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Boot loader won't recognize keyboard

I doubt that's the issue. My memory has worked fine for the past two years, and my motherboard says it supports it. It's Crucial Ballistix PC3200.
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- Post #5
- Mar 20, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Boot loader won't recognize keyboard

Ahh right, I forgot to mention that it passed with each stick by itself, but it failed with both sticks in.
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- Post #3
- Mar 20, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Boot loader won't recognize keyboard

I have an MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard with an Athlon 64 3500+ CPU. Recently my computer started becoming unstable and crashing, then I ran memtest86+ and it failed repeatedly at one specific memory location. I RMAed my motherboard, and just got it back. They didn't fix the problem at...
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- Mar 20, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need to reinstall Windows XP boot loader

Yep that fixed it, thanks a lot!
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- Post #5
- Aug 23, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Need to reinstall Windows XP boot loader

I tried that and it gave me the following message: **CAUTION** This computer apprears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot record FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed This could cause all the partition on the current hard disk to become inaccessible. If...
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- Post #3
- Aug 23, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Need to reinstall Windows XP boot loader

I had a dual boot with Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu Linux, but for reasons I won't go into here I decided to delete the Linux partition. I didn't think this through very well in advance, and I had my grub boot loader on the Linux partition. Now, obviously, I don't have a boot loader so I can't...
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- Aug 23, 2006
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Getting a laptop for a friend

A friend of mine who knows nothing about computers asked me to help him buy a laptop. I could easily build him a desktop, but I don't know anything about what OEMs are good to buy from, etc. Dell seems to be a popular choice, is there a reason for that? Anyway he says he'd like to keep it...
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- Aug 22, 2006
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Laptops
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Graduation present, need advice

Thanks for your advice everyone, I think I will go with a small Dell laptop. As for the headphones, I'll look into those brands (my birthday is coming up too, so I can probably get both the headphones and the laptop). I don't ever really take pictures, but that might be because I don't have a...
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- Post #7
- Jun 11, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Graduation present, need advice

I built a PC a few months ago. Here are the specs: Athlon 64 3500+ MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR400 Geforce 6800 Ultra 74GB Western Digital Raptor 10k RPM DVD+/-RW DVD+RW CD-RW Antec 480W TrueBlue Dell 2001fp 20.1 inch LCD monitor Logitech MX700 cordless optical...
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- Jun 11, 2005
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Computer Building
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What wired router should I get?

I don't know what class (I don't know what possible differences there could be), I don't need lots of features, I just need one that works and supports at least 3 (4 or 5 would be preferable) computers and a 100 mbps connection. I'll look into the D-link. Any other ideas?
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- Post #4
- May 28, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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What wired router should I get?

I've just replaced an old router which would lose internet connection every time I played World of Warcraft or Counter-Strike: Source. The new one, a Linksys, fixes the WoW issue but still loses connection every time I play CSS, as well as disconnecting me from AIM every 10-15 minutes. I took...
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- May 28, 2005
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Networking
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New Motherboard!

Don't get an MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. I've had nothing but problems with them. Apparently there's a known bug with the sound, at least with Half-Life 2, and that has gone unfixed (though I suppose that could be Valve's fault from some optimizations or something). Actually my 5.1 surround sound...
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- Post #6
- May 24, 2005
- Forum: Motherboards
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MSI = worst company ever?

I RMAed my defective K8N Neo2 Platinum over a month ago. They recieved it from UPS almost 3 weeks ago. MSI hasn't even tested it yet, much less shipped me a replacement. Newegg does this in a day. This is inexcusable. Since my part time job is doing Flash design at home on my computer, I'm...
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- May 24, 2005
- Replies: 86
- Forum: Motherboards
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Bad power supply?

I did not overclock. I don't have a spare PSU, so what would you suggest I do? Do you think Newegg would just let me return it for a new one even though I don't know for sure that there's anything wrong with it?
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- Post #4
- Apr 23, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Bad power supply?

I recently built my first computer. It worked fine at first but now both my motherboard and video card have gradually gone bad. First my motherboard (MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum) started to BSOD when I had 1GB of RAM and I used 512 and it worked fine if I upped voltages. Slowly the voltage required...
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- Apr 22, 2005
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building

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