Recent content by billhuffsr

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    installing Linux Mint on my old Dell Desktop

    My cpu in that old Dell is only 32 bit. there never was a 64 bit option for that CPU. But i downloaded and installed Linux Mint 17.03 XFCE version and it seems to work fairly well. It is never going to be a fast machine because of it's nature and the configuration of the CPU and limited memory...
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    update my bios

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    update my bios

    there is no support from HP for any of these S series pc's, desktops or Laptop/notebooks.i spent all morning searching every possible nook and cranny HP ever had.
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    update my bios

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    update my bios

    ineed to update the bios in my HP pavilion S7320N desktop windows xp media center edition .BIOS Date: October 28th, 2005 BIOS ID: AMI63-0306-000000-00101111-102805-I915 BIOS OEM: BIOS Date: 10/28/05 18:32:16 Ver: 08.00.10 - 3.06 Chipset: Intel 2580 rev 4 SuperIO: Unknown Manufacturer: Chassis...
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    installing Linux Mint on my old Dell Desktop

    i will try this out and see how it goes. i can't imagine it would run any slower or worse than windows 7 home basic does in this Dinosaur.as i have fiund the only real drawback to running these machines id=s the slowness of the processors. this dell has a 1.5 Ghz Pentium 4 non hyper threaded. i...
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    installing Linux Mint on my old Dell Desktop

    I have an old Dell optiplex GX240 desktop. Igb ram ,intel pentium 4 1.5 Ghz processor,ATI Mobility Radeon Pci video board, and 1.0 USB hubsx4.it has ethernet and an installed linksys wmp54G wireless board. it runs windows 7 home basic but not well at all. I was wondering if this Dell would run...
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    free reinstalation disc or download

    i bought a refurbished gateway LX6810 desktop computer . it came with windows 7 pro SP1 64 bit installed . the other day it crashed and when i was able to get into the system i found there was no recovery partition to burn a disc from.nor did it come with a windows OEM disc either. I need to...