James
December 7th 03, 12:05 AM
thanks.
I have searched for pub news groups, I was really after some recomended
servers/newsgroups that have proved useful, ie have a reputation for being
useful in hardware issues particularly.
ta.
"R. C. White" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, James.
>
> I can't help with your actual disk problem, but on some of your related
> points...
>
> Have you tried the Usenet newsgroup alt.sys.pc-clone.dell. This is not
for
> official support, but there are a lot of Dell users like yourself who may
> have some ideas that would help you.
>
> > If not does anyone know of a server with a more appropriate newsgroup
for
> > this issue?
>
> That depends on which server you are using now. The Microsoft public news
> server is free and does not require you to log in. Many other news
> servers - some free, some not - simply "slurp" the messages and relay
them,
> and any responses, to and from the MS server. This can cause messages to
be
> delayed, out of sequence, or even missing; many such servers may carry
only
> some of the 2000+ NGs from the MS server.
>
> If you are using any other news server, click here:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
>
> That should bring you right back here, but connected directly to the MS
> server this time. Click on Newsgroups and then Reset List to be sure you
> have them all and then choose the ones that interest you.
>
> > Anyone got a list of useful public newsgroup servers?
>
> Google popped up over 2,000,000 hits when I typed "public news server"
into
> the search box!
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "James" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> > Got a maxtor d740x-6l hard drive in a Optiplex gx110 dell machine it has
> > been working fine for 18 months but the other day it just wouldn't boot.
> >
> > No changes made I think prior to this but the hard drive and others tend
> to
> > not detect in bios at all, some do however but not correctly.
> >
> > Drive tested in alternate machines doesn't seem to detect but not 100%
on
> > this yet. Cables,etc all fine.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > If not does anyone know of a server with a more appropriate newsgroup
for
> > this issue?
> >
> > Anyone got a list of useful public newsgroup servers?
> > Thanks.
>
>
I have searched for pub news groups, I was really after some recomended
servers/newsgroups that have proved useful, ie have a reputation for being
useful in hardware issues particularly.
ta.
"R. C. White" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, James.
>
> I can't help with your actual disk problem, but on some of your related
> points...
>
> Have you tried the Usenet newsgroup alt.sys.pc-clone.dell. This is not
for
> official support, but there are a lot of Dell users like yourself who may
> have some ideas that would help you.
>
> > If not does anyone know of a server with a more appropriate newsgroup
for
> > this issue?
>
> That depends on which server you are using now. The Microsoft public news
> server is free and does not require you to log in. Many other news
> servers - some free, some not - simply "slurp" the messages and relay
them,
> and any responses, to and from the MS server. This can cause messages to
be
> delayed, out of sequence, or even missing; many such servers may carry
only
> some of the 2000+ NGs from the MS server.
>
> If you are using any other news server, click here:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
>
> That should bring you right back here, but connected directly to the MS
> server this time. Click on Newsgroups and then Reset List to be sure you
> have them all and then choose the ones that interest you.
>
> > Anyone got a list of useful public newsgroup servers?
>
> Google popped up over 2,000,000 hits when I typed "public news server"
into
> the search box!
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "James" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> > Got a maxtor d740x-6l hard drive in a Optiplex gx110 dell machine it has
> > been working fine for 18 months but the other day it just wouldn't boot.
> >
> > No changes made I think prior to this but the hard drive and others tend
> to
> > not detect in bios at all, some do however but not correctly.
> >
> > Drive tested in alternate machines doesn't seem to detect but not 100%
on
> > this yet. Cables,etc all fine.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > If not does anyone know of a server with a more appropriate newsgroup
for
> > this issue?
> >
> > Anyone got a list of useful public newsgroup servers?
> > Thanks.
>
>