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| | hi guys i have a question..my 80gigs started to fail.... still good for me.. is like 6 years old ..well i run a scn in active@ file recovery 7.1 .. it detected some bad sectors fat's bad sectors asa well...my question is... -if make a partition where the drive is … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | I have a Western Digital 3200JS Caviar Hdd I have tried everything on this thing, the Western digital tools say that their is a smart error, Fdisk has a non dos partition that has -224mb alocated, and this is a 320gb hdd and FDISK reports it as only being 8024kb, … Hardware storage |
| | hi my pc's specs Athlon 64 (V) 3400+ 2.2 GHz 1600 MT/s (mega transfers/second) Socket 939 Chipset 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 … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | I just installed SBS 2003 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440. This is a home server. I need sound. I tried an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 but couldn't get the driver to install. I tried some work-arounds that were suggested to no avail. So, anyone know of a sound card that will … |
| | First off here are my system specs, Intel p4 3.4ghz HT Asus P5WD2 Premium Mobo ATI X800XL 512mb vid card 1gb ddr2 800 Mushkin Ram 430w Antec Power Supply Alright, so the basis off this problem is my monitor is no longer giving me any picture from my computer. This … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | A friend gave me a Dell Inspiron 5000 that won't start. Press the start button and the fan starts, there is a short burst of hard drive activity, then about two seconds later, it just stops. The power on light is still green but otherwise no activity. I have to … Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a sony 2Gb flash disk which is causing me great torment. I had a black out one time with the flash disk still on the computer. When power was restored and i placed the flashdisk back to the computer ot was detected fine but when i tried to … |
| | I was using my computer at the airport the other day and it suddenly powered off as though the plug had been pulled. I unplugged its AC plug, plugged it into a different outlet and the computer functioned fine. A couple days later, it did it again, I did the … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | A friend of mine has two intel motherboards of a Dell Precison 470 which is acting up. There was a malfunction which he doeasn't know what he did but when he tried to turn on the computer it wont turn on. We thought it was the memory since POST was … Hardware ide motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I don't know what happened, but the laptop's screen suddenly went completely black. It is a Toshiba laptop (that's all I know about it). The strange thing about this state it is in is that the power button is glowing and wont turn off, no matter how many times or … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, I've taken a look all over this forum for a problem similar to mine, but I can't seem to find it. Here's the issue: My computer was working just fine until last night, when my girlfriend started it up and it did not boot up. All the fans came … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Hello, I'm afraid to hear the possible truth to this question, but... The screen on my eMac contracts a bit in size for a fraction of a second to a second. Seems to only do it when using a browser, not just when my slide show is running or if … Hardware apple-hardware |
| | Good afternoon: I have a Dell 5000e laptop that I purchased used off eBay. It was pretty much a stripped down laptop. I bought a new Dell power supply (correct PA-6 model) for the laptop and 128 MByte RAM to see if it would work or not. When I turn … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello. My name is Micov, and I am from Russia. [Well, the soviet union, back then.] I am currently working on a 2004 Compaq Presario, that a friend has brought to me. Im currently ON this machine, because it will boot via a LiveCD [BartPE, and a "Damn Small Linux" … Hardware first-post ide troubleshoot-hardware |
| | why my recorded sound file fluctuates after i record it. need your help on this guys.. thanks Hardware pci-card  |
| | Hey, I have a Acer Travelmate 2300 and I want to bring it to the dump and get rid of it right now. I need to get rid of everything on my computer but the first time I had it fixed by someone else they messed it up. Now instead … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, I'm having some issues with memory. I just installed two new modules of [URL="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820146565"]this [/URL]Crucial memory. [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141210"]This[/URL] is the memory that I installed a while ago (2 x 1GB) . Both memories [I]are [/I]compatible with my motherboard. The system, it seems, sees only 2 modules. Please click [URL="http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=winmem2pi2.jpg"]here[/URL] and … Hardware asp motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I just recently had a prblem with my computer shuting off all the time. sometime like now I get lucky and it says on for a few hours other times it shuts off 5 secs after starting it. I seems to shut down alot while playing games. I thought at … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I hope that someone can help me with this problem. I recently purchased a ILO (L15FCBT) 15-inch Flat-Panel LCD Monitor With DVI from Wal-Mart. I’m sure it’s not the best monitor out there, but I do not need the best b/c I use my system for surfing the net, work, … Hardware audio display flash gaming hard-drive video windows-xp |
