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-30T22:26:02.999713Z
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@knuxify glad to help :)
(DIR) Post #A0jAbCCxzg10THxb1M by Jessica@fedi.absturztau.be
2020-10-31T17:23:32.849991Z
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@knuxify where i live it's actually about the same price to get an SD card solution than to get an old one. SD cards are about the speed of IDE, although if you go the CF route, CF is literally IDE, but there's a lot of weird things about CF and oddities that make it way more expensive
(DIR) Post #A0xfgn5pVAn3IEeppw by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T21:15:48Z
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anyways, it's got mostly the usual ports for that era (i'd assume): 3.5mm headphone/mic jacks, firewire, expansion card slots, a modem, LAN, VGA, serial, printer/parallel (?), two USB ports, S-Video and PS2, plus a dvd recorder (or at least reader)there's also a docking station port on the bottom
(DIR) Post #A0xfgnGoqJa3qJnbxw by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T21:20:52Z
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for now, what i think i'll do is i'll install windows xp on a pendrive (if it lets me) and do the necessary bios updates, then try out linux
(DIR) Post #A0xfgnX7rgcmetQdNo by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T21:27:30Z
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problem no. 1: it won't boot off of any of my XP install CDsxp iso download time
(DIR) Post #A0xfgnkb3bOrKfjONc by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T21:33:31Z
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there's an utility that burns a bios installer onto a floppy, and that seems to be the only way to get the absolutely latest version. the only other one available is 2 versions older, but i think it should be fineand i'm not kidding when i say floppy, it literally just says "please insert a 1.44mb floppy into drive A: and press start". like, this particular model doesn't even have a floppy drive, and even if it did, i don't have any floppiesmaybe it's for the floppy-equipped versions. if not, there's definitively a way to trick it into putting it on a pendrive
(DIR) Post #A0xfgo4nqTYyLLBWsK by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-30T22:14:50Z
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anyways, the xp iso is now being put onto the install pendrive. i'll save the inevitable failure and disappointment for tomorrow, since it's getting kind of late
(DIR) Post #A0xfgoLSqWtHB0ypqS by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T07:51:35Z
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it is now tommorow. the xp usb I made shuts down the computer immediately after trying to boot from it.
(DIR) Post #A0xfgoYw2RfLqnHaqG by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T08:09:48Z
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update: XP pendrive was broken. i'll try re-flashing it
(DIR) Post #A0xfgosQrxGIpGPAES by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T10:12:40Z
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update: still doesn't work. let's try plugging the battery and HDD back in, maybe it'll work
(DIR) Post #A0xfgpEPYEqJvQgiUS by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T10:23:24Z
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nope, with the hard drive inserted it just keeps clicking and gets stuck. perhaps it's something about that drive unlock thing that's mentioned in the bios without the HDD inserted, because it sounds more something's constantly falling onto some plastici tried recording it but it sounds a bit different on the recording than irl
(DIR) Post #A0xfgpNyyeV0P7AMPQ by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T15:25:59Z
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update: it locked up while installing debian, so i decided to use hiren's bootcd. through hiren's bootcd i was able to update the bios
(DIR) Post #A0xfgpbSAZH54tT7PE by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T15:57:03Z
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aesthetic pitch: bios settings in japanese
(DIR) Post #A0xfgpjxew51VHRufQ by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T16:13:32Z
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even more interestingly, all my cd installers start up just fine after the bios update
(DIR) Post #A0xfgpsp7zAXwlazTs by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T16:50:31Z
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no internal drive? no problem
(DIR) Post #A0xfgq2kX56oRYEux6 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T16:53:22Z
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the only problem with this sata-usb drive enclosure is that it uses two usb connectors, one for power and one for data, because it's usb 2.0 and doesn't have a superspeed connectori might be able to work around this with a USB hub or by plugging the power cable into another device
(DIR) Post #A0xfgqEnoGkZ2vsXjs by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T17:00:13Z
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update: it bluescreened after the initial reboot to the installer.
