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The problematic hdd had acted as an internal secondary hdd in my build about 4 years ago. It's an IDE hdd with about 80GB capacity, and was connected to a mobo that had an IDE connector on it. I used it for 2 years, then it got disconnected and lay unused for the next 2 years. Until this year...

I have 2 hard drives, with Windows 7 installed on the main hard drive and nothing on the 2nd hard drive. I've been using Windows 7 this way for a while, but I decided to install XP onto the 2nd hard drive so that I could dual boot. But after installing XP, whenever I boot up my computer, it...

Not a big gamer but I occasionally play RTS games. Both are the same price. Which one is better ($30) EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB GDDR2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130378 ($30) Gigabyte Radeon HD 4550 512MB DDR3...

AV-Comparatives' test only considered the premium version, but how much worse are the numbers usually for the free version?

I'm using a router primarily to share the internet with several desktops. I rarely use the wireless part, but I leave that on just in case I need to use a laptop. I know that wired connection is generally more secure than using wireless connection. But if I leave the router to broadcast wireless...

I'm using 32 bit windows in both virtual box and on the host computer. I currently have 4gb of ram installed into my computer, and I know that 32 bit windows has a 4gb ram cap. If I install 4 more gb of ram into my physical computer, can I allocate 4 gb to my vm, with the remainder 4gb going to...

My computer suffered a fatal error of some sort. Every time I turn on the computer, I'm presented with the screen that asks me whether I want to enter using safe mode, last known good configuration, or normally. But even after picking any one of these options, the screen will turn black for 1...

I'm upgrading my OS to windows 7 32 bit on my motherboard, but it apparently doesn't provide any support for windows 7. Does that mean I can't go with the upgrade anymore?

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I'm using a Western Digital Caviar Green hard drive and it just failed on me. I'm trying to recover data from it by connecting it to another computer as a slave, but when I looked at the back, there's no jumper on it and no indication of master and slave configurations. The diagram is available...

I can't find any reliable info on what the best firewall to use is. I used to use Comodo on xp but I heard this doesn't install in 7.

I'm installing Windows 7 32bit right now, but I don't know what I should use for drivers for all my hard ware. The website for my motherboard only has windows 7 drivers for onboard sound, but nothing else for things like LAN, etc, and none of my other hard ware components have windows 7 drivers...

I have a backup CD I made many years ago of MS Office 2000, and I'm trying to install it on my computer but nothing works. When I first load the disc, autoplay doesn't load up. When I double click the cd drive or right click to choose autoplay, it still doesn't autoplay. And even when I open the...

I have XP installed on my SATA hard drive, and I just added my old IDE hard drive to the system for extra storage. I'm now thinking about trying out windows 7, and I want to dual boot XP from the SATA hard drive and windows 7 from the IDE hard drive. I found this general instruction online for...

This case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119193 This psu: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-ENP-5150GH-BULK&cat=CAS&cpc=JAD The psu webpage says it requires an atx case, but I'm aware some micro atx cases fit atx psu's. Is this case one of them?

If I'm only using a core 2 duo cpu, 2 or 4gb of ddr2 ram, 1 sata hard drive, and 1 sata dvd drive, would the antec earthwatts 380 be enough, or do I need the earthwatts 430? 380: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371005 430...

When I say low cost or cheap, I don't mean something of low quality, but I mean that given a lower end price, what's the best quality I can get in that price range? So I'm looking for a low cost reliable motherboard for a core 2 duo cpu running windows xp and ddr2 memory. It's going to be used...

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For best performance, do I need to get the same brands, or does it not matter? Are there any potential problems if the brands are different? Also if I have a 54mbps router, is it pointless to get a 108mbps adapter?

I posted this problem in the memory forum, but I want to see if anybody with my same video card is also having the same problem. I'm seeing 2.5gb of ram in system properties for windows xp pro 32bit. Whenever I have used a 512MB video card in the past, I would always see at least 3.2gb of ram in...

I'm using http://www.guru3d.com/article/rivatuner-20-fan-speed--overclock-guide/ to set up my fan speeds, but the guide is different from the Rivatuner I'm using, which is the latest download. If I click on the triangle next to customize under "Driver settings" and select the video card icon...

I'm aware 32bit windows xp does not recognize all 4gb of ram. But in my experience, 2.5 gb is not normal. I just set up a clean install of windows xp pro 32bit with sp3. I noticed in System Properties under control panel, that windows is recognizing only 2.5gb of ram out of the 4gb total. I...

If I originally played with a disc and its activation code, is it possible to uninstall it without losing my saves, and install the game again with a different disc and activation code and resume playing as if nothing happened?

So after reading a lot of materials online about partitioning strategy, the basic gist I got from most people is that there is no best way to partition it and it just depends on what you want. Some categories of use people mentioned were speed, reliability, back-up, etc. The problem with people...

What's the quality of a Magnavox DVD-R blank media? Is this something I should stay away from or is it pretty good? How does it compare to verbatim?

I have 1 intake fan in the front and one exhaust in the back that came with the Centurion 590 case. I have 2 more 120mm fans and I have 2 spaces on top and 2 spaces on the side. I tried putting an intake fan on the side panel which is positioned in front of the video card, but I noticed it...

For best heat management from the video card, should I put a sound card and wireless card above or below it? I have a double slot cooled video card where the fan faces down.

http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/Features/CallofDuty4.aspx Does this game come with the video card?

Does XFX have some sort of 24/7 direct contact or support like EVGA or BFG does?

Does anyone know what the allowable higher-end temps are for this card when idle and when under load? I want to reduce fan speed a bit when it's idle or not doing anything intensive, so I just need to know how much of an increase in temps the card can work with.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4387011&CatId=3670 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4405995&CatId=3670 Everything seems to be the same except the memory clock is slightly different. Is that why the price is...

I was going to get the D1 since most people recommended getting the PCI version instead of the PCI-E, but I recently discovered that it only has a 1 year warranty, while the DX has 3 years. Does getting a PCI outweigh having only 1 year of warranty? I'm using my new computer for at least 3 or 4...

Due to physical problems, my sound card's pci-e goldfingers don't go into the slot all the way when I screw the bracket down to the case. About 1mm of the goldfingers shows. If I turn my computer on, everything seems to work ok, but I don't really have a way to know if anything is passively not...

Did the card line up with the rear expansion slot?

I'm installing the card, but when it's fit into the pci-e slot, the bracket part doesn't line up flat against the back opening. The bracket's angled so that when I try to straighten it against the back opening, a little bit of the pci-e goldfingers come out of the slot. Is this a defect?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150337 I have spent a long time looking everywhere online but I can't find a single review on this card. If anyone has any personal experience with it can you please let me know? Any problems, temps, noise, etc. I'm trying to decide...

Does XFX have something like EVGA's Precision software where you can overclock and adjust fan speed? Does anyone know how loud these 2 cards are? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4387011&CatId=3670...

I partitioned my hard drive so that C is about 15GB, D is 300, and E is also 300. I'm trying to install a demo game file in D drive but it keeps trying to install in C, but there's no space for it. I want to use the C drive for system things only, and the D drive for other programs. How do I...

1. Titanium: http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=209&subcategory=669&product=17927&nav=1 or http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4130281&CatId=107 2. xtremegamer...

If I can get both at the same price, which is better? I read reviews where a lot of people said the entire gtx+ line is faulty, but others are saying since the gtx is going to be discontinued go for the gtx+. I'm not an extreme gamer, but I just want one that is reliable since I think...