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| | Hello All I have stupidly touched the motherboard of my lappy and it sparked and now only the CPU fan works and it wont do anything else. I was touched the screen connector port on the board as the screen was staying white so I thought it had a loose … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I am trying to install a dvd writer that has s-ata cables only problem is that my system uses ide cables. Can this work and how?  |
| | My external hard drive began rattling so loudly it sounded like a motorcycle was in my living room. I immediately turned it off, let it cool down and tried turning it back on - it made the same noise. My external holds 500gb and I am currently using 100+. All … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | I am about to replace my old SCSI drives with 3 new SCSI drives. I have a ghost image of my C drive. how do I go about configuring my new HDD, and installing the Ghost image from scratch - do I have to fdisk, and make primary partitions etc? … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi, This is my first time to this website and I am very computer illiterate. So I don't even know if this is the right forum to post this in. I'm sorry if it's not. I recently downloaded itunes and I bought about 20 songs. I'm trying to put them … Hardware storage |
| | Ok here's the problem. Please excuse the details but I think they are necessary for you to understand all facets of the issue. Thank you in advance for your help! Here's how it all started. My sister was copying a DVD image to my hard disk drive when suddenly she … Hardware first-post hard-drive ide image troubleshoot-hardware |
| | There is a beep coming from what I believe to be my sound card. It's been going on for several days now, and seems to get slightly worse every day. The beeping is constant, as long as my computer is plugged in. Whenever I talk over the internet people tell … Hardware pci-card  |
| | I have a Sony Vaio laptop computer. the model # is pcg-grx560. i got it about 3 years ago. it is a windows xp. ok here's my problem. when i try to play 'the sims 2' or any dvd in the laptop, the screen flickers. this just started happening about …  |
| | I built a computer and installed BeOS 5 on it. It was running fine until I decided to upgrade(uh... upgrade?) it and put an extra fan in the front since the only fan it had was the CPU heatsink. However, now when I [try to] start the computer, not only … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | I cannot get my Acer 2300 laptop to boot from the Recovery CD. I've made the appropriate change in the BIOS so that the laptop boots up with (a) CD , (b) Floppy, (c) Network, and (d) Harddrive. However, the unit continues to boot up from the harddrive. Any advise … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | i think this is the right area to discuss my problem. i have a pretty [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread68908.html#"]reliable[/URL] machine except when i boot up my games. what i experience is a total freeze. no audio, no mouse movement. nothing. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread68908.html#"]AMD athlon xp[/URL] (2075mhz)2800+ 2.07GHz BIOSTAR M7VIZ mobo KM400 768mb RAM EVGA 7800 … Hardware audio flash hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Hi, My ATi X300 SE (PCIe) packed up yesterday someone screwed it up by accident and I need help installing this other graphic cards that I have. I've got an nVidia GeFore 6600 GT manufactered by MSI or whatever they're called. So I put it in my computer and turned … Hardware display windows-vista  |
| | I have in my computer a P4 2.8 GHz 800Mhz FSB with HyperThreading Technology, 512 DDR PC 3200, ATI Radeon 7500 64MB DDR, 32-10-40 CD-RW, 16x DVD Rom,160 GB WD Hard Drive IDE, Dual Channel DDR Motherboard (Gigabyte) running on one channel. Im wondering what is the best way to … Hardware hard-drive ide troubleshoot-hardware windows-xp |
 | Hi, I have a celeron D right now and i am looking to upgrade my cpu would a core 2 duo fit in the same socket? or do i need a new motherboard Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a Pentium 4 - 3.4, on a Asus P5P800 motherboard, and have 1 Gb of ram installed. The problem? When I boot the computer It always says 400 Mhz Dual Channel Linear mode, but today, I upgraded the ram to 2 Gb's using the same rating as my … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | A friend bought a HP with no discs or OS. It worked a little than was unusable. It's has an athlon 1900, 80 gig HD hp cd writer and dvdrom. I'm trying to help him, I formated the HD but had to do it on my computer. I'm trying to … |
