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Get Diagnostic Policy from one pc to another?
The Diagnostic Policy on one of my computers does not work, and it seems that a computer reset is the only way to fix it. But are there any way to "send" the Diagnostic Policy from one computer to ...
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intermittent power up failure after shut down
My desktop with ASUS P5L-MX motherboard does not immediately want to boot up whenever it is completely shut down. When the switch is pressed there are no visible lights, fan motion or anything. It ...
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What is the compaq diagnostic partition?
I have a very new Lenovo notebook but I see nowhere a compaq logo or something else.
What is the compaq diagnostic partition and for what is this?
Why do they use this in very new notebooks?
Where ...
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Diagnostic Policy does not run
I have got a starange error on another pc that runs windows vista. The problem seems to be that the Diagnostic policy does not manage to run. Therefor I can not find out why it can not run.I have ...
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Diagnose failure in Dell d630
A Dell d630 is showing signs of failure:
On startup, often nothing is seen on screen. it's about 50:50 if it starts up fine or does nothing
Plugging in an external monitor when nothing appeared, we ...
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Increase ramdrive memory for Hiren Boot CD
Does anyone know how to increase partition for Ramdrive R: for Hiren Boot CD ?
I installed a new Program with more than 64mb and I cannot run it.
By default it's size in 64mb.
IF not where I Could ...
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External Drive Having Issues… Best Diagnostic Hard Drive Checking Tool for OS X Lion?
I have a WD Elements drive that I use for Time Machine backups, I used Disk Utility to verify the disk, it found errors and I tried repairing it, which failed, so I reformatted the drive and it ...
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Any way to detect what is disabling the screensaver?
Is there any Windows application out there that will determine what process is preventing the screen saver from becoming active?
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Extremely slow computer… not sure what to do next
A little over four years ago I built a PC with a Core 2 Quad Q6600 and 4GB of DDR2 800 ram. Not very good by today's standards, but it has served its purpose well.
Recently (within the last two to ...
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Determine what component of my PC is broken
I was playing Skyrim and suddenly the PC froze. I had to reset it by pushing the button. On reboot the display is very weird and I can't figure out what's wrong. My guess would be the graphic card ...
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Is there software for stress-testing computer displays?
I am working with a monitor in our offices that appears to have a malfunctioning DVI interface. When the monitor is in DVI mode, even with cables disconnected, there is serious ghosting, artifacts, ...
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Two hard drives: same specs, different speeds. Need to find the configuration issue
I have two nodes (with 3 dedicated data drives each) that are showing drastically different write speeds. Their 'hdparm' output looks identical and their 'hdparm -t -T' output is comparable but ...
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All domains in Windows XP refer to 1.0.0.0
Today my mother has complained about issues with the internet connection on her laptop: a few days ago, GMail worked, but today it and all other sites won't load, resulting in a "time out error". The ...
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App to spot a hurdle between a user and an http server
I'd like to know if there is a tool that can be placed on a user's computer and given a url, can diagnose if and where a block is situated in accessing a web page (with a specified port). Sort of a ...
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Toshiba Satellite A300 won't boot, how to diagnose?
I have a Toshiba Satellite A300 19P, It was working normally a week ago, today it just won't boot.
After the initial Toshiba boot logo, I get a black screen and nothing happens, I hear the computer ...
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Possibility of hard drive failure? Current Pending Sector
I have a year old WD20EADS 2TB drive and the current pending sector count was going up.
When I first noticed it using HD Tune Pro, it was at 15 and over the course of a month it steadily went up to ...
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How to find out which XP version a PC has [closed]
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How can I determine the installed edition of Windows XP if the OS does not boot up?
Without being able to boot the OS that is.
I was wondering about this for awhile - I ...
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My laptop won't load Vista, and is instead stuck in a loop
my Sony VAIO laptop with Windows Vista (VGN-NR260E) won't allow me to login to Windows, and instead is stuck in a loop or cycle. There are many different screens that appear, depending on what I ...
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Meaning of RCA DCM425 Cable Modem Diagnostic Statistics
My home internet connection is provided via a DOCSIS 2.0 complaint RCA/Thomson DCM425 cable modem. As far as I can tell the DCM425 is an un-managed device, but it does provide a web interface for ...
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Windows 7 disk errors after a few hours of runtime
I'm having trouble understanding what is going on with my work PC. Whenever I boot it, it runs fine for a while, then starts to randomly show disk errors. The displayed error often contains the ...
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USB HDD Hardware Diagnostic Tools
My wife has a Western Digital My Passport Essentials USB 3.0 HDD (P/N: WDBACY5000ABL - 00) which has started to behave quite flaky lately. Particularly, it's registering as unformatted despite ...
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I always get a “scan and fix” message for external HDD, but no problem ever found (Win 7)
I have an external HDD that, when I plug it into my Windows 7 laptop, always initializes with the "do you want to scan and fix" message. I've run it a few times, but the built in Windows scanner ...
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What Is a Boot Failure 4 Digit Diagnostic Tool?
How do I use this device?
Designed to troubleshoot PC boot failures, when PC doesn't even show Video Card/BIOS screen (thus no error code/info is available)
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Diagnosing / Servicing A Notebook GPU
I have a GPU (a GTX 260M) that is causing windows to lockup.
I was talking to a service rep from the notebook manufacturer and they said typically the technicians go through this process:
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Seeking USB hard drive SMART diagnostic tool
I have a pair of hardrives from a RAID which was warning of degraing on a desktop machine.
