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    computer won't boot win xp

    I have a dimension 8300 (spare me the laughter and snide comments, please). lately, it refuses to boot windows. it keeps giving me a message saying one of my hard drives was not detected. I have 3 hard drives: 2 160gb pata drives and 1 750gb sata drive, drives C, D, and G. it keeps saying it...
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    can't find malware infecting my pc

    I know there's something on my computer because I can't launch my firewall program (zonealarm suite) and it blocked me from installing MS security essentials and from running housecall (claimed the link was broken). also, the link to MSSE on MS's site was blocked (again claimed the link was...
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    video card dying?

    What are the warning signs your video card is about to kick the bucket? I'm wondering because I keep getting BSODs after playing games for a couple hours. The error messages seem to indicate a driver problem, but I'm using the latest 8-12 drivers (I have a 9600xt; no laughing, please.) Could...
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    which is better e2180 or x2 5400+

    I'm looking to replace my old computer, but will probably buy from the store to keep costs down. I'm looking at 6 computers. One has an e2180, another an x2 5400. The third has an e2220 and the fourth an x3 8450. The first two and the last two cost the same and have the same amount of ram and...