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    Replaced CPU, now computer won't boot up

    I had to change the CPU on my girlfriend's computer (long story). Anyway, I changed the CPU out without incident but now when I turn the computer on it doesn't boot up. Everything seems to turn on as normal but I can't hear the HD spinning etc. I've tried resetting the bios but that didn't...
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    Advice on CPU heatsink/fan

    I have a computer with a 3 GHz P4 CPU.. the CPU came with the Intel included heatsink/fan but I accidentally broke a little plastic clip off of it when I was removing the heatsink to troubleshoot another problem. I went to CompUSA and bought a MadDog heatsink that would work with the CPU but...
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    Random PC rebooting/errors

    I built my gf a computer a while back, she kept having problems with it would randomly reboot with no warning. I finally narrowed it down that the power supply was probably the culprit so upgraded the power supply from the cheap one that came with the case. After I did this I ran/used the...
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    Need Help Bad - PC shorting out - Need to have fixed tonight

    I built a computer for my girlfriend, she had been having some heat issues with it so I added another case fan last night. It started up fine after I added the fan, then I moved the computer to another outlet so I could hook up the keyboard, monitor, etc... since I've moved it everytime I hit...
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    Random shutdowns w/ new PC

    I recently built a PC for my girlfriend, when I initially installed and configured everything I didn't have any problems. Since she took it home and installed a few applications (AOL) she has been having constant problems with the PC resetting itself. Here are the PC specs as best I can...
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    Re-setting BIOS by Adjusted Mobo jumpers

    I've been building a PC and I kept getting an IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error everytime I'd be closed to finishing the XP Professional install. I did some reading online and narrowed down the list of things that I thought could potentially be causing the problem. I thought the problem might be the...
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    Recovering Files from a fried computer

    One of my friends lost their computer in an electrical storm but they had some pictures on their hard drive that they wanted to try to recover. What is the best way to go about trying to recover any of the data on the hard drive. I've already taken the hard drive out of the case and everything...
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    Building PC ... Running in to some problems...

    I promised my friend that I would build her a computer so I went to Fry's last week and got all of the components, I built the PC, but I can't get it to turn on...... I don't have the specific model#'s for all of the components in front of me as I am at work but I can list most of the...