That machien is out of commision & whether I repeair it depands on whether I can still use 0, 1, or 2 ...
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HP Pavilion s3020.es died - how do I diagnose, and what motherboards are compatible?
My girlfriend got an HP Pavilion s3020.es some years ago (It came with Vista).
The computer suffered from a "fall to the ground from 1 meter" syndrome. As a result it doesn't boot - the beeper keeps ...
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What are Targeted Read Test / SMART Short Self Test? What do failures of them mean?
I have a Dell XPS 420, about 4 years old, out of warranty. Drive C: (and smaller partition as D:) is a Western Digital WD5000AAKS-75YGA0 ATA drive.
Seems to be running well, but the Dell predictive ...
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What are the symbols in VDT's output?
I've been messing with a curses-based disk check tool in Linux called VDT (visual disk test). It puts out a nice little chart on the screen as it's going, but I have no idea what each unit of output ...
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What does Raw Read Error Rate mean in SSD SMART?
I downloaded trial version of HD Tune Pro and I'm using it to benchmark my hard drives. In Health tab of SSD I found Raw Read Error Rate property. What does this property say about my hard drive?
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Do these memtest86 results indicate a defective memory module?
I just ran memtest86 and I received these results (the picture is from the 4th test of the second pass):
Obviously something really bad is happening. I guess that red row should not be there. Also ...
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Is my hard drive about to fail?
I hear some squeaking noises sometimes when I use my computer so I ran smartctl. This is the results:
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
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Using MHDD 4.6 to check hard drives
Following on from my previous post, I have run MHDD 4.6 from Hiren's Boot CD.
1) Does anyone know which commands I should be running to check the health of a drive?
2) I have run 'scan', but about ...
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Hiren's Boot CD - HDD Diagnostics
I have a bunch of hard drives which I want to sell, so am wiping them using Hiren's Boot CD. I want to check that the drives are healthy first. Can anyone recommend a tool for this? There are several ...
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Computer won't start unless power is removed for ~5 minutes
I have a fairly standard 2-year old desktop computer (quad-core intel, single hard drive, decent video card, 300W power supply) which recently started acting up.
I'm not sure what the cause is, so ...
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Is there a Windows-compatible tool for finding PC specifications that displays its report in a user-friendly way? [closed]
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Are there any good tools for reporting on a computer’s specs?
I'm really looking for something that will display the highlights and hide the nitty-gritty details until I ...
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free system diagnostic tool like Dell laptops have? [closed]
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Recommendations for hardware diagnostic software (bootable)?
My company issued Dell laptop has a pretty robust system diagnostic tool that you can boot into before ...
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Where do I start diagnosing a RAID drive that won't come up?
I've had this Cavalry 4TB RAID drive connected via eSATA to a Win2003 box for a year or two, and it's not coming up any more (can't see it in Explorer, or in disk management). I've also tried ...
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I suspect my system is locking up occasionally because it's overheating. Any suggestions to diagnose an overheating issue?
For about a year now, I've been trying to diagnose occasional system freezes/lockups--no BSOD, no warning or messages after reboot--the system simply freezes. I reboot/reset and everything works fine.
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Server NIC CPU fails diagnostic; could this be the cause of LAN performance issues?
I'm trying to track down the cause of some network performance issues. One of the many diagnostic steps I've performed was running the server NIC's diagnostics. Every test passes except the CPU ...
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How-to determine the number of physical CPUs under both Windows and Linux
When running cat /proc/cpuinfo under Linux, a variety information is kicked-back. For example:
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model ...
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What would cause a machine not to output a graphics signal?
I've got a PC which I built myself some time ago. It was working fine. Then we moved house - the PC was moved by the movers. After the move it worked a few times. At one point, it refused to come ...
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determining amount of CPU cache memory for a machine
How can we find the amount of CPU cache memory a given machine has.
Assume Windows XP and a Intel Core Duo processor..
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diagnostic software for wifi adapter
I'm having trouble with my wifi connection. Is there any software out there that can help me determine if the problem is in the drivers or in the hardware?
Regretfully, I'm working on Vista
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Good HD Health Checkers/Programs [closed]
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When to stop using a HDD? What rules/software apply?
How to check the health of a hard drive
Hello guys,
Can anyone recomend me good HD diagnostic tools? Light ...
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Workstation Bluescreen issues
I attempted to log into my workstation this morning only to discover, when the monitors woke up, that I had bluescreened. My Workstation is Windows 7 x64.
The error message was:
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Essential Macintosh Tools [closed]
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What are some “must have” Mac OS X programs?
What are some tools you use a lot to diagnose and fix Macs?
I'll start the ball rolling
Temperature Monitor
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How to prevent Chrome from refreshing page when viewing source?
When viewing page source in Google Chrome, the browser opens a new tab and basically pastes the URL in with the view-source: prefix. This is undesirable.
As a developer, I may include some diagnostic ...
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Capturing Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) screen [closed]
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PC Blue Screens and then instantly reboots. How do I stop this or find the error later?
Sometimes I get a BSOD screen for a split second and I have no chance to see the ...
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Isolating external hard drive failure?
I have a fairly new (~1.5 years old) external WD My Book with a bunch of audio projects that I'd like to recover. I'm wondering if there are any clever tricks I can try before pulling the disk out of ...
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How to diagnose WiFi connection failures
I'm having trouble connecting to the WiFi in my new house.
I'm sure I'm getting everything right - right network ID, right password type, right password (copied directly from the router's config page ...
