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8800 GTX revived from a orange lines at post / no 3D in Windows state. Followed everyone elses instructions: 10 minutes at 200 C. Absolutely amazed.

Thanks Cat and Blue Falcon. I think one of those two methods should fix me up. Blue: Very correct. I should have considered this would be a similar scenario to a drive migration. I had the wrong search terms stuck in my head. I'll test it out tonight. Many thanks to all!

Machine is a Dell laptop from about 6 years ago, and the BIOS updates available don't allow boot from USB. Considered replacing the CDROM, as it's a removable part, but the owner doesn't really have the budget. She's got an external drive that functions... but only when the OS is up and...

I've received a laptop with a malfunctioning floppy drive, malfunctioning CDROM drive, and a malfunctioning network port, and have been requested to install XP on it. I have an external USB shell and can remove the hard drive from the laptop and plug it into my own box... problem is that I...

Thanks for your responses, and the startup on Overclocking Wiki.

I purchased an AMD X2 at the end of summer. Although I'm pleased with it's general performance, I feel as if I'm not taking full advantage of the system. When I went out on the net to search for material, I was surprised that I couldn't find a site which focuses on this. Is there a blog or...

I have asked this question before, but through my own experimentation, I'm not certain if I was given the correct answers. I *had* a Quickcam Messenger, and had taken some pictures with it using the Imaing and Scanners wizard built into Windows XP... it shows up when you double click the...

Mornin', I don't understand the trend of comboing widescreen laptops with the 9600. If the laptop has widescreen, doesn't that mean that it will stretch out standard resolutions? If I buy one of these things, I don't want my Jedi to be a fat freak. Or is it that the laptop will run in a...