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    How 2 boot from CD to copy files from hard drive

    My friend has an old XP machine that is set up so that you can't copy files off to a flash drive. I am thinking you need a bootable CD that would then allow you to copy files off and unblock the USB ports. I have an original XP cd but won't this just go into setup? I am assuming there...
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    Make a little quieter without heating up?

    I have a new I7-2700k system not overclocked in a Corsair 400R enclosure. The case has two 120mm fans bottom front, and one 120mm fan on bottom of case which are original Corsair fans. On top there are two Enermax T.B.Silence Red LED 120mm fans. The radiator has two Enermax Marathon...
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    Problems updating devices via USB

    This problem started with my Tomtom gpss doing firmware updates. The devices are connected via USB. Everything downloads ok the update started and about 10 - 20% into it, the devices disconnected and I was left with dead units. I tried turning off antivirus and firewall, no difference. I think I...
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    ASUS RT-N56U - Wish I new why it worked

    I just purchased this router to replace my aging Trendnet TEW-633GR. The Trendnet along with evey other router I have ever known was pretty much plug in, connect to desktop, it worked. This one wasn't. My PC recognized it was there but the connection was unusable and I kept getting messages that...
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    New Dell I5 problems

    My brother purchased a Dell I5 system a few days ago. It has Windows 7 home, 4gig, and an Nvidia G310 video card. The system set up fine. He was able to set up and transfer his email and can surf without problems. The issue now is with games. For example, Zuma's Revenge. When he tries to...
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    PerfectDisk & Windows 7 boot time defrag

    After upgrading to Windows 7 RC last night, I find I can't do a boot time defrag with PerfectDisk. I can set it all up but when I reboot, the defrag is not done. When I get back into PerfectDisk, it is still set up to do a boot time defrag. Not sure if Perfect Disk doesn't know how to...
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    Going from Vista 32 to 64

    I currently have Vista Ultimate 32 running on my machine. Can I upgrade to 64 bit without wiping out everything and starting from scratch? Is there any sort of upgrade in place?
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    32 vs 64 bit for everyday use

    Need to buy a new PC for my Mom. She doesn't need high end so its cheaper just to buy then to build myself. The problem I have is that the Dells/HPs are mostly using 64 bit Vista. I'm sure all the drivers and such are working fine but I am concerned about the software she runs. Besides the...
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    Is it the enclosure or the drive?

    I purchased a Western Digital WD3200BEVT 320gb 2.5" drive and an Eagle ET-CS2LSU2-BK external enclosure. It all went together perfectly except the setup doesn't work. No matter what I do the drive is not recognized anywhere in my system. It came with a double plug cable and I have plugged...
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    External HD reliability

    Am looking to get an external hard drive to use as a backup. I won't keep it plugged in all the time and I can manually back up what I need. So speed is not a huge factor. I can use USB 2 or ESata. The biggest factor is reliability. Have been looking and shopping and reading reviews...
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    Kingwin KW-01

    Has anyone ever used the Kingwin KW-01 mouse? Looking to replace a Logitech with sticky scroll wheel. Seems to be a problem with all Logitechs.
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    Stable, not quirky motherboard choice

    I've posted before about my P5Q-E. Its stable enough but super quirky with temperature reporting and fans. Even with the latest bios, temps can be reported from normal to 250+ or -60. Then the exhaust fan started reporting as 0 RPM. After replacing the fan, the problem returned and now I...
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    P5Q-E Has sleep problems

    My P5Q-E has starting having sleep issues. Not sure when it started either. The last few mornings, the machine was up and running with the video off though. It is set to sleep after 45 minutes. Looked in all the logs. I don't see anything happening that would show the machine tried to sleep...
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    easiest print server to set up?

