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corvettelover · 08-04-2007, 10:28 PM

If you still have the same hard drive there are some nice recovery progammes around that can bring back to life deleted and some formatted, emptied recycle bins and partitioned drives drives and recover data. So maybe your photos can be recovered type in (recover deleted files) in google there a few free progammes around
or try surfing
www.majorgeeks dot com they can point you in the direction a neat site

man with no head · 08-04-2007, 10:37 PM

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You might even have a dual-channel DDR motherboard (which would give a 5-10% performance boost if you populate both memory channels).

So I should put the new memory into the third slot, not next to the currnet ram? (they are marked DDR1-4, the current ram is in DDR1)

Usually the slots are either marked or color coded (for example: two blue slots and two black slots or marked as channel 1 or channel 2). To enable dual channel mode both slots of the same color (or marking) must be filled.

If you would download CPU-Z and run it then post the motherboard manufacturer/model from the mainboard tab it would help determine if your mobo has this capability.

NickA · 08-04-2007, 11:07 PM

^No cpu-z for linux

RDN · 08-04-2007, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by surasak

If that's the case you're really behind the times as it appears you might have a Pentium III or older. I'm not aware of newer motherboards (Pentium 4/AthlonXP) having this limitation.

Yes, like my old lap top that can only go up to 256 MB. What a bummer!

I just ran CPUz on it and it says 256 MB total, Slot 1 has 128 and slot 2 is empty.

Thetyim · 08-04-2007, 11:22 PM

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^No cpu-z for linux

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Marmite the Dog · 09-04-2007, 12:21 AM

On a similar note, is it possible that a Pentium 4 laptop (Acer Travelmate 290) (running XP) has a HD capacity limited to 40Gb? (Info from a Thai 'technician').

I find it a bit hard to believe.

slimboyfat · 09-04-2007, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by surasak

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I've got 4 slots, so do you think I can keep adding up to 2GB???

I'd bet a dozen beers you can upgrade to 4GB.

You might even have a dual-channel DDR motherboard (which would give a 5-10% performance boost if you populate both memory channels).

i wish you would make the same bet with me. my crappy old PC only recognises 1GB RAM as 512MB

If that's the case you're really behind the times as it appears you might have a Pentium III or older. I'm not aware of newer motherboards (Pentium 4/AthlonXP) having this limitation.

actually its a pentium 4

RDN · 09-04-2007, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

On a similar note, is it possible that a Pentium 4 laptop (Acer Travelmate 290) (running XP) has a HD capacity limited to 40Gb? (Info from a Thai 'technician').

I find it a bit hard to believe.

Believe it!

Amazon.com: Acer TravelMate 290 Notebook PC (1.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive)

slimboyfat · 09-04-2007, 01:40 AM

yeah my pc is an acer too

taiwanese bastards.

i will stop posting in this thread now as it is getting dangerously near a century

Marmite the Dog · 09-04-2007, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RDN

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

On a similar note, is it possible that a Pentium 4 laptop (Acer Travelmate 290) (running XP) has a HD capacity limited to 40Gb? (Info from a Thai 'technician').

I find it a bit hard to believe.

Believe it!

Amazon.com: Acer TravelMate 290 Notebook PC (1.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive)

I know it came with a 40Gb HD, but GoW wants to upgrade it to something bigger. This 'technician' says that if you put an 80gb HD in it, you can only use 40Gb of it. Surely even if that was true, you could just partition it?

I still think he's talking crap.

man with no head · 09-04-2007, 06:38 AM

If the BIOS only sees 40Gb then partitioning it won't help.

Let me see if I can find out.

man with no head · 09-04-2007, 06:46 AM

Looks like it can take an 80GB:

TravelMate Upgrades - Acer TravelMate 290 Series Notebook

Marmite the Dog · 09-04-2007, 01:07 PM

^ Can the BIOS be upgraded/modified?

lom · 09-04-2007, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

^ Can the BIOS be upgraded/modified?

Acer Europe - Service & Support, Drivers & Utilities, Downloads, Notebook, Acer TravelMate 290 Series

As always, google is your best friend..

Edit:
Check your BIOS version on the boot screen first, the latest version is 2.00A dated october 2004.

Marmite the Dog · 09-04-2007, 02:33 PM

^ Thanks for that. It's about as in depth as an American documentary though.

NickA · 09-04-2007, 02:35 PM

Ok, I checked out my motherboard, it's a NextGen Electronics - GigaByte GA-7N400 Pro AMD nForce2 Chipset Motherboard Review which supports dual channel memory.

I bought 512 mb of the same memory I already had which cost 1500 baht.

I installed it with a little help from http://www.kingston.com/literature/p...ualchannel.pdf - as Surasak said put the two in the same colour (in my case blue) which was as i guessed DDR1 and DDR3.

Great, all done.....now does this mean I can watch twice as much porn, or not????

lom · 09-04-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by NickA

Great, all done.....now does this mean I can watch twice as much porn, or not????

No, it will run at double speed so you have to wank faster.

NickA · 09-04-2007, 02:41 PM

CMn owes me a cup of tea for pushing this thread on to a fine century with little help from himself. I assume he has been off down the pub

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Originally Posted by lom

No, it will run at double speed so you have to wank faster.

Just like the old days, tossing off watching Benny Hill

man with no head · 09-04-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

^ Can the BIOS be upgraded/modified?

Yes and no. Hard drive limitations are usually a function of the chipset (which includes the IDE controller as well).

BIOS software usually gets upgraded to fix bugs but generally do not add functionality to the hardware (except in some cases where I've seen BIOS upgrades that allow a newer CPU to be identified correctly, etc.).

Run CPU-Z and it will tell you the BIOS version and date as well (on the mainboard tab).

Marmite the Dog · 09-04-2007, 05:27 PM

I just find it hard to believe that a PC manufacturer would make a P4 laptop which can only use a 20Gb HD. Must be BS.

I think GoW will inherit my 80Gb external HD anyway, so this is all academic.

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Marmite the Dog ผู้เชี่ยวชาญเปล่า Last Online: Today 02:28 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Simian Islands Posts: 31,038	On a similar note, is it possible that a Pentium 4 laptop (Acer Travelmate 290) (running XP) has a HD capacity limited to 40Gb? (Info from a Thai 'technician'). I find it a bit hard to believe.

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NickA This is not my avatar Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 11,433	Ok, I checked out my motherboard, it's a NextGen Electronics - GigaByte GA-7N400 Pro AMD nForce2 Chipset Motherboard Review which supports dual channel memory. I bought 512 mb of the same memory I already had which cost 1500 baht. I installed it with a little help from http://www.kingston.com/literature/p...ualchannel.pdf - as Surasak said put the two in the same colour (in my case blue) which was as i guessed DDR1 and DDR3. Great, all done.....now does this mean I can watch twice as much porn, or not????

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Marmite the Dog ผู้เชี่ยวชาญเปล่า Last Online: Today 02:28 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Simian Islands Posts: 31,038	I just find it hard to believe that a PC manufacturer would make a P4 laptop which can only use a 20Gb HD. Must be BS. I think GoW will inherit my 80Gb external HD anyway, so this is all academic.

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