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XP with SP1 remove hardware icon

cyberguru
When I install service pack 1 for windows XP Pro the Safely remove hardware Icon appears in the tray telling me I can safely remove my USB Packard Bell Diamond 2450 scanner. Its always there, as soon as I boot my computer, when I use the scanner and even when the scanners asleep.
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A7N8X

ViolentGreen
Well I have had this board for about 6 months now and I am finally encountering the infamous sound crackling problems? Has anyone found a solution to this? I am hoping not to have to deal with the insanity and morons at the nforcershq forum.
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Buggy HPLaserJet 2300 install

SnapperOne
Our trusty HP6P was sent out for repair. While it was gone, we decided to buy a new HP2300. Installed the 2300's software using the supplied CD (v 1. 0), but had to order a second CD; the center-hole on the original CD was off-center.
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USB and on-board modems not working together

areid
I have a Hayes Accura ISDN Modem which I connect to my laptop (XP Pro (SP1)) via. a USB port. Everything works well until I use the on-board 56k modem. When I use the 56k modem (not at the same time as the ISDN modem) it behaves very erratically, often slowly and often disconnects within a couple of minutes of conn ...
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Error installing TV capture card

ak47
I had this problem for a long time. An error occurred during the installation of the device Access is denied When installing my Leadtek Winfast TV 2000 XP deluxe. I had it installed before and had it working, one day I decided to upgrade the drivers, ever since then I get the same error even if I used the old drivers.
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NT4 + 1394 Firewire

obor
Is it possible? I have a Cardbus 2-port IEEE 1394 that I need to install in a Windows NT4 laptop. Is it possible to find drivers? I've looked everywhere, not finding anything. HELP!.
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upgrading computer without formatting

billwinkle
Just for youre edification. This weekend I needed to repair wifes cpu. She was running intel pIII 600 on and abit bh6 board. I replaced it with my msi kt3v athlon board with xp2100 processor. I replaced my cpu with asus a7n8x deluxe with ahthlon xp2500 barton.
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Labtec Web Camera

Ace
I just got a Labtec Webcam and it doesn't work. The instructions tell me to install the software first and during this process, the driver seems to install as well. It rebooted and told me to plug in the camera.
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CPU Usage with Onboard Audio vs Audigy/Live

pmistry
I did some tests with my onboard audio, a Realtek ALC650 and ran some Quake 3 benchies. I got 212 FPS with audio enabled and 244 FPS with audio disabled. I have an old SB Live hanging around, with Creative's drivers installed, I should probably get some of my FPS back right? I am assuming that upgrading to an Audig ...
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Suggestions on AMD mobo

tsonta101
The easy part: I am leaping to an Athlon 2500+ (from my ageing Thunderbird 1. 3GHz) in September. The hard part: Choosing a new mobo! Now, I have been reading EVERY review on zillions of sites and I have almost maden up my mind.
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SB Audigy ES Question

Champion_R
Does anyone know if the audio outputs on this card are amplified as in if you plug headphones in, you can actually hear the audio at a decent volume?
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Is there a program to scan for faulty RAM?

bobbinbrisco
my new comp more than rarely crashes with a BSOD (bad pool call, pfn page error etc). i have researched these errors and the common link is that it is falty memory or hardware- i think its my RAM. is there a program that can check if ur RAM is faulty?.
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ACPI on Asus P2B-DS with win2k3

Four and Twenty
I got an old Asus P2B-DS dual p3 board that i just put in a new case with a bunch of old parts. The only problem is that when I installed win2k3 server it is not installed in acpi mode. I am reinstalling now with the pnp os setting set to no.
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laptop HD dead - recovery / ntfs scans?

Mr.Guvernment
Any one know of any bootable recovery tools to try to recover a laptop HD? accountant opened an attachement on an email and it frooze the comp - not it B. S. O. D's upon hitting the welcome screen (XP) Safe mode does not work and a repair did not work either so i REALLY! need to get the info on that hard drive! cur ...
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Pesky CD Rom drive(s)

Pepin
When I put a CD in the drive. . it reads it fine and everything. . . (this is happeing on both drives) now, I eject that CD, and put in another CD. . and the CD rom comes up with the contents of the CD that is on my desk.
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Problem with ASROCK k7s8x and Radeon 9800se

vezcu2000
I got problem with ASROCK k7s8x and Radeon 9800se When i try to start a D3D program. . system crashes right away and encounters a blue screen. . I'm using a WinXp pro and i have dx9b installed. . I have tried various drivers, but theres no help for me.
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I'm building a new pc. What do you think?

HawkBoy
Athlon XP 2700 ASUS A7N8X nForce2 w/ audio (Is there a version without the audio? I can't find any for some reason) KingMax 256MB PC-2700 DDR333 SDRAM LiteOn 52x24x52 OEM MSI GeForce FX5200 128MB DDR Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum I'm building it for home use, a little gaming, a fair bit of 3D design,.
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