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    new build; doesn't always restart

    this is the i5 2400 on an ASUS p8 p67 pro motherboard ... revision b3. Windows 7 home installed great, until the update was performed. Now the computer will not do a cold boot. Upon a restart with this CD in the drive of course it brings up the menu option to boot from the cd disk if I ignore...
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    ASUS' "Q-Connector"

    I typically build at least six desktop computers per year all using Asus boards. The one I'm putting together right now did not have the q- connector in the box to connect the front panel to the motherboard. Fortunately, I think, I had a q- connector in my closet and am trying to use it... but...
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    Mic Boost doesnt stay enabled

    I am temporarily disabled, and speaking into this computer with a microphone. Windows 7 is a great OS but for some reason mic boost will not stay on and must be reset every time I use speech recognition. in the sounds panel when I set the boost to where I need it, Windows does not light up the...
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    msie 8 app error

    On an XP Pro box, used system restore to move time back a few wks. Computer runs ok but for the Internet Exploder. It reports "iexplore execute app error unknown software exception" when you try to open it. Suggestions appreciated.
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    Drivers loaded fine but no network access

    Just reloaded an amd desktop using ASUS M2N SLI deluxe board. xP loaded fine and everything works but the two on board network connections. The drivers loaded fine & Windows shows no problem with the devices .... except that it thinks they are disconnected! Trird reinstalling the network...
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    Screen refreshes slower with new card

    When I built this i7 computer last year (in my sig below), I originally used my GTX8800 Overclocked PCIe card. The computer ran great for a long time. But a couple months back, I decided to use that video card in another computer on the LAN. I figured it would give me a great chance to...
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    Dell XPS restarts/boots at will

    I'm working on a Dell XPS 7100 with an Intel Core2Duo and 2G of RAM. It runs fine and reports no spyware/virus issues. But it will randomly reboot. It's three yrs old and has XP Media Center Edition on it. Hard drive is less than half full. When it restarts there are no blue screens and...
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    New computer big problem

    I've got a newly-completed i5 based machine with an MSI board, powered by a Thermaltake PSU. All parts new last night. It ran overnight and all morning today. No overclock, all is at factory settings. Just now I shut it down to recheck Bios settings but I did not change anything. On...
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    Regretting use of an MSI motherboard

    I am 99 percent an Asus guy. On the build I just completed today, I used an i5 and an MSI motherboard. The computer basically came out OK ... but for a couple of anomolies I need to figure out before I put it into service full time. First, Memtest+ won't check the memory. When the PC boots...
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    Memtest won't work

    I've got a new build on the bench and so far, it's running fine. I wanted to run Memtest on the RAM for a day, before putting the computer into service - but the program won't run! I've tried it over & over again. The bios is set to boot from the CD/DVD drive and it does indeed, show the...
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    Performance sweet spot VS Price on i5

    I need to do another build this wk. It does not need to be anywhere near as powerful as the i7 OC machine that I currently use for myself (see my sig below). For this user it will be strictly email apps and Microsoft Office programs for running a Non-Profit. Lots of still pictures in a...
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    i3 processor video

    I've got an 'extra' Nvidia card here - it's a PCI-e GEForce 7100GS 256mb. One of the machines on this network is an i3 based around the v. limited Intel DH5500 board. Originally when this one was put together, I used the built-in video which comes off the i3 chip. So I'm wondering, which...
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    Different readings on core speed - GTX460

    In the computer in my sig, I just recently started thinking about overclocking the GPU. But I'm really confused by the different readings I'm getting from various software. I want to establish a basepoint of course so I know what the 'stock' OEM installation of the card was. When I use...
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    Screen flashes when OpenGL used

    When I built this i7 based computer in my sig, I originally kept & reused the ol' GT8800 SuperClocked video card from my old machine, an overclocked Q6600. There was no problem running this program on the i7 using that card. Since then I have upgraded the video in the i7 machine and...
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    Diagnosing blue screens

    I've got a Dell Dimension that is crashing w/blue screens when you're in Windows. Currently I am running Memtest86+ on it. Two passes so far and no problems with RAM found yet. I'll leave it running until I get any suggestions from here. Last month it was the hard drive ... I installed a...
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    Warning: Asus Branded DVD Combo drives

    I just installed one into this computer. It was an OEM, Asus SATA drive from FRy's One second after firing up the computer, I smelled hot solder. As the computer was already hot (it's never shut down except for service), I didn't think twice about the smell. Fifteen seconds later, it...
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    Celeron-D series runs 64 bit?

    I'm finishing a network upgrade for a client. We built new machines and installed Win7-64bit on the rest of the network. This last one however won't be a new machine I've been asked to update it by adding RAM and changing the OS from XP to Windows 7 I now have 2G of RAM in it and have...
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    15 months in now, with the i7 920

    It's the rig in my sig. About 15 months in now, and still loving it. It overclocked nicely and I used Win7 64 bit as an OS ... and it's been the most stable and best performing platform I've ever built. It was put together with a lot of fans in the case, four blowing in & two blowing...
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    No HDD light w/RAID?

    Just used my first MSI board for an i5 system. I've got a pair of 1TB Western Digitals configured RAID 0. The computer runs great - in fact as good as this i7 system I am typing on but with snappier HD access. The only complaint is there is no HDD light working. I rechecked all the front...
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    So the guy in Fry's tells me ....

