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    PC fans turn on and off

    I replaced the PS and now all seems to be running fine. The fans all stop when power is turned off. Thank you for the suggestions.
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    PC fans turn on and off

    I tried a couple different video cards, didn't fix problem. I disconnected two cd/dvd drives, same problem. It has three memory slots with one stick in each, I removed all of them and tried one at a time in the number one memory slot, same result. I'm now thinking it must be either the...
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    PC fans turn on and off

    I reset the CMOS but same problem
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    PC fans turn on and off

    Yes all fans CPU, video and case fans. CPU fan is plugged into the motherboard all others are plugged into the PS. I have not tried CMOS reset but will give it a try. Thanks for the reply
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    PC fans turn on and off

    I'm trying to fix my grandson's computer. When I got it, it would not boot at all. It gave one long beep and continued repeating. I took out the video card and memory. I tried a different video card but same problem. I replaced memory with some old memory I had laying around, now it boots fine...
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    Confused 2gb or 4gb of memory with Windows XP Home

    Thanks for the responses. I have not built a computer in the past four years or so and have not used more than 1gb of ram in a windows system. I was probably just getting a little worried because I was reading in forums where people were having problems with new builds that had over 3gb's of ram...
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    Confused 2gb or 4gb of memory with Windows XP Home

    Hi, I am in the process of upgrading two of our computers. I am a little confused about how much memory I should use. I bought two 2gb chips for each computer. I am planning on using Windows XP Home until Windows 7 is released. Would it be better just to install one of the 2gb chips or both...
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    Radeon 9800 pro video problem

    Hi, Thanks for the suggestions. We had an Enermax 365w power supply in her computer that seemed to be working fine. When we started having problems after installing the 9800 pro we bought the Antec 500w power supply. The problem with freezing and rebooting did not change. Any way we decided to...
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    Radeon 9800 pro video problem

    My wife plays World of Warcraft and has been having problems with her video card. It is a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb agp. I made sure it had a dedicated power rail. It will go to black screen and freezes or just reboot only while playing a game, no error message. It may work fine for several hours or...
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    Problems with my new computer.

    Did you make sure you disabled the onboard sound in the bios?
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    What size drill bit to use to mount motherboard screws?

    I think most standoffs are 6-32s. Drill size for a 6-32 .106 (#36 drill)
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    FM stereo transmitter

    Thanks Stew I'll check it out.
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    FM stereo transmitter

    Hi I am looking for a FM stereo transmitter so that I can play streaming audio on hy home stereo. I just moved from a large city to a small town and would like to be able to listen to big city radio stations on the home stereo. The computers are upstairs on second floor and the stereo is in the...
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    New first build..Can't install Windows XP MCE..Going crazy!

    Can you borrow a Windows XP CD from a friend and try installing it. I bought Windows XP Home OEM from a local store and had similar problems. It would get part way through the installation and then give me an error message saying it couldn't copy certain files from the CD. The CD looked perfect...
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    Hauppauge WinTV-PVR150 problems, problems

    Hi, thanks for the replys. I received an email from Hauppauge tech support they had me try a few things, (delete the contents of the prefetch folder and try some fine tuning within WinTV) since WinTV won't even open that was not an option. They said that if this does not fix the problem I may...