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Yesterday, as I was working on my computer, it died. Just as though someone had unplugged it. I knew I had a short, so I tried a new power supply cable. When I got the new one in, I hit the power button and the power supply unit popped and …

My Gateway Solo 2150 has a problem which I've concluded is a dead CMOS battery. When it boots after being without power, it shows the date and time as being midnight 1/1/2000. Supposing that I do need to replace the CMOS battery, does anyone know how to open up this …

[FONT=Tahoma]I have a serious problem with my HP Pavilion ze5155. Let me start from the beginning of the story to give you the "full detail". I was interested in an HP Pavilion laptop, so I was recommended for the HP Pavilion computers. I purchased an HP Pavilion ze5155 and everything …

About a week ago, hubby went to go on the pc, getting nice and comfy he switched the pc on, and bang/pop no power, nothing. Mmmm, sounded like a blown fuse. He opted to change the fuse in the main plug that goes into the wall....try again with new fuse...ditto, …

Hi Guys! I Need Help Getting Into My Dell D600 Laptop, I Forgot My Password And Now I Cannot Use It Anymore. It Has No Cd Rom So There Is No Other Was. Please Help

Hi Have had a problem with the Tecra, hoping for some assistance. The screen froze whilst surfing on the internet. The only way I could switch it off to force it to shutdown by keeping my finger on the silver off switch for a few seconds. It did switch off. …

Hi I have a problem with my barebone system,it was running fine for a couple of months untill one day. I turned it on and a error message came up like this. BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting floppy drive A media ... Drive A error. System halt. 1. I don't …

Ok, I'm a big computer nerd. Worked 3 years as a computer repairman. And I still can't figure this one out. Please help me be my girlfriend's hero here. She's running a wireless connection throgh a Linksys router. She sends her computer to a repair center, the run some amatuer …

hi I am trying to install XP Pro on compaq presario 700 and keep getting errors in installing devices. Stop: 0x0000007e sysaudio.sys I have gone into the bios to disable the onboard sound, but only get 3 options in the Phoenixbios setup utility: MAIN - BOOT - EXIT According to …

Hi everyone, I need some help pretty badly. :( I am using: Mobo: MSI K8M800-CE Socket 754 K8M800 Micro ATX AMD Model # K8MM-V Video card: MSI Geforce NX6600GT-VTD128 Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ Newcastle 800Mhz FSB Socket 754 PSU: Antec True 430W Memory: 2x512 Corsair DDR400 (PC3200) Harddrive: A …

I have been using this gateway for 3 years, no problem. Yesterday No Screen, fan on, no boot. Note: The CD or floppy will not turn!! Took it apart, Intel chip looks like it gets hot. I think it is the power supply on the motherboard, or may be the …

hi everybody.. 20gb, 1.79ghz, AMD processor i have a laptop for more than a year.. just last weeek i experienced a windows problem io think. the laptop kept switching on and off automatically without stopping but with a blue screen. some friends asked to re-install windows xp again and format …

Hey I have a Radeon 9600XT 256 mb, 1 gig of ram, A8V deluxe motherboard, and a AMD Athalon 3500 2.2Ghz running XP. Recently I've had this "No Signal" error out of no where and its really a pain, randomly my system will freeze my screen will go black and …

Ok here's the problem. Please excuse the details but I think they are necessary for you to understand all facets of the issue. Thank you in advance for your help! Here's how it all started. My sister was copying a DVD image to my hard disk drive when suddenly she …

right....today i fitted all my components together but when i pluged the power supply lead and turn the power supply on it makes a litte scratching noise and the fan in the power supply spins for less then a second and stops . however there is a green light ON …

Hi, I need help!!! My old Dell Latitude cpX tries to start up but shuts itself down after 4 seconds. Sometimes it tries to start again on it own!! :evil: Any ideas? :idea: I've tried booting up docked, undocked, battery in / out, DVD drive in/out, floppy drive in/out. I …

My home PC is running on Windows XP. Whenever I try to launch internet explorer and anthing to do with windows explorer I get 100% CPU usage and can't do anything but end the programs and reboot. I recently downloaded the latest norton anti virus and internet security software although …

hi, can anyone help me, i'm here on behalf of a friend who is having major problems. when she starts up all she gets is a black screen with loads of writing flashing on it, it flashes so fast its unreadable except one word...bios. what do we do to get …

So I've been getting a problem with my computer lately, and it starts with the thing restarting itself and [I]maybe[/I] it'll post. but lately its just gotten worse and worse. whenever it does post, it usually tells me " System now in Safe Mode, Please resetting the CPU Frequency" (exact …

Ok, so I read the "My PC Won't Start" thread and I still can't get my new computer to start. Installed the motherboard, video card, one memory, cpu w/fan. Plug in monitor and keyboard. When I plug in power supply a light on the motherboard goes on. When I press …

I'm very desperate right now as I'm not very computer savvy, and I'm hoping maybe one of many of you can help. Basically, I was playing a game, when suddenly, my computer froze completely. Note that the computer is only 2 weeks since purchase. I then manually shut down the …

I installed Motherboard Monitor 5 and installed a new processor fan... but the temperature it displays are... cpu=-128c and case=-128c. can someone please tell me whats happening here? either the software is corrupted or something else is wrong... appreciate your help and thanks in advance.

Okay... this message is likely to be long. But bear with me. If you get bored, just skim straight through to the technical stuff. My dad (with the assistance of his neighbors and myself) is trying to build a new computer. This one, the one I'm typing on right now, …

ok, i seem to have run into my own little problem. i'm building a computer for a friend, and i already have all the hardware put together. i also have Windows XP SP1 installed (he wanted to wait till his next paycheck before he picked up the Windows disk since …

Hi, I have a very annoying problem here, it's like... I have a Intel D845WN motherboard, 256 MB RAM(133Mhz), nVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 Pro Graphics card... I had a 1.7 Processor, but I replaced it with a 2.0, which is not supported by the motherboard. Now the computer shuts …

So.. Here's my series of insanely unfortunate events... I have had this machine for three years - never a problem besides the fact that the fan? something always ran and made a noise when it was on. I have an T2685 emachine.. It's finals week and I have 5 days …

I am trying to diagnose a problem with my ASUS A7N8X machine. It has 512 Mb RAM, an AMD XP 2100+ chip, and a Chaintech GForce 4 MX 440 video card in it. The machine runs Debian Linux 3.1r1. I rarely shut this machine off, as it runs a BOINC …

HI everybody, I am new to these forums. I have 30 years in the IT field starting as a IBM 1401 operator then programmer, then an application programmer, then a technical support person (both hardware and software) and have done both hardware and software maintenance on a number of hardware …

:sad: Problem with an emachines 770! It is P4 and I've heard of problems like this sadly :( I have looked in-side and the graphics card is out (It has on-board), so I tried to boot it up and nothing not even the CPU Fan was on :eek: After futher …

My computer specs are: Intel Pentium4 660 Hyper Threading 3.6 Gigabyte LGA775 GA-81945P (PRO)(-G) G5 looking Case with (New) Enermax SLi 535w ATX 12v v.2.0 2x 512 ddr20 668MHz Dual channel(With heat sinks) XFX Geforce 7600GT 2 Dvd drives 320GB Zalman Copper Heatsink/Fan - 92 mm 2 80 mm Fans(1 …