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    Missing Nin el_boss's Avatar
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    Dudes thanks for the help.

    I'm going to try out the stuff you mentioned. And to answer your questions, I haven't added any new hardware recently and I'm running win 2k.

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    Since you are using Win 2K, CHKDSK will still work, but /R does not imply /F so you will need to enter "CHKDSK /F /R"

    Try my suggestion first, then Kraco's and finally mage's. Wiping the hard drive and reinstalling windows just to see if it is a hardware problem is a bit extreme, use that only as a last step. I'm willing to bet its either a seating issue that Kraco suggested, or a sector failure on your harddrive like I suggested.

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    If it's the OS (If it's not one of the things mage pointed out which are common problems I have seen with your problem as well)

    If you can if the computer starts into windows you can access your Recovery Console in win2k by Start ->Programs ->System Tools -> Back-up. I would recommend you make a copy of the files located in \system32\Config so if anything happens you can restore your Registry.

    If you can't and If you still have your windows 2000 disk I would say boot from that (I'm going to hope you know how to do this as for me to explain this step may depend on your Bios) and press "R" at the Welcome to set-up screen. Then select "R" again when prompted to choose the ERP (emergency repair process) This will give you the last prompt in which you select "F" for fast repair. This repairs the MBR (Master boot record) as well alot of other things about the OS. Remember this DOES NOT repair appilcation, your data, or hardware problems.
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    if you have a prescott type cpu, its fine even at 55c.
    maybe you PSU is becoming unstable?
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    My advice, get a mac. in the three years i've had mine i've had one problem and thats becasue i did something stupid.

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    Need help figuring out the name and artist of the song, I was watching the first episode of Threshold. I ripped a bit of the song, don't know how helpful it'll be.

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MZXO4JJ0

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    Ok, serious question: What animal is this?
    http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/738...drodent1bp.jpg

    I seriously don't know what it is and I don't know how to find out. I've been having an argument with a friend, I thought it was a squirrel or a chipmunk, but it's not. So what the heck?

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs

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    Quote Originally Posted by el_boss
    Dudes thanks for the help.

    I'm going to try out the stuff you mentioned. And to answer your questions, I haven't added any new hardware recently and I'm running win 2k.
    Get it fixed yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mage
    Get it fixed yet?
    I think I'll have to put it to sleep. It's a pretty old computer anyway. I'm starting to think that it's either the motherboard or the power supply that is fucked. I just don't feel like repairing that shit nor buying any new parts. I'm just going to buy a laptop or something.

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    Can anybody recommend a program to me that will allow me to specify the times at which my programs can start? What I have in mind is a program that will allow me to start and stop my Bit torrent client at certain when my ISP does not impose data transfer restrictions.

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    Yeeeah, I just decided to get Skype and for some reason it won't install. Any ideas?


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    Quote Originally Posted by DB_Hunter
    Can anybody recommend a program to me that will allow me to specify the times at which my programs can start? What I have in mind is a program that will allow me to start and stop my Bit torrent client at certain when my ISP does not impose data transfer restrictions.
    Umm ... task scheduler? =D

    Actually, if it's just your bt client you're worried about, several clients have schedulers available.

    utorrent has a built-in scheduler which apparently lets you either lower the client bandwidth limit or turn off transfers entirely, which is sort of handy and fairly intuitive looking (it's got about 2 sentences of help text, but that seems like all you'd need)

    Azureus has a scheduler plugin too, http://azureus.sourceforge.net/plugi...SpeedScheduler ... I don't use az, so I don't know how well it works or how hard it is to get it working, but there ya go.

    If you're using some other client ... well ... you should probably use utorrent, 'cause it's better.

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    Does anyone know where I could get or have the theme to Dragonball Z Budokai 3? I think the song is called "Ultimate Power".
    This fantastic Sousuke sig was made by the one and only Lucifus! Thanks man!

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    Does anyone know where I can find an Undetected Cheat Engine?

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