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Hallo, 1 week ago I got an external USB Harddisk (MaxtorOne Touch III: 7200RPM 500GB) and I pluged it into USB port. Windows gave automatically drive letter G: . All was fine, and I could save my data on it. And today I restarted my PC and found that I …

Yeah, i know, there seem to be a lot of laptop LCD not working threads, not one of them could shine any light on my particular problem.. I own a Dell Inspiron 2600 Laptop. And up until the other day, it was working fine, then i notcied after i restarted …

My computer likes to show this screen: (see attachment) I have recently installed a new psu and gfx card, they are a Trust 570W dual fan psu and an Sapphire ATI Radeon X1600XT gfx card This allways seems to happen when playing bf2, and no other game is affected ~ …

if i was to put a hard drive in a enclosure and set it up on my computer in my bedroom 1. format it 2. allocate drive letter would i be able to write files to it and take it to my other computer down stairs and use it without …

All drives in the DiamondMax Plus 8 series are listed below: 6E020L0 (20Gb) 6E030L0 (30Gb) 6E040L0 (40Gb) Identification: A slimline IDE hard drive with a shiny metallic top and a white Maxtor label in the centre. The "DiamondMax Plus 8" label can be found a third of the way down …

Hi All I have a laptop that the screen is blank with no image at all. I plug in a monitor and I get the picture as normal so what could the problem be? Is it the inverter as I have read this just seems to fade in time. There …

Just rebuilt my Dell Laptop Its an OLD Latitude C400 As it was given to me, i never had the recovery disk, so just rebuilt it with a normal XP disc. All of a sudden, the graphics were Naff and the Wireless PCMCIA Card was not recognised. Got the graphics …

Hello I have a Samsung VM8000 with windows 98 as an operating system. When I put any audio or installation disc's in the cd rom drive its reads it and an orange light flashing up on the cd drive which obviously means that it is reading the disc, when suddenly …

Hi When my friend was transporting her computer, she dropped it. The left side of the case and the front panel jarred loose. Everything looks okay inside, BUT...upon boot-up, the 'puter' beeps three times, the fan starts up as does the hard drive, seems to go thru their routine for …

Hi, from looking at other Q's I'm worried I'm a bit out of my depth here, but I can't find the answer anywhere else, and from searching on here can't find it here either. I've got a new PC, and this has two monitor ports on the back - one …

hellow to all how do i install a new hard drive on a tishiba satellite 2435-s255 i got it for free but without a hard drive so i will be installing a fresh install eny body have eny ideas thanks blackmagic

Hi, I have been trying to use my new IPOD and also in the recent past my PALM and neither can sync with the computer. When I plug in the IPOD to the USB port it freezes up my computer and I have to shut it down manually. Please help!

hi guys... what going on with my PC situation is... as usuall i log on into my computer CPU running as always but the problem here is for monitor which is nothing appear on screen. i have check the power cable and it ok even the monitor light a are …

Hello. Well yeterday my comp shut down while i wansnt at it. I tried to turn it back on but it wont start. The Green Light on my motherboad is on so its getting power but when i press the power button on front it wont boot. I dont know …

I have a backup computer that I have been working on lately. After placing the components back together I plugged the power cable into the PSU. It promptly started spinning the fans but no display or posting tones. The hard disks spin as well. I attempt to hold down the …

my comptuer was working fine the night before. i shut it down properly. the next day i try and turn it on and it just keeps restarting. it dosent even get to the desktop. i tryed using F8 and starting with last known good configuration but nothing works. HELP PLEASE???

Well i finally went around online to look at some computer parts and what now. I found a case i liked that looks like it would be nice. Case: [URL]http://www.xoxide.com/raidmax-smilodon-case.html[/URL] It's at Raidmax Smilodon case which looks like a very good case for the price. PSU would be a 500 …

hi the fan on my processor is driving me insane it goes constantly, what is wrong with it? is there something wrong? this cant be normal can it? please help

Just this morning I woke up to find that my Dell Inspiron B130 isn't turning on. At first the battery light was on whenever it was connected to the AC adapter, but after 1 hr of charging it just turned off.I've tried removing the battery while the laptop connected to …

Ok, Well what happened is I bought a used computer that was better then my moms....It was a desktop case, but the motherboard was compatible with my tower case. So I installed the used computers motherboard into my moms case and as soon as I plugged it in I got …

Hi I have some extra sticks of RAM that I want to use in a friends computer that requires : 3.3V, synchronous, 168-pin, unbuffered, 133 MHz non-parity SDRAM. The extra RAM that I have is: 3.3V, synchronous, 168-pin, unbuffered, 133 MHz, non-parity ECC SDRAM (PC133 CL3 SDRAM). Can anyone tell …

I recently made a PC with some old parts some new parts i booted it up and it got to the windows xp loading screen and it restarted so i turned it off i turned it back on again and it stayed on the bios screen i turned it off …

ok so im going to upgrade my ram and when i checked my ram for the info all i found was "256MB PC333 - Jun '03" would "1GB Kingston PC2700-PC 2700 1 Go GB DDR333 DDR 333 Ram" work on my pc? thanks guys

Hi, I have no idea from PCs. I've been looking to the other posts in order to get an advice from there, but no help. My fan seems to not be sufficient for the system, meaning it still works but after I load a "heavy" app or game the system …

[font=Comic Sans MS]:confused: Ive got an Dvd-burner/Cd drive and it cant read any of my disk and i cant burn either....plz help coz the warranty just run out a week ago!!!! i happened rite after i woz watchin a dvd help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant afford $500 for a new one (btw …

Hi All, I just installed a new mobo/cpu and my hard drive won't spin when the IDE is attached. As soon as I unplug it, it spins. My fans are all working and I've tried switching IDE cables. Power supply problem? Bad mobo? I've seen this thread in the past, …

Hi there, I would be extremely grateful if anyone familiar with the Samsung X15 plus model knows the type of graphics card that is in this laptop. i.e. is it a built in job (integrated) and part of the motherboard or is it one that is replaceable (Discrete). I think …

It happened so I've erased boot.ini file on my laptop machine. What tool can be used to recover it? (i need the tool to boot also, as boot.ini is gone and i can't boot normally). HDD is internal, NTFS format.

