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Wacom tablet driver issue

As I go through search engines and Wacom's knowledge base their tablet drivers have a lot of issues when it comes to restarting machines - however I cannot find a problem similar to mine. When ever I restart my computer the tablet is automatically in relative (mouse) mode - typical and functions...
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- Nov 6, 2007
- Replies: 2
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P5N32 SLI SE Deluxe will not POST - dead or not?

I built a new machine back in September of 2006 and it ran flawlessly (including benchmarks) until September of 2007 (go figure). The system showed no signs of failure (my last machine fried & failed in enough ways I know the symptoms) but when I was playing the Team Fortress 2 beta I had a...
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- Oct 7, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Problems installing Windows Vista RC1

Ah, I finally figured it out. Turns out the Vista provided Nvidia drivers are causing a real mess leading to a detour to manually install fresh drivers prior to Vista starting up for the first time - at least this issue is for any 7950gx2's out there. Even then I'm still running only 1 GPU due...
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- Post #6
- Oct 25, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Problems installing Windows Vista RC1

Well, the crash always moved so fast I could never tell what the crash error was - originally I was getting a system_service_exception error when I was crashing. Out of curiosity I used Vista's memory test utility once and after that I no longer crash right away upon trying to boot to Vista -...
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- Post #5
- Oct 23, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Problems installing Windows Vista RC1

Any suggestions on how to get x64 to run? Im going to try x32 here in a couple days but I'm getting respsonses from friends that their x64 versions install and run just fine.
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- Oct 20, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Problems installing Windows Vista RC1

I'm trying to install Windows Vista RC1 x64 and I'm having a couple issues. It seems that I can install to an empty partition just fine right up until the install is going through its "Finalizing Install" phase right at the very end. This happens after I get a message stating the OS is booting...
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- Oct 18, 2006
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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Strange boot-up problem with new build

Ok, I find this is strictly a Windows problem. I was forced into a format previously when it refused to properly do a Windows repair (always crashed). The system ran fine until the same stuff begins to happen. This is the pattern: Windows will load and hang for a second at the welcome screen...
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- Sep 25, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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UPS or a Power Conditioner?

I'll have to check out APC's site. Brick Wall was definately interesting but its quite pricy (I'm looking around $50-$100) - definately on my favorites, though. Any other suggestions? Thanks guys!
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- Post #4
- Sep 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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UPS or a Power Conditioner?

Prior to building my new machine I have been given the suggestion of a UPS with burnout protection to avoid another failing power supply. Well, I know a UPS is really usefully for outages & brownouts but I think the issue I'm trying to avoid is just a crappy current in this old building. So...
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- Sep 22, 2006
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building
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Strange boot-up problem with new build

I built a new rig a week ago and every thing ran smooth until I started fetching the most up-to-date drivers. The issue is that Windows loads and when it normally switches over to the desktop (that blib for the resolution change) the monitor loses signal and there is no (appearent)HDD...
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- Sep 11, 2006
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Cannot boot - nothing works

Never mind, definate mobo faliure While I was going through the mobo I found a bad capacitor - which is an understatement. It looked as if it leaked & squirted over a couple other capacitors which is a no brainer. So, looks like a new mobo & new PSU for me, *glee!* Too bad I cant do it...
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- Aug 20, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Cannot boot - nothing works

I removed every thing from the Mobo, which is completely bare now, and I get no audible beeps or error codes. Power does run to every thing, fans work - the monitor gets a signal from the GPU - just nothing loads. I did find a spare PSU but I believe it was too old to work - all I ever got was a...
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- Post #5
- Aug 20, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Cannot boot - nothing works

I don't have any PSU's on hand at the moment - is there any thing else I can do in the mean time?
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- Post #3
- Aug 19, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Cannot boot - nothing works

My computer has been running fine for the last few months - the only issues have been hard drive issues. I was browsing the internet when the screen stutters & goes blank - the typical system crash. I restart and nothing happens - which I should elaborate; nothing happens. No POST screen, not...
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- Aug 19, 2006
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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Harddrives die/malfunction on my PC, why?

Since it is most likely the PSU, would the HDD have any physical damage that I would have to be aware of? Or would the drive simply be malfunction? This coming from the direction that when I do replace the PSU will the drive fail since the last PSU damaged it? While on the subject, talking...
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- Post #6
- Jul 17, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Harddrives die/malfunction on my PC, why?

I only have one drive in the tower at a time which has a 40mm fan right over it - not to mention the case very cool with a lot of air flow. I only guessed at the time I flashed & initally had problems, how ever if the flash was bad when would I start noticing issues? Right away or could it be...
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- Post #4
- Jul 16, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Harddrives die/malfunction on my PC, why?

For some reason, every harddrive that I have had with SATA has slowly degraded in performance followed by a critical moment when the drive corrupts a mass amount of information. I have a Western Digital that liked to make quite a bit of noise, sounding like the drive was continously shutting...
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- Jul 16, 2006
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD drive is unresponsive

Im trying to play Zork: Grand Inquisitor :) Not that much of a loss. I only have like 3 DVD based games and the only recent one is Splinter Cell. Any ways, it shows up in POST but when I set it to boot from the drive it is completely skipped and Windows boots up. What I find wierd is that my...
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- Post #4
- Jun 19, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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DVD drive is unresponsive

The DVD drive I have is an older drive but works fine. The issue I have is that the drive refuses to read any discs (by refuse I mean the disc doesn't even move). Starting broad, I know the drive works since I've installed & played a few games with in the past couple months. The hardware is...
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- Jun 19, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Recovering restricted documents?

Worked perfectly! Thank you!
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- Jun 2, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Recovering restricted documents?

