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    Laptop wont boot

    I've got an HP laptop (almost a year old) which suddenly stopped working. I've never had a problem with it, but when I attempted to turn it on today it would not boot. It powers on, I can open the cd drive and I hear the fans but I can't detect any hard drive activity. It has 2 drives. It boots...
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    New Build for Photographer

    1. What YOUR PC will be used for -Primarily for extensive Photoshop usage (200+ RAW images per week converted to large TIFF files for final editing), HD video editing, InDesign, Illustrator, Internet. 2. What YOUR budget is -$1200-$1300 3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts...
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    Installing Leopard on a PC

    I will be building a new PC this fall (about the same time Leopard should be available) and was wondering what problems I would encounter if I attempt to install Leopard on the hard drive as the OS. I've never used a Mac before (but have always wanted to), however, I just can't justify the...
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    Upgraded my AMD chip to FX-60

    Hey guys. I would appreciate some help with a recent CPU upgrade. I had an AMD 64 3700+ (San Diego) and upgraded to an AMD FX-60. Everything went fine as far as the installation, but now my system is slow as hell??? Is their something else I need to do (obviously). When I booted my PC after...
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    6600 GT Overclocking question

    I've got a Chaintech 6600GT graphics card and had been overclocking it by right clicking on my desktop, scrolling to NVIDIA display, clicking on my monitor, and then going to clock frequency settings. Simple. I was having problems with my BIOS (Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo) and had to re-install...
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    ASUS A8N-SLI Single Graphics Card Install

    I'm attempting to install my graphics card into this mobo but I'm a little confused by the documentation that accompanied it. I've got all my components except for my PS (RMA'd my dual rail Blue Storm for a single rail Antec True550). Anyway, I think that it should go into the PCIeX16_1 slot...
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    Antec TruePower True550 EPS12V

    After considerable research Im going with this PS for my new ASUS board. Returning my Blue Storm tomorrow. Thanks for everyones input on the matter (esp. FastEddie & GuitarDaddy). ZZF has it for $113 which includes 2 day FEDEX shipping.
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    Building a new system for $1200 (need help)

    Hi guys. I'm new here (to posting anyway) and I'm trying to build a PC for around $1200. Im attempting to build a pretty robust system with future upgradeability as a must. I'm somewhat limited on funds and really can't go over the $1200 mark. Below is a list of components that I'm thinking of...