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    Laptop Power Issue--battery, AC, or other?

    Trying to determine if something here needs a replacement. It's for someone else who's seeking my help. I already know what I'd do if I had other geeks to confirm with, but this'll have to do... A lady who has no kids, dogs, or other disturbances in her home, claims that her computer...
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    Case of the 53s

    I'm...just about ready to throw the thing out the window. And it's too hot and my head is scrambled from all the stress and fatigue. All I know is that there's a computer behind me that I'm trying to get onto this network (linked by Ethernet cable through a reliable Netgear hub)... Other...
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    VGASave ain't saving me now! Can you?

    Well, looks like I've just signed into the 'You tampered with VGASave' dunce club. Yippee. My parents' computer was having all sorts of problems earlier, so I assisted them with running Windows Repair, which fixed almost all the relevant problems. (Their network still wasn't working, but it...
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    Epson Stylus CX5200 Unknown Hardware Issue

    In helping someone out with their troubled printing situation, and discovering that their replacement printer/copier/scanner combo isn't even what they really need, I took a look at their old printer. I've seen this issue before in other printers and have been unable to solve it: the printer...
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    Bizarro Net Access Problem

    Yeah, I hate SP-2. Always have, always will. I don't even have to be an advocate of DOS or maintaining old program functionality to have a serious bone with this behemoth. I'm working on my grandma's comp (on-site, many miles from home). (Hey, I get free food out of it! So shove off! XD)...
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    Compaq laptop refuses to use modem

    I have here a Compaq Presario 1200 with Windows 98 SE installed. The computer worked fine for over a year but developed a problem that, among other things, prevents the modem from being used. The modem is properly detected (and I have successfully reinstalled the drivers before), but upon...
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    What's compatible with my 2 x 256MB DDR RAM?

    Well, okay, it was only a silicon flesh wound... I posted on here earlier about how I couldn't get any motherboards to work, and now I have found a solution. Here's what happened: My parents were wanting to replace an ailing K7S5A PRO motherboard. Since we aren't big in pocketbooks, we...
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    HD from Hell.

    Well, my little brother's hard drive has done it again. I spent all this morning trying to fix his comp, because his hard drive occasionally is not properly recognized. (For example, when it should come up SAMSUNG xxxxx... on the POST screen, I instead get QAESUNE xxxxx... , the size is...
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    Motherboard rebel without a cause...

    Alrighty... Well, I posted about this before, but now I have some more information. My parents' comp currently has a motherboard that's been damaged by heat, causing it to hang indefinitely when it resets (or if the board's simply too hot). So, I've been meaning to help them get a new...
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    Networking Calamity

    Well, the topic summary expresses my primary suspicion. Due to a motherboard that is faulty (the reason I was trying to replace the motherboard and ended up with what seems like a defect--see this thread), I have experienced some issues when this particular motherboard hangs and everything on...
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    Strange Beeping!!

    Well well... I'm trying to fix up the parents' comp again... This time, they decided to get a new motherboard, but after putting it in, they could not get the computer to work. I investigated, tried every last thing--changing memory, taking out all the cards, using different/no video cards...