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    Driver disapeared

    I have an Acer Aspier 1660, it has a Pioneer DVR-K13a When I went to burn a CD todate the drive was gone and I got error messages. I looked on Acer's site and on Pioneers and cant find anything to help me out. Where can I get this drive, I dont think I have the cd's that came with my...
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    Help needed with Acer laptop and reinstalling XP pro

    I just but a nice new Acer Aspire 1660 It is currently running XP pro with 3 partitions on the 60gb drive all fat32 1 small partition that is called PQService (i assume this is unique to acer somehow?) and 2 equal sized partitions (27gb each, 1 system and 1data) I am not sure what is in...
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    strange burner problems

    I have had some trouble recently with my burner, It will not detect any media when I use a burning program. Both Nero and EZCD ask say the drive is empty. so i try to read a regular CD from it and it wont work. I open the drive in explorer and it has nothing listed. Even if i have...
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    Wireless cards not compatible with Router??

    My roomates Have Dell lappy's they got through our school, They dont seem to work with my Dlink Di-614+ router. I have tried to update the firmware and the drivers to no evail. when i run IPCONFIG it tells me that the device is not connected. this is all on win2k of course. the modem...
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    Help with wireless network and 3 Dell laptops please

    I have set up a network at my new college house with 4 other roomates. we have a cable connection with a Buslkink 614 router. I am hard linked to the router trhiough the ethernet connection using xp on my desktop one roomate can get wirless connection with XP on a Dell however 3 of...
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    Any program to convert .shn to .wav or .mp3?

    I have downloaded a lot of .shn files from some ftp sites and I want to convert them to MP3 or WAV to put them on cd's so I can play them in my car. thanks
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    Problems with LCD monitor

    I just got back to school and now my monitor is all out of whack. The color is all washed out and horrible. I have an Athlon system with a Nforce mx400 with dual output. regular monitor and then DVI for the LCD monitor. I got a 15" refurb gateway LCD monitor (FPD1500). there was a problem...
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    Help with fat32 and large disk

    I want to add a 160GB HDD to my existing win2k fat32 system, how would i go about formatting them in fat32? is there anyway to do more that 128gb with fat32? thanks - leigh
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    Explorer wont close

    When i use my interenet explorer recently sometimes the boxes wont close when I "X" them or ALT-F4. Instead i get an annoying DING! I then have to go to task manager and End Task Explorer. What is the cause of this? Is there anyway to un-install explorer and reinstall. I tried upgrading it...
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    HELP: screen blacks out after installing Video drivers

    after installing the latest nvida drivers drivers for my geforce 2 mx400.. it commands a restart. and i prceed to restart.. after this it goes through the bootup, and right before the desktop loads... it goes black, yet it continues to start up and make the start up chime... i have an abit kt7e...
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    screen blanks out after installing Nforce drivers

    I just got a new flatscreen monitor with a geforce 2 mx400 with DVI out i hooked it all up and it works fine, until i install the latest Nforce drivers. it asks for a restart, and gets close to the desktop the blacks out.. the copmpiuter continuses to boot and makes the start up noise...
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    Need help with G force drivers

    I just bought a 15in lcd from tigerdirect.com. it comes bundled with a Geforce 2 mx400 (w DVI out) it didnt come with any drivers... where can i find drivers for this. arent there a bunch of companies that make Geforce cards? i am new to the whole Nvida thing\\ here is a link to where i got...
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    Help win2k cant even boot into safe mode

    I just finished getting all the programs on a fress install... and i was havesome slow performance from my DVD. i uninstalled and reinstalled the VIA 4in1's andnow it won't boot.. bsod even in safe mode!!! the BSOD says that it is file system32.....\viapfd.sys (i thinknot exact) i got an abit...
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    win2k icon issue

    my hard drive comes up with the wrong icon instead of a hard drive picture it is the windows sympbol... how do I change this
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    Promise ATA100 controller card, and VIA 686B problems

    there have been some reports of data curruption with the VIA 686B southbridge. this may be obvious but, will using a Promise ATA100 controller card solve this problem
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    3 1\2 drive Intake??

    anyone ever seen one.. or have any ideas on what to use for materials.. a fan intake would do wonders for cooling right, above my 2 maxtor 20 gig 7200 drives
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    HS fan blow toward CPU or away from

    I bought a HSF from Microcenter that has a cooling unit on the bottom (peltier?) it came with the fan blowing onto the CPU.. i flipped it over and its a real nice sunon fan... which way should this face?? up or down?
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    I have an Iwill KV200.. what CPU and Ram should I get?

    it is a 200mhz fsb board.. tell me what my options are DDR? Athlon B? C? help me i am a newbie to the Athlon deal
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    is lowering my voltage gonna hurt anything?

