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[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa373229%28v=vs.85%29.aspx System Power States]
[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa373229%28v=vs.85%29.aspx System Power States]
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I tried to install Microsoft Office 2010 64-bit on the computer in lab 405, but the DVD drive would not work. Dr. Jones wiped the DVD with a handkerchief, but it still would not work. He said I would have to install Office from the computer next to the phone in lab 403, using the network to communicate with that computer. I shared the DVD drive with network computers and changed the network to a work network, but the shared drive folder was not accessible from the computer in 405. I turned on file sharing in 403, but that did not help. Then I realized that the computers in 403 and 405 had the same name, so I changed the name in 405 and added the computer to a new workgroup. I added the one in 403 to the same workgroup, and after restarting the computer in 405, the shared folder was accessible.
I tried to install Microsoft Office 2010 64-bit on the computer in lab 405, but the DVD drive would not work. Dr. Jones wiped the DVD with a handkerchief, but it still would not work. He said I would have to install Office from the computer next to the phone in lab 403, using the network to communicate with that computer. I shared the DVD drive with network computers and changed the network to a work network, but the shared drive folder was not accessible from the computer in 405. I turned on file sharing in 403, but that did not help. Then I realized that the computers in 403 and 405 had the same name, so I changed the name in 405 and added the computer to a new workgroup. I added the one in 403 to the same workgroup, and after restarting the computer in 405, the shared folder was accessible.
I took the motherboard out of nod 22.
I took the motherboard out of nod 22.
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I started to put the motherboards from nodes 21 and 24 in the Geo 2 and Geo 4 computers, beginning with Geo 4. To do that, I had to move the power supply out of the way. Once the motherboard was attached, I could not screw the power supply in because the motherboard was in the way. When Dr. Jones saw that, he said we should just leave the power supply loose. There were other difficulties to deal with after that. I did not know how to connect the power switch, LED lights, etc. I wanted to find the motherboard manual, but it took a long time to find it. When that was done, I put the small connectors on the pins. I wanted to connect the ribbon cables to IDE channels, but the one I tried to connect was not wide enough. It turned out that that cable was for the floppy drive and the other fit in the IDE channel. Then it was time to install the graphics card and some kind of network card, but they were mounted on riser cards that would not fit into the motherboards from Geo 2 and Geo 4. Dr. Jones said I should try to install them directly on the motherboard. Therefore I had to remove the brackets from those cards. The brackets for the graphics cards were each secured by two screws, one on each side of the rear panel connector. I looked for a tool to unscrew them and resorted to a small wrench that loosened them enough to turn by hand. After removing the brackets, I omitted replacing the sleeves that had come off the graphics card connectors. The brackets for the network card were fastened on in a different way, with small clips that had to be bent back with a screwdriver. All the expansion cards went into PCI slots, though some were not easily pushed in.
When we turned on Geo 2, the power and hard drive LED lights did not turn on. Dr. Jones and Brendan found that the wires for the power light both went to negative pins, so Brendan switched one to positive. However, the computer could not find a hard drive. After some unsuccessful attempts to fix the problem we found that the ribbon cable had not really been connected to the hard drive. The cable had been connected to a green IDE channel, but Dr. Jones switched it to the red one.
Dr. Jones had me turn on Geo 4. Again the computer did not find the hard drive. I switched the cable to the red IDE channel, and it found the hard drive then. In the process I turned the computer on and off several times. I pressed DEL to see the BIOS settings but did not see any changes I knew I should make. When “Red Hat Linux” appeared on the monitor, I fetched Dr. Jones and he knew what to do. On Geo 4 he had to change the configuration of a jumper that reminded me of the master and slave pins, but it was something else.
In Geo 4 there was a loose fan on a small heat sink. I was not sure which way it was blowing, but the way I put it, it scraped against the heat sink. Dr. Jones cut a cable tie in pieces to make supports for it.
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I helped Jim discard the fish tank. I disconnected the hoses to take out the heaters and pumps, but one of the hoses in the right exclusion area started to pour out water. I thought it was residual water at first, but it just kept coming, and it leaked out of the exclusion area into the compartment for bending the fibers. I reconnected that hose, but the water came from the other hose instead. Then I noticed an open valve at the rear of the tank on the left that appeared to control water flow through one of the pipes. It might have been valve 3. I closed that valve and the water flow from the hoses stopped.
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