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    [SOLVED] All hope lost for this external hard drive?

    Hello, I was having issues with an external HDD and was trying to recover files. It was running normally and providing a drive letter despite being unable to see the files normally. But a few hours later it disappeared, and when I tried plugging it in again is beeped a few times, didn't sound...
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    A piece of my laptop's hardware is failing me, trying to figure out which part?

    I did open up one access point yesterday and everything that I could see was clean and securely in place. I'll have to try monitoring the temps. I read another post last night where someone mentioned they underclocked their GPU using Afterburner. I downloaded AB but took one look at it and went...
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    A piece of my laptop's hardware is failing me, trying to figure out which part?

    I've had this laptop for just 1.5 years or so, but something is definitely failing me, and I think I'm out of warranty. I've been having frequent issues with freezes/crashes. They present one of three ways usually: it started with just total lockups - cursor would freeze, CTRLALTDEL didn't work...
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    Windows 8 refreshed,"SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION" BSOD

    Hi all, I'm running a fairly new build I put together. It's been pretty much nothing but a headache from the beginning, but I thought I finally had something stable just before I got yet another BSOD. I just recently RMA'd my APU. I put the new one in a saw promising changes, but still had...
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    New build, three short beeps, not booting?

    Sorry to disappear, and thank you again for your help. I'm so reluctant to take everything apart but if I have to I suppose I don't have a choice. Before doing that, I'm attempting to disconnect components one by one while in the case to see what happens. - Unplugged SSD, HDD, optical drive...
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    New build, three short beeps, not booting?

    Motherboard seems to be okay. Checked all the connections, mobo itself feels secure. I've learned a couple new things today. 1. I am still able to boot to Windows 8. I can get in, zip around, like it's a normal computer. I got Core Temp installed and it looked like my APU was running a little...
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    New build, three short beeps, not booting?

    Well, strange new update... I switched the RAM around a few more times. Ran MemTest86 through two passes with no errors, so I tried booting one more time; this time the beeps sounded like maybe 3-4-3? -- but it booted. (I'm using an SSD from my previous PC that I didn't reformat yet, so it...
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    New build, three short beeps, not booting?

    Hi all, I just finished my new build and tried getting it up and running. When I turn it on I see the ASROCK boot screen, then it tries to boot but freezes. During this time I hear three short beeps. I can't seem to get a solid answer one what the three beeps indicate on my particular setup but...