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A Halo: Reach branded console was unveiled yesterday at Comic-Con to the rejoicing of millions of people still driving their mom’s minivan and living off three-year-old caches of Mountain Dew’s Game Fuel. [ATTACH]16053[/ATTACH] For $399 USD and £249.99 respectively, the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo: Reach Bundle includes a custom …

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My PC just stops and displays 'no signal' on the screen. The power light on the on/off button goes out but the hard drive light stays on. Also, the CPU cooling fan stops at the same time the power light goes off but the other fans keep running. If I …

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Hi daniweb, I've had this problem for several months. My computer should be clean of malware- i got help from another website for that. My computer freezes (and makes an unpleasant sound- a sharp "chugging") for about 2 or 3 seconds and then restarts. This happens randomly, mostly when I'm …

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If I play a dvd file from my hard drive, all is well. If I play the same file from a DVD in my DVD drive, the video is slow and jerky. The sound echoes like in a tin can, too. I've tried Realplayer, Winamp, Windows Media Player and Nero …

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I have a four year old e1705, when I hit the power, the power light goes on and stays on, the hard drive light goes on for maybe two seconds, then goes out. I get no display. The charging light will stay lit if I plug in the charger. When …

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My custom built computer is not working. I am trying to freshly reinstall Vista x64. I got through the screens that say copying vista files, extracting... all the way to where it needs to restart machine. Then after it restarts it almost gets to the screens where it asks you …

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Recently my brother asked me to reinstall windows xp on his computer. While I was installing it, I ran into a problem. first it does the initial setup where it formats the hard drive and it copies the setup files. well, that takes a long time, longer than usual. after …

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When I start my pc it makes loud ticking noises that comes from the internal speaker. It then goes to a Boot Menu that shows Hard Drive, CDROM and LAN. When I choose Hard drive it shows the two hard drives to select. I select the SATA drive where Windows …

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i have been given this machine to change the hard drive and once i managed to get to where the hard drive is and unclip the blue clasps, i cant remove the hard drive because there is a metal shelf on top (where floppy drive would go) which is screwed …

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sorry im not trading anything just figured this was the best place for it. I want to know if this sounds like a fair deal or not i will be offering a Lenovo n100 3000 fully functional and all parts and accessories with 1gb ram and 60gb Hard drive for …

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I bought it used. They said it needed a hard drive. I got a used one and installed it. It worked for about 3 weeks and now the screen is blank with a blinking dash in the top right corner. I put another hard drive in (not knowing if it …

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I bought a used it used. They said it needed a hard drive. I got a used one and installed it. It worked for about 3 weeks and now the screen is blank with a blinking dash in the top right corner. I put another hard drive in (not knowing …

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[ATTACH=LEFT]15910[/ATTACH]Seagate announced their new NAS system, GoFlex Home, today, and it unites the worlds of portable and network storage. Home enables access to the hard drive dock from a wide array of mobile devices, HTPC setups, and networked computers (Windows or OSX). Seagate notes that their propriety software will make …

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Hi, I've looked all over the web for several days and seem to find no answer to this issue. I would appreciate any leads. Thanks in advance for your time! I need to find the underlying disk capacity (total size) of an unmapped network share in windows (Win7, XP, Server …

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Hi, after successfully Installing additional ram, my computer will go threw the boot process up to when windows should be visible but then goes blank. The system is fully visible and functions well in SAFE mode. I attempted several troubleshooting procedures and then reformatted my hard drive with the Boot …

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Hi I'm building a new PC and I'm almost done. All that's left is the power supply, but I don't know how much wattage or what this Ampage is. If you could help me out lemme know what you think I'd truly appreciate it. Here are my specs: Case: A380 …

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My computer will not get past the boot from cd: screen. It freezes there. Do I have to run the recovery cd? My tower was rebuilt about a year ago. My hard drive with my windows xp and internet information and everything else was saved. I did not have to …

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i have been given a dell dimension 9100 to work on by my boss after he wiped the hard drive and im now trying to install windows xp home with sp3. when i turn the computer on it starts to boot from the cd, but gets stuck at the blue …

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Gentoo has long been a distribution aimed towards the power Linux user. It allows users to foray into the inner workings of their computers, emphasizing total customizability for optimal performance and minimum size. It is not for users who are looking for an operating system as soon as possible. Installations …

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My Toshiba Satellite Tablet's operating system has crashed. I am trying to install the recovery disk. About 38% progress I continue to receive the 'application error 437'. I put a new hard drive in thinking that might be the problem. I am still receiving the same error message. I would …

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hi, guys this is my first post anywhere. so, here's the thing...i'm working on an older daewoo mini atx box psu: hec 145 watts cpu: amd k6-2 550 mhz ram: 256 mb floppy, lg cd-rw hdd: quantum fireball 15gb mobo: msi ms5187 ver:1 i had to change the cmos battery …

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Help, please! I turned on my computer and got a black screen with the message: “Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key” I had no prior warning or problems with my computer. I hit F1 for the setup menu …

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Hello everyone i have a Toshiba Satellite m55-s1001 with Ubuntu installed. I recently when on a trip and when i arrived at the other airport found my laptop dead. I don't know what might have caused it. I don't know if the airport's xray machines can cause static discharge into …

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I have decided to buy a mac...but i just need this little info: is there iPhone SDK already installed in MAC? i dont mean like i have to download it, what i mean is that is it already installed in the hard drive?

