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ESD vs. just blind luck by
rile
Several years ago, against my better judgement, I upgraded the memory
on my computer. I knew about the problem of ESD but was just careful
upon what I touched. Within a couple of days, I plan to add a video
card to a computer. What is the best way, short of a wrist strap, to
minimize the...
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Standby power use - AMD or Intel? by
U. U.
I am getting a new PC and would like to leave it on all my waking hours, so
I am concerned about power consumption when it's just sitting there not
doing anything. AMD XP processors seems to have standby power usage of
only about 5 watts, but what about Intel processors? Can they also be put
into...
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Printer problem by
Jocelyn Mah
Hi,
My printer can't manage to print a text with grpahics within 1 hour. What is
happening?
Thanks,
p.y jo
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August 3rd 04 03:22 AM
by JC
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Scanner start up problem - help please by
rankmore
Can anyone help please ?
recognition problem: scanner Plustek Optic Pro 9636P
Recently had to re-format hard disk so have reinstalled all software
and hardware, no problems until I got to the scanner.
Lost CD so Driver has been downloaded from Plustek website and
appears to have...
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Cable Modem not allowing computer to shut down by
Anton
Hello everyone,
I have an Ericsson PipeRider HM200c cable modem and while it is
plugged in, my computer won't shut down. Here's what happens:
If I tell Windows to shut down, the computer goes all the way until it
has to shut down, but at the final step, it just restarts.
Ok, but if I try it...
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Compaq Drive Array Accelerator Battery Failed by
Joe F Vadakkan
Got this error
need help
Compaq Drive Array Accelerator Battery Failed. The array accelerator
board attached to the array controller in slot 3 is reporting a
battery failure.
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Opinions on flash memory/pen drives by
sarpedon
There are several companies making pen drive, also called flash memory
drives, or EEPROM's. Some are Sony, SanDisk, and Lexnor.
Does anyone have any experience using these?
Are there any brands or types to avoid?
sarp
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Laptop recommendations by
rile
In a couple of days, my son will turn 20 years old. Also, within a
couple of weeks, he will start his sophomore year in college.
Combined events, I'd like to get him a laptop computer. With all the
expertise in this forum, I would hope to get some great ideas.
The price range I'm thinking about...
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Scanner or Printer Not Responding, or Stops Responding On USB Ports by
Jerry Greenberg
This is a point of interest that I thought would be interesting to
post.
The described problem can be very frustrating, and sometimes very
difficult to resolve. Many users would first start by uninstalling and
reinstalling their software, when the software is not at fault.
A very frustrating...
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Does anyone know what this component does? by
Fredrik Hofgren
Greetings all
Today when I removed my ASUS V9280 Geforce 4 Ti to adjust the memiry
coolers a component from the card just fell away. The part in question
has a duplicate shown by 1 and the one that fell away is supposed to
be at 2.
Photo at:...
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AMD Athlon 800 Thunderbird backwards compatibility by
Tom Rates
I have an old FIC SD-11 with PCB 1.7 running a 550 mhz processor. I
would like to put the fastest processor I can run in it, so I checked
the processor compatibility chart on the board's website. It was
somewhat confusing. There is support for the AMD Athlon 800 but the
box for the 800...
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I am having trouble with I think the IDE controllers on my motherboard. by
Nick in Savannah
I just built a nice gaming rig and I got done installing windows and
all my drivers and everything. I loaded up Star Wars knights of the
old repbulic and started playing and then it just randomly cuts off.
When the comp restarts it tells me that the hard drive has a problem
and then it starts up...
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August 2nd 04 06:21 PM
by Ira
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CPU + heatsink and fan by
Mat
I am going to build my own PC but am still very new to all the
hardware really. I am buying a athlon xp2500+ OEM and am going to buy
a coolermaster fan to go with it.
What is a heatsink and does the fan come with one attached. Also will
i need any of the thermal paste i keep hearing...
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Another "only two speakers work", but with a twist. by
Harry
(Yogol) wrote in message ...
Here's my problem : when I test my 5.1 speaker configuration with the
"Creative Speakers Setting" tool all five work but only the two front
speakers work when I play songs with the "Creative...
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August 2nd 04 12:49 PM
by Tom
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Hard drive makes an occasion click noise by
JustinNZ
Hi, I have an older Dell Optiplex computer that occasionally makes a
single click noise. It appears to be coming from the hard-drive as the
drive LED stays on for a brief moment at the same time.
Īs this an indication of imminent drive failure? A friend said it
might be the "click of...
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August 2nd 04 12:44 PM
by Tom
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Soyo Dragon Plus v1.0 Motherboard problems by
Bob R
Hi all...A little about myself...I am taking Networking classes at
school and have successfully built 12 puters thus far. But this one is
a downer.
I am having unstable operation in many programs.
OK the details...
amd 3200 Barton chip on a 400 spd. front side bus along with 400 spd
512ddr ram...
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Pontis and the M3C/ROS file format by
Dave
I'm trying at the moment to read and write to an SD memory card
formatted by the Pontis SP503 MP3 player using a USB generic 10 in 1
media card reader on Windows XP. Trouble is that their software
refuses to recognise my reader as a valid device. After Pontis ignored
both my emails, I was just...
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August 2nd 04 06:43 AM
by Dave
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LPT 1 Port by
Lillian
Okay, I hope I am posting in the right folder.
I am trying to trouble shoot my computer. I am trying to add a HP 600
printer and I get a error message that says that my computer can Not
located " LPT 1 Parallel Port for the printer" I check in my device
manager and the printer port in there and...
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