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    A8N-SLI Deluxe

    Can anyone direct me to a website that gives info on replacing motherboards. I am trying to find out if I would be able to keep my hard drives in tact or if I would have to reinstall Windows and lose my data with a different motherboard Thanks
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe

    I built my system a little over 3 years ago and had to replace the board after a year and a half. Now my computer is no longer booting up. First it would not boot up sporadically - now it just just stops/dies in the middle of the boot up and I think the board is bad. Is there a way that I can...
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    Help with replacing A8N-SLI Deluxe

    Doing that. thanks
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    Help with replacing A8N-SLI Deluxe

    I built my system 3 years ago when the AMD Athlon X2 4400+ dual core came out. I have a A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard that just died for the second time - had to replace it about 18 months ago. My nephew thinks it's better for me to wait until Nehalem comes out before redoing my system and I agree...
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    Quad-Core Nehalem Chips

    By the way, any opinions on the best value right now without having to sacrifice to much in performance
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    Quad-Core Nehalem Chips

    Thanks for info. I need to replace my CPU now so probably will not wait.
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    Quad-Core Nehalem Chips

    I was about to buy a new cpu and figured they would go down in price when the Quad-Core Nehalem Chips come out. Does anyone know when they will be announced? Thanks
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    Converting internal SATA II to an external bootable hard drive

    Corkyg, This looks good. Can you tell me if I need an enclosure with it or do I just take out my internal hard drive and connect it through a SATA cable? thanks
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    QUIET Power Supply

    I ma upgrading my rig due to a bad mobo and want a really quiet PS. I am probably putting in a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor and keeping my old graphics card. I am trying to make everything as quiet as possible as I run this in the bedroom and my current...
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    Converting internal SATA II to an external bootable hard drive

    Thanks, ihyagp. I think my mobo died. I built it 3 years ago and am going to upgrade now that I pretty much have to. I have a Thinkpad running XP Pro as was my rig. How would I know in advance if I can boot from my hard drive? Also, if I have SATA II, will that make a difference in which...
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    Looking for a good internal to external case for a hard drive to make it bootable

    My system just stopped working and I'm still trying to figure out how to repair it. In the meantime I want to buy a case that I can use to take one of my Hitachi SATA hard drives and use it to boot up on my laptop. Can someone recommend a good external USB case that would work> TIA
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    Converting internal SATA II to an external bootable hard drive

    My system just stopped working and I'm still trying to figure out how to repair it. In the meantime I want to buy a case that I can use to take one of my Hitachi SATA hard drives and use it to boot up on my laptop. Can someone recommend a good external USB case that would work> TIA
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    Bitdefender Internet Security 2008

    Thanks everyone. Have been running Bitdefender for a week on 2 machines and like it's "unintrusiveness". Had been using ZoneAlarm and Kaspersky. Spike99- Thanks for feedback. FYI I checked "create rule" 25 times and it kept asking every time I opened the same program. I used to be able to...
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    Bitdefender Internet Security 2008

    I would appreciate some feedback. I am changing Security programs. Bought Kaspersky and the new one is a big hassle on my wife's Lenovo notebook. It keeps asking for "allow" time after time for the same programs. I have tried contacting them and they only refer me to FAQ's which do not answer my...
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    No longer able to write to CD'S

    Just re-flashed the firmware and that seemed to solve the problem. Thanks
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    No longer able to write to CD'S

    I have a home built system with a NEC 3550-A DVD/CD. I run XP Pro w/SP2. For some reason I can no longer send data to my CD drive and write CD's. It will still read and play movies. Can someone give me some guidance on how to repair it. I am sure it's software related and not a problem with...
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    Services are getting turned off automatically

    I have several programs on my computer that I use occassionally that have the services stopped every time I go to use them. Can someone offer some suggestions on how this happens without me doing it and no one else uses this computer. The programs are: AdAware; AVG Anti-spyware; Diskeeper...
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    Error message 1062 in XP Pro w/sp2

    I have been running Diskeeper for over a year on my computer and all of a sudden I can no longer open it. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times with the same result. I get error message 1062 which says that the program cannot be started. Every time I open "services" and try to start...
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    Firewall in Kaspersky Internet Suite

    Can someone tell me if the Kaspersky firewall in their suite is their own firewall or somoene else's and if someone has experience with it, I would appreciate feedback. I know that the Zone Alarm suite now uses Kaspersky anti virus so I thought that Kaspersky may use the ZA fireall. Thanks...
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    Internet Explorer version 7.0.5730.11 problems

    Lately my IE7 has been taking a long time to shut down. If I click the X in the upper right hand corner, it takes the screen about 25 seconds to shut down and I can hear the HD clicking away. Other than that the computer runs great and this has just started a couple of weeks ago. It seems that...
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    Backup advice/prgram sought

    I highly recommend Acronis True Image. You used to be able to go to their site and download free 30 day trial. It creates a true bootable hard drive that is a mirror of your original drive.
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    MSN hijacks home page in Firefox and IE7