(DIR) Post #A0xfgqWWkMvbvuAhMm by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T17:01:50Z
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supposedly the error means "inaccessible boot device". hm
(DIR) Post #A0xfgqobf9OEpyd8Xw by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T17:15:27Z
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apparently i'll need to make some edits to the iso contents, so i'll need to put it on a pendrive anywaysoh well, see you in like 20 minutes
(DIR) Post #A0xfgqyX4FKVKlH41A by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T18:39:49Z
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update: booting the installer from an usb drive still doesn't work, so I'll have to make some modifications to the iso directly and burn it to a cd
(DIR) Post #A0xfgr86UezBoRkhw8 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T20:28:13Z
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update: this error keeps appearing, I tried disabling some kind of check through nLite but it stays the sameI might have to use an sp2 image instead
(DIR) Post #A0xfgrHfv4dsI8ELr6 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-10-31T21:31:35Z
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update: i have decided that continuing with xp is fruitless and will now be trying out windows 7however, it's getting late, so i'll download everything now and prepare it tommorow
(DIR) Post #A0xfgrRbKAa8musHKK by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-01T09:40:31Z
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in hindsight, integrating updates with ntlite on an older computer was a mistake. oh well, glad it didn't take multiple hours, just about one and a half (ok, to be fair, it's still going on, so this will probably end up at about 2 hours...)anyways, i'll still have to perform the whole external hdd installation ordeal on another computer
(DIR) Post #A0xfgre0a2VTPOgBfM by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-01T17:50:13Z
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windows 7 is installing, but the process is not going fully smoothlythis was not a good idea
(DIR) Post #A0xfgrqloaiO2yeNYe by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-01T19:26:48Z
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i'm getting a bit bored of jumping through hoops to get this thing to boot anything, so i'll leave it at this. i'll see if i can get an ide-sd adapter so i can replace the hard drive (compactflash seems to be more expensive, besides i already own an sd card) and then i'll try to get something running on it, but until then, this is shelved indefinitely.
(DIR) Post #A0xfgs1l9jVOb3n9ge by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-02T20:44:43Z
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today i decided to clean the fans since there was suspiciously little air coming out of the vents. turns out getting into the computer was incredibly annoying (i had to take off the screen!!!). i was so annoyed in fact that halfway through i ended up forgetting to categorize the screws correctly so i didn't remember where to put what. til i am not good at taking things apart, who would've guessedalso there's almost no thermal paste between the cpu and the radiator but i don't have any so i couldn't apply it. will i do so at some point?... uhhh.... i'd rather not open this up again
(DIR) Post #A0xfgsIQ9mphQjaSem by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-02T20:45:26Z
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i might try to retrace the servicing/maintenance manual to see what screws go where since it's written all over the place, but idk anything about screw types. that's a plan for another day though
(DIR) Post #A0xfgsWxHkSW9oO4JM by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-05T19:11:48Z
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update: i tried installing haiku on an usb but it did not work. i also lost my two 8gb pendrives so i'm stuck with the 32gb ones, which sucks
(DIR) Post #A0xfgsj0Yw6GlC1h68 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-05T19:12:47Z
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now that i think about it, it might make sense to install haiku from another computer and use the resulting usb on the compaq, but i'm worried it might still be too unstable:/
(DIR) Post #A0xfgsvlnUJBOlzszQ by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T15:18:17Z
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update: i got haiku installed on a pendriveturns out the silver 32gb sticks were toast. i ran badblocks on them and they just allowed writes for a while, then threw loads of errors, then the read test was consistently failing from the beggining. so yeah
(DIR) Post #A0xfgt8B3MEW1FnnKS by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T15:19:08Z
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i also realized that this computer's ram is, indeed, very low. i ran out of memory while using the web browser, it was a bit of a slow experience :p
(DIR) Post #A0xfgtN4A08ulQlgXI by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T15:19:49Z
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now that i know this particular pendrive works, i could re-try my windows 7 install process!
(DIR) Post #A0xfgtWzZ65BGDPc0W by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T15:20:42Z
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also, i forgot to mention this, but when i opened up the computer i found out that it has an ati radeon graphics chip! not sure what exact chip it is, though
(DIR) Post #A0xfgtoMWVye85XU5A by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T17:17:22Z
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suprise! i just got an ide to SD adapter!...only problem is, it's do small that it doesn't fit into the drive caddy, and it has no mounting holes. so to plug it in, I'll have to take this entire computer apart, and I wanted to test it with a microSD to SD adapter instead of a regular SD card too...
