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    Vertex 3 240GB seems to have died

    About 2 months back I purchased an OCZ Vertex 3 240GB, today when booting up my computer it just wasn't recognised. I had a quick play around with wires and clearing my CMOS but now luck. I hooked it up to my self built HTPC in my living room, but also no luck. Is there anything I can do to...
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    Corsair 750W TX PSU unable to power HD 5870?

    Hi all, I put a computer together a little while back and have been plagued with problem after problem. It-s now finally starting to take shape but I had a problem where running any hardcore 3D graphics would make the drivers crash. I installed a lesser graphics card I have and everything...
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    Graphics Driver error when I try and run games

    Hi all, I've recently put together a new PC. When I try and run anything high end graphical the screen goes white, then returns with the game crashed and I get the error: "Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered." I'm running an HD 5870. Is there...
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    windows install does not see ocz agility 2

    Building a new computer. Have mobo: GA-790XT-USB3 The BIOS recosnises the SSD OCZ Agility II. But when I run the windows install disk it does not see the drive. I have tried switching the sata controller mode to ACHI but then the windows disk doesn't seem to boot. Any suggestions please.
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    Built a new computer - Hangs on BIOS Splash Screen

    Hi all, I'm looking for a little help because I just put a new computer together, it turns on and loads the BIOS Spash Screen and doesn't respond to any kind of input. Any suggestions, advice or things I should try would be much appreciated. The main components I used were: MSI HD 5870...
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    2 sticks of RAM vs 4 on an AMD system?

    Hi all, I'm currently looking at building a new computer, I was planning to go with AMD and grab a motherboard with AMDs latest chipset. I'm a bit surprised that 4 GB sticks aren't that common, I really feel that 2 x 2 GB of RAM isn't a big enough upgrade from my 4.5 year old PC which has...
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    Are Sound Cards worth it?

    I'm currently in the process of planning a new computer to construct in about 2 months time. I'm curious of whether it's worth buying a sound card? I do enjoy listening to music a little on the computer, plus watching movies and playing games. I have a pretty nice 2.1 Speaker set-up and I do...
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    Current thinking on best 60 - 150 GB SSD?

    Hi, I'm putting a new computer together probably in about 2 months time and I'm in the planning a research phase. I'm pretty committed to a speedy SSD. I don't need big but I would like fast. I've read the Anandtech mega-articles that have popped up so I understand a bit of the ins and outs...
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    1 GPU 3 monitors?

    Hi, I'm helping someone choose components for a new PC, they mostly do multi-threaded programming and testing so they're really looking at one of these new Core i7 CPUs. He likes his current 2 19" monitor set-up and is thinking about placing a 24" in the middle. As he doesn't need a powerful...
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    Installing new GPU, do I have the power for it?

    I'm upgrading from a 2600XT to the new 4850. I have a Xilence 420 Watt PSU, Xilence have always been good to me in the PSU department. Other components are: 1 Gigabyte motherboard with a nForce 570 SLI chipset 1 AM2 4400+ X2 CPU (65 Watt TDP) 1 Wireless Card 2 Hard Drives 1 CD Drive...
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    Wireless router in an area with lots of background noise

    My family want a new wireless router, they have quite a bit of problems with background noise (it shows up in their current GigaByte Wireless control panel) and other wireless devices struggle in this area (mobile phone and the like). It generally pops up every 10 seconds, last for a second and...
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    o.k cheap laptop?

    A friend wants to buy a new laptop, she was just going to get something at about £300 (so essentially crap). I've convinced it's worth putting a bit more money into it get something more worthwhile. However I'm a bit stumped. Most laptops seem to come with Vista pre-installed, so all the...
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    Harddrive not being detected in BIOS

    I'm trying to re-install Windows on to a new harddrive for a friend. The new Seagate 500 GB storage 32 MB cache is a Sata hard drive, the motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 (AM2 socket, nForce 570 chipset). The hard drive is seen in the current copy of windows, there's currently data...
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    Computer won't work with case on

    Recently helped someone build a new computer, 8800GT, High end Asus mobo, high end OCZ PSU, AMD 6400+, 4GB of RAM. We've plugged it all together and got the BIOS to boot when everything is outside the case. But not when it's inside the case, the computer turns on, but nothing gets outputted...
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    Unusual Beep and System won't power! (Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe)

    I've just built a new computer with the M2N32-SLI Deluxe Asus motherboard. I've plugged everything in, attempted to load the computer up, the green motherboard LED light lit up, I pressed the 'On' button, heard a strange beep, the fans appeared to turn on for less than a second and then...
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    Noisey Graphics card, overheating?

    I built a computer for my mums boyfriend a few months back, it included a ATi 2600 XT. The Graphics Card started getting rather noisey, to the level of being quite a nuisance (the rest of the PC is almost silent). I tried tightening the screws, but the didn't help much and it has recently...
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    Help Please! (Think I may have killed someones computer)

    Hi To help out a house mate who had a dying PSU, I replaced it with one of my spare generic ones. Recently, I helped her select her own cheap PSU, a new CPU heatsink and a new fan (all kinda needed replacing). Anyway, it's a socket A, Asus Mobo, with some AMD Athlon CPU. I took off the...