    I just reformatted my wife's Thinkpad and am having a problem. For some reason after (numerous times) of setting the home page in both Firefox 2.0.0.6 (newest version) and in IE7, when she reboots the computer the home page reverts to MSN. Firefox is the default browser. Can someone tell me how...
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    How to change the thickness of Windows taskbar

    It's XP Pro and I do know how to do it and for some reason it just does not work on the 2 laptops. Works fine on desktop. One of those weird Windows things. Thanks anyway
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    How to change the thickness of Windows taskbar

    I have tried this over 100 times. My homebuilt computer works fine. But I have 2 notebooks and I get the double headed arrow and my only options are a hidden taskbar or a double thick taskbar. I try to stop it about halfway done and nothing happens. It just reverts to a double thickness. If I...
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    How to change the thickness of Windows taskbar

    Thanks TheStu, But that doesn't work. It only allows me to hide the Taskbar, not make it a single line
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    How to change the thickness of Windows taskbar

    On 2 laptops my wife uses the thickness/depth of the Taskbar is double the normal thickness. I like a single thickness for the Taskbar and I just can't figure out how to restore it. Can anyone please assist me? TIA
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    Firewall problem and assistance on Filesclad Firewall

    I run Kaspersky AntiVirus and had been running ZoneAlarm Firewall. Recently my browsers started loading blank pages (FireFox2.01, IE7 & Opera) and I kept looking for the problem. I didn't think it would be ZA since I had been using it for a long time. Anyway I finally uninstalled ZA and now I'm...
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    Problem loading internet pages

    I had never done a trace route before so looked it up on internet and it was an example. Is there a better way to do it?
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    Problem loading internet pages

    tweekah, 1. Did the "netsh winsock reset catalog" 2. Will power down modem and router now. 3. Physical connection ok 4. Disabled ZoneAlarm and will try that for a while 5. tracert 10.1.1.6 Pasted below Tracing route to 10.1.1.6 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 1 ms 1 ms 1...
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    Problem loading internet pages

    Thanks for assistance. Here's what makes this strange. 1. Time Warner cable - same for 15 months - no change 2. 3 computers - only mine has problem - my other computer and my wife's are fine. 3. Other 2 use wireless, mine is a desktop and plugged directly into router and hasn't...
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    Problem loading internet pages

    Please help! Don't know what happened but I have IE7, Firefox2.0 and Opera on my computer. All of a sudden I started having problems gewtting pages to load. Many internet pages in Firefox say they are done and the page is blank. I have to refresh 1 or 2 times to get the page to show up. It...
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    Problem loading internet pages

    Please help! Don't know what happened but I have IE7, Firefox2.0 and Opera on my computer. All of a sudden I started having problems gewtting pages to load. Many internet pages in Firefox say they are done and the page is blank. I have to refresh 1 or 2 times to get the page to show up. It...
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    Problem enetering BIOS w/A8N-SLIDeluxe

    Thanks Magnus, but neither worked. Took me into boot setup but not BIOS
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    Problem entering BIOS w/ ASUS A8N-SLIDeluxe

    Thanks for input Nocturnal. I have done both several times - I removed the battery and then moved the jumpers and I just moved the jumpers. I have 2 HDD and both are connected to the SATA connectors on MB, not the SATA Raid connectors. How would I know if they are connected to SilSATA...
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    Problem entering BIOS w/ ASUS A8N-SLIDeluxe

    My problem is that after the ASUS screen on bootup that says enter "Delete" to get into setup, another window comes up which is the Silicon Raid Bios Version window that asks if I want to get into RAID configuaration. If I have entered the "DELETE" key to go into BIOS, all I get is a blank...
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    Problem enetering BIOS w/A8N-SLIDeluxe

    My problem is that after the ASUS screen on bootup that says enter "Delete" to get into setup, another window comes up which is the Silicon Raid Bios Version window that asks if I want to get into RAID configuaration. If I have entered the "DELETE" key to go into BIOS, all I get is a blank...
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    Bios problem with ASUS A8N-SLIDeluxe

    I would so appreciate any assistance with this problem. I had a HDD (Hitachi 80 GB 8MB 7200 SATA HD) go bad about 2 months ago and Hitachi replaced it with a new one. Then yesterday the new drive again went bad and I had to switch to my backup drive. I run HD Tach software to check the health...
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    Bios problem with ASUS A8N-SLIDeluxe

    I would so appreciate any assistance with this problem. I had a HDD (Hitachi 80 GB 8MB 7200 SATA HD) go bad about 2 months ago and Hitachi replaced it with a new one. Then yesterday the new drive again went bad and I had to switch to my backup drive. I run HD Tach software to check the...
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    Defective Hard Drives

    I have Speedfan and although I may not know how to use all the functions, my temps seem ok. I will give a Bios update a try - am currently using Bios 1013 from ASUS. I ama currently running the the HDD in IDE mode with MSFT drivers and no Nvidea drivers for controllers. Would appreciate any...