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Forum profile page for Desktop Computer Hardware on http://www.virtualdr.com. This report page is the aggregated overview from a single forum: Desktop Computer Hardware, located on the Message Board at http://www.virtualdr.com. This forum profile page summarizes the general forum statistics such as: Users Activity, Forum Activity, and Top Authors, which are reported in either a table or graph below for a given reporting time period. Additional forum profile information for "Desktop Computer Hardware" on the Message Board at http://www.virtualdr.com is also shown in the following ways:

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Title: Desktop Computer Hardware
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Users activity: 41 posts per thread
Forum activity: 27 active threads during last week
 

Posting activity on Desktop Computer Hardware:

  Week Month 3 Months
Threads: 27 126 475
Post: 85 535 1,940
 

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Top authors during last week:

Name
Posts
SuperSparks
14
user's latest post:
upgrade advice
Published (2009-11-26 11:11:00)
Here's a good guide to get you started: http://www.overclock3d.net/articles....c2d_processors The real secret is to take everything in small steps, take careful notes, and check for stability after each step. Keep a close eye on temperatures too. I like to use these nice utilities to keep an eye on things - OCCT is particularly good because it will stress everything out and monitor temps at he same time, but you can achieve the same with...
SpywareDr
10
user's latest post:
External Hard Drive
Published (2009-11-22 16:47:00)
Here's hoping it cured the problem.
Train
9
user's latest post:
The Dell 9000 - Future Proof...
Published (2009-11-26 15:31:00)
That is right close to the price of one should you build it. I would not use the Raid options though. Video work, that rig would definitely speed things up. Whe Dell shows the specs. http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/deskt...00&cs=19&s=dhs
Steve R Jones
5
user's latest post:
Looking for New Hard drive
Published (2009-11-24 17:43:00)
Here's a 500gig IDE Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136111 Few others to choose from: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Ultra%20ATA100
squid13
5
user's latest post:
Looking for New Hard drive
Published (2009-11-24 17:56:00)
Steve and Train, Thank You. You've given me some good info to go on. Have A Great Day
Cyber Akuma
5
user's latest post:
Reinstalled Windows, having...
Published (2009-11-24 13:24:00)
I put the old OSdrive with Windows 2000 on it in storage and put in a new one then installed Windows XP. Among other expansion cards, I have a Sapphire Radeon 9600PRO and a ATI TV WONDER PRO PCI. I installed the drivers for my Radeon card from ATI.... and promptly lost DirectX 8 and 9 support, attempting the Direct3D tests in the dxdiag application just gave me an "out of memory" error. Uninstalling the drivers and relying...
bistro
5
user's latest post:
DVD drive vanished
Published (2009-11-24 10:38:00)
If rebooting doesn't work, here's a possible fix from Micropoof: Click Start , and then click All Programs . Click Accessories , and then click Run . Type: regedit , and then click OK . If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow . In the navigation pane, locate and then click the following registry...
Midknyte
4
user's latest post:
over-the-top repair
Published (2009-11-18 22:47:00)
If you don't have a Vista DVD, you can try this: http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/downlo...recovery-disc/
Iced_Nardo
4
user's latest post:
BIOS NOT LOADING
Published (2009-11-23 01:00:00)
Quote: Originally Posted by SuperSparks I agree, it is very rare for a CPU to fail. Motherboard failure, on the other hand, is distressingly common Unfortunately there is no way to be 100% certain, but on the balance of probabilities it is far more likely to be the mobo. Yeah I agree with u , everything leads to a Mobo failure. I am not a professional technician but I have my leads about that as well. The way it happen I blame on my...
Broni
3
user's latest post:
over-the-top repair
Published (2009-11-18 22:55:00)
Yeah, but you can't run Vista repair install with that disk. I'm talking about full repair: http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88...all-vista.html not startup repair.
 