    I have an EPOX MVP3G-5 and an AMD K6-III+ 450@570 (95 X 6.0) and i had the voltage at stock 2.0.. then i lowered it to 1.8.. and there were no performance problems. the temps went down a lot though. has anyone else dont this? is it worth it?
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    Which OS and how many? I seek your wisdom

    I Currently have Win2K pro, and Win98. But Before I got off to college next year im going to reformat. I am going to be a Comp Engineering or Comp Science Major at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. so I use my computer for most college stuff (Napster, IE, MS C++, Photoshop) I never...
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    Laptop OS prob win 95 and 98

    I have my friends fathers old laptop and i want to upgrade it to win 98 from win 95. it is a fujitsu lifebook 755Tx and has no floppy but does have a cdrom. I'm wondering how i can get rid of all his old stuff.. I'd like to reformat but i dont know how that would work with this Fujitsu deal...
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    delete me mods

    i got the help i needed
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    dual booting win2k\98 with existing setup

    ok i got win2k on my HD now that is it one partion 18gig on my 18gig HD.. i am getting another 20.5gig HD and want to use the 18gig for storage.. make the 20.5 two equal partitions and install 98 on one and then use nortion ghost to copy win2k onto the other partition?? what should i do? ..
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    help me maximize my sh*t

    I got an AMD K6-III+ 450, 256mb of good ram, and an epox mvp3g5... i can do 550 (5.5X100) but i cant do anything X112... do i need to change the FSB in the bios?? i can set that to 75 100 112 124 133... explain to me what the deal is with fsb and bus clock how are they realted on the board and...
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    !!!HELP Can't BOOT!!! ( now i can but need some help)

    I have and epox mvp3g 5 and an amd k6-III+ 450, i have good cas 222 ram in and i changed the FSB from default to 133\44 in the bios and now it wont do anything, just turns the fans on, no beeps???? wtf did i do?? the cpu seems to get hot?? help me please edit see below post for help??
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    NO CD sound !!!!!

    I have a soudblaster live MP3+, and its worked great in the past and now the cd audio wont play, ive tried winamp and some other programs. they all say he musi is playing but is get no sound... I just added a little heatsink to the EMUK chip and I dont think I messed anything up b\c everything...
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    K6-III+ Help, bus clock???

    I have an EPOX MVP3G5 and an AMD k6III+ 450, i can run it fine at 550( 100x5.5 ) but whenever I change the bus clock I get a error in the win2k boot up. why cant i set it to 112?? i have the voltage at 2.2 i tried 2.4 and same thing happened. what is up??
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    HELP ME, BOOT TROUBLE

    I have a epox mvp3g, and a amd k6-III+ 450. 256 mb of ram, I have it all in my case and when i boot it up it does the memory test, and then it says "award bios version...." and where it should list the IDE devices it stops, so I can't enter the BIOS??? what is up>? I have...
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    Changing my MOBO... help

    I curently have a Soyo 5ehm w/ an amd K6-6 500, and Win2000. I am changing to an EPOX MVP3GM-5 with a AMD K6-III+ 450. Do I need to change anything on the OS?? I think I just need to un-install the drivers from the old board, and then reinstal the new ones with the new mobo and cpu... what do...
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    Changing my MOBO... help

    I curently have a Soyo 5ehm w/ an amd K6-6 500, and Win2000. I am changing to an EPOX MVP3GM-5 with a AMD K6-III+ 450. Do I need to change anything on the OS?? I think I just need to un-install the drivers from the old board, and then reinstal the new ones with the new mobo and cpu... what do...
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    Changing my MOBO... help

    I surently have a Soyo 5ehm w/ an amd K6-6 500, and Win2000. I am changing to an EPOX MVP3GM-5 with a AMD K6-III+ 450. Do I need to change anything on the OS?? I think I just need to un-install the drivers from the old board, and then reinstal the new ones with the new mobo and cpu... what...
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    K6-III+ what is the deal?

    I read a little on the website but I am confused what is the benifit of this chip as opposed to say a K6-2 500?
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    Cooling your ram?

    do any of you cool your ram chips, with hs's or fan's? I want to hear what you guys have to say about this
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    What is the best Socket 7 Board?

    I want a 2mb cache and at least 2 USB ports, UDMA 66 a plus.. but I prefer non intergrated periferals. thanks all-
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    USB support with MOBO

    I have a Soyo 5ehm and i installed a generice Usb connector to the USB on the mobo.. I turned teh USB in in the bios and still my scanner program can't find the usb device and win2k can't fing the drivers?? wtf is going on???
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    Help with porno and win 2k

    My friend and I were loking at porn and I set apicture as my wall paper.. now whenever i shut down or boot up the picture pops up??? also when I press (ctrl+alt+del)the pic is in the backround?.. how can I change this
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    win 2k help password memory

    by accident i told windows not to offer to remember any passwords... how do i change it back??
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    Help with SB live and win2k

    I just upgraded to win2k and my SB live +mp3 isnt working the way it was in win 98, i went to the website and downloaded live ware 3.0 and i cant install it. there is a setup.zip file and 4 other zip files. everytime i try to use theses files to install it tells me i havent downloaded all the...
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    Help with SB live and win2k

    I just upgraded to win2k and my SB live +mp3 isnt working the way it was in win 98, i went to the website and downloaded live ware 3.0 and i cant install it. there is a setup.zip file and 4 other zip files. everytime i try to use theses files to install it tells me i havent downloaded all the...