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hi, i recently got a new computer and it was working fine until a couple days ago. The power went off at my house and when i went back to turn on my computer it would start to load up and it got to the point when it says windows …

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I have a huge problem I'm hoping someone can help me with or I'm off to Best Buy! I purchased 512mb RAM for my Dell Dimension 4400. I bought it at Office Depot after they looked my computer up on their system to give me the right one. I opened …

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filename; bdd(o3) + 00001816 error ; 00 ; 0028 ; c0231d9e This is the error my friend keeps getting when he tries to start a game. along with a presst enter to continue or ctrl+alt+delete to restart message. The game worked earlier today to our suprise, but then the errors …

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hello, i have a dell latitude LS 400mhz pentium III with XP installed.. I was trying to power it up yesterday when i ended up getting a blue screen that said something along the lines about a hardware malfunction and that the system was halted. it gave a number to …

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Scenario: I build and assemble an ATX machine with some decent components, but definitely not the most potent of powers: [COLOR=DarkRed]--------------------------------------- -LGA775 Elitegroup 865PE-A7 Motherboard (800Mhz Bus) -Pentium 4 HT @3.00Ghz -512MB PNY Tech DDR400 Memory -420 Watt ATX Power Supply -PCI (ouch) PNY Tech GeForce FX 5200 ----------------------------------------[/COLOR] After... …

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Help, Got up tis morning and had the ntldr file is missing. went to microsoft and followed their direction to load the files. now I get the ntldr is compressed. I trided the expand req. but it will not expand it. beentrying eveything I can think of but nothing is …

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I love new computers, even if they are refurbs. I took delivery of a refurbished Sony vgcrb30 XP home, 512 ram 200gb hd yesterday with 90 day warr. (now before you all say use the warranty, I'm currently trying but living out here on this rock in the middle of …

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Hi i just regitered. No, it not the beep codes! When letting my CS 1.6 Dedicated Server runnning for a good amount of time it will freeze, what ever is on diplay on the monitor will deform, and just beeps for like "di do di do di do" and soo …

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Can anyone help I have the oddest problem on my PC. I am running Windows XP with SP2 and have IE6. The problem is when I go to [url]www.porsche.com[/url] and try to run the Porsche Car Configurator web page, the page loads up and says done at the botton conner …

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I've had this Hell, er, I mean, Dell, for three and a half months. It was working wonderfully until I decided that I was going to give the computer to my g/f as a gift, so she would have something a tad more powerful than the Celeron-riding Compaq she has …

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Alright, so this is roughly the problem (and pardon me for not being very clear, since my monitor won't turn on, I can't remember exactly what it said): The computer is supposedly not very old (but who can you believe, right?), it's a Pentium IV processor with a newer monitor. …

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I have an IBM thinkpad P2 laptop with 128mb RAM, onboard graphics etc running WinXp Pro. My problem is that i am not getting any signs of backlight on it unless i press Fn and F7 (button that changes between laptop screen and external monitor) a number of times. even …

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Hello Everyone, My mother bought a used pc the other day and asked me to look at it and possably advise her what she needed to update it and get her ready to go online hassel free. I looked her pc over and had her buy a hard drive as …

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First off, here's my system: MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum AMD 64 3200+ 939-Socket 4x Kingston 512MB DDR-400 PC-3200 Sony DVD 16X Western Digital 120GB Serial ATA Radeon X800 XL/Nvidia MX 4000 My case is from compusa and is a generic ATX case with a 400 watt power supply (which was …

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Hey guys. I bought this computer two years ago. It was mediocre, but i never had problems. About a year later, I upgraded to be able play high end games. It runs near-perfect on almost all games, but it developed a flaw, and it is becoming more and more frequent …

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I am looking at this one for a friend. It is a Dell Inspiron 2500 running WinXP Pro. POST is OK, but it gives an "Operating System not found" error after POST on some occasions, boots normally on others. The OS also gets unstable at times. I was told that …

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I just built my 4th computer from components. Had it running, added a CDROM and floppy drive. Computer no longer boots. When turned on, fans run and a long beep starts after a few seconds. Have disconnected every component including all but power switch and internal speaker. Still have same …

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Yesterday, after the internet went out for whatever reason, I came back to find my PC off. Naturally, I pressed the power button, and nothing powered on. Problem. So, I thought it might be the power supply. I don't have considerable experience, but I have a case fan with LEDs. …

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I'm not really sure what's going on but every so often my computer will shut down and reboot, it's done this for a while and has been A problem for a while now.

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my system randoly restats then i get a blue screen. it seems that its only when i am playing a game. i think it has to do with that sound card issue the realtek ac'97 or somthing like that..please help

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Hey i need help i have a computer that boots up but i have 2 monitors to see if they worked and they both do but i cant get the signal to come thru. all that the computer does is just boots up and just shows a blank screen. and …

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This is the same problem discussed int this thread, but it was labeled as solved so i dont think anyone is reading it anymore. [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=26135&goto=newpost[/url] The problem now is that the computer will sometimes boot fine, othertimes it will hang on the Compaq start screen. If I unplug the keyboard …

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Although I assume you guys dont deal with many game related problems, this is more of a mouse problem I would assume. When I start up the game Battlefield 2, I get the following pop up and the game fails to load: BF2 Error----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version: 1.0.2446.12 Build date:2005-6-7 15:24 Module: …

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HELLLLP! :-| I need a good referral for data recovery. My firewall failed on machine, got a virus and the disk crashed. I've tried every software solution I know of and even got a tech to check it for me. We both came to the same conclusion - send the …

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I'm having trouble getting my board to post. I have power to everything and believe all the drives are connected correctly, but it will not boot up. I've cleared the CMOS several times, but still nothing. Symptoms: The CD/DVD drives only have power when the IDE cables are not connected. …

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I have a defective motherboard from this unit (Water spilled in it) that I need to pull the Bios Password chip from so I can put it on a good motherboard I have that is password protected. Do any of you know which chip it is? I find no less …

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Hey everyone I've got a problem that I can't figure out for the life of me. I have a Dell Dimension 8200 and I am trying to connect to the internet through my LAN and the CNET PRO200WL PCI FAST ETHERNET card keeps reverting back to its default ip address …

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I have a comp at home with celeron 1 giga hz 810 motherboard with 256+128MB ram , 40 GB HDD seagate, LG CD-RW, Samsung CD-ROM, with two PCI cards - Modem and a TV tuner Card (BT848 chipset) and Windows XP Service pack 2 installed along with some softwares. But …

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Hi advise neaded please I bought a cheap laptop for mrs to use and it was running win95 and i wanted at least 98se loading on it. I went through the procedure of reformatting the hard drive as ive done on numourous occasions with main pc. The problem is its …

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