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Failing Hard Drive by
[email protected]
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 with an apparent failing hard drive.
Originally machine would halt partway through the boot with a lengthy
message apparently pointing to a bad drive. I have run Setage's
Seatools. The Long Test had approximately 550 errors, which it said
it repaired, and it now passes...
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August 30th 09 04:38 AM
by Andy
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Is PS/2 on its way out? by
pimpom[_2_]
I find that some motherboard manufacturers, notably Asus, are
omitting PS/2 mouse ports on many (most?) of their current
models. Comments please.
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August 29th 09 08:49 PM
by kony
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need advice on purchasing, setting up and maintaining a server by
s
The server will host a Web Based application developed in Flex. Users
can go to a browser which has Flash installed, access our application,
see,add, remove their records and save it. It will store large amounts
of data, though this can be backed up on a external storage regularly.
Main requirement...
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August 29th 09 01:02 AM
by s
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Opinions of SanDisk's U3 System? by
MF[_2_]
Has anyone used a flash drive with U3? Assuming you have no nuclear secrets on the drive, is it worth the extra fuss and bother?
Thanks!
Mike
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Uniden cordless phone - hardware access by
robert.waters
I have accidentally deleted the only existing recording of my
fiancee's mother's voice, who recently passed away suddenly and
tragically (rapid progressing ALS); it was the greeting on her Uniden
cordless phone/answering machine. (Apparently pressing the 'Stop'
button while listening to the...
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Modem connection problems by
RF[_4_]
Hi Experts,
About two weeks back I fell into a hole when neither of my computers
would connect me to an ISP. Each computer had a different 56K modem and
each would dial the ISP and indicate All Devices Connected. Almost
immediately they would pop up a message: Error 50 Network Request not...
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Samsung monitors by
Kurt Ayrez
Purchased Monitor 1 in Feb 2007 with a 3 year warranty.
Monitor 1 was replaced after 1 1/2 years because the stand went TU. It would
not hold station. I asked if just the stand could be replaced as the panel
was OK but they said no. Monitor 2 arrived in a couple of days.
Monitor 2 had a problem...
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Curiodity switching from USB to Etnernet by
JimL[_2_]
I've been running my cable internet modem through USB. Today I got a couple
Cat5e's in the mail and hooked one up (I don't recall specifying the "e").
I got nothing.
An hour or two later a gal at Comcast is telling me to swap ends on the
cable. I did. Now I'm on with ethernet.
Question:
Do...
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Question about DVI KVM by
[email protected]
I have a 4-port IOGEAR DVI KVM switch, It works fine with two
machines that have DVI connections. I have a third machine that does
not have that connection - just a RGB VGA connection.
In order to use that machine with this KVM, I bought a DVI to VGA
adapter. The result is no raster on my HD...
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WD800BB - dust sticker came off by
JBJ[_2_]
Hello to all, I got a Western Digital 80GB HDD from a friend because he
could not get it to work. The probleme is that it would not work internal,
but by using an USB box you could put data on it(but it was very slow),
later when you wanted your data then XP/ Vista could find the drive just
not...
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August 25th 09 07:20 PM
by Paul
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e machine power switch by
bradsheff
i have got an emachine desktop, and recently it has taken a couple of
attempts of pressing the power button for the machine to start up, i
think the fault is with the button rather than anything more serious
(well i hope so) now it will not power up at all, would it be possible
to change the power...
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August 25th 09 07:00 PM
by philo
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harddisk not in drive management by
Kees Timmers
Hi,
I have a new usb harddisk.
I connected it to my Win XP system. It is shown in the device manager, but
not in drive management. So I cannot format it.
Please help!
Kees.
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August 25th 09 01:59 PM
by philo
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Gigabite network cards by
mike0856
Would changing the pcs in my home to all gigabite network compatiable
help speed up connection from internet cable or does a 10/100 card work
as well for that connection. I know gigabite will speed up between pcs
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August 24th 09 10:35 PM
by kony
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HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H50N sometimes fail to find a DVD/CD .. sometimes not... by
frank[_4_]
Hi
I have a DVD/CD player of type HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H50N.
Occationally this player fail to find a CD rom that I insert in player -
occationally it does find it (this is regarding one CD).
This can happen for new CD's and old ones. I am aware that CDs might be
broken - however is it possible...
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Are DVDs a reliable media? by
dos-man
I'm always seeming to be having problems making backup copies of DVDs.
I start off by creating an ISO of the DVD image. Then I can burn that
ISO to another DVD (-R). Step 1 always seems to end with 98% done
followed by an error. Having problems with Linux and Windows burning
attempts.
Does...
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Sata hard drive not picked up by
[email protected]
I have two hard drives. One is IDE PATA, the other is SATA. Both are
bootable, and have booted and worked as data drives in the past.
That is, I could selectively boot (using F8 and choosing which to boot
from) from either, and use other as a data drive (eg I could move
files back and...
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August 22nd 09 08:12 AM
by Steve
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pcie x8 in an x16 slot - nothing by
Nondisclosure007
motherboard: intel dg35ec (http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/
desktop/dg35ec/index.htm)
card: adaptec ASR 2045 (http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/raid/
sas_raid/SAS-2405/index.htm)
Now from everything I've read, this is supposed to work. the
motherboards x16 slot is fully wired. So...
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USB hubs that don't suck by
DevilsPGD[_3_]
I have horrible luck with USB hubs.
I currently have a Belkin 7-port hub sitting on my desk that I'm rather
fond of. It has a relatively large power supply and so it can happily
drive several devices that charge from USB at the same time, it has five
ports pointing horizontally out the back which...
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Help indentify a CPU by
pimpom[_2_]
I'm having trouble determining whether an AMD processor I just received is a
Black Edition or not. I sent for an AMD X2 7750+ Black Edition CPU and they
sent one with the code number AD7750WCGHBOX. I cannot find mention of this
model number on the AMD site whereas there is a clear reference to a...
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August 20th 09 11:45 PM
by Paul
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