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    Orphaned Icon

    I did an easy transfer from xp to 7 and this icon appeared, there was no such icon on my xp front page. There was, once upon a time a file by that name that the icon is a shortcut to, but that file was deleted before the easy transfer took place. In other words, the file no longer exist in xp...
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    Orphaned Icon

    I have an orphaned Icon on my front page that refuses to go away. It is a shortcut to a file that no longer exists, so it can't be moved , deleted or hidden because it needs that file. The computer here runs Win7 pro and Win xp on a dual boot set-up and that stupid Icon somehow appeared...
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    Formatting a HDD

    Thanks, mechBgone. I found an easy solution. I installed the HDD in my external USB enclosure, where I was able to format the drive without any complaints from the operating system. Then I wiped the drive with 'Eraser' without problems. WernerB
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    Formatting a HDD

    Here is my problem: I have installed a new harddrive and I have cloned all the information and the operating system from my old drive and everything is working fine. I want to get rid of the old drive and dlete and overwrite it for privacy reasons. I have software that will accomplish that...
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    DVI problems

    I also received the replacement cable directly from Scepter two days a go and it works fine. It looks identical to the defective cable, but this one works fine, no problems. So the bad cable I received originaly was apparently an isolated incident. Peter, as you might have guessed from my...
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    DVI problems

    Well, the cable from New Egg arrived on Friday, 1/19 via ups 3 day service and it works flawlessly. I disected the defective cable and found that when they put the heatshrink over those ferrite sleeves, (those fat lumps at each cable end) they partially melted the cable at on end. I t was not...
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    DVI problems

    For once, customer service really seems to have worked. I may wind up with two replacement cables. After some initial hesitation, New Egg appearantly thought better of it and has already shipped a replacement cable. In the meantime, I complained to Sceptre and they informed me they are...
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    DVI problems

    How does it "turn out to be a bad DVI cable?" Probably poorly assembled, the bandwidth required is in the Gigabyte range and it does not take much to screw the whole thing up. wb
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    Need some help setting up new monitor

    Thank you all for your suggestions, it turned out to be a baaad DVI cable. Now, I will have to fight with New Egg / Scepter to get it replaced. Wish me luck, wb
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    DVI problems

    Thank you all for your suggestions. It turned out to be a baaad DVI cable. Now, I have to fight with New Egg / Sceptre to get it replaced. Wish me luck, wb
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    Need some help setting up new monitor

    I have already done that, unfortunately, it made no difference. Thanks anyway, wb
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    DVI problems

    Thanks, I will give that a try, I have a DVI cable from my Samsung 171T monitor, which I have just retired for the 22" Sceptre. wb
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    DVI problems

    That is one solution that is pretty obvious, but I don't have spare monitors and video cards laying around. Thanks anyway, wb
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    Need some help setting up new monitor

    Thanks for you suggestion, I will do that, wb
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    DVI problems

    I have a Sapphire AGP X1300 256M that has VGA and DVI outputs. It is rated at 1680 x 1050 60 Hz. The monitor is Scepter X22WG LCD which has a native resolution of 1680 x 1050, 60 Hz also and DVI and VGA inputs as well. As long as I use VGA, everything works nomally, but DVI has major...
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    Need some help setting up new monitor

    I just installed a Scepter X22WG monitor, which has a native resolution of 1680 x 1050 I am using DVI between it and the Sapphire AGP X1300 256M video card. The motherboard is nVidia NForce2 ultra 400 and the processor is Athlon 2300xp and I am running Win XP II. The X1300 video card is...
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    I need a cheap socket A MB

    Look at the Epox 8RDA3I NFORCE2 also, $58 at newegg
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    Asus A7V880 Core Voltage Range

    Nonchron, Thanks for the info, I downloaded the manual and got the same info. I guess ths board does not support the XP-M processors. I sent an email to Asus tech support several days ago asking the same question, received no reply, their tech support sucks.
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    undervolting

    whatever, what is your motherboard that lets you reduce the core voltage down to 1.1V? WernerB
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    Asus A7V880 Core Voltage Range

    Anybody??
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    Asus A7V880 Core Voltage Range

    Can anybody tell me how low the CPU core voltage can be adjusted on the A7V880. I am planning to use this board with an XP-M 35 W. mobile processor to build a silent Media Pc box that's located in the living room. Thanks, WernerB
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    Help with Dual Monitor setup

    I have an AIW Radeon 7500 Video Card and a Syncmaster 172T monitor which is connected to the DVI output of the AIW 7500. I have just acquired a BenQ PB6100 DLP projector. The projector has composite, S-video & VGA input. I would like to use the projector to watch TV using the S-video input...
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    Help with Dual Monitor setup

    moved to technical support
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    Help! Widows XP Restore won't work

    I think you may have hit the nail on the head, I have long suspected it had something to do with the raid setup. I know everything is enabled and the C drive is being monitored, I have checked and double many times.
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    Help! Widows XP Restore won't work

    My problem has been solved thanks to help from rbV5. Help, my computer refuses to create any restore points. Everything is enabled, the amount of harddrive available for restore is maxed out, there is lots of empty space on the drive (>14 GB) yet when I check, it tells me there are no restore...