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    Trying to pick a damn laptop

    I'm trying to get a nice cheaper laptop that I can use around the house, mostly for web browsing, word processing type stuff. I'll probably also use it to watch DVDs on airplane trips, but those are few and far between. I'd really like to keep this under $900. First up is the HP dv5000z. $749...
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    Win 2K won't load, startup screen gets scrambled then freezes

    This just started a few days ago, my girlfriend was at home playing on the computer when it locked up. She reset it, and since then, everytime the Windows 2000 start up screen appears, a few seconds later the screen will scramble and then lock up. I can get into Safe Mode just fine however...
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    New Computer wont Post!!!

    Alright, so I'm building a budget system for my cousin here, -Soyo SY-KT600 Plus v2.0 motherboard -Duron 1.6g -Asus FX5200 128MB Video -Maxtor 80GB -Kingston 512MB PC3200 -Aopen CD-RW Get everything put together, fire it up, it turns on, no beeps, no video, nothing. Checked all my...
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    MSI 9550SE or Gigabyte FX5200?

    lol... well, this is what it comes down to. I'm putting together a computer for my cousin, budget to the max, under $350 here. The two listed cards are what I have access too locally so I can get this biotch done and in the mail for him ASAP. He's going to be playing games on it... I don't...
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    Norton Internet Security - Can't access Internet now

    Alright, well I'm posting this for my cousin who just called me sounding very distressed. He got this program, Norton Internet Security 2003, packaged with World of Warcraft, and installed it using the admin account on a Windows XP Pro system. After installing it, he tried going to the...
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    Windows XP Hangs at MUP.SYS the reboots

    Well crap. This is on my brothers computer, 2800+, A7N8X Deluxe, 120gb SATA Hard Drive. My brothers computer one day, just stopped loading windows. It would get about halfway there, then die. I did a little bit of looking into it and found that when trying to start windows in safe mode, it...
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    AMD System reboots every 4 minutes or so

    Alright, I built my aunt a system back in November.. AMD XP 2100+, some shuttle mobo, 512 PC2700 ram, CD-RW/DVD, and a GeForce 2 MX400 (she doesn't play games or anything). I also tossed on Windows XP Professional for her. She told me that it would run for about 4 minutes, and then just...
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    So this MIGHT be the reason my PC keeps shutting off...

    Last couple of days my PC has just shut off randomly. Then I can't turn it back on. I figured my power supply might be going bad or something, cause after awhile I could get it to come back on. Then today it happened while I was gone, came home, it turned right on, and I figured I might as well...
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    PC3200 - Shouldn't I be able to run it at 400mhz?

    Running a Barton 2800+ on an Asus A7N8X Deluxe board. I have 2 sticks of 512MB Geil PC3200 running in slots 2 and 3. As I was setting things up yesterday, just fooling around with the BIOS I decided to see what it would do at 400mhz FSB. As soon as I saved and exited the BIOS the little Voice...
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    Setting up SATA and DVD/RW on A7N8X Deluxe.. help!

    Alright, so I just got the A7N8X Deluxe board with a 2800+, 120gig SATA HDD and a Plextor 8xDVD/RW. Now, I have the Hard Drive connected to the Primary SATA connector, and the DVD Drive(jumpered to Master) connected to the IDE Primary. Whenever I boot up, it can't find either drive? I tried...
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    My new MSI 52x24x52 wont burn a CD! Please Help!

    I can't figure this out.. its pissing me off. I'm using the Nero (shudder) it came packaged with, itll get to like 7% then boom lag. My buffer will start jumping all over the place then it usually dies. Sometimes itll look like its going to finish, but then it dies anyways stating it can't...
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    Check out my prospective computer and tell me what you think..

    Linky I've already got a mouse, keyboard, monitor, and speakers, and I'll be picking up a new CD-RW from one of the deals in the Hot Deals forum.. so lemme know what you guys think please! I wont be OCing it any. Thanks! EDIT: UPDATED With new RAM and Case..
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    Building a new PC, need a little advice.

    Ok, well I'm trying to keep this under $600, but not end up with garbage pieces. Right now Fry's has an OEM AthlonXP 2400+ w/ ECS K7S5A Pro for $120.. pretty good deal, but I'm not quite sure how quality it is, the K7S5A seems to have not so good reviews over at NewEgg.. so its scaring me off...