(DIR) Post #A0zayVHWLt1LoGflXE by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T18:53:23Z
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it works!! the bios sees the adapter and all 16gb on the sd card. i did have to take apart the computer but at least i didn't lose any screws this time lolanyways, i'm installing win7 now and i'll see how it performs. might throw xp and linux on there instead, idk
(DIR) Post #A0zayVggqJ9b4KRrlY by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T18:56:27Z
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(DIR) Post #A0zayW3NTxImCh3z84 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T18:59:18Z
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something fun i've noticed: there's a faint blue light shining below the "disable touchpad" button which turns off when the touchpad is disabledalso, fun fact about this computer, the touchpad disable/enable button is right above the touchpad! imo that's really cool
(DIR) Post #A0zayWGUhBnGrNCSZc by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T20:37:50Z
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the installation is taking an awfully long time for some reasoni thought it could've been because the dvd i used was dual-layer, so i used a regular one instead and nothing changedlike, the "expanding files" thing jumps up by 1% every *minute*. i'm hoping this isn't a problem with the sd-ide adapter
(DIR) Post #A0zayWdXJWE20pyrUO by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T22:04:49Z
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update: the first reboot happened, i'm waiting for "completing installation..." to end now.once it's installed i'll run crystaldiskmark on it cause it seems suspiciously slow
(DIR) Post #A0zayX3PlIvRJ65WpE by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-07T22:10:48Z
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i should be going to sleep. guess i'll find out tommorow or something idk
(DIR) Post #A0zayXkfAVWJTEK4Ei by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T07:44:43Z
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we're in
(DIR) Post #A0zayYD1T4CmtBaiRM by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T08:15:07Z
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well, uhh, that's kind of low for an SD card which promised up to 90mb/s speeds (reads? writes? who knows)
(DIR) Post #A0zayYWAJtW9qYY0HI by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T08:16:00Z
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I'm hoping this is just some kind of bios misconfiguration or driver issue and not the adapter being broken
(DIR) Post #A0zayYmTLGYsf8B1hA by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T09:07:57Z
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...turns out this adapter is probably just crap. perhaps I'll have better luck with XP(also for anyone following on the local timeline: I forgot to make the previous 3 posts not unlisted, whoops)
(DIR) Post #A0zayayx9pjXUQ21QW by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T14:16:58Z
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i am checking for updates, got a wifi adapter to work after hours of waiting. i'm giving it the benefit of the doubt
(DIR) Post #A0zaybB0R1NI5nfeDI by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T14:33:15Z
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i wonder if i can manually tweak the drive settings in the bios to make it faster. currently it's set to auto
(DIR) Post #A0zaybVDDtXP6T7mi0 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T14:33:54Z
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the manual adjustment option requires you to input stuff like cylinders which isn't really a thing on an ide to sd adapter
(DIR) Post #A0zayd3zQ4wzwcP4YS by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T15:33:44Z
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update: i replaced the 16gb sd card with a 64gb microsd card in a sd-microsd adapter. windows 7's extracting files step now takes only about 15 seconds for each %, not 1 minute like the previous card
(DIR) Post #A11jXtAwclS3KIEfA0 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T15:34:35Z
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oh, and btw, i found the two 8gb pendrives.
(DIR) Post #A11jXtoeF9D7JQoN2u by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T16:08:25Z
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and it's done installing!
(DIR) Post #A11jXuRduAP1GN3VpI by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T16:16:55Z
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NOW we're talking!
(DIR) Post #A11jXumud5PsKL0Uym by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T19:30:05Z
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the graphics card appears to be an ati radeon igp 340m. unfortunately it's too old to work with windows aero and the control panel does not start up on windows 7, instead throwing an error about "known compatibility issues"
(DIR) Post #A11jXwJYxB7z3tI5Vg by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T19:33:13Z
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anyways, i got all the drivers installed, except for the modem driver because it throws "the device is not configured properly" messages in the device manager, maybe because nothing's plugged in. not like i'd be using it anywaysalso the network driver might not work, when i tried it on the slow install it just said "unidentified network, no connection"
(DIR) Post #A11jXy1Yb5ugMcsjiq by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T19:45:11Z
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just tested the network driver, it still doesn't work. the troubleshooter told me that it didn't have correct ip settings, but setting them manually didn't fix anything
(DIR) Post #A11jXyPJAmubYHzhk8 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T19:47:10Z
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final verdict: sure, it does run windows 7, but driver support is pretty hit-or-misswhich means it's time for chapter 2 electric boogaloo: in which piglet meets a windows xp
(DIR) Post #A11jXzgiPYQjWZ97Vw by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T19:47:59Z
