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Light gaming Web browsing (with Dark Orbit being the most intensive thing) $500-600 tax and shipping included, slightly variable if shipping/tax puts it a little over $600. Missouri Since I'm getting tired of Black cases, so I have my eye on this case: SIGMA ZEN ZEN-WAR alpine rain...

http://pandora.com/on-windowsmobile?from_home=1 I haven't tried it out myself, as my phone is relatively dumb, and the only WM device I have is a non-Wifi Toshiba e350. I know at least one person on these forums was trying to get it to work, so I figured I'd post the news.

I'm having trouble with gettting KDE/Konqueror to show all pictures in a directory with lots of pictures of decent res (i.e. the folder I dump my digital camera to). It'll start showing some when first opened, but then quits, and no more will be shown when you go to the directory again. The...

I have an embedded board that has onboard sound, but I have no idea where the header for it it. So, I'm using a USB sound card with it. Problem is that sound is defaulting to the onboard sound. I've managed to get xmms set to use the USB sound, but I can't get KDE to use it, even by setting the...

The other day I fired up main rig, which runs Vida Linux, and after boot up the harddrive continued to grind. Something very odd for a Linux rig with 512MB of RAM to do. I opened up GNOME's Process Monitor and found this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom61/187588637/...

Last time I tried Suse I had troubles with packages being removed that I didn't remove myself, and that editing configuration files manually caused problems with the GUI tools. Anyone with the latest version care to comment on the current status?

I recently got a Tapwave Zodiac 2 retail demo unit, and I've been hacking around with it. The unit plugs into AC adapter without needing batteries, which could come in handy as a regular Zodiacs are nearing their end-of-life on the Li-Ion cells. I didn't look at the adapter closly enough, and...

I've encountered TI's TMS series ARM7 based processors with USB host onboard, but they all were BGA. Anyone know of a microprocessor chip with USB host, that is SMT or DIP and affordable in small quantities? Being able to run an embedded Linux (2MB of RAM, compatable processor type, etc.) with...

I'm building a handheld PC, not unlike a UMPC/Origami. However, as the board sits on my desk, it has cooling issues with the video chip. Part of the trouble, at least I think so, is solvable with having the board vertically, as the system RAM is currently underneath the video chip. Pictures...

I'm looking for a free OS that supports a GUI and has Firefox ported to/running on it, that doesn't use X11. XFree86 and Xorg have severe problems with the video chipset on the board I'm using, and it isn't practical to install a video card (no PCI, AGP, PCI-E). Unless someone knows of a decent...

I'm not sure if the embedded board is DDR or DDR2, since both DDR and DDR2 SODIMMS are 200 pins and I don't have the full specs of the board. Will putting in the wrong SODIMM cause damage to the board (ala the wrong RDRAM stick in a Rambus board)? I already have a DDR sodimm that fits the...

http://pandora.com/ You tell it a song or artist you like and it starts playing songs like it (can't directly play a song, due to licensing). Has simpler ratings than launchcast (thumbs up or down) and doesn't have as big of a selection compared to Launchcast, but still pretty cool. All you...

I have a system that doesn't have a cdrom (44-pin IDE), that I'd like to install Linux to a harddrive via my main system(using an adapter), then just hook up the drive to the second system (very little in common between them). The first distro I tried, Ubuntu didn't work (kernel panics...

http://tom61.arcadecontrols.com/pics/upc/panic.jpg "Kernel panic - not syncing - VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)" I think the HD was on the same channel and is master on the install PC, and on this PC. I've only seen this come up before when I moved a drive from being...

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=pe1800-min&s=bsd Not sure how good of a deal this is, but it's interesting, as the ad for the deal makes it look like it's a processor speed upgrade or a second processor. Both apply. FREE UPGRADE to Intel®...

On an ATX power header on a board I got recently one of the pins was expanded (as it's not a piece of wire, but a sheet of metal rolled to be like one). Does anyone know how I could recompress the pin? It's too big now for any of the ATX powersupplies I have laying around to fit. If I could get...

I orginally started on cramming a PC into a drive bay in this thread, but the project stalled on making the cabling. Then the board got reused into my current project - Ultra-portable PC I've just gotten a new board that'd be well suited to this app off eBay...

I just measured the current draw from my uPC, and it's around 3.9Amps at 5 volts. I'll need to get 5V from the 9V battery I have. Since the 7805 has a limit of 1 Amp output, I was thinking of just putting four 7805s in parallel. Any problems you see with using four 7805s in parallel, or...

Dell Axim X5 Basic 300MHz X-Scale processor 32MB RAM 32MB ROM (~5MB for user storage) 240x320 16-bit transflective LCD screen, no noticiable scratches. (there are scratches, but you have to look for them) CF slot SD card slot Accessories included: 128MB SD card Soft case with belt...

I'm integrating a Mattle JuiceBox into my cases door. Since it's capable of displaying a picture slideshow from an SD card, I figured it'd be cool to have it rotating interesting '2[H]4U' or '[H]ard" logos. Problem is that I'm not that creative. I threw together a handfull in TheGIMP, but none...

