Recent content by Croda

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    Dropped my laptop

    can't run chkdisk because I can't get to a command prompt or to the desktop as for the diagnostic tool...everything passes, oddly enough. took out the HD today to look at it again and it rattles when I shake it. that can't be a good sign.
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    Dropped my laptop

    I have a Dell Inspiron 2200, that met with a little fall from the bed to the floor last night. now I can't get it to boot. I get alternating errors. sometimes it can't find a valid boot device, sometimes it gives me errors loading system files (ntoskrnl.exe, \config\system), other times I...
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    Good PCI firewire card for MiniDV camera transfers?

    there are some real cheapo cards on Pricewatch, including a Lucent card for $10 shipped. Now I don't know how reputable the vendors are (Mr.Tech not on ResellerRatings, and GearXS has mixed reviews), but $10 shipped is better than $22 shipped on the Koutech above. Would anyone take a chance on...
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    New PC Setup Troubles - Please Help

    nope. When the speaker is plugged in I get a beep that repeats every 3-4 seconds, but no POST beep. Just an amber light on the monitor.
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    New PC Setup Troubles - Please Help

    Is there any chance this could be the processor?
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    New PC Setup Troubles - Please Help

    Getting the same thing even with no RAM. I suspect I'll contact MSI. Could I be missing something? Anything else I can try?
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    New PC Setup Troubles - Please Help

    Another thing, this board came with a D-bracket, that plugs into the front USB pins and gives a 'debug' of sorts on any system problems. It consistently shows a 'video signal' error. I was hoping it wasn't a bad board as that will leave him to put it together by himself, but if it is, not much...
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    New PC Setup Troubles - Please Help

    Hi, I'm building a new PC for my brother but cannot get any video to the screen at all. Any ideas on what the problem could be? I've taken the mobo out of the case and run it with only vidcard and RAM to see if I could get any picture, and I get nothing. The fan spins on the GPU heatsink but...
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    Internet Connection Troubles

    Yes I am on XP Pro. I'll have to give that a try, because I am out of ideas. thanks
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    Internet Connection Troubles

    As of Friday, everything was cool. Friday night however I went to a LAN party and reconfigured my NIC LAN connection to work on my buddy's LAN. All I did was set the TCP/IP connection to automatically get an IP address. Everything was great from his place. LAN was great and I could get to...
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    Problems with Shuttle AK31a Sound

    Best I can. They appear to be in proper order as the sound itself as changed gone back and forth. I'm going to swap in an old SIIG card that I have around tonight to see if that sheds any light on the situation.
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    Problems with Shuttle AK31a Sound

    I'm using the onboard sound on my Ak31 Rev A and it's gotten quite flakey. The sound only comes from one speaker and sounds like hell - very heavy bass & rough, unclear sounds. It had been ok for several months then I noticed I lost sound on my right speaker (speakers are 2 Boston Acoustics...
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    Virus has infectd System Restore in Win XP - Need Help!

    could really use some help.
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    Virus has infectd System Restore in Win XP - Need Help!

    Norton reports that I have the backdoor.w3krat virus. I quarantined secure.exe which it could not fix. I deleted the file because I don't trust quarantine Now the fun starts. Norton still detects the virus at...
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    System Hanging on Boot

    Running WinXP on an AMD XP 1600+, 512MB, 40GB HD, Shuttle AK31a rev 3.1 I had been having problems with the rig (just built it a month or so ago) on boot. It would hang loading the desktop and often spontaneously reboot on getting to the desktop. On top of that, the Front Bezel power and reset...