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I have a Samsung laptop that has developed a few bad sectors on the harddrive. Running Windows 7 Pro 32 bit and a 320 gig harddrive (FUJITSU 320). All I really need is about a 500 gig, 2.5 inch, sata 3, and 7,200 rpm. Before I am asked I have created several backups to make sure I have a...

I have an Intel DQ965GF motherboard. Every time that I boot up using a DVD I get the following BIOS Prompt: 1. 2.

A friend has a Dell laptop that runs well except for one thing: it no longer will charge the battery. It was suggested that he get a new motherboard rather than attempt a repair. Is that the only possible solution?

Archos 101 G9 Turbo, mini USB/charger socket loose internally. Confident with soldering but how do I get it open without damaging it? There are 4 little rubber feet on the underside, is it likely there are screws underneath them? Have Googled for repair tips but came up with nothing. Kenny...

So I don't have to type everything again please read this thread first. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.comp.hardware/ron$20uverse/alt.comp.hardware/p49BXitkGjI/O3XoDxzlQ1oJ or http://preview.tinyurl.com/n7p4w6j That was from 7/12 (we live in different states). I was here November...

I've got a brand new ASUS Sabertooth z87 which is acting a bit unstable. It started with a BSOD when enabling Hyper-V, or when installing certain drivers (Intel's Rapid Storage, for example), but after a BSOD, resetting using the hardware reset switch would hang on the logo of the BIOS screen. It...

What do you think about this hardware? Cellphone data spying: It's not just the NSA John Kelly, USATODAY 7:48 a.m. EST December 8, 2013 Cut!

I am trying to get a Toshiba Satellite Laptop going. I think the model is either L505D-S5965 or PSLM0U-00F002 or PA3726U-1MPC. It came to me without a hard drive, so I tried two Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 's that I have - 80GB SATA - and tried to install XP SP3 from a working install CD. Both...

A while back I acquired a Dell Mini with a bad mini-ssd. I replaced it with a Kingspec 16 gig drive and loaded XP. I've recently noticed the performance was very sluggish so went to Kingspec's website to see if they had a "Trim" utility for XP but found nothing. Even though defrag is...

I am concerned that if my machine is connected to a power source, my motherboard is receiving power even though it is not doing anything until I switch my machine on. How does this impact things like adding/changing RAM? Motherboard connections to hard drive (power, Sata, IDE)? USB? Do I need...

Have an Archos 101 G9 Turbo with Android 4.01. Found this "Wireless RF Technology Many people do not realize that Bluetooth is not the only wireless technology for keyboards. An RF keyboard can be linked to a tablet as long as the tablet has a USB port where a RF receiver can be connected....

I was investigating how to do this and found lots of posts asking the question, but few with an answer (and none which worked for me). I have now found one, so thought I would post in case anyone else comes looking......... The Scanner in Question is a Symbol 1900 series (The company was bought...

The Intel Haswell CPUs have a voltage regulator built into the package, so shouldn't that eliminate the need for the VRM around the CPU socket? If so, why do some socket 1150 motherboards have elaborate VRMs with 10-12 phases around the CPU?

I am upgrading some older P-4 and AMD equivalent machines and recently purchased some dirt cheap Chinese RAM on eBay. ( 1gig sticks 400mhz) The site specifically said it works with VIA, SiS and Nvidia3/4 chipsets and indeed it does...so all is fine however I got documentation with the RAM...

From a cold start, my Gateway desktop boots to the Gateway (BIOS) splash screen and offers DEL to enter Setup and F12 to enter Boot Menu. It then sits there for a minute or more before I get "Starting Windows". Someone suggested a low CMOS battery. Could he be right? Wouldn't there be other...

OT can dropping something destory just a bit of its memory? I guess I know the answer, but I want to hear anything you all know about this. Six months ago, I dropped my smart phone on a ceramic tile floor, and when I turned it on right after that, the start-up images -- I forget what they had...

Hi all, I am testing an old PATA HDD with a surface scan utility, and am given the option of write/verify or write/read. What is the difference between those two tests? Jon

Should I be doing what I am doing? I have a machine set up with two separate hard drives, one with XP installed, the other with W7 installed. I created both drives individually, and by themselves. Yes, I created the XP drive first. I use the BIOS boot order menu selection to choose whether to boot...

I am trying to resurrect a Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 laptop. I have XP SP3 installed on it, and have resolved all the drivers except for the Ethernet. I have found and tried two drivers: sa85lanx.exe tm4wlanutilax.exe But XP Device Manager still shows the Ethernet to be bad. What I believe is...