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I am having trouble with my speakers, I have a 2.1 surround with bass amp but when either listening to iTunes or an online radio & sometimes even when im watching a video clip, the sound on my speakers just goes off for a few seconds then comes back on, …

Beeps continuously when turned on. Doesn't boot up. Monitor stays blank. Sometimes computer boots up find like now. Sometimes pushing the holding reset button stops the beeping and starts the boot up. Shade Tree

i have intel DG31PR i tried installing vista 64 bit as a second OS but it was so pathetic that i had to delete it and come back to my XP.. but when i tried to access network..it gave me a message that i don't have a eathernet device on …

at first my epson c90 status monitor worked, but after refformating the hard drive and reinstalling a clean XP the status monitor will not load, that is the ink levels are greyed out in the printing preferences window. Can anyone explain this problem for me please? I have uninstalled the …

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 done so far. Search dell web site, Fix suggest …

hey can some please tell me what these people are doing with these many hard drives its really on my nerves [url]http://photos.fotki.lv/photos/4/W0001944/000194334/000019433388_%23_3_%23_asgards.jpg[/url] [url]http://images.google.com.bh/imgres?imgurl=http://photos.fotki.lv/photos/4/W0001944/000194334/000019433388_%2523_3_%2523_asgards.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php%3Fp%3D1032717375&h=768&w=576&sz=175&hl=en&start=27&usg=__yANIEmoS9DzniQ5BrFBTiSi_os8=&tbnid=7RUCYV02T_b8tM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcooler%2Bmaster%2Bgemini%2B2%26start%3D21%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN[/url] what are they running server's why do u need so many ??? thank u

hi there. wondering if anyone can help. Iv got this little mp3 player, its like a ipod shuffle but not. 1gb, Its got some songs i just managed to get on it (cos when i try and install it it says theres a prblem installing the hardware, than the inbuilt …

my system is celeron 2 ghz, 1 GB ram with 4o GB hdd, it has intel 845 chipset motherboard, it is ver slow. I have applied classic theme and also removed wallpaper but still very slow, how to speed it up

Good day all! I was recently given one of these machines by my son in law (the usual bad power connector) which I was able to fix by "treppaning" the case and cutting a hole underneath the upper keyboard cover to reach the terribly bad soldered joints. That parts all …

It started suddenly and when I put the toshiba recovery disk in the dvd drive, it didnot recognize it, and when I tried to browse it win xp does not see it, strangely enough when I tried to install the software for wireless network card after a few tries it …

Folks, I could seriously use some help. I have a Windows 2000 HP Laptop. Life was fine until a couple of days ago when I got a message indicating a virus detection. A few minutes later I got a blue screen kmode exception not handled ............... and thats all she …

Toshiba laptop won't boot. HD ok, memory ok, put those in other laptop and they worked. CD spins, power light comes on and other green lights come one, fan comes on, but won't boot up. Plugged in external display, external display won't come up. Put external display on other laptop …

I truly hope someone can help. I recently purchased a brand new LG L227WTG-PF 22" Widescreen LCD. The colors and sharpness are amazing, and I am very happy with the new monitor except for some noticeable flicker. This appears as rolling lines from top to bottom of the screen. Well, …

I have a minimac and recently added my grandchildren as users. I used the parental control options when setting their own log ins but need to make some changes. This is where all my dramas began. I have tried every which way to gain access to their account but am …

hi all im here tryna sort out this issue with my pc, it powers up and jus freeze no beeps no nothing not even a signal going through to monitor. a few weeks a go i unpluged the pc to move it when i plugged it back up n power …

I orignally had a dual boot system and it ran great. I no longer had a need for a dual boot system and removed my second HD. I changed my jumper setting and got it running great with the single hard drive. Now I am getting the error " primary …

Hi Everyone It's a pleasure to join your Lounge. I have 12 yrs in the computer field but still learning day to day new things. My problem is when I first bootup my sons computer when its cold it goes through the whole boot cycle but blank screen. After it …

[COLOR="Green"][B]Hello!! I recently put a new power supply in a Dell computer for a coworker, and the machine booted up fine for me and ran well. When he took the computer back home, he was able to use it for several hours, but the next day when he got home …

Hi, I have acquired a HP ZD8000 laptop, which wont turn on. When I press the on button the LED's light up, and sometimes the fans begin to fire up, but only for a split second. When I press the on button whilst both the battery is connected and the …

Hi guys, i have a problem. My computer was working fine yesterday morning. I was using it for a while, then turned it off to go to bed. When I woke up, my sister was using it and it was working fine. However she got sidetracked and left it there …

Hi all, Please forgive me if this thread is inn the wrong place im a newbie(lol), My problem is that i have a toshiba sattelite p30 the screen has all of a sudden gone blank i can use it by connecting to a external vga monitor i was wondering if …

I just got this computer (not from a store) and I noticed that the damn thing wouldn't turn on. so the first thing I thought was that the power supply was shorted I checked for the light on the back of the power supply to kick on when I plugged …

hi everyone, I am having trouble, I need to turn off my motherboard graphics card as it blew up.I bought a pci geforce 8500 card and installed it, but to run the driver disc I have to disable the motherboard card. I cannot alter the bios as the settings are …

First off, I blame myself for this one. But in my defense, our computers are all on the same circuit (independent of the rest of the house) on UPS backup and decent surge protection. Mainly due to we have 4 computers and a laptop in the house. (1 work computer, …

My computer will not start at all. I push the star baton and nothing happend's

hi guys i have a emachine 210 running xp home,,the problem i have is it wont start at all,,power supply is there but nothing is happening also the cpu fan is running all the time i need help im new to pcs this is doing my head in thanks in …

i have a compaq presairo 2100 at start up comes to a point were it says operating system not found ?

