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Old 30-06-2012, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Tandum View Post
It's more likely the USB problem is due to excessive cable lengths. 3meters works well, 5meters is dodgy. I'll bet both the DELL and HP boxes have ASUS motherboards anyway.
Could be but I don't think so. The same cables and connections that the sexy big HP i7 dream machine won't operate, the old Dell operates just fine. This is the same HP PC that was in use when I fried my Gemini 1 control box - and whether it was a cause or not, so I just don't trust it.
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