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Started 1 day, 23 hours ago (2009-11-26 15:31:00)  by Train
That is right close to the price of one should you build it. I would not use the Raid options though. Video work, that rig would definitely speed things up. Whe Dell shows the specs. http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/deskt...00&cs=19&s= dhs
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Started 3 days, 16 hours ago (2009-11-24 23:04:00)  by Train
If you have the rev 3.3 motherboard http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2 456 The the Core™ 2 Extreme QX6850 is supported with F12.
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Started 3 days, 21 hours ago (2009-11-24 17:20:00)  by Steve R Jones
You need to verify - but odds are its an IDE drive....(not SATA) Getting another WD (western digital) would be good since apparently you've had real good luck with the current one.
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Started 4 days, 1 hour ago (2009-11-24 13:38:00)  by Train
Well lots of time the newer stuff does not work with the older hardware, so we must back down a few steps. http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...eonaiw_xp.a spx
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Started 4 days, 9 hours ago (2009-11-24 06:05:00)  by Steve R Jones
I would start with rebooting the pc.
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Started 5 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-23 12:02:00)  by SuperSparks
It sounds as if you have it set to go into S1 suspend rather than shutting down. Have a look in Power Options and in the BIOS Setup.
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Started 2 weeks ago (2009-11-14 11:15:00)  by dneilson
Try installing a new CMOS battery.
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Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-16 21:17:00)  by Train
Why I could retire, seeing the bases for their figure.
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Started 6 days, 6 hours ago (2009-11-22 08:55:00)  by SpywareDr
Does your Laptop allow you to adjust the resolution? (Right-click any blank space on your Desktop and select Properties. Click the Settings tab and then see if you can move the Screen resolution slider to a different setting). BTW, 1280x800=16:10
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Started 5 days, 22 hours ago (2009-11-22 16:14:00)  by SpywareDr
Are the following of any help? Microsoft TechNet: Windows 7 RTM 64-bit - Disk Error Event ID 11 occuring after resume from sleep http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...5-b75e75dd0 908 Wilders Security Forums: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=16 0648 Tech Support Forum: Problem with Hard Disk http://...
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Started 6 days, 6 hours ago (2009-11-22 08:55:00)  by SpywareDr
Does your Laptop allow you to adjust the resolution? (Right-click any blank space on your Desktop and select Properties. Click the Settings tab and then see if you can move the Screen resolution slider to a different setting). BTW, 1280x800=16:10
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RE: upgrade advice - 7 new posts
Started 3 days, 16 hours ago (2009-11-24 23:04:00)  by Train
If you have the rev 3.3 motherboard http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2 456 The the Core™ 2 Extreme QX6850 is supported with F12.
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Started 3 days, 21 hours ago (2009-11-24 17:20:00)  by Steve R Jones
You need to verify - but odds are its an IDE drive....(not SATA) Getting another WD (western digital) would be good since apparently you've had real good luck with the current one.
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Desktop Computer Hardware
Started 5 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-23 12:02:00)  by SuperSparks
It sounds as if you have it set to go into S1 suspend rather than shutting down. Have a look in Power Options and in the BIOS Setup.
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Desktop Computer Hardware
Started 1 week, 4 days ago (2009-11-16 21:17:00)  by Train
Why I could retire, seeing the bases for their figure.
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Started 6 days, 6 hours ago (2009-11-22 08:26:00)  by Steve R Jones
The case has nothing to do with it. Its the ports on the mobo that count.
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Started 4 days, 9 hours ago (2009-11-24 06:05:00)  by Steve R Jones
I would start with rebooting the pc.
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RE: BIOS NOT LOADING - 4 new posts
Started 2 weeks ago (2009-11-14 11:15:00)  by dneilson
Try installing a new CMOS battery.
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Started 5 days, 22 hours ago (2009-11-22 16:14:00)  by SpywareDr
Are the following of any help? Microsoft TechNet: Windows 7 RTM 64-bit - Disk Error Event ID 11 occuring after resume from sleep http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...5-b75e75dd0 908 Wilders Security Forums: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=16 0648 Tech Support Forum: Problem with Hard Disk http://...
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Desktop Computer Hardware
Started 1 day, 23 hours ago (2009-11-26 15:31:00)  by Train
That is right close to the price of one should you build it. I would not use the Raid options though. Video work, that rig would definitely speed things up. Whe Dell shows the specs. http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/deskt...00&cs=19&s= dhs
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