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    Disc boot failure

    So I have a somewhat unusual problem. I reformatted the other day and reinstalled XP Pro on the same hard drive it was on before. Prior to the reformat everything worked fine, it was just getting sluggish so I wiped it. Anyway, the install went fine, and I'm actually posting from the computer in...
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    Opteron 170 Not Recognizing Dual Channel Memory

    I just got an AMD Opteron 170, which I'm running on an MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. I have 2 GB of PNY Verto DDR500 ram, which the system recognizes fine, but it detects it as single channel. It does not detect dual channel regardless of how many sticks I install or what slots they are in. I also...
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    Random Reboots in XP

    To start, I have not installed any new devices on this computer recently. I had just installed kotor2 (a game) and had been playing for a few hours when my computer rebooted. I was a little perturbed, but hoped it was an isolated incident. Well, it did the same thing when I rebooted and played...
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    power issues

    Just today my computed started acting a little weird. I was playing counter-strike and the game started freezing up for a period and then running again for a short time (~2s) before freezing again. Everything would freeze--video, sound, input devices. I exited to windows, and everything was fine...
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    Computer won't boot

    I accidentally shut down my computer by hitting the reset button instead of the power button and letting it go through its shutdown procedure. On my next boot, it came up and started checking my disk (NTFS) for errors and deleted something, it said, then a blue screen came up and said my boot...
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    Failed Win98 boot/no HD detected on XP Pro install

    Ok, first- specs: ASUS K8V SE Deluxe AMD Athlon64 3200+ 2x512MB Corsair XMS DDR400 ram WD Raptor 74GB (WD740) ATI 9800SE (Powercolor) NEC DVD Burner NEC floppy 350w moderate quality PS Well, in BIOS, all of my components were recognized correctly. Win98 installed without a hitch. However, when...