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I just got a Seagate 250GB FreeAgent Desktop USB External HD. The problem is that I don't know what to do with it now. Someone told me that I need to format and make partitions on it before I can use and start moving files out of my overload C …

Hi there is this computer that its user quited her job and had put the power-on password and bios setup password and no one knows this passwords.I want to work on this computer so much but I cant go past power on password as well as in the bios.I have …

On my keyboard the f5 and 6 keys are tapped constantly at ridiculous speed. The buttons are not physically stuck. The problem is that this is a laptop, so this makes my computer pretty much unusable (any text box fills up immediately with sixes and windows constantly refresh). I've found …

when i plug my power line to the modem power plug on the motherboard i shorts out the power and turns off the power. what could cause this problem.

Well over the past few months I burn the periodic cd and listen to them in my car and everywhere throughout my house. I have burned CDs many times with multiple machines, but this is a first time I have encountered this problem. I usually use Windows Media Player to …

Hello, New member! I hava a Sony VAIO - PCG-7D2L Intel Pentium M 740 Processor 1.73GHz 504MB RAM XP Home Edition CPUID #'s No motherboard listed Chipset: Intel i915GMS/i910GML Rev. 03 Southbridge: Intel 82801FBM(ICH6-M) BIOS: Phoenix Tech LTD. Ver: R0080J1 Well this belongs to my niece and she dropped it! …

This is what happen When i turn on the laptop instead of getting black screen with DELL LOGO and WINDOW XP on it i got GREEN screen. and it's also happen on my desktop window I did everything in my power to resolve the problem but not of it fix …

My computer has been working fine until recently when it froze up playing solitaire. I tried to shut down by holding the power button on the tower, but it wouldn't shut down, so I just hit the power switch on my extension cord. Now when you try to start up …

I was talking to a nice woman the other day and she was having a trouble with her External Disk Drive. Below is the chat log I had with her: "[15:31] <tallmacgirl> i think ive made more trouble trying to fix the glitches . I just want it to run …

We have been gone for 16 days and in the mean time I have had the computer shut down. We came home and I turned on the computer and it started fine. After several minutes on the computer I updated Skype and after it downloaded and installed it just restarted …

I have a Dual 2 GHz G5 with OS 10.3.9 and a HP MediaCenter with Windows XP. Each computer is connected to a Princeton VL1916 flat panel monitor. Since they are connected to these monitors none of my computers would hibernate or shot down unless I disconnect the monitor cable …

I was working on a friend's Presario 2500 and I think I killed it. It had numerous problems - would not boot with a battery in it, the mouse touchpad did not work, and it seemed as if the A drive could read but not write. I used a usb …

greets, all I'm awaiting the delivery of my first ground-up PC build, and I wanted to post here to get some pre-help...basically, I just want to know if anyone here has run into problems with any of these components' compatablility, or known issues with the build, so I don't waste …

Hello, I'm just wondering how would i go about updating my GPU drivers? I have a radeon 9250 256 mb video card. a friend of mine said for me to try and update the drivers for the GPU but i don't know how to do it. If anyone can help …

Ok i have had this pc for about a month its a Advent T9317 Dual Layer DVD-ReWriter Intel Core 2 duo processer e6300 250 gb hard disc (7200rpm) 1024mb DDr2 Memory Ok the problem is everytime i try to watch a movies or clips on Windows media player after a …

I just built a computer with an Msnv-939 motherboard and Amd x2 processor with 1gb of Kingston memory. My problem is it won't boot. It gets as far as post and shows a message 2t timing 400 ddr1. This is the one that is hilighted. I've tried 4 different memory …

Is there any device available on the market that allows you to expand the number of PC Card slots on a PDA, from, say one to two or 3? I want to copy memory cards more easily and if it works, have a GPS and WIFI installed at the same …

I have a Lite-On XJ-HD166S (that came with a Dell Dimension 4700 in Dec 04) and it no longer works. I replaced the old one with a new liteon (i've had good luck with liteon drives), and gave it back to my family member. Now, I want to resurrect the …

Alright guys I've been messing with my computer for about 2 months now trying to figure it out on my own and to no avail it isn't fixed yet. I had my computer crash due to a virus and when I went to restart I tried it in safe mode …

What would cause a functioning computer to suddenly give a "disk boot error"? No new software or hardware has been added anytime recently. Computer was working fine. Sometimes the computer will boot up just fine and other times we get the "disk boot error" message. Cant seem to narrow this …

I'm trying to install an HP DeskJet640C printer and have the installation CD and instructions. This is what it tells me before the prompts even come up to start installing and configuring. When I select to run the CD through the Run window, it says "[B]This driver is not supported …

If anyone is familiar with the video game console Wii, I'm having trouble trying building an infrared bar for the controller to work on my pc. For those who don't know, the IR bar works as a reference point by constantly emitting IR light. Currently I'm getting a weak signal …

Soliciting suggestions for new build gaming motherboard. My criteria : ( 1 ) stability ( 1a ) perormance ( 2) Ocing features ( 2a ) warranty support ( 3 ) speed ( 4 ) features. Budget 150 British pounds , 221 Euros , $ 300 US dollars. Thanks in advance

Hi, ive got a bit of a list here, all started with a dodgy GPU which i replaced (GeForce 5200FX with GeForce 7300GT). My CDROM doesn't work so i thought id install drivers off the nvidia website. when i restared my OS to activate the new software, i received an …

