Sunday, November 28, 2010

Macintosh SE

Released in 1987 (on the back mine says it was made in 1986). Quite a neat little machine. Specs: 8Mhz CPU 800K Floppy Drive 1MB RAM (memory) 20MB Hard Drive 20SC 9" Monochrome Display Made in the USA Came in 2 configurations: 2 Bays with Floppy Drives (800K) Originally Sold for $2900.00 US or 1 Bay with Floppy Drive 1 Bay with Hard Drive Originally Sold for $3900.00 US



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Friday, November 12, 2010

My Hard Drive Crashed - Why?

Why does a hard drive crash? This happens when there's a problem with the hard disk and you can't access the stored data, even when everything else with the computer is fine. It can happen any time for no reason, or can be due to something external like your dog or girlfriend puking on it. Ew, that's gross.

Depending on how bad the crash is, you may still be able to salvage some of your precious, precious data. If you've suffered a head crash, where something called the read-and-write head of the hard drive touches a magnet, you're probably screwed. You're in for lots of data loss and anything you try to do to recover the data is going to screw you even more unless you get a professional to do it for you.

Or maybe the electrical system crashed. If this happened, you'll have a better chance of getting your data back.

It could be possible that the air filter on your hard drive malfunctioned. These work by stabilizing the atmospheric pressure and any wetness between the hard drive casing and what's outside it. If the filter fails to capture one or a few particles of dust or dog puke, this material can touch the hard drive, screwing you even further. Then you've got a head crash on your hands and we know that's no fun. Furthermore, everywhere the material touched can cause something called a bad sector.

What is a bad sector? Its simply a part of your computer's memory drive that you screwed up somehow from physical damage. To find out if you have a bad sector, try using SCANDISK (if you use Windows). It'll run a check of your hardware and tell you if you have any parts of the hardware makeup that you can't use.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Boss NX1600.2 1600 Watt 2-Channel Mosfet Bridgeable Amplifier with Remote

Check Out Boss NX1600.2 1600 Watt 2-Channel Mosfet Bridgeable Amplifier with Remote http://www.amazon.com/Boss-NX1600-2-2-Channel-Bridgeable-Amplifier/dp/B0032FOKME?tag=iampok-20