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When I switch on my monitor , I am being able to see some spark inside the monitor and smokes are coming out , can I do something to fix it or I need to get a new monitor ?

Hi. I have a Compaq Presario 6000 PC with a P4 2.53 ghz processor that rendomly started booting and dying all on its own the other day. I work on my laptop and this machine is used by the wife for internet and games. I opened the case and started …

please help me for my repot about motherboard and its use.

Hi, I've been running my AMD (ASROCK K7VM2 Pheonix Award BIOS XP PRo SP2) fine since 2003. I just upgraded it adding a second stick of 512MB (1GB total) and a CD Writer. Shortly afterwards I was geting occasional system hangs and every time I rebooted "CMOS Checksum error". I …

See i am thinking about building my first computer... i dont have the money yet but i know people hear are profesionals and all and know wat there doing.. so if you can.. tell me wat i can read to know some basics of a computer and also if you …

Okay, new set of problems: Computer will not boot. It will power on. There are two lights on the front: power and computer activity They both come on when the power is turned on. I have fixed this before, but I don't remember how. Any one help me?

Greetings to all: Being a Network Eng, my knowlege base of graphics cards, monitors and such is rather 'functional' at best. So when my daughter has now become ennamored with flight sims, I need some help. Here is the system config: 2.4 ghz Intel Dual Core, P35 Intel MB, 3 …

ok for some reason this game lags for me. idk what my ram is but i know i have a good graphics card because i cud play cod4 on it online perfectly with barely any lag(it was at lowest graphics quality btw). but when i play rct3 it lags. i …

I have an Epson receipt printer which Windows detects as an Epson TM-P2.01. It has worked fairly well, but it is suddenly not working anymore. Every time a print job is sent to the device, it either spools it, or if spooling is disabled it tries to print it. But …

we bought my stepdaughter advent laptop that more often than not displays multicolor virtical lines covering the screen when she switches it on, after doing a 30minute crash and re boot over the phone with the tech guys who said it was a graphic card problem which didnt solve the …

I HAVE A TOSHIBA Satelite L30 Laptop, With windows XP home SERVICE pack2. I tried upgrading my ram from 768 to 1024mb of ram. then when i turn my laptop back on i get a message saying. Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt. <windows …

Hi all, got one that seems strange (well to me anyway). I replaced the motherboard in an HP DC5100 tower yesterday. Got the new Mobo from HP so no problem there I shouldn't think. I installed it and when I put the PC on, I got a screen telling me …

[B]Computer:[/B] Dell inspiron e5105 laptop [B]Warranty:[/B] Expired. [B]Situation:[/B] Spilled soda on my laptop, and like idiot I just cleaned it up with paper towel and continued gaming. My computer suddenly shut off and was out of operation (nothing happening when hit power) for about a week. [B]Diagnosis:[/B] I got it …

i have a gateway laptop dont know the exact model but to the problem It will load up and get stuck on the loading bar or if i try to launch start up repair it just blacks out sometimes i get a flash of the blue screen but i can …

My monitor only stays on for a couple of seconds then goes blank. It's a KDS monitor for my ULTRA DELL PC P4 2.8 GHZ WIN XP-2. I literally have to keep turning the monitor on and off to get those precious couple of seconds of viewing. However, on a …

A.k.a. The computer won't "turn off." I'm working on a buddy's computer because he's having an odd problem. The machine was off (though still plugged in) during a rather pyrotechnic lightning storm. The PC is plugged into an oldish surge protector, but it has worked just fine for many years. …

What will I do if the Computer is on but the monitor is black...and the led of the monitor is orange....I'm sure that the problem is in the mohterboard because I tested it with a video card and internal vga still the is shows black screen....What will I do....

This problem is very difficult to describe so please bare with me. The computer is out of warranty so dell cannot help unfortunatly. I am currently working on a Dell Inspiron 8200 with a Radeon Mobility 9000. When Windows comes up the screen is covered in small lines that do …

Hello Since my Problem involves my computer shutting down as I am playing an online game (WoW), I was reading how another person sounds to have the same problem as me with that happening.( [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread115506.html[/url] ) So is there a website that would tell you how much Cache is on …

Hi, I have an ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard, with 2.8 on it at the moment. It's done me well up to now after 5 years, but I'm upgrading to 3200 and want to know if my motherboard would take the upgrade. Thanks. :-|

hi all i have a dell e193ep monitor with a white screen i have borrowed my son monitor can anyone tell me what this fault is and can it be repaired i know a little about electronics and could do the work myself possible. thank for reading this. regards pete

Last night my machine lost all functionality, as nearly all programs have failed to open properly, including IExplorer and Mozilla. The best I can figure it may be a issue with the new video card, however its removal does not remedy the problem. About 5 days ago I added a …

Greetings All, I'm a new addition to the forum and I hope that this is not a done elsewhere topic but ... Recently I was working on an emachine 770 computer that looked in a bad way. The power supply had let go and was totally dead. Having swapped in …

Hi all, My new-built PC has a problem - the monitor powers itself off - generally when the PC is stressed (ie in games - Bioshock and Oblivion both do it to it, other games are stable) - it won't come back on even if I turn it off and …

Hello I have a question about my PC. it was working just fine but one day somebody pull out the power code with out turning off the PC and now i m keep getting error. the problem is whenever i turn on the computer my monitor tells me "no signal" …

I just had the power fflip off then back on. When the power came back on I could not boot up my laptop. I have power to the ac adaptor or at least the green light is on. Any suggestions?

