Recent content by LeeJend

Ditto, external drives have caused me similar problems at boot time. Unplug them one at a time, see when the system starts working well again. It could be the cable, USB port or the external drive enclosure. My front USB jacks are getting twitchy about recognizing my external drives.

6.5 years on a commercial power supply is about end of economic life. They can last longer but like you said the quality of the aluminum electrolytic cap's is the key driver. On the other hand, start up delay is not typically an aging power cap issue, though it could be an atypical issue...

Re: Is there a file recovery software which preserves file names and directory struct I had a problem a while back, after extensive research and trying getdataback I ended up buying "Active Partition Recovery". It worked well. But with any data loss there are no guarantees. It is not free.

Possible firewall issue. Try disabling the firewall for a test or uninstall and switch to another firewall. If the disable test works uninstall / re-install the firewall and see if it clears the problem. Also, try plugging the laptop into a wired network connection and see if the problem is...

Giant evil corporations ruling the world with sinister ulterior motives employing evil psychotic henchmen to do their bidding. Hmmm, sounds a little like where I work thinking about it.

Easy enough to change the pins in the case header or pull them and insert into an old style header.

Crap. Wastes water constantly. That is a major amount of water streaming up out of that thing. Which means it has to be distilled which will cost a fortune for constant usage. Resolution is only VGA. Then you will need a dehumidifier to keep the room from getting moldy and humid as hell...

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I actually enjoyed the movie as FICTION. Reality checks not required. It was a decent SciFi / Adventure movie. The problem was that it was another example of the preachy, politically correct, leftist media moguls trying to show dozens of their pet propaganda messages down the viewers throats...

Yes, 51 C is hot. My similar system is running 37 C with light activity and stock HSF. But it's not hot enough to cause crashes. Go into BIOS at boot. find and select default settings or better yet something like "safe settings" name will vary with MB. Make sure all of the required BIOS...

Response is a little late but: Win 8 should not have install issues with anything since it is essentially Win 7 with a Tablet friendly interface". 1) Make sure you are running with elevated privileges when installing. 2) Get the crap off the laptop (Norton trials, Sony spyware, etc.) A clean...

Nightmare maybe...

I shouldn't, but I just have to... Wine ;) SMPlayer, GIMP, Thunderbird

You have a MB with the last Bios update in 2009. The Required UEFI interface to go over 2.19 GB was not issued until late 2010 when the 3 TB drives started shipping. Most likely will not work. Requirement is WIN 7 64 BIT with a UEFI capable MB (UEFI replaces the MBR which was setting the 2.19...

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