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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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? [=

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...

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 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...