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    [Troubleshoot] PC Powers on for < 3 sec., then retries... over and over and over

    Bleh... So I replaced the hard drive but it has the same problem. Maybe I was just too hasty in my troubleshooting before but now it seems that even with the drive totally disconnected the PC powers up, shuts off, and cycles over and over. However, I had it running constantly for >10 minutes...
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    [Troubleshoot] PC Powers on for < 3 sec., then retries... over and over and over

    Yes... Same here. I tried removing the drive from the box in case it was shorting with no luck. I guess I'll have to replace the drive itself. Unfortunate, since she apparently hasn't backed anything up in a very long time. Thanks, everyone!
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    [Troubleshoot] PC Powers on for < 3 sec., then retries... over and over and over

    My first thought after unplugging the HDD an having it start was a short somehow with the disk. I'll try setting it on an anti static sheet or something and booting it without the screws in. I don't think it's the molex because it checks out when I plug it into a PSU tester, but maybe it shorts...
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    [Troubleshoot] PC Powers on for < 3 sec., then retries... over and over and over

    I don't have a drive lying around, but I have a flash drive with linux on it, and I could throw something on a CD to boot from. What were you thinking I should check out, though? Or just see if it will run off another medium?
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    [Troubleshoot] PC Powers on for < 3 sec., then retries... over and over and over

    Hi guys. Fun times here: I'm a software developer so of course I'm the family "Help, my computer doesn't work" guy. My little sister's home brew PC stopped working and I'm trying to help her... The PC powers on for a few seconds, then turns off. Nothing displays, it definitely doesn't post...
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    Seagate Momentus 7200.4 Laptop HDD failed... Any tips?

    Oooh. That sounds fun. How long do you need to freeze it? I guess condensation would destroy the drive afterward, huh? Dangerous, but interesting. [=
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    Seagate Momentus 7200.4 Laptop HDD failed... Any tips?

    My laptop recently wouldn't boot past the Dell start screen, and there was what seemed to be a beeping sound occuring a random number of times. Turns out it was the hard drive attempting to spin. It will spin a bit, then "beep" for a while, then keep trying to spin. I have some stuff on the...
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    PC won't power on -- mobo?

    I swapped the mobo and that wasn't it. I'll try the psu with another one I have. I hope that's it. Cause it's not worth it for me to replace the proc for this computer. I thought that's what HSF stood for, but I wasn't sure. The HSF is on really tight.
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    PC won't power on -- mobo?

    Not that I know of. What's HSF stand for?
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    PC won't power on -- mobo?

    I bought a gateway 507gr pc for my little sister from someone on here a few months ago and just recently it stopped powering on. If you hold the power button, the light flashes on and off rapidly along with a rapid clicking sound, and the fans all rev up, but nothing turns on. As soon as you...
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    Gaming desktop to first laptop

    Unless I'm missing something, those are all in the ~1500 price range...
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    Gaming desktop to first laptop

    Hey. I used to be a big gamer, but I'm pretty bored of most games lately. I'm thinking about parting out my gaming desktop and getting a laptop. I can probably make a bit over 500 off the desktop parts. Maybe a bit more. Anyway, I've never bought a laptop before. I've always built my desktops...
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    Cheapo laptop for college sister

    Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I saw the inspiron 15. Anyone know why the 13 is more expensive? It has worse specs, comes with vista instead of 7, and costs 50 dollars more. Anyway, I think I'll take the first suggestion and take her to look at some cause I guess the only things to really...
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    Cheapo laptop for college sister

    Hey guys. I'm looking for a cheap laptop for my sister who's starting off college. She wants to spend like 400. She found one in some magazine that didn't look that great to me, and I told her you guys could probably do better. =P Anyway, she will basically be listening to/storing music...
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    reorder auto-increment mysql column

    Yeah, that's what I was thinking. And just add one to every order_id after it... I guess that's pretty elegant.
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