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    Screen randomly goes blank

    My monitor says "monitor is working, check computer signal" This is the same thing it says if the computer is not turned on. HOWEVER, the computer is still on and working. It happens randomly. I'm thinking somehow my video card is messed up. Like it's reaching a critical tempature and...
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    Help with master/slave issues

    Ok, so I have two drives. I just need help with jumper settings. One is a WD Raptor, thats my primary, the computer recognizes that just fine. The second is a seagate barricuda. I got the drive OEM, so no instructions. I went online to try to find out how to set it to slave, but all it...
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    Program file folders read only in vista WTF

    I can't do anything to stop them from being so, and I can't install anything new.. I'm logged in as an administrator, doesn't help. I manually change them from read only to non, and next time I open the folders they are magically write protected again. I tried created another user...
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    help with SOUND issues

    Ok, so I have the audigy Fatality series sound card, I just installed it with new system build. So far I have verified its in properly, i have installed the VISTA drivers from soundblasters site. I went into the BIOS - - > integrated peripherals - - > HD Audio and disabled that. Now...
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    Help with VISTA issues

    A few issues: 1) how do i disable it so I need administrator permission to do just about everything. Every folder I try to delete, it tells me I need administrator permission. I grant the permission, then it won't delete it anyway, telling me that I need permission anyway. 2) I have two...
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    Newly built system won't turn on

    Specs, for reference. EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply 100 - 240 V Intel Core 2 Duo E6600...
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    Unmountable_Boot_Volume

    My laptop currently doesn't start properly, and defaults to the blue screen of death for about 1 second. I managed to pick up that the error is unmountable_boot_volume. From what I gather, it means a portion of the data on the drive is corrupted, and essentially it's windows saving itself. It...