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If i get a raid addon card (pci) not SATA IDE how do i work it i want to have to ide drives reading as one on freenas but how do i install it on freenas here is the link of the raid card (budget) [url]http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(13912)MRI-2-port-IDE-RAID-01-ATA133-PCI-card.aspx[/url] Becasue i heard that …

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I bought a[B] SKD USB 2.0 Cardbus Model : QFASCB[/B] (two Slots). When I plug it into my PCMCIA card slot, my IBM recognise it and install drivers needed automatically. And then I can use my webcam pluged into this card. But when I plug in my USB HDD box …

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Greetings to the Group - I started getting an error with my system and would appreciate some help. I get an error NV4_DISP on the blue screen saying Windows is shutting down account of this error and is dumping my memory etc. The error also states that this driver is …

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Hi, Iv'e installed a PCMCIA Combo cardbus USB2 card into my IBM T22 thinkpad notebook and when I connect my broadband USB cable it locks the computer totally. When I boot the PC with the cable in, it crashed before it boots. I can run digital cameras, memory sticks etc, …

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So Heres my story... My System shuts off either while im running things for a while(if they require little ram) and it is very predictable. Common things I try to do that kill it are... Play Half-life, Doom 3, Quake 4, Farcry, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R These as you know use alot …

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Hey all, I just built myself a new machine and I think there's an issue with my video card. I put it all together and when I turn it on I hear the sounds I expect to hear (no OS, so no start up sounds yet). But my monitor remains …

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I just installed SBS 2003 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440. This is a home server. I need sound. I tried an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 but couldn't get the driver to install. I tried some work-arounds that were suggested to no avail. So, anyone know of a sound card that will …

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Hi, I searched around for a while and all of the issues involving this statement are not my problem. Basically I have a working, though recently run, cat 5e cable outlet to my room. It works perfectly with the laptop I am typing on at the moment, so the wall …

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why my recorded sound file fluctuates after i record it. need your help on this guys.. thanks

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Hello all, I'm having a problem with my Netgear WGR614 (v.6) router and Netgear WG311 v3 (g) PCI adapter. I recently upgraded the PCI card to wireless G from B (both Netgear) and have been experiencing the following problem more frequently now that I've upgraded to G. The problem is …

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Hello, I would like to kindly ask for your support regarding a rather peculiar problem encountered when trying to instruct my computer to share its cable connection to the internet (via a Wireless PCI Network Card) I followed these steps: A. TCP/IP settings 1. On the "server" computer (a desktop …

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Computer does post with my RADEON X800xl card in it. ASUS A7N8X deluxe AMD Athlon 2800+ 1 GIG RAM RADEON X800xl About a month ago, the day before I left on a month-long trip to Europe, I turned my computer on, and my monitor wouldn't turn on either (no signal). …

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ok, I have tried everything I can think of to get sound back on my computer and nothing is working. I tried all the conventional methods but nothing worked, I tried adding a sound card and still nothing. I have onboard sound on my computer. Its soundmax digital audio. I …

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Welcome to my first ever tutorial. This tutorial will be about RAM or random access memory, if you want the long hand version, along with Graphics Cards. Now RAM is one of the most crucial parts of the computer, being the short term memory for the computer. The RAM holds …

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I'm upgrading our old system Dell 2550 to Dell 6650. I've two SCSI cards "Adaptec AIC 7892" seated in the PCI ports on Dell 2550. These cards are attached to a Dell 4000 and Dell 7000 Tape Libraries. I tried to put these cards in Dell 6650 but unfortunately Dell …

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My lynksys wireless g notebook adapter has quit working and device manager says that it can't aquire enough resources to install the adapter. When I uninstalled the card then reinstalled it, it worked for a short while then I got the same problem. I looked through the installed devices on …

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Hello, I've just installed an Ethernet Adapter (NIC) into a PCI slot of my motherboard, but I cannot make a Local Area Connection. I have previously tried to establish a PC to PC network, utilizing the onboard network adapters via a CAT 5 crossover cable, no hub or router, but …

