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I have problems adjusting the volume on my laptop keyboard when i press the green Fn + the green volume up button which is the Page Up on the white key. Im thinking it just doesnt work. but does anybody know what might be wrong with it?

I am having trouble with an old Acer Aspire [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread74054.html#"]Desktop[/URL]. It is running Windows 98. It has an onboard 2MB ATI Mach 64 video card. I installed a Nvidia TNT2 16MB PCI graphic card in the first PCI slot. When I turn on the machine the new card is not …

Specs: Windows XP SP2, 3.4 gHz Intel 4, plenty of HD space (2 HDs). I'm not sure what is going on but about two months ago my computer stared to slow down significantly. At first I thought it was just a program I was running (Sibelius 4) but then I …

i have a problem in loading winxp i.e after copying the setup files it will automatically restarted. ofter that it displays trap00000006-----exception--------- tr=0028 cr=80000013 cr2=00000000 cr3=00039000

[I]I have a Maxtor DiamandMax Plus 9 - 160GB external hard drive that someone plugged my laptop's ac cord into. (Guess what happened to my hard drive!) I want to know if it is possible for me to replace parts on the drive to retrieve the data or if it …

hi frineds,:) :) i have a sansa c240 mp3 player... last day i add some songs in this player after some time i saw "refresh database" screen on my mp3 player...... from last 4 hours it stand on refresh database srceen... if is switch off and then on it is …

I just got back from vacation and popped in a cd i put pictures on from my vacation. It says it doesnt have any files on there but i know it does because the disc had the pictures on them at the computer i used on vacation. In the properties …

Ok, about 2 weeks ago my computer started randomly "blank screening" me. All would be well, then for about 5-10 seconds, a black screen, then back to normal... Now I can't get it to boot up at all. I tried to boot up in safe mode, and came up with …

[size=1]Kindly help me! [/size] [size=1]I borrowed a cd writer from a friend and installed it on our drive replacing my cd rom. when i returned my cd rom in its place after mins without using the writer -- it was able to read the cds but as i click on …

HI, I have a HP pavilion a1510n , with 1 gb ram, wanted to upgrade it to 2 ( 2-->4 *512), so I checked the hp website , they say "compatible ram 184 pin, ddr 3200 , sdram, 400mhz, no parity) I checked the ebay and got the ram with …

I got a new P4 2.40a ghz 478 pin chip to upgrade my celeron 2.2 ghz 478 pin chip. According to Gateway new chip should work with my old board but it doesn't. I got the new chip tested to make sure it wasn't doa. Gateway wants me to send …

How hard is it to wire in a PSU to a motherboard? do you get instructions? im building a barebones pc. i know how to attach the molexes and the 24 pin connector. I just need help knowing where the small 4 pin ones go. Are they for the CPU? …

My PC original OS was WinXP, but after it got corrupted, I tried to re-install but couldn't? I have no problem installing Win98, but with XP everytime I try to install from Dos, it comes to the stage where it says Setup is installing Windows.. Wait.. But nothing happens forever? …

Hey everyone. I have a gateway laptop about 4 years old and the screen goes out like about 1 minute or so after i disconnect the back ac adapter from it. I hate it cause i doesnt work as a "portable" devise anymore. I want to actually cary my laptop …

Hi I have a Dell Inspiron 8500. The laptop will power up for 5 seconds with power light on and the numlock, caplock and scrolllock green lights are on then it switches off. If I F10 the machine on power up the power light is on the battery light will …

Hi, I have an older dell (the [URL="http://www3.shopping.com/xPF-Dell-DELL-DIMENSION-4500S-COMPUTER-CELERON-1-7GHZ-256MB-40GB-HARD-DISK-CDRW-Dell-Computer"]dimension 4500S[/URL]) and have been wanting to upgrade to a DVD/RW for some time now. I would really like to upgrade to an internal burner and take out my CD Drive, but I do not know if this is possible due to the …

Hi, I have read all the "vertical line" posts and can't find one that is just like mine so I joined DaniWeb and am posting this question. The general problem is that when I boot my Windows XP Prof machine the Samsung 910T flat panel monitor hanging off the digital …

ok, so heres the deal. for the last few months, ive been on my brother's computer since mine needs maintenance. ive left his computer with the settings of no screen saver, thats kind of it. everynight, instead of turning off the computer, id put it on standby. id do this …

OK, I'm coming to my wits end here with this machine, never in my 15 yrs of building comps have I ever had such a hard time. When either playing vids, or playing games, like E.T. or Advanced Warfighter it will run for a bit then pooof the comp will …

Have 3 external USB drives by different manufacturers. Have recently had reason to move them around among 3 different servers, all running Windows Server 2003. Fortunately all these external drives have been backed up, because when I remove one of these drives off ServerA, plug it into ServerB, the external …

Hello to all, Brand new to the site. Hoping someone can help. I recently purchased a Palm T|X on E-bay -- the seller had 98% positive feedback so I was confident in buying. The Palm arrived and looked great -- however, it seems to reset itself frequently and unexpectedly -- …

I understand the concept of memory, and how it is installed. I also understand the fact that computers "max out" in memory. My question is why? Is it because due to certain motherboards the processor can only hold so much memory because of its speed? Say if I wanted to …

I have a Sony VIAO laptop PCG-F690K with a dead CD/DVD drive. Just wont read anything anymore. Bought a replacement, but nowhere can I find how to install it. Instructions I have start with knowing how to take the keyboard off, first. Called Sony and I discover answers are in …

I need the above. I can download loads of registry fixes but need one that I can save to disk, boot from and auto-run to fix or let me navigate to fix registry. Anyone got any good suggestions? I've got a dead machine with no hard drive access. Don't believe …

