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 | Hi peoples, I've got an LG L1510S LCD monitor and my screen display is buggered.I left the computer for about 30 minutes and now I can't play a game and on the desktop I have these little black lines above the icon text. I had a little look at LG's … Hardware display |
| | This is the strangest thing which has ever happened to me personally, and some strange things happen when I try to power up. I recently attached a Lite-On DVD-RW to my computer using the correct method of attaching all necessary wires (or what I like to call wires, I'm more … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | Im so new join about 30 seconds ago and dont know if this is the right place to be posting this. Im up creek without paddle! im a tacher have school laptop - i dropped it in a puddle on friday! I am ok with comps - dont get all … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | hiya, as you may have found out i am having a little problem with my keyboard. the "at" botton is just not working!! instead of the "at" sign coming up this comes up ' ....can anyone help??? Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | Got an issue that is bugging me :(... Came back home from work to find my computer won't switch on anymore... when i pressed the power button the fan would start to spin but then stop and wouldnt boot. tryed this serveral times and eventually nothing would happen. had a … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
 | I recently installed a new Double Layer Lightscribe DVD burner and am having issues with copies of DVDs I am making (let's assume they are legal DVDs). Whenever I burn a copy they never quite work right. At various points, it varies on each burn, they stop working. I did … |
| | Im so new join about 30 seconds ago and dont know if this is the right place to be posting this. Im up creek without paddle! im a tacher have school laptop - i dropped it in a puddle on friday! I am ok with comps - dont get all … |
| | I am trying to update the sound drivers on my laptop. A few months back, my laptop's audio began coming through quite scratchy, to the point that I usually completely mute the audio. It is so bad at times that it lags the performance of the rest of the machine, … Hardware audio laptop pc-peripheral |
| | I can't get my iPod Mini 4GB to sync. I have 2.41GB of free space left, but when I press "Sync songs to ALEX-IPOD" it says "Do Not Disconnect" and then goes back to the regular screen without removing or adding any music... I can add files to my iPod … |
| | I have ABIT motherboard, 3 GHz Hyper Threading (HT) processor, and 2x256MB RAM (DDR not DDR2). (motherboard manual says 256MB-1GB is supported) Dual (something something) memory for full potential memory - paired DIMM slots 1-3 and/or 2-4. Everything works fine with thse two RAMs. ----- I've bought 2 x 1GB … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | have an Inspiron 8100 that was not working for quite a while. I decided to try and start it with a charged battery from another machine. It started, and would work on battery power...the AC power would work ONLY after starting it from the battery. It still [B]would not start … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hey there, I just reinstalled Windows xp home and got everything working except my sound. I was wondering if anyone can help me. My sound card is built into the mother board. It is c-media ac97 audio device. When I go to check it in control panel --> System it … |
| | Ok so i have a 3DFuzion GeForce MX4000 128mb pci video card. I put it in and make sure its seated and i turn my computer back on and it doesnt regonize the video card when i try and install the drivers and im still using my onboard video then … Hardware display pci-card video video-card |
| | Okay, I have a Geforce FX 5600XT graphics card and have had it for several years now. Just within the last couple of days I have tried starting WCIII FT to play as usual, but the nothing is happening. The screen goes to flip to higher resolution, and then WCIII … Hardware display |
| | Hi all i'm new here so i hope I'm posting in the right place. Last week we had a major thunderstorm while the computer was on. The power went for for like 3 secs.Everything came back on except the computer. No life anywhere in it, including no lights. Does this … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | I am deciding between two 6800Gt's both have 256Mb 350Mhz core 1000Mhz Ram, and such but one is a XFX with a refresh rate of 2???x1??? @ 85Hz and the other is a eVGA with a refresh rate of 2???x1???@ 75Hz i forgot the exact resolutions but they are the … Hardware display video video-card |
| | Question #1 : My ibm X24 screen went black and has not worked since. I have not tinkered with anything to cause it to go black. The laptop powers on and stays on but has no picture. What can I do to fix it? (if fixable) I have win xp … Hardware display hard-drive laptop |