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I just built a new system with these components: Athenatech A449SL.400 Silver / Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply EVGA 122-CK-NF66-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 …

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Im looking for a TV tuner card which is completly compatable with Windows Vista's media centre As many of the below as possible on one card: - Dual tuner - Free view - Digital - Remote - Time shift capable - PAL version (UK) The spec of my PC is …

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A week ago I build a new comp. Worked fine, decided to go legal and purchased several licenses of Vista. All installs have been flaky, mainly with power. So I got tired of Vista and went back to XP. The machine in question was fine, XP installed fine. Everything looked …

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Throughout the last week or so i have been experiencing frequent disconnects while connected wireless to my linksys router. Some of the disconnects seem to have logic to why it happens and others seem to come for no apparent reason. For instance, every time my phone rings and "Gets picked …

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Ok so basically what has happend is we have bough 8 Acer Flat screen 17" monitors for upstairs on various brands of computers. When i went to install them this morning however 2 of the computers both HP Compaqs came up with an message from the monitor "Input not supported". …

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The mobod i really like does not have an internal pin connector for a 1394 plug on my case. My case has a 1394 connector and a cable but the cable has a 9 pin female connector. I have checked on using an add on pci card but can't seem …

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I'm having an issue with a mostly brand new machine. I bought one of those Fry's special bundles with an Via chipset ECS mobo (which I admit, was probably mistake number 1) and a Core 2 Duo CPU. Everything works great and I was even able to load up my …

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This problem started about a month ago. When I boot off a disk manager floppy or win2000 cd it/computer shuts off right after it starts to load the drivers. I have tried different settings in the bios, (i.e. default, etc.). I have to hit power button to turn back on. …

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OK, I just want to know if certain upgrades will be compatible on my PC. So far, I have had some yay's and nay's so I just want to be sure. Right now, I have a eMachines T3506. My system specs are below. I already have a 2gb of RAM …

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Is there any device available on the market that allows you to expand the number of PC Card slots on a PDA, from, say one to two or 3? I want to copy memory cards more easily and if it works, have a GPS and WIFI installed at the same …

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What would cause a functioning computer to suddenly give a "disk boot error"? No new software or hardware has been added anytime recently. Computer was working fine. Sometimes the computer will boot up just fine and other times we get the "disk boot error" message. Cant seem to narrow this …

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I recently built a system, specs - Asus M2N-MX MoBo, AMD Athlon 64X2 3800+ CPU, 1Gb RAM, 80Gb Sata HDD, LG Dual Layer DVD-RW. When I first put it all together, I couldn't install XP, (it kept throwing up cannot copy file errors during copying files process). Thats all well …

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Problems setting up new system: Details: Motherboard PCChips ECS M860 with Athlon 2800+ CPU (bundled from Misco) 80GB Maxtor HDD (IDE Secondary Master) Lite-On DVD-Rom/ CD-RW (IDE primary master) Lite On DVD-RW (IDE primary slave) XFX GEForce MX4000 128MB Graphics Card PCI Firewire Card Windows XP Home (clean install) 300W …

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I have inherited a pc card namely an Adaptec aha2740a. ok it looks like it's got an eide connector on the top of it and a scsi connector external Am I right in thinking that if you put the hdd/ cd drive ribbon cable into it that the card will …

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Hey there, I just reinstalled Windows xp home and got everything working except my sound. I was wondering if anyone can help me. My sound card is built into the mother board. It is c-media ac97 audio device. When I go to check it in control panel --> System it …

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Ok so i have a 3DFuzion GeForce MX4000 128mb pci video card. I put it in and make sure its seated and i turn my computer back on and it doesnt regonize the video card when i try and install the drivers and im still using my onboard video then …

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Hi hope someone can help, I am hoping to upgrade to Vista Home Premium. I seem to have all the right specs except for the graphics. I have an ASRockK7S41GX MOBO : Athlon 2800+ 2GHz Socket A CPU : 2GB DDR1 RAM PC3200 : Chipsets, Sis 741GX, FSB@333MHz, AGP 8X/4X …

