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Even when it's plugged in, my laptop batt won't stop discharging. And when it's totally exhausted, the laptop shuts down. I can't turn it on when the battery isn't in either. It takes like an hour to get it charged and I just wanna use the laptop straight without having …

The Dell flat screen monitor (15" E151FPb) on my daughter's computer goes white and shutting down the system for a while is the only thing that brings it back up - until it decides to do it again. I hooked it up to my desktop syatem with the same results. …

I recently created a computer from spare parts that I found in my garage, cleaned them out, and through out the damged ones that would not work. So, once I was complete, I started the computer, I heard about 5 beeps, and then nothing, the fan was on, I could …

I just got a new computer, my friend and I put it together. When ever i turn it on, I get a message PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent I have no idea why it's doing this. Please someone, help me figure this out

Hi, I have a Gateway Solo 1450 laptop and it seems to have a repeated problem with the power port breaking off inside the computer or loosening. Gateway will "fix" it for about $250 each time it breaks. This is the THIRD time it's broken and once again, Gateway's customer …

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I just installed a PCI-E nVidia card into my slot and it can go x16, but I get this message when I boot... Alert! PCI Express card is operating in X1 mode, Strike F1 to continue or F2 for Setup Utility. I have a Dell 4700. Thanks!!

Hi all I just built my own pc everything went great and as far as im aware everything is working although i cant be to sure as the monitor has no signal going to it as i said.The motherboard is an infinity 865pe and my monitor is an AOC 9G1rs …

Hello guys, I need to find out what is my drive's serial number under win XP. I know that there are one serial number from manufacturer (real hard drive) and serial numbers generated by windows. I know that if disk is partitioned into more partitions that each partition will have …

I'm the student of computer systems engineering. I have to submit my proposal on 10th april. My teachers Have recommend me to design a RFID Based Attendance system for the university with graphical interface in a TABLET PC. (android) Can anyone elaborate the following concepts for me? 1. What hardware …

So a few months ago I took my heatsink off, and I noticed that no booting would take place; not even BIOS. Eventually, after continuous and repetitive power ons and offs, it would occasionally work again. I then removed the heatsink again, and the CPU from the socket to inspect …

My 6 month old laptop has needed 4 reformats so far because of disk problems and now it wont boot past the windows loading screen. i played around and i found a diganositc test that could be run through the bios and it passed everything up till one called DST …

So,my computer has been acting up. About a week ago my GPU fan started making a high pitched, loud whirring sound. This was odd, since my pc is near silent. So I turn it off, check the fan, clean it of dust, and turn it back on. It starts whirring …

Motherboard: ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe CPU installed: Pentium D 3.0 GHz (dual core) Memory Installed: 3gb DDR2 (2x 1gb + 2x 512mb) both are 1066mhz Video card: 512mb Nvidia 210 PCI (not PCI-E) card. I needed an s-video out because this will eventually be a media center connected to a TV …

Hi my sony vaio notebook will not boot it starts up then goes to a window saying windows did not start successfully and gives me options to start in safe mode etc.. but when you click on any of the options the screen goes blank then says something about physical …

Good day gentlemen! Anybody have tried flashing/upgrading HP Pavilion dv9700(service tag dv9819wm). Ive got this "TPM or TPM has a problem". I need to upgrade or flash my bios. I dont have usb floppy drive. But I have a usb flash drive of 4gb. Anyone can show some solution? I …

Hello, I'm not sure where this topic should be posted, but I hope it fits here... I have been browsing around the Internet for information about using multiple webcams connected to a single computer (I'm interested in webcams for PCs). My problem is that, after a week of searching through …

I have a Gateway MX7340 laptop that is two years old. Windows XP SP2. When I power it up all I get is a black screen and I do not hear any processes running, only the fan. Nothing happens at all. The computer did not come with a start up …

Daughter's been off to college, and trying to use her old Thinkpad R31, but it asks for her user name and password, and she can't remember it. Any way to work around this?

Hi everyone, I am currently working on my friends HP Pavilion DV2415nr and I'm in a world of trouble if I can't fix it. At first, the computer would randomly blackout and require a restart which cleared the issue. I ruled out software issues and thought that it had to …

Ay up chucks! My wife's toshiba laptop (satellite M40 - 313 windows XP SP2 1 Gb RAM etc just over 1 year old) has suddenly died. She went to turn it on and all it does is beep pathetically, whirr a bit then it tries again 3 or 4 times …

I have an ATI 3D rage II+dvd video/tv tuner card. I think it's and older card but its ok for what I need it for does any one know where I can get the program to view TV through it. I don't need the driver windows 2000 pro finds it. …

Running Windows XP Hey, i'm new here and need some help with my computer.:) I setted my computer to start up automatically when I turn on the power switch in BIOS and now when I turn my switch on it wont start. It will only start when I turn the …

Let the anti-apple rant begin!!!! <rant> I hate Macs and i hate mac users too. I have always hated them for all my life. When try (and fail because im blinded by its stupid white and silver shinyness) to sit down to use a Mac, the first thing into my …

Hi everyone. thanks in advance. I have a DELL Inspiron 8600 laptop, running windows xp. When I turn on my computer it tells me: [B]Primary Hard Disk drive 0 not found[/B]. It also makes the loudest clicking noise. (It ran some scan before all this happened.. i think it might …

Earlier today I downloaded a game recording client from wegame.com and macromedia flash 8. After both were done my computer froze up so i had to reset. Everything seemed fine so i started working on macromedia. In the middle of me working on it the monitor turned black and said …

