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Hey, so I've been having some issues with my laptop overheating and crashing, at times I'll have AIM, itunes, firefox, and word open so I've lost data in the past. So i brought it into Staples for a Free Pc tune up. After 1 and half hours of waiting, they said my software was fine, no viruses, and they dusted out my laptop fan. They said though that my laptop's fan doesn't shut off basically and to find out what was wrong would take a $70 diagnostic test. I'm a little tight on cash so I figured why not ask the computer experts here . Anyone have any ideas?

How do I find them? The update blows. The site really didn't need it IMHO.

If I wanted to see if I had adult add?

So I have a $20 coupon from Kmart for buying Castlevania. I see today that they have another promotion where if you buy Vanquish you get another $20 coupon. On TOP of that, if I buy Vanquish I can get $30 off "Select Titles" which include: Uncharted 2 GOTYBorderlands GOTYEnslaved: Odyssey to the WestCastlevania: Lords of ShadowHalo Reach (All Editions)Dead Rising 2Mafia 2Read Dead RedemptionF1: 2010Front Mission EvolvedQuantum TheorySpiderman: Shattered DimensionsR.U.S.E.H.A.W.X 2God of War 3Heavy Rain I'm thinking of picking up Enslaved also. So, total cost will be: Vanquish - $39.99 Enslaved - $29.99 $69.98 for TWO brand new games!

So today when I got back from school my internet wasn't working. My desktop said it was connected to the network but not the internet. I tried powercycling the modem/router, running Windows troubleshooting, rebooting both PCs, and using the Shaw (My ISP) support download. None of them worked. So when I got back from work it still wasn't working and I decided to phone Shaw support. I sat on hold for nearly two hours before someone came on, told me to plug the modem directly into the computer, and once she verified I had internet access told me it was not Shaw's problem and I need to phone Lynksis (who makes my router). So I phone Lynksis, get connected to a person as soon …

Anybody here ever have an luck with recovering files from an external harddrive? I have an older Lacie 500gb that I believe is hooched (turns on but doesn't load to the desktop, doesn't recognize it in the system preferences either). I know there are several levels and types of data recovery but I'm trying to avoid taking it into Tekserve in Manhattan and paying for them to do it, since that'll be expensive. If anyone here can offer some suggestions that would be great. Thanks guys.

So I have an HP 9340f. It has an Nvidia 9500GS vid card (crap card, but it's a "media" card). On the front of my case it was inputs for composite video in (Yellow video, R/W audio). Can I plug my 360 into these ports and view it on my PC? What software would I need? I've tried googling but I'm stumped.

I know this should be common knowledge, but can you access an SQL database site with a program using sqlite, or is that the way it's supposed to work?

I'm gonna be starting a website with a friend soon for reviews, news, and the like. I believe we use invision here, and was wondering if anyone had any input on any other good ones.

Topic says it all. Coy is going to buy me a new video card for my birthday (GAH!!! I'LL BE THIRTY!!! ) I don't know what motherboard I have, so I'll have to check it out when I get home tonight. My quandry is that I need a new card but don't know what will work with my system. I get confused when it comes to what is going to be compatible with the MoBo. I don't know the difference between PCIe 2.0 and 2.1. Right now, all I know is that I have some form of a GeForce9500 (which is a complete steaming soup of diarrhea). I'm looking to spend around $150 so I think I'm looking at either a ATI 5770 or maybe an NVIDIA card of some sort (I've always had NVIDIA cards i…

So I was messing around on my roommates make trying o play wow when I blew up his background. Initially it was attached to the mouse so wherever i drag my mouse the background followed, super weird. I fixed that but the background is still super huge, and I can't figure out how to max it back to normal. I've tried CTRL scroll but that doesn't seem to fix the problem. any ideas?

Is Alcohol 120%/52% the best game image creator/mount out there? Reason I am asking is because I am trying to install/play my games on my laptop which does not come with a disc drive

my account name is the same as my gamertag. so add me if you have it.

Now to make this clear... this is not deciding what monitor windows starts on, but what monitor shows bios settings and all the other text that shows up before the operating system starts. The problem is I have a TV hooked up via VGA and a monitor hooked up via DVI. The computer always starts on the TV then switches over to the monitor. Is there any way that I can get the computer to start up on the monitor instead of the tv. My fear is nothing can be changed since the computer is just outputting to what display it detects first instead of my preference. I'm just afraid since the driver doesn't probably load until the OS starts. So is there anything I can do to change…

I have windows vista and windows 7 on the same computer but I never use vista anymore for obvious reasons. I have them set up as a dual boot and after a few google searches I have seen many ways of doing it with mixed success. My question is if there is a simple way of going about this without loosing any data on windows 7 and totally removing the vista partition so I can get all my hard drive space back.

Okay, so HDMI is supposedly the best picture you can get, correct? If so, how come when I hook my Xbox up via HDMI, I only get 720p, yet when I go Component, I'm able to get 1080p?

I noticed there is a spot where it says Reputation, I understand what the feature is for, has it even been implemented? I don't see anywhere to vote for someone's reputation.

Any suggestions for free conversion software? I need something to change from MP4 to convert to WMA. The software I tried before messed up the audio and Movie Maker didn't work with it.

Anyone having trouble connecting to Xbox live on their console? I connect to the internet no problem but my console will not connect to live. First time I have ever had this issue too.

I have an hp m9150f that has analog a/v ports on the front. I have Cyberlink PowerDirector that came on the Vista Operating system that was originally on the computer but now I am looking for something that I can use on windows 7. I have been trying a few open source alternatives but I can't find something that is good quality. Any suggestions?

Alright, I've been trying for days now to get my 360 connected through the wifi here on post. It's supposedly possible to connect to XBL through it but I've had no luck so if anyone can help it'd be greatly appreciated. Tryed connecting with automatic settings, no dice. Then did it manually and set the IP and everything to match my laptop thinking that might work (disconnected my laptop of course) and still nothing. So, if anyone has any ideas, it would be awesome.

So my Xbox has been broken now for over a year. The one I've been playing on is my room mates so now that the semester is ending and I want to be playing the Hal;o Reach Beta, I've realized buying a new console all together is a better route then paying another $100 to get my old one fixed only to have it bust just a little over a year when the 1 year warranty expires. In since I'm switching majors now I'm going to be selling all my school books and should have enough to buy a new one. This is the one deal I'm currently looking at... Xbox 360 I'm looking at. Is this probably the best thing to go with? I've been wanting to upgrade my HD from my original 20 GB one and it co…

my sister bought a 40 inch samsung to game on. i guess some folks told her she had to have 120 hz to play games on, so she ponied up for one that did. she says her 360 is only kicking out 60 hz and since she dropped the cash, she wants it at 120. she says it's running 60 hz twice? i dunno. i have no idea about all that. can one of you give me a dummy explanation of what it is?

So I just bought a new Elite with a 120 GB HD, only problem is that I didn't realize is that it doesn't come with a transfer cable... does anyone have one they can let me use so I can transfer everything off my old HD onto my new one?

So I have a CD/DVD drive on my new laptop, that works like the drive on a PS3. There is no door to lay down the disk on. It's fed in. Problem: My new PC wireless adapter for 360 controllers, came with a tiny disk with the drivers on it. My laptop refuses to accept this CD. What can I do? I searched for drivers online, and I also searched for tiny fucking CD not working with automatically fed CD drives. Came up with zilcho each time.