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    Anyone remember the memory foam thread?

    I believe this thread lasted years but I was not privy to it's demise. Anyone know when and how long that thing lasted? I remember at least 3 birthdays.... 2002 to 2005???
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    Hard drives and general disc failure

    Since we bought them (myaopen compact boxes like the shuttle) weve had system failures due to (apparently) bad writes to the HD. Windows will basically re-boot, report a serious problem (?) and then go happily on it's way. Generally if you send an error message and click on the "more info" link...
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    New (old) topic re: 1680x1050 res in VGA

    OK, I've searched here (and posted at Techspot to no avail except a short comment to buy a new monitor ;)) regarding video cards and Acer widescreen LCD monitor w/ 1680X1050 res and NO DVI port.... Read some things re: "custom resolutions" as well as 3rd party software that would do the custom...
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    K7VZA rev 3 CPU help

    I recently decided to update the box w/ this MB (see Dead motherboard? thread for the fun w/ BIOS part) and at one point wrote to ECS, who politely informed me "we could give a rats .... about this board, your on your own" :) But politely mind you. Anyways after I updated the BIOS to the very...
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    Boot problem solved........

    REPOST: I'm trying to find and answer or alternative to my "error". Brief history... MB/CPU and or power supply died last week. Short of troubleshooting everything I just went and upgraded all 3. Knew this would be no cakewalk but what the heck I'm down anyways. Well installed the components...
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    xp sp2 and no boot, no safe mode

    Quick story, Replaced a dead MB w/ new MB, CPU, and PS. Did a repair install of XP. Everything was fine. Had a disc (SP2 )so I didn't have to go and re-download the upgrade. Well that didn't go so well. Kept getting a reboot. Tried safe mode... no go... Did the "don't auto boot on error" and...