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I recently moved and apparently did not sufficiently bundle up one of my computers. Post-move it wouldn't turn on at all and appeared to have a bad power supply. Replaced the power supply with a brand new one and the symptoms have changed but it still won't turn on. There's …

After shutting down, my computer will not power-on again unless I unplug the power-cord, then plug it back in (or use the psu on/off switch). I have tried changing PSU, same thing happens. My guess it has to be related to my motherboard. I have the latest bios. I have …

Hi, last night while watching a Camtasia presentation online my computer crashed and a blue screen error was thrown up on the screen. Since then sometimes I can boot successfully, just as many times I can't. Also when I click on a program or a file there is hang time...sometimes …

I have an old dell c800 latitude it was originally formated with windows me and has since been reformated with xp. it now will start up and go straight to the screen where you can choose to run it in safe mode,last known config so on and so forth. no …

Guys i have lost my motherboard cd and i do not know which graphics card,ram,hard disk my mother board supports.i have to upgrade my pc urgently.so somebody help me plz

Hey all. I'm not a very active user, but I have a question for you all. It involves how a dual core processor interacts with Windows and the applications it runs. My previous assumption was that a 1.9ghz dual core processor would run everything at the equivalent of a 2.8ghz …

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 have a major problem with my c - media ac97 audio device. my computer crashed and ive just recently rebooted it but now i cant get the sound to work. ive tried to install the driver for the speakers but it doesnt seem to work. everytime i try to …

Last night I bought a 160-gig Toshiba external hard drive at Circuit City for backing up my current files and for storage of future downloads. When I plug it in, I get a message that says something to the effect of "this device has exceeded the power limits of its …

First off, Hello to all & I hope this is the Forum to come to for the help I need... I tried searching for my answer but due to my relative ignorance on the subject I couldn't make heads or tails of the info I was finding... So, if it …

Over the summer my computer developed a weird problem where it would turn on to a gray screen, turn off and turn back on, do that a few times till the logo finally came up. I did some troubleshooting, couldn't figure out what it was, and eventually it stopped happening. …

Hi Experts I am using Dell Desktop PC. I Removed my HardDisk and Formatted in some other PC and installed the OS succesfully. But when i am attaching this formatted hard disk to my Dell PC it is saying Hard Drive Not Found. It is working fine in some other …

Hello Beautiful People of DaniWeb! Recently I re-installed on my PCVRZ54G Sony Vaio, Windows XP Pro. I had to change my hard drive and avoid buying new computer. Everything is fine and works well, except, my speakers, I know they work, I've tested them with my DiskMan, my sound card …

Hello, I have a Dell machine running XP with a mouse and keyboard that will not initialize on start. I know that the USB ports are ok becuase a printer is being recognized. I don't have access to a serial port mouse. Does anyone know how to get around this? …

Need help, I had vista running on this samsung hard drive, wanted to add a partition to install ubunto so I could have two operating systems on it, ran norton partition magic on it, and now it is locked, cannot format or partition- or boot. it shows as filled up …

This is my first time dealing with RAM or any system internals for that matter (besides fans), so I've got a few questions. I'm sorry I've got so many. I just want to make sure I don't destroy my computer or anything, lol. [b]1.)[/b] Bugs? I read on a forum …

Good day everyone. I am new to this site, and hoping to get some input. I have a older Gateway, around 7 years old. Using XP AMD processor,951 mhz, with 640 of ram. Is there anything i can upgrade that won't cost a arm and a leg?. I use the …

Hi to my great family at Daniweb ! I bought a cheap laptop to add to a network in my home. It is a Thinkpad 600. When I bought it, it had Windows 98 on it and it ran fine. But, me being a little experimental is the real problem …

All working fine , but after replacing the bios battery the unit dont startup , just the 3 green leds please help

My Creative Zen(Vision: M) Starting messing up last Thursday Here's post from another forum, please help. Last Thursday- Alright last thursday I was switching through songs when it sudenlly froze. It's frozen before so I knew all I had to do was reset it, which I did. Then it froze …

Is it safe to put speakers near (2cm - 3cm) lcd monitor? Thanks for answers.

Hello All, Complete noob here. My emachines T2885 lost it's motherboard. I don't think this machine is worth up grading although, I like it very much. I think that I would just like to get it running as cheaply as possible. My CPU is a Celeron 2.8ghz/128/400, SL77T. I am …

Ok so yesterday i build my first pc, everything went super smooth, Os vista ultimate, mobo nVidia 780i, CPU quad 2.4. case Antec900. The problem was this morning i conected my headset to the audio plugins on front of that case, immediately the pc shuts down, try to start it …

Hello, when I turn my computer on, I get a boot failure, but I can't open the cd rom drive to check for a disk or put a disk in to help it boot. I assume the failure to boot and the lack of power to the cd rom drive …

can anybody help me speeding up IE 7 in P4, with 1GB RAM, IE is very slow, i use mozilla. But iam very much addicted to IE, plz help me

Bought a new computer in May/08 and the blue screen crashes started in about a month. Yes its a NVidia driver GT 8500. I am running XP Pro, Clone system, Intel Quad Core Q6600, ASUS P5K-E WIFI Motherboard, 4GB of RAM, 500G HD, etc. with all the latest service pak …

