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    Did my video card just die?

    I was adjusting the fan speed of my video card in ATI Tray Tools, and when I hit apply, the screen turned to blue and black vertical stripes. The screen then blacked out, a 'no signal' message popped up on the screen, and the video cards fan spun up for a second, like it does when it turns on...
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    Free space on C drive is shrinking

    I'm stumped with this one. I have 1.33GB free on my C drive, where Windows is installed. When I turn the computer on the 1.33GB shrinks at about 1MB/s. It keeps shrinking until Windows gives me free space warnings. When I restart the computer the free space is reset to 1.33GB. There's...
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    Windows startup problem

    This problem just started up today. When I turn the comp on and the Windows login screen comes up I get an error saying "Svchost.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x7c918fea" referenced memory at "0x00000010". The memory could not be "written"." If i type in my password right...
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    External hard drive temperature monitoring

    I have a Western Digital Caviar SE WD3000JB 300GB in an AMS VENUS DS-2316B2BK External Enclosure connected by USB. Is it possible to get temperatures from the drive through USB? Speedfan and NHC don't even list the hard drive. Is it possible through USB or does the drive have to be...
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    Hard drive questions

    I was thinking about this the other day. If you had Windows installed on a fast hard drive like a Raptor would it be faster to have the Windows page file on the raptor or another 7200 rpm drive? This is my first post at the Anandtech forum. I've been looking around it for a few days and...