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    Windows 7 what do I do about failing hard disk?

    I just created a new rig with a Athlon black 2.8 cpu, gigabyte MoBo 4gb of corsair ram. The hard disk I'm using is a Maxtor SATA. I believe it has the S.M.A.R.t tech built in. win7 keeps giving me a message that the Hard disk is going to fail. I ran a disk checked and it seemed fine. it did...
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    Windows 7 Video card issue (not enough resorces)

    Hi All Haveing problems with geting my second vc working.device manager says not enough resorses for the second card but xp has no problem Running every thing and in sli.HELP!! Athlon 64x2 3800+ two nvidia 7600gs's 3g ddr2 800 gigabyte m59-sli s4 wd 320g hdd windows 7 build 7100 latest...
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    Windows 7 Should I install Windows 7?

    So I'm currently running 32 bit XP right now, and was wondering if my computer would be able to handle the new Windows 7 64 bit. Here are my known specs... Link Removed AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Dual Core Processor 3GB P2-6400 DDR2 Memory 500GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive 16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer...
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    Windows 7 Nvidia Drivers Causing Startup Lockup

    Hello everyone, I've been running windows XP 32bit for a long time now, but I've recently upgraded the RAM to 6gigs and it only reads 3.25, so I decided to dual boot Windows 7 RC1 64bit instead of buying Windows XP / Vista 64 bit. After successfully completing the installation and the...
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    Windows 7 Nvidia 7300Gt no tv out

    I am running an hp pavilion a1430n with an athlon x2 3800+ and an Nvidia 7300GT graphics card and Win 7 build 7100 installed. I have a tv connected as a secondary display. when i try to adjust the display settings for the tv, it will not apply the new settings. It attempts to apply but does not...
  6. Windows 7 can't get crysis to work

    for some reason crysis comes up with an emulation error or something similar and don't know how to fix it i have tried different drivers for my graphics card and have the latest BIOS update for my CPU which i had problems with Virtual XP. graphics card: nVidia 8800GTS CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2...
  7. Windows 7 Asus A7N8X Motherboard

    Are there any Windows 7 drivers for this Mobo? Everything's working fine, but i don't hink i've actually installed any drivers for the mobo. I've got the disc that came with the mobo, but it doesn't seem to want to install anything from the CD so i assume those drivers are out of date? Thanks...
  8. Windows 7 Realtek Audio Driver Problem

    Hi, I'm running Windows 7 RC 7100 and everyhtings working fine apart from the sound. When i install the latest Realtek High Definition Audio driver it installs fine and when i restarrt i have sound and the Realtek icon is in the taskbar, but when i next restart the computer the drivers are gone...
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    Windows 7 32 bit vs 64 bit?

    OK, time for me to feel like a total noob here. I've been running the W7 beta 32 on my primary desktop, which originally shipped with XP. Have not used Vista at all. I'm curious about running the 64-bit version of the RC, but want to know if I will get a performance boost or hit, or what...
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    Windows Vista Vista shows more mem that is installed?

    I took what was my old system (K8NHA Grand nForce 3 250Gb mobo, Athlon 64 3400+ w/2Gb ram) and put together a system for my fiance to use up in our exercise/music room. Decided to try Vista x64 on it and it installed and runs fine. The odd thing is Vista shows the system as having 4Gb of memory...
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    Windows 7 Incorrect Memory Report from System

    Right-click on 'Computer' and select 'Properties' or select System from the Control Panel, it reports I have 16G of Memory. Don't I wish. I only have 2G. Task Manager as well as the CPU usage Gadget both report that correctly. Just noticed the device manager reported it incorrectly. Other than...
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    Windows 7 AMD Athalon 64 X2 Running on One Core

    I have a Dell C521 with AMD Athalon 64 X2 4600 processor. I loaded Windows Beta 7 32 bit and it won't recognize the second core processor. Any ideas? When I run Device Manager both processors are shown but I have run a number of CPU performance testers that show the second core with zero...
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    Windows 7 Doesn't recognize onboard NIC - AM2NF3-VSTA

    Solved: Doesn't recognize onboard NIC - AM2NF3-VSTA It jus says "Windows could not detect any network devices." and I actually have two.. one via pci and one onboard. There's no vista drivers for this motherboard so I couldn't try that. Also I've heard that this motherboard isn't working with...
  14. Windows 7 Another type of black screen

    Ok so I tossed and old box together to see how old a machine W7 will install 2. 1ghz Athlon 1.5G PC133 ram 80 gig IDE Boots no problem from the dvd, I get to the starting windows part and the win7 logo appears, the screen then goes black, I get a white pointer arrow and thats it... It just...
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    Windows 7 Freezes When Browsing The Web

    Using build 6801, within 10 to 15 minutes of browsing the web, the system would freeze and needs a hard reset. In addition to the IE8 that came with win 7, I've tried Firefox 3 and the latest Google Chrome all with the same freezing result. And it doesn't happen on the same website. System...
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    Windows 7 What would be better?

    Hey all, I have come to a huge question, and id like for your opinions upon which is better. Option A Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB card + Current Specs Option B AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane, 2GB DDR2 800 RAM, ECS NFORCE4 Motherboard and EVGA 7600GS Please note, the 7600 would only be a temporary...
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    Windows Vista CPU at 100% - maxed out processor

    System specs: Athlon XP 2100 (1.7 Ghz) 1GB DDR Radeon 9000 (Powercolor) built in 100 LAN, AC97 Situation: Installing Vista took about an hour. I'm seriously! Booting into the desktop is painfully slow. Task Manager shows the CPU spiked to 100%, but on closer inspection, no process in the list...
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    Windows Vista "failed to open windows image file"

    i've tried to install this thing 10 times - every time it stalls at "Expanding Files 27%", makes me reboot, and locks up. this time it didn't lock up, it gave me this: "failed to open windows image file"... anyone know what this means? i have 3.2G Athlon, 1G Ram, an NTFS secondary HD...