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| | Hello i have a newer dell computer that was given to me by a friend it worked for a few days and then one day i tried starting it up. it will get to the windows screen where it says "prees f1 for bios" at the bottom but then it … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Please forgive me if I'm posting this in the wrong location I am new to the site and new to working on computers. I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 with a 1GHZ Pentium 3 processor and I'm running Windows XP Professional with a 20GB hard drive. It has an ethernt … Hardware hard-drive laptop motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hello. This was my first and maybe my last build. I finally got this system to work fine. gforce 8800ultra, 4gig corsair ram. e6850 proc. It worked for a month more or less. Then it would post but wouldn't load windows. I couldn't hear my harddrive spinning. (wdraptor) so I … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, I am new user of AMD64 bit for the info I also providing my system configuration which is as follows:- OS Name Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model Presario V3000 System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 15 Model 72 … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | Hello everyone I need to pick some brains, I have a Toshiba Satellite 2400-103 laptop which I purchased approx 3 years ago. Everything with the laptop has been fine until last week. I was using my laptop in my office, packed it away and took it home. When I started … |
| | Hi Im at a loss to a solution for my problem ..so here goes. Having played about with he registry entries for my drives, Ive suceeded in wipeing the registry entries for them :/ (attempting to boot quicker after pen drives being added and removed over a period) I now … Hardware hard-drive operating-system storage |
| | Well, silly as it sounds, I have to install windows 98 onto my pc because I have equipment that doesn't have a driver for XP, and I need to be able to access it, so I am now reconfiguring my pc, and a friend told me to install 98 first, … Hardware storage |
 | Hi, I have C: as my main drive and D: partition for backups. Whenever I double-click on either drive at My Computer, it always says Access is Denied! I found it out the day after my brother connected a USB flash drive on the computer. I scanned my PC with … |
| | Hi Guys, Just built a new system and I was really excited. I booted it up, and everything started very smoothly. Fans kicked on, lights were bright, but no picture. Monitor light went from green to orange. I shut everything down, removed and reinserted the Video Card. Hooked everything back … Hardware pci-card troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Hello everyone, I have an e-machine T2984 computer that recently stopped powering on. The monitor powers on fine but the tower itself does not power on. I checked the AC outlet and the power cord supplying the unit. Both of them are working fine. I also opened the computer with … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | hi everyone im building a new 32 bit dual moniter 8800gt e3110 gaming pc and i think i want to install 4gb of ram. however, i have read about some problems with 4gb ram. i understand that the physical memory is shared between device drivers and applications, so i figure … Hardware gaming motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | So I've been using the same self-made pc for about 2.5 years now. The other day it started acting funky and freezing/crashing. Last night, it just stopped booting period. Here we go with the fun diagnosis part... what's dead? At first I thought it was the HD as it usually … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | 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 … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Okay I'll start out with some brief specs of my computer. Ram - 2x512mb = 1024mb Cpu - Iintel pentium 3 - not too sure of the GHz but thats not important Hardrive - 80Gb Dankstar (??) - not too sure of rpm Motherboard - Atx form factor - some … |
| | I was hoping someone could give me some insight ot at least steer me in the right direction.I have a Dell Latitude D610 that when powered on displays the Dell splash screen then goes to a blank screen with a cursor that momentarily appears in the upper left.I Can access … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | Hi there. I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop. Bought brand new in 12/2006. I recently had to replace the power cord due to a new puppy :icon_evil: I got the new cord and ac adapter kit and plugged in the laptop. (NOTE: IT WORKED FINE THE NIGHT BEFORE USING … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | Let's see, I was playing WoW and my Computer froze. So I turned it off by holding the power button. Next thing I know when I go to restart it I'm prompted to pick Safe Mode, Normal Mode, Etc. Nothing bad right? Well here's where I'm confused. The computer accepts … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | I got a big Order of a friend of mine and went for the best prices I could get... I got it and have to build the system as well... The specs are amazing!! Now is my question he wants 3 Nvidia 8800GTX in Tripple SLi, do you guys have … Hardware display |
 | I have a Compaq Presario desktop PC model SR1053WM, and it has one of those power supplies that has a little green indicator light right on it, on the machine back. One day that light started flashing and the computer will not turn on. I found a good page about … Hardware hard-drive pci-card troubleshoot-hardware |
 | I’ve got a big problem and I hope someone can help me. Several months ago I bought the Maxtor OneTouch 4 500gb. On the harddisk where some drivers I’ve installed. But yesterday, the harddisk won’t work anymore. I mean that when I plug the USB-cable in my PC, the PC … Hardware storage  |
| | Had a problem with my monitor, resolved it, had reinstall the system software. I now need the a driver for my monitor, at the moment it is set on default system which makes it massive. Ive searched on the net, cant find the driver for my monitor. It is a … Hardware display |
 | Is it possible to connect two monitors to a computer, both displaying the same image? |
| | Hello. When I start my HP computer it starts off with a big screen saying HP INVENT and at the bottom says <F1> to setup <F10> for system recovery then it goes to a black screen that states the specs of the computer and also the following: 247 System RAM … Hardware ide troubleshoot-hardware video |
 | I thought installing the chipset driver would do the onboard LAN, but it didn't. I can't find a stand-alone LAN driver anywhere on the interweb, can someone suggest how I can find the correct one? (Windoze suggests it connect to the internet and search, which is a nice thought but … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | I browse around here sometimes and think you folks are terrific. But I have to ask if maybe someone can help me on this. :confused: This is the 3rd time this has happened on [I][U]2[/U] different drives.[/I] I just bought a Western Digital 250gb in December, used it almost 2 … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | The problem is when I power up my comp everything seems to work..fans come on,motherboards ready or I have power light is on,DVD/CD drive shows its working but nothing appears on the moniter. Friend said maybe its the motherboard or cpu. I have no idea what it is and hope … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I'm having a problem with my IDE drivers. The primary/secondary IDE channels in my device manager have yellow exalamation points and the error is a code 31 "unable to load drivers". unisntalling/reinstalling/rebooting does nothing. I've tried uninstalling all of my cd/dvd burning software and that did not fix a thing. … |
