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    onboard graphics only works with VGA, not DVI or HDMI

    I posted this in the motherboard forum and got no responses, so I'm trying here. The motherboard is an ASRock Z77 Extreme4, the CPU is a Core-i5 3570k, and the monitor is a Gateway FPD2185W. I get output from the VGA port, but not DVI or HDMI. This is NOT a Windows problem, the BIOS does...
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    question on memory card adapters

    I have an HP G42-415DX notebook with a card slot that supports Memory Stick, MS Pro, MMC, SD, and XD cards. I have a camera that uses a MS Pro Duo card. The card came with an adapter to make it fit a non-Duo slot. The notebook's manual, however, says that I should never insert any type of...
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    looking for a reliable source for LiIon batteries

    I just bought a Canon T2i as an upgrade from a D300. I'm looking to buy an extra battery for it. Canon lists the batteries as $70. No thanks. Ebay has lots of listings in the $5 range, even some that aren't direct from Hong Kong, but I don't know if I should trust anything that cheap for my...
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    cheap Chinese print servers on ebay

    I have a need for a dirt-cheap print server. I tried a Netgear PS121 and it doesn't get along well with my printer, an old Brother laser. More often than not, it'll print a blank page or a page with a line of garbage prior to the actual document. It does print the document fine, just wastes...
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    system won't start, PSU good

    My system shut down normally last night, now it won't start. The standby power LED is on, but pushing the power button does nothing. I tested the power supply with a multimeter and all voltages are good on the main power cable and the 12V cable, I didn't test the drive cables because I assumed...
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    battery charge indicator doesn't update after hibernation

    Sometime in the past few months, my eeePC 1005HA with Windows 7 Starter has developed an interesting problem. After coming out of hibernation, the battery indicator won't update from the level it was at before hibernating. The battery itself works fine, it's just that the indicator is stuck...
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    hard drive only works occasionally

    I have a Maxtor 300GB SATA drive from circa 2005 that's been out of use for less than two years. When I last used it, it was working fine. Today I decided to install it into a media player. It didn't recognize it. So I took it out and connected it to my desktop system (the same system it came...
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    computer suddenly not visible on my network

    I started up my network media player tonight only to find that it wasn't seeing my server. I grabbed my netbook and found that it didn't see the server either. The server was running fine otherwise (it's my main computer), but I rebooted it thinking that the SMB server process must've crashed...
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    print server that handles status monitoring? handles a scanner?

    Maybe I'm asking too much of consumer equipment (and I'm not willing to buy pro equipment), but I'm looking for a printer server that handles multiple printers AND allows the computer to monitor the printer's status as if it was directly attached. My first printer is a Brother HL-5150 laser and...
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    Windows 7 won't handle two displays correctly

    I have an ATI X1300 with a Gateway 1680x1050 monitor attached to the DVI port and a Samsung 1920x1080 TV attached to the VGA port. Under Windows XP, both displays worked fine at their native resolution. (And defaulted to it too.) After installing 7, the Gateway worked fine but the Samsung came...