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    3 sticks of ram die at once, or another problem?

    okay.... this morning I tried all the ram sticks in the first slot again and they all seemed to work... so I slotted them all back in and suddenly all four gig is fine again. Does this mean the ram is fine and its something else? Or could the ram be working on and off? Something is definitely...
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    3 sticks of ram die at once, or another problem?

    Hi guys :) I'm trying to get this pc up and running after it died a couple of days ago. The problem was that the screen froze, then I turned the pc off at the plug. When turning it back on the power light came on, but it wouldn't recognise a signal to the monitor. I have taken out ram...
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    Cheaper option to Corsair CX400W

    Its not horrendously old, its an Acer x3200 Aspire that came with a Phenom x3 8450 (and Nvidia 9200 on board graphics). It seems just stuck with the basic x3200 system while upgrading and seem to have added more powerful components each time without upping the PSU ever. It was bought factory...
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    Cheaper option to Corsair CX400W

    I have a friend I'm trying to help fix up their pc, and it seems that while it was factory built they provided a 220W psu for a system that requires a lot more than that. In fact with PSU wear and tear I would say a 350W minimum would be needed. My obvious choice for them would be to...
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    Can I upgrade this?

    Is there a program like that that will work out the wattage being used by a pc, so far I've always just used the calculator on Antec.com as I've always just went for a psu that is about 30% higher than needed, this time though I need to be more accurate. Also as I'm not really all that...
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    Can I upgrade this?

    Thanks, I'll take a look at that next time she gets online.
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    Can I upgrade this?

    Yeah I got her to do that, though I'm not sure if she is comfortable opening up the pc to properly dust off the internal parts.
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    Can I upgrade this?

    Sadly I found this on the acer website http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireX3200/AspireX3200sp2.shtml so it looks like it will always be a 220W psu. Is it possible her monitor is black screening due to low power anyway? Or is it almost definately a problem with the...
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    Can I upgrade this?

    Thanks guys I'll take a look. I'll also try and find out if they upgraded the PSU for this system. Damn I hope so
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    Can I upgrade this?

    Its a Phenom x3 8450 processor. Using the Antec psu calculator I got a reading of 192W or 183W depending on whether it has 2 or 4 sticks of ram (4gig's overall). Though I guess it is posible that with the higher processor they bundle it with a larger psu, if they don't I dont see how she could...
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    Can I upgrade this?

    She is a gamer. Mainly playing mmorpg's. She recently tried Aion for example. Graphics are important to her but she isn't rich, she has been fine with the graphics as they are in her current system so she wouldnt need anything better than the nvidia9200 on board she already has. So basically...
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    Can I upgrade this?

    Okay, sadly I don't have the pc with me, it is on a friends pc 3000 miles away so I can't just open it up and take a look. She lives with someone who has no idea about pc's but could easily do any install for her (I mean seriously, its not hard). She has had a problem with her screen going...
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    Viewing emailed msn messenger histories

    bumping it up, could really do with some help
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    Viewing emailed msn messenger histories

    I've been sent old msn histories recently from someone and trying to view them is a bit of a pain. When I drag and drop my own messenger histories in to Firefox they come up neatly formatted and easy to read, but when I drop their's in it is just a long list of words with no formatting of any...
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    Advice on replacement psu

    Are you sure that 400W will be enough? the 880GTS rakes a lot of power in, as does the cpu of course. Add on the rest of it it does seem like 400W is quite small. I'm open to suggestions though and I'll certainly look in to it. I'll hunt down one of those psu wattage requirement programs...
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    Computer won't turn on

    I think it is a 5 year warranty yes, the problem I have though is that proof of purchase is going to be annoying to get hold of. I don't think I can really wait as long as it will take either so I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and just buy a new psu.
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    Advice on replacement psu

    While moving house my Antec 550W true power trio psu found it amusing to die mid transit! So I'm now stuck with the unenviable task of replacing it. The system I am using is as follows. Core 2 Duo E6600 Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard (on board sound) 8800 GTS factory overclocked 2*1gig...
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    Computer won't turn on

    It seems I was wrong about the power supply, while the case fans did turn on, after disconnecting those I noticed that the psu fan itself wasn't turning on. I took the psu down to my local computer shop where they have a psu testing unit and it appears it turns on for a second or two and then...
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    Computer won't turn on

    Sounds like a lot of work ahead :) I'll get right on it
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    Computer won't turn on