    Right now I am sharing the printer hooked directly into my desktop with my home network. It works ok except my machine has to be turned on to print from another machine. I would like to set it up so that the printer is independent from my machine. I see there are fairly inexpensive print...
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    MSI P45 Platinum

    Currently running an Asus P5Q-E. CPU & Motherboard temps being reported are way out of line even with the latest bios (1201). Motherboard has also eaten the sensor of two case fans so far. Am starting to look around for a replacement before this one drives me crazy. Seems the MSI P45 Platinum...
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    DIR-655 - best choice?

    I am getting a new laptop with a built in N capability so I would like to upgrade my router to one that supports 802.11N. Won't be doing anything fancy, just need to set up the wifi for the laptop and plug my desktop in. Looks like the DIR-655 is very popular. Saw one bad review that said...
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    P5Q-E killing fan sensor?

    This is weird. I have a P5Q-E and it has killed the sensor in two fans now. This is the case fan at the pack of the case. First one was an S-Flex. After a week or two it's fan speed stopped being picked up in the bios and of course any sensor display program. I replaced it with a fan that I had...
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    Speaker Volume

    I am using the onboard audio on a P5Q-E and have a pair of Bose media mate speakers (just two speakers). Volume is fine for most everthing except when I am watching something from Netflix or other video. I then have to turn the volume up all the way either on the speaker or the software and...
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    Could this be video card related?

    My problems started with my old machine. When waking the system up, the machine would start up but no video. The monitor would not wake up and I had to reboot. This didn't happen all the time and every time I thought it was cured, it would return. So, I replaced the power supply and the memory...
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    p5q-e another problem!

    New problem decided to show itself this afternoon. Chassis Fan number 2 which is at the back of the case decided it doesn't want to report rpm anymore. It was doing just fine but all of a sudden decided not to report. Fans 1 & 3 and the cpu fan report fine. The fan thats not reporting is an...
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    Windows/Temp

    This is driving me crazy. Vista 32. Internet explorer has started to create in the Windows\Temp directory History, Cookies & Temp Files foloders. I believe each user should have their own set of folders in Users\******. I have seen this in the past on other machines when there is a file...
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    P5Q-E & Q600 - HOT!!!!!

    My Q6600 is oc'd to 3ghz on the p5q-e. Bios vcore setting is 1.28. Memory is 2.1v. All other voltages are AUTO. Are there any other voltages I could manually set to reduce cpu temps? I noticed cpu voltage is automatically raised when oc'd. Can I manually set other voltages so that they don't...
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    Coolest running quad

    My q6600 runs hot. prime95 is running now realtemp high is 65, speedfan high 70, probe cpu high is 72. Running with a p5q-e, cpu oc'd to 3ghz. 4gb ram, vista 32. Originally I was using a Zalman 95, swithched to a Thermalright 120 ultra extreme and now running with a Xigamatek S1283. Used AS5...
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    Comodo 3 vs Outpost Pro 9

    Since upgrading to Vista, I stopped using third party firewalls as initially there were no Vista compatible firewalls. Back in the old days, it seemed Zonealarm Pro was king. I liked it because it was application based rather than rule based. I used Outpost Pro for a while and having to set...
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    P5Q-E and Q6600 Temps

    I am running a P5Q-E with a Q6600. Bios 0803 which is the latest bios which is supposed to fix weird temperature readings. I now have the cpu overclocked to 3ghz using an FSB of 333. No other overclocking is going on. THere are two 120mm fans in the front, one in the back and the CPU cooler...
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    p5Q-E

    This has not been fun. I purchased an Asus P5Q-E and 4gb of Corsair Dominator 8500C5D ddr2 1066 memory. I installed windows, shut down after hours of updates, next day machine wouldn't boot into windows or boot from the windows cd. Express Gate worked like a champ though. I switched memory and...
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    Gigabyte vs Asus

    Ok, My brand new P5Q-E is not working after 1 day. It has to go back. Not sure if I want to go through this again with the same motherboard. Looking for a substitute, I have picked out the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R. Does anyone have a preference for 1 over the other (and why). Also in...
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    Can't get into Windows at all

