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Possible hard drive failure?
When I got back from college today I was told the computer had locked up during the day and nobody knew how to fix it. See, I'm kinda the tech guy here. What was happening is: - There was a remnant of web page freezed in the middle of the screen, but I could bring it down using the task...- DrAsik
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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DDR400 ram running at 333mhz!
Since I added a second 512MB stick of ddr400 ram on my Asus P4S800 motherboard, my ram is running at 333mhz instead of 400mhz. This is pretty bad considering my processor's FSB is 800mhz. I tried to edit that in the bios but forcing 400mhz prevented the system from even POSTing. I was lucky I...- DrAsik
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Computer cannot start; hard drive suspected
Yesterday, after realizing my ddr400 ram on my ddr400-able ASUS motherboard was actually running at ddr333, I restarted and went into the bios to change it. The option was set on "Auto"; I set it to "400mhz". Then I hit F10 - Save and exit. Then all input/output devices (monitor, keyboard...- DrAsik
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
