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| | The motherboard of my vaio rb-53 is shot. Does anyone know what make or model I can replace it with? Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | I am still stuck with my half dead HP laptop, that died for no apparent reason and it is under a year old and is one of the latest models... From reading the posts on this forums last weak I see in recent posts about 4- 5 people that having … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | It's an older laptop that died a while ago that I'm trying to revive. Basically when I turn it on the fan cycles twice and the power light is on then turns off. Screen remains black the entire time. I've opened it a few times and adjusted the fan, unplugged … Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a computer with the following specs: Pentium 4, 2.6Ghz 1Gb DDR RAM 120 Gb Hard Drive Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 I have had it for 3 years, and everything was fine. Then suddenly, there was a big thunderstorm close to where I live, and …  |
| | I have been working on a friend's [URL="http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1030305017#"]laptop[/URL] over several power issues. The first was that the AC brick died. Fortunately, his wife had a "compatible" brick. His brick that died was a 90W and his wife's was a 65W but it claimed it was charging and worked for some … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi everyone. ;) Got a problem that I am hoping someone can help me with. I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop that I really like. It is great machine. But last June it died on me. Long story short, I thought it had been the victim of a power … Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have just bought a Dell OptiPlex GX400 mobo. My problem is that I only have a midi tower case to put it in, ex eMachines T1840. The mobo has two fittings on the under side, obviously for sliding onto a bracket in the original case. Any suggestions about mounting … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi all, First timer here, so be gentle! I have a brand new (2 weeks old) HP DV9548 (notebook) running Vista Home Premium that worked FINE for the last two weeks, and this morning..... it was stuck on the Windows boot sequence where it shows the yellow and black (scrolling … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-vista |
| | First, some quick specs on my homebuild: Rosewill Case (cheap) Antec 480W PS Gigabyte p965-S3 Mobo E6600 cpu NVidia 7900GS video card Seagate 500GB Barracuda HDD Corsair XMS2 2GB RAM So, I turned off my PC for the first time in a while last night and when I later tried … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware video video-card  |
| | I am working on a computer that will not boot up at all, just get a blue screen of dealth. This is in safe mode as well. I tried to boot up by the windows xp cd and go to recovery concole but when i do that I recover the … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Dell Latitude D600, won't see the harddrive. I took the harddrive out and stuck it in a desktop(with a 2.5" adapter) and was able to boot all the way up to XP just fine. Now I am aware that these latitudes are notorious for failing motherboards, but was hoping someone … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hey there, I'm running a system that was built for me but I am not completely familiar with the specs. Its about 2 and half years old. Its a WinXP, 200gb, Asus Mobo, AMD Athlon, 2gbRAM, 400W PSU system as far as I know. Maybe a month ago, the computer … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I'm rebuilding old computers for test equipment at my company because they are too cheap to purchase a cheap computer. It's costed more in my labor alone so far than a new cheap computer would cost. After installing the HD and booting up the machine, I get the error HDD … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | hi guys, i hav an intel 945g express chip set motherboard.i am currently using 256mb ddr2 pc53 ram i want to upgrade my ram to 1 gb. pls suggest which brand shd i go for. i am looking for a brand with good after sales support as i hav had … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | dropped my external harddrive yetserday... plugged it back in and it worked fine, about 3 hours later it started clicking <click click click ect..> so turn off computer.. still clicking.... i had to pull it out the main power to get it to stop... now... this morning i booted up … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | hey there, im a new person here... anywho. I have a Medion M³ director 4500 In January, I had a problem where I woke up, in the morning (I had left my computer on all night) and the screen was frozen, even the date and time was frozen, so I … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Hi everyone, My son has been saving up all summer for this card. It is huge! It will not fit in his MB. because the system fan is in the way. MSI K8N Neo4. not platinum. Will the MB run fine if I remove the fan. It seems to sit … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram video video-card |
| | hi i have an intel 915GAV board and yday it just doesnt boot and doesnt enter in BIOS setup.. i tried chaging the RAMs and putting them in different slots and reset the CMOS but stil it wont start any ideas!!!! Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hello, I am building a new computer and I can not get it started. I have built other PCs before but have not encountered this problem before. I put all the parts together and when I try to boot up I see the option to enter the BIOS, a few … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Please help I have an nidea geforce 7600GT and it has been fine for about 6months now it is not displaying red for some reason its nnot a problem with the monitor a red still dsplays on the menu screen on the monitor has ny graphics card had its day … Hardware display |
| | Hello, My Sony Vaio VGN-FS35GP hangs at Vaio logo each time I turn it on. When I switch it on, the power indicator turns on, the HDD light blinks for a moment then goes off. If I press F2, it will say "Entering settings..." and stays there. Sometimes when I … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have an eMachines desktop, an extremely basic model with Windows ME on it, that was bought brand new about 7 years ago. I had it for 3 years before it died. The night it died, a storm was coming, so, as usual, I shut it down and unplugged it. … Hardware flash gaming hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | OK i've been trying to install Windows Vista recently and i've been unable to get past the very first screen due to my keyboard and mouse not responding, i'm running a Red Saitek Eclipse (1, not 2, wish it was though ;)) and a Razer Krait. Both run absolutely fine … Hardware ide pc-peripheral windows-vista  |
| | I set up a machine with a new mobo and processor, a P4. I plugged it in with nothing but the fan and motherboard jumpers\power plugs and it turned on with the fan going and managed to beep a few times. I figured it was working because I had no … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware video |