| | Upon leaving my computer idle for a period of time, I come back to open something and it says my paging file is too small or something to that effect. Sometimes I can get things to open but they close them selves after a few second. This happened after uber … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | Hello guys, recently i bought a 200G HD to replace my old 40G HD but I already set mg 200G HD as my primary harddisk and i want my second Hd to be preimary slave HD but I encounter this "PRIMARY SLAVE ERROR please press F1" already check my jumper … Hardware storage |
| | Hi All My first post. I have a Acer 660 laptop which has a duff CD / DVD rom combi drive. I need to replace it but Acer Support is charing 200 pounds for a replacement. The thing is I've seen similar drives on ebay for 20 pounds but what's … |
| | Hello and hope you can help me. Last night my mom's computer she uses for an online store. It is a Gateway 500 HSN. I guess last night it was overheating like mad and smoke came out some and smelt burnt. So today I went and dusted it out cause … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a HP Compaq Presario 2100 series laptop that will not recognize the IDE hard drive that is brand new. It has been installed correctly and it is not being reconized. I am reinstalling Windows XP Professional on it. So far I have had no luck at all on … Hardware hard-drive ide laptop storage  |
| | I am builng my fourh Machine. Everything Went well until start-up. it takes about 4 minutes. Everything runs fine once booted. Oh1 and it only boots if windows XP CD is in drive. Done the CMOS bit, changed the boot sequence to floppy/HDD/CDROM, but the S*D still boots using CDROM. … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Ok, I need to get a laptop & now I've got each person telling me theirs is the better laptop & I'm getting confused. Pls. let me know your thoughts, but only if you know specifically that one unit is better than the other. Thanks :) Michelle First one is: … |
| | My problem is a little unusual. I run a digital media company and have deployed an instore advertising system to Australia national electrical goods retailer. A simple view of the system is a PC outputting component video to a high definition bandwidth 8 way distribution amplifier. This then connects to … Hardware advertising display flash video video-card |
| | Hi there. I've been all over different forums trying to get some help with this, but have been unsuccessful so far. The situation is: I want to hook my girlfriends laptop up to my Samsung HDTV (model TX-P3064W, link here: [url]http://reviews.cnet.com/Samsung_TX_P3064W_CRT_TV_30/4507-6481_7-31205688.html?tag=sub[/url]) For the time being, we've just been using an … Hardware audio display laptop video video-card |
| | My computer hasn't ever really given me much of a problem, but just this morning my keyboard stopped working. I have a wireless Logitech iTouch keyboard and I'm running Windows XP. At first I thought it was just the batteries... because I noticed a few times recently I had to … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | ipod is acting up, imagine that! itunes is not giving me the option to sync songs to my ipod, went to apple site and followed instructions, updated itunes, reregistered ipod, restored ipod, then got a corruption message again, restored ipod again...and still cant load songs to ipod...sure im not the … Hardware apple apple-hardware  |
| | I'm absolutely weired out by my computer. For no apparent reason it was freezing the screen and making weird noises while I was typing and I'd have to reboot it. Now it makes psyco noises whenever I turn it on and won't let me get past the BIOS screen. I've … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Hello I have a quick question about Networking a Printer via USB. I've done this before however the computer has to remain on in order for anyone else to print from another computer. Is there any possible way to set it up where the computer doesn't have to be on? … Hardware pc-peripheral printer |
| | It has been a while since I have been really into the hardware (or even software aspect) of computer technology, and unfortunately I am having what seem to be some hardware related issues. As of about a week ago, my computer has been running extremely slow at times, especially in … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-virus  |
 | Hey i just transfered a new motherboard into my`computer and since then i have been having numerous problems\ 1.i cant boot with my windows xp disc 2.the windows xp thats currently installed that was installed when i had the old mobo is playing up reall bad unusable. 3. i can … Hardware flash laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have been trying to install a WD500AKSS 500 gb drive to no success. My system is XP Pro on a SuperMicro X6DAL-XTG mobo. Can't get info from any manfacturers. My mobo manual states the following: ...for drive capacities over 137 gb your system must be equipped with 48-bit LBA … Hardware storage |
