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Hello All, I am trying to fix my friend's Sony VAIO laptop which I think may have a dying hard drive. Naturally, he did not back up his files, so my current project is trying to rescue the picture and video files he has on it of his newborn daughter. …

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pressing power switch, fans turn on for a second and then go off. green light is on the motherboard like its receiving power. LED on power switch not working. Its an old 350 watt power supply that I was going to use with new mobo,proccessor, ram. Old HDD. I didn't …

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Hello, My name is Jeannot Thewissen. I want to sell my computer and I want to know what is the value of my PC. The specifications are: - Thermaltake v3 Black (tower) - Ms-Tech 650Watt PSU - AMD Athlon II x4 645 CPU (4x 3.1Ghz) - 8GB RAM DDR3 1600 …

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I recently reinstalled Windows XP on my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop with an GeForce Go440 video card. After I did so, my display settings were changed. What I found is that I can set the screen resolution to 1600 x 1200 and the display will take up the entire screen, …

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I have this problem many times most specially to my costumers, this is what i do(video card is the problem) steps: 1. first of all check all hardware and connection to the motherboard if is running properly. 2. 2nd UN-slot video card adapter clean the agp/pci slot and video card …

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Hi to all. Im not sure if this is the right category for this. Sorry if so. Anyway all my games be came laggy all of a sudden. I didnt change any setting for ATi CCC and those games runs flawlessly before. Examples are nba2k13, nba2k14, COD MW3, Diablo 3 …

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I have a problem on my monitor or I think the system unit itself. please help. while surfing in the internet my minotor shut down, don't know why but the monitor is not broken I tried to connect it to a laptop and it works and I already replace the …

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I have inherited a brand new pc from a friend and have a question about sata. The mobo has only one pci-e slot and that is being blocked by the video card. I need a connection to my external hdd enclosure. The mobo has a single free esata port and …

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Hi, So I just replaced my MB because is had been fried and when I put my computer back together I am not getting any output from my monitor. It is showing the message for no input but it will not show display from my computer. When I turn my …

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Heya. I brought a desktop almost two weeks ago sortof for entertainment purposes and have loaded FS2004, The Sims 2 inc. expansion packs Apartment Life + Bon Voyage and also Simcity4, and everytime I try to play the games, within the first few minutes, it crashes. i.e screeching noise followed …

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Hi, I have two identical displays (Samsung SyncMaster 205BW) but I can't get the second display, that I just bought, to a resolution higher than 1280x1024?? THe Main Display #1 is set to 1680x1050 which is ideal. They are both plugged into an NVidia GeForce 9400 GT video card... Specs: …

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motherboard = asus m3a78-cm. Windows 7 64-bit. 2 sticks of 2gb ddr2, 2 sticks of 1 gb I opened machine and removed old graphics card (radeon hd 6670) and inserted graphics card (msi r7770). When I started it up it gave several short beeps. I powered it down and removed …

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My Windows Media Player (vers. 10) plays video, but NO SOUND. It doesn't matter what type of file or media I try to play, no sound ever comes out. Yet when I use any other application, sound works fine. e.g. QuickTime, Real Player, iTunes, WinAmp, etc. I have upgraded all …

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Hi! That's my first post in Daniweb Forums. If I go wrong in explaining something or violate rules of posting threads, give me assistance. Two days back, I installed Fedora 18 having KDE Desktop Environment on my Core i3 Computer. It was working smooth and fine. I have Intel HD …

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I have a compaq 510 notebook PC which has intel core 2 duo t5870 processor (@ 2Ghz, 2MB L2). The vendor from whom we bought gave us windows xp 32 bit installed in it. Lately I discovered that it is a 64 bit processor. **So, I think I need a …

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Hey! I am making a new gaming computer (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QLYy) and I have heard that nVidia is much better. I'm not going to use more than one monitor, and if I do, it'll only be two so the lower memory is too important. Which nVidia card should I get that's around …

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Hey! I am making myself a [new computer](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QsWu) for gaming and recording. What do you think about it? I also used [this](http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine) to calculate the wattage. Should I change the power supply? Thanks System Type: 1 physical CPU Motherboard: High End - Desktop CPU Socket: Socket LGA 1155 CPU: Intel …