    Thanks for the responses. I tried shorting the power switch with a screwdriver and also plugged the reset switch in to the power switch as a backup to see if it worked. It didn't work so it does imply a motherboard issue. On shorting the green and black wire the case fans switched on and...
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    Computer won't turn on

    As the title suggests I recently moved house and had my pc in storage for 2 weeks, when I got to my new place I plugged everything up and hit the power button but it wouldn't turn on. I've taken it apart and checked none of the power button connections broke loose and I can't see any breaks...
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    Weird Sound Issue

    Damn, this has everyone else as baffled as it has me huh :/
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    Weird Sound Issue

    I have just developed a very difficult, and peculiar sound problem. It occured when I plugged in a standard microphone while my usb microphone was still connected. I believe my standard jack microphone works, but when I plugged it in the pc would not recognise any sound from it. I...
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    Linux on a PS3

    I've got a friend who wants to know about what you can and cannot do on a ps3 with regards to downloading software such as MSN messenger and various plugins etc, Adobe Acrobat etc. Will he need Linux to do all this stuff or will the Sony one do?
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    Oblivion Bug?

    Ah, thanks for that, I shall use that forum in the future :) I actually got that mission sorted by reloading an old game where he WAS still around and then reloading my previous game, at which point the game seemed to remember he was supposed to be there. Unless that was just random...
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    Oblivion Bug?

    Yo there peeps, Just had a big problem with Oblivion. Halfway through the "Where Spirits Have Lease" quest (the one where you buy the haunted manor) I've gone to the inn in Anvil to meet up with Velwyn Benirus, but he isnt there! The green marker arrow shows him to be standing in the middle...
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    Oblivion Vampires

    I'm well up for roleplaying my way out of it, its just a part of the game, I've got no problems with being a vampire for a bit :)
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    Oblivion Vampires

    I didn't realise I had contracted Poryphyric Haemophilia and I turned in to a vampire!!! I'm considering reloading the game from an earlier save point as its a lot of hassle staying out of the sunlight and such. My question is, is there a way of stopping being a vampire!?!?! I don't want...
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    Dreamcasts are underrated

    But it is still underrated! You can buy one with about a hundred games for $100! People should be buying these things up but they aren't, its just mental!
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    This is puzzling me. I can't quite get my head around it.

    These are students and not marines. Classic Nash stuff here though... if everyone had done what was best for the group it would have been best for them as well. If everyone just got up and tried to take him down you are ALL going to stand a much better chance of living. The flipside of that...
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    Dreamcasts are underrated

    You can buy a dreamcast for about £15 with a shedload of games, thats like $30! Now I have no desire to buy one as it aint about to compete with Oblivion on 1920x1200, but surely poor people should BUY these things! Are they really that bad?
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    What Are The Greatest Trance Songs You have Ever Heard ?

    Reading this post reminded me to check out my mates myspace site... he has added his own mixup of Drugface and Nobody listens to techno in the disco, its awesome! check him out, www.myspace.com/mikesteventon, the one at the bottom is the drugface mix. "Nobody listens to drugface in the disco"
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    What Are The Greatest Trance Songs You have Ever Heard ?

    germantrance dot com is a great place to search for ALL types of trance music whatever your taste, you can also listen to the entire track (although they screw it up quite a bit and just remove various beats here and there so you cant just use it off the site) . The prices displayed are of...
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    question to fat people who take up more than 1 seat...

    I used to take a lot of drugs and involve myself in a bit of petty crime around my local town (mainly just shoplifting as I had little money and needed to eat, and I spent all my money on drugs), I had a bit of infamy about me and then I decided enough was enough and quit it all and tried to...
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    question to fat people who take up more than 1 seat...

    I actually think that fat people should be made to pay more tax. they take up more kspace on buses, make it awkward to walk down the street and put a huge amount more pressure on the health service (I'm from UK where we have the NHS). Its current practise in UK that you do not pay VAT on food...
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    Who is this?

    Have you tried opening the links using www.proxybuddy.com, thats what I use when I'm at work else it doesnt work for me either
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    Who is your sexception?

    Shouldn't there be a 3rd answer in the vote? No, its not worth the effort as defeating Penance in FFX isn't enough to pull Alba
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    Situations, stories, and pics that make us LOL, but by LOL'ing, we go to hell for it.

    Its not even a joke!!!! You going to hell twice for that :P
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    Who is this?

    If I had been around, she would have touched up a lot more ;)