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hi all i own a alienware area51 2.93ghz intel core 2 extreme x6800 any way over the last 3/4 days pc been crashing random blue screen todays being 0x0000124 it will not do the memory dump in the blue screen it will just freeze on it next time the pc boots up it is very slow and have to reboot to...

hi all Entered as usual Asus site to search for another publication .. Down version of the Bios of the Mother Board. The problem is that the very large size have to update the bios does not explicitly understand what is wrong with this?Is it a mistake from the company? My Motherboard ...

C9 Netduino Shield Series - Using Arduino Shields with a Netduino - Part II IntroductionIn our previous article, we examined what an Arduino shield is, how to build a simple custom shield and discussed how to quickly identify shields that are good candidates for a Netduino adaptation versus...

Hey, I recently bought a new laptop from BTO (15M49) and I've been having trouble with my wireless connection. The first thing is that in task manager the link speed sometimes varies quite a bit (118mbps -300mbps or so). This might not actually be a problem but still wanted to mention it.. The...

Hi, I am trying to set up a vpn from my home computer to my laptop so I can access my network drives when I'm on the go. I am able to access my remote desktop using a dynamic dns hostname, but cannot access the vpn using the same hostname. I have to use my external ip, and port 1723 is...

Hello, Today I was running a fresh OSX86 installation inside of VMWare Player, and using an actual installation disk in my CD drive, which was then tunneled to the VM. Since the installation froze up halfway through, I shut off the VM, and attempted to eject the installation disk, but the drive...

Hi, ACER 6530G I seem to have read a bit about this, and it seems to be a problem on certain Acer machines, with the SONY "Optiarc BC5500-S" BD-ROM and Acer Arcade Deluxe Software. "not sure of versions" Some folk say use a certain version of Acer's software,others say flash the firmware of...

Well I've been getting random lockups for quite some time however here is the kicker,it ONLY happens with more than 4GB of RAM installed...anything less than 4GB I am perfectly fine but anything more my computer locks up totally randomly. Random bits of information: Tested all of my RAM sticks...

Hi everyone, I went from an OEM to a custom built PC with just the graphic card remaining from that OEM system. For most of the time, I experienced BSODs when booting up, but also several times from within Windows, idling or under load. I figured the mistake (no AHCI in BIOS) and made a clean OS...

Hi, I'm certain the subject of the USB3 channel on the latest motherboards and their problems in Windows 7 have been discussed many times already, and I'm certain all discussions are not the same. So here goes my version: At the time of this discussion I'm on my third Intel Desktop board...

Hey guys. I am working at a small office firm, and we just got a brand new printer. Specifically the Kyocera KM-6030. I've connected the network cables to the Switch/Hub and tried to connect it, but it does not appear on the network/printer list. I've tried to configure the TCP/IP settings...

In the past I've post an issue I had were I was getting a B(Blue)SOD but now this is something different, I hope. When I launch either of 2 games (Borderlands and The Secret World), after a while, the screen will go dark and most of the time I'll hear a high pitched wine, I'll restart the PC...

Hi guys! I have some Internet issues with my computer. I had a D-Link DIR-655 router and it would drop connection 3-4 times a day for 4-5 minutes then come back on without me having to do anything at all. Tried a lot of things : changing router settings, upgrade router firmware, reset to...

I have an Alienware M14x R1 laptop with a Crucial M4 SSD as my primary drive and the stock Seagate in the optical drive as my secondary drive. I recently tried to update the Seagate's firmware and now everytime I boot up I get this message that says, "Non-system disk press any key to continue"...

Hello, first I apologize for my English, but I have a problem with bsod, I read what to bring together so you can help me, the bsod occur only when I play, I oc my processor to 4.6ghz but the blue screens were when the processor was 3.3 ghz. I have the ram kingston hyper x pc 12800, I did a...

Link RemovedI've gotten these errors on my PC: Link Removed due to 404 Error - I've tried updating firmware (Corsair Force 3 60 gb SSD) Doesnt work unfortunatly :( Any ideas?

Hi I have a drive, that shows reallocated sectors. I have taken this drive, and low level format/Write Zeroes, ran stress test for several days, the drive is performing well. Have done several error scans, all is well. I need to clear the Glist/Plist, within the drives firmware. i don't...

I am having an intermittent problem with my network connection dropping out for no apparent reason. When it drops, I still see the lights blinking on the NIC card, but cannot pass packets even to the router. Windows does not report the connection or the cable as disconnected when this...

Hello all, new to the forum. I've had this problem for about a week now with little improvement. Here's the deal: About three weeks ago my roommates upgraded from DSL to cable internet. There's four laptops and about four smart phones on the network. There is a wireless router, a Linksys WRT160n...

I have a Linksys WRT54GS that I bought at least 6 years ago. It has worked flawless from the start so I never had to learn anything about wireless networking. That is until now. I just built a new system with a clean install of Windows 7 which I have been running since the final public release...