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HD problem
When I turn on my desktop computer, it powers up but does not find the HD. It can boot from the floppy and CD/DVD drive. If I enter the bios by pressing F2, the drive is not seen. It is set up as the primary master. When I exit the bios, the co...
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Help: Question about memory
Hello, I have a ASUS P5LD2 Socket T LGA775 Intel 945P Mobo and right now for memory I have Crucial 2-512MB 240 Pin DDR2 PC2-5300 memory. I got a deal on a 2GB kit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141064 there is a link to the memo...
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First post-Please take it easy-RAM ??
Know little about fixing computers but here goes. Bought a new computer 14 months ago. A month before it finally died it would shut down for no reason. It would do this maybe 2 times a week. It would start up and run fine. It finally shut down ...
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cheapest high performance ram (is it good?)
So, the cheapest i could find for HP ram is the Corsair Twin 2X XMS2 2048-6400 (2gb kit)... how much difference would this be compare to most of the value ram (for example kingston DDR2 800 2x1GB)..?
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Vista 64bit 4gb Ram
I bought 1gb ram each of 4 gb ram, but my vista said I got 3gb ram means 32bit, but how do I get 64bit?. Can anyone help to answer my question? Thanks.
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I need a badass mobo!!!
I'm getting a Intel QX6600 I need help picking a mobo, but I want it to be badass for gaming. Could someone please help me.
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IDE hard drives
Since you can hook up 2 IDE drives into one IDE port on a motherboard, is it possible to make one a hard drive and the other a optical drive?
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F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX O/C|memtest|RMA|
I have an
AMD 3800 x2 2Ghz @ 2.65Ghz
G skill 2gb(2x1gb) F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX
ASUS A8N-SLI deluxe mobo
The RAM is F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX ddr400 2gb(2x1gb)
Ok so this is my 3rd set from RMA-ing my RAM to G skill. The 2 sets I had before this h...
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WD external HDD not recognized on network
Hi, I have 2 PCs running on a wired home network. My main PC is running Vista Home Premium, the other PC is running XP SP2.
The problem is that I have 2 WD MyBook USB hard drives connected to the Vista PC that I cannot access from the XP PC...
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Is this ram compatible with my pc?
Hi,
I'm looking to add ram to my pc (Hp pavillon t546.fr) if I'm not mistaken the motherboard is an Oxford with the Intel 848P chipset. I want to buy this ram: 1 G DDR400,
184 PIN Memory
3.2 GB/sec
400Mhz
2.5 / 2.6 Volt Module
DIMM (...
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Cant find a drive
Im looking for a hard drive with 250-320 GB, but don't know what is a good product.All im seeing on newegg is western digital. Im looking for under $100. If there is one that is a little more but will last much longer and is much quieter, I a...
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Hard Drive running at 50C, is this dangerous?
Hey all, I just noticed in my eMachines, the C:\ drive is running at 50C and D:\ is at 48C, is this safe? I rarely get a drive above 38C There are no case fans for the front of the case, what would you recommend doing for me to cool the hard d...
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do u need 2 hard drives?
my buddy was saying its better to have 2 because u just want to put ur operating system on one and all ur games on other.anyone ever hear of this ?or would i be fine just buying like 1 300gb hard drive?thanks
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Primary and extended partitions
Hey guys,
Ive been trying to install Vista and XP on the same hdd and ive been having some problems.
i intially installed Vista which went fine and then XP which also went fine. the trouble that came after that was when i was trying to so...
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Quick question regarding HDD and DVD drive
I recently junk-yarded an old computer of mine and came across 2 PATA DVD drives and a PATA HDD. I'm going to be building a new computer, but it unfortunately only has one IDE/PATA slot on the mobo, so I was wondering if it's possible to insta...
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Need a silent HDD...
My web-hosting server is gonna be running 24/7 soon. The 20Gb IDE Maxtor that I have in it just is too loud, even in my closet... I am looking for something quite and I plan to store just a few files on it so around 80-160Gb would be fine.. I d...
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2.5" Hdd ?
I抳e recently bought a USB 2.5?HDD box to use with the hard drive from my old defunct Toshiba (w/XP) laptop. I want to extract my personal files that , hopefully are still accessible and put them into my new Acer laptop w/XP. The instructions s...
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need ifnormation fast i mean in one hours. about rams.
please write about each one rams what good in these and from first place to last place like 1 .............. 2.......... first place take better rams.
2 x 1GB Standard 128M X 64 Non-ECC 800MHz 240-pin Unbuffered DIMM (SDRAM-DDR2, 1.8V, CL5)
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Hard drive lead on their side.
Hey all, this is probably safe, but my college PC is an eMachines t3065, and I have noticed that the hard drives are lead on their side with IDE adapters pointing towards the case door. Does having them mounted in that particular way slow them ...
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500 GB SATA shows up as 130 GB in XP
Greetings!
I am setting up a new system with an Intel Core2Quad
Q6600 on an Asus P5K-E mb. I installed a new WD5000AAKS Sata drive and installed a fresh copy of XP (pre-service packs). The install only recognized the hd as 130GB instead...
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G.Skill DDR2-800 2GB (1GB pair) overclocking
I am attempting to overclock my entire PC to it's max and the only thing I have left to overclock is my memory. Now, I am not really interested in upping the frequency at which the memory runs, the reason being I want to keep a 1:1 ratio with m...
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Ram
It baffles me why VISTA would require 1 GB of RAM when Windows98 only required less than 32 MB of RAM ? Also strange is if VISTA is using 1GB of RAM then how can a computer operate with only 1 GB of RAM if VISTA is using it all ? Then why isn't...
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