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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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    Looking for a laptop (cont.: slight rant included)

    I remember reading a few months ago that it would be worth waiting until early next year because notebooks with some new technology/features would be out. I can't remember what features/technology they were referring to but maybe multitouch. Anyone know?
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    HijackThis log analysis help

    clclean.0001 is actually a legitimate file, I had looked into that a long time ago and it was part of something bundled with my Dell laptop. I ran Spybot and it found things even though Windows Defender claimed my PC was clean. Specifically, Spybot found some Virtumonde trojan and flagged all...
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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

    Does unplugging the TV have a different result than just powering the TV off and on? Also, can you point me to any resources so I can learn more about DDC and the ins and outs of these issues?
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    [Retired] The LCD Thread

    xtknight, I have a problem getting a laptop to output a signal to an LCD TV. I started a thread here: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2092124&enterthread=y Could you please reply there or here with your thoughts?
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    Laptop not outputting signal via VGA to LCD TV

    Can you elaborate, please? I did a google search for "intel control panel extension" but don't see anything come up. What does this extension do? Can someone at least point me to some references about display drivers in Windows and why you would need a driver other than the Plug & Play...
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    Laptop not outputting signal via VGA to LCD TV

    Come on folks, someone knows a thing or two about display drivers!!
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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

    Yeah, I'm aware of the consequences but having the data would be nice, but not critical, and thus I am trying the freezer trick. Neither of you answered how long to put the hard drive in the freezer though!
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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

    Like I said Firefox works. Anyways, I rebooted and IE 7 does load pages. I'll have to see if the javascript issue still exists.
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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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    how to fix your hd only showing ~130gb

    I would add GParted as a free alternative to PartitionMagic that does a great job.
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    How does record/watch live TV work on PC based PVRs?

    A lot of your channels are probably analog anyways so you could feed your tuner the coax cable directly from the wall, i.e. bypassing your digital cable box. For more answers check this out: AVS Forum HTPC There is an amazng amount of knowledge there.
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    Weird problem...

    How are these videos encoded? Maybe you're missing the right codec?
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    Mystery partition on my dell laptop

    Yeah I've made several images with trueimage too. It just sort of annoyed me that I had a primary partition that was only 50 MB. How is it "hidden" in windows explorer?
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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

    Thanks for the ideas, guys. I had no problems after installing TrueImage; the problems started when I tried to scan my disk for errors and checkdisk or whatever tried to fix an "error"in a file. I didn't know the name of the file before but now after checking event viewer I know it is...
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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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    *Super Hot* Current List of ALL Dell Inspiron Laptop Deals (37 Different Configuration) for the week of 10/20 to 10/26

    Thanks for this thread OP. I've been waiting for a good deal on the 700m, but unfortunately there seems to be no sign of the 750 off 1499 coupon despite the upcoming end of Dell's fiscal quarter.
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    XPS Gen 2 *FULLY LOADED* HALF PRICE!! $2800

    I still haven't figured out how people manage to post in the wrong forum. Are you guys just plain blind or dyslexic?
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    HDTV price war just in time for the holidays!

    Sony FP LCDs and qualia are amazing.
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    So I wake up from a nap and my PC never gets a video signal again

    I had a similar problem with a leadtek 6600GT but in my case i could reboot and I'd get a signal and then after some period of time I'd lose signal again. I RMA'd my video card and I haven't had a problem since. Definitely the video card.
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    Video card problem?

    Yeah, I am able to RMA it but it'll take 4 weeks so I'm just getting some opinions before I send it off :(.
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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

    Yeah like I said connecting to one of the 10/100 ports on the back works just fine. I suspected maybe the transmitter died, just didn't know if that was unheard of or not.
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    Extremely strange wireless router problem

    The reason I said their advice was not useful was because I tried it and it didn't change a thing. Interference was the first thing on my mind but seeing as nothing has changed in my house and prior to leaving for vacation I had great range and no problems with the router interference seemed...
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    Extremely strange wireless router problem

    It's not a neighbor's router because my closest neighbor is way too far so the signal wouldn't get near me. I actually chatted with one of Linksys' liveagents online for a while but they just said change the channel, reboot, upgrade firmware, etc. but nothing useful. Networking is not my...
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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

    So I talked to the tech support guy at Leadtek and he thought it could be my power supply. He wanted me to try and run my video card in another machine, but unfortunately none of the machines accessible to me have support for PCIe. My power supply is an OCZ Modstream 450W. Do you think it could...
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    Vertical lines show up on monitor

    Yeah I just talked to the online retailer I bought it from and they said they don't sell the video card anymore, a Leadtek 6600GT TDH. I have a 1 year warranty so I'm trying to get an RMA number from Leadtek now. I just heard it takes a while so I am seeing if anyone can diagnose the problem...
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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

    Yeah but the 2nd time I was typing away and I watched the purple lines crawl up and fill the screen. In other words this didn't happen when my monitor tried to go into power save mode. Anyways, I turned power save off but since I've only had this problem occur twice so far, seemingly randomly, I...
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    Purple lines appeared on screen and monitor turned off

    Thanks for the reply. The interesting thing is that I just checked using nVidia ntune and it says GPU temperature: 44 C and ambient temp: 35 C. Also, the core slowdown threshold is 127 C. My CPU temp is 31 and sys temp is 34 as reported by core center. I'll check my video card for heat damage...
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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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    ::Dead:: 2405FPW on sale!

    Damn, they corrected it to say "2005" now.
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    Wireless Print server recommendation

    Thanks for your reply. Yeah I basically just want the wireless functionality there in case I have to place my printer far from my AP. For the time being I will be using a wired connection from the 10/100 port to the AP.