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Recently the LCD screen on my Gateway Solo 5150 Laptop went black. I took it to a repair shop where they replaced the inverter board that supplies power to the LCD lamp. The unit worked very well for a couple of days and the problem re-appeared. I took it back …

Hello, One day I was surfing on internet and suddenly my sony vaio laptop stopped working. I tried to restart it but nothing happend. There is no sound no light absolutely nothing. I tried different power cord and also tried another battery but nothing happend. Is my motherboard gone? How …

I have 5 year old 'off the shelf' HP Pavilion 8695 -specs: AMD Athlon 750, AMD 751 Chipset, 20.4gb ultra DMA Hard drive, CD-WR drive, DVD-Rom Drive, Floppy disk drive. came preinstalled with Windows 98se. I had many problems with viruses and such - the hp recovery cd disk would …

My computer simply just stops progressing when the Windows is starting up... sign is up. I have tried booting in safe mode and all the other modes nothing helps! I am baffeled? what do i do? Please could somebody help me.

Hello, I recently attempted to reinstall windows and would recieve corrupted or missing file messeges that would discontinue process and only allow me to restart. So I got the bright idea to run a all zero's kill disk but still receive messeages:intelide.sys, file i386/biosinfo.inf could not be located- error code …

When booting the computer turns itself off a few times before giving a message saying the sysytem failed booting at checkpoint [EMem]. If i persist in turning it on and off it will boot up Windows but it can just turn off at any time. I've checked that there is …

I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100 that freezes up. It freezes up at random, on any web page or web site, with no apparent reason. I have re-installed the OS(XP Pro), including reformatting the hard drive, so I know it is not software. The only thing I can do is …

Hi: I was wondering if anyone has ever run across an issue like this. My HP Pavilion a210n machine powers up to the HP screen with a constant beep. I'm aware that this is a BIOS error. The blue HP screen gives me 2 options install | safety mode - …

Hi, My two-year old Dell Dimension 2400 died three days ago in the middle of computing -- The notorious blue screen appeared and saying physical memory is dumped. When I tried to reboot, it says 'primary hard drive disk 0 not found'. In BIOS it says 'hard drive (device unknow)'. …

hi pips! just found this forum and im hoping that this will help me solve my laptop problem..so here it goes.. i've had this toshiba Satellite A20 laptop for almost 2 years now..it was working just fine eventhough i noticed that it was running relatively slow than usual..i'm just a …

This morning I got up to use my laptop and it suddenly went out and has been out all day. I've tried all kinds of methods including holding down the power button to "drain" the power. This is the first time this has happened so are there any ideas you …

This is a Gateway 600YGR that was working fine when I got a blue screen full of writing (couldn`t read it all) But I saw error and will now shut down. It shut down I started it back up and it froze.I shut it down and restarted it and only …

This is a custom machine that had been working for years for my friend. He said it froze and he unplugged and replugged it into the wall outlet a few times. After that he called me. The machine has no PCI, Video or any other cards in it. Just the …

We had a power outage here and when it was restored; my wife’s computer (Dell Dimension 3000) was not finding the hard drive. She went into setup and it showed no primary drive. I had two spare hard drives which we tried. It didn’t find one of them but, it …

Hey, i'v had my comp for a few months now, the problem only started recently, but i can't figure out whats going wrong. Sometimes when it turns itself on the computer seems to start up but the lights on the keyboard don't flash and the monitor doesn't display anything, when …

I have submitted the below to HP but as yet they haven't been too helpful. Hope someone can help! Whilst using my HP Compaq nx9010 today the machine cluescreened whilst it was running several applications, one (WinAmp) which had crashed and I was attempting to close. The bluescreen said KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR …

Hi all, I have a dell inspiron 8100. I was having troubles with it starting. It would boot up and get a screen that said it could not locate a boot device. It would not find the cd rom drive or locate the hard drive. This is after an extended …

ok, i recieved this computer from a friend that said his computer just wouldn't turn on one day. he said it was probably the monitor so i took the cpu and the monitor to test it. the monitor works fine on my computer so i tried his computer on my …

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 …

PLZ HLP Sons notebook starting acting up when being charged - now has lost all charge and is, well, how should I put it, DEAD!!! No charge, no power to find what the original fault was AND using my charger (same) does NOT work. His machine won't take a charge …

Hi, I have an omnibook xe3 gf model with a problem which seems very common. The computer will turn on for about 20 seconds and then immediately power down. The fans spin up for about 5 seconds. Nothing appears on the screen and only very occaisionally do i hear the …

I am having troubles with my presarion 700 laptop. With the battery removed and AC plugged in I hit the power button and can hear everything turn on and lights light up and fans are on, but nothing is on my screen!!!! The cd-rom lights are working and I can …

I have been given a laptop, which does absolutely nothing at all - no lights on it, no fans, nothing. The delta power adaptor has a green light on it. As soon as it is connected to the laptop, it goes pale and starts blinking. The power supply gives a …

hello there... My brother has asked me to ask you this question on his behalf as he isn't subscribed to daniweb ok down to the boiling point... my brother is running xp professional on a new pc (i built for him) over the last two or three days my brother …

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 …

I have a sony pcv rs 400 pc with xp sp2. I had a virus called cws.mscofig. This and associated files were scanned and removed by different spyware programs. When I started the computer, Win xp did not start. I tried safe mode, it starts but hangs, nothing on screen. …

i have a hp pavilion ze4700 and it was fine wen i last used it... but wen i turned it on this mornin, the screen was completley black! When it 1st comes on, it quickly flickers the 'hp' sign up in white then it stays black! I can just about …

Hello, I have a Dell Inspiron 4150 and tonight in the storm there was a lightning strike and even thought the computer was plugged into the surge protector, the computer spazzed out. Now when I press the power button, it lights up and thats it. The lights go back off …

Hey all, Long time reader -- first time poster. I have a Toshiba M40 Laptop (canadain version) and as luck would have it 1 month after my warranty expired... bam, the computer refused to work. First off, I dropped the pc a while back, and as a result the DVD …