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Can WD3200AZRX SATA-3 hard drive work on SATA-2?
I know this question is already been asked a lot of times.
I am buying new hard drive today, but I am worrying that it wont work on my motherboard Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3.
I want to buy this hard ...
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upgrading windows 8 consumer preview to release preview
sorry if this isn't an appropriate place for this question. However I feel safe this is the best place to get an accurate and fast answer. I currently have my main hard drive split into two ...
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Upgrading php - Errors were encountered
Running debian 4.0
Trying to
$ apt-get install php5
I get
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
php5 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to ...
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Fedora 17 keeps using fedora 16 kernel
I did run preupgrade to upgrade my Fedora 16(x64) to Fedora 17. And it seemed to work fine. So I got the new gimp 2.8, gcc 4.7.0 and so on. But the system keeps using the old kernel from fc16. Uname ...
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computer takes hours to shutdown after video card upgrade
My computer had a nVidia GeForce 8500GT based graphics card, the fan on that card stopped working during the weekend (so I couldn't just replace the fan) I pulled an nVidia 9500GT from a less ...
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Desktop Configuration: More than 32GB RAM
For Particle Simulations, I considered upgrading my desktop PC. I would be willing to invest into 64GB of RAM, but as I have checked, all desktop motherboards have maximum memory limits of 32GB.
What ...
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Which RAM to upgrade MacBook 5,2?
I am trying to buy ram to upgrade a MacBook bought in Mid 2009. It is the 13 inch MacBook 5,2.
This document gives some specs on the ram. It says DDR2, but does anyone know if DDR3 will also work?
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Skip a specific upgrade in emerge -auvD world
Is there a simple way to skip a certain upgrade in emerge -auvD world?
For example, currently there is a broken media-sound/teamspeak-server-bin-3.0.5-r1 marked as stable in the portage tree which ...
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Can I upgrade motherboard on Windows 7 system with only Windows 7 Upgrade disc? [closed]
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What would happen if I take my hard drive out of my current PC and put it in a new PC?
I want to change out my ECS-USA GeForce6100PM-M2 2.0 motherboard for a ASUS ...
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Will this Win8 upgrade option be available on OEM copies of Win7?
I just heard about how, reportedly, if a Windows 7 computer is bought afte June 2, an upgrade to Windows 8 will be available for a discounted price (reportedly $15.99). (source)
I was wondering if ...
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Need handholding with BCDEDIT modifications
Just upgraded my Win7-32 computer by adding a new hard drive, new memory and a new installation of Win7-64. The Win7-32 installation still exists and was on the C:\ drive but now from the Win7-64 ...
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Upgrading CPU for ASUS F1A55-M LX PLUS [closed]
Now I've a AMD A6-3500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Processor with the ASUSTeK F1A55-M LX PLUS, DDR3 RAM and now I'm planning for an upgrade for the processor only. Which is the best option I can ...
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HP Laptop stuck in reboot cycle (won't clear POST) after BIOS upgrade
I've almost finished rebuilding an HP dv9702ea. The windows/software part went fine.
However after that I thought I would update the BIOS with the latest as found on HP's website. It appeared to ...
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Oracle upgrade issue - view,audits/logs that hold info
is there a way in Oracle DB (regardless of version) and by means of views or traces/logs to retrieve info for a version upgrade (for example the timestamp it took place, prior versiof of database and ...
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Windows 7 Upgrade using Advisor
I am trying to upgrade from windows 7 home basic to windows 7 professional, both 64-bit.
I ran the windows anytime upgrade, which says that my system is really compatible for an upgrade.
The ...
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Windows 7 Upgrade [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7 Upgrade using Advisor
I am trying to upgrade from windows 7 home basic to windows 7 professional, both 64-bit.
I ran the windows upgrade advisor, which says ...
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Failing hard drive, want to replace with SSD
I have a hard drive that appears to be failing. It is a normal SATA based hard disk that I am looking to replace with a Solid State Drive but I have a few questions.
I have a motherboard that is a ...
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Repair Ubuntu after unsuccesful upgrading
I was upgrading Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 and during this process I was using Google Chrome and some Nautilus windows and suddenly something came wrong (compiz or other package was updating...) X ...
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Broken packages after upgrading Xubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04 LTS
I upgraded my Xubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04 LTS. After this, I noted that ssh is no more installed. I tried install it and got this error:
we@nemesis:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-client
Reading ...
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kernel modules missing
I'm not sure what happened, but I upgrade my ubuntu system to 12.04 and now something is hosed, I can't boot into my 3.2.0-24-generic kernel, all it does is load up to the login screen and then I ...
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Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate for a netbook? [closed]
I would like to give my netbook a nice boost in performance. Thus, I'm considering upgrading my Windows 7 Starter Edition (which came along with my Samsung NP-N220 netbook and is really slow) to ...
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apt-get upgrade fails because of glibc6
I cannot upgrade my system anymore. I get the following error. What can I do to resolve this problem?
apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Can't upgrade NVIDIA GeForce 310M display driver on Acer Aspire 5745PG
I've been for days already trying to update my video driver.
I have an Acer Aspire 5745PG with a "NVIDIA GeForce 310M" board, and I was trying to run Sony Vegas video editor with Boris Continunn ...
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Will this upgrade require a windows 7 reinstallation or would something go obviously wrong? (Specific) [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
What would happen if I take my hard drive out of my current PC and put it in a new PC?
I'm upgrading this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-331-GI
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How do I know that my laptop need more memory?
I sometimes feel that my laptop works slowly because of lack of memory (when I have LOTS of browser windows open or when I am running graphics applications or computer games) but I am not sure if the ...