| | Hi all, thanks for reading this thread. Recently my Acer Aspire 5552WXMi stated to act weird. Here are the problems: - After watching avi movie files on Windows Media Player 11 (version 11.0.5721.5230), I try to close the application (pressing the "X" button, or right click & "close" command or … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Hi, I will start with my computer specs. MB Gigabyte P35-S3 Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 BOX, 2x2.13GHz, 1066MHz, 4MB Gigabyte GF 8600GT, 256MB 2xDDR2 1GB PC8500 (1066MHz), Kingmax Thermaltake power supply Toughpower 700W HDD Seagate ST3320620AS, 320GB 16MB When I bought the components and put it all together it … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-virus |
| | I have posted already about my faulty, i thought, HD on my HP nc6000, But the more i play with it, the less i think it is. To start with it kept just freezing, and had to be shut down. also, it would not power up, you had to push … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, i have a problem with my hp and xp. I scanned my system for viruses as usual, and noticed spyware at c:\temp. I booted my comp at safe mode, and deleted the whole temp and temporary internet files folders, and booted. Now it doesent run Windows at all, it … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | A friend has asked me to look at his toshiba satalite pro laptop. All I can tell you about it is that it has xp installed and a celeron processor. When i switch it on it shows a Toshiba bootup pic then has a black screen with the following... Windows … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, I have a sony vaio VGN FE670G and my computer has the "ESC" key activated almost all the time. I even installed a keyboard mapper to make sure it was the ESC key that was "stuck". Physically the keyboard is fine, but out of nowhere is like the ESC … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | Hello, My computer recently stopped sending a signal to the monitor. It's an older computer (maybe 5 years), it turns on fine...but the monitor remains blank. I typically have to hold the power button for about 10 seconds to turn the tower off. I've tested the monitor...and when I unplug … Hardware image troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, Hope someone can help. I have a NC6000. It keeps freezing while in the middle of working, not on any one programme, could be anything, and after 3 mins, or half hour. To rule out O/S errors, i reinstalled XP on it, it all went in fine, was running … Hardware storage |
| | i have a samsung ide hd, this morning when i booted up it wouldnt detect the hd in the boot order, hard rive wasnt listed my hard drive is the only thing on the wire... its not connected to the cdrom or anything, just the motherboard and yesterday it stopped … Hardware hard-drive ide storage video video-card |
| | Hi I have a Data Cable for my Sanyo Katana phone (SY-6600) and I downloaded all the drivers. I wanted to download ringtones from my computer to the phone using the mp3 files that I have, how do I do this? Please I have been looking everywhere but I can't … |
| | Hello, I downloaded HDD Health to monitor the condition of my hard drive and just recently I noticed that the seek time performance is showing in [COLOR="red"]red[/COLOR]. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Shore I have 7 columns first column is ID which = 08 second column is … Hardware hard-drive operating-system storage |
| | I got a new set of speakers (the z-5500 by the way:) ) and now they take up all the plugs in the soundcard. Is there anyway to still use my mic or should i go buy a new one...if so any recommendations. I want a fairly cheap one...I just … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | Hi! am new here. please help.. my powersupply just got blown. the fuse blew up. Now, am having a doubt on wether to check the motherboard with new power supply becoz am afraid that the if the motherboard is already defective .. it might damaged the new power supply.. What … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | My husband and I were cleaning our computer today...my husband took off the CPU fan to clean out the dust and when he reconnected it to the motherboard I believe he may have cracked or injured the motherboard in some way. When I turn the computer on the fans run … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram video video-card |
