Recent content by Cyclone740

Ok I am going to get straight to the point, The DELL c840 laptop that I am trying to use to install Windows 2k kernel ex on is having an issue each time I try to log into it after I install the final part of the patch. I am on a local only account, but whenever I install the extended kernel, I...

Hi again everyone, this time I am wondering if someone on this site has an ASUS R2H UMPC? I am not sure if I am in the right place but I just thought that because it is in the x86 line of machines, and these are technically IBM compatibles, it would be my best bet for getting some help. So now...

Hi again everyone. I am finally getting around to more of my projects that have been on the back burner for a while (in some cases upto 8 years), and I am wanting to get one really annoying one out the way. You see I have a HP ProBook 640 G1, that I got from an Ewaste place that I used to go...

Thank you, currently my research has been able to tell me that I most likely have a 1979 model that has about 79cc, and I have also been able to find a parts and maintenance service manual. So I can find parts easier, I have also found about 3 restoration of similar bikes on youtube. I am hoping...

Firstly, thank you for your support and encouragement. I will make sure to keep in mind that it is ok to ask for help from a professional, along with confirming that it is a great choice to get my neighbor involved. Secondly, I will be really looking forward to posting updates throughout the...

Ok it has been a while since I posted on these forums, I still am working on the powerbook 170, (and other projects). But this is not why I have not come on here today. No. Why I have come on here is to post about a project that I intend to pick up in the coming months and was wondering is...

Ok thank you so much for the information, I do have a hot air rework station, I didn't take the nest quality picture sorry. I also with give it a try with reflowing the solder, but if that doesn't work, then I guess I don't have anything else to lose so I will give it a try.

I thought that was the case regarding the hdd. The ram card is from an other machine, there was white sugar like stuff throughout the machine and there were signs of corrosion. I know what corrosion can do and what it looks like. I have played around with it and done experiments some of which...

No it is the HDD. The floppy disk drive is working fine. I confirmed it by using floppy diskettes in the machine to boot it when I was trying to fix my boot issue. There was some battery sugar throughout the case that it was in and I have done what I can to clean it, but I am suspecting maybe...

Here is the board: (sorry about my legs being in the background) Honestly, I thought that it wouldn't be more than an afternoon's job. Would this be correct? This is the only thing that I am planning on doing the soldering to.

What has my floppy drive got to do with anything? I have it working great.

Yes the platters spin and it is even being read. It just seems to really be struggling with the initialisation process. I reckon if I can get past that, I might be able to get it to at least do something. But I have just found out that I only need a Raspberry Pi Pico for the BlueSCSI. I thought...

It is a Connor 40mb drive. I have seen some people remove the very small magnet that is suspended in the rubber that I did remove as it was disintegrating. I read that as the drives age, they can get weaker and sometimes are no longer strong enough to pull themselves away from the magnet...

Would it be OK for me to remove the small parking magnet from inside the HDD?

Thank you I will be very happy to get onto the stage of battery rebuilding soon. Do you think you could also maybe help me work out what is going on with my hdd? I am trying to initialise it, but the system. Is refusing to start the initialisation process. Any help would be greatly...