[ale] old newbie

[william witt]

Look for 4L

On Dec 26, 2010 3:27 PM, "Cornelis van Dijk" <cor.angela0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks guys, good advice. But I am the type that tries to wring the
> last drop of blood out of equipment. I am already surrounded by three
> PC's not to mention two laptops in the basement. A complete upgrade
> would probably mean a fourth PC and I have already trouble moving
> around in my room.
>
> By the way, I can not remember the last time I had a HDD failure and I
> use PC's nearly every day. I agree about the optical drives. A few
> weeks ago my HP burner died, though it was probably at least five
> years old.
>
>
> On another note:
> I recently got a Memorex USB burner with LightScribe capabilities, but
> the Linux software for LightScribe is rather limited and the Nero
> stuff (came with the drive) on my WindowsXP keeps pestering me about
> upgrades, which I feel is a bait and switch maneuver. Anyone aware of
> good Linux software for LightScribe other than that on the HP
> LightScribe site?
> TIA, Cor
>
> On 12/26/10, Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> On 12/25/2010 8:25 PM, John Mills wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, 25 Dec 2010, Scott Castaline wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/25/2010 06:20 PM, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>>>>> Hello alers,
>>> ...
>>>>> ... For instance, one can hardly get a
>>>>> motherboard that has IDE ports on it. Some may have only one. What to
>>>>> do with my IDE harddrives. and dvd burners, let alone my SCSI
>>>>> equipment? I have to get all SATA or USB? Even my 2006 Scott Mueller
>>>>> book (Upgrading and Repairing PC's) is out of date. Are there
>>>>> adapters for IDE to SATA for example. Is there anyone with similar
>>>>> problems or is there a good site for old newbie's like me?
>>> I bought a SATA<-> IDE in-line converter from Frys. It's intended to
>>> occupy (hog?) one IDE port and provide one SATA drop, or vice-versa. I
>>> haven't tried it yet. It plugs into the MB IDE port, or the drive's IDE
>>> receptacle, with a SATA cable making up the other leg. There's a switch
to
>>> set directionality. The model I bought draws power from the MB on a
small,
>>> separate connector.
>>>
>>> I'm walking the other side of this: newer drives with an old MB.
>>>
>>> - Mills
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>>
>> I've had good luck with the following:
>>
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0267067
>>
>> I have 3 of them on DVD burners in different machines, all work great.
>> Have burnt dozens if not hundreds of DVDs through these adapters. Like
>> you, during my last upgrade IDE ports were no more. I was quite partial
>> to these NEC burners and wasn't willing to replace them just yet.
>>
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