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    Dell XPS2 Laptop Hard Drive

    The crappy Toshiba is came with crapped out last night. Dell XPS 15 (L502X) bought about 20 months ago. (Core i7, GT540M, 1080P LED, Blueray etc) The Dell specs say the interface is Serial ATA-300. Will a SATA 6 notebook HD connect and work fine? Looking at Seagate Hybrid and WD drives and...
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    Whats a good under $200 card to replace a eVGA GTX460 1GB FTW

    Can't really complain about the card, but it is two years old. Figure the 650Ti probably has more HP. I'm a bit more of an nVidia fan, though I did have a great AMD card years ago. I like there much quicker driver response more than anything. Or should I just wait for price drops in the months...
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    New Home - onQ System Questions and Help needed!

    Hi guys, first home with a built in Wired Data ports. Built in '03, it has a full "onQ" system from back then. In the past if only ran Wireless with Win7's built in Network sharing. Some time in the future I plan on adding a Media Server, but right now I only want Internet Data to the Ports, a...
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    Win 7 Home 64Bit - HD (C) dying. Questions on reloading windows

    Ok, looking for some guidance, not done some of this before. And I'm getting older and time is of the essence. (we leave for a week long cruise Sunday) 2 days ago I got a Pop-up, "SMART" has detected a problem with the "C" HD and do I want to start Back up? I rebooted, scanned the HD overnight...
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    Asus P7P55D-E How do I update the Bios?

    I downloaded the lastest Bios and the DOS Bios updater. Instructions don't mean much to me. Can anyone explain the process so a DOS newb can understand? This is what the readme says: BUPDATER.EXE V1.12 How to run the utility under DOS ------------------------------------------- 1. Run the...
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    BSOD out of the blue....

    Built the PC in my Sig months ago, its been dead reliable. Its always on, sleeps fine, wakes up quickly, only reboots are when Win Update installs something on a Tuesday night. I get on it most evenings to practice my racing leagues, music encoding and messing with pics from the DSLR. 4 days...
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    Win 7 HP 64bit, how do I get it to recognize my Ext HD?

    Simpledrive 500Gb HD was setup and fine on the old PC, on the new one its shows but I am not allowed to access it. It does show up in Computer management. Also my 750Gb HD shows as a foreign HD, I can access everything, but in Computer Management its outlined in green instead of the usual blue.
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    New Corsair 650W - +5V is reading +4.36 in Bios

    Brand new system I've built (bottom of siggy) and its been pretty much up the last week on the kitchen table but not installed yet into its home, been installing software, installed a Date HD (2TB Samsung F4) and was running SATA 1 but had some issues that included losing all SATA ports...
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    RAID Newb - Questions and help!

    Ok, the new system in the bottom of my sig has been running for a few days on a table while I load programs etc and installed that 2TB data drive, and I was hoping to install it into the desk today making a seamless transition. Yeah right! Last night I installed Office 2010 Pro +, and all the...
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    ASUS P7P55D-E - Asus utilities...

    Just putting together the new system in my Siggy, got most all of the hardware installed (just ordered another HD, 2TB Spinpoint for Data) and in the next day or two I'll start wiring everything up, then load the OS. (W7 HP 64) Looking through the manual Asus has all sorts of utilities on the...
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    Win 7 64 vs Win 7 32 Question...

    The Rig in my Sig is finally going to be retired. Today the final pieces to my new build will arrive. (Asus P55, i5-760, GTX460, 2 1TB HD's, etc..) I'm going to obviously load it up with Win7 HP 64bit. My question is, I have a couple SATA drives on the old rig I will also use (the 2 1TB...
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    MB for a i5-760 - P55 vs H57

    Finally and I mean finally about to build a new all purpose Desktop. Bought the Case last Black Friday, yesterday I picked up a i5-760 and 2 1TB Seagate 7200rpm HDs. (Microcenter - $169 for the CPU, $69 per HD) I will be adding either a GTX460 1MB or the just released AMD 6870. (only Ref designs...
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    Win 7 installed on Laptop, Great cept in Games

    Installed on my 2005 Dell I-9300 (in siggy), added a 250GB WD Scorpio Blue PATA to replace the old 80GB. Works great for everything except games, they do major Stutters or even lock up. Have tried Vid, Sound, Network drivers, Compatibility and Admin modes all to no avail. Same games worked...
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    GF6600GT in Win 7...how to OC?

    Just loaded Win 7 RC (dual boot w/XP Pro) on my old nForce2 Abit NFS-7 rig, has a XP-M, GF6600GT, 2GB of Ram. So far runs good (just loaded it tonight, had to do some work arounds since nVidia did not support the chipset after XP) In XP I always use the Coolbits2 reg entries to enable...
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    Will a SATA Gen II HD work on a MB w/SATA Gen I Chip

    I have a very reliable old Abit NF7 based PC, runs lots of games, wife does here home business on it, etc. WinXP has been on it for about 5yrs, time to clean it up and re-install WinXP. It currently has 3 old (reliable for sure!) HD's of 40Gb, 80Gb and 160Gb. WinXP is installed on the 80Gb...
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    Hmmm...HD dead?

    Was about to switch monitors on my Teens PC. They had been playing BF2....shut down the PC, removed the old 17" CRT. I hooked up my old 19" Trinitron, powered up, and the Bios hung at the locating drives part, and I could hear a constant Click......Click......Click...... noise. I opened the...
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    Wierd Prob-XP Pro SP2, Save As Box missing short-cuts

    You know when you click on a File to download with IE (IE is up to date) and you choose "save as"... A Box pops up.....and on the L/H side it has shortcuts to HD's and stuff. We'll, mine is all of a sudden blank in that box. Happened a couple weeks ago and I have no idea why. Any...
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    How to add more partition space to "C", Win XP Pro

    My 20Gb "C" drive (partition) despite pretty agressive management is just getting too full. On the same 80Gb HD, I have an empty (now) 10Gb "E" partition. (am running 3 HD's of 40/80/160Gb, all with 3 to 4 partitions each) Since it's the Boot Drive, Diskpart (command prompt) wont do it. I'd...
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    NEW Vid Card prob...Monitor keeps loosing signal....

