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    Strange problem - computer freezes, monitor goes blank

    PaperDoc, you are right on. All the capacitors looked good. Looks like there is loose connection. Don't know which one, but I disconnected/reconnected the drive connections to the motherboard. Turned it on. There is no 5 minute delay I mentioned above. Been running since last night... Hope the...
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    Strange problem - computer freezes, monitor goes blank

    Thank you so much PaperDoc, for all your suggestions. I will try them tonight.
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    Strange problem - computer freezes, monitor goes blank

    Hello Everyone, Sorry for the long post. Just want to describe all the symptoms. This problem has been bugging me for two weeks now. I tried everything I can think of, still can't fix it and the problem is getting worse (more frequent freezes and sometimes windows doesn't even come up)...
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    Shared VRAM along with Dedicated VRAM

    To satisfy Windows Vista requirement to have 64MB Video RAM, can I disable my dedicated Video Memory and set my computer to have shared memory? Here's what I have: Dell Inspiron 600m Laptop 1.6GHz Pentium M Processor 2MB L2 Cache 1GB RAM 32MB Dedicated Video RAM. My goal is to...
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    Laptop Hard Drive - Internal or External?

    My Dell inspiron 600m has an internal 4200RPM HD that came with the system and I just bought a 5400RPM HD and a 2.5" USB2.0 enclosure. I want to install a very process intensive application on my laptop. This application starts several processes when the computer starts. I am planning to...