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Hey everyone, this is my first post. I expect it's a lost cause, but if anyone can shed any light or come up with any suggestions i'll be very greatful. Oki, I found a laptop in the bin today. I know, not an everyday occurence. The Hdd(and i assume associated …

I have this laptop computer running windows-xp SP2. when i power it on, a screen tells me to start my computer on a safe mode, or last known configuration, or normal start, etc. when i select one of the choices, all i get is a blank-black screen and the computer …

Yesterday I went to a LAN party with my rig and for some unknown reason it wouldn't boot up. Just wouldn't. The monitor would show "no signal" sign when system was powered on. Weird thing, when IDE cables from hard drives and CD-Drives were UNPLUGGED from motherboard, I could actually …

Hi, I built a computer a couple of years ago. It is an AMD 64 3000+ on a Gigabyte motherboard with a Gig of RAM. I leave it switched on most of the time but about a week ago, it totally crashed. There was just a blank screen and then …

Hello all Does anyone have a copy of the owners manual for this or know where I can download a copy? I need to adjust the settings and need detailed instructions on how to do this. Thanks for any help on this in advance.:)

Hi everybody, I am having quite a problem with my new laptop HPdv1625. It came with win XP home and I wanted to intall XP pro. First thing I did was to burn the recovery DVD's and then proceed to XP installation. Turns out that when after loading all the …

HI everybody, I am new to these forums. I have 30 years in the IT field starting as a IBM 1401 operator then programmer, then an application programmer, then a technical support person (both hardware and software) and have done both hardware and software maintenance on a number of hardware …

I've got a Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G motherboard. When I install a firewire card into it and then turn the power supply on I get a long continuous beep until the power supply is turned off. This beep occurs before the computer is booted. I've got an IOGEAR 800 firewire 3 port …

Having read several partitioning [URL="http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1229099&page=1#"]strategies[/URL] I keep seeing different opinions on the matter of location of the [URL="http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1229099&page=1#"]program[/URL] files folder and or swap files. The need and essence of proper and smart partitioning of drives is clear to me. However I can't figure out where to place the more demanding …

okay sorry i did not know where i could discuss mp3 player problems so i hope this is alright Okay-My ipod mini (4/5gig) is around 1 year and a half old and over the last few days when it runs out of battery it will be able to turn back …

No -- not the old black screen of death. A different one... Two days ago my laptop had a change of heart and decided to deny me the use of the screen. No battery problem. Not a problem with the screen. The computer starts up just fine... but then after …

Alright, so here's the problem: My laptop freezes on me. Hardcore. Seems like everything in it freezes with it including system/internal timing. So it freezes to the point that it doesn't even realize that it's freezing. Well, here is the kicker: If I apply pressure at certain angles (the angle …

I have a Linksys Broadband Router model WRT54G ver 2. Can someone help with how I can configure a password into it as half the apartments where I live are now using my broadband via my wireless router. How do I get its ip address and what do I do …

I just baught a toshiba E750 new with Windows 2003 and for £115. is this a good deal. I know it got bad reviews and is a bit old now but I find it a solid PDA. But many are calling for an SE upgrade. What benefits would 2003 SE …

Hi everyone on my moby and on loads of others there is a little mini 4 gang switch thingy, normally blue, with no 1 low, 2 high, 3 high and 4 low. I have puzzled over this for a long time and my puzzler can do no more puzzling. [I][B][U]can …

Hi Folks, I just installed a New Western Digital 80GB HD in my Toshiba Tecra A1. To test it, I started to load up Fedora Linux as an OS. Linux saw the drive ok and everything seemed to be ok. I halted the install as I need to load it …

Any help with this please. Booting into windows monitors comes on for a few seconds them you lose the display - if you them switch on and off a few times it come back on-- when on - the screen is the correct resolution and refresh rate correct. thank you …

Hello, I just recently purchased a Logitech 'Premium USB Headset 300', and I also reformated my computer and installed xP professional. Now, when I go to plug in my mic in the USB port, nothing happens. It is suposed to read that there is new softwear or what ever, but …

i have 2 hdd on 1 pc i have installed xp on both drives i need to be able to boot up one or the other drives at start up one is for the kids and one for work i need to be able to password protect one drive is …

Hi. I have 2 towers, one is perfect, the other one does not turn the monitor on, WHY? I hear the HDD working and all the other Dvs responding, but the monitor just doesn't come on. The light on the monitor goes orange(stanby mode) and nothing else happens. What in …

Please help me!!! Recently, while mucking about in linux, i decided to abort an instalation of Suse 9.2. I quit it and everything, and shut down the computer.:mad: Big mistake. Now the computer doesn't start. I need to install windows XP onto it. however, when you start the system, there …

It didnt start one day, the lights come on in front, battery etc. but nothing is displayed on the montor, could something have been jarred loose, i tried plugging in an external monitor but that only worked once. Help. talk about frustrating. Im about to open the machine and see …

During the winter, I made the mistake of running a virus scan program overnight, while I knew there was a snowstorm going on outside. Power went out, surged back in, and it fried something. I was rather frustrated, because when I purchased my computer, I was somewhat new to things, …

I have a Compaq Armada M700 laptop. Last time it was on was 2 months ago when my stepdad died. Now I can't get it on again. Seems to be no power getting to it. I tried everything I could think of except kicking it. Am I missing something?