    Just replaced my motherboard with a P5Q-E. Have a Q6600, 4gig vista ultimate 32. Last night I loaded the os, the updates, all was well. This morning, I can get into the Bios and Express Gate but everytime I boot into windows, I get the microsoft bar with the black screen and it locks. I...
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    P5Q-E

    I just installed a P5Q-E. Used to run a P5K-E/WiFi with ddr2 800 5-5-5-12 memory and a Q6600. I am still using the same processor but have upgraded the memory to 1066 5-5-5-15. First problem, Windows only scores it 5.6 where the ddr2 800 memory scored 5.9. What have I done wrong? Second...
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    New motherboard quandry

    I am having bsods problems with my Asus P4KE-WIFI. Worked for a about six months. Started getting them at shutdown, sleep, bootup, wakeup. Also, at wakeup, everything starts but the video. All of this is sometimes, no pattern. I changed memory. Seemed to help but not 100%. Changed PSUs...
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    Do I need more power?

    I am currently running with a seasonic 500w power supply. Using the psu calculator at ASUS and Newegg, they tell me I need about 650w. I have been having some BSOD problems and I replaced my memory which helped for a bit but now they are back. I have a quad 6600 @ 3ghz, 4gig, 8800gt, 2 hard...
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    Need a lightscribe burner

    I originally purchased two ASUS 2014L1T burners. Turns out they don't do Dual Layer except at 2.4X. Anything faster gets you coasters. So, I replaced one of them with a Pioneer 215DBK and I can now burn dual layer on it at 8X. I want to replace the other Asus burner now with a lightscribe...
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    no video on wakeup

    I posted before that I was getting blue screens on boot up, wake up, sleep, and shut down. I replaced my memory and seem to have fixed that problem. But one pesky problem still remains. Sometimes, when I try to wake the machine, everything seems to wake , I hear fans and such, but the video...
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    Replacement for P5KE WiFi

    Started getting random bsods on shutdown, startup, sleep and wakeup. I replaced the memory 4 1gb sticks of Crucial Balistica cas 4 with 2 2gb sticks of Corsair cas 5. It seemed to stop the problem and I thought I had the problem fixed. Yesterday after 4 days, I got a bsod on wakeup. I guess...
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    Where to start?

    My computer made it all the way to 6 months old with no problems. Now at the ripe old age of 6 months it is sick. I have started getting BSODs. This happens occassionally, sometimes at sleep, shutdown, wake up or boot. I don't seem to get them while working at all. They vary it could be...
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    Which case to buy

    Currently have an Antec Solo case. The real weak point are the buttons on the front and the reset button has already broken. Time for a new case. Looking for something similar in size, a tad bigger is ok but not smaller. Dont want a huge full tower case. Dont want or need a cut out side...
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    Couple of Router questions

    I have a Dlink DI-524 router. I connect my desktop directly with wire and a laptop with a standard 822.11g built in wirelessly. All works reasonably well. I have a problem with the desktop when I download large files. Many times it will download a portion of the file at a reasonably good clip...
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    Dlink DUB-H7 USB Hub

    I have a Dlink DUB-H7 USB hub. My Logitech MX 620 mouse is plugged into it. The hub is displayed in Device Manager as a Generic USB Hub and it is plugged into the back of my machine. All the ports on the motherboard are high speed USB 2. When ever I wake up my machine, with the mouse mind...
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    Logitech MX620 - Phantom scroll

    I have a Logitech MX620. I bought this one because it has two side buttons for forward/backward and is a fairly comfortable mouse to use. I am generally happy with it. Most of the other Logitech mice are missing a side button or have too many buttons. I do have one problem though. Sometimes...
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    Thunderbird & Firefox problems after wakeup

    For the last week or so, a new problem has popped up on my machine. Did not have the problem before. I install/uninstall/upgrade software all the time but I can't tie the beginning of the problem to any specific event. The only real problem I have had lately is to try and install Outpost...