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    Critique my system plan

    I appreciate all the responses. Got some great feedback!
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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

    The old hard drive in the new system ended up being the issue. I reformatted and did a clean install and the system booted up and is now working fine.
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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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    Frequent disconnectage, argh!

    I know this might seem kind of obvious, but check again and make sure you have DSL filters on all of your phones in the house. Also, it may be the quality of the line in your house. I know I had a problem with my DSL service a while ago similar to yours--turned out to be the old lines I had in...
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    Laptop

    Check to see if you can dowload a recovery file to load onto the floppy. This should load the necessary drivers to get the CD-ROM working.
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    What does it likely mean when a computer doesnt turn on?

    Good Advice!!! Definitely make sure you find out what kind of power supply you have in there before trying a spare.
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    Occasional Lack of Recognition of Seconday IDE Devices

    Eek...that definitely might be it...one of my cables is twisted in there right now.
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    Occasional Lack of Recognition of Seconday IDE Devices

    I just reformatted and reinstalled windows...that's when I've been getting the issues. I haven't checked the drivers yet, so I'll give that a shot. Thanks!!!
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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!

    Nevermind guys...used google...found the code for the beeps...fixed the problem...good to go again!
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    Loss of Power during System Restore--now nothing happens!

    Also, This computer is a Dell Precision 220. I'm pretty sure it uses the Phoenix BIOS because you use F2 to enter it during POST. I do get a beep sequence...it goes 5 beeps--pause--2 beeps--pause--2 beeps--pause--3 beeps
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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?