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    M.2 Disk problems installing Windows 7

    Hi Mainpmf, first time reply . As a novice I may not be much help. But I had same problem with same motherboard and M.2 SSD . I had to reseat the SSD several times to get a proper connection and format and install . That worked fine but now every couple days the computer reboots and says...
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    help find Mboard to fit ballistics tracer ram?

    mem test failed on asus board right away but became more unstable as time past
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    help find Mboard to fit ballistics tracer ram?

    I ran memtest and it failed right away , but it ran games and played dvds fine so I waited to see if it became unstable . Later, after shutdown, I felt the ram got very very hot to touch .thanks for the info on mboards . I think the ram was running on boards spec for voltage but since it isn't...
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    help find Mboard to fit ballistics tracer ram?

    Am novice I was in hurry to assemble a sockett 775 gaming rig and used a crucial memory selector software to choose correct ram ,I didn't do my research and bought 2.0v instead of 1.8v ram my gigabite and asus motherboards use . Brand Crucial Series Ballistix Tracer Model...
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    self renaming hard drive?

    i sometimes nedd be told more than once . den:D
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    self renaming hard drive?

    (the first via registry/boot.ini settings, the latter via a drive scanning routine that labels drives/partitions as they're found) Hey thanx Ryan, I finally feel that someone isn't saying I did something I didn't and it fits the calamity I have gone thru perfect . As you said "most cases it...
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    self renaming hard drive?

    I don't think I have a good answer to my confusion yet but Operator error is always the first and last thing to check on and I can't rule it out compleatly . I hate Dual booting unless needed and as I said the drive had xp fresh install on new drive and then a reinstall that went awry
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    self renaming hard drive?

    yes origonaly one hard drive -2 partitions C and D on it . after months of C being " Windows " install, the system wouldn't boot. So I unplugged hard drive and plugged second hard drive to test if there was hardware problem or not . It worked fine to install xp so I unplugged second hard...
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    self renaming hard drive?

    Software was disk management found after clicking computer management icon in fresh install of Xp -----and what bothered me was it should have been a boot partition, had been for months and then one day wouldn't boot, only one beep and at windows logo just before desktop it reboots .I could stop...
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    self renaming hard drive?

    I'll download this parted magic cd for the next time , Maybe I can work it out if reacurres , thanx
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    self renaming hard drive?

    I just reinstalled Xp on a newer Build of low cost computer , after months of stable use I couldn't boot to desktop at all , Checked all hardware and reinstalled xp onto spare blank drive and got to desktop fine so i put my origonal 300 gig drive back in , carefully removed the " C " partition...
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    Zerotherm 120 Nirvana Install problem "Washers?"

    Dear Valuable Customer Thank you for purchasing our premium CPU cooler Nirvana NV120. Also we would like to say sorry giving you an inconvenience while using the cooler. The purpose of the washers you mentioned is to attach the manual fan speed controller into the computer chassis...
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    Zerotherm 120 Nirvana Install problem "Washers?"

    No mention of washers in install papers sortta makes it sound like any problems from lack of washers aren't my fault . Maybe I worry too much but wanted to get a handle on this before proceeding . I have been slavering over getting this rig done and with no tech support reply from them so far...
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    Zerotherm 120 Nirvana Install problem "Washers?"

    ZEROtherm Nirvana NV 120 Cpu Cooler : My problem is that there are 4 washers -black covered in paper-plastic that aren't mentioned in the instructions or the instructions inventory for either an AMD or Intel setup . See address for picture of washers at bottom of this message [above screws in...
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    can I reformat sony vgc-rb30 and install standard XP ?

    I have two recovery disks that were bought with the comp . They install XP plus norton 30 trial plus an adware software as well as a 3rd party dvd player and much more .I am not sure if it would all play well with my usual clean install software . My jetaudio player freezes a lot so I...
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