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We all love them and hate them, yet computers are slowly becoming the center of the known universe.

We all love them and hate them, yet computers are slowly becoming the center of the known universe.

No doubt most of us use a computer as the central nervous system of our part 15 operations. It can be a real pain when they give us trouble as this has been outlined by Neil – Radio8z http://part15.us/node/2253
it is very important to back up everything up.
Thankfully I did back-up most of the files needed to keep my station running smooth.

Until now:
I have encountered a major computer failure with my station computer.
A Dell 280 with Windows Professional and Zararadio software for play out.

Recently this computer had shown signs there was a problem.
In my efforts to track down the problem the computer started to really take a turn for the worse.
Restarts were slow, occasionally it would freeze up for become slow.

I decided to wipe the hard drive clean and install Unbuntu Linux since I was not able to find the Win XP Pro disc.
This was a big mistake, now the computer will partially load Linux, but by the time i get to the log in screen it soon forgets what to do after i have entered the username and password.

To confirm the software installed onto the hard drive i pull it out of the Dell 280 and placed it into another computer I knew was working.
Sure enough, Linux was running perfectly.

So my question is, why won’t the Dell 280 load Linux completely?
Am I missing something important? I have Unbuntu on another Dell and it runs great, i think it even runs faster than Windows.

I checked the battery and memory sticks, the only other thing I didn’t cover was the hard drive but since it loads fine on another computer I don’t think that is the trouble.

Help! lol

Oh yeah!! Happy Mothers Day to all the mom’s out there.