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    Critique my system plan

    I'm looking to build a new system and these are the components I am considering using: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX Mobo CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB DDR 400 (PC 3200) BFG Tech BFGR78256GTOC Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express Western Digital Raptor...
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    PC Hardware Upgrade Issues

    I'm building a new PC for a friend, and while most of the hardware is new, he wanted me to just use the exisiting hard drive, DVD drive, and CD burner. I setup everything and now the computer won't boot into windows. I got one error message saying the IDE 0 Conductor was not installed. Is...
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    Occasional Lack of Recognition of Seconday IDE Devices

    Every once in a while, when I restart one of my old computers (a Dell Precision 220), sometimes it fails to detect my two optical drives on the secondary IDE channel. Does anyone know a possible cause and solution for this problem?
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    Loss of Power during System Restore--now nothing happens!

    While doing a system restore on another PC, I lost power. Now, when I try to start it up again, I just get a series of beeps, and that is it. The monitor will not turn on, so I can't get into the BIOS or anything like that. What can I do now?