| | Hi there hope someone can help I have an AMD ATHLON 2600+ (333MHX) Instaled on an Asrock K7S8X motherboard with 256 mb 233mhz ddr and a Geforce fx 128mb (AGP) graphics card. When i turn it on the fans spin theres no beeps and theres no video output from the … Hardware pci-card troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Every thing is pink on my screen.Connected a CRT to check and its ok there.Is it the inverter? Hardware display |
| | BEST DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER AND SMALL MIC IN USA...!!! Hi everyone...!!! I am an indian right now in usa on a short trip. I am here for just 4 more days. I want to PURCHASE -------- THE BEST DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER - the objective is to be able to rcord … |
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| | Installed MB(not new) into presario notebook 2100 and I have only one problem remaining.USB port will not work/see any items drawing power from the port but works with my camera ok.I've tried uninstalling the port but to no avail.I'm stumped at this stage.It only has 1 usb port.If I leave … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | trying to build a second pc up just to use as teamspeak server but having big problems with the hard drive or something in the system. System is :- AMD athlon 2000xp+ 256mb ddr ram (but also used a 1gb stick to test) 52x cd rom (cant remember wot mainboard … |
| | After my windows totally crashed i thought it might be time to format my hard drive, taking it out of my computer and placing it in a friends i pulled off all the flies that i needed to keep. after putting it back into my computer i attempted to format … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | Last night I was online, on a forum and was writing a reply to someone... Well As I clicked their icon to reply.... 1. My keyboard locked up. ( I figured nothing big, its viewsonic and it does it every once in a while) 2. During this time my mouse … Hardware flash microsoft troubleshoot-hardware video |
| | Hi, every so often for the past few weeks my machine (Mesh Matrix 1800) has been acting wierd. I've had this for around 5 years and it's worked without problem. Now, when I try to shut down, it takes anything from 15 mins to never shutting down and I just … Hardware perl troubleshoot-hardware |
| | So last Wed I noticed that my PC was acting really weird. A few quick examples, I couldnt remote into it and it was running really really slow. Well I went to reinstall XP and it wont boot from CD. It gives me the "Press any key to boot from … Hardware ide troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have this laptop that keeps on frustrating me. Its DvDRom/Writer sometimes(actually most of the times) does not read cds and dvds. I have checked the hardware device manager to see if it has a problem but it seems ok. I have even ran the troubleshooting wiz but have not … Hardware laptop pc-peripheral |
| | Hey,I'm new to this site,and I just received this mp3 player yesturday from my uncle. [url]http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/Product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=MP3-Flash&product=1419829[/url] When I brought it home and tried to turn it on,I can only see the backlight turn on,theres no words,no welcome messages nothing other from light in the screen.I can listen to the music … |
| | I have one gigabyte of ram right now and its nothing special but other people always talk about Good ram and bad also i see 1 gig sticks prices range massively is this because some ram is so much better than other ram ( i know about DDR1-DDR2-DDR3). Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | I have a HP Paviliona600n computer that I'm working on. Windows does not boot. What I do is I take the harddrive out and I put it in a external case and copy the data that they want. I'm having problems with this harddrive. I can't access it. It's like … Hardware storage  |
| | My cd-dvd freezes when I try to burn. It tells me there is no driver so I get one and it works for short time and then freezes again. I have to press the" start stop" button to get it to unfreeze. Its like something takes the driver. I also … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Hi all. When i switch my pc on things will loads up for about 5seconds then it all shuts down. No image appears on the monitor. I believe the problem to be RAM (i have 128mbs SDRAM) because when i take out the RAM it all works. However there is … Hardware image troubleshoot-hardware |
