About the hardware failure - was there any warning, or did it suddenly brick itself? And I'd be careful with the 1300, as it is only barely strong...
A dodgy cable isn't always apparent at first, plus it could indeed be old and have only started developing faults recently.
I apologize, I mis-interpreted your post.
It could be something as basic as a dodgy cable - I remember changing an old cable for a newer one on my previous PC, and it made a large...
I assume you will also order the SATA card as well? However, I believe there is a cable that enables SATA devices to run on IDE ports, though I do...
I think you should have used an [img] code there, the image is too small to use via that direct link. What did you install/uninstall (both...
I have exactly the same issue, with the AMD-powered 531, except for that I know I have a habit of knocking the mouse after I put it to sleep....
An external enclosure is simple. You buy it, stick the laptop HD in (make sure it's a 2.5 inch enclosure...), connect the USB cable end to the new...
No, but it can be turned off. ;)
Interesting Java problem... Tried a complete uninstall and reinstall?
Nice waste there then ;)
And IBM to me says quality anyway... Though am I too 1990s for you? :D Either way, one of their monitors was over 12 years old when it finally...
Strange, LimeWire's only foible (for me) was its inability to connect to the server... Hence why I use MP3 Rocket now (which is basically a clone,...
And if that doesn't work (and you desperately want this game to work), you can always either dual-boot, or even easier, run a copy of XP in a...
I didn't uninstall the 8300 GS drivers, as they were the latest version from NVidia anyway, and thus as the 8600 GTS uses identical drivers, I...
Any debug messages this time?
Have you been able to get the recovery working yet? And is the PC still slow at booting?
If the device manager states there are no unknown programs, that means that the drivers are installed OK, but they could still be corrupted in...
Yes, the WMI errors could be exactly the reason behind your problem. WMI = Windows Management Instrumentation, or your driver setup. To fix...
Oh dear, I hadn't noticed that there were two links there... It would have helped if you'd spaced them out, it would also help if I payed any...
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