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Hi I was wondering if someone can help me I've been having problems with the usb on my computer and everytime i want to use the mouse it will freeze constantly I had to reinstall my OS on my computer due to Spyware and I figure that by then the …

I am trying to install a new larger hard drive while keeping the smaller hard drive for backups. I ghosted the existing drive to the new drive and have them properly set with the new larger drive as master and the older drive as slave. All of my data is …

I had a beep code for memory on my motherboard because I didn't have any memory in it my uncle salvaged it when he gave me the board makes sense than I got a stick of Kingston 3200 528MB. Now my PC doesn't boot at all just a blank screen, …

HP Compaq nx 6125 does not go past "press F10 Rom based setup and F12 network service boot"Dim and brightness controlls work,network card works.Might be something simple.reset bios and that wasn't it.

Hi, I updated my Bios for My Gigabyte K8T890-9 Mother Board & when I rebooted I found it wouldnt recognise any of my drives except for Floppy, I tried to reinstall old Bios as which I Downloaded as well & stored on Floppy but it wouldnt except it for some …

Help! i have a fujitsu siemens amilo l6825 laptop xp home sp2 p4 2.8ghz 30gb hd 256 ddr3700 ram i just surf the net & the screen goes black at random times,can be 5mins or 25.but the power light stays on and it sounds like the HD is on aswell,but …

I have an iBook G4--no disks--daughter left them at school Cannot boot up Went into single user mode and ran /sbin/fsck -fy came up with disk0s3: I/O error Invalid key length (4, 12283) ** Volume check failed any suggestions Many thanks in advance Gary

Can someone tell me how to hook up my computer to my receiver so that I can play music through the receiver. Specifically I want to know if there is a wireless way to do this. I know that I could just run an optical with a mini plug on …

Hi there, I'm a univ. student and recently moved back after the winter break. I brought back my machine, a 2.4ghz Athlon XP, 768mb RAM, Geforce 5700 LE, and set it up. I've been using this machine for about a year without any major troubles, but after about using it …

I've been looking at buying an external hard drive to back up my main internal drive. So many different interfaces, USB2, firewire etc. My MOBO is an ASUS P5B-Deluxe and has an external SATA plug at the back ( am I to assume that this plug is what is referred …

hi, I had 512mb ram (super old, I think it was PC400) in my computer, Best Buy had a sale on Kingston 512 3200, so I bought some. My motherboard (also 5 years old) can support 1G ram but only up to PC2100. I've read everywhere that memory is backwards …

Help I have an eMachines T1840 which has died. Tried most things without success. CPU fan turns for a couple of seconds on power on and the keyboard lights flash once, then nothing. Can anyone out there suggest a reason and a cure other than the sledge hammer. Thanks

My ibook died and will not restart no matter what I try. The screen is black. The battery is full as green light on at electricial connection. The hurrah sound does not come on when I press start button; nor start plus apple button; nor start plus apple plus control …

hello people first of all this is my first thread for a whole month i was gone now for the problem my laptop is an acer as the laptop is workin the right side of the screen isnt workin at all , it is completly black and i want a …

the power switch of my CPU doesn't function. Just a spark then it turns off. Can't identify what's the problem yet. Guys, I need you help on this one. thanks - tagz017

Hi, I have a question about replacing the case fan in a Dell 4550, and hope someone can shed some light on [I]how it works[/I]. I searched a bit, but didn't really find anything describing my problem After my PC shutdown with the, "Fan not working, press F1 screen on …

I hava a vaio PC and suddenly it doesn't start. when I push the on button I can hear the beep the power button starts turns on for a second and then turns off but I can hear the fan is running, does anyone know what can be the reason? …

Hello All, I am new to this community, I am a novice when it comes to computers and I hope that I am posting this question in the correct forum, If not I am sorry in advance. I just purchased a new machine from Dell. The specs are as follows. …

hello everyone i have a EASYNOTE M5260 laptop link to the brand [url]http://support.packardbell.com/nl/item/?m=home&pn=p880401505[/url] but now i have a weird problem when i press the button , i have absoluutly no responce at al when i plug in the power supply (recharge cable) only 1 light goes on for 3 seconds …

Hi! For the past few months, I've been having an issue where I hit the power button on my computer (built it in February), and the lights come on and the fans spin, but I get nothing on the monitor, and no POST beep. A month and a half ago, …

Greetings, I have a prob with my RAM. I'm runing VistaUltimate 32bit My MOBO is Fatal1ty AN9 32x I used to have 2x 512mb of ram {GEIL PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL=4-4-4-12} Recently I bought {Corsair DDR2-800 2gb PC-6400} This is what i did: I inserted the ram like this 512mb-1gb-512mb-1gb and …

I bought a[B] SKD USB 2.0 Cardbus Model : QFASCB[/B] (two Slots). When I plug it into my PCMCIA card slot, my IBM recognise it and install drivers needed automatically. And then I can use my webcam pluged into this card. But when I plug in my USB HDD box …

Basically my computer is totally fine, except the screen is extremely dim, and it occasionally fades completely to black - but I can still do things (blindly), and the monitor light stays green throughout these blackouts. When it fades everything gets bigger and then it gradually fades away. My motherboard …

Hi everybody. i tried searching but did'nt find my problem. im kind of frustrated right now. i have a sony vaio laptop model: pcggrx560 after pressing power button LED lights would turn on, fan spins, harddrive starts but after 5 to 6 seconds fan would stop spinning but the lights …

