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    Help me PLEASE! Wifi range extension/repeater?

    I will try to make this informative but short, and that's hard to do as long winded as I am. LOL I have a problem now that I changed to CoMo fiber optics for my internet. Inside the house is fine for reception of the WiFi but out in the shop (garage), about a mere 40 foot from the house and...
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    Alfa Ralink UBDo-nt R0370 Wifi

    RaLink R3070 chipset sorry Folks, I purchased a hi-power outdoor WiFi antennae booster that works fine on my Gateway Core2 Duo laptop but fails on my Asus TurboV M4N75TD Nvidia chipset desktop! Device manager on the desktop install continuously shows the RaLink adapter kicking in and out every...
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    Laptop refuses to find wifi signals

    I've got a Gateway laptop Windows 7, and it was working fine until....famous start eh? Until all the sudden it refuses to find known good signals from my Centurylink WiFi router. Now I know those signals are good because I have 3 other computers that pick up the signal just fine. In my device...
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    Realtek lan drivers for motherboard Acer a45 fusion chipset

    I am in a predicament here folks so PLEASE reply ASAP. I have this computer I am trying to help a friend out on, 2 tours and on drill now and I wanted to have this finished by tonight for him. Its an Acer AX1430G-UW30P W7HP64A / AMDE450B/ 4G / 1TB / SDIN: 14000193430 that he bought and he...
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    Do they make this motherboard

    Do they have an AM2+ motherboard that uses ddr3 memory? Probably a stupid question to some, but I already have spare ddr3 memory and a spare AM2+ 5200+ processor. Looking for an inexpensive path to create a new build. Thanks in advance!
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    4 port sata controller raid card pci-e

    I am looking to expand my sata drive capability adn need to know, if I buy a sata RAID controller card, do I "have" to set it up as raid or can it be use for independent sata drives in a non-raid environment? hope I haven't made it confusing...most sata expandable cards are only 2 ports and I...
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    Question on failed motherboard?

    I have an ASUS M2N32SLi-Deluxe motherboard. I just swapped to a newer 600W power supply and it has run for about three weeks just fine, with ASUS Probe showing decent voltages. This morning, for no reason, the computer shut down. I restarted but had no video out. I got to tinkering around...
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    Query on 8 core motherboards

    I am contemplating setting up an 8-core AMD FX-8150 system and really get stumped looking for a motherboard online and being sure it has 8-core support. Any tips on what to look for and my options. I found a GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 but believe it doesn't support an 8-core. Its...
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    Install on Gateway Solo

    I've got an old Gateway Solo here that a firend was using for his young daughter just for piddling around. It lost its operating system and I am trying to re-install his original Windows 98 disk onto it. Problem is, it has no floppy drive for the setup disk. I have tried using my 8GB thumb...
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    Sapphire 100292DDR3L HD 5450 Video Card orientation problem

    Sapphire 100292DDR3L Radeon HD 5450 Video Card - 1GB, DDR3, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Dual-Link DVI, HDMI, VGA, DirectX 11, Single-Slot, Low Profile I have attached the card to a flat panel HDTV via the HDMI cable, and the resulting picture is half way down the screen. How do I adjust the...
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    Multi-Monitor Security Options

    I have a friend who runs a privately run, home-store very small convenience mart that is suffering from shoplifting from teenagers after school lets out primarily. We are already equipping his computer with a MultiViewer programmed security camera system, salvaging his previous cameras that...
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    external hard drive problems

    I have the following system that seems to be giving me trouble with external hard drives: ASUS M2N32 SLi Deluxe Mobo AMD 9760b Quad Core 2.4GHz 6GB PC2-6400 memory 800MHz Windows 7 Ultimate 2 x's hdd 500G-250G 500W PSU 6 x's 120mm case cooling fans Just for those that might inquire. I have...
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    Video burns to DVD constantly fail

    I have several known good .avi files that I was going to burn to DVD video, and I have never been so stumped. In Nero 7 and even Windows Media Player burn-to-dvd program, it encodes or whatever it does at the start of the burn, then when it is ready to actually start the burn process, it fails...
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    Overclocking the AMD 5000+ BE

    I've installed a Black Edition AMD 5000+ and researched this extensively online but failed to find a good reference for settings in the BIOS to overclock this processor. It's on an ECS KA3-MVP motherboard. It has 4-2G sticks of OCZ PC2-6400 dual channel memory installed for a total of 8G...
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    Toshiba L505D-S5965

    I have a mint condition Toshiba L505D-S5965 with Wifi, webcam, mike...everything and its to good of shape to give up on but its dead'r n a doornail... its just quit working one day, and has no lights for power or battery or activity when you plug in the adapter, and I am "fairly sure" but not...
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    dual monitors

    I am a bit illiterate on the subject, and have a kindergarten knowledge comparable to most. I have a friend who wishes to use twin monitors (24" + windescreens) and wants to be able to select which programs appear on which monitor... looking at around $160-$200 per card in a crossfire or Sli...
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    Windows Vista and Security Dell Black Box

    I've recently reinstalled the Dell Operating system for this computer, a specialty Dell called a "Black Box" Security unit which is designed to run camera systems. After the Dell Re-install (fresh) everything works good except that I cannot get it to do a Windows Update, as I keep getting the...
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    Streaming Video or Movies to TV

    I have recently been looking at peripherals for watching movies straight from my computer to my 27" TV in the living room. I subscribe to Netflix and they have one for around $100, but also am not sure if that is specific to Netflix streaming, or if it can handle DVD movies too. This would...
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    disability forum sponsor?

    Just playing with a brain child of mine? Being on disability for blood related prone to clot issues.. Anyone know some tricks and tweaks to try to start? 1. a web sponsor for a disability forum based on physical issues 2. I am going to try to contact MU here in Missouri to see if the...