I was previously successfully using skype, ichat, and gizmo project. Now, all of a sudden, none of them will open. When I click on the application it appears in the finder, but bounces and does nothing. The programs never start. Eventually I force quit from the dock (it won't show …

I'm wanting to use a laptop in my boat with charting software and would like to detach the monitor, mount it on the dash and have the laptop running below the dash and out of the way. Any ideas on this? Thanks

hi there i have a problem with my pc every time i try run a hi end spec game that my pc is more than capable of running it will just freeze and the monitor will shut off but my pc's still running but starts making beeping noises. i dunno …

machine seems slow - this is the only thing that seems out of sorts... External cache ?!!? of Processor ? of Memory ? anything I can do about it ? I've heard of people alchohol wiping the circuit card and connections to get rid of this... sounds wacky, but ? …

hello, Currently i have a 1/2 year old Mesh; Intel Pentium D CPU 3.40GHz 1Gb Ram 250gb Hard Drive NVidia 7300 Gs (dnt laugh) and i was hoping to improve my computer for better FPS and detail on games such as World of Warcraft, Everquest and Battlefield 2142. Graphics card …

I have a Dell Inspiron B130, the other day it froze and I could only turn it off manually by holding the power button. I then tried to restart it and all I got were two indicator lights and nothing else. So I took out the battery and left it …

hi, I bought a new motherboard to replace the old one that was cheap and refurbished, but anywho, the new motherboard was an [B]Asus A8V-VM Socket 939 MB-A8V-VM [/B] [B]ATX Motherboard, VIA K8M890 Chipset, Supports AMD Dual-Core Processors, Dual DDR 400, SATA 3.0Gbps RAID, PCI-E.[/B] I also changed my power …

Ok so I took my Inspiron 8600 to the Geek Squad to see if I could get it fixed. The cooling fan quit and now the computer will boot only up to the OS (XP). The guy told me that it looked like my hard drive was fried and that …

:?: I want to reformat my pc but it seems my own computer does not want me to. It always gives out a stop error message saying something like this: >>Your windows had been shut down to avoid damage. 1.Please scan your PC for viruses. 2.Scan hard drives so it …

HELP!! Just bought a brand new acer powerf6 tower (with windows XP pro) all i can get on screen is the Acer Intel start up logo?? then switches to 'microsoft windows xp' and a loading bar of some sort, for 3 seconds or more then,:@ :'( .............the same again and …

I built my first pc about 10 months ago, but the motherboard broke so I ordered a new similar one. I am having problems installing the new motherboard. When I boot up, all the drives are recognised, but i then get the error message: "remove disks or other media. press …

Good afternoon, I am going to attempt to build a computer. I will use it for homework, games, online games, and internet surfing, copying cds, music, some fireworks image editing. Also I would like to try running raid to get better performance on games and just applications. I want one …

I had a older keyboard where I cut the attachment end off and tried to splice it to a newer keyboard that had a P2 connection. Why? I needed the older pin connector. Being an old wireman in the military I figured this would be a snap. Got it all …

About a week back I was at my PC reading the news and playing Football Manager. Then for no reason my PC seemed to shut down and the monitor went into stand by. I thought I had somehow lost power but the PC was still running, the front LED was …

hi there i'm new here, so i'll appreciate a quick impressive answer! lol i've bought a new D925XBC and a new DDR2 1G, to match my new PX7800GT,after i've fixed everything together...it did'nt work and by that i mean, everything showed like it's about to startup(fans etc.) but thats it!nothing …

Hi there, I'm buying a new laptop & this guy's computer is Intell Celeron 1.13 Ghz which I don't understand. Is it a PIII or P4? His is a IBM Thinkpad R31, yet some of the stats are different than what I've been reading online. Thanks Michelle

Hey, I want to put a serial ata controller in my computer to run a SATA HDD. before I buy it, I want to know if the transfer speed from the HDD to the controller, will be dependent on the speed of the PCI slot? If it says that the …

Hi Every1 I'm havin a problem with the Standby Feature... My computer is not comin out from standby and i need to restart my computer everytime i put it in the standby mode... how can i solve this problem? Thanks Anand

I have had my PCI-E powercolor x1600 xt bravo edition for maybe 6 months+ now. I was playing on a game and then the screen was going all funny and my system restarted. When it restarted the monitor wouldnt come on, and right now im using some PCI graphics card …

Hi This seems to be the place I will find my answer! I have a PC that will not always boot up. Will only work perhaps 1 out of 10 starts. Motherboard is Foxconn 760GXK8MC I have read about beep codes but this one does not give out any beeps …

Hi all. Im building a comp using old parts and the new parts are a new hard drive and thing that holds all the parts together. Its all been put together but its not starting. I think i havent conected the motherboard too the On button correctly. my mobo is …

Hi, On a really hot day windows closed heating on ect. I smelled burning coming from my computer but it was still working i turned it off but it worked fine the next time i used it. The psu is still working??? but it turns off and restarts during gaming. …