I have a really small board that I'm intending to cram either into a few DVD cases or a dead DVD rom. It's rather limited in abilities and expandabilities. I'm looking for something cool to run on it The board has: A 'Pentium class' x86 processor I'm not sure on the RAM, but I'm guessing...

I remember seeing this being asked here before, and I just found out how to get Firefox middle-clicking to work the same as under Windows. Type about:config in an address bar. Change 'middlemouse.paste' and 'middlemouse.contentLoadURL' to false Change 'general.autoScroll' to true You...

For my current project I need a couple of 2mm pitch IDC crimp-style(like a laptop IDE cable), one 8 pin, and one 16 pin. Anyone know of a place that has them in stock? Digi-Key is out of stock, at least from what I can tell (not the easiest to navigate site).

Wal-Mart edit: Now Target too! is clearancing out Mattle JuiceBoxs for $13 a peice (less some places). The really interesting thing is that they use an embedded form of Linux called uCLinux. Looks like they would make really good displays for a PC for temps and visualisations (like parrallel...

Here's most of the components I'll be using: Top row(left to right): 20GB laptop HD PCM-9574 embedded socket 370 board w/ Via C3 800MHz PSOne Screen Second row: PS2 (as in the game console) mini USB keyboard Power Ramp Mite gamepad (simulates a keyboard) Size comparision...

http://www.geeks.com/pix/roundminitor.html Other than the 50s/60s SciFi look, why would you want one? Why does it have a 4:3 resolution? Very odd monitor. Must either chop off the corners, or stuff is distorted towards the edges.

Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 Linux PDA - asking $140 sold 3.5" color screen 64MB of RAM 16MB of ROM (for OS) 206MHz StrongArm processor Compact Flash slot SD card slot Built-in hideable thumbkeyboard (slide D-Pad down to reveal) Comes with charger, docking station, software (for Windows)...

The AGP slot seems not to be working on my dual system. Since I'm pretty much limited to what I have on hand, I have to decide from the following cards. I mainly need a card that has enough DRI support to run Chromium B.S.U. at a decent speed. Product Name | Chipset Diamond Steath64...

I'm curious which distros have SMP compilied kernels by default? I know Knoppix does, but which others?

Dell PowerEdge SC1420 - 3.0GHz Xeon 1MB (dual capable, an additional 3.0GHz installed by them is $599) 256MB ram 80GB sata HD 48X cdrom Windows Keyboard 2button scroll mouse 1 year basic warrenty Free tape media that you could Ebay No monitor and No OS (like the other Dell server...

I have about 10 (actually more, but not sure how many to keep) Socket 370 Celeron 366 processors w/heatsinks. $7 each shipped. Various heatsinks, various fans (some three pin, some molex) specify if you have a preference. Most untested (as there quite a few) and may have bent pins. All that I...

I recently compilied my own kernel (2.6.9) and now I can't get USB devices to work. Dmesg doesn't show anything new when a USB device is plugged in or unplugged. USB was working under my previous kernel (2.6.8 emerged via portage), at least partially. I believe I compilied in all USB stuff...

Got an automated email from mwave.com telling me that they're updating their login system to something usuable, and they'll give me $10 off to update my info. Clicked link, entered a new password, and now I have a $10 off $50 discount that expires on the 12th. Makes this look pretty good...

Awhile back I picked up an EBX Single Board Computer motherboard: A neat thing about the EBX form-factor is that is roughly the same size as 5-1/4" bay. Naturally, I wanted to cram one in a drive bay. However, I hadn't done too much with it to that end, until I found this: A...

Recieved this earlier today, an SBC(single board compuer) motherboard slightly smaller than most mini-ITX boards (about the footprint of CDROM). Has smaller pitch connectors for the breakoutsfor VGA, USB, etc. that's going to make it a bit harder/longer project than I thought when I bought it...

I thought I'd post some pics of my Single Board Computer system here. I originally was using it as Smoothwall Linux box to share/firewall dial-up, got a hardware router for DSL so, I retired the box for that use. Pretty much set idle until my main rig's power supply blew. :( I ended up using it...

My power supply blew last week. Details: I had just put in a new CMOS battery because I kept getting CMOS errors at startup, then I plugged everything back in, and as I'm walking around to turn on the PC (I have my desk setup so I can walk around to connect wires and such), I hear 'Cra-CRACK!' ...

I have a unique little SFF/SBC system up for grabs. Specs: Takes Socket 370 processors (supports 100MHz bus officially, but goes up to 150MHz in small increments), might need Tualatin converter for newer Socket 370 procs. 1 DIMM (likes PC100 over PC133) slot. 2 PCI riser (removable)...

Slimline 'Single Board Computer' box: Front panel with logo Back with IDE controller card (one external channel, one internal) and external power connector showing. Inside, top view Inside, side view Edit: Hmm... looks like I forgot to take pics of this one closed, so...

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=51818&page=3&pp=20 Scroll down to post #45 (1/4 of the way down the page) Pics from people that apparently did it: http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/799377/10 http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/799377/16 I haven't...