how about not opening it up and saving your self an electrical shock

I recently built a new pc with the following:

Ultra aluminus midtower case
Ultra X-Pro 600watt psu APFC 80 PLUS
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Motherboard
IntelCore 2 Duo E7200 @2.53ghz
PNY 2gb...

I suggest you take the laptop to the nearest computer repair shop, and have them clean the sugar/liquid off, and save your data. If they could do so for a decent price (or you could do it yourself),...

have you all seen the videos above!!!



about the reinstallation thing, just hit F11 at boot and select under advanced options "system recovery"or something like that, and then it'll reinstall a...

the geek squad is not trust worthy, if you've surfed the net recently, the workers are not getting background checks on how good they are with pcs (so some of them are computer illiterate and still...

that will cost from 150.00-500.00 depending on the repairmen. My advice is to get a better pc, a $400 acer laptop, and use the old hard disk (or transfer the data via ghosting software). It's a whole...

Just use the new adaptor, and try it out. if it doesn't work, you'll have to replace the mobo :( since the whole mobo is soldered together.

definitely overheating, buy a chill pad for your notebook, and remember not to use the notebook on your lap, but on a hard, flat surface only. Make sure that the fans are not clogged with dust. If...

it may be a broken ac adapter, or in some cases, busted motherboard capacitors. check the ac adapter first, as it may have been scratched, cracked, broken, etc. Since you bought a new one that does...

how old is it? if more than 3 years, then it may be a burn out in the screen, or some sort of bios/hardware failure.

did u install any new hardware?
did u install any bios updates?
how about...

probably not a supported size by bios, and/or a disk/power connection failure. Check your cable connections, and make sure nothing is broken or loose.

i just found out that asus boards have the easy flash thing, and gigabyte boards have one button bios recovery. Other desktop boards can be fixed via bios chip replacement (30USD).

nvr mind, i have the original mobo disk and i reinstalled the bios via crashfree bios and everything is up and running.

u gotta be kidding me

bios update failed on a compaq sr1910nx pc. the pc wont start. what do i do?

probably a power-management related issue with the mouse.

if you REALLY care about your communication, then pay the 500.00

I agree, especially on the power supply thing. It is crucial to assess whether or not there is adequate power coming to the mother board to the motherboard. Maybe the psu is defective in a way, so...

one of the items may be defective, or unsupported by your pc.

first of all, do what jbennet said. second of all, you may have an overheating problem

what is that "light" on the motherboard you were talking about?

did you disconnect the whole thing, and rebuild from scratch? this way, you would be able to see if anything is broken or leaking. this will be strenuous, but is worth saving at least 90 bucks!!

what is that number. what is the model of your mobo?

if you got the dollars (about 49.99 for a 160gig) then go for the hard drive. if not, go for the 2lb hammer (3.99 @ the hardware store)

try a system recovery with the standard hp partition by pressing F11 on your keyboard, going to advanced options, selecting destructive recovery, and hitting ok. this should clear out all issues, but...

did you backup your registry? if so, boot into safe mode, and restore the registry. if not, you just learned a lesson that registry backups are critical.

are you sure the keyboard is the exact replacement and that you have it set up as an english keyboard?

I think you have to go to the bios and reconfigure the primary boot device as the hdd, so it will boot. If you can't even get it to post, then basically your son killed your pc!!

probably a psu issue or one of the power led connections is messed up.

probably a video card error. check the video card well!!

your pc has died and you must get a new motherboard-- (just kidding!!)

It seems like one of the boot devices is messed up. Try running the pc with only: case, mobo, video card, cpu with cooler,...

Check the following items in order:


video card
ram
hard drive
power supply
other hardware
check for cmos/post beeps

Probably the hard drive. I think so because you said "When I connected a smaller HD than the 1 I have, it spun up. The green light on the back of the psu comes on as well and the fan to the ps and...

Sounds like either a power supply issue or a malware problem. Reinstalling windows is the only thing i know can be done to attempt to stop this issue.

Just wondering why are you trying to get a 4 year old notebook to work when it has barely any value. If it used to have a burned smell, then it would cost more to repair/replace and assemble the...

is your problem solved?

Unfortunately, your hard drive has failed. Back up data ASAP, and replace the hard drive as soon as you get a chance (or when it fails completely, whichever comes first). This has happened to my...