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    issues trying to upgrade RAM

    looked more into the Memory Remapping feature in BIOS. that seems to be the issue, and googling that problem brought up a lot of threads on different forums that all seemed to have one thing in common: Asus Motherboards. One guy said this happened with a fresh build, so he sent the asus back and...
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    issues trying to upgrade RAM

    I brought my ram over to a friends, and his computer intially didnt like the new ram. His board (an Asus of some sort, dont remember exactly), gave a code 50, which is a ram error. Put his ram back in, an it worked, and he was able to mix his ram and my ram together without issue. I also tried...
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    issues trying to upgrade RAM

    everything works fine with the old ram. wont load past the bios screen with the new ram. I thought the new ram was the issue, so i had it sent back to newegg and got a different set. same problems. The speed of the new ram (1600) should be compatible with the board. I would have matched the...
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    issues trying to upgrade RAM

    No one has any ideas on what the issue could be? I have tried a new copy of windows (needed installed on my SSD), tried using the MEMOK! function on the motherboard, and nothing. Also ran another memory test that my buddy brought to me (dont know the name of it) and it came back with no errors.
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    issues trying to upgrade RAM

    I tried both ways, running just the new and both. I was hoping to run both (I know they arent the same speed, but ive been told i can run both, but they will run at the slower speed). Tried setting the timings manually and still getting only 3.5 usable memory.
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    issues trying to upgrade RAM

    I recently decided to upgrade my desktop, which was built 4 years ago, in preparation for fallout 4. Unfortunately, Installing the RAM has been an issue. To start off, I have an Asus P7P55D-E LX motherboard, Intel i5-650 3.20GHz cpu, and my original RAM is 2 sticks of 2gb g.skill DDR3 2200...
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    Windows 7 locking up

    i took and did restore point, and so far it hasnt locked up, just has lagged at times. but i havent been on my laptop much to find out more.
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    Windows 7 locking up

    i will try that. i did a scan with Avast and Malwarebytes and both came up with nothing.
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    Windows 7 locking up

    to start out, my laptop is an Asus A53E-TS52 running windows 7 home premium 64 bit. Last week i updated everything (any windows updates, driver updates that Asus LiveUpdate, etc). ever since i updated, i havent been able to : -view pictures using windows picture viewer (it makes it through a...
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    xbox 360 hdd replacement?

    from the sounds of it, it isnt worth the trouble. if this xbox ends up working, i'll just get me another drive from an xbox
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    xbox 360 hdd replacement?

    well, in related news, it just red ringed. again. so, if you know how to do this, i would still like to know. in the mean time, my friend says there is something else that can be done.
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    xbox 360 hdd replacement?

    i was given an xbox that was red ringed last weekend, and it came with nothing (no cables, hdd, controllers, etc). i got everything but a hard drive, because the one my friend gave me is bad. The hard drive for the xbox is just a SATA laptop hdd. i have 2 of these at my house that i can use, and...
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    wireless network not connecting

    well i happened to find my old g router. plugged it in and internet works again. router is bad.
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    wireless network not connecting

    Just this week my wireless internet has gone down the pooper. The computer that is hardlined into it still has great internet, all the other computers cant even find the network, and if it does, it wont load anything very quickly if at all. The router is a Netgear N300 WNR2000. I have tried...
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    toshiba laptop start up error

    Anyone got any ideas since the keyboard is preventing the startup, and an external keyboard does the same?
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    toshiba laptop start up error

    me either. i have two that are broke at my house, and now my friends isnt working.
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    toshiba laptop start up error

    wow, cannot believe i did not think of that. so simple to try. EDIT: tried it, still locks it up.
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    toshiba laptop start up error

    i do get that message, but the keyboard locks it up if i try to press a key.
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    toshiba laptop start up error

    so, i took and formatted the hard drive so i could install XP, since it was freezing and stuff. I just tried to put XP on it, and i am having the same problem, the keyboard isnt working freezes the computer. The keyboard works on the very first screen for pressing f12 for the boot menu. It also...
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    toshiba laptop start up error

    Thanks. it was just a thought i had ( i know more than the average person about computers, but i still dont know a whole lot). The hard drive is good, i was able to put it into my external case and get into everything without problems and also get all the important documents. So now i need...
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