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motherboard dying?

thank you, it does seem to be a hard drive problem
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- Post #3
- Dec 9, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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motherboard dying?

my brother's computer has been working fine for 1 year+ last week, his cursor would freeze in windows xp 5 minutes after starting up. it would lock and unlock every 10 seconds or so. it seemed like the hard drive was locking up as well. a few days after the freezing problem started, the...
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- Dec 9, 2005
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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dual booting of linux and xp each separately on 2 hd

It might be tricky if you aren't familiar with Linux or the bootloader GRUB, but here are some steps: Windows likes to think it is the only OS on the computer, so it's good that you already have it that way. First order of business is to remove your XP hard drive from the computer (you...
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- Post #2
- Feb 19, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Very high hard drive access makes it impossible to play a game

Hey PascalT, I was just about to put a new topic on the TS forums, but I saw your title looked very familiar to my own problem. I think I'm going to go with your solution of getting a new stick of RAM when my next paycheck comes in. My problem was slightly different... I had previously...
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- Post #23
- Feb 19, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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mistakenly disabled drivers

Hi. I've been having some problems with my computer being slow, so I mistakenly disabled the Apple iPod driver (it was under "disk drives" since it is recognized as a removable drive). Now when I connect it (when it should usually mount the iPod as a drive) nothing happens. The dock is still...
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- Aug 26, 2004
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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SETI: Welcome to our Newest Members - July 3, 2004

Hi everyone, thanks for the warm welcome. I've got a spare comp in my house that I thought I'd make use of. Hope I can be of service to the team. :)
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- Post #11
- Jul 7, 2004
- Forum: Distributed Computing
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cannot scroll in IE 6?

Does this happen with other programs, internet and otherwise? (Text editors, Netscape, etc.) If it's only an IE problem, you might want to download the newest version of IE and try it with a fresh install.
- farubino
- Post #2
- Jan 13, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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How can I convert JPG to ICO?

http://www.make-icon.com/
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- Post #2
- Jan 13, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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can't install XP

Not sure what you mean, but it sounds like it's not booting from the CD when you start up your system? If so, you need to go into BIOS when the computer is just starting up. Find the section to change the order in which the devices are booted from. Have the CD drive (that the WinXP disk is...
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- Post #2
- Jan 12, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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my computer wont even turn on
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- Post #5
- Jan 12, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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my computer wont even turn on

(Sorry ISP's screwy -- triple-posted)
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- Post #4
- Jan 12, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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my computer wont even turn on

PSU sounds right... How old is the PC? Do you have any similar PCs that you can try to switch the power supply with for a test?
- farubino
- Post #3
- Jan 12, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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802.11b home network

I don't have a wireless network, or much experience with them. I'd suggest moving the router and the PC closer together -- as close as possible. If you still don't get anything it might be faulty hardware? Not sure, but it's worth a shot.
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- Post #2
- Jan 12, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Basic MAC questions

Clear History: Open up IE. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences. Under Web Browser click Advanced. In the History section, click Clear History, and, if you'd like, you can clear the cache by clicking Empty Now under the Cache section. And yes, my friend has a fully-functional two-button...
- farubino
- Post #2
- Jan 9, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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computer keeps rebooting

You might not want to answer this question on the forum. Are you running Win XP, and is it bootleg? (Or are you using the same serial number on more than one computer?) This happened to a friend of mine with a bootleg version. (Twice in a row). It sounds like, since it worked until you put it...
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- Post #6
- Jan 9, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building

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