11-06-19 17:29 Ethan Sullens wrote to Ed Vance about XP_Many Questions
Howdy! Ethan,

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 ES>   Re: XP_Many Questions
 ES>   By: Ed Vance to All on Sat Oct 19 2019 08:24 pm

 > I've been thinking of putting some variety of Linux on this pc.
 > At least then I will be able to use a Supported version of Firefox, instead
 > of Firefox that isn't supported by Mozilla because Microsoft doesn't want to
 > support the older O/S software they created.
 >
 > I guess my XP SP3 pc is a Orphan!
 >
 > Are there anyone reading who still uses XP?
 >
 ES> I have two PCs (Desktop, Laptop) that run Windows XP SP3 and they are
 ES> still humming along! If you haven't decided on a Linux distro as of yet
 ES> might I recommend Pop_OS! by System76 as a possible alternative. There
 ES> are quite a few out there and this one is so well put together.

My XP is a Desktop HP a1430n Media Center computer I got in 2006.

Lately I've been wondering about not hearing a BEEP when I turn it on.
I see the three LED's Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock flash when it is
started but can't remember if this computer ever BEEP'ed when it started up.

I tried looking at HP's web site recently to see if there is a "BEEP'er"
in it but HP isn't interested in answering quesions about this 'OLD THING'
since Microsoft's XP is an unsupported OS now.

The Hardware still work but is way out of Warranty today.

I tried looking in the pdf Manual's but haven't seen anything about it.
I would think if it had a Piezo Electric BEEPER there would be a connector
on the Motherboard for it but I've not seen it back when I looked at the
Manuals.

I never heard of Pop OS or the System76 Company, I will have to ask
DuckDuckGo about it.

Thanks for the suggestion.

73 de Ed W9ODR      .       .


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