| | Back in September 2005, I bought myself: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard 2x BFG GeForce 7800 gtx OC 3x 512mb Corsair 3200 DDRAM AMD Athlon64 4200 x2 WD Raptor 74GB 10,000rpm SATA HD Rosewill RP550 ATX 550W Power Supply I put it all together and it worked fine. It worked for … Hardware first-post troubleshoot-hardware |
 | When I boot up my computer with my 200GB Maxtor external hard disk connected and powered on, the POST/BIOS freezes while booting. Depending on when I turn the drive on, it will freeze in different parts of the boot process, but regardless, it still freezes. The one thing that really … |
| | Hey guys, I had my ipod plugged in last night for the first time in about 2 weeks, and when i got up my computer had crashed. I tried to turn it on but nothing happened. After a while it turned on and the processor, hard drives, fans and ram … Hardware pci-card troubleshoot-hardware |
| | A computer I recently upgraded with a new motherboard and processor and memory and power supply(basically replaced everything) turns on for a few seconds and then turns off again when I hit the power switch, nothing even gets displayed on the monitor yet either. What could possibly cause this? Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | This is a puzzling problem. I put this card in, and it works fine for five years. Then, one day, it quits. -I get the boot screen - I get the "Windows is Loading" screen but as soon as it loads into the windows environment, the monitor goes into standby … Hardware display |
| | Hi! I have a PC with a SATA hard disk. I wanted to add a second SATA hard disk. From what I had read it was just a case of plugging into the right holes with the right connectors. I thought I could handle that! However, when I connected the … Hardware storage |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite, about 2 years old. I often poke around in its innards while optimizing (e.g. boosting RAM, new HD, changing DVD drives etc.), so I thought I would try an experiment. I wanted to see if there was any vestigial amount of "inherent" RAM on the … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I opend up my computer, and put in another 512 of ram, and now my computer won't even start. I took it out, but it still didnt start, i checked all the wires, their all in the proper place. The only thing that i think i did wrong, was the … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Ok, I was in the middle of a game of dungeon siege when the power went out. I restarted the computer and it would show the video card then go to the boot screen. It would list the AMD 1gig processor and then go no further. I can't even access … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | I'm looking to put together a new system, and the ASUS motherboards will support up to 1333 Mhz RAM. That's a little crazy b/c the current quad cores only run at 1066 FSB. but the PENRYN series that's supposed to come out at the end of this year will support … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I'm trying to help my brother out with his computer. Recently, he put in a Creative SB Audigy 2 Card in a HP Pavilion m7640n Media Center PC. It worked fine for a few weeks, but then it suddenly stopped working. He switched to the onboard Realtek HD Audio sound … |
| | Computer shutting down. Gigabyte GA-8I945PL-G mobo 500w easy cool power supply. All hardware and cabling has been removed except CPU / Heatsink / Fan and cables to use on/off button and LEDs. At POST computer gives continuous short rapid beeps indicating power issue. Tried with 350w, 450w and 500w (usual … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, New here today, prob is my PC was running fine then it started shutting down on its own then eventually it would do this like 5 minutes into running, if I used no programs it would run ok but if I opened any program after a few minutes it … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | For what ever reason my computer keeps shutting itself off and I have no idea why. It might be the power supply It's a 380W supply and I'm running Windows Vista. I'll post the other specs for it later after I get done with work. Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-vista |
| | Cant find a similar problem posted Have 2 x 512 mb pc400 Dynet ram cards and both run fine on their own in either of the 2 slots ( a little slower of course), but both running together the Computer crashes or the programs shut down. Pentium(r) 4, 3.0 ghz … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Am trying to install a 128mb ram in the second slot, but when i restart the screen goes blue with error message "Dumping physical memory to hard disk" what am i doing wrong? Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | I have no idea if i've posted this in the right place, so bear with me. i am trying to connect my PDA to my computer via bluetooth, but my computer's bluetooth network says there's a network cable unplugged. Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it? … Hardware pci-card |
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