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    Video Fan Failed--for two different video cards???

    I just don't get it! I replaced my video card and I'm getting the same message! The fan is running; I can see it! I installed a new mobo in the fall and got a "Video Fan Failed" message with an MSI Ti4200 card. I replaced it with a new MSI FX5500. It worked fine for two weeks. Now I'm getting...
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    BIOS won't recognize replacement hard drive in ThinkPad R51

    I bought this new ThinkPad R51 laptop for school this fall. It came with a 20GB hard drive, that turned out to be only 14GB because of IBM's hidden recovery partition. It's way too small, so I bought a 40GB Seagate replacement drive from NewEgg. The BIOS won't recognize the drive. I reseated...
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    Can I use Compaq RAM in a ThinkPad?

    I haven't had a notebook in 8 years. Back then, all the memory was proprietary. Nobody's memory worked in any other brand's laptop. Now I have a new IBM ThinkPad R51 with 256MB RAM. A friend has offered me a second stick of 256MB RAM at a very good price. Would the Compaq memory work in my IBM...
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    Overclocking failed; continuous rebooting

    I just replaced my motherboard and moved over my "old" cpu, memory. I added a new Plextor DVD burner and set up two new Seagate 200GB drives in RAID1. Stumped for a while on getting the Seagates working until I read the forums.:thumbsup: Everything worked great for about 4 days. Now when I...