Forum: General
February 15th 08, 10:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 11
Views: 570
Dead NIC card?
Mike wrote:
I have a wired Belkin NIC card that vanished from Device Manager. I tried to
reinstall in another PCI slot but XP only recognizes it as a "PCI device"
and the drivers won't...
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Forum: General
February 15th 08, 10:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 3
Views: 304
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Forum: General
February 15th 08, 10:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 26
Views: 797
DVD dead + questions
James wrote:
So I guess the simplet thing would be to buy a new one ? (not sure if they
are fixable ?)
No.
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Forum: General
February 15th 08, 10:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 6
Views: 789
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
January 31st 08, 10:00 PM Posted to 24hoursupport.helpdesk,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 0
Views: 248
LCD Monitors- how to choose ?
pg wrote:
LCD is replacing CRT. This happens in my company also.
My company has been buying LCD monitors to replace the CRT monitors,
in stages. When old CRT dies, we replace it with an...
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Forum: General
January 17th 08, 08:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,270
Speedstep not active
Daniel wrote:
"Plato" |@|.| wrote in message
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Daniel wrote:
I am running Vista Ultimate and have just installed a Pentium D...
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Forum: General
January 17th 08, 07:24 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,270
Speedstep not active
Daniel wrote:
I am running Vista Ultimate and have just installed a Pentium D Extreme
Edition 840 3.2 GHZ CPU onto an Asus P5SD2-X motherboard.
Do NOT run any MS OS until version 2 is out.
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Forum: General
January 14th 08, 05:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 17
Views: 637
Grounding
John wrote:
My daughter is about to replace a memory module. (UK based where we have 3
pin grounded wall sockets (mains receptacles))
What is best -
- Leave the PC plugged into the...
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Forum: General
January 14th 08, 05:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 13
Views: 481
Can You Use Laptop Memory (DDR) in PCs?
wrote:
If it's a stupid question, I'd appreciate links to sites where the
extent of stupidity will be clear. Thanks.
No. They are different physical sizes.
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 10:02 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 5
Views: 222
SeaTools | Can't fix bad sectors?
Charles wrote:
I have a Seagate disk that I can't format thoroughly. I went to
Seagate's web site and downloaded their SeaTools software. I did a
long self test on the HDD which detected...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 10:00 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 6
Views: 465
problem with battery free mouse
R.P. wrote:
three weeks ago I bought a battery free mouse from A4Tech (www.a4tech.com).
Its name is NB-30D. The mouse was really fun under windows and linux.
But now the mouse cursor does...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 11
Views: 533
Power supply Wattage
J wrote:
I'm having a problem with my computer just powering down. I recently
added a 2nd hard drive and I'm wondering if the current power supply
is just overloaded.
The current power...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:58 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,080
Photo Printers
Erehwon wrote:
Looking for a printer to be used about 75% of the time for photos and the
remainder for office applications and web pages. It seems that the reviews
HP Photosmart C3180
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:56 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 0
Views: 381
New Motherboard Question
Matt wrote:
I'm looking for a motherboard, but I know very little about the
Best not to crosspost so much next time.
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:55 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 5
Views: 285
Mouse Wars
wrote:
This is weird.
Not at all. One can have several mice attached and both will work
perfectly.
I just bought a USB laser mouse.
I plugged it in, and forgot my old...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 5
Views: 388
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:52 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 5
Views: 319
lcd monitor bleeds
peter wrote:
my lcd al1715 (acer) is bleeding across the screen.
does anyone know how to fix the problem.
Got the proper video drivers installed?
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:50 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 17
Views: 842
HD not seen
Terry wrote:
I have a spare laptop 2.5" h/d with Win XP OS on it and wish to "clean it"
and use it for Desktop/laptop....
Zero fill the drive to bring it to factory fresy specs.
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:48 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 1
Views: 444
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:48 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 3
Views: 330
Flash Drive Speeds
Grinder wrote:
I see that some flash drives advertise cd-rom like speeds: 200x or 150x,
for example. How do those speed translate to read and write speeds?
Can their ratings be...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:47 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 12
Views: 572
DVD coating
wrote:
I was just wondering why DVD companies don't put a clear scratch-
resistant coating on the bottom of DVDs. This would help keep the
DVD from getting scratched. It...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 12
Views: 721
Dim backlight in XP on Gateway laptop
Calab wrote:
I've got a new Gateway T-6815 laptop. This machine comes from Gateway with
Vista pre-installed. The first thing I want to do is wipe Vista and install
XP Pro SP2.
Laptops are...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:45 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 24
Views: 561
CRT Monitor Problem
Ollie wrote:
Hello I hope someone can help me I have a problem with a CRT monitor,
19" SyncMaster 957DF. The problem is that over the last couple of
weeks I have noticed the screen is...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:43 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 17
Views: 552
Cordless Key Board
ram wrote:
I have a Logitech cordless key board and mouse. Key board is not
recognised at boot time and I
cannot go into BIOS or select options when I boot WinXP Pro.
One always needs a...
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Forum: General
January 7th 08, 09:42 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 21
Views: 796
Computer won't start
twomt wrote:
I fear I have a hardware problem somewhere, can someone give me some
hints on how to locate the root cause?
First step is to disconnect everything but cpu fan, ram, video card....
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