After working normally and closing the lid, my Sony VAIO PCG-FX701 (PCG-9E7M) will now not startup. When the power button is pressed the green power light illuminates, followed by the usual pattern of lights. The DVD drive is powered, as is the HDD, CPU fan & CPU, however, the screen …

So, I'm fairly sure this is the place to ask about these things. I'm not quite sure though. If this is in the wrong spot, would someone please direct me to the correct forum? Anywho's. I own an 80GB iPod of the fifth generation. Lately, it's been acting very wierdly …

Hey guyz, im a huge fan of amd ,and i hate intel, but heres why intel has this stupid feature that keeps on clocking down ur cpu ,i extremly hate this !! and i dont like their LGA775 socket coz many times i damage thoes extremly sensitive clips on the …

Hey all, I have a question that I haven't seem to been able to find the answer to, and it also seems to be pretty uncommon. So this one is for all the marbles ;) I recently installed a new Biostar Mobo, everything seemed to power up correctly. When it …

:rolleyes: Hi, Mine is a Dell Inspiron 640M Laptop.Problem is I can hear what others are saying,but they can't hear me. Seems to be problem with internal microphone. How to make it activate? In Ctrl Panel->Speech/Sound Settings,Microphone settings are not activated.I prefer internal mic than external one. Plz help.

Hi guys, I just built a desktop PC that I was SO excited about because I thought it was going to blow everything away. I was a little disappointed (perhaps unrightly so). Before I tell you what the problem is, I'll say that i haven't received my wireless network adapter …

Symptoms: - Power button works and leds turn on, but HDD does not run or load windows - No LCD display, getting blank screen and does not work when switching to external monitor - rechargeable battery does not recharge Power Surge during Thunderstorm is original culprit. am fairly sure it …

i got a problem with my computer unit , my unit hangs after rebooting it. as i open my unit i discovered that my old video card haS A blown out capacitor then i replaced it into new one after replacing the old im still suffering in this cpu hang. …

I have a biostar U8068 mobo the board was purchased as a barebone mobo, cpu, case. it has a biostar U8608 mobo, celeron 2ghz cpu all that was assembled in the case when purchased the computer booted one time and never again I have already checked most of the hardware …

Hi, I am randomly getting out of range and no signal messages on my screen while doing different things at different times. My refresh rate and resolution is set to the right setting for my monitor. The times that this happens seems really random, like the last time this happened …

I am trying to figure out whether this dilemma is a virus or I need a new mother board or something. My desk top is doing this loopy thing when I boot-up. It goes into the option safe mode screen, and when I choose either safe mode or start windows …

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-S260 laptop and the other day I walked across my carpeted room to turn it on and when I touched it I felt a very little shock and now it won't power up... I think it's the motherboard but am not certain any suggestions on …

my sr1536nx presario , is there a motherboard processor replacement that will fit in the case. i bought the conan game and now i'm in deep kimshee. my processor,power supply and vid card have to be upgraded. so i wonder if i can upgrade everything and still use the same …

Good day Ok I will try to make this as short as possible I've upgraded pretty much upgraed my whole computer ...started with : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz 2 GB RAM and a gigabyte motherboard with an intergrated motherboard .. when …

Hello friends! short version- my brand new computer will 'power up' but not much else. fans and hard drive all spin, including the one that attached to the heatsink, which is attached to the mobo. Nothing else looks to be functioning, and cannot powerdown by the power button (I have …

my comp recently just stoped working the lights at the front just flash as soon as you turn it on at the wall, the proccesor fan starts up and the lights flash but that is all that happens , i thought it was the psu so i bought a new …

Mother-in-law just brought me a laptop that will not power up. It has been my experience in the past that mother board and/or processor is fried. I have checked the power cord and varified voltage to the computer but still getting no lights or fan. It is my opinion in …

After updating the flash bios on an old Sony Vaio, I can no longer boot up (I got the message that the update was successful. I get the Sony screen (with the "Phoenix Technologies" logo in the corner), and it goes no further. I can't get into the bios, and …

I have 5 different Browsers on my machine. Firefox, Neo Planet, Flock, IE and Netscape. The Firefox browser has been bugging me about "An Update Is Available" so I updated the browser to 2.0.0.14 Now the ONLY browser that will load [B][U][I]any[/I][/U][/B] pages is my Netsacpe browser. When I try …

I want to buy an Acer Aspire M5640 at an unbeliveably good price. But it has an AMD 690G chipset and the new one once it comes out will probably be way to expensive. I wanted to see if i could buy a 790x chipset, unsolder the old one and …

Hi I have a stunned problem with my company pc and would really appreciate any other suggestions.The computer I have is networked to exchange server and two other business related servers.Recently the user has started to complain about system freezes.So upon some research in I found a "bugcheck" complain that …

hey guyz im setting up a new rig just something normal gona play wow mostly, tell me what u guyz think or if i should change anything Intel E8400 ASUS P5E-VM HDMI 4GB Kingston hyperX 6400 < btw can i go higher with this mobo , like pc-8500 ? western …

So I go to use my desktop and the thing is shut down, hmm that's not normal. It has power to the LEDs and I tried swapping out the power supply to no avail. It don't matter how many times I mash the switch, or how long I push it, …

I bought 80gb seagate hard disk st380215a, last year. Last month i cant boot t hd and cannot view t hd in bios. Than i installed my friend hd in my cpu, than that hd was view in bios. where my hd have 5yrs warranty i returned to seagate service …