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    Images only advancing by the half-screen

    My wife has been having a problem I have never encountered before and have no clue how to resolve. Lately, when she brings up her MSN homepage and clicks on a news story that has images you can advance by clicking an arrow to the right or left, the image will go to a split screen, where half...
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    Connecting SATA and IDE DVD drives in the same computer

    Motherboard has 2 SATA ports and the standard IDE connectors. Currently using a SATA hard drive and 2 IDE DVD drives. The DVD Burner (Master) died, replacing it with a SATA DVD Burner. Connecting the SATA DVD drive is not an issue. Question is: Would I connect the secondary DVD drive to the...
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    Computer fails to power up completely

    Specs (self-built): ASUS P5P800-VM Intel 3.4ghz Prescott (LGA775) 630W Corsair PSU 4gb G.Skill PC3200 Cas 2.5 160gb WD SE Windows 7 HP 64-bit I realize this is an older computer but I don't have the $$$ for a new one so this is what I'm stuck with...:( Until 2 days ago this computer was...
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    !!! QueryDosDevice failed. More data is available.

    Computer (please no comments about buy a new PC): Self-built PC of several years ago. MSI K8MM-V motherboard AMD Athlon64 3700+ Socket 754 2gb (2x1gb) G Skill PC3200 / 2.5 NVidia GeForce 6200 256mb AGP Turtle Beach Santa Cruz 80gb WD800JB 8mb SE 2 - DVD-RAM drives Floppy drive Card Reader...
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    Video card reliability testing?

    Looking for a Windows XP compatible application to test a video card to find out if the hardware is in good shape or is it failing? I see many testing utilities to benchmark, compare cards, stress, but I'm looking for a simple utility that will tell me if a video card is good or is it failing...
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    Quick question about SATA hard drive BIOS configuration

    Working on a Gateway GM5632 desktop computer, used to have 2-500gb WDC SATA hard drives connected via RAID, now there's only one hard drive (one died, customer didn't want to replace). Should I change the hard drive configuration in the bios, 'Configure SATA as': IDE, RAID, or AHCI? Currently...
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    Dell Dimension 2400 randomly goes into standby mode

    Working on a Dell Dimension 2400, Foxconn LS-36 motherboard, symptoms were the computer would just shut down randomly, power light on the front of the computer would go orange. Power off the computer, power it on, it would boot up, but within a minute or so it would just shut down again...
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    Computer boots, No video after bios

    Working on an older computer with an Intel D850GB Socket 423 motherboard, 1.8ghz P4, 4x256mb PC800 RDRAM, AGP NVidia video card, sound card, modem, NIC, DVDROM, CDRW, 80gb WD hard drive. I've worked on this computer before, added memory, reinstalled XP, basic maintenance, everything was fine...
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    Weird problem - Failure to boot to XP Pro CD

    I work on Windows-based computers for a living but I am baffled by this one. I'm trying to install a Dell copy of Windows XP Professional on a Dell Dimension L866R but this PC refuses to boot to the OS disc. I booted to that same disc on another computer and it boots just fine. I verified the...
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    Best Dependable Agp Nvidia Video Card?

    Curious as to what the general consensus here is, as to the best most dependable NVidia 256mb/512mb AGP video card. I see alot of 6200's still widely available but I also know there are newer NVidia AGP cards out than that (GeForce 7 & 8 series). Looking for the best, most dependable 256/512...