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My friend has an HP Pavillion and recently the computer stopped booting to windows. When you turn it on it just shows a screen with a flashing command prompt-style cursor. I was able to get into the system set-up and re-arranged the boot order and therefore could boot a Windows …

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A windows XP has been donated to our club. WE want to down grade it to Windows 98, so that we can run our old software. Is it possible to load windows 98 in a partition of the hard drive without reformatting the drive.

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Hi I am having trouble installing Windows XP on a new hard drive while connected to a computer i have and was wondering if there were a way to install it using a usb storage adapter for an IDE hard drive? The computer is a dell optiplex sx260 (workstation computer) …

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I was told that I could connect my failed PC hard drive to a Mac to retrieve the data. I believe that it has a virus, it gives the black screen of death. The hard drive is removed, and a new one is installed. The machine works great, but when …

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I got a computer to repair that would not turn on and boot up. After manually connecting the hard drive and removing the viruses the computer now works. But, after another virus scan more viruses where found and removed now it seems the computer is working faster and better but …

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Hello, I have pulled out my hair over this one for so long, couldn`t find the answer. Practically i have good experience with disassembling laptops, soldering, changing parts and so on. But this one is over my head! So, a friend of mine gave me his AMILO L7310GW notebook with …

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[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/forum1.html"][/URL] I have a laptop that I dropped and my hard drive started making noises. I ended up having to buy a new HD. I loaded windows xp home. I loaded all my software and updates from windows update. I have done this 3 times now and when I visit …

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Hello guys, My friend bought an old hard drive. He noticed something with the hard drive that it was just replaced with a SATA socket. Now the question is: 1. Does the Transfer Rate of the harddisk (that has been replaced from PATA socket to SATA socket) would be SATA …

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I am trying to run a licensed version of AutoCad 2007 from a Windows XP formatted hard drive. I have it in a hard drive enclosure and connected it to my Windows Vista Basic Laptop. I cannot get it to run and the compatibility wizard hasnt worked. HELP!

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Everything was alright until I tried opening a new tab and my same email page opens up. Earlier today I visited and [B]Favorited [/B]some 4 or 5 old sites, just to have them in my favorites. I just installed a new hard drive in my 2005 HP Pav 6000 laptop; …

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After noon, This computer I am working on for a person, and I cant get it to boot. I have tried: Different Monitors, cables, using hd drive in another comp. MS-DOS boot disk. When you turn on the lights on the cd drives flash, and the power on is solid …

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Hi all, Can anyone tell me how I can test a Dell Inspiron 1501 Laptop if it has no hard drive? I want to be sure it will work before throwing money at it. It doesn't have an optical drive either. How can I check that the Bios will be …

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the motherboard on my compaq presario sr1950nx has died, HP not longer stocks or sells this motherboard, had it in to a shop and they say the power suplly is good but the board is dead, just baffles me that hp has discontinued the board on a 3 1/2 year …

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After the rundll error message (c:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\dlcctime.dll) began, I could not print on my Dell924. I uninstalled my printer. When I reinstalled, only the scan, fax, copy appear to be installed. The actual "printer" will not install. I "can" scan and copy (don't use fax feature). I have Norton Internet Security …

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Just curious. I have used win 95 98 xp vista 7 oldtime people always said backup your data before you do defrag now windows 7 & vista have auto defrag function. I have windows vista on this pc, I had auto update and auto defrag before. NTFS file system corrupted …

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Hi, I'm new to this forum, and had already run Belarc Advisor to get info on my computer before coming here. Now I just wish I could read it. I think it's the same info I'd get with cpu-z too though. Dell Inspiron 1100 running Windows XP SP3 2.4 Ghz …

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I put my (2 year old P34xx?) laptop into sleep mode as I normally do. The next day I powered it up, it started to boot and then froze before getting to windows. I shut it off and it hasn't booted up since. The blue power light on the button …

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Hi all, Am currently using a Asus mobo and a seagate 7200.12 1TB (that the mobo detects correctly). However when I try to add a new sata hard drive, the bios detect only the new drives and not the original seagate drive. And it can only detect one sata drive …

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Hey guys, I have a whole host of issues to ask about - pretty bad for a new poster. :) Thanks in advance for your help. I have a 3-year-old Pavilion dv6000 with Vista. Yesterday morning, when I tried to start it up, it never reached the login screen - …

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I have had this problem for a while now. It started when my "I" storage drive (which holds all my music and photos) was there one day and gone the next. It sometimes re appeared but now has gone and i can not access it. I checked the Bios and …

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Hello Guys, I basically not sure what to do here. I have 4 partitions on my Drive and an external Hard drive and I want to extend the capacity of my Drive: C from a RAW Drive. You can see my Computer management from the file i attached. I have …

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hi i was wondering if the new usb 3.0 hard drive is faster then an internal 5400rpm hard disk ? .......it saya they are 5.0gbps

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I just purchased a Canon sx 20. The video is in mov format. I had a Canon powershot A series previously. I loved using the Microsoft Movie Maker (have Windows Vista) to make movies with pictures, video clipsand music from the camera shots. It was quick, easy simple to learn. …

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Questions: 1.) PC wont boot into BIOS stage, CPU light on, fans running, monitor light blinking green/yellow (not orange) - RAM problem? or something else? 2.) Is a DDR2-400 RAM module compatible with a board that supports DDR2-667 and DDR2-800? Details: I have a friend who unknowingly fried his motherboard. …

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I have had to replace the hard drive in a Mac iBook G3 that I was working on, and was trying to reinstall Mac OS X 10.4.6. However, the disk refused to load correctly (possible CD drive error, as I know the Mac disk to be good), and I also …

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I am trying to play Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind on my laptop, but i keep getting an error message. The message reads as follows. C:\Windows\system32\DINPUT8.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact …

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