🚀 go-pugleaf

Sorry - I have only now got to see this answer - in the end I paid a
student to fix the pc for me and it is fine thanks.  Se my other/new
posting with questions about how to do the network config. on a winXP
Notebook to fit an existing home network and without using the stupid
winXP wizzard which does not allow one to influence the way it
configures etc!? - <Just in case such a well informed guy like you
feels like helping on that one too!  ;)  >

ron b.

"Gianfranco Ermidoro" <gfe@infosfera.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:u0mmu5hnvnpl57@corp.supernews.com...
> Dear Ronald
> there are scores of possible reasons for the behaviour of your PC.
> About the cables:
> pin 1 on the MB is usually indicated by a small 1 somewhere on the
printed
> circuit near the socket, or by a small triangle. If the cable
sockets are
> all grouped together, assume that they all have the same
orientation unless
> differently indicated. On most recent MBs, the slot on the printed
circuit
> and the cable are coded so they can only be matched in one way.
> On the HD there may be the same one-way locking; if not, usually
pin 1 is
> near the power plug. Look for explanations on the disk itself.
>
> If you send a description of your MB & HD it will be easier to
help.
> GF
> Bergamo
>
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