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    Infinite reboot :(

    Running Win XP SP 2 (or at least I was). Seagate hard drive 200g 512 mb ram athlon 1.1 ghz processor All of a sudden, for no reason that I can determine, I can no longer boot the computer. If I try a normal windows boot, it passes all the DOS stuff, goes to the windows xp logo. The...
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    HELP! New SN95G5, can't install the OS

    I just put together the following: shuttle xpc sn95g5 (bios FN95S205) Corsair XMS3200XL (matched pair 1g total, 2.2.2.5 latency) Radeon X800 Pro 2 Seagate Barracuda SATA drives 1 MadDog DVD recorder Athlon 64 3500+ My intent was to use the two drives as RAID 1 (i.e. mirrored)...
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    HELP! Can't install XP on laptop

    I have a Medion laptop (Best Buy's brand). It was running Win XP home. Today it announced "No operating system found" when I turned it on. I tried rebooting several times, no dice, no operating system. I took the CD that came with the laptop and followed the instructions for system...
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    Second disk drive very slow to access

    I have an XP1600 with a shuttle mobo, 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro video, 2 western dig hard drives, 1 dvd drive and 1 cd-rw. The computer seems to be running fine but, when I go to access the second drive (which I use for backup mostly), it will sit there for like 30 seconds before it...
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    Laptop doesn't see wireless router..why?

    I have a linksys 4 port/wireless (802.11b) router. I have 2 computers which I want to access the internet (and my network) wirelessly. One computer is running windows xp using a wireless adapter connected to the usb port (802.11b) Another computer is a laptop that has 802.11g wireless...
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    Printing to network printer SLOW

    I have a canon i950 printer connected to the following computer: Win 98 SE 900 mhz AMD Athlon 384 mb RAM I am trying to print a file from another computer on the network. That computer is connected via wireless 802.11b. It is: XP Home AMD XP1600 processor 512 MB RAM When I open the file and...
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    HELP! 802.11b wireless network/internet horrible!!!!

    I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 ver 2 4 port router with wireless 802.11b 3 computers on the router. Two are wired and one is wireless The wireless one is using a Linksys wireless USB adapter. The signal strength varies between Excellent and Very Good I have encryption enabled. Running router...
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    Video and mouse lockup

    Just purchased a Radeon 9600 PRO to replace my GeForce2 GTS card. *See Note at the bottom. I tried my best to follow the instruction described by Tour Guide in his post and uninstalled the GeForce2 card first, rebooted into safe mode (whereupon MS XP promptly reinstalled the card again). Then...
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    HELP! LCD monitor - display all smeared and blurry

    Sylvania L15 15" LCD monitor GeForce2 MX 32mb video Athlon 900ghz processor 384 mb RAM Running Win98SE Suddenly, like over night, my monitor has become almost unreadable. The icons are smeary looking. When I open a window, lines extend from the window across the background to the left and...
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    HELP! Bad lag with Radeon 9500 pro

    Have had nothing but frustration since purchasing a Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro video card. I have: AMD Athlon 1.1 ghz processor Shuttle AK31 v3.1 mobo with LT266A chipset 512 mb DDR RAM Radeon 9500 pro 128 mb Am currently running DirectX 9.0B Win 98 SE The problem occurs while attempting to...
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    HELP!! Overheating problem

    I have an AMD Athlon 1.1ghz processor Shuttle AK31 motherboard with KT266A chipset ATI Radeon 9500 Pro video card Running Win 98. In the BIOS, I have the temperature shutdown set to 75 degrees C. And the computer shuts off. I installed Motherboard Monitor and set the warning at 75. Sure...
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    Help: Best system ever for college student

    Looking for advice. I'm building a system for my son to take to college. Here's what my requirements are. Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Keep in mind: The kid is clueless when it comes to maintenance and hardware. He plays lots of games and downloads movies and music but...
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    How to watch TV on PC monitor

    Setting up a pc for my son to take to college. Due to limited space he would like to have his PC monitor double as a TV. I have seen various posts regarding video cards which support this. I don't know much about this subject at all. Does anyone have suggestion on what to read to learn about...
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    HELP! With Radeon 9500 PRO

    I just purchased a Radeon 9500 PRO. The sole purpose behind this purchase was for my son to play video games. He plays mostly Asheron's Call 2 and Star Craft (and a few others). My system contains: Shuttle AK31 V3.1 motherboard with KT266A via chipset 512 MB RAM AMD Duron 1.1 Ghz processor...
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    MB supports 4X AGP - what video card should I get?

    My system contains: Shuttle AK31 Rev3 KT266A MB (which supposedly supports 4x AGP) 512 MB RAM Athlon 1.1ghz processor Geforce2 MX video card My son plays Asheron's Call 2 and must set the graphics settings to the very lowest setting in order to play. I would like to upgrade the video card...