Recent content by Devcon

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    [ANSWERED ]Should I Get a powerful notebook for college, or ...

    I feel that I made a big mistake in college. I was excited to have the opportunity to buy a new computer, and I figured that a laptop would be a great choice. Hind sight is 20/20 and now i know it was a bad decision. I blew 3000, yes 3000 bucks on my laptop. I am actually still using said...
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    High CPU Load, Spotty Performance

    I did open up the computer, and cleaned everything out. I tried to get the bad fan to work by lubing it, but it seems the bearings are beyond repair. I'm in senegal which does have computer stores, but proprietary dell laptop fans, I doubt it.
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    High CPU Load, Spotty Performance

    Within the last couple of days my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8200) has developed some issues. Specifically, it seems to have times when the CPU load reaches and sticks at 100 percent making it next to impossible to do anything and sometimes resulting in a freeze. Surfing the internet and related...
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    DVD Writer Disappeared

    I believe all the upperfilter and lowerfilter jazz is added by nero... Just backup the registry and try to delete all the filter entries in all the applicable keys.
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    DVD Writer Disappeared

    I've seen a problem such as this before. To fix it, I did the following: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Click on the start menu. If this is a Vista machine in the search box type in ?regedit? without the...
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    USB ADSL Modem, Netgear Router, and ICS

    No by branch, I just mean connect. I'm losing my english as i'm forced to speak french or wolof all the time. Any ideas?
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    USB ADSL Modem, Netgear Router, and ICS

    Ok here's the situation: Hardware: -Netgear MR814 Wireless Router -Sagefast USB ADSL Modem -Desktop (host) Computer -Laptop with wireless card Now, here's the deal. I am trying to get internet in my room. The primary desktop computer connects to the internet with an ADSL...
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    I have had it with Firefox

    I'm in the Opera camp, but I do definately keep an open mind. My main concern is functionality and Opera does fall short in a few areas for me. Plugin support and certain popular pages (ie. some google services) can be shoddy. It also seems to have a problem printing tables. IE will print...
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    Need help deciding on a college laptop...Pretty much decided on a Sager NP7620

    I know you said that you already decided, but I have to agree w/ the majority in this thread. I bought a Dell I8200 when I first went to school for around $3k. It is probably my biggest regret. It still works well, but even as outdated as it is now, it surpasses my needs. I have only taken...
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    XP 2400+ Mobile Barton Core

    I have read that the mobile xp's are often reported as unknown in Windows, but the clock is only 1GHZ. In the bios, I raised the FSB from 166 to 200 and that made it clock in at 1.2GHZ. The clock speed is supposed to be 1.8GHZ with a 266MHZ FSB correct? Here is my Everest CPU report w/ the...
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    Freezing Issue Stemming from CD-ROM

    I reseated everything, but it didn't help. Think its dead? EDIT: I'll add that the model number is LTR-52327S
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    Freezing Issue Stemming from CD-ROM

    The computer has been working fine for upwards of a month, but now whenever a CD is placed in the Lite-On DVD/CDRW Combo drive, the mouse will freeze when it tries to read the CD. When the CD is ejected, the mouse will unfreeze, and the computer will usually work normally. Sometimes, another...
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    New Build, New Problem...

    It is a 350 watt antec that came with the case. Model number SL350. I'm in the USA, so should it be at 115 or 230? Right now its at 115. EDIT: I'm not sure why, but it booted. All I did was flip the voltage slider back and forth to make sure it was on 115. Then I plugged in the keyboard...
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    New Build, New Problem...

    No pins are bent and everything was plugged in right. Its an interesting problem, because it seems that if the computer is not started (or attempted to be) for awhile, then the garbled text problem returns, and the keyboard problem remains. The only thing I can think of is a bad mobo, but it...
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    New Build, New Problem...

    I don't know what the deal is, but I just build a Sempron 2400+ system with a Soltek nforce 2 mobo. Yesterday, I had a problem with memory/processor timings, but that was my own ignorance. I had everything working perfectly in XP Pro SP2, so I unplugged everything to move the computer. Now...