Recent content by NoahJ

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    I'm having hard drive problems

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    I'm having hard drive problems

    Alright, so I have a 2 TB hard drive that I would love to be able to use. I have it connected to my computer right now, but it doesn't work right. Whenever I start-up my computer, I can see it in the windows manager (I'm running un-activated windows 10), But whenever I go to use it, i'm told...
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    Linux live USB won't boot with bad HDD

    (fair warning, I don't know what I'm talking about, correct em at will) Okay so I was trying to fix an broken 2TB Hard drove I have, and to do it I was going to boot into Ubuntu and use Gparted to see if the Partition maps were destroyed, er something. I was gonna try it this specific way...
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    Motherboard and case Front panel connectors are different, please help.

    Thanks for all the answers everyone. I think I'm going to get a Carbide Spec-M2. Figure I should be fine with that.
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    Motherboard and case Front panel connectors are different, please help.

    Okay, so I'm building my first computer, and I had all the parts i needed except for my GPU. I put all the parts together and everything, and I tried to turn it on but nothing happened. I checked that everything was plugged in, and i looked at the front panel cable form the case and realized it...
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    Can my laptop play Halo 2/Halo CE?

    My Laptop: Quick Specs: CPU: i7-4710HQ RAM: 8GB Graphics: Intel 4600 Integrated Graphics OS: Windows 8.1 Tech Status (for lingo in replies): Advanced Newbie/Born-yesterday Intermediate. Okay, I have been thinking about getting the PC releases of Halo 2/CE before I cash in for an Xbox 360...
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    CD drive won't detect my Windows 7 restore disk

    I think I'll just go with Linux ;)
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    CD drive won't detect my Windows 7 restore disk

    Okay, so I'm trying to restore my old Windows XP, Dell Dimension 8300 with a Windows 7 32-bit restore disk. From all that I've read this is possible. However, my CD-drive will not recognize, let alone boot off of the W7 disk. The CD-drive works with everything else, and the Disk is not damaged...
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    This is my first build, will it work as well as I think?

    Thanks for all the quick input! I think I'm going to keep the RAM. Different PSU, Look around for a different GPU and cut the CPU cooler. The thing is, I want to be able to keep this thing for as long as possible, I suspected I was going to overkill, but I'm not sure what I'm going to have to do...
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    This is my first build, will it work as well as I think?

    Okay, so this is my first theoretical build. My first one I would actually like to purchase that parts for and make anyway. I want to know if there are things I could to to either reduce it's price without affecting efficiency and longevity, or increases both of the aforementioned traits without...