    Got my Boys a MSI 6200-128Mb Vid Card (to replace my real old but still kicking and very overclocked Gainward GF2-Ti) from Newegg for under $60. Idea was to give them a decent boost in power and 9c shader for new games, without spending a lot. Installed ok, PC is MSI nForce2 MB, XP1700, 1GB of...
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    WinXP Pro - No Option to "Switch User" from Lofoff button...

    Both my Desktops (XP Pro) have this option, and it's very useful. I maintain PW user accounts (large family) and it's helpful to not have to logoff so another member can access something quickly. But my laptop (Dell I9300) has WinXP Corporate and this option does no show. Anyone know how I...
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    HP Notebooks? Best Buy Ext Warranty?

    Think'n of finally getting the wife a Notebook (then she'll be off my machine!) and since we have a Best Buy card and 24month interest free financing with them right now...I'm shopping there. Don't need much, and don't want to spend much. Kinda like the HP ZE4560us..... and more...
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    Hot! Morey Boogie Boards at Target BM - $3.74!!!

    YMMV of course. Wife picked up 4 the other day (got 4 boys) and when other moms saw them rung up, they ran for them. I stopped by today, happened to walk past the end cap, and they had re-stocked. I grabbed a couple for me! :D Marked at $10 something on Clearence, rings up at $3.74. Other...
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    XP Pro..Permissions problem...

    Bad MB in my primary PC....will be switching to NForce2 so will be formatting Partition and installing XP Pro fresh. Since that PC is down, I have moved the HD to my Son's XP Pro machine, and have been moving data to another partition on that HD prior to building the new NForce PC. One folder I...
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    Outlook Express messages backup....

    Hi guys, about to upgrade my broken PC, (RMA'ing the MSI) to a new NF7-S. Backing up all the old files (mounted the HD on kids PC for now) so I have have a clean partition for the new WinXP install. Wife and kids use OE, where do I find their messages and address book/contacts? (what is the...
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    Help Please! WinXP Pro...Can't access folder....

    Long Story, Got home from work few days ago, 7pm thought I'd check my email...found PC on...but not responding. I reboot....loads windows...then locks up solid. I rebooted and repeated this process many times. Queried the Kid's (they had been on last, wife before that) and they had no...
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    Why would Windows Explorer try to access the net?

    WinXP Pro SP1+.....since getting many of the Critical Updates to it last week (thanks to help in here, Win Update has not worked the last month or two till now) I know get a message everytime I boot into Windows from Zonealarm that Windows Explorer wants to access the Internet. Last night I gave...
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    WinXP Pro SP1+, Win Update never has updates for me?

    Howdy all, I have always made a point of uses Windows Update manually, I usually go there about 2-3 times a month since my old Win98 Days. Been using WinXP for almost 2 years now. Last system build I installed it again (XP Pro) with SP1+ updates. I run behind a Router the last couple months...
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    Help! How to remove AOL files that XP SP1a installed?

    Upgraded boys PC to XP Pro....installed SP1a.....just noticed 2 AOL folders! (6.0 and 6.0a) I HATE AOL! And am not pleased that this was installed with out my permission. Looking at Install/Remove Programs, and in Windows Components....I find now trace of them. But those two folders (and all...
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    WinXP Pro Control Panel Question

    Howdy All! I have a Hercules Fortissmo II sound Card. I have my XP setup with me as Admin, family members (5, 6th is too young still! :D ) as Users. My Sound Control App (called Gamesurround) resides in my app bar lower rt. I often switch between Speakers/Headphones depending on the Game...
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    I want a "Big List" - PS2.....

    Kids want one bad for Christmas...I need to find the deals on Games, Controllers, etc... Thanks! Dang it! Wrong place...weird. Sorry about that..please lock. (Sure would be nice if there was a delete option!)
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    Keyboard doesnt start with PC....

    Lately when I power up the PC, the Keyboard will not initalize. If I hit the power strip first to remove all power from the system for a few seconds then power up the PC it works fine. Same with reboots after the powerup sequence mentioned. Otherwise it just doesnt work these days. It's a MS...
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    Trying to help a friend upgrade a Celeron, need some help....

    Howdy All! I'm not to up on older Celerons Systems. My Bud's got a 2-3 year old Dell, 433Mhz Celeron, 66Mhz system bus (per WCPUID). He just stuck in a bunch of ram, would now like to up his processor performance. What are his options? It's mostly used just for Office Stuff and Internet...
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    Get Your Butt Up Tonight At 2 AM!!!!!!!

    Tonight the Earth will pass through the debris field of the Comet Temple-Tuttle that passed by in the mid 1800's.... Tonight will be the best Meteor shower/show since 1966. Expect up to 800 meteors an hour! Set your alarms, wake the kids, find a kick back beach chair, a warm blanket, and...
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    Athlon XP purchase questions........

    I'm looking at (had an order, but cancelled so I can redo and put on AMEX card for price protection) getting a XP 1600....the place I'm dealing with (found at Price Watch) Lynn Computer Products list two versions of each XP. The first is I guess the basic chip, and it comes with a 1 year...
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    Do Athlon XP's require a unique cooler?????

    I've got a XP 1600 on order, going to order a MSI Via KT266A MB, 512MB from Crucial, still need to order Cooler and PS..... Every cooler I look at just mentions Tbirds/Durons, etc..... Thanks!