| | Hi I have an eMachine T1840, running Windows XP Home, that appears to be dead. When powering on all three keyboard lights and all tower LED's flash on and off quickly. I have tried replacing the poweer supply and the machine still behaves the same. My biggest problem is that … Hardware flash hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Computer does post with my RADEON X800xl card in it. ASUS A7N8X deluxe AMD Athlon 2800+ 1 GIG RAM RADEON X800xl About a month ago, the day before I left on a month-long trip to Europe, I turned my computer on, and my monitor wouldn't turn on either (no signal). … |
| | Dear Gurus, I have a 80 GB IDE Drive(Seagate). I have windows xp installed on it and everything is prim and proper. Now i have to upgrade storage. So got a 320 GB seagate barracuda SATA Drive. Put it in the sata slot. The Bios detected both drives. Booted the … |
| | I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100 Laptop 498Mhz PIII running on XP SP2. I recently purchased (2) 256Mb PC100 SO DIMM 144pin memory sticks. When I installed them, my laptop would not boot up (powers up but does not go to welcome screen: blank screen). When I put the old … Hardware laptop motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | The keyboard works after power up until after I logon. After I'm logged on the keyboard is unresponsive. I can still move the mouse with both the eraser and pad and the mouse buttons work as well. A little history: I have already replaced the keyboard, not so much to … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | I am looking for a solution to my new hard drive. I have recently bought a Maxtor ATA/100 500GB Hard drive. I followed the instructions on physicaly installing it perfectly. My master boot drive is a SATA(Serial ATA) and my new Maxtor is an ATA/EIDE. I have installed it correctly, … Hardware hard-drive storage |
 | ok, I have tried everything I can think of to get sound back on my computer and nothing is working. I tried all the conventional methods but nothing worked, I tried adding a sound card and still nothing. I have onboard sound on my computer. Its soundmax digital audio. I … |
| | I am going to build my own computer and I need some help fnding components. I need a VERY fast [U][B]AMD[/B][/U] processor (no more than $1500) I also need a very good [U][B]ASUS[/B][/U] motherboard (no more than $1500) And an excellent graphics card (no more than $1000) (Best I've seen … Hardware hard-drive motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Ok, so, the other day my computer was randomly shutting off. Opened the case, realized the cpu fan was dead, replaced. Then after the new fan was on, tried to turn on my computer, it came "on" but it didn't give the system beep and it didn't trigger my monitor … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | This is my first build, and it's been a disaster so far. My setup: GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+ Antec earthwatts EA380 ATX12V v2.0 380W Power Supply A-DATA 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Scythe SCNJ-1100P 120mm Sleeve …  |
| | So glad I found this forum! My computer (intel 4.0 WinXP SP2 1 gig Ram) shuts down and mostly when it's just sitting idle. No errors/blue screens nothing. Just like the power went out. I thought 'heat related' but I have the side off and put a big fan there … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hey all, I was looking in my BIOS the last night because I just got more ram, 2 1gb OCZ Platinum pc 3200, i put it in my computer and it would only read my old ram, I switched the ram and place my new ram in where the old … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I've been having a couple of problems lately referring to startup and shutdown procedures. First of all, my specs: Intel P4 2.6Ghz CPU ASUS P4P800-Deluxe Mobo 2x256, 2x512mb Geil DDR PC3200 RAM 80Gb Western Digital 7200rpm HDD GeXCube 128m Radeon 9600xt extreme AGP 17" Samsung 753DXF Flat Screen CRT Monitor … Hardware microsoft-access troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hows it going guys, I'm having a few troubles with several hard drives, so grab a glass of milk and some cookies because your going to be sitting here a while. Okay. So to start the story, I was using three seperate hard drives as follows: IDE 0 - 40 … Hardware hard-drive ide laptop storage |
| | Hi Guys, Am trying to rescue a Celeron 500 for a freind, hardly worth it i know but its getting the better of me. The problem is it turns on, well at least the fan comes on but that is it. I have repalced everything except the ram and processor, … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi. First of all I just want t say that I do not know a lot about PC's. Lately I bought my brothers "old" PC (2005). I want to format it, but have huge problems. My main question is: Is there any way to format the PC from the BIOS-menu? … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi All, I have been trying to figure this out for a couple of days now... I hope someone can help me figure out whats wrong here... Thanks in advance. Here are my system specs: Dell XPS400 Intel Pentium D 2.8 GHz 2.5 Gig Ram (2 x 1 Gig, 2 … |
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