| | I have seen some similar problems here on the boards, but didn't see anything quite the same or a solution. A formerly trouble-free clone running XP Media started up this morning with its monitor giving a no signal message. The monitor has been tested on a laptop, and is functioning … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | I need VIA RAID drivers for Windows Vista Home Premium for my ASUS K8V-X SE motherboard anyone know where to find them? Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram windows-vista |
| | Here's the deal. Every motherboard I have put into a machine since I started building them has been an Asus, with the exception of one very crappy Abit. My last two Asus boards have both had bad capacitors. The first of the two, an A7N8X-X, had a capacitor that burst, … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | The Light at the left side of the front panel is flashing amber. and the computer shows nothing. It doesn't matter if it connected to the AC adapter or from the Battery (full BTW). Help please. Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello I have had problems with my RAM after installing it on the computer. My motherboard is this: [url]http://support.packardbell.com/se/item/index.php?i=spec_Auckland&ppn=PB34313691[/url] RAM: [url]http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=336009[/url] After installing this ram I have had bluescreen with memory dump. Programs have also suddenly quited (firefox, skype, msn). I have updated my Bios, and also performed memtest, but … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a Dell Dimension 4550 which originally gave an error message at start up that said it could not find the hard drive. I opened up the machine and checked te connections, I see that there is power to the mother board, yet the power button is now inactive. … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
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| | hi, the display of my laptop started behaving strangely. the content is shown three times on the screen with the little offset. in other words, what is shown in the top third part of the screen is also shown in the middle of the screen. all those parts are interferring … |
| | Hey everyone, thanks for reading the thread. I've got a compaq presario 723RS laptop running Windows XP that has a weird problem that causes it to *completely* randomly black screen/die. Once it has done this, I have to remove power (unplug the power supply and battery), wait a few seconds, … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | Inspiron 8200 operated well all day. Tried to turn it on this afternoon; push power button and within 5 seconds a "click" is heard and machine turns off. Nothing else happens. Any ideas? Thanks, Luckyforward Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | ;) What a nice forum. I'm glad my computer is dead so I found this place. well, okay, that's a big fat lie. But this is a nice forum. I need help if anyone can give it. I tried to use Acronis partition manager to partition my HD and something … Hardware operating-system troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, I am Lucy Ricardo, I have trouble using laundry detergent and for the life of me, I can not get these computer machines to work. I sure hope that I can find someone here that is nice enough to help me out. Do soap bubbles hurt a machine? I … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | hi guys, i've got a one year old vaio vgn-tx17gp series, the one with the 11.1'' screen. the machine works great, i'm very happy with it.... last time when i was playing in AV MODE one of my DVD's (i was flying), the movie just stopped....freezed...there was nothing i could … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a custom gaming PC from Buyxg.com. It has worked flawlessly untill yesterday. I was using the computer and the power went out about 3-4 times in a 5 minute span. So after it finally went out for the last time, i turned the power off to the PC … Hardware gaming troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi everyone, Please help me!!!! I have an external hard disk, previously i have stored my personal files and folders inside. Right now going to give it to my friend but before doing so i need to completely delete all the data inside so that no one can access to … Hardware storage |
| | Hellou dear experts, My problem is quiet simmilar to others but i have been unable to find a satisfactory answer to that ,I have regreased my pentium 4 3.o ghz machine after 4 years of operation after fixing back the fan on the chip when i rebooted the system it … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, i have a acer aspire laptop that seems to have a slight problem with it's screen. It constantly flickers then goes completely white. But if i add pressure to the screen the white goes and the screen works. Help would be VERY appreciated, thanks. |
| | I run a tight ship. I mean I thought I run a tight ship. I have a hardware firewall with latest upgrades, software firewall, anti-virus, anti-spy, registry-lock, etc. updated frequently. I run them daily, I don't click on links directly, I don't visit dubious sites from this particular machine, and … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware virus-malware |
 | Does anyone have any experience installing the Cyberview X-SF (slide) scanner, model PrimeFilm3650U on an XP machine (the one in question is XPHome) that also uses an HP AIO (PSC1350) printer? Windows keeps crashing -- it appears the twain drivers are the issue, though we are using the newest driver … Hardware pc-peripheral printer |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite 17" Laptop. A 32 mm strip of white running from the top of the screen to the bottom has established on the left hand side of the screen. Another 32 mm band is forming (flickering ) 32 mm away from the first i.e I have …  |
| | ok my daughter says she only kicked the bottom cords and hit the shut off button but now my computer won't work, I've reconnected everything, makes lots of beeping sounds, monitor says no signal but light on front of computer is light up with lock button, no clue how to … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | im making a computer i have a hd with win xp but it wont boot the hd in bios, the bios is award i think it checks mem and detects ide drives an then says floppy disk failed (40) and restarts and keeps goin thru the same thing i dunno … |
| | I have a Dell 1704FPT and a Radeon 9200SE Video card. The Monitor runs fine on analog @ 1280X1024 but as soon as I plug it in with a DVI cable it posts up green and boots up very scrambled and almost a light purple. I have changed and updated … Hardware display video video-card |
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