are u using windows media player to configure the sound. if so, use the software that comes with the card and check the properties of the card.

you have to make sure the game sound itself can transmit in surround sound or digital. no because you have surround sound you are going to get all speakers working for every sound that comes out of...

you can use the recovery disk that came with your laptop do a clean install . it will remove all data and reinstall the operating system and any other software that came with the laptop when you got...

Open Control Panel, In the Control Panel double click System. then go the system Properties window, click on the Advanced tab. Locate the Startup and Recovery area and click on the Settings button....

I have this Dell that will not power on. When the power button is pressed it flashes orange. No sound or motion from any of the fans. The power light is on the mother board. So here is what i have...

sound like you have bed memory. remove the memory models and test each seperately
Step: remove memory start pc -do ou hear the beep
shut down, install memory do you hear the beep. Shut down remove...

is this the same post as the "let me Re-Phrase"

maybe it's not the power supply but the configuration of the power panel on the mother board. are you certain that the connection are in the correct place, positive to + and negative to -, does the...

sounds like a Mother board dying. or a power supply. when ever you see power on the pc yet the monitor read no signal this mostly points to a deficient power supply as well as a mother board dying.
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just to be certain check the connectio as most person have suggested. and you might want to look into the overheating problem. dont just rule it out without further investigation.

PS when you...

if you have 2 hard drive, i suggest you remove the slave drive and use just your mast to boot the PC. set the master drive with the correct jumper setting. once you boot you you can then add back the...

check the jumpers on the hard drive, are they both on the save ide cable. if so, remove the clave, set the master to single hard drive then try to use the bios to detect it. after you boot up shut...

dell will have all the driver you need get a flash drive and down load the ones for the network card. once you reinstall windows install the driver for the network card then go to the dell web site...

but you will not be able to clean the virus until you can see the screen so we have to get that fix first. if you have an external monitor and try the FN F5 to switch to the external. I suggest you...

the next thing i can suggest is removing the battery and and the cmos battery leave out for a few hours then try booting up again.

No display on the screen. try cycling the external and internal monitory button, i am not sure what combination it is for you laptop but there is a key with a picture of a monitor on it. I believe...

your laptop went into hibernation and cannot wake up. try starting in safe mode and go to control panel, power management and turn off hibernation. then restore you pc to yesterday.

seem like your PSu is giving up on you. do you have another you can try

what are you talking about ( see item in red) what pins are those. the thermal grease is use to dissipate the heat between the heatsink and the CPU, no vapor thats bad for a CPU, do you see vapor...

do you have another power supply. thats the easiest step to try right now

it does seem like your PSU is dead but when you plug it in do you see the PSU fan turn?

what type of pc is it. gateway, dell, hp, sony

Take note of items in red. ensure you reseat the CPU properly and non of the pins are bent out of shape. as for the long boot that eventually lead to NO boot check the hard drive in another...

Sound like youa re having a Mother board,power or heating issue. and to add to it you installed a video card that will require more power. when you monitor looses signal from the pc and the pc is...

Freaktech is correct check the fan on the heatsink, maybe it;s not even turning and the CPU is over heating.

for the 1st problem check if the mother board is grounded properly. this means no circuit component is touching against the case.
Next verify that all jumpers are correct on the power panel Check...

Lesson 1
Whenever you change certain Hardware on a PC you have to do a Clean install. items like Moboard. CPU. Windows will NOT recognized the new hardware. unless you reinstall the operating...

base on what you stated in red above, how and where do you see this message in your bios is not coming up on the screen.

As for the green light on the mother board it's an indicator to let you...

Go in the bios and remove the option to to stop on any error. Most times it defaults to keyboard or floppy. set it to none. and disable searching for floppy.

base on what you are telling us, was your boss scanning and the PC hang then he powered it off. did he delete the Norton anti virus directories or some files. try the last known good configuration...

ok in the bios remove the option to check for floppy or Alt on error (either Floppy, Keyboard or all) would be in bracket. change that to none. then restart.as soon ass the bios finish loading keep...

why do you have to hit F1 to load the OS? what other message are you getting on the bios screen when you have to press F1

check the battery. it might not being charge when plugged in.

do you have windows XP cd, because the other step would be to do a REPAIR installation

if you have another power supply to try, we could rule that out. But you did say it powers on the fans run and the lights comes on. is this a PCI video card or onboard.

do you have a tester you can use to verify if there is power coming out of the PSU. If you are certain that the PSU is working then we have to turn to the CPU. failing that then i would suspect the...

was this PC connected to a external monitor recently, you might need to switch back with the Fn key.

Do you see anything on the screen, the bios, some logo anything?

when you power on the PC does ANY of the fans come on. Do you have another (maybe Older) Power supply you can try on the board to rule out the PSU. then move from there

remove Hdd, CD drive, any other devices you have attached. Connect ONLY the MONITOR. BUT make sure that the power panel on the mother board is configured correctly stuff like reset and hdd light can...

same as caper said. Also is the a full version of vista or an upgrade. is it retailed or made by you.