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    2 pcs, no post

    I've got an old 40gb lying around the house which my dad decided to connect to his PII machine. When this hd is connected the pc no longer powers on which leads me to believe that there is a short. Removing the hd allowed the pc to boot as normal. After a while this PC stops POSTing. Testing...
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    external usb hdd caddy kills net connection

    Greetings all, I recently bought this external usb hdd caddy - works fine except for the fact that it freezes my modem (speedtouch 780) every single time it is switched on. Network access seems ok but internet goes down. Anyone know why this happens? :o Thanks in advance.
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    Hard disk prevents pc from powering up

    I hope someone out there can lend me their insight into my problem at the moment :[ I tried to upgrade a PII 400 to PIII 550 katmai on a MS 6147 motherboard earlier today - It resulted in the PSU smoking up ! :[ the pII dying isn't much of a loss to me but I really want to recover the...
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    belkin UPS

    I've had this for a while now http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductP...Supply%2FBelkinRe%2E%2E%2EeriesUPS%2F# but the last time the electricity went out it didnt have any juice to give me time to shutdown! so i'm guessing either the battery is old/dead or just really low. The UPS is on...