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Re: Agilent 54831M

 

not sure about IDE pinouts but maybe wrong voltages applied to the wrong pins and killed it.
anyway, it looks your problem is that the drive is not identified correctly in the bios. BIOS communicates with the little firmware ROM on the drive (no matter what type of drive it is) and gets the drive information from there.?
also these scopes (unlike some other scopes specially tektronix ones) can be easily booted to just pure windows 98 with no scope software in it
I mean if you just make a bootable windows 98 DOS floppy (available on internet) or a windoows 98 installation CD you should be able to boot the scope
from there and check your drive or even burn the image to it from within the scope.
Re: Agilent 54831M

Bostonman
 

I'll plug in a different drive and take a picture.

I think the other drive (3.5" IDE) has the image the pervious owner sent to me. So that drive, if anything, should work. The drive I'm using now is the 2.5" with the mSATA card inside - this drive may have been plugged in with only one of the two rows plugged in.

If I remain uncertain, I'll burn the image again and send updates on what I find.
Re: Agilent 54831M

 

the drive name identified by the BIOS is not something that somebody can make up or change it. It is written in the drive's firmware ROM in factory
if it is being identified with garbage name, it is either the drive is bad or the connection. I hardly believe the motherboard chipset is bad. I have never seen that before.
but it can be the motherboard BIOS is having a problem although that is also very rare
Re: Agilent 54831M

Bostonman
 

I assumed the person who made this drive (or the drive it was cloned from) named it and why the odd name. Also, if I use another drive, such as a WD, I believe it reads WDC......xxxxx

As for the boot order, that's the default, but I've changed the boot order several times Unfortunately it lists HDD1, HDD2, etc... and I don't know which drive is which, however, I've tried all of them including turning off 'boot other device'.

When I removed the mSATA inside this drive (to clone), I was able to view the drive, but I didn't look at the name.

Keep in mind, I've tried another (or maybe two) IDE cables (one for sure was fresh out of a bag - thus never used), and I've tried two other drives; one with an image from someone else.

I fully agree that something is odd with the link between the hard drive and motherboard. Since I've tried one or two other cables, I've ruled out that. I'll try your suggestions.

I THINK at one point I disconnected the hard drive and may have powered it with the IDE cable only on half the pins. Would something like this have blown the motherboard? I just don't remember at what point it stopped booting, but know I never touched the BIOS. I also remember turning off power without shutting down Windows (or maybe while it was booting).
High end equipment…

Pete Manfre
 

Good for your company or lab.? I Will consider trades… and not necessarily electronics… possibly some cars… boats… guns…??

Pics available….?

?Still trying to sell my E4407B Spectrum Analyzer and E8358A PNA.? ?

E4407B Spectrum Analyzer… not only a SA but is a 26.5GHz noise figure meter equal to the n8975a.? Works as it should. Physically 9.9:10

Options:

1D6 time gated

1DS RF preamp

1DR narrow band

172 expanded memory

219 RF stability & noise figure w/ noise source control

1D5 high stability reference

A4H GPIB and Parallel interface

A4J IF/sweep ports

26.5 GHz Frequency extension.

If comes with multiple external mixers to extend the range to 50 GHz (26.5-40GHz mixer and 33-50GHz mixer and 2x 18-26.5 mixers for use with waveguides);

also a N4001A? "smart" noise source (your choice of one)? and cable.

Price: $8500 + ship

-----------------------

E8358A 300KHz - 9GHz Network Analyzer

2 Ecal units?? (used price around $1K each or more)

? 85092-60010 N

? 85093-60008 3.5mm

Options: power meter, time domain

2x test cables (new price >$1K each.… )

Working perfectly? also… physically 9.9:10

Price: $9500 + ship

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Re: Agilent 54831M

 

ok the very first thing to note is that your hard drive name is not identified properly, it looks like garbage instead of "SanDisk" that I believe it should have been
so that usually means something is wrong with your drive or the connecting cable has issue. definitely this is the first thing you should look into
click on that hard hard drive and see if the information is correct (space and No. of cylinders and clusters etc....) or they look like garbage

2-you do have a cache setup, under that menu you can disable cache memory?

3- why is HDD inot your first boot device!??
also disable the "Boot Other Device"

4- you can make a bootable win98 CD (or DOS floppy) and try to boot from that and log on and see if you can access your hard drive at all
that would be the first thing I would have done

let us know how it goes
Re: My $25 "In Poor Shape" 3468A has arrived

 

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Hello,

you found yourself a new subscriber!


Tam

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On 2020. 10. 26. 18:19, ghnatiuk@... wrote:

Alex,
To you and everyone out there that need parts for the 34XX series of products, now is the time to renew your requests.? I should have the list of Red Devil resistors in a spread sheet sometime this weekend.? ?I uploaded a video showing my business move into a new location:



Parts requests can also be made in the comment section of that video.? Each person that needs parts could start his/her own thread in the comments.? That would help me keep everything straight with one location to go to rather than trying to refer to emails and these groups.

Thanks,
George Hnatiuk
Re: Agilent 54831M

Bostonman
 

I didn't see an 'optimized' option nor did I see board cache memory.