| | First time entry into this sort of thing, so here goes. I am the proud owner of a thinkpoad t22. PIII. She was working fine til i went on holiday/leave. Came back 3 months later to fire her up; Wouldn't do! The green hard disk light blinks as you hit … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello everyone, I'm a fairly experienced (desktop) computer tinkerer and am trying to help a younglady from a local university, with her new laptop dilemma. In a nutshell, here's the issue: The laptop will start-up just fine and will go as far as the Windows Xp login screen. [B]There is … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have an Tecra 8100 that will not POST. Pressing the on button with battery and adapter plugged in turns on the AC power light (green), on light(green), battery light (amber), and Selectbay light (green). Nothing else happens. The fan does not spin, the HDD does not spin, and the … Hardware first-post troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hi all, My fiancee's machine decided this weekend to not power up anymore, but I've been out of the repair business for some time. The machine does not reach POST, and the fans won't even spin or twitch. Process so far: - Disconnect all drives - no change - Remove … Hardware first-post troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have some TV recordings on DVD+RW made on my Bush DVD recorder. I was hoping to transfer them to my PC and extract the sound to convert into MP3's. However my PC DVD-rom drive doesn't like them. The DVD-rom drive is a Samsung SD-616T. I have installed the latest … Hardware storage  |
| | Here, I take the plunge: I was doing a clean-up of my PC and apparently unistalled sth I recall to be Sound Max (I'm not entirely sure); restarting the PC and trying to play music, I get the message: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | [COLOR=#000000]The issue I have is installing a Radeon 9250 PCI video card into an Acer Power SX with an S57M motherboard. I am using Windows XP.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]I have updated the BIOS and installed the drivers for the card. When I go into the BIOS and switch ‘primary display adapter’ to … Hardware display pci-card video video-card |
| | My existing card is a ATI Radeon x600 Hypermemory PCI-X16 I want better games performance and have a budget of £150. My PC only has a 300w PSU and no PCI-X power connector so i need a low power card |
| | I have been playing world of warcraft and the game is choppy when I get into heavily crowded areas I run it on a Compaq Presario AMD Sempron Processor 3100+ 1.81 GHz, 384 RAM with sis 760 video card. However the minimal requirements for WoW are Intel Pentium® III 800 … Hardware display video video-card |
| | I have been trying to get this card to work and keep running into problems. When I first installed it just didn't work but I got past that and now... well first some stats. AMD athlon 3200+ BFG Tech nForce4 Ultra motherboard 2x 512 MB DDR2 dual channel (memtesteed as … Hardware display |
| | Hello. I need some help, please =) I have integrated video graphics and I would like to know the correct way to disable it so I can install a video card. I know to go to device manager, right click, then disable, but what I would like to know is...what … Hardware pci-card video video-card |
| | HP PGTD-LA Motherboard (Yes I know HP teh suck). Anyway the issue is that my friend Carol has an HP A1133w-b Desktop bundle. She however doesn't use it much, and only for messing around online/surfing the net, and such. Well she comes home turns it on and the monitor doesn't … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | I have a gateway ar200 notebook. The fan isn't running. How to I get at it to see what's wrong? Hardware laptop motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | I just bought a coby mp3 player 2+ weeks ago and it worked great for a while but recently it started cutting out 1 or 2 minutes into the track, also I tried to delete files and move more mp3's onto the player but I keep getting a message saying …  |
| | It shuts down when I click on start.Bios opens and then hangs and I can only exit bios by switching off.Thanks.:S Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Well...antoher start up problem from me a laptop..runnign Win 98, 2 gig hard drive 64 meg Ram has this prob.. everytime its started up after being off for more than what? 10-20 mins the Time has to be reset everyttime..asin : you get an errro message as the first thing … Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | [quote=suRoot;75696]Er, just a new keyboard may have worked, as in your bios it probably has hault on keybaord error[/quote] I booted up my Dell computer last night and, at first, my mouse was frozen. I restarted it and a screen came up saying "keyboard failure". I'm not sure what to … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | [B][COLOR=DarkRed]I recently bought a Compaq Presario V3000 notebook, with Vista installed. [/COLOR]It does not have the Windows Vista installer, instead it has a copy of all the files in C drive and some other files. [/B]I would not have purchased a notebook with Windows installed, if I knew that I … |
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