Search found 15710 matches

by Nick
Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:30 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

Hmm, supplying computers to kids seems to be a necessary evil now though :-(

I did get a laptop out of it though, it died so we replaced it, then I got it working again with some bits of ebay.
by Nick
Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:55 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Signal Coupling Capacitors
Replies: 32
Views: 21274

I have never had a problem with the AN PIO's leaking, but I use them as coupling caps in driver stages. I am not sure they are as valid in a phono stage. Mark J has a idea (that I subscribe to) that low mass caps are better in low current stages. There is a lot of copper in a 0.1uf PIO cap compaired...
by Nick
Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:51 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

I thought Linux needed less resources so was better for lower speck machines. Seems this is not the case and explains why mine ran so slow. It really was painfully slow at that..... It can run with lower resources, but it needs some of the less user frendly distributions, with a lot of the bells an...
by Nick
Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:12 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Signal Coupling Capacitors
Replies: 32
Views: 21274

I know Steve, I keep trying, but end up with AN Cu. Problem is, its a bit excessive for a 2.2uf cap :-(
by Nick
Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:09 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

Problem is Darren, you seem to have developed a bunch of coping strategies to avoid some of the problems with Windows, and then try and apply the same things to Linux and seem to have partly used the fact that the tricks you use for windows don't work for Linux as a reason that Linux is not as usefu...
by Nick
Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:54 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

Fine, up to you, sorry I waisted your time trying to help you.

Though consider you did spend two of those three days doing something that no document suggested you should do. it was only last night you finally created the install disk.
by Nick
Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:58 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

You are using windows tools and windows methods, and they are not applicable. Unix file layout is entirly different from windows, I suspect by trying to use two partitions you are missing something it needs. Without seeing just what you are doing its next to impossible to say whats failing. How are ...
by Nick
Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:40 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: uneven gain in line stage
Replies: 19
Views: 6789

Ok, that should give you about 650uv. And the way you describe the wave would indiacte it will have loads of harmonics.

Maybe worth changing the valve over to see if the noise follows the valve.
by Nick
Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:31 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: uneven gain in line stage
Replies: 19
Views: 6789

OK, so it all hangs together, you have hum/noise on one chan. What is the step down ratio of the transformers? that should allow you to predict the output. I guess the thing to do would be to try and trace where its from, but its not helping the inbalanceed output problem. I would check to see if th...
by Nick
Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:19 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: uneven gain in line stage
Replies: 19
Views: 6789

richardcooper2k wrote:yes, i have it on ac.

but it dosen't happen on the other channel of the line stage and it is present with no input signal
Whats its amplitude? (peak to peak will do)
by Nick
Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:30 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: uneven gain in line stage
Replies: 19
Views: 6789

It may be the scope clipping, do you have the input on AC?
by Nick
Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:28 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

Not sure why it would take longer to boot, depends on the servers and stuff you have running I guess. Also depends if Windows was shutdown or just hybernating. The install will take longer, as unlike windows its installed just about all the apps you will need. With windows, you have that to do after...
by Nick
Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:51 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

Yep, the ISO contains everything you need.
by Nick
Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:56 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

Hi Nick, This hard drive has no partitions, I used it to eliminate any possible problems. To make the CD I opened the ISO file in WinISO and extracted the files to a new folder. Then from there I burnt a CD of those files using Nero. Can I ask why you wouldn't want partitions on a HD, with windows ...
by Nick
Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:33 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Ubuntu
Replies: 76
Views: 45827

The live CD is just to give you a idea, it installs inside windoes, you dont need that. What you downloaded is fine, it should come as a ISO disk image, what I suspect you have done, is created a CD contining the ISO file, instead of creating a CD using the ISO as the CD disk image. Get a copy of im...