Okay, got a dell PC, XPS 400, with thefollowing specs: 2.4 Gig Proccessor 1 gig RAM 80 Gigabyte HD RADEON X600 Video Card 512 mb RAM and the list goes on. Anyway, the computer worked for a few months, then when I was in the middle of playing Conter Strike …

See if you guys/gals have a good grasp on what could be the problem. Came home and noticed my monitor was in sleep mode- i dont use power saving options since i've had bad experience in the past with it and the PC in this house is mulit user and …

Hello everyone, I'm about to buy 4 Gigs of ddr2 ram for my computer. Its a Dell Dimension 9100, and it came with 1 Gig. Basically i'm upgrading the system, getting a better video card and now the ram. What i'm worried about is that i remember reading that too …

Hi All, Lets start from the beginning... I recently bought second hand a 3 year old ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 256-bit 128MB card.. Installed it, currently on catalyst 6.1 driver. Now the problem is that every few seconds or so, the screen flickers yellow... the whole screen, everything, turns a …

I have a dead machine with a ASUS motherboard. Can anyone help...? It's power's up but it wont boot and no video appears. I have already tried another Video card, reset the CMOS and made sure that everything is plugged in correctly. Is there something i'm missing! :eek:

My Powerbook G3 has been sitting unused for about a year, because of a G4 upgrade. I took it out yesterday to start it up, and it won't start. I left it plugged in overnight, and still nothing. At the time of my upgrade to a G4, the G3 was …

This Compaq Presario 2580us Notebook PC (Product # DM758A) runs for about 1 minute from "power on" until the display shows the XP window for choosing a user, then, it clicks off, everything shuts down and goes to black screen. HP support says that my hard drive is bad and …

Hi, excuse me if I am a bit vague but I am not a wizz on computers!! I have a new e-machines pc, when I first brought it in January I set it up to test it and all was fine, I then sent it to friends in france, they …

I need to add about 200 MB of RAM to my computer so i can play World of Warcraft. The only thing is i dont know how to add the RAM to play the game. Someone Plz help me out!!

hi i have recently just built a new computer.the specs are Gigabyte K8N-sli motherboard amd athon 64 3200 skt939 venice 2 sticks of 512mb ddr 400 40gb and 160gb ide hard drives cheapo 500watt omni power supply msi radeon x1300pro vid card pioneer dvd burner so wat happened was that …

I have an issue where a recently purchased Maxtor 160GB IDE hard drive is not allowing a [B][I]specific PC[/I][/B] to start. When the power wire is plugged into the Maxtor drive and the PC is started, the tower starts to power up for about 1 to 3 seconds, then the …

Please help, I bought a new Fujitsu Siemens computer last July and haven't had any problems with it until a few weeks ago. I haven't modified the computer in any way, I only use it for browsing the web and playing games. I bought and installed Sid Meier's Civ 4 …

Four year old PC running on XP with AMD Duron Processor MMX , 600 Mhz. I wish to install Photoshop which requires 800 Mhz.; Will it run OK or should I fit faster processor, and is it safe to do so? Thanks Tez

Hi, I have Dell Inspiron 8500. It came with 256MB (128MB in each slot). I upgraded it to 1GB ( 521MB +512NB). It worked with 1gb somedays. Then it started showing 521MB. Madesure that there is not problem with memory modurels. both modurles work in DIMM A slot. But DIMM …

Hello, a few months ago, my computer kept freezing/locking, especially when running multiple processes (FFXI running, 4-5 IE windows, Windows Media Player playing something...), and also when playing WarCraft III(and that one happened a lot). By freezking/locking, I mean that the screen would turn black, the sound froze, and keyboard …

Hi Folks. Does any body know where the battery is located on the G3.8.6 tower. I think it is a 3.6v. Any help would be appreciated. Regards Norm.

Hey. Over the past week my pc has began to deteriorate. It is just over 1 year old... It started when the pc began to freeze at the login prompt. This happened most often after the pc was booted up after a long time shut down (like in the morning). …

hello i am having trouble with my display when ever i startup windows my monitor flickers and turns to a black screen every couple of seconds. SO is this a problem with my monitor or my graphics card?

I have 2 memory slots, and in both of them i installed 256 sticks, which should add up to 512, but is only adding up to 384, which would be the case if one stick were only 100 something... what am i doing wrong??

[font=Arial]I have a 350 watt psu, and I was wondering if it would be able to support 3 case fans on an amd 3200 which has a coolermaster dream II fan on it, two hard drives, a floppy drive, a 52X32X52X cd burner, a 56k modem and a geforce fx …

Sorry if you have read this somewhere else... I have a "Dead but breathing" (as someone else described it) Pavilion ZE1000 notebook. There are no lights on, no display (Internal or external) and no POST beeps, but the HDD turns fine, the CD is operational and the CPU fan keeps …

i have a compaq presario and i wanna to restore my system but the quickrestore dont work i press it and nothing comes on wut should i do someone please help i need to restore my computer...

I have the audigy 2 ZS sound card. I have the logitech Z5500 speakers. I want to know when I am trying to listen to a dvd with Dolby Digital I don't get the sound out of the middle speaker. What am I going to need to complete my sound …

Hi guy I just upgraded my pc. Took all of the old one out and put a new motherboard, cpu etc but when I switch it on. The case fan lights up and the heatsink fan spins but then after 1 second the pc shuts itself down. The computer is …

Hi there, I have a double problem. :confused: I have a XDAII PDA phone, 2 yrs old runnng Moblie pc 2003, which I normally sync with my hp pavilion t461.uk PC. Worked fine until about 3 months ago. Now it will only do so if I delete the partnership. My …

does any1 no why my comp gives me a blue screen(stop error) everytime i try to launch world of warcraft or any other game, plz i need help.