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    PC suddenly won't POST

    All of a sudden my PC locked up in the middle of web browsing. I hard-powered it off, and when turning it back on it would no longer POST. I do not get any kind of feedback whatsoever. No video signal, no keyboard lights, no PC speaker beeps. However, everything seems to have power. I can...
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    STOP 0x000000A5

    This morning upon booting up my main computer, I was greeted by Windows with a blue screen and the aforementioned STOP message, which has to do with BIOS not being ACPI compliant. The computer booted fine yesterday and I did not change the BIOS (nor did I make any hardware or software changes)...
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    CPU Usage Spiking by no identifiable process

    Just today after installing Office and GoBack on my laptop (recently reformatted with Win2000 Pro), the CPU usage began rising, causing higher temperatures and perpetual fan activity. But in Task Manager there is no process generating this usage! Click here for picture In this picture you...
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    Delayed write failed: Bad hard drive or bad controller card?

    The problem with my F: drive started when I was trying to render a Quicktime file in Premiere. I had rendered tons of movies before this point, but now it just failed in the middle, and I got a "Delayed write failed" error, as seen here: http://www.chadypu.com/escee/delayed_write_failed.JPG...
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    Does this indicate a dead hard drive?

    All of a sudden, everything started going really slow, and then all my applications began to soft-freeze. When ev eventually I just got fed up, I turned the computer off and was confronted with the message: Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and...
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    Can I use the foam motherboard packaging to isolate the mobo from the case?

    I have a microATX mobo (Asus A7V8X-MX SE) and a standard ATX case (Athenatech 747). The case doesn't have all the screwholes for microATX so when it is mounted the bottom-right corner comes in contact with the case. This causes the system to not boot as it "grounds out." My question: The mobo...
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    Best $30 case w/ PSU & a fan at Newegg (not including shipping)?

    Just wondering. I'm building a computer for my parents and have a small budget ($450 including shipping and tax) I will probably go with this: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-190-025&depa=1 because I've heard Athenatech is a very good company. But if you know...
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    Buying a new computer (My Updated Purchase List)

    I posted this thread before asking for suggestions and answers to some questions on my choice of parts. I have made some changes so I figured I'd post again, since it's always better to get opinions before you buy than after. This computer is being bought from iBuyPower (and, by the way, if I...
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    Buying a new PC -- Motherboard recommendations (and several other technical questions)

    I am buying my first personal desktop computer (for years I have solely used a laptop), or a computer my family owned. I am buying it from iBuyPower. The current configuration is: (motherboard undetermined, but current selection is an MSI 865PE Neo-2) Raidmax A286 mid-tower case (has 4x 5.25"...