Recent content by sighlentz

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    Boot Problems

    The PC has DDR PC3200 RAM
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    Boot Problems

    Plugged SATA HDD into MB today, wouldn't boot, even when selecting IDE drive as default. After disconnecting SATA drive, I had to repair windows startup. I know the HDD is good, works fine in other pc's here. Maybe time for new MB? Don't really need to invest alot of $ into new...
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    Boot Problems

    Did the clean install on spare hdd. Using the problem PC now. Though the spare hdd is IDE not SATA
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    Boot Problems

    can the sata controller be replaced?
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    Boot Problems

    I did not change anything. I shut it off last night and cannot get it to boot now. The PC config has remained the same for months. Under System Disk Startup Repair it says Root cause found: a hard disk could not be found. If a hard disk is installed, it is not responding.
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    Boot Problems

    Yes it recognizes both drives. It doesn't recognize the SATA drive in SATA 1 or 2 but it does in SATA 3. There is also no bulging capacitor. Under Windows Boot Manager it says Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data. File File: \boot\bcd Status: 0xc000000f
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    Boot Problems

    Shut system off yesterday and tried to turn system on today and no boot. Inserted system disk, ran repair, and disk said no hardrive available or not working. Removed SATA HDD and instered in another PC and HDD works fine. Also, system disk won't recognize IDE drive in problem PC. System disk...
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    windows restarts frequently - Help?

    Problem resolved. It seems I had a bad IDE cable from the mb to the dvd and old hd, replaced with new cable and no more issues
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    windows restarts frequently - Help?

    O.K. I'll try it
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    windows restarts frequently - Help?

    I did that and still win. will restart. It's almost as if the power was lost , but the power is not lost,. The CPU fan runs, the lights for HDD and other drives are on.
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    What sort of gamer are you? (poll included)

    I'm between option 1 and option 2. I like to build using latest hardware, but will wait until new game releases are on sale. Steam has nice deals sometimes, but I hate using Steam. I can't justify the steep price of new releases. I want the games but won't pay full price. I favor FPS over...
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    windows restarts frequently - Help?

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My system boots fine, but after some time windows will restart. Sometimes it's a few minutes and sometimes it's after a hour or so. Mostly web surfing when it restarts. Then it may try to restart 2 or 3 times before a successful restart...
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    Gts 250, $121-$80 = $41, (SLI = $82), after rebate, free shipping

    got my $160 card on 1/30, even though I agreed to the fast processing for $10 less, they still sent me a card for $160 BTW, (some people may not know this) you can enter ANY bank that displays the VISA logo and ask for a advance on your debit card and they will give you any balance in cash for...
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    Gts 250, $121-$80 = $41, (SLI = $82), after rebate, free shipping

    Just checked the Rebate website and it stated that my rebate payment was sent Tracking Number: 8252216529082158 Status Date Email was sent for Confirmation 11/28/2009 Email was confirmed by the user 11/28/2009 Printed claim registration, awaiting receipt of documentation 11/28/2009...
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    Gts 250, $121-$80 = $41, (SLI = $82), after rebate, free shipping

    Waited almost 30 days to submit rebate form, just to make sure I was going to keep the cards. Dropped off at the post office on 12/23, and the rest is history. This info below was copied from the rebate site: Status Date Email was sent for Confirmation 11/28/2009 Email was confirmed by...