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    Belkin N300 Router - constant notification of internet connection lost

    Requesting some guidance on a networking / router problem. I have been using a Belkin N300 router for 6+ months with no issues. About 3 months ago, my ISP upgraded the ADSL broadband package to a fibre optic to home solution - the upgrade went smoothly and I have not had any issues until...
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    Need help on lag of 5+ minutes to POST on PC power up

    Need some advice. Family member's PC is acting up. When powered on, the PC sometimes takes around 5 minutes to get to BIOS (and for monitor to power on), once that happens, Windows XP loads normally and PC acts normal. Since the lag is before the POST, I would tend to think the OS is ok -...
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    Help! PC powers off on boot

    I just tried to boot up my PC this morning and on my first try, POST was completed and Windows was loading . . . suddenly the PC powers off. I try to turn it on again, this time entering the BIOS to check if it identifies the SATA hard drives (I have prior experience of a fried SATA controller)...
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    Need help with S.M.A.R.T. Capable but Command Failed error

    I installed a new 250G hard disk into my PC and all seemed fine after formatting. The next day when I started up the PC, on POST I got the following error : "Ultra D.M.A. Mode 5 S.M.A.R.T. Capable but Command Failed. Press F1 to resume." After pressing F1, the screen goes blank, a cursor...
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    Asus P5K-E Wifi - any hardware firewall?

    I was wondering whether there is any hardware firewall solution in the P5K-E Wifi if I set it up as an access point. Could find any documentation about it in the manuals. Thanks.
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    New build advice: Intel or AMD? M8N-E any good?

    Background : last week, the SATA controller on my motherboard (Asus A8N-E) got fried (freak accident, no idea what caused it) and it can no longer access any SATA device. I have decided to build a new rig as my main system and hopefully salvage my current one as a backup system. I have not been...
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    HELP : PC suddenly does not recognize my hard disks

    Major PC disaster encountered last night! As I was surfing the web and listening to music with foobar in the background, and when I launched Excel, my PC suddenly froze and crashed - I got a blue screen of death - and on re-start, bios says I have no hard disk installed!! (I have 2 internal...
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    Question about svchost.exe

    Today, my PC has been locked up several times by svchost.exe. This process is eating up 100% of my PC's CPU usage, leaving the system in a frozen state. I have had to end the process manually, but on restart, the same thing happens and locks down the PC. When I end the process, the only thing...
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    Need help formatting partition of new secondary SATA hard disk

    I just bought a new secondary hard disk today and need help!! It is a WD 250G Sata II drive (WD2500JS). My system : Asus A8N-E, AMD 64 3200+, Corsair Value Select 512Mx2, ATI X700 series video card. The hard disk has been physically installed into the PC case. Windows XP (Home) recognizes it...
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    AntiVir trayicon missing

    After an update several weeks ago, I discovered that AVG began to interfere with explorer.exe on my PC. I have since un-installed AVG and installed Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic. My problem is this : sometimes the trayicon is present when I turn on the PC, other times, the trayicon...
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    Windows XP system restore or re-install XP?

    My PC has become unstable since I updated Google Desktop updates last week. Since the update, I have experienced the following : 1. Foobar freezes the PC occasionally and not even Ctrl-Alt-Del works. I need to press the reset button on the PC front panel 2. Sometimes on PC start-up, the...
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    Google Desktop transparency - how to turn it on?

    I just downloaded the latest version of Google Desktop / sidebar. On the official download page, it says the latest release features transparency. I, however, can't get the sidebar to become transparent. a) is transparency only available for Vista? b) if not, how do I turn it on??
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    AVG Free to be discontinued??

    When AVG was updating the virus patterns this morning, I got a prompt that AVG Free was going to be discontinued for me in Jan 2007. Does this mean AVG will not be available free anymore, or is it some sort of restricted use of the free version for only one year (I think I installed mine in...
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    Help needed to remove video interference on matx case with MSI K8NGM2-FID

    I recently built a pc around a MSI K8NGM2-FID in a Cooler Master Centurion 541 case (with 380W PSU). Everything is working fine except the LCD monitor flickers occassionally. This flickering is worse when I watch TV through a PCI TV Tuner card. I know this is not the monitor's fault as I have...
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    Yahoo Widgets Or Google Sidebar

    Which one uses more system resources - Yahoo Widgets or Google Sidebar??
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    Does MSI 6600LE clashing with Corsair Value Select Ram?

    My father is going to build a system around an Asus A8N-E board and is thinking of using a MSI Geforce 6600LE. At first, he wanted to use Corsair Value Select 2 x 512M RAM, but a friend of his says the Corsair RAM doesn't go well with the MSI card. I was wondering if anyone has similar...
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    Suggestions for a GeForce 6150 board?

    I successfully built my first PC 1 month ago with an Asus A8N-E. It is much more stable than the 5 year-old pre-built ACER Intel system that my girlfriend is using and when she tried my PC, she discovered the performance difference. I have been asked to build her a PC. Basically, she wants...
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    Router is already online but browser still prompts dialup

    I have a Netgear WGR 614v6 installed and everything is working fine - meaning I can go onto the internet with no problems. Heck, download speeds appear to be even faster than when I had the DSL modem directly plugged into my PC. But the problem is Firefox keeps on prompting me to connect to...
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    Disappearance of safely remove devices icon

    My safely remove usb devices icon has disappeared from my system tray. Any ideas how I can get it back?? Thanks.
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    Need help connecting notebook to router

    Help!! I have spent a whole day trying to get my notebook to connect to my Netgear router!! My current setup : desktop (Asus A8N-E with Win XP Home English edition) connected via wire to a Netgear WGR614v6 plugged into a DSL modem. This afternoon, I plugged my notebook (Fujitsu S6110...
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    Newbie seeking suggestions for first system

    Hi, this is my first post. I have finally decided to build my first PC with the following components primarily for MP3 encoding and playback, storing photos, some video playing and encoding as well as light gaming (real time strategy stuff). My concerns are whether this is good enough or...