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Lately my computer has been acting up by rebooting randomly, not running any of my games for a long period of time, giving me the "game.exe has caused a problem and needs to close" or in the case of HL2 "The memory could not be read". Blue screens seems to …

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Hi all, I'm new, and I don't know as much about computer technical stuff as all you guys probably do. I'm more into the creative side of computers with macromedia stuff. Sorry if this has been posted in the wrong section of the board but I didn't know where else …

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This problem is driving me crazy. The computer was working fine and I took the memory out to use in another system I was building and then I forgot I took the memory out and tried to start the system. Now when I try to boot up the computer all …

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Hi :rolleyes: Have a time computer few years old, running windows 98 with 128MB. Yesterday it was fine, and I did some housekeeping - removed unused programs, ran scandisk and error check and everything fine. Computer seems to start up as soon as switch on at the wall. When I …

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My computer has gone into super slow mode. I reformatted and attempted to re-load windows which took more than 14 hours. I thought the hard drive had gone bad so I replaced that. That didn't help. The computer is still is super slow mode. Any ideas?

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When I want to boot sometimes the computer goes well sometimes it takes a lot of times. I have put all the uneeded apps away but it seems that this erratic misfunction is not a repeatable one. I do not know what happens: I defrag, ..... the temperature is good …

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My computer has been acting weird the last 3 days... random restarts... even before windows is booted it has restarted on me... and now when i try to boot it upmy monitor is not recognized...and believe me its not themonitor... ive checked anyways helllllllllp meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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All of my favorite games are DOS games. I wanted them again so badly that I tried for 3 straight years to get them working on my new computer. A year into this process, my old computer died, and I was unable to play my games at all. I would …

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Well, I bought a used presario 700 laptop about 2 months ago. The owner is a friend who told me that it was not the best computer but I wasn't really thinking of using it for much more than taking notes. Anyway- i realized that the battery didn't hold much …

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Hi all wonder if anyone can tell me if my 512mb ddr400 pc3200 ram (elixir) is compatable with my infinity 865pe mobo. Many thanks Pike

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[FONT=Arial]Won't connect to internet[/FONT][FONT=Arial]undefined[/FONT] Screen says, "trying to retrieve Yahoo buttons". Cable connectors ok. Is this an internal fault in computer? Thanks.

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Hi all I have a laptop IBM T22 and I forgot the bios and the hdd password can I break it ? Thanks

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I have a scanner a hp 3200c that doesnt show the scanned image/text instead it shows a black space where the output image is supposed to be displayed.I am not the one who has being having it,I just got the other day so I dont know its history much.I am …

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I have recieved all the components to my computer. Is there amything i need to know before i jump into this project.:?:

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I need some technical help... I have attempted to build a pc and finally got the last parts ready for it's first boot up. I have salvaged the HD from my old PC, and connected it to my new motherboard, CPU, ram, PSU etc. All went well, (PSU, CPU fan, …

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Hi all, One of the problems we face when trying to assist people with their hardware problems is the matter of identifying what hardware they actually have in their systems. I've just come across yet another reporting tool, and it seems to me to be rather a good one. I've …

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Alright well i recently bought all the parts i needed to build my own comp. Mobo=Asus P4s800 CPU= Intel 2.8 Ghz 80gig HD Well anyways i installed windows this morning and everything was working fine. I shut it down then came back about an hour later but the computer would …

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I have a new Asus A7VT Terminator barebones system and 2 identical sticks of TwinMOS 128MB PC2700 DDR-DIMM. The CPU is an AMD Sempron 2400+. The PC will POST fine with 1 DIMM installed. It doesn't matter which DIMM or socket used. The Award BIOS recognizes it as DDR333 and …

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Hello. My HP start, monitor Ok, it work all tha way to when the icon are to came, but then it stop responding, mouse still moving. Did check up and it say I have a Memory problem. Sorry, Iam a beginer. Any idea. Thank

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Location: Lab OS: 2K Here is the deal. This computer is old, I mean OLD! but, it runs like a champ. Today it started messing up; it was beeping. I mean, like, fast beeping. I have no idea what the beeping means, but I know that when the screen comes …

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I want to build my own PC that will work for DV Capture, ether through a TV Card or a Video Capture Card (don't mine ether way). The problem I have is that I don't have much money, I have a PC but it is now so old I really …

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I am having random restarts in addition to random program crashes (usually IE, Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and Dreamweaver MX). The programs tend to crash without warning – they just disappear! This is getting worse recently since I added 512 RAM. But it was happening when I had 512 RAM. One …

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Hey all, I was wondering if someone might be able to help me out. My problem isn't trying to get something to work, but to perform. I'm running a good spec - 2.8GHz P4, 1gb RAM, 180GB hard drive, Radeon 9200 (not the best, but not bad!)... and Hitman Contracts …

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There is this machine that is beeping continously when I turn it on. What could be the problem?

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Hi Using NVIDIA NF24-ALH Motherboard with socket A AMD3000XP I have been unable to boot my pc. The first two fails got a two tone constant warning tone. Now further attempts to boot just get a long single tone. Have never been able to get anything to the monitor and …

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[SIZE=4]Hi.... I just got a screamin deal from a roomate of mine. $10 for Pentium III, with 128 mb ram, 10Gig HDD and the rest I added to it. On the initial boot up I get a request for a password. This seems to be a password request which is …

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Hi, I have a problem with my Compaq Presario 2100 laptop I was hoping someoen could help me with. When I press the power button, the compaq logo appears and it goes through the POST. Then just before the "starting windows" message is supposed to appear, the screen goes blank …

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One of my friends has a sony pcv-rx series computer, and he wants to buy a new power supply for it, he was wondering what it uses, atx, or does he need to buy a power supply from sony. I searched the web for it, but no luck. anyone have …

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I have an Inspiron 1150 laptop and it will not start back up. I got it just two days ago and today the screen flickered than it shut down completley. The battery was fully charged and everything. I can't figure whats wrong, it was perfectly fine before. Please help.

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