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and to make things even more complicated, i'll do the best thing you could possibly do on a 64gb card: dualboot them
(DIR) Post #A11jY0SvWIzjw5hcf2 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T19:48:47Z
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and on top of that, i'll install an older system AFTER a newer system, which as we all know, makes dualbooting veeery easy. yeah. totally. (NO IT DOES NOT)
(DIR) Post #A11jY2CL4wulJDxP5E by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T19:49:06Z
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and on top of THAT, i'll be resizing a windows partition, and we all know how that goes
(DIR) Post #A11jY2Zjfxd6Tmu5YG by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T19:50:00Z
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anyways i'm hoping i'll just be able to boot into the windows 7 installer and choose the boot recovery option and it will Just Work but we'll see
(DIR) Post #A11jY3MIlOTguPcsFc by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T20:10:47Z
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current status: downloading xp updates so i can integrate them into my isoif i'm already making a windows xp disk, i'll make it the ultimate windows xp disk
(DIR) Post #A11jY6n00acFY58jmS by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T20:14:15Z
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reminds me that i'll still need to make an up-to-date windows 7 x64 iso, since i only have an x32 one right now
(DIR) Post #A11jY9m2uadUnziWDA by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T20:19:09Z
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while we're waiting, i'll mention a few fun tidbits:- this is currently the oldest working computer in my collection! it's also my only x32-only machine, and by extention, my only pentium 4 machine- this is my only computer with printer and serial ports- the computer came with at least 256mb of ram preinstalled, and i know this because the 256mb stick had a "replace with compaq spare" sticker on it- did i mention it has an odd configuration of 512mb+256mb of ram, because it was upgraded at some point of its lifespanmost importantly.it has AN IR BLASTERLITERALLY IT HAS AN IR BLASTERidk what i'll use it for but INFRARED TECHNOLOGY
(DIR) Post #A11jYCfm8MP1nPo3M0 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T20:23:45Z
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also, i'm quite sure there's a floppy-equipped version of this laptop. there's an empty slot only accessible on the inside of the computer with a weird, relatively small connector, blocked off from the outside by a plastic dud, and i think that might be the floppy drivefun fact: i do not own a single floppy disk reader, but i do own a single floppy disk (and found about 5 more on the attic with Some Business Data on them, but i didn't take them downstairs because i didn't need them for anything, besides i don't have a way to read them)
(DIR) Post #A11jYEmEJKkoK0qEgy by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T20:24:43Z
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the floppy disk is some kind of driver disk for a wireless mouse. i remember i tried it the other day on my uncle's old computer and it just said it was x64. why would an x64 driver be on a floppy disk out of all places? the world may never know
(DIR) Post #A11jYG4LVSq6KUKDZI by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T20:30:57Z
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another fun tidbit: remember how i mentioned that i got this laptop from an uncle who got it from another uncle?well,1. i don't actually remember exactly where he got it from, but my mind tells me he got it from my Uncle From The Netherlands2. i was given this computer because the uncle had recieved YET ANOTHER computer from YET ANOTHER uncle3. the YET ANOTHER computer from the YET ANOTHER uncle? was the travelmate. which i also have. this time i took it myself, but he was fine with it bc he had the dell vostro 1540 i gave him a year or two earlier and he was using that as his main pc (and still does!)4. i had two dell vostros because one of them was my sibling's. mine's still in working order and it's the one that is currently downloading windows xp updates
(DIR) Post #A11jYHUGEbAAj9SQbI by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T20:34:24Z
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half of my laptop "collection" has been recieved from said unclethat is if you're willing to count my two satellites as one computer. otherwise it's 2/5ths
(DIR) Post #A11jYJApxmoXxUNwbQ by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T20:36:30Z
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this is the best thread in the history of any of my mastodon accounts. i guess i'll #bestofknuxify it right now, even though it hasn't actually concluded yet
(DIR) Post #A11jYKzZCezHb77yJU by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-08T21:03:53Z
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update: the modem driver works after a reboot
(DIR) Post #A11jYNqoZelkSq3WaW by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-09T10:53:41Z
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ok, so today i decided to install windows xp alongside win7. unfortunately, partedmagic decided that the drive had a broken gpt partition table (which would make sense as this sd card was used by a win10 on arm install) so i had to wipe it.the new plan is to install windows xp and linux
(DIR) Post #A11jYPchz4fpxfTHsW by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-09T10:55:53Z
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well, half of this plan is half-done, because windows xp is installed!will take pics once i'm done installing drivers
(DIR) Post #A11jYRIZktl39o4Em8 by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-09T16:14:11Z
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(DIR) Post #A11jYTpyJhez1xhw6i by knuxify@nulled.red
2020-11-09T16:19:19Z
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here i am, browsing the internet on an outdated version of firefox, on windows xp. because as we all know, the most responsible thing you can do is using the internet on windows xp