I forgot to look at whether the LAN is a card or on the motherboard, however, I believe I've tried removing the GPIB but will try again (and the LAN card if it has one).

Attached are several pictures of the boot sequence and various BIOS options/settings..

Scope Pictures.pdf
Scope Pictures.pdf

Re: Wanted: HP 3458a DVM in non-working condition

 

Dennis,
To you and everyone out there that need parts for the 34XX series of products, now is the time to renew your requests.? I should have the list of Red Devil resistors in a spread sheet sometime this weekend.? ?I uploaded a video showing my business move into a new location:



Parts requests can also be made in the comment section of that video.? Each person that needs parts could start his/her own thread in the comments.? That would help me keep everything straight with one location to go to rather than trying to refer to emails and these groups.

Thanks,
George Hnatiuk
Re: HP 3468A - Working, so far

 

Greg,
To you and everyone out there that need parts for the 34XX series of products, now is the time to renew your requests.? I should have the list of Red Devil resistors in a spread sheet sometime this weekend.? ?I uploaded a video showing my business move into a new location:



Parts requests can also be made in the comment section of that video.? Each person that needs parts could start his/her own thread in the comments.? That would help me keep everything straight with one location to go to rather than trying to refer to emails and these groups.

Thanks,
George Hnatiuk
Re: My $25 "In Poor Shape" 3468A has arrived

 

Alex,
To you and everyone out there that need parts for the 34XX series of products, now is the time to renew your requests.? I should have the list of Red Devil resistors in a spread sheet sometime this weekend.? ?I uploaded a video showing my business move into a new location:



Parts requests can also be made in the comment section of that video.? Each person that needs parts could start his/her own thread in the comments.? That would help me keep everything straight with one location to go to rather than trying to refer to emails and these groups.

Thanks,
George Hnatiuk
Re: Sphere's Holiday Stuff Season is now open....

 

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Hello Walter I remember at some while ago you had a display for a 83630 sweeper. the flourcent type. Was that one sold are do you still have stock of it ?
best regards Peter Hansen

Fra: [email protected] <[email protected]> p? vegne af walter shawlee <walter2@...>
Sendt: 25. oktober 2020 21:15
Til: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Emne: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Sphere's Holiday Stuff Season is now open....
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To be clear, the $6 padded envelope shipping uses a quirk in the first class mail route, so no, there's no tracking, but
first class mail gets treated pretty well. This has proven to be VERY effective for a lot of small things, so I can only offer it, and you have to decide if it's good or bad.

This fall/winter, the mail system is clogged with ballots, covid boosted shipping and the regular seasonal increase.
For this, I have no fix, and neither does anybody else.? I should add that "tracking" has largely failed to correct this for customers that have used it. We do use fedex with good results, but circumstances have to require it. The reason stuff day was normally a drive-here-and-get-it-event was for the very issue of shipping, so that big stuff could go for free. Covid has screwed that up so that it's just not possible any more.? And to be fair, many people asked if they could attend from afar and have us ship, so our current plan really works well for them. I have had many more good comments in that regard than outrage over shipping, so I have to assume it is generally effective.

The thing I regret the most is that we have a lot of heavy and big things to give away (like a free standing relay rack), but just no good way to do that under the current circumstances, especially since the border is closed. We are open to any suggestions for a fix, however if you have one.

Stay well and best regards,
walter
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Walter Shawlee 2
Sphere Research Corp. 3394 Sunnyside Rd. 
West Kelowna, BC, V1Z 2V4 CANADA
Phone: +1 (250-769-1834 -:- 
+We're all in one boat, no matter how it looks to you. (WS2)
+All you need is love. (John Lennon)
+But, that doesn't mean other things don't come in handy. (WS2)
+Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. 
We are not the only experiment. (R. Buckminster Fuller)
Re: Sphere's Holiday Stuff Season is now open....

 

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I have noticed that quotes for shipping costs directly with suppliers such as UPS are often astronomic compared to the same service purchased via Parcelmonkey. Savings of 60-70% seem normal. Yes, pay only 1/3rd of the direct quote. I cannot find these lower cost services directly. Almost seems like a racket to fleece the unwary.

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As an example I just paid a shipper $43 instead of around $150 to ship a Wavetek function gen from US to UK using UPS’s Worldwide Expedited drop-off service.

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Rgds, Colin Smithers G4CWH

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of walter shawlee via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2020 8:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] Sphere's Holiday Stuff Season is now open....

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To be clear, the $6 padded envelope shipping uses a quirk in the first class mail route, so no, there's no tracking, but
first class mail gets treated pretty well. This has proven to be VERY effective for a lot of small things, so I can only offer it, and you have to decide if it's good or bad.

This fall/winter, the mail system is clogged with ballots, covid boosted shipping and the regular seasonal increase.
For this, I have no fix, and neither does anybody else.? I should add that "tracking" has largely failed to correct this for customers that have used it. We do use fedex with good results, but circumstances have to require it. The reason stuff day was normally a drive-here-and-get-it-event was for the very issue of shipping, so that big stuff could go for free. Covid has screwed that up so that it's just not possible any more.? And to be fair, many people asked if they could attend from afar and have us ship, so our current plan really works well for them. I have had many more good comments in that regard than outrage over shipping, so I have to assume it is generally effective.

