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Wireless Issue (Must disconnect and reconnect to router to maintain speeds)

So, to maintain decent speeds on my wireless connection I need to disconnect and reconnect from it at certain times. I've been having this problem for a while now, it doesn't seem based on any activity, time of the day, etc. It just happens randomly but rather frequently. I'm on the Tomato 1.23...
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- Nov 4, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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64-bit Vista machine won't login

The full error is "Interactive logon process initialization has failed. Please consult the event log for more details." It, seemingly randomly, started happening this morning (Last night?) when I tried to pull my machine out of what I thought was sleep, perhaps I held down the power for too...
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- Sep 3, 2008
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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All new build - Help!

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Just shooting for a usable gaming and every day machine that'll last me for a few years. I've had my current PC for about 4 years with light upgrades and its just getting long in the tooth (it also sounds...
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- Jun 10, 2008
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Video Card failing?

Recently I came back to my computer after leaving a game idle for a while (Sims 2, don't hurt me). I was treated to a message similar to "The graphics card has been reset because it stopped responding". Ever since then I've been getting small black squares in any game I test. I'm on a Abit...
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- May 8, 2006
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Abit IS7 Northbridge fan

Somehow I missed that response, thanks.
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- Post #7
- Feb 24, 2006
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Abit IS7 Northbridge fan

So no ones going to say "Leave it off, its fine!"? Thats really what I was hoping for, I really didn't want to have to play around with ordering parts and all that.
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- Post #4
- Feb 23, 2006
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Abit IS7 Northbridge fan

Well, my northbridge fan has been making weird noises for a while, heard it was a common problem with the IS7 boards and that it wasn't a big deal. So I didn't really do anything about it, it didn't seem like it was overheating either because I havn't had any crash issues related to overheating...
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- Feb 23, 2006
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Need a new HD

No, I've owned more then two drives from them and had no problems besides this one, which may actually not be the drives fault anyway. Also, looking at the specs thats what came up. I would prefer not to be called a slut though, if you wouldn't mind. Found out the drive may still be under...
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- Post #11
- Oct 2, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need a new HD

Thinking about this one. Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $117 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701 Cheaper and more then 3x the storage, hah. Or I could do this and replace both drives. Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB...
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- Post #8
- Oct 2, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need a new HD

2 120 gig WD IDE drives. Master is dying, barely any space is being used on the slave. Edit: Getting tons of disk errors in event viewer Details Product: Windows Operating System ID: 7 Source: Disk Version: 5.2 Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_BAD_BLOCK Message: The device, %1, has a bad...
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- Post #3
- Oct 2, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need a new HD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160 Seems like a pretty good deal. What do you guys think? Edit: I want a fast performer but I havn't really been keeping up to date with hardware, so I don't know if there is something better out there. I also don't want...
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- Oct 2, 2005
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building
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Games freezing momentarily

How often does this happen? I've been having the problem recently as well and I think I found the problem. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=32&threadid=1701849
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- Post #9
- Sep 30, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Computer periodically hangs/slows down

I think I found the problem. http://www26.brinkster.com/alius42/untitled.JPG Each one mentioning a disk reports this error, guess I need a new HD!
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- Post #2
- Sep 30, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Computer periodically hangs/slows down

Hangs for about 10-15 seconds every few minutes then goes back to normal. It happens in desktop as well as games. I think games have also been taking longer to load. During games the sound thats being played loops. However, I've had it happen when I was playing a cd in winamp and THAT did not...
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- Sep 30, 2005
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Computer (Duh) Problems - Custom Built

Just thought about this, if the machine is able to run a chkdsk repair and is posting. Whats stopping it from booting into at least the command line safe mode? Could it be the harddrive corrupted? Edit: Also, everyting is being recognised through bios just fine. Edit2: After the /chkdsk...
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- Post #12
- Sep 14, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building

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