| | This machine crashes every so often and I get an error message on reboot that says i have had a driver failure. I got three beeps on the last time and Intel beep codes tell me that I have a problem with my ram. 0xF8000000-0xFEAFFFFF PCI bus OK 0x90400000-0x904FFFFF Intel(R) … Hardware audio ide motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I was given a Presario to fix; it had been dropped on the edge and the power supply jack was damaged. I got a new jack, took out the old one and soldered in a new one. Now, I've put the unit back together and when it gets past the … Hardware pdf troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello everyone. I just installed a new display on a dell inspiron b130. It works but.... there are four desktops . The screen is neatly divided into quarters. I have been through all the display properties that the onboard graphics chipset has to offer and nothing seems to have any … Hardware display |
| | i am thinking of buying a new video-card, but i don't know for sure if i have agp 8x and/or pci-e. I've dl'ed cpu-z, and put a link to my pc's specs. and: [url]http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=240553[/url] CPU-Z 1.41 report file Processor(s) Number of processors 1 Number of cores 1 per processor Number … Hardware microsoft-windows pci-card video video-card |
| | I read the Pc wont start thread but it didnt help My PC wont load up the login screen after it chkdrvs or Windows logo. I freezes at either a black screen or the chkdrvs screen. I can run my comupter on safe mode. Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi Ok, so after putting a new power supply into the old girl (after 3 months of putting it off) she boots up fine. Update firefox and quicktime after a couple hours comp randomly restarts. XP loads up, everything runs fine for about 1-2 minutes then everything freezes. So I … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I am having major probs installing a 2nd SATA drive on my system. ASRock P4VM8 motherboard - supports 2 SATA drives. First (already running XP) drive is a Seagate 160GB SATA w/8MB cache. The new drive is a Western Digi 400G SATA2 7200RPM w/16MB cache. Plugged it in etc. Powdered … Hardware storage |
| | Does cerelon 3Ghz processor support for Epsion printer mate 210 photo printer? I have a printer but windows does not recognize it for cereon 3GHz system Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram printer |
| | i cannot format my hard disk because of bad sectors.... is there a software that can format it? while formatting the hard drive using darik's nuke and boot (i think thats what the software is called) using a floppy drive....but format stopped after like 90% due to bad sectors...i tried … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Being this is my first post in here, please forgive me if I'm not in the right place. I have a Toshiba Portege 4010 that I bought used from Krex Computers about 7 months ago. Everything was fine - until about a month ago. Now, all of a sudden, I … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Compaq Presario 900 - Athlon-M 1700+ This is the first time I have seen this issue... The laptop WILL POST, but NO fans work(hence the laptop shuts off almost immediately). When I REMOVE the CPU, the fans spin up just fine.... Has anyone seen this happen before? Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
 | is there a way to add a video card to your computer and put it in something rather than an agp slot? my computer doesnt have a agp slot. Hardware display video video-card |
| | Hey guys, ive got aproblem with my cd and dvd drives. Ive had a look around in a few forums but cant find the same problem so I thought Id ask for a hand. On both my cd and dvd (seperate drives) I can play audio cds, burn cd and … |
| | Hi all Im going to buy a new pc in a week, 14sept, my propsed spec: XP SP2 might upgrade to Vista Q1 2007 after SP1 intel core duo 2 e6600 ~2.4 x2 enermax 460 watt 320 or 500 samsung spinpoint and external W/D 320gb hdd asus p5n e sli … Hardware display |
| | I recently purchased a microsoft natural media keyboard. As some of you might know, these keyboards only seem to come with ps/2 plugs unless you take it a step up and pay the extra 60$ (on top of the $60 some odd you are already paying!) Anyways, I made purchase … Hardware laptop microsoft multimedia pc-peripheral |
| | Hey all, slight hardware/Windows related problem I'm really hoping someone might be able to help me with. Basically I've assembled a new computed from parts purchased separately (all parts are working as I have tested them separately) - except for a hard drive which I have taken from my previous … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I left the window open, and it was raining that night. To make the long story short, my son't T30 was standing in water in the morning. He woke up first, and after wiping it, turned it on (unfortunatelly). It came on, but after half an hour or so, it … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi I changed the MB in my Dell E510 and had problems with it. One of the problems was the CPU fan would run at very high speed when running under pressure. If i ran a AV scan or a HD Diag. scan the fan would scream. I put the … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Last night my computer froze as I was using Firefox. Unable to shut it down normally, I powered it down. Today, I turned it on, expecting it to either come up normally or scan the disk, what it normally does. Instead, it hangs at "Initializing USB Controllers..." at POST for … Hardware first-post hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
 | For a while my computer would constantly restart or freeze and after months of this I decided to try and do something about this, I moved the pc from 1 case to another with better cooling and air flow, I also bought some replacement/upgrade ram and a larger psu. The … Hardware pci-card troubleshoot-hardware |
| | toshiba laptop will not come on none of the three LEDs come on could it be the battery I was switching users when it went completly dead thanks. Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello. I have the following problem: After installing some drivers for the video card, I rebooted my computer. But after Login off the monitor went black, and its LED start blinking (like in the moments the computer was switch off). The fans and other lights from the computer were on, … |
 | My mom's mobo got fried cause she installed her ram wrong, this caused an arc and fried it. I was curious, her comp had a P4 2.66 in it and mine has a very modest 1.8 (it's 5 years old). Doing some research on my motherboard I found that it's … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:59:00 AM, on 8/31/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AppCore\AppSvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\AOLacsd.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe … Hardware adobe troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello Members i have got a Dell P4 Computer that is failing to find the keyboard and mouse on booting. it shows the following error: "keyboard error or keyboard not present. i changed several keyboard thinking that may be my keyboard is faulty but this did not help. who knows … Hardware pc-peripheral  |
| | Hey there, I just joined the forum and I have a feeling I'll be back for much more. I just got a laptop from my girlfriend which needed a lot of work and I finally have it up and running, clean as a whistle, with XP loaded and everything is … Hardware laptop motherboards-cpu-ram |
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