Hi I have a fairly old Time Cybernote 953E laptop, which I beleive is a rebranded CTX EzBook 700E. I'm trying to replace the hard disk from the tiny 3 gigs it had to 80 gigs. However the laptop is having trouble detecting it. When I go into the BIOS …

Hey, I was recentally reinstalling xp, and had to take out my old IDE hard drive so i took off the side of the case and unpluged the power to the drive i booted up the pc and installed xp i had just finished installing the drivers when i thought …

Sup guys, a little help here. haha In regards to RAM. What does single channel/ duel channel mean in terms of modules. I have 2 banks of 1 for RAM. I currently have a 512MB module. Im looking to buy 1 more module of 1GB. Does it need to be …

Sony VAIO, model PCGFX501, I updated the video driver from ATI RAGE MOBILITY to ATI RAGE MOBILITY (SONY) and set refresh rate to 100hz. Was that stupid or what? [COLOR=#ff0000]NOW MY NMB LOCK INDICATOR STAYS ON AND THERE IS NO ACTIVITY ON LAPTOP. CAN NOT TURN OFF LAPTOP WITHOUT DISCONNECTING …

heya i just bought a barebone and put my old harddrive ram dvd and cd drive into it had some trouble with the harddrive at first to instal windows xp home as it turned out it was windows that was messing up but anyway to get to my problem my …

Hi, I am trying to help a friend with an emachine D6419. Apparently after downloading the new MS Hotfix that corrupts the user32.dll files I cannot get his computer to POST. I removed the HD and put it into another machine and was able to run the MS patch to …

Hi all... newbie here. I've just done a clean install of windows XP on an old P2 Celeron PC. All went well until I tried to unload some files from my USB flash drive. The system did recognize it and showed up the ballon message telling the drive was ready …

Hey, maybe this is the wrong forum, but you people probably know way more than I do about this stuff. To the point. Windows XP, suddenly it begins to run slow. I try everything to fix it but nothing works. It's not connected to the internet but I download Norton …

This happened to me every time i put a floppy in the drive new or used the computer freezes and wont let me write to the floppy i tried moving the little tag at the bottom of the floppy it doest work ether i try formatting a floppy in windows …

Ok I have my second hard drive setup everything is running fine and seems to be perfect its a Western Digital 30 gig drive and I am trying to load most the stuff cluttering up my primary hard drive. The thing is when I start copying Files I get "Cannot …

I have recently run into a problem with my pc and for the first time I'm stumped. My pc is running on windows 2000. I noticed one day that I turned on the power and the pc didn't even begin to boot for 5 minutes. it gave me nothing but …

Hi, ive been trying to copy a diagnostics file onto a floppy drive to analyse a problematic HDD. Once the program is on the disk I need to reboot the machine and it will perform diagnostics on the HDD. The problem is when I insert the floppy disk and try …

I have a Plextor PX-716SA/SW CD/DVD drive installed in a new computer. When I have an audio CD inserted, it playes OK, but when I go to My Computer and hover the mouse over the drive icon or right click on it and select " properties " it always shows …

i have done a search of my local hardwear shops for a pci g card and to no avail all say is that pci-e and when i say no just pci they tell me ill be lucky to find one. i am after a 256 mb card thats all is …

I have a gateway laptop and it runs VERY hot and loud. Recently it has been overheating and will turn off completely. I have a cooling fan under it, this doesn't help at all. Usually happens when I am taking up a lot of memory running a high usage program. …

I have been having a strange problem with a DELL 8400 I bought around this time last year; I remember now that the very first time I turned it on, it did this, but then for a long time it was ok... anyways, in the last few months, if I …

let me get this straight:if i use a usb wirelss adapter for a desktop pc, then i do not need a pci wirless card. right?

hi i have had a computer for 2 years now and all of a sudden the CD drive doesn't work this is a real problem because I'm producing important work at the moment and my flash drive is broken please could you help me resolve the problem cheers:o

Howdy, Went to put some hot cross buns in the toaster..... tripped the safety switch. I reset the safety switch.... Went into the office and the PC was off (it had previously been turned on). Tried to turn it on, but would not start up. I assumed it was the …

Computer's [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread74315.html#"]OS[/URL] had become damaged or corrupt, and was giving a myriad of glitches and hangs. Clean install was performed including FDISK, repartitioning, format, preinstall virusscan, run on this computer from another computer bridged to it, and then reinstallation of OS. All operations went without a hitch, but, now The …

So I installed a new graphics card and immediately after I get the following problem, here are my specs BFG tech N-Force4 mobo ultra AMD Athlon64 3200+ PNY GeForce 7600 GS 512 MB 120 gig drive 2 x512 MB DDR400 Dual Ch So after installing the card I turn on …

My computer has always said i have "351MB" of SDRAM and now it says "375" what the??

I wanna buy a case for my dell dimension 4700. I need to keep my computer cool and well ventilated. I want a side panel so I can see the insides of my computer. Please find me some links to look at. I looked on newegg.com for a while and …

Hey guys, just signed up because I don't really know what to do. That is why I though you might help me out. Okay here is the problem: My PC tends to reboot while I am playing a game(Guild Wars in this case) It works fine for a few min …

This is a guide to upgrading and/or installing memory. There seems to be a lot of confusion, so I'm posting just about everything you'll need to know. Determining what type of memory you need: This can be done three ways. First would of course be take out the stick and …

I have a Pentium M 1.7Ghz laptop, but when I opened a game to play it said I didn't have the minimum system requirements, and the only requirement that i didn't meed was the processor speed. It said the game requires 1.4ghz, whereas I have 0.8ghz. Is it possible that …