Recent content by DougMacArthur

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    Black screen of death on HDD just after moving it to a new PC?

    I bought a new PC recently with Windows 10 on an SSD, but it is relatively low capacity and I wanted to keep my old computer "as it was" by just moving the hard drive over to the new PC and then choosing which to boot from at start up. Nothing went wrong with the transfer except that there was...
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    Laptop recently got very slow?

    I've had my current laptop (an HP Omen) for about a year now. So far, I've had few issues (rare, with my experience with HP) and the specs have made it quite smooth to use compared to my other PCs. It has 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 256GB SSD, i7 CPU rated for 2.6 GHz and a 960M, so I can occasionally...
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    Bizarre modem/router interaction? Different default IPs and screwy internet access?

    I recently moved into a new townhouse and have been having a bit of trouble with the internet. There is a D-Link EBR-2310 Ethernet router in the garage and an Xfinity TG1682G modem in the middle of the house. There's a coax going into the modem (which provides the wifi) and an Ethernet cord...
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    Wired Connection Constantly Switching between "Identifying" and "No Connection"?

    Hi all, On my main desktop PC I generally use a wired Ethernet connection and, for three years up until yesterday, my wired connection has been fine. I'm currently recovering from surgery so I haven't been on my desktop too much, but yesterday I sat down to use it and noticed the connection was...