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Hi there my computer refused to power up recently The fans started spinning the lights came on but I had no beep codes and nothing on the screen not even the post screen. I needed a new comp quickly and so got a new motherboard,Ram and CPU. Once plugged in …

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I'm using Toshiba satallite laptop. It is working fine. But when I turn on it a black screen with blinking cursor appears instead of chipset logo. And then boots normally. In this situation, how can I change the first boot device for a new OS installation?

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I am looking to buy a graphics card and was looking at VisionTek Radeon HD 6950 Graphics card (only because this one should go pretty cheap) but it is currently bricked. This is the exact wording of the person, "This graphics card is bricked meaning a bios flash gone wrong. …

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Hello, so I am building a pc and the processor is the 2nd gen Intel core i5 2300 (2.8ghz), now here are the memory specifications.. Specifications Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 32 GB Memory Types DDR3-1066/1333 # of Memory Channels 2 Max Memory Bandwidth 21 GB/s ECC Memory …

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A friend asked me to look at their Dell Inspiron 1525 (Vista OS) because it's not starting up. Here's what happens. When you press the power button, a black screen flashes with the Dell Logo. Then immediately the laptop powers back off. The 'on' button remains lit but the fans …

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Basic Info Operating System MS Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 59 °C Windsor 90nm Technology RAM 4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 373MHz (5-5-5-18) Motherboard Albatron K8NF4X-AM2 (Socket M2 ) 40 °C Graphics W1943 (1360x768@60Hz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Hard Drives 195GB Seagate ST3200826A (PATA) …

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First let me apologize for my lengthy post im about to make. Let me explain my situation. I recently took a weeks long vacation to florida, in which i had my computer turned off. Upon returning home i noticed the power had went out. And all my computer lights and …

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Hi, I'm looking for a budget PC so I can run Skyrim and future games such as Mass Effect 3. I've had a look at building myself the current spec I was looking is this: Motherboard: MSI 870A-G54 £65 PSU: Ocz ModXstream 500w £48 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 …

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In my program I read in a text file an decrypt the text from an array. once decrypted i then have to do through it again and search for every tenth array member and show their memory location. The code so far: [CODE] int main( ) { int* pCrypted = …

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Hello, i have [url]http://www.google.gr/search?hl=el&q=fujitsu+lifebook+a530&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=328l1142l1l1707l4l4l0l0l0l2l659l1519l3-1.1.1l3l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=639&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=4APjTobBJYrsOf7F3bUE#um=1&hl=el&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=fujitsu+lifebook+a+serie+ah530&oq=fujitsu+lifebook+a+serie+ah530&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=15944l15944l2l16124l1l1l0l1l1l0l0l0ll0l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=16eb9875fd56a20f&biw=1366&bih=639[/url] I have 3GB DDR-3, 1 x 1GB 533 MHz 1 x 2GB 667 MHz My question is, why i have to low frequency. As i see in market DDR-3 frequency are about 1066-1333 ;p What about dual chanel memorys? maby it goes like this? 533*2 = …

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Long story short, my little cousin turned on the computer, don't know how long it was on but when I found it there was no display. It's a compaq presario originally had windows ME but it was upgraded to XP. Since I plugged the screen to my laptop and it …

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I am looking for a reasonably priced computer for sale (to build). I built one last year but pretty much returned everything in the end / tiger shipped half my items doa, short story short, I switched to newegg. I have been watching the new am3+ with amd's 8-core cpu …

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sense my old motherboard fryed im headed to frys today to get a new one. I dont know much about motherboards and was planning on getting something like the 750i. I would much apperciate suggestions duo core 2.13 gtx 260 4gb ram

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Hi, I am still new to C# and am working on an annotator: 1. Input some Chinese Text. 2. Click Button. 3. Output some Chinese Text - each word that's found in the dictionary get's a span-html-class around for later implementing it in a website. Here it the code for …

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I had a recent post and it's solved, the mobo fried. But now I'm wondering. This machine, a compaq presario with windows ME (upgraded to windows XP) had been unused for two or three years. My cousin calls me and asks if it can run again so they found the …

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Which will be better Dell(Core i3/2GB RAM/250 GB HD)or(Core 2Duo T6600 2.2GHz/3GB/320GB) having same price? Please help me choosing one of among these two ?? Dell™ Inspiron 15 New Laptop Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache) 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (1 x 2GB) 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive 15.6” …

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I would like to know what kind of CPU architecture I should choose for creating my first operating system. I personally would like to give it a go with trying out a RISC type CPU, but if it's better to try it out on an x86 or some other type …

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Ok, I am walking my way through an instructional php book and basically going over the basics again. After I finished doing the script the way the book said to do it, I kept getting a header error saying that the headers have already been submitted. The book had my …

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I would like to upgrade my power supply, in my HP Pavilion a630n, which has a 300 watt unit from factory.So I can upgrade to a good graphics card. I have a 8500GT with passive cooling right now, I would like to upgrade to a 8800GT if Possible. Thanks John

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Hi, I am facing OutOfMemory exception in Java, Kindly help me to resolve this issue, really appreciate your help [U][B]ERROR: [/B][/U]java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space [B][U]CODE:[/U][/B] [CODE] public Blob getBlob(String databaseInstance, InputStream inputStream) throws SQLException, Exception { applog.info("Entering getBlob"); InputStream stream = null; applog.info("inputStream : " + inputStream); stream = inputStream; …

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Ok so my home pc is a converted IBM xseries 225, recently my 2nd ram slot went bad for no reason and now 3/4 of my ram is gone, I think the problem is with matched pairs so my question is any solutions or a way to dissable matched pairs …

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I am facing this problem regularly and dont know what to do about it. Sometimnes there is no problem and goes on for weeks. Sometimes It happens so frequently that while working all of sudden Monitor goes Off. Sometimes it doesnt come back and I have to turn off PC …

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To play a new game I do not have enough RAM. I am reluctant to pay to upgrade my RAM so I am considering increasing virtual memory instead. I only need to increase the memory by 1GB, but the point is basically is virtual memory suitable for playing games. A …

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ARM's ASM is a breed in it's own. AMD and Intel, although different, have more closely related assembler than most. Someone mentioned the other day that AMD is just an Intel repeat, basically copying engineering designs and repeating them with reduced cost (as they don't pay to have it designed, …

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My Gateway Solo 2150 has a problem which I've concluded is a dead CMOS battery. When it boots after being without power, it shows the date and time as being midnight 1/1/2000. Supposing that I do need to replace the CMOS battery, does anyone know how to open up this …

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I am putting together a new build with a hyper 212 plus and some corsair vengeance memory that goes right beside it. The problem is that the hyper 212 extends slightly into the 1st slot of memory. The vengeance memory is way too high with the heatsink on it. What …

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Hi there, When I boot one of my systems, the following happens once in a while. One time it just loads nicely without any noice, and the second it loads like a fan is running at full power, once the system is fully loaded the noice has reduced. I can't …

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I have a base class and two derived class. One derived class which inherits base class as virtual and another one as non virtual. I have given below my codin. [CODE] // This program uses virtual base classes. #include <iostream> using namespace std; class base { public: int i; }; …

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I have had to buy a 2004 foxconn computer due to super tight budget. I would like to increase the ram. At present it is 1gb 1rx8 -6400u-666-12-zz there is another code on it m378t2863qzs-cf70832 I wonder if in an increase the ram to 2x2 gb ? Any advice will …

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