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    ide controller not working

    but the hard drive attached to the ide controller is not my boot hard disc. i have additional 2 ide hard drive while my boot hard drive is a sata attached to the mobo.
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    ide controller not working

    I recently installed an IDE controller in a PCI slot. I installed the driver for the card and it was recognized on Windows XP. I then moved my hard drive from the motherboard controller to the IDE controller. When I booted up it the computer would stop just before the XP splash screen appears...
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    upgrading computer

    i can't seems to find anywhere online that explain the difference between TA790GX 128Mb and TA790GX-XE...... and is foxcon 790FX any different from biostar 790GX?i've read onlne review which says the biostar mobo is not giving a very good performance.
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    monitor display went out, HD constanly accessing

    system spec: AMD athlon XP2500+ (OCed to 3200+) ram 1GB PC400 mobo gigabyte 8RDA3G(8RDA+ dual) nforce2 ultra 400 VGA gainward geforce TI4200 DVD-rom DVD-rw WD 180GB maxtor 350GB audigy2 soundcard fan for mobo chip stop functioning for quite sometime but has been replaced recently...
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    upgrading computer

    i asked around and was recommended the following for my budget: AMD phenom 9650 ECS A780GM-A ultra so with that mobo, i can ignore VGA card for now i suppose, what do y'all think? do i still neee dto upgrade power supply as well?
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    upgrading computer

    my monitor is CRT, not LCD and i think it can go up till 1600x1200 although that's not my current setting. i'm using the PS that comes with my enlight casing which is 400W. also, the recommendation so far are intel but what about AMD?would AMD cost cheaper these days?if so, by how much?i'm...
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    upgrading computer

    as of now, i'm still using a 20" CRT monitor. as far as gaming resolution goes, i wanna go as far as the game allow. for example, when layin doom 3, i really wanna go all out on the graphic features, but with my current rig, it only allow 800x600 resolution. budget i would say around....300?
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    upgrading computer

    i've been using the same rig for the last 5 years and thinking of upgrading, things that i need are: motherboard processor RAM video card i have no idea what's the ideal standard for computer these days but i want my computer after upgrade to be able to play the latest game, operate...
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    monitor display went out, HD constanly accessing

    just got this problem few days ago, was using the computer when all of sudden the display went off. monitor is still on, just no display. CPU seems to be functioning properly but HD was constantly accessing. had to restart and all seems to be normal but won't last for 5 mins until the problem...
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    windows XP won't start up properly

    so last nite my computer was functioning properly, this morning however when i boot up the computer, windows XP would not start up, instead, it gives a message saying that one or more file required for start up is missing. i decided to boot up from windows XP cd and run check disk. check disk...
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    blue screen when trying to shut down

    i did not install any new software nor did i make any major tweaks in the past few days but recently, my winXP could not shutdown appropriately. blue screen appear when it try to shutdown, showing it's doin physical memory dump. wat happened???
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    lock out from window and an outlook question

    recently i enforced windows password to access my computer but i think i might have mistyped a wrong password during te inital setup and so i'm unable to access my own computer. i'm stuck at the password screen. any idea how to reset the password? another thing, how do i migrate the emails in...
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    comp auto-shutdown after installing new RAM

    tried upgrading the driver for mobo chip and still the same problem. i have not flash the cmos though...should i do that??
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    comp auto-shutdown after installing new RAM

    the resulting frequency does display the same value as the fsb. it was set to auto, and when i set it to 100%, it's still display the same value, which is 200. so i assume setting to auto is ok. stil, the same problem occur.
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    comp auto-shutdown after installing new RAM

    i tried changing the RAM timing but the problem still persist. how do i set he RAM speed??
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    comp auto-shutdown after installing new RAM

    i'm running an epox 8RDA3G(8RDA+ dual) mobo
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    comp auto-shutdown after installing new RAM

    i was using amd athlon xp processor with memory ram of 256mbx2 pc2700, fsb was set to 166. recently i purchased 512mbx2 pc3200 in hope of increasing the fsb to 200. all was fine on initial boot up but then my comp auto-shutdown after 3mins or so. the same thing happened after repeated boot up...
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    desktop display looks too big

