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  1. leth

    Solved Mouse Pointer Won't Move for Acer Laptop Touchpad

    Sorry to resurrect a stale thread but I noticed it went unanswered and there was no follow-up if you ever got it resolved? I came across your post while researching my current problem, which is exactly the opposite of yours; my trackpad moves perfectly well but the left and right buttons don't...
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    [PC-BSD] Broadcom BCM4311 WiFi

    I have an HP tx2-1070 (second generation of your tx-1000) and faced the same issue; an unsupported Broadcom BCM43xx-series card. I tried using a few different Windows drivers via NDIS but to no success (no APs found when scanning, kernel panics.) In the end I replaced the wireless card, but be...
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    Old servers as desktops (or other creations)

    Portmaster! That was the name of it. We had a few of those running all the modems. I took one home when the ISP went belly-up but never managed to find a real use for it. It eventually found it's way to the electronics recycling depot a few years ago.
  4. leth

    Old servers as desktops (or other creations)

    Might be worth checking the rating on the power supply and ensure you're not overloading it. There's lots of power supply sizing calculators available online. You'd hate to burn that power supply out, especially if it doesn't use standard connectors for the motherboard. I once worked at a...
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    Possible convert. Please help me justify this madness.

    I recommend this approach; it's what I've been doing for the last week or so. I've been out of touch with FreeBSD for a good 10 years (although kept my hands in the BSD world via OpenBSD for some networking needs) and recently decided to attempt a BSD desktop again. I went with PC-BSD...
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