My harddrive died - again - leaving me a little stranded. Previously I recovered all the information I would need and left it at that. Well, I have to go back and retrieve that information again but with a slight problem - Windows is corrupted beyond repair on the harddrive leaving me locked out...
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- Jun 1, 2006
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Odd Windows install problem

While it was shaping up to be a bad Windows disk, I popped in my old harddrive just so I had a computer to use. No more than ten minutes afterwords the Seagate did a meltdown. Fortunately I was able to back up the important information, most of it stored from the last time I had a bad harddrive...
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- Apr 25, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Odd Windows install problem

Brief summary: Every time I try to install windows the "copy file" process after the format stops at some point between 10%-20% and does not proceed, even after skipping files. First attempt reached 78% before the stall, after that no more than 20%. Every attempt to install is slower than the...
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- Apr 24, 2006
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Network or website issue?

Im trying to figure out whats wrong when I try to connect to the website www.drawball.com; a giant graffiti board. I am in school dorms at the moment, which is not the best place to be to begin with; how ever the problem is not straight forward. Sunday night I connect to the site just fine for...
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- Mar 13, 2006
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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Scary-ish failiur?

This goes way back to when I posted about my PSU going out. The PSU never got replaced, mostly because the issue never came up again (go figure with cheap me). It wasn't until I had an issue where my computer was trying to boot from the slave drive out of no where. I had it unplugged for a week...
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- Feb 26, 2006
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Any rational thought to this idea?

Let me rephrase what I said, Is there a way to trick a website into thinking you have a different IP, in my case probably specific? I find it funny how people are always looking for ways to do this for privacy reasons and I'm doing it because I am addicted to a flash artpad!
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- Feb 17, 2006
- Forum: Networking
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Any rational thought to this idea?

The whole point of this question is that I am addicted to a site called Drawball.com; a flash based "artpad" that stores information by IP Addresses, such as, my router address. I'm at a college dorm 90% of the time, but go home on the weekends that information is left behind. At home, we have a...
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- Feb 17, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Networking
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Safedisc and errors!

Ok, well, this just blows my mind. Ever have one of those times where the problem is so simple that you completely overlook the situation? I am hardly one to blame, as I look through the net a LOT of people have issues with Safedisc at one point or another INCLUDING the developers, Microsoft...
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- Jan 30, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Safedisc and errors!

Even though those are for Startforce, they would work for Safedisc how ever I do not find SecDrv in the device manager or does the removal tool work for it. I cannot even format windows since even that has a slim chance of actually solving this. I am going to try repairing windows and hope it...
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- Jan 30, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Safedisc and errors!

Ok, I found the entry. Had "start" and "type", 3 and 1 respectively. I played around with the start entry and have no change. If I load up cmd and do a query search for secdrv I get a STATE: STOPPED every time, no matter what I do. If I try to start it I get this message: "The service...
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- Post #10
- Jan 30, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Safedisc and errors!

Im not finding any thing at all. Appearently this is a problem that plagues a LOT of people with no fix, many of which cant play their games at all. Im fortunate enough that I can play my games and know how to get around some of these issues. I absolutely do not want to format again since for...
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- Post #8
- Jan 30, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Safedisc and errors!

Nope, appearently my problem has nothing to do with Alcohol or CloneCD. I really don't know what to do. I am thinking this is more along the lines of some thing Windows or maybe a bad registry entry or some thing. This has been on my mind for a while, what would be the difference between...
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- Post #6
- Jan 29, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Safedisc and errors!

Ok, well, this was a while back yes but I still have the problem. I originally got around CoD2 by using a no-cd patch and it worked fine. On another forum a member email Activision and they gave details on how to fix this issue if you had Alcohol 120% and/or CloneCD. If the problem still...
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- Post #4
- Jan 28, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Safedisc and errors!

I am struck with the problem of Safedisc and not being able to run Call of Duty 2. My Event Viewer keeps giving me this error: The Secdrv service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices...
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- Jan 13, 2006
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Computer Building
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This mean I should get a new PSU?

Sorry for the late reply. Any how, case temps are not a worry. When I built my rig I made sure for plenty of air flow including goodies such as round cables; and I monitored my temps for a while initally when I began over clocking and I had nice low temps; minding that I did check to see if the...
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- Post #6
- Jan 6, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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This mean I should get a new PSU?

Thanks to those who helped me figure out it was not my HDD that was failing but rather my PSU potentially failing! My computer ran fine but I could not help but thinking that my PSU is faulty on such a margin that I probably would of never known it was/might of been bad. I was reading up on a...
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- Dec 31, 2005
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is this my HDD failing?

Interesting. Ok, well, I checked for the caps & any brown material emerging. With out having to take apart my rig to really examine it (Im actually quite uncomfortable to take apart the PSU its self), I saw several caps but no brown or any material coming out of the caps. I ask why I should...
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- Post #14
- Dec 30, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is this my HDD failing?

Relating to over-clocking, though, that does not necessarily mean a bad PSU? I run fine with out over clocking my processor. Ive been playing FEAR all night with my Radeon tweaked with no failure or hint of it. Im doing a new build this summer so if I can get away with what I got right now it...
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- Post #12
- Dec 29, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is this my HDD failing?

This issue on my rig started/ended months before I even had the thought of overclocking. I checked for a loose connection and found that while every thing was secure, the power for my HDD came directly after my video card; assuming this would mean I wouldn't have to over clock to have my power...
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- Post #9
- Dec 29, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is this my HDD failing?

I have not had this problem long but its truely scarey. This has happened only one other time during the summer and now. It only started happening recently again after I started to overclock. Last summer I started having a strange issue where it sounded like my system was shutting off. I...
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- Dec 28, 2005
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Computer Building

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