    i tried with the desktop display properties setting, change it to 1240x1048 but it looks like 800x600. i'm using a samsung lcd display n thus tried the automatic configuration and still no avail. in fact, display is so big that some edges of the display is partially cut off.help pls....
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    problem with nero v6

    i own a new lite on dvdrw and have no problem, burning to dvd media so far. however, when i tried to burn vcd using nero v6, burning is complete after 100% but the lead out process seems unable to stop!! how do i correct this error?
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    slave HD is acting strange

    i'm currently changing a new comp case and during my first boot up, it's detected but did not display the SMART info which it usually does. upon entering winXP, device manager detect the HD and says the device is working properly, however, in "my computer", it does not display the HD. sometimes...
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    not a valid windows image??

    so like after switching on the computer this morning, i opened outlook and a pop up appear saying that one of the file in outlook is not a valid windows image. then i tried checking using norton systemworks and the same message appear. mind u, the programs works fine but the message keep...
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    some new worm my antivirus cant detect??

    maybe u should try new antivirus program...i recommend the new mcafee v8. it's better than norton. i used to have norton but after installing mcafee, it manage to detect viruses that even norton unable to detect. and yes, u might want to try spyware program like ad-aware and spyblaster.
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    ECS K7S5A user....

    here's the problem....after installing my internal modem, windows cannot start the device when i check in the hardware manager. i would then have to uninstall the device from there, restart then let windows automatically detect the device. then it will work correclty but the problem return the...
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    ECS K7S5A user....

    is there any option to set the IRQ for PCI slots? if so, how?
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    winXP home edition upgradable to PRO???

    so u mean all i need is a copy of winXP pro edition??? or do i need winXP pro upgrade???
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    winXP home edition upgradable to PRO???

    well?
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    how to sleep mode in winXP??

    is wat JustAnAverageGuy says correct??
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    how to sleep mode in winXP??

    title says it all..... somebody told me to press F8 when comp boot up and that brings me the boot up menu. it gives me 3 options that is to boot from A drive, C drive or from CDrom but nothing about sleep mode. any alternatives??? btw, i'm using winXP home edition with service pack 1
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    no sound from ECS k7S5A

    ok, i reformat my HD and i attach a sound card to my comp. i disabled the onboard soundcard in the bios and still there's no sound!!! there's no error watsoever in device manager. i tried winxp trouble shooter and still no sound. somebody help pls....
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    problem with modem driver?

    modem is manufactured by prolink with model number 1456PSA. however it used motorola modem driver so it appear in window as motorola sm56 speaker modem.
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    problem with modem driver?

    how do i hand clean Registry and/or INF and System directories?? like can u give me a step by step on where to go? also, where can i find this irq5 in the bios? my old and new modem are from the same mfr so the drivers has the same name...does this cause conflict too?? cos when i installed the...
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    problem with modem driver?

    recently i purchased a new internal modem to replace an old one. after installing the card in mobo slot and updating the driver that comes with the modem, modem works perfectly fine. however, after restarting the comp, device manager shows that the modem is unable to start properly (error code...
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    transferring saved emails in outlook

    where should i copy/paste the file to? which folder?
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    transferring saved emails in outlook

    i saved some emails in my outlook and recently i installed a new comp with winxp. my question is how do i transfer my saved emails in the old outlook to the outlook in my new comp. in which folder does outlook store our emails and its attachments??
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    no sound from ECS k7S5A

    when i go to add new hardware, window is unable to find any new hardware. when i try to uninstall the old driver. window ask me to reboot but after entering window, new hardware was found and window automatically install the old driver. also, when i go to device manager, under "sound, video and...
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    no sound from ECS k7S5A

    i think i installed te wrong driver...i installed the cmedia9738 codec instead of the sis7012. how do i fix this?
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    no sound from ECS k7S5A

    i want to use the onboard mobo soundcard but after installing the appropriate driver for the it, still no sound. i enabled it on the bios and after checking device manager, everything is fine. did i miss something? is there any jumper to be set? i'm using windows xp.
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    DEAD: Corsair PC3200 512MB $60 AMIR Single or Dual Channel at Outpost.com

    wats the diff between cas2.5 and cas3?? and wat do they mean?
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    thoughts on shuttle AN35N400?

    i can't seems to find online review for this mobo. does anybody own this??how izzit?? how does it compare to the ultra version??