About an hour ago my PC shut itself down, and now it won't start back up. A few times over the past few weeks when I go to turn it on there has been this noise, sounds like something is sticking. To resolve this I have been pulling out the …

hello everyone,, i hope u can help with this ,, my new pc is like that:cpu celeron(d) 3000mhz ,cash 512kb , mb foxconn 945 ,2gb of ram ,vga geforce 8400 gs 512 mb ,hdd 80 gb,,, the problem is that my pc is not strong that much with games ,so …

I recently fried my MB and have decided to upgrade to new MB going from AMD to Intel CPU in the process. Can I simply move my old Boot drive to the new system? I realize that I will have to update all the drivers, so I was planning on …

hI i HAVE AN ibm THINKPAD P2 MODEL 600E. iS IT POSSIBLE TO UPGRADE THE cpu TO A p3 pLEASE HELPME ASAP

Can anybody tell me if transcend JM800QLU-2G (240 pin, 800 MHz) ram would work with intel S975XBX2 mobo? Atleast mine is not working at all. My pc never shows any display with 2 modules of the same RAM installed. Is there a way out of this. The board is working …

i have formatted and reinstalled xp pro and now have found out that i have an 80 gig instead of 40 gig hdd and cant get the partition back to 80 gig as i didnt use the hp windows anyone have an idea how i can reclaim the extra 40 …

Well currently I have 512 mb of ram instlled in my computer, I just reformatted the whole thing, everything is working fine. Except the RAM where as the computer system information is reading it at only 381 RAM, and on my BIOS I could clearly see its actually 512mb. I'm …

I have some cheap device with a small color TFT display conncted to the board with some tapelike conductor -- which has broken 1 or maybe even 2 conducting lines (I can actually see the tiny gap with a lense I use). (By the way: they've got broken because a …

booted up my PC yesterday to find a unwanted BSOD. as the title says, that is what i get. UNMOUNTED_BOOT_VOLUME. i've had this before, and i know how to fix it. Run the XP Boot disk, chkdisk /r blah blah etc, only problem this time is i can't find the …

Hi I just found this forumn and has quite a bit of useful information hope someone can help me out I was just given an Hp a210n tower problem is when I push the button on the front nothing happens the fans will not turn on but the LED on …

Hey, Are any of the brands of memory considerably better than any of the others? Should I worry about that, or should I worry more about the actual memory I'm getting. thanks.

Hello everyone, My name is Daniel Aklipi and this is my first post on this website, and I hope that I'm doing it right. I have a Gateway MT3705 laptop and until recently it was working fine. My 6 year old son somehow set a password on the BIOS. It …

I have an HP Pavilion a520n machine with 2-256mb ram modules, 184 pin ddr sdram, pc2700 333mhz non-ecc raring. Per hp spec and motherboard spec. It's expandable to 1 gig ram max per HP, although the motherboard allows 2 gig max. There are 2 ram slots on board. I want …

I have an HP desktop pc , a1640n media center addition with an Intel 1.86ghz dual core cpu . I would like to upgrade my cpu to the fastest one supported by my motherboard . I know that my front side bus will run at 533 mhz , 800 mhz …

Hi All, I was wondering if anybody has ever had this problem. My desktop can stay turned off for up to 5 weeks at a time. When I go to boot up, I get the "ex...Gateway Logo" but then it sits there for about 10 minutes before it will continue …

Can someone tell me where can I buy HTC Universal? I've been looking for weeks all over the Internet - but no luck... (I seek black or dark-gray HTC Universal unit with RED glowing keyboard light, brand new if possible; but of course I would consider its other "pseudonymic versions" …

Hello All, Recently I built a new pc, with the following specs: [LIST=1] [*]Ultra Aluminus midtower case [*]ultra xpro 600watt power supply [*]core 2 duo e7200 with stock fan [*]2gb of pny ddr2-800 ram [*]gigabyte P35 motherboard (very stable) [*]HIS Radeon HD2600Pro Graphics Card 512MB DDR2 [/LIST] Ok, now to …

Hey, I'm a first-time builder, and I just have some questions about what components to get. 1. How many watts do I need for my power supply? I know there are calculators for that online, but I'd rather get a rough estimate from a human. I'm getting an Intel Core …

I want to add a second (used) HD to my WIN98 system. I'm OK with adding the second HD, swapping the cables, loading the OS, etc. My ?? are... Can I boot/run the XP HD (master) and access the W98 Hd (slave) to transfer/copy files? Ultimately, what I would like …

I found this site by searching for title. Found a few, but none of their solutions worked and threads were rather old. I'm basically a newbie (I know just enough about computers to get into trouble) so HELP!!! It all started when my Windows Live OneCare installed nine upgrades; after …

Hi everyone I was unable to turn off my pc a few months ago and had to turn off power supply to shut it down, I was then unable to reboot so gave up on it and brought a new one. I am now wanting to get photos etc out …

Hello! I have a Gateway, 520GB, it recently got wet while powered down but after that i dried it out and it worked fine, about 2 weeks later, i tried to boot it up and it doesnt work, i get three long beeps and the fan goes crazy but no …

Need help guys! There was a power surge in my place while my pc is running. The pc restarted and won't start. When I try to reboot my pc, same thing happens, the windows xp logo will appear but after that, the screen will just turn into dimly lit blank …