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I am using 2 Ram stick of Transcend & Apacer brand in dual channel of my Gigabyete motherboard. It was performing well for 8 months without any trouble.But suddenly it is taking too many times to...
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View ArticleMy new USB HD became READ ONLY and now Windows 7 will not format it.
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View ArticleProblem installing Canon printer over WLAN
I should probably post this in a specialist Canon forum, but I couldn't find a decent one, so I'm trying my trusted Seven... Over LAN, My MX880 multi installs just fine whatever driver I throw at it,...
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I have a game disk that my CD-DVD drive does not recognize. I have other disks that autorun with no problems. I put the disk in another computer and it runs ok. My computer shows nothing in the drive...
View Articlesecond monitor stopped displaying in windows, works OK otherwise
Everything was fine, no changes, no updates,, shut off computer, next time boot up second monitor shows bios screen, shows first level windows loading screen, once it gets to second level windows...
View ArticleWindows 7 install, new SSD
Hi everyone, I have been slaving over the forums for an answer but can't find it, so I'll ask it. I have a desktop and laptop both running windows 7 professional. I want to buy the windows 7 family...
View ArticleHP Deskjet F2492 All-in-One Printer
Hi. I have received a HP Deskjet F2492 All-in-One Printer. Can anyone tell me if it has wireless lan ?. I have searched the HP site, but havent found anything about lan for this printer. It can run via...
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I noticed this morning that my computer has been running for 37 days without a restart, so naturally I decided it should be restarted to clean out temp files. The initial restart acted strangely,...
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Hi. Newbie here so hope I got the right section. For around a week now my mouse cursor has started to suddenly freeze. Turing pc off and on has it working again. I have run all spyware and anti virus...
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gang I have been reading up on the current crop of new/unused hard drives - the spinning kind - and am bummed to see the high levels of negative feedback on so many of the 'top ranked' hdd's. I have...
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I checked accidentaly my system specs using CPU-Z and i saw my core speed is a bit bigger than i have known(from 3.2 GHz at 3.5 Ghz).I want to find out if it's dangerous to keep my CPU at this speed...
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I generally build systems with high end parts. I've found this to be beneficial in longevity, reliability and performance. I built my last machine in 2008 around a Q9550 and Gigabyte EP45-UD3R, 8gb RAM...
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The computer is new. I added a second HDD (G:) from my old computer. Windows Explorer sees G:, lists its files, but when I try to call up a file, it says I have no access. This in spite of my...
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