Recent content by TheDPC

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    Seagate HDD apparent mechanical failure. Need guidance

    Ok so I downloaded SeaTools, powered on the drive and as usual it made its clicks and the beep. The same thing happened with the "hardware connected" sound, but no response. I refreshed the scan of available drives while in SeaTools, but it wouldn't complete. It would just hang on detecting and...
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    Seagate HDD apparent mechanical failure. Need guidance

    Yea, I get that its not worthwhile to get it professionally recovered unless the data is extremely valuable, I'm not planning on going that route at all. And yes, I plan on getting a new 2TB WD drive. I was just wondering if, given the stated symptoms/occurence, the 50$ replacement PC board had...
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    Seagate HDD apparent mechanical failure. Need guidance

    I've recently (as in two days ago) experienced what appears to be a major mechanical failure of my Seagate HDD storage drive. I should say its finally the final nail in the drives coffin. For probably about a month the drive would at times make the "disconnect hardware" noise in windows and...
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    Triple Monitor set up question

    Just to be clear, it doesn't matter which monitor is connected to the active adapter, yes?
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    Triple Monitor set up question

    Hey all, recovering from a mistake, and in an effort to stave off more money on returning merchandise, I pose the following question. I have a Radeon HD 7870, I recently tried to get a three monitor set up via: Monitor 1 (main): MiniDP to DVI-D adapter + DVI-D cable (i later realized it was...