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  1. pavelb

    [solved] Reallocated sector count warning: try to recover or toss?

    Hi there, My storage drive (Samsung spinpoint F3 1TB) started failing while I was downloading a torrent with a failed CRC check (I believe that was the uTorrent error), upon further investigation with HD Tune Pro I found the following problems [attached later]. In short, it looks like...
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    [solved] Sudden, severe instability problems, unsure how to begin diagnosis

    Hello, have had great experiences here before with solving computer issues, so thought I'd ask again: A couple days ago, I've started experiencing severe instability issues on my machine. The issues are: applications become unresponsive shortly after booting, once this begins happening...
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    Installed multi-card reader, Explorer takes forever to identify drives

    Hello, I've recently installed a multi-card reader / usb bracket that has slots for MicroSD, SD, eSATA, 5V out, & 3 USB2.0 ports. Windows 7 decided to assign all the new SD card slots their own drives and letters (these are all labelled 'Removable Disk'). Now whenever I open My Computer (or...
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    2x1gb Crucial Ballistix in ASRock 4coredual-sata2 r2.0 will not POST

    Hello everyone, once again I come here for some opinions. I've been fighting to get a pair of 1GB Crucial Ballistix sticks to work in the 4coredual-sata2 board. The board previously housed 2x1GB Kingston PC2-4200 RAM and worked fine. I've swapped the Kingston sticks with the Ballistix to my...
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    Abit-NF7 shorting out, but I can't find where

    Good evening, I've recently opened up one of my old desktops with an Abit-NF7 motherboard in it in order to replace the motherboard and put a new CPU in it. The last time I've booted the machine successfully was in June of 2008 prior to taking it on the road with me on a couple moving trips...