(Running Windows XP on Compaq Presario V5000) Hi.. First of all, I've already done some troubleshooting, so this may help with your thoughts on the problem. My LCD screen is not working properly. When I turn the laptop on, I can see a dim one-time flickering at about the time …

This is my first post and you'll soon see I probably don't deserve to own a computer! My Dell 3000's (I know, I know) monitor went berserk a month ago......quivering pages, black outs, jiggling and zig-zags. The guys at Firedog checked it out, thinking I needed a new video card, …

Greetings to the Group - I started getting an error with my system and would appreciate some help. I get an error NV4_DISP on the blue screen saying Windows is shutting down account of this error and is dumping my memory etc. The error also states that this driver is …

I have an AMD64 machine that I loaned to a friend for a couple of weeks and when they returned it, it wouldn't start at all. I took the cover off and noticed that when you plug in the power cord with power that the CPU fan turns about a …

Hi, my problem is as follows, any help would be much appreciated: My computer has been overheating periodically for the past few months, usually when playing high-requirement games or the like, (I figured it was related to summer till I found out what I thought to be the problem) and …

Does anyone know what specifically the -5V does on a power supply.

greetings, first of all i have to say i'm almost completely computer illiterate. So my problem is this.... i have 2 hdd in my cpu c and d. Few weeks ago, i couldn't enter explorer on my desktop, and had to do tasks using the task manager. Then all of …

I just got a wireless mouse a few days ago. I was playing battlefield 1942 when all of a sudden it started responding extremely slowly. It's not the mouse sensetivity on Windows or in the game. It's like the LED on the reciever barely even lights, even when I click …

Hi guys, I have just registered and finding a bit tricky to get the button if I want to post my message. Any help!! How do I post? I have a compaq pentium II that has stopped booting. Initially, I had to press power button twice or three times to …

Hi im new to this forum but i got a problem. My new hp pavilion dv 1000 with windows xp home edition I installed Mandriva and now window doesnt work. I put in the XP disk in and try to format it but when it come up after i hit …

Whenever I try to start my pc after it has been off for a while, I get a blinking power light and it won't start. If I unplug the power cable and plug it back in, it will then start up most of the time. Does this indicate my power …

Nice to meet you! Me and my 13-yr-old son are newbie nerds, we are planning to build a desktop together. We saved up and bought our striker motherboard but, its going to be a while before we can afford the rest of the parts. In the interm, we really need …

my internet went offline lat night fix that by connecting with an ethernet cable but ive just noticed that nothing connected by usb is working. i checked in device manager and it says everything is fine. ive installed new drivers, still doesnt work. ive installed new drivers for the devices …

Hi all, I have recently built my pc and after installing windows xp i started downloading updates and also antivirus software. after turning the pc off, the following day i turned it on again but instead of booting up i recieved the message Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery... Checking …

Hello all, This is my first time to daniweb but from other threads I've found everyone is extremely nice and helpful...hopefully you can help me. Basically I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 that is dead as a door nail. No lights, fans, noises, nothing. I've tried different outlets and power-cords …

I have an acer aspire 1800. From boot, there are 2 thick horizontal black bands and 2 white bands running from the top to the bottom of the screen. No image is present in these bands. Other bands are there but they show a faded image. The rest of the …

I had a windows XP Pro SP2 machine with 2 HDDs. the first one had OS and the second one had data. The computer died, hence took the data drive and put in as secondary drive in a newer computer. It now says...74 GB available out of 160 GB, but …

After 2 weeks of 90 degree heat and being left on, I came home to my computer shut off and now it wont turn on. It is not the hard drive, I tried a new one in it and still nothing. When I press power the computer turns on but …

just as my hp was about to go into hibernate mode the other night (it was closed), all the lights came on and it made 3 loud beeps. now when i try to start it up all the lights come on and it makes the three loud beeps but the …

Ok, first off i want to say that, im a new member, this is my first time posting but i've read around and it seems alot of people have helpful info on here, so i figured i'd give this a try. Alright to my problem then, I have an Hp …

So Heres my story... My System shuts off either while im running things for a while(if they require little ram) and it is very predictable. Common things I try to do that kill it are... Play Half-life, Doom 3, Quake 4, Farcry, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R These as you know use alot …

Hi I have a Toshiba Satellite M45 S331 with a MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-830S using Firmware=1.00. Until recently all was just fine. I have ripped literally hundreds of audio CDs into iTunes to put them on my iPOD. I just tried to do so again with a new CD and it …

hello i'm running OS 10.2.8 because i was running out of room because of the 35+ gigs on my itunes/ipod i recently bought a firewire harddrive. after transfering legions of files, various music librarys, etc. when i go to play a song on my itunes i cannot, because itunes 'cannot …

my pc's specs Athlon 64 (V) 3400+ 2.2 GHz 1600 MT/s (mega transfers/second) Socket 939 Chipset integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Motherboard Manufacturer: MSI Motherboard Name: MS-7184 HP/Compaq motherboard name: AmethystM-GL6E Memory Component Attributes Memory Installed 256 MB (1 x 256) Maximum allowed 4 GB* (4 x 1 GB) Speed …

Hey all, I just built myself a new machine and I think there's an issue with my video card. I put it all together and when I turn it on I hear the sounds I expect to hear (no OS, so no start up sounds yet). But my monitor remains …

My emachine has been getting slower and slower. I thought it had to be the hard drive, so I bought a 400 gig, 16 meg Seagate. Did not help. When I double click to autofill, it might take 8 seconds. Pages take forever to load, and the machine restarts itsself …