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Those IT gadget freebies you picked up this year? They make AWFUL Christmas presents

Arachnoid

Re: Small and smaller

" Some old PCs will not do ANYTHING at power on if the battery is dead and/or CMOS corrupt. There ARE things that need an old PC."

Don`t forget the Compaqs which had the bios on the hard drive so you had to download the correct replacement firmware from their website on a new hard drive install......

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