Posts by Karen Doyle72

redharbor11 said:My motherboard just totally died on me. I managed to find a replacement through some online classifieds since this laptop is an older model and you can't find new parts anywhere anymore.
I found a motherboard from a Dell Latitude 1en, but my actual laptop is a Dell Latitude 1qw.

Do those last two letters in the model name actually matter? Like, is there a chance this motherboard won't work with all my components because of them?

And does the 1en version have dedicated graphics, because my 1qw definitely has it?

Thanks.

The 1en uses integrated graphics.
http://www.dell.com/discontinued-p...lite-l500-1en/

type : Intel Core i5
memory amount : total available graphics memory can be up to 1,340 MB with a 32-bit operating system and 3 GB system memory or 1,759 MB with a 64-bit operating system and 4 GB system memory
memory type : shared

The 1qw has a PCIe slot.

http://www.dell.com/disco...lite-l500-1qw/

type : NVIDIA GeForce with Hyperthreading support
memory amount : 512 MB dedicated VRAM (with Hyperthreading, you get up to 1.791 MB total graphics memory on a 32-bit OS with 3 GB RAM, or 3.323 MB on a 64-bit OS with 6 GB RAM)
memory type : DDR3 Video RAM (combined Video RAM and system memory)
connected bus : PCI Express®

Do NOT buy a motherboard that isn't an exact match for yours, because there is ALWAYS some random piece of crap that won't fit properly.

Kenneth Reyes said:My motherboard just kicked the bucket on my laptop, so I'm trying to figure out how to grab the data off the drive—assuming the drive itself isn't toast. It's a Dell Latitude, and the specs say SATA-300, which sounds like gibberish to me... Any idea roughly what it'd cost to get someone to rescue my files?

Getting someone to pull stuff off a working drive usually runs you about fifty bucks.
But honestly, if you've got a little patience, you can totally DIY this.

Here’s a video on how to tear down the laptop:


Once you actually get to the drive, all you need is a SATA-to-USB adapter:
http://www.h2-shop.com/TRN-C176-AL?u...m_medium=click

Plug it in, and you're golden. Just save your stuff.

Look, you don't even have to manually enter it—it just fills itself in automatically once you punch in the LAN host, start, and port info. 🤔

Here’s what I’m seeing on my end:

https://img.torrenthr.org/images/2017/06/27/Izrezak.png

Man, if you had just specified which version of the Dell Inspiron you were rocking from the jump, they would've kicked your ass out of here way sooner. 😁

Zachary Perez15 said:Hey experts, I need some serious help here—I picked up an official retail Windows 10 Home USB, but my old desktop is being a total pain. It’s running a Gigabyte 6-quad-s series motherboard (just 2 GB of RAM, a 3 GHz processor, and a 300 GB hard drive). Every single USB drive I try in the boot menu just refuses to kick off the installation. I had a barebones version of Windows 7 on there before, so I wiped the C drive and reformatted everything, but still nothing... it just keeps spitting out "invalid partition table"
What can I do to get this thing actually working? Or should I just throw a raw version of Windows XP on there first and then try upgrading to Windows 10 later? Thanks for any advice!

Wait, what exactly did you do right after you wiped and formatted that C drive?

Ever since Google became a thing, nobody puts in any actual effort to remember anything anymore. 🤣

Linda Wood4 said:Can any of you smart folks tell me how to get around a multi-year ban? Here’s what I’m seeing:

Linda Wood4, you don't have permission to access this page. This might be happening for a few different reasons:

Your account might not have enough clearance to view this page. Are you attempting to edit another user's content, reach admin settings, or hit up some other restricted area?
If you're just trying to post, the site admin might have locked your account or it's still waiting to be activated.
Thanks for the help, R5

Which part of this forum are you even trying to get into?

Where on earth did you hear that they just hand out product keys for free? 🙄
Look, every single tool in Microsoft 365 has a perfectly good free alternative out there—and honestly, most of them are totally fine to use in a professional office setting too.

Try swapping out the cable for the SATA drive, and honestly, just give it a shot using a different SATA port too.

- So, what kind of annual revenue are we talking about here?
- I'm looking at a sweet 15 million bucks coming in this year—turns out I inherited a fortune from a distant relative over in Nigeria.
🤣

amberotter29 said:If you mean the employer, no, there's no extra charge. Just handle the paperwork.

Totally useless 👏

Richard Lewis16 said:If you play your cards right and negotiate properly, you’ll still come out ahead
A smart person would probably pull together something like $165,000—maybe through a mortgage on a condo or a house—to set up representation and secure two solid locations... I’d personally aim for one high-traffic shopping mall in a place like Chicago and then somewhere coastal, maybe a beach town where you could lean into that classic Americana vibe with some local flair (you know, that true soul of the coast)... You’d get two machines, and if all goes according to plan, I’d expect to see a full return on investment within about two years
Just speaking in broad strokes, really

And for anyone else wondering what the actual deal is:

I’ve had two massive screw-ups in my life where I should’ve been the first mover:

The first was a coffee roasting setup—I actually laughed at the idea of competing with Starbucks—and the second was electric darts, because I figured there wasn't any real money in it.

I even sniffed around the poker machine scene, but I backed off because I knew the big players would crush me and the headaches wouldn't be worth it.

Goddammit, life. 🤦

I’d be more than happy to testify before the IRS that I personally loaned you the cash—for a modest 10% finder's fee, of course. 🎉

vividraven26 said:Look, the US government isn't just going to extradite its own citizens, regardless of which party is running things in Washington.

Man, even Al Capone or some old-school mob boss wouldn't agree with you on that one.

The Roku can actually read NTFS.

Those first-gen Roku units totally freak out with their media library if you’ve got a drive formatted as HFS Journaled.

Your native resolution is set to 1920x1080.
Maybe try hitting that "AUTO" button on the monitor itself—it might actually center the damn thing for you.

Raymond Garcia8 said:So Microsoft forced a Windows 10 update on me the other day, and now my IRS site just won't work.
Great. Just great. I’m sitting here wondering how I’m supposed to file any forms when the agents at the IRS insist everything has to go through their online portal...
I found Internet Explorer in Windows 10 and tried accessing the IRS site, but every time I type in my password, I get some error saying the page can't be found or it's been moved. I'm stuck. When I emailed the IRS asking how to use the site on Windows 10, they just told me that the portal doesn't support Edge—that I have to use Internet Explorer or Google Chrome, and then apparently install some plugin for Chrome just to sign the forms. But even that isn't working because I can't even get past the login screen; it acts like my password is wrong and just kicks me out. Honestly, this forced Windows 10 rollout from Microsoft feels less like an update and more like a mugging or some hacker attack. I guess every small business owner needs to hire a full-time IT specialist or a systems engineer now? What about the little guys who can't afford that kind of help?

It's the exact same logic as people saying they can't afford an accountant. 🤷

Look, there are free customer service lines out there—totally free—and then you've got a million different forums where you can get step-by-step help, provided you actually have the patience to follow the damn instructions.

And honestly, if you still can't figure it out, the fix for whatever mess you're in usually costs about as much as a decent lunch in any US city.
I totally get why you're pissed off—it’s a massive headache, you didn't ask for this mess, and you definitely didn't cause it, so yeah, let it out.

Rachel Morris42 said:I’ve gone through all the steps and followed the process to a T, but for some reason, I can get certain invoices to clear through the system while others just hit a wall. I'm starting to wonder if this is an issue on the IRS side of things or if I've missed something somewhere...

Look, I don't have a crystal ball.
I mean, I actually *do* own one, but let me tell you—it’s definitely not magic. 😁