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#1 niceties55
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I want to clone my Xbox One X 1TB hard drive to a new 2TB SSD while ensuring that I can use the full 2TB of space.

My initial attempt resulted in 1TB being unallocated and inaccessible.

How can I successfully clone the drive and retain all my games with the full 2TB capacity?

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#2 niceties55
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I just got a Panasonic FZ-1 3DO today, I set it up and it boots just fine into the "insert cd" screen, so I put in a CD, close the drive, the green access light turns on for a bit, and turns off, and nothing, the screen goes blank. The CD is in the exact same spot after leaving it in for a while.

I was wondering what the issue is?/what parts I should purchase to get this neat/weird unit up and running again?

Do I need to purchase a new drive? If so, which one is a good "drop-in" unit?

Do I need to replace some belts or gears? If so, which parts do I need to refurb this unit?

Anything else that I am not thinking of?

Thanks!

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#3 niceties55
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I just got a PS2 Slim (model SCPH-7001) and whenever I boot into the main menu without a game disc I see the "browser and system config" but the "blue spheres" never spin and the controller is unresponsive. (Note, this happens whether I have a memory card or not in the unit.)

Whenever I put a game in, the game plays seems to play fine UNTIL I put a memory card into the unit, then it seems to freeze again.

I was just wondering what is up with the unit?

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#4 niceties55
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I just got a for-repair Xbox One today (first gen) very cheap off FB Marketplace. It powers up and plays the games however the Xbox case seems to get extremely hot (infrared thermometer shows 134F and rising before I shut it down). The large fan does seem to spin but it never shifts into a higher speed as it gets hotter.

When I pulled this unit apart it seems like there was some liquid spill over the fan as there was some sticky residue on the heat sink below it. I am not sure if the fan is semi-bad (so I need to replace it), or some liquid got on the CPU/GPU so I need to reapply thermal paste.

Again, even with a seemingly bad spill on the CPU//GPU area over the fan, it seems to function as it should minus the overheating problem.

I was wondering how I can fix this up?

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#5 niceties55
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I am looking for a good app or website that I can use to catalog my video game collection. I would prefer a free app/website or at least one that does not have a monthly fee. It also has to have an iOS-compatible app. I looked at vgcollect but it does not have an iOS app.

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I will be going away for the weekend and I was wondering if there was someway to practice (tabs / video / sheet music) some of the harder guitar lessons from Rocksmith 2014 Remastered when I am away from the PC?

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#7 niceties55
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I just got a neat Dreamcast with controllers, cables and games for $20 USD at a Thrift Store. It powers up great, but I run into problems when I put in a game the disc spins up and says "Please wait while disc is being checked", this flashes on a off randomly and then stops and when I click the play game it says "Please insert game Disc".

Here is the weird thing, if I let it sit for about 20 seconds, the disc spins up, loads and the game starts for about 10-20 seconds, then it stops spinning and it goes back to main menu with the Please insert game Disc error.

Is there a way to fix this error because the drive seem to work (because the game starts up for short periods of time).

Thanks for your help!!

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#8  Edited By niceties55
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I bought a dirt cheap Alienware M5500 (pre-dell) laptop with an Intel Pentium M 2 GHZ a gig of ram and a nVidia GeForce Go 6600. It was in rough shape when I got it, but I fixed it all up! (new thermal paste, dusting, new OS) Runs very well now.

Now, my plans for this system is to use this as a more "vintage" gaming computer. From late 90s to mid 2000s. It looks great and is a classic design.

My question is, what is the max upgrade I can do with this model? I believe that graphics card is MXM standard (see photo) and an old PC Mag review said I could upgrade it to a nVidia GeForce Go 7800GTX (only $20 extra today). Can I upgrade the card any higher? Is the card I have MXM and upgradable? (please see photo)

Another question is, can I upgrade the CPU (pentium M included) any higher? Maybe a first gen dual core?

I know an SSD will help, but IDE SSDs are very expensive and not nearly as efficient.

Image Link: https://flic.kr/p/JLHGBH

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#9 niceties55
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I got a super cheap deal on a rarer, Japanese Nintendo Game Boy Light but the screen is kind of scratched up. I have seen a lot of replacement Screen Lens on eBay fairly cheap and I was wondering if I will hurt the value (because it is not all original) of this by replacing the screen lens?

Thanks a lot!

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#10 niceties55
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I just got a HDMI Xbox 360 with Microsoft WiFi adapter and controller for $21 USD at a thrift store and the system plays games great!

The only problem is that the DVD drive seems to stick when trying to eject. If I whack the Xbox 360 as it ejects the tray opens. I know there are a lot of ways out there to fix this problem and I was wondering what tips and tricks you use to fix this problem.

Thanks a lot!

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