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Hi. i ran a SFC /SCANNOW on my laptop(Asus, Windows 8.1) and there are corrupt files according to cmd. Checked the CBS log file and found multiple DIRSD OWNER WARNING , Ignoring duplicate ownership for directory AND [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:36{18}] . Could someone explain to me what …

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Case - DIYPC Gamemax-W White MOBO - MSI Gaming Z97 RAM - CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) CPU - Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5 GHz GPU - MSI GAMING GTX 960 4GB Cooling - Extreme performance CPU cooling with built-In Corsair Linkā„¢ 240m HDD - WD Black …

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Hello Daniweb Community, I thinking about upgrading from my laptop to a desktop the main concern is either if I should buy one of build one. So as the title says this is mainly if I was going to build one. To start off, my main concern about building one …

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Hi everybody, A friend has given me, almost 2 years back, a splitted parts for a couple of PCs. Almost 2~3 monitors, 3 PC cases, and some other PC-related components which I'm not aware of. 2 days back, I decided to check them, assemble, to bring them back to life …

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HELP!!! No beep on my motherboard when i remove the RAM & HDD, i tried another RAM & HDD from another computer but still not working. I checked the RAM & HDD if its working on another, it works, i replace the wires(SATA especially) but nothing change,i also replace the …

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Hi all, As the subject line (plea for help!) says, my brand new Corsair RM550x power supply will not power up when there are any peripherals connected to it. Not even just one! However, when it is connected to just the ATX and CPU on the motherboard, I get a …

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I have a strange problem where my computer seems to randomly shuts down. It only happens when i am streaming videos. The screen shuts down like the computer is going to sleep but the only way to get it to turn back on is by holding the power button til …

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Hi, The system came with 2x 512MB RAM - total of 1GB. I was sent a 2GB memory upgrade, so I had to remove one of the modules, and was supposed to get 2.5 GB in total. But it seems like the machine will only take max 1GB per slot, …

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Hey there! I have a problem with my computer. When I start my pc, it loads fine, I can go to the BIOS, it passes the POST successfully and so on. I can run the Hiren's Boot CD with no problem and it doesn't lose signal or shuts down, but …

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Can a CPU overheat because the power supply does not have enought wattage? I have a random shutdown issue that appears to be associated with CPU heat.

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I have a Gateway Laptop, anytime i let the battery die, it wont turn on when i plug it in, no charging light, no power light... until i heat up the underneath of my laptop with a hair drier, then it starts to charge.. any sollutions so i dont have …

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Hey All, I understand this is a rather vague question but would anyone know a decent strategy for debugging this motherboard when it does not appear to boot up? The attached monitor does not display anything and I can not check POST since I do not have the small speaker …

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Hello, I have a Abit-AN-M2HD mother board, with a Athlon 64x2 processor, I have the exact same motherboard up and running that I am using now.. I installed cpu fan, power supply is working fine, have reset cmos through pin and battery, have back fan and front fan both running …

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so I had quite a few word docs open. (about 10) and a lot of folders open and google chrome, task manager ect. and when I opened one more word doc the screen went black for about 5 seconds. it went back to normal then closed everything and shut it …

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my second article regarding my mac and windows. these problems only started when I got windows 10. my mac was insleep mode and was charging and...well...I was sleeping... I got up cuz I heard a loud humming noise and realized it was my computer. it was really hot. I carefully …

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I suddenly have no video display, monitor is fine, changed video card didn't work, new motherboard( bought same board) didn't work and different hard drive and Ram and still no display. When I turn computer on no beeps and all fans work, power supply lignt is on (grn) but no …

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my mac(2011) 13 inch running windows 10 has a weird fan. it turns on when in regular use like browsing online or word processing, having multiple windows kicks the fan on in a long but almost silent hum. at random times it is high pitched and very loud. is there …

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Repairing the particular hardware is not seen much I expect inspite of repacing it so ,I had came up with a simple idea of assuming with the damaged motherboard caused by electric circuit ... Hope every one deal with it ?

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A couple days ago, my notebook keyboard suddenly stopped responding to ANY input at all. Tried pressing every key and combination I could see, but no reaction. The mouse was working and the PC showed no other strange behaviour. I pressed the power button to put it to sleep, and …

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Yesterday, my laptop cannot be opened. When I start it, ithis is what it shows: "Press any key to boot". What seems to be the problem? What part of my laptop? Is it the hard drive? Thank you for the answers. I badly need it, our project is in the …

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hi i hope someone will be readin this and resolve my problem. i own a toshiba satellite c650 laptop. its front cover and hinges were broken so i plucked up some courage to repair it myself. i got the required parts and watched some youtube video tutorial to disassemblt the …

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I have a Sony Vaio SVE1511C5E which turns on and off, an endless loop. I tried everything to find out the reason. Finally I got the BIOS IC out, put it into a reader and tried to update the BIOS, however, there is no .bin file to programm the IC …

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my MacBook pro is old, 2011. it has 8gb ram 2.4ghz cpu and intel hd 3000. on the osx side it says 512mb of vram and on windows 10 i type dxdiag in command line it says i have 1.6gb. will i be able to run minecraft on the windows …

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I am searching for a wireless adapter to install in my PC as I will be moving it soon and a wired connection is not possible. I am looking at an expansion card I can insert in motherboard as I don't want a USB one. The adapter i'm looking at …

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My brothers laptop recently died, I believe due to a failed hard drive because when you turned it on you couldn't get out of the BIOS. I unscrewed the laptop's bottom from it's keyboard and replaced the hard drive but now it won't even turn on at all, I can't …

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Hello, I am doing an older system rebuild. I was in the process of installing Win 7, and everything seemed to be working just fine. It restarted on it's own, and now it won't go past the initial bios splash screen, or load into bios. I've tried resetting the CMOS, …

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Hello Daniweb Community, I've finally gotten around to doing it but can someone for the love of god please help me and give me help with fixing my slow ass laptop. I have only recently purchased it, as soon as I set it up I installed Windows 10 (coming from …

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Hello! I recently aquired a small form factor emachines system and transplanted the motherboard to a somewhat custom case to use it as a htpc. I installed a phenon x4 9550 in it and removed the shitty small original cooler and proprietary backplate and mounted a lga775 cooler to cool …

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Hi guys, Vin here. I just like to ask if it is possible to dual boot two different operating system with different architecture(64 bit/32 bit)? My current os is windows 7 hp 64bit and I would like to dual boot it with windows xp 32 bit.... Here's my computer specs: …

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I need some help in deciding which mobo/cpu to choose. My requirements are: 1) Preferable Intel CPU (4 cores) which should be able to address 64GB RAM. 2) 64 GB RAM onboard (4 slots -> 16 GB DIMM ?) 3) Support for USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 (and maybe 3.1 …

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