    I've got another build coming up right now for a good customer. I'm always buying Asus boards and have for many years. In fact there are very few boards I've used over the years 'cause of the success I have with Asus. Maybe 5 RMA's in fifteen years.... and hundreds of builds. Not as many...
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    Drivers for the GTX 460

    CD Rom that came with the card yesterday wouldn't read. I still need to further investigate to find out if my drive is bad or not ... but regardless I just downloaded the drivers from EVGA's website. Running Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit. Disk that came with the device shows version 10-450-50-3 EVGA...
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    Just snagged an EVGA 460

    Gotta say, it's not made anywhere near as well as the old EVGA 8800GTX 512 that it's replacing. The plastic cover that goes over the card just seems to be loose & ill-fitting. I stuck my finger on the fan to give it a whirl, and it hung up on a small wire loom right underneath. I had to...
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    Web Server design/Bandwidth

    When I look at these forums and some others I read like the Corvette Forum (I think based on this same software), I'm always amazed at the number of people viewing the threads. Example: I just came here from the VIDEO CARDS & GRAPHICS forum here. The site displayed 475 people reading that...
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    Tripplite UPS Bad?

    My two year old UPS was half-dead this morning. All of the plugs on one side work and all of the others are dead. My computer was of course, plugged into the side that offers battery backup protection plus voltage spike protection. That's the side that's dead. All of the outlets on the...
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    Naming convention change: NVIDIA

    I may just be thick headed or dumb - but I'm still cornfuzzled about the naming change .... and it's not even new news at all. For years we had GEforce 8xxx series and then the 9500 and such - they were all 4-digit numbers. Now we have three digit product numbers and I don't get it. I read...
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    Windows7 folder creation issue

    Just this morning, Win7 64 has started a new behavior when I create folders using the Windows Explorer. It won't let me name them! I've always been able to just create the folder and name it whatever I want. Now it errors out saying it cannot find the item. "This is no longer located in...
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    AppleSyncSearchManager.exe

    This is throwing an error when Windows Xp starts on one of my machines. Any suggestions appreciated Paul in San Diego
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    Hard drive light always on after virus remove

    Well, I thought I got rid of the virus. I got a bunch of mailer-daemon bounces yesterday from emails I never sent. When I looked at the headers, they were emails from my computer to people I have not communicated with for years. So I ran MalwareBytes and updated it. Did a full scan and it...
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    Help diagnosing this Dell

    I just put a new HD on a Dell Dimension desktop (Pentium 4) and am trying (obviously) to install Windows on it. I've tried three different Windows disks, and two different CD/DVD drives. The computer reads the DVD Rom for a second (the light on the drive blinks perhaps 5 seconds) and then up...
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    Need SATA drivers for HP Desktop

    I've got a Pavilion P6000 series (amd) that I need to convert to XP Pro for a client whose software is not Windows7 friendly Problem is that I can't even get started on the project because I can't even find the SATA drivers for it (AMD 785G chipset) - let alone any other hardware. It's an...
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    MSIE 8 does not load pages

    At least half the time. With a live internet connection, MSIE 8 just kinda hangs on a blank white page instead of loading the web page. When it does this, no amount of waiting will load the page. Kill the browser, reopen and the website is there. Or, use Firefox and I can prove to myself the...
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    Win7.64 takes forever to shut off

    My system (in sig below) runs great. More horsepower than any my applications need and I'm quite pleased with it. Lately though, it has started taking like 5 minutes to shut down. It always does eventually though, and it's not much of an issue. But I am very curious why! AVG Antivirus...
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    Drivers for an HP Athlon notebook

    It has the Nvidia logo on the front so I am assuming that's the chipset. I put in new HD and installed XP Pro - all works but two things: SM Bus driver. Can't seem to get the right one from Intel or Nvidia's website. Not listed on HP's site for this computer Audio does not work. No sound...
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    HP Notebook with Athlon

    It has the Nvidia logo on the front so I am assuming it's the chipset. I put in new HD and installed XP Pro - all works but two things: SM Bus driver. Can't seem to get the right one from Intel or Nvidia's website. Not listed on HP's site for this computer Audio does not work. No sound...
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    eyoducexuokuhup.dll

    Anyone ever heard of this? Google hasn't and I have a client that's getting an error on bootup (windows XP) saying this failed to start. Otherwise the PC runs fine. Any ideas?
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    Firefox won't see Yahoo pages right

    Looks like it isn't reading Yahoo.com's CSS Style sheet. All the Yahoo data is there but it's scattered all over the page. No matter where I go on Yahoo's website the problem exists. Yet I go anywhere else on the Net and the web pages work normally. For Yahoo I need to use MSIE instead...
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    The sound Windows makes when web browsing

    In XP, you could shut this off under the SOUNDS panel in the control panel. There was an option that said "Begin Navigation" so you could shut off the click from the speakers when you go to a website. In Windows 7 and MSIE8, I do not see that option. It's not under the TOOLS menu in the...
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    i3 poor performer

    I am wondering why this particular computer I built a couple weeks ago seems to be such a mutt. I was replacing a Pentium D 3.0 which actually seemed to run better. Here's the CPU-Z validator: Does it look normal? I used a cheap 256mb ATI card and an Intel board in this one, because it...
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    XP Media Center, drops printer all the time

    XP and it's printer spooling issues are old news now. But I have an interesting issue with an HP Deskjet on an XP MSE computer. I can reinstall drivers and it works fine for a while. Then it drops out, windows reporting it is not online. Changing USB cable had no effect. Also, going thru...
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    Samsung 1TB drives

    What's your take on these? I have one in this build, and it's only six months old. I'm starting to see data disappear and spyware & virus checks show no problem. The drive 'looks' healthy when I test with HD tune. Windows7 is also taking forever to boot & shut down, and yesterday the startup...