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    Hard drive: Can read one partition but not the other

    So I tried booting my Dell laptop and it said "error loading operating system." I tried using the Vista CD to get into the recovery console but the CD would start loading but then got stuck at a black screen with a pointer arrow. I put the drive in an external enclosure and connected it to my...
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    HijackThis log analysis help

    Can someone please help me with this HijackThis log? I've always been running McAfee and Windows Defender but somehow today I got an alert saying Windows Defender removed a trojan and it came back a few times.
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    Laptop not outputting signal via VGA to LCD TV

    I'm trying to help someone solve an issue with their display (person is in another state) but am at a point where I don't know what to do. The laptop in question is a Fujitsu T4215 which has the Intel 945GM chipset and Graphics Media Accelerator 950. The TV in question is a Samsung 4661F which...
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    Clean Dell XPS M1210 silver chassis "black" marks

    I have an XPS M1210 which has a silver chassis. Some of the parts on the chassis where I rest my hands a lot have some blackish smudges. What's the best way to clean this? Thanks.
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    Freezing laptop hard drive

    So my laptop hard drive started making a grinding sound and of course I can no longer boot off that drive. I am going to try the freezer trick but I have read of too many different ways of doing this. Some say put it in the freezer for 1 hour, some say overnight. How long should I throw the hard...
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    Internet Explorer screwed, can't find solution

    I've got a Vaio R505 laptop running XP SP2(actually my dad's laptop). Somehow his internet explorer got screwed a while ago where when clicking certain links that used javascript to open windows, etc. his IE would just close itself. There were no events in event viewer. Well, I tried searching...
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    Mystery partition on my dell laptop

    I've got a Dell XPS M1210 laptop. It came with what I thought was one partition since in explorer all I saw was C:. Anyways, I went to repartition my drive and I noticed there is a 54 MB FAT partition on my hard drive too. Under Computer management in windows it says something about (EISA xxxx)...
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    IE: Clicking link that opens new window closes browser

    I've got a Sony Vaio R505 laptop running Win XP SP2 and have a problem with Internet Explorer that started recently. If I click on a link in internet explorer that opens a new window, the browser shuts down. One of the problematic links is the following...
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    svchost.exe error

    So I was trying to image my hard drives with Acronis TrueImage and it failed because it couldn't read a few sectors on my hard drive. So I ran the "Check now" option in windows XP(home) on my primary partition and it said it found something wrong with a certain dll, I recall it being wbme???.dll...
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    Video card problem?

    So I've had the system in my rig for about 2.5 months and had no problems. A few weeks ago I left my PC for a bit and when I came back my monitor had gone into energy save mode and I couldn't get it to wake back up without a reboot. Last week while I was sitting and typing on my computer all...
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    Extremely strange wireless router problem

    So I just came back home from a holiday trip and all of a sudden my wireless router is giving me hell. My router is a linksys BEFW11S4 and I have 3 PCs running win xp SP2 and all are having the same problem. THe problem is that my computers don't detect any wireless networks. So I took my...
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    Vertical lines show up on monitor

    Hi, A while ago I posted about this problem but now it is happening more frequently. I've had my rig for 2.5 months and what is happening now is that when I turn on my computer there are vertical white lines on the screen and once my computer gets into windows it seems that the display...
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    Purple lines appeared on screen and monitor turned off

    So I've had the system in my rig for about 2.5 months and had no problems. A week ago I left my PC for a bit and when I came back my monitor had gone into energy save mode and I couldn't get it to wake back up without a reboot. Today while I was sitting and typing on my computer all of a...
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    Wireless Print server recommendation

    First off I need one with a parallel port interface and a USB interface. I haven't been able to find any reviews anywhere and searching the forums didn't yield me much help. I almost bought the Linksys WPS54GU2 but I read some bad reviews on CNET. It seems like the Motorola WPS870G might be...
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    Sony Clie PDA - Adding Memory Stick

    So I hate the fact that my Sony Clie PDA only has RAM and no flash and thus if I forget to charge the battery I lose all my data. There is a slot for a memory stick so I had two questions: 1) If I buy a memory stick is there an way to make the Clie save my data besides applications on the...
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    Inteface Cable for Digital Camera

    So I lost my interface cable to d/l images from digital camera to my PC and I need the Canon IFC-400PCU USB cable. The specs over here http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=90137188&loc=111&sp=1 indicate it is just a 4 pin A-B USB cable. Does this mean I can just buy any old 4 pin A-B USB...
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    Win 2K: How does your association with a domain get lost?

