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    Hardware related windows boot problem that im rather miffed about

    Hi This is a follow up post to a post a made a while ago but with more info Ages ago my windows crashed when installing the supreme commander demo and since they whenever i boot windows i get a "cannot mount volume" BSOD. I have tried reinstalling windows multiple times and it goes through...
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    Need help with a weird windows boot/HD problem

    Hi Think this is the correct forum to put this in, if not please move it. Earlier today i was trying to install the Supreme Commander Demo, the setup came up with an error and when i tried rerunning it said the program was already running and so i restarted the pc so i could have another...
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    Posible to connect 2 routers together wirelessly and share a net connection?

    Hi I currently have 2 computers, 1 is connected to the internet via a router which is downstairs so i am connecting wirelessly(flatmates dont particularly like me running cables all the way downstairs :P) and the other is currently not connected to the internet because it lacks a wireless...
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    ATI Linux Drivers

    Hi Im pretty new to linux and am taking some time now i finished uni to fiddle about with it. However iv ran into a problem, im using SuSe 9.2 and a radeon 9700pro graphics card and every time i install the latest ATI drivers it completely nukes the installation so that when i reboot the...
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    Belkin 54g blocking websites

    Hi my girlfriend has her internet running through a Belkin 54g router and has been having a weird problem with it, every now and then and at least once per day it will at complete random block a website (the entire site not just a page) so she has to reboot the router to access it which makes...
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    Reinstalling the Nvidia Nforce 4 firewall by itself?

    Hi i have been using the Nvidia nforce 4 firewall for a while now but have been having issues with it, the main one being that often the firewall will kinda crash out(go to the tools page and it says firewall not installed) which will cause an online game called shadowbane i play to not...
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    ATI Drivers on linux

    Hi im relativly new to Linux and just installed SuSe 9.2 on my machine with these specs athlon XP 2000+ (palomino) 768MB PC2100 RAM Radeon 9700 pro Abit KR7A Motherboard all working fine except i cant get 3d acceloration working on the radeon im using the latest drivers (8.12)...
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    weird problem with shutdown/reboot

    hi i posted this in general discussion but reposting here since i think its a windows problem so probably more apropriate: just built my new PC specs are Akasa Eclipse-62 Midi Tower Case 2x 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan AMD Athlon 64 3500 32/64Bit CPU S939 Winchester MSI K8N SLi...
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    Odd problem i need help with

    Hi just built my new PC specs are Akasa Eclipse-62 Midi Tower Case 2x 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan AMD Athlon 64 3500 32/64Bit CPU S939 Winchester MSI K8N SLi Platinum NF4 2x 512 Mb Corsair Value Select DDR PC3200 RAM 1.44Mb Sony Black Floppy Disk Drive Black Classic Keyboard NEC...
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    Will old partition magic recognise SATA drive?

    Hi setting up new PC in a few days and i have 2 120GB SATA HDs i tend to like partitioning my drives up quite a bit and usualy do this with an oldish copy of partition magic i have hanging around (version 6 or 7 i think cant remember right now) before installing windows question i have...
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    Yet another "what you think of my new rig" thread

    Hi building a new rig and just finished sorting out all the components though id post it here to get peoples opinions and such before i go ahead and buy it Akasa Eclipse-62 Midi Tower Case 2x 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan, 3 Pin, 2 Ball Bearing AMD Athlon 64 3500 32/64Bit CPU S939...
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    Opinions on Leadtek please

    Hi im planning to build a new rig in late march/early april going to be using a 6800GT and was wondering on peoples opinions on Leadtek i was gonna get an ASUS or eVGA card but i cant seem to find them anywere(i live in the UK so newegg aint available to me) so took a look at the...
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    Newbie question on mounting a USB pen in Solaris 10

    Hi im doing a programming assignment at uni were my code has to run on Solaris because i prefer to work at home rather than at uni and because i get extra credit if i pull this off i have installed Solaris 10 in VMware and it was going well untill it came to getting my files from windows...
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    need advise on HSF

    Hi my CPU Fan just died (well its ticking like mad so i aint putting it back in since attempts to repair it have failed) it was a Vantec Aeroflow and had great performance for the low amount of noise it made but iv since read what has happened is quite normal as it has reliability issues...
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    Need help choosing laptop

    Hi i know quite a lot about PCs but never really looked at laptops before so decided to ask for some advise here before proceeding Decided to buy one for uni work will be used mainly for coding C++/Java/OpenGL and wordprocessing want to use linux on it but doesnt need it preinstalled, im...
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    Need help with ATI drivers

    Hi i have a Saphire Radeon 9700 pro that i got about a year and a half ago been performing well and never had a problem with it untill now i generaly dont upgrade drivers unnecesarily because i find that if you keep switching drivers it usualy breaks stuff so i only upgrade when something...
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    Need help with shared internet on home network

    Hi I am setting up a network between my 2 PCs so i can share the internet between the 2 i had it all working fine (for about 10 minites) and now it has suddenly died i did move one PC into another room when it died but i really dont see how that has killed it (i have tested the network card...
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    Hot CDs

    Hi my dad recently brought a new CD drive/writer for his computer which is a pretty plane ASUS 52x/32x/52x drive so i poped it in for him and seemed to be working fine i was playing one of my CDs on it but when i had finished and took it out the CD was really quite hot im used to CDs coming...