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    Wireless card?

    Thanks so much for all teh replies, sorry for my delayed thanks. Internet access is hard to come by for me at the moment. Youve all been very helpful, thanks again.
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    Wireless card?

    Hey all, Im not very knowledgeable in the wireless area but I want to get a card that will let me pick up wireless internet signals. A recent aquaintance had a laptop was a`wireless internet ready` and she just told the computer to look for networks and luckily was able to connect to a nearby...
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    RAM/Mobo problems - Guru's please help

    Just following up incase anyone is paying attention. I tested both RAM sticks in both slots and don't see any problem with either of the sticks or either of the slots. This seems to mean that there is a problem somewhere when both sticks of RAM are in the laptop at the same time. I also...
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    RAM/Mobo problems - Guru's please help

    Hi, I'll try to keep this thorough and to the point, I really need some help with this. It has been ongoing for a year, Alienware hadn't a clue as to how to fix it. System specs at the bottom of this post. The system I have is an Alienware laptop running with 1GB of RAM (DIMM PC2700) which is...
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    Fed up. Bluescreens.

    Thanks for the tip about tech support. If I have trouble getting a competant answer on the phone Ill ask for a supervisor. It isn't like Ive done anything to void warranty and I am the original owner of the laptop. Event viewer doesnt display any major errors that jump out and smack me in the...
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    Fed up. Bluescreens.

    I'm going to go back to Alienware and bother them soon, but they know even less than I do.. :disgust:
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    Fed up. Bluescreens.

    Ive been getting bluescreens since I got this Alienware laptop and have posted here quite a few times in the past about them. Whenever I post they seem to go away for a few days, then they come back. Last night I got bluescreened 3 times before ever reaching my desktop, all in a row. I...
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    Freeze at WinXP Home Welcome screen

    I just reformatted my laptop 2 days ago. Before the format it would occasionally freeze anytime while booting, it would even bluescreen at least once daily. Now the only problem that remains is the frozen welcome screen. I dont have to login to my computer, so it just shows "Welcome" then goes...
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    Windows 98 Boot CD?

    Oh, woops, I forgot to mention that the CD I am using is a recovery CD and not exactly an XP Home CD... I wish I knew where that one was. :( So that means the format function doesnt work.
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    Windows 98 Boot CD?

    I need to format my computer and perhaps run fdisk but Im using Windows XP Home and cant reboot in DOS, of course, and I don't have a floppy so I cant make a floppy bootdisk. Is there a way to make a bootable CD that would work just like a normal floppy bootdisk? Thanks.
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    Dawn of War

    I played the demo and the only thing I didn't like was that it lacked unit diversity. In most other RTS games you could make up combinations of units that were useful for each situation and I didn't see that in this game, at least not in the demo. Is the full version any better?
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    Laptop LCD problems?

    I don't know much about laptops since this is my first one. I was just trying out the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War demo and had to alt+tab for one reason or another. When alt+tabbed back to the game, before I saw anything my screen went black and began to fade to white. When it finally became...
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    Mobile VCards?

    Alright. I emailed their sales dept. and I'm going to see what they say. Right now all they are offering on their website is an NVidia card.
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    Mobile VCards?

    Needless to say I am new to the laptop scene. I bought an Alienware laptop mainly because it allows you to upgrade the video card easily, RAM as well I think. I've got an ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 in this and the performace I get out of it is pretty awful. So I want to upgrade to a 9800 when they...
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    Lycos Side Search

    I've been randomly getting Lycos Side Search results whenever using text input boxes on the internet for a few days now, but I have run 3 adware removal programs and checked my registry and add/remove programs and have found no sign of this thing being on my computer. Did Lycos somehow figure...
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    My email is fubar...

    Meh, thats what I thought... bah! Thanks
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    My email is fubar...

    I don't suppose theres anything I can do about it then?
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    My email is fubar...

    I don't know whether to feel stupid, guilty or afraid. I use Lycos email and for the past month or so I have been getting bounced email from Japan... and I didn't email anyone in Japan! On top of that, today I got one that said it was rejected because it contained the Netsky virus... I have...
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    whys is WoW supposed to be good ?

    Im playing around with the stress test right now to try everything out. I played DAOC for 3 years on and off, probably 2 years combined. I also played FFXI for a few months and tried a few others along the way. I agree that with WOW Blizzard just seems to have taken everything good from every...
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    "Microsoft System Management BIOS Driver"

    I've got an exclamation mark next to this in the device manager. I searched the net and this forum and found a few people with the same issue but no solutions. This started after I uninstalled SP2 after a failed installation. Here is the error message from the Properties window: Windows...
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    Driver problems following SP2 UNinstallation

    *sigh* Yep, more problems from me. My computer is working again thanks to the helpful people here, but I am now having driver problems. Mainly two large problems and if I could solve them I think I will be out of the woods. First, here is the current problem that followed the uninstall. I was...
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    Done! It is working as normal now. Thanks!
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    Oh, well really I just contacted them to find out how to get my machine into safe mode. It was a bit different than normal and I needed assistance for that. They really didn't tell me anything. I was going on what DAPUNISHER had said above and I also followed through with the post on another...
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    Actually I read that somewhere but after 5 hours of struggling with it I am staring at my desktop like a deer in the headlights. :) I will do that now.
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    Just an update, I booted into safe mode with the assistance of an Alienware tech. I am going to back up any files that I can before moving on to do anything else. Thanks for the assistance, all.
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    Having some really bad trouble here! :( I'll try to cover it all in order that it occured, but before I say anything, will any of these steps mentioned above erase the contents of my HDD? I did the /chkdsk /r/f and it said it fixed some errors. I rebooted to see if it worked, though it got to...
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    Thanks, running chkdsk /r/f right now.
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    I've never used the system restore feature, where would I find it if I made it to the desktop? And for some reason my alienware recovery CD doesn't have the recovery option... press "R"... It gives me the option to install XP on a partition, delete xp from the partition or clear the partition...
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    Alienware Area51-m Intel P4 2.8GHz 1GB DDR 3200 RAM ATI Mobility 9600
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    SP2 caused BSOD on startup

    Need some help. I installed SP2, or tried, installation froze and I had to cancel it. It rebooted then and now it blusescreens me saying that a certain file is missing and windows cannot continue. Has anyone else run into this problem, and can I fix this with a repair of windows? I have a lot of...
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    Fatal Errors and BSOD's with WinXP

    I think the drivers for the MOBO may have fixed it but I'm not sure. I'll have to see if any problems arise now. For now, though, I'm calling it fixed. Thanks for the help guys.
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    Fatal Errors and BSOD's with WinXP

    Oh! I see now, sorry about that. I read it over but don't have time tonight. I will work through it asap. Thanks!
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    Fatal Errors and BSOD's with WinXP

    Thanks so much. I am going to run Memtest86 tonight and will also email any .cab and mini dump files. Thanks again.
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    Fatal Errors and BSOD's with WinXP

    Hi, I'm new here so I hope I am going about asking for help the right way. I have, for awhile, been getting Fatal Errors and Bluescreens followed by a system restart when running any program. Only a few, IE and Trillian included, don't cause either of those. Programs that do cause it are more...