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    Recover lost data by formatting first?

    A friend of mine has given me the HD from his laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2180CDT) hoping that I could recover some of the data on it as wasn't booting any longer. I removed the drive and plugged it into an external 2.5" USB unit and managed to get Win2000 to 'see' it (XP refuses). Alas, I wasn't...
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    Motherboard Question : Auto shutoff ?

    Yes I did. I was too embarrassed to reply though :)
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    Motherboard Question : Auto shutoff ?

    ATO RAdeon 9800 Pro I get the same thing with or woithout the card inserted Kingston PC3200 DDR I haven't seen the bios yet. Remember that I'm switching this on for it's first time. It doesn't stay alive long enough to see a bios screen.
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    Motherboard Question : Auto shutoff ?

    I'm just building my new computer and have hit a snag. I've inserted the CPU (AMD64 3200), installed a Zalman CPU fan and put the lot into the case (Antec 350watt) The problam is that when I switch on the power supply the LED on the board lights up, but when I switch on the machine, the power...
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