Text 54649, 58 rader
Skriven 2009-04-29 00:36:13 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 54645 av James Bradley (1:342/77.0)
Ärende: Netbook
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James Bradley -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 JB> on 04-21-09 15:32: Alan Zisman to James Bradley re: Netbook

 JB>>> Did the mic ever work?

 AZ>>> Still no mike-- in fact, I've tried plugging a mike into
 AZ>>> the audio-in port, and using a USB audio device with mike
 AZ>>> attached, and haven't been able to get sound input in any
 AZ>>> of them... pity; Skype would seem a natural use of this
 AZ>>> sort of device. (And I don't know if the audio inputs
 AZ>>> worked with Windows- I nuked it too soon to test).

 JB>> A separate audio subsystem didn't fix it. Nice troubleshooting! That
 JB>> back to a software problem. I would try booting a USB
 JB>> Linux, or a different
 JB>> Live CD distribution (via the USB port) for giggles. At least you
 JB> might
 JB>> ALSA in one of those, or at least a different kernel
 JB>> and set of tools that
 JB>> could wake it up, while saving you from installing yet another OS.


 AZ>> Good suggestion. Ubuntu now has an icon to make a bootable
 AZ>> USB key from an ISO file... so it's worth a try.

 AZ>> But I have an eBay-purchased 16 GB SSD in the mail to me...
 AZ>> so I may just wait until that arrives and run the Windows-
 AZ>> restore onto it and see.

 JB> Well, the USB-untu <G> will just give you the same tools and kernel as
 JB> you are
 JB> using now, I would imagine. My thinking started with a CDROM->USB drive -
 JB> assuming a built in CD is out of the equation - and Knoppix, or Mephis
 JB> (SP?)
 JB> and the like. A bunch of "Flash" type Linuxes' might also throw enough of
a
 JB> curve at it, to have it "Just Work".

Note that the Ubuntu 'Make a bootable USB drive' option doesn't have to be used
to make a Ubuntu-boot USB flash drive, I don't think-- I may try it with the
upcoming Win 7.7100 RC1 ISO (available on various torrent sites already) to see
if I can make a Win 7 bootable USB installer. That would let me try out Win 7
on the Dell Mini (with the replacement SSD).

By the way, the replacement 16 GB SSD arrived yesterday- but I can't loosen the
screws to remove the original one. It ought to be easy- two screws (easily
removed) to take off the bottom panel to access the (one) RAM socket, the SSD,
and the WiFi card-- two screws to pop out the SSD drive... but those tiny
screws are in too tight for me to get them out!

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