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    Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1

    When I load the Windows 7 installation disk and it get to the part where it has me chose the drive to install Windows, the drive is listed, but I receive the error message. When I click to Repair Windows, the drive first shows up on the list, but then it disappears. I know for sure the drive...
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    Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition 1

    A couple of years ago, I upgraded my desktop from a Athlon 64 x2 based system to i7 based system. I kept the same case and power supply. A few months later, I had to sell the system for financial reasons. Since then, the Athlon system has been sitting in storage until now. I got a new case...
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    Upgraded CPU not compatible or dead?

    Nevermind... I rechecked to make I didn't miss anything and I noticed the video card was not connected. It works.
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    Upgraded CPU not compatible or dead?

    I upgraded my Dell Inspiron e1505's CPU from an Intel Core Duo T2250 to an Intel Core 2 Duo T7200. Prior to purchasing a used T7200 on eBay, I searched to make sure it was compatible and through various forums it sounded like the T7200 was. The T7200 I have is the Socket M version. After...
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    Booting and Shutting Down Issues

    My motherboard also has ports for the mini PCI-e and the half mini PCI-e. Is there a preference?
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    Booting and Shutting Down Issues

    Thanks to everyone for your advice. The first thing I did was set the defaults in BIOS. This did not help. After that I updated the BIOS, but that also did not work. I finally removed the wireless adapter and bingo, everything is back to normal. Does anyone have any ideas as to what went...
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    Booting and Shutting Down Issues

    My laptop does not have a model number. It was a custom build. - Intel MGM45WU Motherboard - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Intel Core 2 Duo T9900 3.0Ghz - 4GB RAM DDR2 - 320GB SATA HD The wireless adapter I replaced, which started this whole mess was an Intel 5100 Mini WiFi N-Card...
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    Booting and Shutting Down Issues

    I have a custom laptop with an Intel MGM45WU motherboard. A couple of weeks ago, my wireless adapter died. I replaced the adapter with an exact model. The new wireless adapter works, however I am having issues booting up and shutting down the laptop. When I shut down the laptop, it does not...
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    Dead Hard Drive

    Thanks for all of your advice. I decided to go the cheapest route and went for cloning the PCB board. I went with a company called PCB Solution. They had me remove the PCB board and send it to them. They cloned the firmware on a matching board for $50. I received the new board yesterday...
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    Dead Hard Drive

    I can't toss this drive. This drive is... was my back-up drive, but I had recently reformatted my system drive. I was actually attempting to put the files back onto my computer when this happened. I quess you can call it really bad timing for screwing up. At some point, I will need to...
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    Dead Hard Drive

    I just placed a backup hard drive into the Seagate Free Agent enclosure. The drive powered on and was recognized by the computer. Based on this, is it safe to say that I damaged the PCB board on the hard drive? Where do I go from here?
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    Dead Hard Drive

    It used my laptop power supply. 19v is labeled. The power supply for the hard drive says 12v.
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    Dead Hard Drive

    I accidentally used the wrong power supply to boot my external Seagate Free Agent Desk 1TD hard drive. When I put the correct power supply in, the hard drive would not turn on. I removed the hard drive and placed it into my desktop. When I went to boot the computer, the computer itself would...
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    Touchpad Problems

    I purchased a custom laptop from a system builder on eBay a couple of years ago. The system is an Intel Rick Creek 2 and the motherboard is an Intel MGM45WU mobile board. When I use the touchpad, the cursor will all of a sudden start acting erratically, opening and closing windows. Sometimes...
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    Trying to fix a dead laptop... Need advice

    how do you test the ac adapter?
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    Trying to fix a dead laptop... Need advice

    A couple of months ago, my laptop (Averatec 3200) died. Right before it died, I received a blue screen that flashed numbers for a split second and then everything would shut down. I experienced this three or four times over a two day span and then it just died. When I power up the laptop, the...
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    My system is down... Need help with a diagnosis

    Thank you kh4130 and gsaldivar for your advice. I tried everything except swapping the RAM. I do not have another RAM stick. I swapped the HDD. I removed the battery and tried powering up using only the power cord. I still have the same problem. The only thing that works are the fans...
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    My system is down... Need help with a diagnosis

    A couple of days ago, my laptop began crashing. I would get a quick blue screen with letters and numbers and then the system would shutdown. At first I was able to reboot, but now I cannot. The only thing that seems to be functioning when I power up the system are the fans. No BIOS, no...
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    Need Help - Cannot reinstall Windows XP

    Fixed it! The hard drive had two partitions. One partition was the EISA configuration. For some reason the computer would not read this partition. I deleted it using the recovery console on the XP cd on a different computer. Thanks Slugbait for your input.
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    Need Help - Cannot reinstall Windows XP

    Thanks for helping. The only components that are connected are one hard drive (set to master), one DVDROM (set to master), and the monitor, keyboard and mouse. There are no other connections. The floppy drive is disconnected and is disabled in BIOS. The only other change I made in BIOS is I...
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    Need Help - Cannot reinstall Windows XP

    My hard drive died, so I got another hard drive (used but it works). I attached the new hard drive and went straight to BIOS. In BIOS, I set the 1st Boot Device to CDROM so I can load Windows XP. When I Saved and Exited BIOS, I received an "Invalid Boot Diskette...Insert Boot Diskette in A:"...
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    Computer is Buzzing and then Crashing

    Thanks for helping. First, none of the wires are in the way or rubbing against the CPU fan. The buzzing sound is definetly not coming from the hard drive. The hard drive is working fine. The buzzing is either coming from the CPU, RAM, or the motherboard itself. It is hard to tell. What...
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    Computer is Buzzing and then Crashing

    Hello, I am hoping someone can help me. My computer began making a strange buzzing sound. Some software will crash and other software will not. I opened up the computer to find out where the buzzing is coming from. It sounds like either the CPU, the RAM, or the motherboard itself. All of...