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    Most likely reason my computer suddenly won't post?

    The computer listed in my sig has been working without a hiccup for about a year and a half. Then, while I was using it the other night, it went down as if the power had been cut, then restarted itself, then faltered again, so I shut it down. After waiting a bit, I started it up and it was fine...
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    USB HD appears in Device Manager, but not Computer

    I'm trying to get a new hard drive to work under Vista in a USB external enclosure. I have another hard drive that has worked fine in this enclosure, a Metal Gear Box. The new HD is a Seagate 500gb IDE (the enclosure is supposed to work with up to 500gb). When I plug everything in, the icon...
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    Searching Contacts' notes field in Windows Vista

    Can anyone tell me how to do a keyword search of the Notes fields from my Contacts in Windows Vista? I want to search all my Contacts at once. In the old Windows address book you could specify which field you wanted to search, but I don't find anything comparable in Vista. Thanks for your help
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    Problems with x1950pro AGP and VIA chipset?

    I'm trying to get a Powercolor Radeon x1950pro 256mb AGP to work with the following system: Windows XP SP2 AOpen AK86-L Socket 754 motherboard with VIA chipset Athlon 64 2800 at 1.8 (stock speed) 1 gig Geil 3200 DDR 160 gig Seagate HD Corsair 520 powersupply While I know my CPU and...
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    Question re: 20 pin power cable

    Bit of a noob question here: I just noticed that the 20 pin power cable that attaches to the motherboard from my new power supply (a Corsair 520) has no wire for one of the pins - unlike the one from my old power supply which has wires going to all pins. The missing wire is white on the old...
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    Sapphire x800xl AGP for $316 at Newegg (now $310)

    This price will probably drop soon, but it's the first decent price on an AGP version I've seen: Link edit: That didn't take long - now $310 shipped
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    Question re: HDTV Wonder - aspect ratio in DTV fullscreen

    I recently switched from a CRT to a 16:10 LCD (Dell 2005fpw). I switched the ATI MMC configuration utility to widescreen monitor, and when I run DTV (HDTV) in fullscreen it stretches the image vertically so there are no black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. In other words, as if I had...
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    DVD audio/video out of sync on Radeon 9800

    Any advice would be appreciated. I recently upgraded to a Sapphire 9800np and to Windows XP at the same time. I did a reformat and clean install. I find that when I play any DVD movies the video lags behind the audio by about a half a second. I'm using PowerDVD and have tried all the different...
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    Help! Data output choking dial-up connection

    Any advice would be appreciated: I recently installed Windows XP on my machine (upgrading from Me). It worked fine for several days, including my dial-up connection to work, and I downloaded all the security updates from Microsoft. Then suddenly this problem: after being connected via my 56K...
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    Help - dead computer

    Any advice would be appreciated: I recently got a new video card (Sapphire Radeon 9800np) which worked fine (with a few extra crashes) in my old computer. To be on the safe side, I thought I'd upgrade my Antec 300w power supply, and so purchased an Enlight 420w. Today I put it in, hooked...
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    Logitech Z340 speakers $23.97 at Target B&M

    This is a great price on a very good budget 3-piece set of computer speakers. The bass is especially impressive. I don't know if Target's sales are the same nationwide, but this is the price in MA this week.
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    "Signal out of range" resolution prob with Radeon LE

    Anybody have a simple solution to this problem (short of reinstalling Windows)? I just installed a Radeon LE and everything seems to be working fine except I can't get it into 1280 x 1024. Monitor gives me "signal out of range" message and this happens from the desktop as well as in...
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    3-piece speaker system with headphone jack?

    Can anyone recommend a fairly cheap ($50 or less) 3 piece speaker system than includes a headphone jack on one of the speakers? Thanks