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Ok so i have a 3DFuzion GeForce MX4000 128mb pci video card. I put it in and make sure its seated and i turn my computer back on and it doesnt regonize the video card when i try and install the drivers and im still using my onboard video then …

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I have a problem, im thinking of purchasing a new graphics card but im not sure whether or not my motherboard has PCi E or not. Heres what my Belarc advisor said: Board: NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL GA-8TRC410M-NF Bus Clock: 133 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 20Q 07/19/2006 I know serial …

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i am not able to install the video driver for my tv card altough the othr audio ,tuner and video controller are functioning propely. its a eaqsy tv tuner card which is fully functionall on my friends computer. I have changed the pci slots but still got the problem. anyone …

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Ok this is my first time building my own system and i thought it would be fun, i got a motherboard, cpu, gpu, psu, and 2GB of ram and kept my old hard drive and disk drives as well as my PiP samsung monitor that was about 800 bucks 3 …

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Hey guys, I had my ipod plugged in last night for the first time in about 2 weeks, and when i got up my computer had crashed. I tried to turn it on but nothing happened. After a while it turned on and the processor, hard drives, fans and ram …

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I'm trying to help my brother out with his computer. Recently, he put in a Creative SB Audigy 2 Card in a HP Pavilion m7640n Media Center PC. It worked fine for a few weeks, but then it suddenly stopped working. He switched to the onboard Realtek HD Audio sound …

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I have no idea if i've posted this in the right place, so bear with me. i am trying to connect my PDA to my computer via bluetooth, but my computer's bluetooth network says there's a network cable unplugged. Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it? …

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hello If I put in ata133 pci controller card in my system, would my pc with built in ide/ata66 interface also run at ata133? Which is better or faster hard drive, ata133 (7200rpm) or ata133 (5400rpm)? Thanks

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Hi all, On (lucky me!) Friday the 13th, my [b]Maxtor 250GB SATA[/b] drive failed. Its connected to a Promise SATA PCI Card, and my computer specs are as follows: 2 existing SATA drives connected to mobo, 2GB ram, 3.2Ghz P4 HT. [b]The error:[/b] Windows loads very sluggishly, and when I …

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I've got an ethernet controller according to the device manager, but I can't find the port. There is a telephone port, even though there is not modem installed. Should the appropriate hi-speed port be on the card? If I have a controller, does that mean I have a card and …

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i am looking at a new video card and i see that some are designed for vista and some for xp. does that mean that it wont work if i get a vista card and try using it with xp? i have no immediate plans to update to vista, but …

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I'm building a PC and was wondering if a nVidia Geforce 7100GS 7100 GS 256MB PCI-E DDR2 DVI graphics card would work on my computer and would it be my best option. MY MOTHERBOARD IS A A8N-SLI SE MY RAM/MEMORY IS DDR400 HIGH DENSITY MY CPU/PROCESSOR IS A AMD ATHLON …

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I like a few others are the mortal (very mortal while playing games) who have bought agp slotted motherboards without pci 16x slots. roaming servers like a lonely puppet of miserable sorrow i wonder if i had a XFX 7300GT with a pci slot how much better would it be …

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I've two graphics cards both different specs and manufacturers if (theorectically) I wanted to run two monitors with them would there be a conflict and cause problems one is a SiS gp6326 8MB one and the other the other is a gv-r9200nf 128MB graphics card

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hey guys my laptop is freezing.. a LOT.. but my concern is that as the laptop freezes, the light from the NIC lights off!!!!!! :| i mean the card were we connect the patch cable...if its activated, then the lights are on... but when it freezesm the light goes off …

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My laptop's PCMCIA socket connection is loose and requires you to press hard underneath the laptop to get a connection. I *think* the problem may be a strip of metallic tape on the motherboard having lost its stickiness (due to age and/or dust). Can I do anything about this? ---------------------------------------------------- …

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