My mouse pointer is completely stuck in the middle of the screen!:sad: I thought it was the mouse so got a new PS2 mouse. Plugged it in and the mouse was still stuck. This made me think that maybe the PS2 socket was faulty so i bought a USB mouse. …

Hello, A customer of mine dropped off a Dell Latitude D600 notebook that runs fine using battery power but shuts off when plugged in. Short circuit maybe? The strangest part (to me) is that the battery charges when the laptop is off and plugged in. If you try to power …

Hi Guys! I Need Help Getting Into My Dell D600 Laptop, I Forgot My Password And Now I Cannot Use It Anymore. It Has No Cd Rom So There Is No Other Was. Please Help

I would appreciate any advice...The first problem that appeared with my pc was my modem quit working. A few days later my mouse quit working. While I was in control panel trying to add another mouse, my LCD screen went blank. I turned the LCD off and on again--the LCD …

Hi When I boot up my PC i get the following error Drive 0 not found: Serial ATA, SATA-0 Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility I really need to fix my PC My PC is a Dell 5150C Thanks All help would be greatly …

my friend just updated his bois and when he did that some reason it saved the drivers in c drive he then formated the drive. he lost his bios drivers and is unable to install anything. any ideas on how to get it back?

[COLOR=#000000]Emachine won’t boot. When power is applied, the keyboard leds and the hard drive led blink. That’s it, no output to monitor, no beeps from cpu. Through troubleshooting I have found I can boot by removing the CMOS battery and power to the hard drive. When I have these removed …

A recent question requested advice about building your own PC. The website style is a little amateurish, perhaps, and some of the discussion of components is certainly getting a bit 'dated', but one of the most comprehensive system building guides I've yet come across is Rob Williams' My Super PC …

Hi guys, I had it with this laptop, I have no clue why this Compaq Presario V3000 w/WinXP Home SP2 won't recognize the CD/DVD drive. I looked at the BIOS, and it doesn't show up there. I looked at the Device Manager, and it doesn't show up there. (Yes, I …

My specs are as follows: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz Performance Rated at: 4.4 GHz 2GB's Ram Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (build 7600), 32-bit HD 225 GB's My current Graphic Card is ATI Radeon X1550 Series and apparently it sucks, can someone please tell …

Hi everyone. I have a dead D600. It charges the battery so I think it's not a short problem. If I press the power button it just stays up for 2-3 seconds and then it shuts down. Screen doesn't start and cpu fan doesn't move. I hope there is not …

I have a HP Pavilion N5250 that is a couple of years old. Recently, my dad gave it to me and it has been sitting around unused for about 6 months. As far as I know, it ran fine before that. When I hit the power switch (whether it's plugged …

I have purchased a new laptop, Acer Aspire 5738z a year ago. Since the second month of using it, I wondered why the maximum Graphics Memory in Use is 128 MB... Am I misunderstanding what "up to 1244mb Mobile Intel GMA 4500m" means? Thanks in advance... [QUOTE] Intel(R) Graphics Media …

I just got a laptop from Gateway with Windows XP Pro installed. I have wireless router and the new laptop will not find my conncton so i downloaded new INtel Pro/Wireless 2200bg driver software. After it's installed, it has a window coming up but everything is disabled and its X'ed …

I have a Dell Dimension 4600. I recently reformatted the hard drive, and everything worked fine; however, the next morning the computer would not load Windows and simply said "Primary Drive 0 Not Found," and then, "Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility." Because I thought that I …

Im trying to connect my desktop monitor to my laptop. When i connect it and switch the laptop on, the monitor works perfect. Just when windows XP loads on the monitor, the monitor switches off and displayes an out of frequency range error. If it was out of frequency, why …

My Sony Vaio PCG-V505BC won't boot. I've tried to boot it, with the battery alone. Screen stays black. The same with two different ac power supplies. Please advise! Thanks, Fred

Dear Steve Ballmer, I believe it's time to give up development of a mobile operating system. With all due respect to the multi-billion dollar empire you're entrusted with running, the simple truth is that Microsoft is quite bad at developing user interfaces that are friendly and intuitive. Windows 7 is …

My CD-RW plays but won't burn. My computer is not detecting my CD-RW, but it detects the CD-Rom. When I go to burn a cd it just says No Device Detected. What could be wrong? Ps. I have an NEC -7900a CD-RW Drive

After moving my computer from one room to another i have found that my USB ports will not work. I can not get my digital camera to upload pictures or my printer to print. I've tried uninstalling the USB devices and thne having them reinstalled but that has not helped. …

i recently got a mac, i have a HP scanner thats a piece of junk but i need to install it anyway. it is osx compatible. i have the install disk. the hp site doesn't seem to help. can someone give me detailed instructions. i'm lost.. thanks in advance :rolleyes:

Hello all! I've been trying to assist my sister with her Dell All-in-One 922 printer/scanner. I refilled her black cartridge by removing the sticker that says 'Do Not Remove this Sticker' and injecting ink the same way I do with my Canon printer cartridges. It worked for about 10 pages, …

Hey there everybody... haven't been here in a while but I am in need of some help for my girlfriend. Her computer is giving her problems, let me go through the steps. Step 1, she starts up the PC, it asks the "Start the Computer Normally, Start in Safe Mode..." …

Before I ask my question, may I please just get it out there that I know nothing about computers? I'm really a computer idiot, and so, please try to take that into consideration. :D Okay, so, my monitor says 'No Input Signal'. I've checked to make sure that it's plugged …