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Scratch this post, I should have googled a little more thoroughly, plenty of solutions out there...

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I installed hMonitor on my system last night and it now displays "Test Mode" on all 4 corners of the desktop whenever I start up. I am running Vista Heom 64 bit.
Is this similar to Safe Mode...

Problem seems to be solved. Had to bump my RAM voltage to 2.0 and Northbridge voltage to 1.4. Everything installed and seems to be running fine.

Thanks for all the replies to help me out.

Starting to see some progress.
Found a thread on the OCZ forum which recommended some voltage adjustments to the RAM and NB. Made the suggested changes and got Vista installed correctly on the...

Ok, I guess we found the problem then. Never had a mobo before that required all DIMM slots to be filled to work correctly. I guess that's why I thought I could get away with 2.
Since the "B"...

Bah, this just keeps getting worse...
Wiped the HDD, tried to re-install Vista, and have been getting an error message 0x80070714: cannot install required files. Install was from the original disc...

I have been a little suspect of the RAM.
I took everything out last night to inspect for damage. I did replace the SATA cable on the HDD and check to make sure the RAM was fully seated. This...

Hopefully this is the right forum to post this. Apologies if it isn't:
I have been having some problems successfully installing some programs on my new build. One is a game (Silent Hunter 4), the...

Thank you for the help! Problem solved...

Hello,
Tonight I ran the Shields Up vulnerability program, and received the following message:

"Ping Reply: RECEIVED (FAILED) — Your system REPLIED to our Ping (ICMP Echo) requests, making it...

Hopefully this is the right forum for this question:
I have two computers at work and a limited amount of desk space. I am looking at sharing a keyboard and mouse to run both systems.
One of the...

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I am about do do a clean wipe of my Hard Drive using Killdisk. As this is the first time I have done this, can someone give me a rough play by play on how to get set back up after I run the...

Hello all,
I am having a similar problem with my system; it takes about 2-3 minutes to fully start up. I have run HJT, and posted to the analysis site. Link to the scan is here:
...

I am running the Gigabyte Graphics Utility, it could have something to do with that.
I haven't noticed any performance degradation, and the error only pops up once out of every 6 reboots.
Wish I...

Just got the error again, spelling was right.

"Could not start GPCIDrv Driver"

Tried running a google search with no luck. Hoping someone has heard of this error.

I just purchased and installed an Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT video card. Installed the base drivers from the disc that came with the card and updated the drivers to the most current version via Nvidia's...

Appreciate the quick reply:
Can you tell me off hand how to go about changing the settings to Standard VGA? I'm running Windows XP with the ATI Catalyst Control panel if that helps.

Again, thanks...

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I have been having some intermittent problems with my computer's graphics. Every now and again (becoming more frequent), the computer screen freezes for a moment, and then overlays purple...

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I just set up a home wireless network and am attempting to run a shared printer between my laptop and desktop. I have a router running direct to my desktop (to which the printer is connected)...

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I ended up downloading SP2 b/c I was having all kinds of problems getting Service Pack 1 to install. Kind of a roundabout way of getting the SP1 upgrades installed, but the only way I could...

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I recently installed Windows XP SP2 for the Home Edition. When I start my computer, I get an error message stating:

"Setup has detected a newer version of Internet Explorer already...

I was able to install SP2 and verified it through the "My Computer" properties. It now reads "Service Pack 2, v. 2096".
Hopefully they have a good amount of the bugs worked out for it, or you may be...

Hello again,
I managed to get SP2 to download correctly from the link provided. So it looks like I was able tyo get the SP1 stuff with it.
Thank you all for taking the time to help me through...

I downlaoded the SP1 Recovery Fix from the hp site and am downloading the SP2 preview now. When I attempt to run the HP recover fix, I get an message saying:
"ERROR: No Software Build Number...

I do get the same error running the update through Windows Update and installing manually. I downloaded SP1a again to double cehck that I had the 32 bit version and tried again.
I also ran the...