    So the laptops we have from our company have Win 2K installed on them and we have an admin account for a certain domain, "DOM". We do not have the password for the local admin account. Anyways, a fella at work was trying to get a wireless card set up on his laptop and through doing something...
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    Powerbook advice for PC guy

    So my friend is in the market for a notebook and wants to buy the 12" powerbook. The only Mac I've ever owned was a PowerPC 6100 desktop a long time ago. I did some brief research into the OS X and the Powerbook and it seems that contrary to my long-held belief Apple computers may not be...
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    CD Burning Software

    So my uncle isn't too computer savy and on his old laptop he had Roxio DirectCD. He uses his burner to save documents and other work-related files so that he can take them to and from work. DirectCD was almost perfect for him because he could save files directly to the CD from within various...
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    Win XP USB port stopped working all of a sudden

    So I have a Sony Vaio R505 notebook running Win XP. I have a Netgear MA111 802.11b USB adapter. I had this plugged in to the USB port on my laptop for 3 months or so then all of a sudden I booted up my computer one day and Windows said something about there being malfunctioning hardware or...
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    3dmark

    So I built my 1st ever PC last week and have run memtest86, prime95, and 3dmark05. I am trying to run something to stress test my video card because I want to make sure in case I need to RMA it. I started by running 3dmark01 on default settings but someone said that is more CPU intensive. I...
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    questions about running 3dmark01

    So I did search the forums and found threads where people listed their benchmark scores for 3dmark01. I noticed people don't ever list what settings they used when running the benchmarks. I built my 1st PC and just want to make sure everything is good so I am testing the video card using...
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    SeaTools diag util

    I have the Barracuda 7200.7 160 GB SATA drive and I ran the SeaTools utility and all tests. I have a few questions. FIrst of all it said that SATA Controller 0 was unsupported. At the same time, my hard drive showed up under "Unknown Controller." Is this normal and ok and why is this "unknown?"...
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    SATA Drive Under Win XP

    I installed Win XP on my new Barracuda 7200.7 160 GB SATA drive and I was running tests to make sure it's fine. I ran the SeaTools seagate diags and my drive showed up under "Unknown Controller" and was called Bios Drive. I guess is there anyway that I may not have installed the drivers properly...
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    SeaTools diagnostic utility for SATA drive

    So I ran all the tests that are available with the SeaTools diagnostic utlity for Seagate drives on my SATA ST3160827AS 160GB w/ NCQ seagate drive. I have windows XP up and running on my drive and I have 2 NTFS partitions, 39GB and 109GB. The first thing I wanted to ask was that my drive...
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    TT Tsunami case fans

    I'm a first time builder and my PC is up and running. The only problem I ran into is that my mobo only had 2 headers for connecting system fans but my Tsunami has 3 case fans. For now I left the fan on the side window panel unconnected and connected the other 2. What do you guys recommend...
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    HELP: EMI Springs questions

    I completed my 1st PC Build yesterday(TT Tsunami case and MSI Neo4 mobo) and ran my computer for 10 hours or so and have had no problems. However, I am concerned that my EMI springs are not placed properly. I have read that the springs should not be in any ports, and none of mine are...
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    ThermalTake Tsunami Top USB connectors

