Recent content by nod32

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    reseting laptop bios

    I ended up reformatting and installing xp on it for him... PITA with all the drivers because hp doesn't supply them for xp :(
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    reseting laptop bios

    Ok, so i let it sit about an hour and tried it and the password is cleared :) ..but i get a BSOD on bootup even in safemode. Now he said this happened before to him, and then the password started popping up. (So i didn't cause it) Is there anything i can do besides a reformat?
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    reseting laptop bios

    yea i downloaded the laptops manual and all it said was to re seat the battery. So i did that and plugged it in, and still asked for a pass.
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    reseting laptop bios

    I'm fixing a laptop for someone. Every time it turns on it asks for a bios password. Seeing as I can't get into the OS, I downloaded the manual and re-seated the RTC battery. I tried it right after and it still asked for a password, so I figured it must be unplugged for longer. I googled it and...
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    Reseating nb hetsink on ds3l

    thanks for your replys I think i will end up doing the northbridge. The reason im asking about the 3850 is because I was reading somewhere that a guy replaced the factory tim on a 4850 and it dropped his idle temps by over 20C. Seems a little much but if i can get even half of that it would be...
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    Reseating nb hetsink on ds3l

    Im planning on picking up some better tim with a new cpu cooler and seeing as I'm already taking the motherboard out (bolt thru kit), I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to reseat the northbridge heatsink, apply some tx-2 or mx-2 and throw on a 40mm fan. I have it at 400 right now, but...