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Yesterday, as I was working on my computer, it died. Just as though someone had unplugged it. I knew I had a short, so I tried a new power supply cable. When I got the new one in, I hit the power button and the power supply unit popped and …

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Hi all I just built my own pc everything went great and as far as im aware everything is working although i cant be to sure as the monitor has no signal going to it as i said.The motherboard is an infinity 865pe and my monitor is an AOC 9G1rs …

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Hi New to group and you seem to be a helpful group of people so I'll post here as a last effort before the go to the scrap box. I have an hp pavillion 8660C (got it cheap) heres the problem; When booting i goto the black screen and get …

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I've been having this problem for a while now. Basically what happens is at random times my computer will lock up for about 2 seconds and then just turn itself off. If I try to turn it back on it will start up for about 3 seconds and then just …

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win98 recognises new hardware (usb stick) but I still cant see the drive. where can i get USB drivers for my memory stick? thanks

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Hello everyone, setting up a new system and have a problem. The connector my case came with for the Power LED is a 3 pin female connector but my motherboard only only has 2 pins available to connect the power wire. Is there anything I can do to get this …

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Hai All, How to add date to the file at DOS(CMD line). I would like to use for AutoBackUps on date wise. Regards

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Hello I have an intel celeron processor that uses an asus motherboard. I need to buy a new motherboard and need to know what kind of socket the processor is, and what kind of chipset i need, if ya need more info just tell me.

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I recently built my own computer (for the first time), and have been keeping an eye on the temperature of the CPU since the computer was first turned on. The temperature of the CPU tends to range from around 50C by the time windows has loaded (this is from a …

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[FONT=Tahoma]I have a serious problem with my HP Pavilion ze5155. Let me start from the beginning of the story to give you the "full detail". I was interested in an HP Pavilion laptop, so I was recommended for the HP Pavilion computers. I purchased an HP Pavilion ze5155 and everything …

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I have two related problems that I really need help with: Problem 1 Somehow my registry in Windows XP Pro SP2 got corrupted - it's giving me the following message: "Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" So I've gone and done the …

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Can anyone please help me? I have a computer with athlon processor and 1 and a half Gig ram, two hard discs. It was a very expensive machine that in a few months after I bought it needed a new main board because the original was of poor quality and …

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A friend of mine just purchased a brand-new Dell computer with an HP 1012 Laserjet printer. The printer installs with no problems, but only prints a blank page. I have tried all of the drivers on the printer CD to no avail. He somehow ended up installing 3 copies of …

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I have a pretty good computer. While online and watching video. The PC suddenly restart. This happens once in a while. I use Win XP Pro, SP2. Have latest ZoneAlarm Pro, Norton Antivirus, SpySweeper, AdWare, AVG, Roboform. I tried to unplug unused hardware like modem and usd ports. And still …

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Hi! I use Windows XP and I log into my computer with my user name. There is no "Guest" option. I recently changed my password and then immediately forgot it! :o So now I can't get into my computer as there is no other option. Is there any way that …

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I have a new Toshiba HDD, MK4026GAX 40gb, and it works perfectly in most laptops except in my Toshiba Tecra 9100, when i fit it I get IDE #0 Error and can not get any further. I have been told that it works in Compaq laptops because the firmware is …

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My computer has gone nuts on me here is what I get when I boot my computer..... We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this. If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was automatically shut down …

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I have an E-Machine (bought in '03) running on Windows XP. When I turn on my comp everything boots, but I can't use my Keyboard or Mouse, they are frozen. I thought it was the power supply so I went ahead and changed that but still the same situation, the …

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Hi, I have a BT voyager 1060 network card. It was all working well, but I then removed the card when the laptop was off to install a memory card. I then turned on to see if all was OK with the new memory but forgot to put the network …

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Hi, Can I install Windows 98 on an XP machine? Run dual operating systems? I need Windows98 because some of my old software won't run on XP. Is this a good/bad idea? How do you do it? or should this be done by a professional? Thanks!

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Hopefully you can help i have an acer aspire 1710 with xp pro and sp2 installed. i have a WLAN 802.11g mini-PCI Module for wireless connectivity. i was using my wireless connetion the other day, until my notebook froze( it often gets hot and freezes) and i had to restart. …

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I have a Dell OptiPlex GX110 and when I start it up it keeps telling me this warning. I want to stop it from saying that until the cover is actually removed. Thanks again!

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Can someone give me the filename where I can find email. A guy brought me his old drive and wants his emails saved to a disk so he can put them back into his now clean system. Is there any trick to getting them into his now clean system. The …

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Here are two newsletters that I have found on the justiceleads.bravehost.com message forum and I thought that they were interesting articles for others to read and comment on. What do you think? --Tony, from Virginia IS THE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO GET RID OF CASH AND COINS? What if everyone's money …

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These devices are not detected in the BIOS & actually do not work (cannot open cd writer tray). But when i remove the IDE cables from these devices leaving only the power cable connected then they work. Any solutions?

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I have a prob with a puter that is actually my mom's and I've been tryin to fix it for her if it would ever boot up without problems.The puter is only 3-1/2yrs old now but started after 2yrs.(OS is XP) It started going straight into the power save mode …

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Purchased a HP ZE4610US laptop over a year ago, and started receiving SMART drive failures. Laptop would intermittently freeze, fail to boot up, etc. Periodicity of the problems got worse to where it was near impossible to boot the computer. Naturally, the Warranty period dried up. Ordered a new Hitachi …

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Light-pens... The principle behid this device is perfectly understandable and simple (ingenious even). Picture on regular monitors (Cathode Ray Tube monitors (CRT)) is formed in series of horizontal lines that stream over and over again many times in a second across the whole front surface of the screen. Light-pen is …

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