shadown_Luna

@shadown_Luna (82)

United States • Age 44

Joined myLot 15 years ago

If ya can't fix it, it ain't broke!

shadown_Luna's Discussions

Powering LEDs

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 25 Jun 09

I need a little help on LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). How much power do you need to power a few of these buggers? I'm thinking maybe 20-30 3mm bright blue LEDs. You obviously can't use a few batteries. I was thinking either USB?...

Installing Car Audio and Electronics

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 24 Jun 09

I need help! I don't know too much about car audio, but I would like to install LEDs into my car and make them sync with my music. What I would like to know is: How do i give them power? I found a "Music and Flash Interface" on...

Custom PCB boards

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 30 May 09

Is there any place online that lets you create and order custom PCB boards? Thanks!

circuts

custom

pcb

printed circut boards

robots

Microcontrollers

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 23 May 09

I've been wanting to learn how to build something with a microcontroller (CHEAP!). I found this cool Led Cube project, but there weren't any good tutorials. If anyone knows anything about microcontrollers, please help a friend...

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Used Laptops

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 24 Feb 09

I am wondering, Can i put any old motherboard into a case and have it work? Let me expand that a bit. I have an old laptop. The screen is just fine. It has RAM, and a dead battery. No hard drive, no CD Drive. It does have a...

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Hard Drives

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 5 Feb 09

My Laptop doesn't have a HDD and I don't wanna buy a new one, but rather use one of my Desktop ones. Will this adapter work? http://www.colordrives.com/2-5-ide-hard-drive-hdd-adapter-for-laptop.html

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Laptop Hard Drives

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 5 Feb 09

What cable connection is used with a Laptop and Hard Drive? Is it the same as a Desktop Hard Drive? I guess what I'm asking is, can I use my extra HDD from my Desktop in my Laptop? Thanx!!

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Windows OS on External HDD?

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 3 Feb 09

Is it possible to install and run Windows XP on an External HDD? I bought a broken Laptop that i mean to repair, and it has no HDD. I was just wondering if i could use my external....for the time being...???

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Flat Screen Monitor problems

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 31 Jan 09

My Dell Flat Screen Monitor has been going white on my every once in a while. At fisrt it appeared not working so my stop mom was gonna throw it out, but she just left it in the basement. I read up on how to fix some monitors and...

MyLot Age?

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 31 Jan 09

How old do you have to be to have an account on MyLot? Isn't it only like 16 or something like that? Little do people know, but I am actually 16 (almost 17!!!!) But don't let that scare you, cuz I am an A honor roll student and i...

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Processor types

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 31 Jan 09

Are the processors for laptops and desktops the same? What is the socket type for a Pentium 4 processor in a laptop?

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Wireless Keyboard and Mouse? Bluetooth????

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 31 Jan 09

Up to how far does a wireless keyboard and Mouse work? Is there a such thing as a bluetooth mouse and keyboard? How far does that work? Which one is better?

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PDF to JPEG?

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 31 Jan 09

Is there a program that will convert a PDF to JPEG or even BMP??? and FREE!!!

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Confirmation Code?

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 27 Jan 09

I've been trying to sell stuff on eBay for awhile now. I get to the final page where they say they will call your nubmer with a confirmation code. I click "call now" .....and nothing happens. I've waited days! Is there another way...

call

confirmation

ebay

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Air Cannon

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 25 Jan 09

In chemistry my friend and I experimented with a Calcium Carbide Cannon. We wanted one that we could experiment with at home, so we came up with an Air Cannon! We engineered this thing from beginning to end. We did 2D and 3D...

Saving to a TXT file

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 25 Jan 09

I'm sure its possible to save the output of a java program into a txt file and then read it back in. I know you can in C++ (and i know how), but how do you do it in java? I think its called serialization...maybe? idk... Thanks!

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Build a laptop?

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 25 Jan 09

Kind of a far fetched question, but can you build a laptop from scratch? Or rather ... "Upgrade"? Say I found a crappy laptop on ebay for like $20. But really all that was good was the battery, screen, and maybe the HDD and...

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Eclipse?

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 25 Jan 09

What do you all use for a java editor? I use EasyEclipse. I had netBeans, but my computer was too slow for it. EasyEclipse is a nice little editor. What do you recomaend?

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Motherboard

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 24 Jan 09

Hey. I need help picking out a decent motherboard. Cheap, but good. If thats possible. Try to stay around or under $100-120...It needs at least one PCI-Express Slot. I also have a question about the socket types. Obvously not...

thats the way i like it

types

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Tab software

shadown_Luna @shadown_Luna (82) • United States 24 Jan 09

Hey guys. I need some help. I have some music, and i want to convert it to tab notation. I found software that'll let you input tabs and it'll show the regular notes, but i want the reverse. Know of any (free) programs that'll do...

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