Recent content by sb14blue

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    Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1

    When I load the Windows 7 installation disk and it get to the part where it has me chose the drive to install Windows, the drive is listed, but I receive the error message. When I click to Repair Windows, the drive first shows up on the list, but then it disappears. I know for sure the drive...
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    Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1

    A couple of years ago, I upgraded my desktop from a Athlon 64 x2 based system to i7 based system. I kept the same case and power supply. A few months later, I had to sell the system for financial reasons. Since then, the Athlon system has been sitting in storage until now. I got a new case...
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    Upgraded CPU not compatible or dead?

    Nevermind... I rechecked to make I didn't miss anything and I noticed the video card was not connected. It works.
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    Upgraded CPU not compatible or dead?

    I upgraded my Dell Inspiron e1505's CPU from an Intel Core Duo T2250 to an Intel Core 2 Duo T7200. Prior to purchasing a used T7200 on eBay, I searched to make sure it was compatible and through various forums it sounded like the T7200 was. The T7200 I have is the Socket M version. After...
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    Booting and Shutting Down Issues

    My motherboard also has ports for the mini PCI-e and the half mini PCI-e. Is there a preference?
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    Booting and Shutting Down Issues

    Thanks to everyone for your advice. The first thing I did was set the defaults in BIOS. This did not help. After that I updated the BIOS, but that also did not work. I finally removed the wireless adapter and bingo, everything is back to normal. Does anyone have any ideas as to what went...
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    Booting and Shutting Down Issues

    My laptop does not have a model number. It was a custom build. - Intel MGM45WU Motherboard - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Intel Core 2 Duo T9900 3.0Ghz - 4GB RAM DDR2 - 320GB SATA HD The wireless adapter I replaced, which started this whole mess was an Intel 5100 Mini WiFi N-Card...
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    Booting and Shutting Down Issues

    I have a custom laptop with an Intel MGM45WU motherboard. A couple of weeks ago, my wireless adapter died. I replaced the adapter with an exact model. The new wireless adapter works, however I am having issues booting up and shutting down the laptop. When I shut down the laptop, it does not...
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    Dead Hard Drive

    Thanks for all of your advice. I decided to go the cheapest route and went for cloning the PCB board. I went with a company called PCB Solution. They had me remove the PCB board and send it to them. They cloned the firmware on a matching board for $50. I received the new board yesterday...
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    Dead Hard Drive

    I can't toss this drive. This drive is... was my back-up drive, but I had recently reformatted my system drive. I was actually attempting to put the files back onto my computer when this happened. I quess you can call it really bad timing for screwing up. At some point, I will need to...
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    Dead Hard Drive

    I just placed a backup hard drive into the Seagate Free Agent enclosure. The drive powered on and was recognized by the computer. Based on this, is it safe to say that I damaged the PCB board on the hard drive? Where do I go from here?
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    Dead Hard Drive

    It used my laptop power supply. 19v is labeled. The power supply for the hard drive says 12v.
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    Dead Hard Drive

    I accidentally used the wrong power supply to boot my external Seagate Free Agent Desk 1TD hard drive. When I put the correct power supply in, the hard drive would not turn on. I removed the hard drive and placed it into my desktop. When I went to boot the computer, the computer itself would...
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    Touchpad Problems

    I purchased a custom laptop from a system builder on eBay a couple of years ago. The system is an Intel Rick Creek 2 and the motherboard is an Intel MGM45WU mobile board. When I use the touchpad, the cursor will all of a sudden start acting erratically, opening and closing windows. Sometimes...
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    Trying to fix a dead laptop... Need advice

    how do you test the ac adapter?