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    Hardware related windows boot problem that im rather miffed about

    That did it Not sure how but it seems all 3 of my windows discs are dead(anyone wanna figure out the odds on that? :P) borrowed a mates and it worked fine so while annoying at least problem is solved Thanks for the help everyone
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    Hardware related windows boot problem that im rather miffed about

    Iv just tried 2 other CD drives and tried putting in 2 other sticks of ram and removing the old ones of course with the same issue so its not either of those :/
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    Hardware related windows boot problem that im rather miffed about

    iv tried 2 windows discs 1 legit 1 not :P i have tried memtest and i have just incase taken the memory im currently using for this pc and put it in the other one just to make sure with the same result will attempt taking the CD drive out of this pc to be used in the other
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    Hardware related windows boot problem that im rather miffed about

    winXP OEM with SP2 Other mobo is MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum The IDE HD is a 5400RPM Western Digital
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    Hardware related windows boot problem that im rather miffed about

    I have tried that and when i tried the IDE drive rather than SATA it was actualy a brand new drive never been used before.
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    Hardware related windows boot problem that im rather miffed about

    yes when i was installing windows there was only ever 1 HD plugged in just to make sure there where not any conflicts.
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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

    Bumping once incase anyone else has any ideas on this :)
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    Need help with a weird windows boot/HD problem

    Boot.ini is fine. Iv tried a BIOS reset and a BIOS update iv tried a full repartitioning of the original OS drive(keeping important data on the other 1) im gonna try the zero fill format but given that its both drives affected by this issue despite fact they work in every other way im...
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    Need help with a weird windows boot/HD problem

    Test Disk didnt report anything, loaded it with knoppix and knoppix can at least read all of the drives
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    Need help with a weird windows boot/HD problem

    i have already tried unplugging the original O drive and just running from the 2nd HD which produces the same result :( and scandisk finds nothing wrong. Will have a go with TestDisk and post results in a bit though
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    Need help with a weird windows boot/HD problem

    forgot to mention, safe mode produces the same result
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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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    Network Bridging with XP

    Attempted moving my router off the 192.168.0.1 IP moving it to 192.168.0.100 didnt really do anything moving it to 192.168.1.1 stopped the ICS setup from complaining but still no net actualy going through to the other PC :(
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    Network Bridging with XP

    Iv got the exact same problem, as soon as i bridge my wireless connection to the cable connection the wireless connection dies entirely. Also got the same issue with activating ICS in that the router already has that IP
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    ATI Linux Drivers

    Managed to fix it, was a problem with Sax2 in the end. Thanks for all the replies though.
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    ATI Linux Drivers

    1) I want the drivers because one of the little experiments (i like to experiment with things that one of the reasons for setting up the linux box) i wanted to do was see how well i could get games working on the system. 2) 9.2 is simply the copy i have atm, got it some time ago but due to...
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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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    The Great HDCP Fiasco. even your video card would be obsolete:(

    Meh It will probably be cracked. Everything gets cracked eventualy
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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

    yeh ill try re doing it if i can but since im pretty much at the very last stage of the way SuSe surgest i do it i think ill keep trying to find out how to ut it on run level 3 first
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    ATI Drivers on linux

    yeh it was actualy just me being a bit stupid i was just apply the guide to the file i got off the ati website and didnt notice that at the top of the guide is a link to download the km_fglrx*.rpm file does anyone know how ti switch sax2 into run level 3? its complaining i need to do...
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    ATI Drivers on linux

    thanks i got up to the bit were you reinstall kernel sources and cant get past that when i do "rpm -Uhv km_fglrx*.rpm" as it instructs i get the message "Error: file not found by glob" and have done a search for the file myself and cannot find it on the HD another thing i noticed which...
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    ATI Drivers on linux

    Ah X is coming up fine now that was just a problem caused by the surgestion the other guy gave to change the driver to "fglrx" the main problem i was asking about is that i have installed the ATI 8.12 drivers for Xorg 6.8 using YaST and still cant seem to turn hardware acceloration on in...
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    ATI Drivers on linux

    there aint any errors as such just in the graphical configuration panel it sais "3d acceloration not available" this is even after i have installed the latest drivers
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    ATI Drivers on linux

    yeh figured thta out but still didnt fix it still stuck in command line :(
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    ATI Drivers on linux

    just tried that changed "Driver: "radeon"" to "Driver: "fglrx"" and am now nicely in command line only mode :P trying to change it back using Vi but cant remember how to save(i used Vi about once or twice before years ago - i dont like command line text editors much)
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    ATI Drivers on linux

    yeh i realise ATI aint got a good reputation for linux drivers but its my newly retired box since i got a new system so decided to make it a linux box and was hoping i could at least get 3d acceloration working to a degree
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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

    i changed the mouse to PS/2 and still have same problem and the only other USB devices are a zip drive and a printer which were disconnected when the problem began
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    weird problem with shutdown/reboot

    9.80 version that came on the CD
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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

    bumping one more time to see if anyone has any ideas
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    Odd problem i need help with

    how could it be the PSU when it worked fine at first? also i should of mentioned i had this problem with my parents PC once and was fixed with a format(i just dont have time at moment to do that to this PC) so its definatly a software problem
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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...