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The Internationale Funkausstellung is not a jazz-fusion music event. Nope, the [URL="http:// www.ifa-berlin.com"]IFA[/URL] is apparently the world’s largest consumer electronics show these days, and it runs until 6th September in Berlin. Once over the disappointment that the only music was Muzak-alike piped hell, the race was on to discover the …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]17139[/ATTACH]NVIDIA's CUDA parallel computer architecture is picking up steam and quickly becoming one of the de-facto solution for producing high-end video content. When time is money, companies such as Industrial Light & Magic, and Adobe, cannot always cram every feature or pixel into the finished product. Most consumers might not …

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Hi guys, I just built brand new computer. For some reason, I am having problems installing ANY type of operating system onto this computer. These are the specs of the computer: ----------------------------------- *GeForce FX 5700LE 128Mb DDR w/TV-Out & DVI 8xAGP *ECS NFORCE3-A (1.0A) Socket754/nForce3 250/FSB1600/A&L/ATX Motherboard *AMD Socket 754 …

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I am at present running two DELL 19" flat screen monitors side by side from a dual video card, how many monitors can I run from one computer? Running two is the best money I ever spent and allows multi-tasking and drag and drop from one monitor to another, great …

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Hi there everyone, my laptop began behaving strangely last week or so, and I've exhausted my limited knowledge of computers but to no avail. Im hoping someone on here my be able to provide some assistance, as I see you've managed to help a lot of other people. Right, I'll …

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So I got a new 550w 80plus Enermax PSU and a 1GB nVidia GTX 650 video card. I put it all in my HP Pavilion p6-2310 (hunk of junk) w/windows 8 x64 and closed it up. Two startups in a row I got a series of 6 long beeps. Other …

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Installed new video card and no signal problem. I've upgraded my ram from 512 mb to 2 gb. And went to turn on computer I got a no signal from my monitor. The compute boots up and everything. So I replaced the old g-force 7300gs card with a g-force gt …

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Sorry about this post, This is the oldest Windows catagory I found. Anyway , I have installed Windows 3.1 on an old 1.6 GB hard drive I found and it runs fine! But I want to know how to get a sound card to work with Windows 3.1. Here are …

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Hey, Hello to every one. Motheboard: INTEL DH67CL, Processor: Intel 2600K Sandy Bridge RAM: (4Gx4) 16GB HDD: 1TB WD VIDEO CARD: EVGA GTX460 1GB DDR5 PSU: Cooler Master GX750 (750Watt) Brand New Sound Card: Creative Audigy Value 7.1 Casing: Cooler Master Elite 430 Black Guys i have the computer system …

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Ok heres my problem. For the past few weeks My computer Has been shutting down on its own, the thing is sometimes it restarts right away and other times it could be an hour or two It will just boot back up on its own. I have tried everything I …

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Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum. This looks like a great place to hang out. I am having a problem getting my PC to recognize my new camcorder. I would appreciate any help. I will try and detail what I have done so far to resolve the issue on …

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Hello all. Thus far, my computer has been dead for about 5 days, and I've narrowed down what the problem may be, and I need a bit of help on that part. First, the background story: My sister, one day, happened to be playing GTA:Vice City, when the computer suddenly …

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Hello. Having an issue with my computer hanging up and rebooting on startup. Ive noticed when its cold it will do this. When warmed up seems to act normal. If I unplug it and restart it will usually fire up with the usual "computer has been shut down suddenly.."goes through …

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Hi There. I joined here some three years ago when i created my ONE and ONLY Python program that actually functions as intended *YAY*, it's a little ugly and i've decided to return and learn more, improve it and maybe start up some new projects. I'm a little confused as …

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Alright, so i'm facing this problem for a while now probably 3 weeks or so, whenever I press the power button of my system unit, the light shows up, all the fans start spinning, no error beeps, but there is no video on the monitor. However, i do hear the …

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A bit of a weird problem here... I recently purchased an ioGear digital KVM (GCS1644) that supports a dual monitor setup (I'm currently running two 23" monitors - an older Samsung and a new LG). I got my first PC up and running without a problem, but the second one …

