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Bleh... So I replaced the hard drive but it has the same problem. Maybe I was just too hasty in my troubleshooting before but now it seems that even with the drive totally disconnected the PC powers up, shuts off, and cycles over and over. However, I had it running constantly for >10 minutes...

Yes... Same here. I tried removing the drive from the box in case it was shorting with no luck. I guess I'll have to replace the drive itself. Unfortunate, since she apparently hasn't backed anything up in a very long time. Thanks, everyone!

My first thought after unplugging the HDD an having it start was a short somehow with the disk. I'll try setting it on an anti static sheet or something and booting it without the screws in. I don't think it's the molex because it checks out when I plug it into a PSU tester, but maybe it shorts...

I don't have a drive lying around, but I have a flash drive with linux on it, and I could throw something on a CD to boot from. What were you thinking I should check out, though? Or just see if it will run off another medium?

Hi guys. Fun times here: I'm a software developer so of course I'm the family "Help, my computer doesn't work" guy. My little sister's home brew PC stopped working and I'm trying to help her... The PC powers on for a few seconds, then turns off. Nothing displays, it definitely doesn't post...

Oooh. That sounds fun. How long do you need to freeze it? I guess condensation would destroy the drive afterward, huh? Dangerous, but interesting. [=

My laptop recently wouldn't boot past the Dell start screen, and there was what seemed to be a beeping sound occuring a random number of times. Turns out it was the hard drive attempting to spin. It will spin a bit, then "beep" for a while, then keep trying to spin. I have some stuff on the...

I swapped the mobo and that wasn't it. I'll try the psu with another one I have. I hope that's it. Cause it's not worth it for me to replace the proc for this computer. I thought that's what HSF stood for, but I wasn't sure. The HSF is on really tight.

Not that I know of. What's HSF stand for?

I bought a gateway 507gr pc for my little sister from someone on here a few months ago and just recently it stopped powering on. If you hold the power button, the light flashes on and off rapidly along with a rapid clicking sound, and the fans all rev up, but nothing turns on. As soon as you...

Unless I'm missing something, those are all in the ~1500 price range...

Hey. I used to be a big gamer, but I'm pretty bored of most games lately. I'm thinking about parting out my gaming desktop and getting a laptop. I can probably make a bit over 500 off the desktop parts. Maybe a bit more. Anyway, I've never bought a laptop before. I've always built my desktops...

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I saw the inspiron 15. Anyone know why the 13 is more expensive? It has worse specs, comes with vista instead of 7, and costs 50 dollars more. Anyway, I think I'll take the first suggestion and take her to look at some cause I guess the only things to really...

Hey guys. I'm looking for a cheap laptop for my sister who's starting off college. She wants to spend like 400. She found one in some magazine that didn't look that great to me, and I told her you guys could probably do better. =P Anyway, she will basically be listening to/storing music...

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. And just add one to every order_id after it... I guess that's pretty elegant.

I am creating an image blog software. As of right now the table for entries has the following columns: id, userid, title, date, imageurl, caption, alttext and entries are displayed by the id. So for now they go in order they are added to the database. My question is: Can you modify an...

Ok... last question. I promise. [= I am now storing my globally-used stuff in a class. But the following does not work, why? class Config { private $imgpath = dirname(__FILE__) . "/images/"; } Is it __FILE__ or dirname() or both that doesn't work within the class? How do I get them in...

There are classes in PHP?! I haven't used PHP since I was like 13, didn't even know about classes then. Thanks.

Thanks a lot to both of you! I come from a C++ background and I'm used to the #ifndef, #define, and #endif so I will probably end up using require_once. What is the best solution instead of global variables? This example was constructed to make a point. In reality I am creating an image blog...

I have a question about php include paths. I have a site that looks like this: site/index.php site/sub/config.php site/sub/functions.php where config holds configuration variables and functions holds some reusable functions. config: <?php $v = "a variable"; ?> functions: <?php...

My desk chair is falling apart, old, and uncomfortable. I'm a cheap ass college student. I need a new chair. I would like it to be relatively comfortable with decent support and as cheap as possible. Also I prefer non-leather. Any suggestions? [=

Which bamboo is your tablet if you're still selling it? There is an old series of bamboo, then a new one. Both have multiple models. Thanks!

Does anyone have experience with multiple of the Wacom tablets? I used to be really into digital art and I used a Graphire3 at the time and loved it. Now I am looking to possibly buy a new one and I'm wondering if the bamboo series compares well to the graphire series. Also, if I decide to...

In fact, on this same build I just tested the wireless connection under linux. I get 0 packet loss. So it's definitely windows 7. Is there some known problem with Win7 RC and packet loss?

I have the following options in the Advanced tab of the configuration for the card: B/G Protection Country Region 11A Country Region 11G Frame Aggregation IEEE802.11h Radio On/Off ReceiveBuffers TransmitBuffers I've tried changing all the options except for the Country Region ones. Nothing...

nic is the card, correct? How can I change said settings for the card? It does not have a utility program with it.

I'm looking for a decent and cheap PCI wireless adapter. I prefer wired, but I have to use wireless lately. I got a cheap-ass usb card that failed miserably for free. Then I ordered a Gigabyte GN-WP01GS from newegg for it's favorable reviews. But apparently nobody uses it for gaming, because I...

I'm not sure if I plan to upgrade this system again. Right now is sort of a cheap upgrade for me, I upgraded the ram, monitor, and video card. A little less than a year ago my motherboard fried, so I sold the ram and processor which was enough to fund a better processor (the 5400), motherboard...

Thanks. I think you're right. I was worried about the CPU holding it back. How fast do you think I can overclock the 5400+ without replacing the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro? I never really cared about overclocking anything before, I just got that cooler because the processor was OEM and it...

I recently moved from a 19 inch CRT to a 22 inch widescreen lcd. Now my geforce 7900gs has a hard time keeping up with the games I play at 1920x1080. I am looking for an upgrade. I recently upgraded my RAM from 2 to 6gb. My processor is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+. I was thinking about getting a...