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PC won't post

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So I had spare parts laying around to build a 2nd PC out of it. It's basically a computer I used ~7 years ago myself. It was a prebuilt Acer Aspire m5201 (4x 1gb DDR2, Phenom x4 9100e, 640gb wd green) with additionally installed Chieftec 400w psu and 8800gts. I finally got it together and booted it up, front panel turns on and power button work normally, HDD sounds like it should, the chassis...

Probleme de lecture de donnés sd card sony viao vpc-F13

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Bonjour je possède un pc sony viao i5 vpc-f13 et j'ai un probleme delecture de la carte sd la gestion de périphérique donne que tous les driver sont en bon état quand j'insere un sd card le pcla detecte mé il ne me donne aucune information pour y acceder quand j'appuie sur '' retier le périphériqueen toute sécurité ... " il me donne la main de retirer la carte sd !!!! :( donc mon pc...

USB Connected External Drive Not Showing

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I used a docking station today to format a new drive and was going to copy my digital photos HDD to it but nothing is showing up in Computer but my OS, the optical drive and my digital photos drive. I had assigned the USB connected drive as letter (R) but it's not showing anywhere. Am I overlooking it? I've got it now. I went into Disk Management and right clicked on that drive and changed...

USB Connectivity Problem

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Recently my Windows 7 Toshiba Satellite L850 laptop has been having issues regarding USB devices. I use a gaming controller that worked just fine until recently (Saturday night to be exact) when the PC did not recognize it once plugged in (when I say did not recognize, I don't mean that the "USB Device Not Recognized" message came up. I mean that it does not show up in Device Manager or under...

Repair or replace hard drive

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Hi sevenforums, I just received a windows message saying that I should repair or replace my harddrive. I am hoping to get some advice. I am using a lenovo y580, which is known for hard drive heating issue. To resolve this, I took out the DVD drive, bought a HD caddy and replaced my hard drive into the DVD drive bay which reduced the heat significantly. Right now, I am having the issue...

External Hard Drive Not Detecting. Disk 1 Unknown.

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Hi. My external (seagate) hard drive can be detected, but it won't show on My Computer. I tried few options however the device is still not being recognised. It appears in my device manager. I have uninstalled it, plug my hard drive back. It gets detected, but it still won't appear in My Computer. It also appears in disk management. It's shows as Disk 1 Unknown, Not Initialised and the...

Uninstall Linux and reinstall Windows 7

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Hello, I have an old netbook which had windows installed originally. I thought that I would like to experiment with Linux Ubuntu. I don't like it...so how do I change the Linux Bootloader back to windows so I can reinstall windows 7. I have the Windows 7 install disk (not an upgrade disk). I also have the Ubuntu Disk. As always thank you for your time and patience. I searched several...

keyboard g, h, backspace keys not working

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hi, in my laptop, suddenly g, h, backspace keys are not workin. can anyone tell wat could be te problem?

installing hard drive

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I have Dell E-6520-- The hard drive went bad--I have new hard drive and it was detected and started loading Win 7 64 bit. It wants drivers and says to insert Install disk- I did and message says location does not contain necessary drivers--I downloaded my drivers from a different computer and they are on a disk but how do I get them into my 6525- I put in the disk and again it says no-- I also...

Microsoft Sidewinder X4 - Instant Viewer Too Fast, Makes me Furious

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I'm searching everywhere, no luck on M$ support. My keyboart funciont of the instant viewer is out of control. When I try to use it, the screen changes so fast, I can't even use this function at all. The drivers are all up to date, it's the only keyboard installed on the machine. All other functions work fine. What can it be? Thank you!

Connecting 2 HDD's onto same power cord.

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I am wanting to install another HDD and possible a 3rd in my computer. Each dedicated to movies, pics, etc... If i use one power cord will that work and if so should i be concerned with overall power supply? Windows 7 MSI z87 g55 Mobo. Through my mobo i can disable the other drives from booting and still use them for storage correct?

"Quick test on drive 1 did not complete" error on my WD Black Caviar

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Hello! I was running WD diagnostic tool on my Black Caviar 2TB and after just a few seconds of Quick Test I got this message "*Quick test on drive 1 did not complete!*" in window pop-out. Here is the full message: Image: http://community.wd.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/23287i41932D195C865972/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1 After that I tested my HD with HD Tune Pro and these...

HP Pavilion Laptop Taking Forever Before Connecting to Wi-Fi

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I have an HP Pavilion DM4-2070us with Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). The Wi-Fi network adapter installed is a Centrino Wireless-N 1000. For the past four weeks it has taken "forever" (about 3 minutes) before the laptop can connect to the Wi-Fi network. Upon booting up, a red "X" appears on top of the wireless network icon (the icon with five vertical bars) in the Taskbar. Approximately...

system repair wont work windows wont load

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not sure if im in the right place but computer wont do anything but load up with options to do system repair or whatever its called but it says it cant fix the problem i dont have disc for it or any pw's im on a reg user account it wont load in safe mode but by doing different things i have access to do various things but not sure what or how to lol i had issues before and got them fixed by...

Freecom 400Gb USB external HDD

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I have a powered Freecom 400 USB external hard drive that worked perfectly on a Windows XP-based system, then on a Q6600+Asus P5Q Deluxe-based Windows 7 64-bit Pro system. Now, I just cannot get Windows7 x64 to recognise it in a new LGA1150+Asus Z87-A based system, and Freecom's support is not worth the paper. Searched high and low for a solution. An Iomega 500Gb USB external hard drive...

TT Esports Meka mechanical keyboard stops working after 30 seconds

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OS: Windows 7 Keyboard: TT Esports Meka mechanical keyboard: TT ESPORTS MEKA G1 KB-MEG005UK Mechanical Gaming Keyboard: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories (http://www.amazon.co.uk/TT-ESPORTS-K.../dp/B0059KCWJ8) Problem: It stops working about a 30 seconds after I plug it in. Odd things: 1. It's still recognised by windows, it shows up in my devices window 2. It works with my...

Very High CPU usage on games - programs.

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Hello :) So.. i've got an issue with my cpu (which i'm 100% sure it is around). It seem to run with very high usage on games, programs, etc.. (approx 25-35% cpu usage). My cpu is a i7 3.4ghz cpu (which shouldn't use that much at ALL). It started ever since my first reinstall of windows. my cpu seems to go "berserk", and aswell my graphic card seems to be affected by it aswell. with...

Do I have to leave a check mark in the box in RAMdisk?

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I have a question and not sure if I should uncheck the check mark in the box in my RAMdisk on my SSD. Here is below: [] Allows files on this drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties. Right now there is a check in the box and should I uncheck this or leave it alone as is. I am not sure about this part. John

Do I need to format a brand new internal HD for external use?

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Hello! I just recently bought a WD Green 1TB Hard Drive. I was wondering if there is anything I need to do to start moving files onto it, or is it just a plug and play situation? Thank you!

Solved Bad block on harddrive

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Hi, In Event Viewer I am receiving the following error.....The device\Device\Harddisk1\DR 1, has a bad block Is there anything I can run besides chkdsk /f? Also, besides taking the laptop apart, is there a way to tell if a laptop has a regular laptop harddrive or an SSD in it? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kevin
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