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Having a problem with IE9 after deleting sweet time IM addon I keep getting IE launching, I've run AVG scan and the appropriate MS Malicious spyware removal tool but each show no infection. I've run Hijack this, see attached log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 20:20:37, …

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So here is the problem im having. I checked my email one night before going to bed then shut it down for the night and didnt turn it back on until the next day, it was off for about 10 hours. When i turned it back on the next day …

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Hey everyone. I've been having trouble booting up my desktop computer. It was restarting randomly a few days earlier, but I thought it was just because it was overheating. I put an additional fan next to my computer, and the crashes seemed to stop. However, this stopped working and now …

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I have 3 monitors attached to my video card, but only two show up and are mirrored not extended, When I go into the display settings their is no identify option and it only shows one monitor as being connected. Any ideas where to begin?

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From the LoL forums it says: "The following are the minimum and recommended system requirements for running League of Legends on a PC: Minimum System Requirements: 2 GHz processor 1 GB RAM (Windows Vista and 7 users will want 2 GB of RAM or more) 2 GB available hard disk …

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Intel LGA1155 DDR3 1600 ATX BOXDH77KC Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB DDR3 SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B Intel i7-3370 Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 BX80637I73770 GeForce GTX 550 Ti Corsair Enthusiast Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA …

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Well this seems the best place to start... I have a Gateway GT5622 Desk top computer My problem started about a month ago, my fan that is seated on the heatsink and the motherboard started to be very loud, i thought that it was getting hot so we cleaned the …

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I have a dell XPS desktop windows vista, its a few years old. My problem is when i power up the computer, nothing comes up on either of my screens. The fans keep running and there is a loud continous beeping coming from the nvidia graphics card i think. It …

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Hey. I my having troubles booting up my pc. The front light is red. None of the fans are working. I'm not receiving any images or beeps. My case is a Cooler master HAF 912. Please help figure this out. I purchase the computer parts at my local Microcenter. Before …

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Ok this is a real frustrating problem that i have been experiencing on my **Acer 5750G Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (SP1)** for quite some time. Observation: 1. When i start a download or stream a video, it downloads about 0.1 MB of data and then stops downloading 4 another …

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HELLO I CHANGE MY VIDEO CARD AND MY UNIT IS P6240D. I BUY GENERIC PSU 600 WATTS AND I CONVERT THE TWO MOLEX TO 6 PIN BECAUSE THE GRAPHICS CARD NEED 6 PIN SO I CONVERT. THE GRAPHICS CARD IS POWER COLOR RADEON 5670. Computer starts up, power supply fan …

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**I recently had to replace my power supply in my pc. After the pc sat for several months I installed a new power supply as the original one died I now have no video no display at all the fans run the mother board lights up the video card lights …

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Hi guys and gals,I just want to know if all these parts are Compatible Parts and will fit in the case.Here are the specs: Case:Rosewill CHALLENGER-U3 ATX Mid Tower computer case. Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard CPU:AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Edition …

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Im trying to download this game called dynastywarriorsonline by areia games. I have a windows XP Pentium 3 and i need to find out where to download a videocard or Something that will enable me to play the game!!!! Ty, Justin

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Motherboard: ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe CPU installed: Pentium D 3.0 GHz (dual core) Memory Installed: 3gb DDR2 (2x 1gb + 2x 512mb) both are 1066mhz Video card: 512mb Nvidia 210 PCI (not PCI-E) card. I needed an s-video out because this will eventually be a media center connected to a TV …

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Hi, I've been experiencing an odd computer problem where my windows7 PC will reboot itself after about 2-3 minutes of being turned on. It happens if I login and start web surfing or watching a video, or any sort of normal computer activity. It happens if I don't touch it …

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I'm thinking of adding a mini pcie SSD to my netbook seeing as they seem reasonably cheap. I have a spare mini pcie slot but I'm a completely new to this so what I want to ask is this: * Can I just get [this](http://www.suntekstore.co.uk/goods.php?id=10010412&utm_source=gbuk) card and fit it? How …

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