I recently built a system, specs - Asus M2N-MX MoBo, AMD Athlon 64X2 3800+ CPU, 1Gb RAM, 80Gb Sata HDD, LG Dual Layer DVD-RW. When I first put it all together, I couldn't install XP, (it kept throwing up cannot copy file errors during copying files process). Thats all well …

I have been given a laptop to fix for my friend but i am quite unsure of the problem its a compaq armada m300 and down the side of the screen is a white strip, is there on start up but right at the beggining of startup part of it …

I have an issue with a new IDE HDD that I'm trying to install. I have been running from the SATA drive that was already installed in my comp. Now I want to add an IDE drive, I tried master, slave, master w/ slave, both plugs on the IDE cable, …

[URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread73967.html[/URL] First time it happened is descirbed in that thread. Now it's done it again yesterday, had been on for about half hour, i put it to sleep for an hour, woke it up and used it for a couple hours and boom. Off. No warning, no shutdown nothing. Like …

Problems setting up new system: Details: Motherboard PCChips ECS M860 with Athlon 2800+ CPU (bundled from Misco) 80GB Maxtor HDD (IDE Secondary Master) Lite-On DVD-Rom/ CD-RW (IDE primary master) Lite On DVD-RW (IDE primary slave) XFX GEForce MX4000 128MB Graphics Card PCI Firewire Card Windows XP Home (clean install) 300W …

Hi there, Unfortunately my first post here on Daniweb is not particularly the most enjoyable to write... Yesterday, I plugged in my laptop - a Asus F3F I've had for about 10 months - and it totally crashed. It started up as usual; I was greeted by the WinXP boot …

i have this old machine about 3 years old. recently it started restarting on its own. today was the worst. it restarted when power came back on, monitor wasnt getting any data(idle), the READ LED was steady at on, and it wont boot on bios anymore. everything else is spinning …

what happens is i turn it on and it starts starting then the yellow light below the power button stays on and the power light goes off. the screen goes blank and the moniter goes into stand by mode. this happens instantly or after few minutes. when i start it …

I bought the Dell Dimension E310 for gaming use only. When I went to play online on Gunbound a screen popped up sayin that i needed a graphics update or im missing the 3D video card? Plzzzzz Help Me I Want To Play My Game Badly

Hi, I just bought a new linksys Wirelss G Broadband Router. I've picked up wireless internet on my pc in the past, but I'm having trouble now. My laptop is a 2218RS Presario. There is a wireless button on the front of it that is supposed to light up when …

So, I have this motherboard it's an AN8 Ultra by ABIT. The chipset is nVidia nForce4 ultra. My PCIe card that I use is a ATI Radeon VisionTek x1600 series. I have 4GB ram DDR 400. I have an AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+ processor 2.4 Ghz clock and I …

Hi, I need some help with diagnosing a PC problem. A couple of weeks ago, my PC started shutting down randomly or would only start up if you turned it on and off a couple of times. By starting up, I mean getting to the first beep after start up. …

Hi Just moved jobs an have Toshiba Sattelite Pro 6100. Has anyone any ideas how I can set up extended desktop please? Rag268

Hi, My boyfriends laptop (Medion) is having some problems with the DVD drive. It will read some burnt dvds (mostly the movies) but not all (alot of the tv shows won't read). It's not the discs, because they worked on my friends mac, but I really don't know what the …

What would happen if a ddr2 1.8v is placed in a ddr 2.5v slot? Could anything burnn? Would it be detected by thhe computer? I need to know how many mbytes a ram is and the sticker is almost removed. All I can see is DDRII... 1.8.

Whilst adding a new hard drive to my PC I was looking for the name of my CD rom to set this to boot first. In doing so I nudged the power cable to the CD Rom drive and lost the connection. Stupidly, I just went about reconnecting the power …

I'm literally using Word to insert each one of these letters...so let me get to the point. Brought my pc home from uni & now I’ve reconnected it all & keyboard doesn’t work:S . Lights flash when I plug it in, and have a faint light as normal, but it …

this may be a bit of a dumb question but how do i locate the system fan i used the easytune 4 and it came up with a system fan warning i have changed the fan on the processer and its still the same is there another system fan please …

hey guys a mate has a laptop with a 25pin to 9pin converter plugged in to it which he plugs a ecu managment for a drag car into the problem is the ecu software doesnt even reconise it being plugged in is their anything i can do make it scan …

Hello! My spacebar is not working so to separate words I'm hitting Enter. How do I fix this? It was working this morning but all of a sudden it stopped. Could any of you help me? Thanks

Every time I turn on my computer it goes to a black screen with a flashing cursor in the top right and does nothing else...how can I fix this?

After reboot internet connection falls to nothing, with any browser, after browsing 4 or 5 pages. I know im not working offline, Im using xp home, dsl, speedstream modem. Nothing I have tried has worked for this computer. I changed computers and started using my laptop, and everything works perfectly. …

Hi! I know you have probably answered this question a thousand times however I have read a thousand replies and not sure if I still know what to do. Problem::::: I bought my son another hard drive Seagate 320 gig to be a slave to his his comp of a …

my system was running fine- three HDs and a DVD drive, i had to un hook everything to do some work and now only my first HD, the one with XP on it, works. when i first boot up, BIOS takes a lot longer than before and then i get …

This problem appeared recently. THere are certain keys on my keyboard that when I strike it either logs off, shuts down, goes into standby or something else. Also when I strike some of these keys another symbol appears. For example I will strike "y" and a "/y" appears. When I …

Hi everyone, basically I bought my Mac a few weeks ago and this is the first time I have used a Mac, had been running on PC before. I connected my external hard drive a few days ago and it said that the hard drive was not formatted with the …