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Even a good quality PSU can fail by
philo
About 10 years ago I built my wife a top of the line XP_64 machine which
included an Antec 500 watt PSU
After I built her a new machine a few years ago, I kept the old one in
my office just for use as a backup machine. Woke up yesterday morning to
a slight burned smell. That good 500 W psu...
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How Do I Set BIOS Boot Order? by
[email protected]
I have a MSI FM2-A85XA-G43 mobo with 3 boot hard SATA drives which
each boot up just fine. But I have to manually select the boot drive
I want every time I power up. I want to set the BIOS to boot from one
of the drives anutomatically. I can't figure out how to do it.
I have studied the...
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Acer Aspire Home Theater by
Sydney
My friend has an Acer Home Theater problem.
When puting the power on, nothing appears on the scren.
Connecting an outside scren shows "no graphics input."
Apparently the graphics card is out of order. Acer asks for 600 €uros to
repair.
I wonder if graphics cards exist on the market so I can...
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February 18th 15 09:27 AM
by Sydney
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MSI FM2-A85XA-G43 Mobo Troubles by
[email protected]
I have this MSI FM2-A85XA-G43 mobo that is simply giving me fits. I
just can't believe that it is working the way that it is.
I have started all over again, and only have the following drives
connected:
SATA1 - W7 - 500GB HDD
SATA7 - DVD BURNER
SATA8 - STRICTLY DATA - 1TB HDD
USB - THUMBDRIVE
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Mouse stutter problem in Winows 7 64 bit by
Stephen G. Giannoni
Would develope this problem a couple minutes after startup. Restarting
would remove the problem but only for another couple minutes etc. Saw
this in a Logitech forum :
1. Click the Windows start button.
2. Type msconfig.exe in the "Search programs and files" box.
3. It will require the...
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February 26th 15 08:08 PM
by %%%
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Microsoft wireless KB/Mouse receivers compatibility by
[email protected]
Would like to replace my Wireless Keyboard with a newer model
and not change my receiver (PS/2.)
Are the wireless protocols the same amongst the same manufacturers products?? Specifically microsoft for this query, but I have a receiver from Logitech sitting around as well.
Thanks!
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How to Share a Printer ?! by
Stephen G. Giannoni
I have a host with a printer that I wish to share with a virtual
machine guest . Nothing I read or try enables the guest to print. Host
is running Windows 7 64bit and guest is Windows XP 32bit. I tried to
enable Printer sharing on the host but not sure this is working. I
also got the XP print...
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March 12th 15 12:03 AM
by Paul
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CD Formatting Types ? by
Stephen G. Giannoni
I have 2 systems : One running Windows 8 64bit home (host), and a
virtual system running Windows XP 32bit (guest). Host and guest share
some hardware including the CDV drive. The guest has no trouble with
installing older software from CD or reading older data CDs, but balks
at any new CD, citing...
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March 12th 15 02:18 PM
by Paul
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Virtual System can't Read Newer Discs by
Stephen G. Giannoni
I have a dual core system about 3 years old, and just installed a
virtual system using virtualbox software, to establish now Host and
Guest virtual systems. Host is running Windows 7 64bit . Guest is
running Windows XP 32bit to be able to run old programs and old disks,
BUT the guest will NOT...
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KB 2670838 - The EVIL UPDATE by
Skybuck Flying[_4_]
KB 2670838 - The EVIL UPDATE
This Windows 7 update wasted a lot of my time today.
I could not find my own postings in the past... maybe I was unsure in the
past... I am still unsure today.. but much more sure than previously.
When installing IE11 I suspect this patch also gets installed.
This...
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Formatting Types ?? by
Stephen G. Giannoni
I am having trouble getting a virtual machine to access new discs. It
errors saying the disc is either corrupt or formatted in some strange
way. News to me since I thought formatting was just formatting.
Discovered several formats like 1.00, 2.00, 2.01, etc. I tried all I
could find but just kept...
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charge the netbook battery, even when not using the netbooks? by
micky
Which is better, to let a laptop NiMH go near-dead (under 10%) or almost
dead between charges**, to keep it plugged into the charger all the
time, or to periodically (every week or three) charge it up again, even
though it will then be allowed to go almost dead?
**And only charge it while I'm...
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March 17th 15 02:47 AM
by micky
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Guest Wont print !! by
Stephen G. Giannoni
Sysyem has a host and guest. Host works in every way.Guest works
except won't print. What is preventing from thr guest from printing.
Yried everything to no avail. Please help and thanks !!!
PS Pentium, duak core, etc, etc running pentium etc
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March 17th 15 05:15 AM
by Paul
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Laptop Problem by
Bob Leon
Hi,
I have a 'Toshiba' laptop which from its initial purchase, has a
'power-up' problem. (I should have returned the machine but left it too
late). On start-up, I hear the fan operate for about three to five seconds
and then - nothing. Hit the power button again and the same result...
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WHAT CAN REPLACE THE SAMSUNG SP1614C? WANT 2 OR MORE by
SKYY-1
THIS IS THE SECOND TOSHIBA I HAVE LOST WITHIN 3 YRS. BLUE SCREEN ..TELLS
ME I HAVE A BAD SECTOR? OR DISC? FORGOT. PULLED THE SATA OUT BUT NEED
MORE STORAGE. ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Read a few suggestion by others to go to SEAGATE products. What will
work best?
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help upgrading HDD in a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop by
Yes[_2_]
I'm looking for info. I want to upgrade my laptop's (2003 Dell
Inspiron 5100) hard drive. The existing hard drive is a Hitachi
DK23EA-30 IDE 30Gb. I do not know if it's 4200 or 5400 RPM. The
articles I've read said users had problems using HDDs larger than
120Gb, even after upgrading the BIOS...
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Seeking fire-sensing hardware. by
Peter Jason
My factory is large and complicated and costs a lot to insure against
fire. I need to install fire detectors with the ultimate aim for them
to send a signal to my smart phone (when I get one). I am always in
town and I travel rarely. I need the sensors to be able to identify
themselves on the...
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March 29th 15 12:09 AM
by micky
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help after upgrading RAM in Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop by
Yes[_2_]
Long story short, I have effectively increased the physical RAM on my
laptop (2003 Dell Inspiron 5100) from 512 Mb to 768 Mb, but not to 1 Gb
as I had expected. I will live with that. But I am puzzled why my
laptop can use either of the 512 Mb RAM modules but not both. I would
have expected that...
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March 29th 15 11:53 AM
by Paul
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Low level SATA failure? by
[email protected]
Lets examine the low-level physics of a SATA hard-drive.
Surely the C/H/S is fixed, like the ManufctrID, and is read,
even if the device fails to turn?
Is it true that a HD, which is moved while running, experiences
centrifugal forces which when forced, by eg. the
humans hand, is likely to...
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April 5th 15 07:20 PM
by Paul
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