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  1. nytpenguin

    Cleaning a hopelessly clogged inkjet printer

    I talked to a local guy who said he has heard of using q-tip with isopropyl alcohol. I tried this today, for lack of any other ideas. I got one or two lines of dots before the cleaning, after I cleaned it out, I got a whole mess of lines, 1/4 to 1/3rd of them. The guy warned me that epson...
  2. nytpenguin

    Cleaning a hopelessly clogged inkjet printer

    I have an epson stylus 600 that has been sitting for three years. I travelled around the world for three years and had it sitting for that time. I removed the cartridge, but nothing else. I can now get it to print in blue and yellow, but not black. I've seen these cleaning cartridges...
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    Bios won't recognize Drive

    I have an award bios on an Abit BX6 motherboard (sorry...I know it's old :-). I have two hard drives on the primary IDE channel that are recognized fine. I can't get anything to be recognized on the secondary channel. When I boot in Linux, it picks up the type of the CD and recognizes it...
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    Monitor makes a cricket sound

    I have an NEC XP-21 monitor. When it turns on (after turning off after being idle), it makes a noise for a second that sound similar to a cricket. Very occasionally it blacks out then comes back on after a moment as described in another post, but this cricket noise has happened several times...

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