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Hi all, hope you are well. I own a Toshiba p100 notebook with vista business. The GPU is an nvidia 7600 geforce go and I have noticed that the fan for the GPU only spins when booting up. The moment Vista begins loading, the fan stops and doesnt come back …

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Hey, I just put together my first custom built PC. I ordered all the parts from newegg, just for reference. Everything was going fine, put it together with little to no problems. Turned it on,it posted, and I started to install windows 7 on it. About a quarter of the …

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I inherited a poorly installed and maintained racked server array with my job. The room has been dusty for several years without cleaning. The dust is mostly from the acoustic suspended ceiling tiles, that are now removed. There is also a good amount of ordinary dust bunny dust. The servers …

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my computer will be doing fine then just randomly freeze up ive ran kaspersky several times and cant find any viruses so i dont thing thats the problem i think it might just be reg files or something like that but im running out of ideas and its hard for …

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My budget is 1,500 Singapore Dollars. I want to get a computer for gaming but i do not trust Dell as i have heard and read about them thus i chose to choose a computer /laptop from Toshiba but i do not know what intel core/ motherboard and graphics i …

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I was told that I could connect my failed PC hard drive to a Mac to retrieve the data. I believe that it has a virus, it gives the black screen of death. The hard drive is removed, and a new one is installed. The machine works great, but when …

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hey i have recently built/upgraded a dell dimension from parts from my older computers and some new products when it broke down. but the heat sink on the porcesser gets a bit warm for my liking i was wandering could i solder a new fan in a circuit type arangement …

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Make: Dell Inspiron 1720 Howdy, I have a windows vista laptop that has started to have some odd behavior relating to power. When the laptop is plugged in (cord to wall) and the battery is in, the laptop will shut down within a few minutes. If the computer is running …

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Im trying to locate a motherboard from a reputable manufacturer and It needs to have a 64 bit PCI bus, support DDR ram, and an intel pentium 4 processor. right now im running a system that is using: Motherboard: MSI intel 845D Chipset (845 Ultra-ARU) Processor: Intel Pentium 4, 1.7Ghz …

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hi! i want to buy a new battery and i found one for a good price but im not so sure about something. the model no. of the new battery is the same as the one from me. the problem is there is a list that says: fits for the …

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Can one combine two different processors like pentium 2 processor and pentium 3 processor of different speeds in a given motherboard as a way of upgrading it? -Thanx

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After moving my computer from one room to another i have found that my USB ports will not work. I can not get my digital camera to upload pictures or my printer to print. I've tried uninstalling the USB devices and thne having them reinstalled but that has not helped. …

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i repair pc's and have been given one from a customer who had attempted to change the ram themselves. yesterday i got it to boot up and could use it perfectly, with both the old (512mb) and new ram (2gb) together. i tried both individually and it turned out that …

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We have two ways 2 access files . Open and its friends and mmap system call . When to use mmap() and what are its advantages?

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It has been suggested that I flash my BIOS in an attempt to correct a problem, I have also been warned that this could leave me with more problems than I started with, so how can I avoid this other than the obvious not doing it? And How is flashing …

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the motherboard on my compaq presario sr1950nx has died, HP not longer stocks or sells this motherboard, had it in to a shop and they say the power suplly is good but the board is dead, just baffles me that hp has discontinued the board on a 3 1/2 year …

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Hi, I'm new to this forum, and had already run Belarc Advisor to get info on my computer before coming here. Now I just wish I could read it. I think it's the same info I'd get with cpu-z too though. Dell Inspiron 1100 running Windows XP SP3 2.4 Ghz …

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ive got a foxconn internal speaker that im trying to hook up to a foxconn motherboard, and no matter how hard i try i cant get it to work. i live in the middle of nowhere, with not even a store to buy a patch cord from to hook into …

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hi, i recently had the motherboard and processor replaced in my computer due to the previous components burning out, i took it to the computer shop where they installed a new processor and a new motherboard of good quality, i have kept the same graphics card even though it is …

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Recently I purchased a 750a sli xfx motherboard. Also purchased a 125 TDP x4 3.2 ghz phenom processor to go in it. My question is that it stated that it would run this processor and I have checked several sites stating that it would. I have tired the easy overclock …

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Hello Guys, Please see my computer specs below and can you tell me what is the best overclocking settings for me? I attached pics of my CPU-Z please check. I appreciate any help.. Thank you. AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4Ghz COrsair 1333mhz 2Gigs x 2 Memory

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Questions: 1.) PC wont boot into BIOS stage, CPU light on, fans running, monitor light blinking green/yellow (not orange) - RAM problem? or something else? 2.) Is a DDR2-400 RAM module compatible with a board that supports DDR2-667 and DDR2-800? Details: I have a friend who unknowingly fried his motherboard. …

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Hey everyone, This is my first post so please bear with me. I've had my own build desktop for some years, but last week the CPU died, it would start up, only to fail. So I'm thinking of getting a new motherboard and CPU, and was hoping for some recommendations. …

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Hi, My Friend has asked me to build him a PC and given me £500-550 max to spend on it. I have limited experience building PC's having built my own one last year - which touch wood seems to be working just fine. He is mainly looking for speed (wants …

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When i wanna reformat my friend PC i enter the BIOS to set the boot sequence but just enter the BIOS and just want to set the system reboot. I keep on trying but still cannot. WAITING FOR REPLY THX

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Hi all, I have a TOSHIBA Satellite 2805 - S401 and I can't go to BIOS screen (Esc + F1) to change the Boot priority. The hard disk was wipped out by somebody else and I try to reinstall an OS on that, but can't boot from a CD. I …

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I'm attempting to manually load the hexdump of an elf file that I compiled using g++ into a processor simulation I designed. There are 30 sections to a standard elf file and I am loading all 30 segments with their proper memory location offset taken into account. I then start …

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I also posted this thread in the Windows NT/2000/XP forum, but I just wanted to post it here as well since it may very well be a hardware issue. Hello all. I've been having sound trouble with a newly built computer. About 2 weeks after it was built, the sound …

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