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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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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?

    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 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

    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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    8800GTS in a p180

    Yo there peeps, Got bored of playing Oblivion on low res so I've just ordered myself the EVGA 8800GTS ACS3 edition! Judging by what people have said and the power or these beasts I can only imagine that it is going to be an absolute furnace in my pc! I'm just wondering whether I'm gonna...
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    "Confusing" Abbreviations

    So I'm pretty much a beginner to all this stuff and I keep getting pretty confused by a lot of the abbreviations. Ive worked some of them out (like FS, FT etc in the trades section), but I am still pretty baffled as to what soemthing like PITA means!. does anyone know of a good glossary of...
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    Windows Install problem

    I installed Windows on my fully newly built pc last week, but a mate decided to look at horribly virused porn sites against my direction so that HD is now screwed until I can get it devirused. I bought a new hard drive so that I can attempt to clean the virused HD with it. The problem now is...
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    Chipset heatsink fans

    I've got the stock heatsinks on the P5W DH Deluxe, can anyone suggest good quiet fans to put on them?
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    Belkin Nostromo and other game controllers

    Ive been looking at getting a gamepad and considering the various merits of each. The gamepad that seems to stand out is the Belkin Nostromo n52, although someone said that it seems to lack quality compared to the n50, but of course this could be a case of liking what they were used to...
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    Virus problem

    I just built a new pc and didnt have time to install the antivirus software as I was busy with other stuff. My mate asked to quickly check something on Wikipedia so I said ok as long as he didnt go on any porn sites (he loves the porn!).... he says thats reasonable and nips upstairs. 15...
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    P5W DH temperature

    Throughout my childhood I loved the idea of building myself a pc, now that I have a decent job I finally had the cash to do it!!! After about 3 weeks of reading up everything I could I plumped for the following system (note that I havent included the dvd drive, the one I bought for this...