I have a acer laptop, which opperating system is vista home. It was running well for a while, but then would not shut down. I brought the laptop of a friend which was brand new when i got it still in it's packaging. I have had t for 6 weeks …

I just assembled a D620 from spare parts. The LCD, MB, CPU, DIMMS and heatsink are new. The rest of the components are from other system repairs. On power up, the system LEDs light up as normal then after about 5 seconds, it shuts down. We never get to the …

hi to all, i made this thread so u cud help me,cos i just upgrade my ram from 512 to 1024 Mb,after that windows does start but it doesnt completely open i mean all i c is the "loading WINDOWS XP logo" after that a black screen so wat do …

Dear All, I am new here and am not a profesional about computers, for I am only 14 and still need 2 concertrate on school work. I play games quite alot and use my computer for hours non-stop, however, recently I have been getting a very annoying problem with my …

I recently accidentally broke my motherboard and now need to work out which motherboards I can get that are compatible with all the other hardware I have... Specs: Pentium 4 3.06ghz/1M/533/04a DDR2 RAM Thats all I know that it requires. Any help would be much appreciated thanks.

Ok, so my PC has stopped booting 9 out of 10 times. When it does boot though it runs rock solid every time without issue. If I power completely off, chances are I won't be able to boot the PC, but if I hibernate, I can wake the PC back …

Hello.. I'm staring into my Vista 250gig Gateway GT5404..... comp was working till I turned it off one day....When i turn it on now i have No signal to monitor and the tower beeps 3x's...And the fan seems to be cranking a bit louder and wont settle down. I guessed …

Hiyas Warning.. not a strong tech background here. LOL So, I have been running here with 2 video cards, both are nVidia GeForce 7950 GT. I have it set up with dual monitors.. BUT with one card handling each monitor. I have loved this setup vs having one card power …

Want to try raid on my system, got two 80Gb 7200rpm drives waiting. The aim is to stripe Vista across them mainly to see how it works. My mb doesn't have RAID built in so will need a card, I've got a PCIe free and a bunch of PCI, question …

Hi guys! So I'm looking into upgrading my RAM from 1GB to 2GB of RAM. I went to the crucial.com and scanned my system using their scanner. When that came back with a message saying they couldn't recognise my system properly to give me a good advise, I sent one …

Hi, I Flashed my BIOS for my ASUS P5E motherboard from the initial BIOS to the 0607 update. After a successfull Flash and rebooting, the second time I rebooted, the computer would not POST. Reseting the CMOS (removing and re-inserting the battery) works, and the computer posts, BIOS loads (asks …

I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64, and I'm currently using the latest display drivers for my nVidia 8800GTX. Playing games is now impossible. Every game I play causes my monitor to switch itself off for a few seconds, and when it powers back on the game will either continue …

My computer has stopped starting from this week. I have made no changes to it at all. I have opened it up and cleaned out the dust since it was overheating. There have not been any symptoms until this week. My computer doesn't have a POST beep anymore. I replugged …

Hi everyone, im not the best with the puter. ANyway i have mobile phone and wanted to transfer various pics from phone to pc and also ringtones from pc to mobile. I bought one online and it came with bluesoliel cd which i installed. All was well and i got …

Hello Could anyone tell me the difference between a /8 and /16 on a rambus rimm? E.g. 256MB/8 and 256MB/16. We are thiking of buying some for an old Dell Xeon I think it is a Precision 530. The RAM previously in it was Samsung 256MB/8. Will the /16 work? …

Uh, I'm make a big mistake lol. I've ordered 512mb of DDR Ram when my system only takes SDRAM. the RAM I have atm is 144-pin whereas the RAM i've ordered is 200pin. The question I'm asking is, will this RAM run at all in my system? Thanks in advance, …

Hi, I have an MOV file on my USB key that won't delete. Every time I try to delete is says its being used by another program, but nothing is running the video. Any suggestions?

when i go to start up my pc i get power to all my fans but nothing else. help please??

I need to install Windows 98 on a new PC consisting of the following specs: MainBoard Asus P5N MX Socket 775 Processor Core 2 Duo 2.53 Ghz RAM DDR2 Reason to install an old OS such as Win 98 is taht it will have installed on it a VRT (Vehicle …

I bought this board as an "open box" item. I need to know the serial number and can't find it on the board. I was at the ASUS website for help and they said to look on the side of the box it came in. It did not come in …

keyboard and mouse quit working am using logictech mouse to type this from a disability key board found in my control pannel ,I checked the pins on the plugs in back and it does not work they are not usb help please

Good Morning All .. I accidentally spilled some coffe on the keyboard of my HP Pavillion zv6000. The laptop will still boot to the XP login screen but I get alot of beeping like keys have already been pressed. I can't login because the keys won't register. So I know …

Recently have about a two inch vertical bar on the screen of our Toshiba Satelitte notebook and another is starting to appear. Any idea if this is a settings problem or is the machine starting to crash?

when i connect vga from laptop to tv with component, all i get on the tv is a black screen with green dots. tv is set to the right input. is the resolution on the computer to hi or low for the tv or what should i do do actually …