You right click on the bottom taskbar and select Task Manager. In Windows Task Manager, you go to the Processes tab. Dead simples.

Then you left click the word CPU (twice) so that the highest...

The main point about this thread (which I can't find any more either, even with a crafty search) is that be uninstalling BONJOUR, the Error 1603 went away. It looks like they purged stuff pre...

Generically, the absence of a POST screen pr beeps at boot up means that it's buggered. The CPU has to execute the ROM BIOS. If it can't, nothing can happen.

It can be anything on the...

A damn fine answer from kfawcett that will be much appreciated by many who don't quite know what's what with licences.

I'll take your word for it on RAM and knock that off the suspect list.

Your processes list came out rather un-columned if you know what I mean. But it showed NO CPU usage. What is using CPU at...

LOL!

Aaagh. 256Kbps. I'm amazed that you ever got to even 30fps on CS. You must live miles from anywhere.

Anyway, you said that your fps is poor when you play offline. That's important information. ...

That is so.

It's a shame you have to buy a card. My diagnosis may not even be correct, though it's logical. I recommend, if you do buy, the cheapest NVIDIA card you can find with 256MB RAM. They're not...

Well, you're there right in front of your PC and we're here, perhaps thousands of miles away. The usual forum diagnostic problem.

So, on the basis of your words, the next place to look is your...

Great. Then you'll be marking this thread as SOLVED!

I'm assuming that power actually goes off and this is not an error code blinking on the power LED. On that assumption, logically it should be one of three potential causes:

1. The power section...

We'd prolly need to see what else is runnig. A list from Task Manager/Processes would be helpful (sorted by CPU usage).

e.g. new anti-virus version now using more CPU.

In my opinion, if the machine boots (you see disk activity as per normal boot) but the screen stays blank at all times then there is usually something wrong in the output side of the video card, or...

Load Windows in Safe Mode (Press F8 during boot) and it will display in VGA. Then you can deal with the driver and boot again normally.

For what my opinion is worth, if price is an issue, DELL laptops (other than the very cheapest) do not suffer the quality issues of HP.

To answer your question we need to know:

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The full model name of your computer

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The original RAM model details

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The new RAM model details

This is imnportsnt advice. The CMOS stores the configuration. When you add memort, especially if it happens to be where the boot ROM loads itslef, if the CMOS is not in a state of grace, it won't...

Perhaps you could do this search in Google: "led screen circuit diagram"' there appears to be something to get your teeth into.

@Adamsappleone

First, let me say that the advice you are providing to the OP is entirely valid and I'm not challenging that, especially the stuff I omitted (defragmentation etc).

Second, on...

The information in the link mayhelp you to understand the codes and proceed further with your investigations.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/psg/board/message?board.id=General&message.id=2310

4...

One to store for reference.

It would be nice if the solder whizzos here could also come in and share what they've found on repaired laptop mobos.

google "how do i go back to last known good configuration".

Also google "How to restore my windows system".

Also Search this forum. It's all here including the IRQL_NOT stop code.

What does "hang up" mean? We need some more precise information.

What happens if you just disconnect his ethernet cable with the PC still running?

If you get no boot data on the screen from the ROM BIOS and if you're sure there is no continued disk activity to indicate that it is booting through, then it seems to me that it can't execute the...

You can google this and you'll find a lot of it around.

Usual reason is a capacitor or a piezo component has failed in the monitor. I've got one of those and it eventually comes on after about an...

Onboard graphics should work when you remove a graphics card. Maybe there is a BIOS setting you can change with the graphics card in, to enable onboard VGA.

In any case if your onboard VGA was...

Well, the starting point is the inside power connector and avenues off that might flex when you wiggle the connector. I suspect you've either got a naff power socket in the laptop or some dry joint...

The additional info you've now provided (wrt your other thread) is key information. If you have to jiggle the power input, there's an internal hardware condition that needs fixing.

That's the end...

Disagree - partly. The second sentence above is quite correct. The first sentence I dispute.

To form a balanced view, one does need the CPU/RAM/Disk information to set off against the startup...

If you compare your post #4 with your post #1 you can see why I asked my questions. Was it the laptop LCD or the "vga monitor" (hence my describing it as CRT) with its vertical bars.

Anyway, your...

Didn't he say he'd done that in post #3?

He's not very clear, is he?

That's because on this occasion I was a tosser who knows stuff. Here's the PDF attached.

See the attached link (loads a PDF). If you follow the instructions but substituting UK English and going down to the Keyboard subsection and completing your settings there, maybe you'll restore...

Great. Do please mark this thread as SOLVED.

RAM, CPU speed and disk RPM are the three factors affecting load times as much as what to load.

Rather than keeping it vague which makes our replies vague, you should do the following:

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Tell...

So, is it back to normal or do you have a problem still?

Your information isn't quite enough to enable a reasonable diagnosis at distance. First gut reaction to the LCD remaining dark is that the system still thinks it should be booting and displaying on...

So what happened with the steps I suggested? It should always boot from a Windows CD.

Good news. Do please mark this thread as SOLVED.