    I have the MSI Neo4 mobo and the USB 2.0 headers on the mobo have 10 pins whereas the wires from the Tsunami USB 2.0 ports have 5 pins. It seems I might be able to connect the 5-pin tsunami connectors to just 1 row of pins on the USB mobo headers, but I'm not sure which row since each row of 5...
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    Attn: Neo 4 Platinum Owners

    I'm a first time builder and have put together my PC and gotten it to POST so far. I'm curious about the I/O shield that comes with the mobo. I am using that I/O shield and the USB ports on the back have these EMI springs or some kind of metal spring things that are on top of each USB port. Are...
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    Cable routing inside case

    So I have spent about 5 hours so far on my first build and I have some questions about routing cables inside the case. I have a s939 3200 w/ MSI Neo4 platinum mobo and ThermalTake tsunami case plus OCZ modstream 450 PSU. It sucks because my DVD/RW, Floppy, and Hard Drive all connect to the...
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    Question on connecting case fans to power

    I've got the THermaltake Tsunami case and am following Mechbgon's guide for building a PC. The rear case fan on my Tsunami has two 4 pin connectors, one of which says Power Supply and the other which isn't labelled but has the kind of 4 pin connector that comes from the power supply, i.e. seems...
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    Win XP Pro to WinME connection via crossover cable

    So my colleague at work says he is trying to use the network setup wizard to network his Win XP Pro laptop and WinME desktop via a crossover cable. So he creates a floppy disk he says using the network setup wizard to be run on the WinME machine. He claims that once he puts the floppy in the...
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    Returning a Hard Drive to Monarch

    So I ordered a Seagate Barracuda 160 GB w/ NCQ last Monday from Monarch and they said it was in stock but it didn't ship till Friday. Anyways, it's an OEM drive that I paid $107.00 for but now I found a $40 rebate from Seagate for the Retail version of that drive bought between 2/16 and 2/22...
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    IBM Thinkpad T42 and Kensington Microsaver Lock

    So I know someone who bought a Thinkpad T42 from IBM and as an accessory from IBM he also bought the Kensington Microsaver laptop lock. So he says he tried to fit the lock in the littler slit/slot on the side of the laptop but it doesn't seem to go all the way in to the slot. Has anyone had any...
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    Parts Check n00b builder

    Hi, so after a week of solid research I've decided on some parts for my 1st PC build ever. I'll be using the PC for programming and some gaming but mostly starcraft, warcraft, etc... motherboard - MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Retail $154.99 free 2nd day...
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    Enermax Noisetaker 420W PSU

    I'm trying to buy that PSU and it is like $10 cheaper at zipzoomfly and I am buying all my other stuf there so I'd prefer to buy from there...but as it's listed on zipzoomfly it says ATX 1.3 compatible. There is one on NewEgg that says v 2.01 compatible and that's also what is on the Enermax...
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    Athlon64 supports max PC3200 DDR?

    I read on the AMD website that the Athlon 64 memory controller only supports a max of PC3200 RAM. This kind of confused me because I thought I read some threads on the forums with people talking about buying DDR550 or something for athlon 64s....am I missing something here? thanks.
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    n00b needs help choosing PSU

    I'm going with a 3200+ winchester and MSI K8N neo4 platinum mobo and a TT Tsunami Case. I've been trying to read around these forums and AT and other sites and I can't figure out how you guys know how much power you need. I won't be doing any overclocking so will 400W be enough? What PSU...
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    TT VA3000 BWA(Tsunami) Case

    I'm building a PC w/ 3200+ winchester and MSI K8N Neo4 platinum mobo. I've been reading a lot of the reviews on AnandTech and elsewhere and I liked this case the best. One thing that came up in the review was noise and also that a larger power supply may not fit in. Any advice? Should I go...
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    n00b PC Builder Athlon 64 3200+ mobo help

    Hey, I've been reading the forums here as well as articles on AnandTech and other sites THG, etc. I'm a first-time PC Builder but I'm an embedded software engineer by trade so am very familiar with CPUs themselves but not much else in a desktop setup. Intended use: Programming, Web, and...