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    Help - PC Stopped Booting

    I've got a PC that's been running fine for over a year that locked up when sittling idle and fails to boot or post. Initially it made an odd digital noise when powering up - it was kind of like a beep sequence but wasn't the usual beep sound and was more of a low/high/low than short or long...
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    Compputer Won't Start

    A PC I built a little over 2 years ago (for my mom) is now failing to post or boot. The computer is a simple/budget build that's run flawlessly for over 2 years now, used for email, web surfing, word processing, super light gaming. Yesterday apparently the computer would post up with no...
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    Replacing a Chipset Fan

    I need to replace the chipset fan on an ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard. NewEgg Link (I bought it new and retail a while ago, the only linkage at newegg is for an open box OEM.) Asus Link I've yet to mess with chipset cooling, so I have no clue what type of fan...
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    Remote Desktop Problem

    My work PC recently died and they had to give me a "new" box (actually "inherited" from a former fellow developer). With this new box I'm getting an odd and annoying issue with Remote Desktop. 1. I leave work in the evening and lock my PC as usual (I never shut it down since I might have to...
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    FSP550-80GLC-R EPS12V 550W

    Any thoughts on this PSU: FSP550-80GLC-R EPS12V 550W I guess it's new or something as there are no reviews (with it at NewEgg or via google). It looks pretty good to me but I know very little about PSUs aside from tiny bits of knowledge gained here. Would something like that be...
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    What's the problem?

    Saturday evening, my PC died in mid-game - said something about a kernel problem, spontaneously rebooted, but wouldn't boot. I managed to boot with the windows cd, run chkdsk, and (don't remember the exact msg) got a message about too many things to fix. So, I bough a new drive and spent the...
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    Nevermind

    Figured out my problem...now if I could just delete this thread...
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    Does a standard layout keyboard without a numpad exist?

    (well, such a layout wouldn't be "standard" but I want something close!) I'm looking for a somewhat compact keybaord for my wife. Ideally it would have a completely standard layout and no numpad. The space saved by having no numpad, which neither she nor I ever use, would help it fit on...
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    Removing the fan from an Asylum Ti4600

    The fan went bad on my Asylum Ti4600 video card and I'm not sure how exactly to remove it since it appears to be cemented on and doesn't budge. Any ideas? PS - Forgive me if this topic has been covered before - I'm getting nonstop JRun issues with the forum this evening and searches, when I...
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    OEM vs. Retail?

    If one was going to order a CPU online (from NewEgg, for example), and if one intended to use 3rd party HSF instead of the stock HSF, would one still want to get a retail version of a CPU to get whatever other goodies come with it and the (better?) warranty, or should one just get the OEM...
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    Does HD Size Affect Performance?

    Howdy, I'm new visitor here as of the past few days and I'm learning a lot by reading articles, searching, and reading threads here. My first question, after not finding anything via search, is, does the size of a hard drive impact performance? For example, would a 160GB drive ever suffer...