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Upgrade php from 5.2 to 5.3 on lenny
I (among other things) manage an older debian Lenny server - and now have a need to update PHP from version 5.2 to 5.3 (we currently have 5.2.26 installed). This is required to support some of the ...
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How many graphics cards does my motherboard support?
I have a motherboard with 6 PCI-E sockets and I wanted to know how many graphics cards are supported. The manufactor of the motherboard says that only 3 graphics cards in CrossfireX are supported. I ...
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Is it possible to upgrade Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 to Final without reinstalling?
If I install Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 now, is it possible to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Final when it is released without reinstalling everything from a disc?
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Upgrading memory in HP Pavilion g4 1164ca
So I'm looking to upgrade my 4GB to 8GB, and I was looking for some high performance good quality memory. I was looking at the Corsair Vengeance:
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Is there any way to determine whether a new Ubuntu release is available from the command line?
Normally in Ubuntu if a new release is available the GUI will tell you. However, if you're running Ubuntu on the server, there is no GUI.
You can run lsb_release -a, which will at least tell you ...
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What limits my laptop on upgrading RAM at 8GB?
I have a Toshiba Portege M780-S7240. It's an i7, 64-bit and currently has 4GB RAM. I'd like to upgrade to 16GB. (If it matters, I'm running 64-bit Ubuntu.)
I checked with a RAM vendor who said it ...
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What are the dangers of using an out-of-support version of Ubuntu?
For my Home Theater PC, which also does a few other basic Linux tasks, I installed MythBuntu 10.10 back when it was the newest version (some time between October 2010 and April 2011, I don't remember ...
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Memory Upgrade suggestion
I have a Dell XPS Studio 1340 and I am planning to do a memory upgrade. I did a lshw -html and I copied the memory part to show what kind of memory I have on it.
id: memory
description: System ...
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Upgrading existing Windows 7 Pro licenses to Ent?
From our license info page from MS:
Agreement Info: MOLP-Z Std
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License Date: 2011-03-02
Microsoft Invoice No: 91....
Reorder/Upgrade End Date: 2013-03-31
MS Win Pro 7 Sngl Open 1 License Part ...
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Is this PC Spec recommends for Win 7 Home Premium? [closed]
I have ran the windows 7 uypgrade advisor report and it says it meets everything to run win 7, but I want to be sure that it not only runs it, but runs well as it will be used for image editing ...
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SATA-III drive comaptiblity with current motherboard
Next month I will be upgrading my computer with newer/better hard drive (Western Digital 250GB, 7200rpm, 32MB, Sata III, Caviar Blue, here is a link where I will buy it from - ...
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Should I upgrade my RAM on my iMac 27"? [closed]
I have an iMac 27", with an intel core i5 3.1 Ghz quad core processor and 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM. It runs on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3.
I am currently hosting a minecraft server to which I allocated 1 GB ...
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Is a memory upgrade a viable option to fix performance issues?
I'm currently seeing my PC getting bogged down by Firefox 11.0 alone with only one hundred tabs open.
Resulting in a memory use of over 530M , VM size of over 800M and an insane amount of page faults ...
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Upgrading Fedora 16 to 17 with crypted LVM
As the title suggests, I want to upgrade Fedora 16 to the Fedora 17 Alpha build, but I am struggling to do so because of my crypted HDD. To avoid the hustle of CD-ROM or USB install, I thought the ...
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How to know which operating system is suitable for my PC between 32/64-bit?
I'm using 32-bit operating system since I've my laptop. I've never used the 64-bit operating system so I'm much curious about this that if I upgrade to 64-bit still my pc will give me the same ...
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Laptop Recovery Hard Drive Replacement
If I am upgrading the hard drive on a laptop, is it possible to transfer the "hidden" backup (recovery) partition for a Toshiba laptop to the new hard drive ?
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Why are some Cygwin packages' sources ALWAYS pending?
Every so often I run Cygwin's setup.exe and click "Install" for the "All" category. However, when I change the view to show "Pending", about seventy-five packages' sources are always checked to ...
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Unable to upgrade in ubuntu 11.10
These are the errors shows by different client
Update Manager:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 968, in simulate
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Upgrading Dell Vostro 1310 with SSD [closed]
I am thinking of upgrading my dell vostro 1310 laptop with SSD. I want know where the following product is suitable for the same or not ?
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Could one hypothetically upgrade a computer from Windows 95 to Windows 8
Hypothetically, could you start with a computer running Windows 95, upgrade this to Windows 98, then upgrade this to Windows XP, then upgrade this to Vista, then to 7 and finally to 8 (consumer ...
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Windows 7 upgrade advisor issue
I am preparing to migrate a pretty old XP machine to Windows 7. I ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and got a couple of smaller issues (low 512Mb RAM complaints and similar stuff). Apart from that, ...
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What is the easiest way to upgrade Windows 7 Professional 64 bit to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
I'm using Windows 7 Professional 64 bit at the minute, I now have an MSDN subscription which allows me to use Windows 7 Ultimate.
Should I just download Windows 7 Ultimate, burn it to a disc, boot ...
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Troubleshooting Mid 2007 iMac RAM upgrade
I am trying to install new RAM in my friends iMac, something I have done several times before. We unplugged the computer before performing the upgrade, used anti static wrist bands, and yes the memory ...
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Will my netbook benefit from a SATA 3 SDD? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Will an SSD speed up an Atom-based netbook?
I'm looking to upgrade the regular hard drive on my Asus EEE 1000H netbook to an SSD.
I'm considering various SSD models, ...
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4GB to 8GB RAM, what performance increase?
I am wondering whether it is worth upgrading from 4 GB to 8 GB of RAM. I know the question has been asked many times, but I can't transpose that to my case. I'm using Windows 7 64-bit.
I did a test ...