The thing I regret the most is that we have a lot of heavy and big things to give away (like a free standing relay rack), but just no good way to do that under the current circumstances, especially since the border is closed. We are open to any suggestions for a fix, however if you have one.

Stay well and best regards,
walter

-- 
Walter Shawlee 2
Sphere Research Corp. 3394 Sunnyside Rd. 
West Kelowna, BC, V1Z 2V4 CANADA
Phone: +1 (250-769-1834 -:- 
+We're all in one boat, no matter how it looks to you. (WS2)
+All you need is love. (John Lennon)
+But, that doesn't mean other things don't come in handy. (WS2)
+Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. 
We are not the only experiment. (R. Buckminster Fuller)
File /Above 10000/80000 to 89999/85867/85867A.bas uploaded #file-notice

[email protected] Notification
 

The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group.

By: Dave McGuire

Description:
This is the RMB source code for the 85867A EMI receiver program.
Tams's OpenSCAD book is out

 

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Hello Folks,

a lot of you have asked me to be notified when my OpenSCAD book finally hits the market - especially as I have already printed spare parts for quite a few members of the list, I wanted to fulfill this need.

I made a little video on my YouTube channel which shows what you can expect from the book. It can be found at . Alternatively, the publisher has his web site for the book? at .


If anyone of you wants to buy the book, I would, of course, be honoured. Elektor has great distribution at most bookshelves, and the book should also be available from Amazon.


As always, I also look forward to feedback. And if anyone needs a button printed, you know where to find me.


Tam

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Re: eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?

 

- from Websters New Collegiate Dictionary, 1959:

Fulsome -
1: Offensive; disgusting; esp., offensive because of insincerity or
baseness of motive; as, fulsome praise.
2: Rare. Lustful; wanton.

It reminds me of when teacher put a student on the spot to define
a word, and he made something up on the spot to avoid embarrassment.

Merriam Webster's online dictionary made it fact a few years ago...

-Chuck Harris



Roy Thistle wrote:

On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 09:14 AM, Chuck Harris wrote:

Merriam Webster thinks fulsome means complete and thorough...

From:

Definition of fulsome

1a : characterized by abundance : copious describes in fulsome detail— G. N. Shuster
fulsome bird life. The feeder overcrowded— Maxine Kumin
b : generous in amount, extent, or spirit the passengers were fulsome in praise of
the plane's crew— Don Oliver a fulsome victory for the far left— Bruce Rothwell the
greetings have been fulsome, the farewells tender— Simon Gray
c : being full and well developed she was in generally fulsome, limpid voice— Thor
Eckert, Jr.
2 : aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive fulsome lies and nauseous
flattery— William Congreve the devil take thee for a … fulsome rogue— George Villiers
3 : exceeding the bounds of good taste : overdone the fulsome chromium glitter of the
escalators dominating the central hall— Lewis Mumford
4 : excessively complimentary or flattering : effusive an admiration whose extent I
did not express, lest I be thought fulsome— A. J. Liebling
seeking 89400 Series IBASIC Example Programs disk

 

Does anyone here have the 89400 Series IBASIC Example Programs disk?

Thanks,
-Dave

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New Kensington, PA
Re: Agilent 54831M

 

before taking pictures, try to set the BIOS to "optimized" setting and also I suggest to disable the on board cache memory if exists

also try to boot the scope with no GPIB and LAN cards (if they exist)
Re: eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?

 

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Hello,

was intended to be humorous. Sorry if any offence caused.


Tam

With best regards
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On 2020. 10. 26. 2:05, David C. Partridge wrote:

Not sure if your comment was tongue in cheek or not … I was commenting on differing pronunciations of the same word (bath) in different parts of UK.

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D.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tam Hanna
Sent: 25 October 2020 23:13
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?

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What does the Baath party - Arab socialist movement, very strange ideology, not like paint hair pink don't shave scream - have to seek on this mailing list?

Just wondering, not that I don't have a lot to say on them?

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Am 25. Oktober 2020 22:23:12 MEZ schrieb "David C. Partridge" <david.partridge@...>:

Aha bath and baaath (latter to indicate long soft a).

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David
Re: eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?

 

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Not sure if your comment was tongue in cheek or not … I was commenting on differing pronunciations of the same word (bath) in different parts of UK.

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D.

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tam Hanna
Sent: 25 October 2020 23:13
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] eBay adding 6.6% TAX for a sale from UK to the USA?

?

What does the Baath party - Arab socialist movement, very strange ideology, not like paint hair pink don't shave scream - have to seek on this mailing list?

Just wondering, not that I don't have a lot to say on them?

With best regards
Tam HANNA (emailing on a BlackBerry PRIV)

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Am 25. Oktober 2020 22:23:12 MEZ schrieb "David C. Partridge" <david.partridge@...>:

Aha bath and baaath (latter to indicate long soft a).

?

David
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