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Mobile malware has moved from the security vendor testing labs, out of the realms of marketing hype and FUD, and [firmly onto your smartphone](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/tablets-and-mobile-devices/news/382139/how-mobile-malware-actually-grew-by-1400-percent-in-the-last-12-months). The main target for the malware distributors would appear to be the Android platform, which is not surprising given the rapid growth in the userbase coupled …

My HP Pavilion dv6 just started a new issue. While I am using it, the screen will go slightly dark. When it happens, I can still see my stuff on the screen but is like being in a room where someone just turned off 95% of the lights! Does anyone …

Hello, I have a motherboard which supports 4 RAM slots (dual channel slots). I already have 3GB of RAM installed, a 2GB DDR2 800 and a 1GB DDR2 800 in different channels. I would like to add another 2GB to the channel next to the current 2GB one, however am …

Hey guys! My Asus G1S Gaming Laptop suddenly won't turn on for some reason. No light, no fan, simply lifeless. Before this, there were no signs like errors, automatic shutdown, etc. that it would die soon (did I mention all of a sudden?). I know it's probably the motherboard at …

i have an external hard drive which i have partitioned. since then i have done virus scan and defragmentation on it. recently i have found part of the f drive (160gb) the write or read is stuck on part of it. so what do i do? do i `have` to …

My pc restarts by itself before opening windows and keep restarting continuesly. I open it in the safe mode but I don't know what to do. Help me please.

I recently installed a 1TB WD HDD in my Vista x64 computer. I went through the normal Disk Management steps, formatted and assigned a drive letter, all of that. Used it for several days. My main HDD was almost full so I moved a few things over. Then, all of …

hi i have a toshiba and i copy dvds and stuff. when i am loading in the movie itself i have no problem. but when i am putting in the blank dvd+r's they seem to have a hard time reading and loading. i was using the memorex brand but they …

Hello, Looks like I am having a hardisk problem. I have a PC that I am trying to install Windows XP. After I restart, the PC wasn't able to read from CD-ROM which I already set it in the BIOS. I use a DVD-ROM actually not a CD-ROM, which is …

Hi there I have recently bought a usb network adapter (http://www.ebay.com/itm/280891780614?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2366wt_1170) . It works fine in linux but in windows 7 I can't connect the laptop to the internet, for some reasons it keeps connecting to, it says, an unknown network and the connection is limited, it won't go on …

Hi guys! I'm not computer savvy and need your help and suggestions. And what do you think about my PC? Is it like really old? CPU-Z TXT Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Binaries ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU-Z version 1.61.2 Processors ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of processors 1 Number of threads 2 APICs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Processor 0 -- Core …

About half an hour ago, my computer screen started flickering. It'll flicker for about 10 seconds, then stop for a minute, and then pick up again. Anyone know why it's doing this? I ran a virus scan--no viruses. We just had a bad thunderstorm, however, and it had extreme lightning, …

hi i have a hp laptop. i ended up shutting down the laptop last night and started it up today and the screen is black but i can still see things. barely but still can see things. i ended up trying to hold down the fn button and move arrow …

Looking to find ANY information on upgrading an old Sony VGN-FS980 laptop HD to an SSD. All help will be appreciated. I am trying to speed the system up. I currently have maxed out the RAM and shut down most of the garbage software and Apps. I am currently using …

I'm having problems with a Toshiba Satellite A305-S. The AC converter that is 19v/3.95A doesn't even bring the charging light on. I have tried a Toshiba 19v/3.42A converter. It brings on the charging light, momentarily tries to bring the hard drive on and runs the fan. The monitor stays black …

I asked question in [another forum](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/pc-hardware/threads/89265/toshiba-satellite-pro-laptop-will-not-power-up-help/2) but noticed that a question above my own had not received any response within last month, so I decided to start a new thread. My Toshiba laptop yesterday shut down cold in middle of work. No lights. No sounds. No nothing. I several times …

I'm trying to fix my granparents Gateway NV53 laptop. The only thing that is wrong with it is that the screen has horizontal lines on it. The lines change (they are usually white, grey, or black) positions and color on the screen while in use. When I connect it to …

I work for an onsite technician company, so, I had a customer yesterday evening whose computer would not power on. When I arrived it was as described, press the power button and nothing happens. The PSU had a faint green blinking light on the back but did not apppear to …

Laptop is not starting windows. A sound from motherboard is coming. Screen is black. What can I do?

I have a toshiba c655 and one day it just stop booting up. All I can get on it is a black screen with a cursor.

Hi there, I am having quite an upsetting problem with a new monitor I have bought and wonder if anyone can help me out. I do graphics work and so I needed to purchase a larger monitor because I was killing my eyes on the 13inch new MacBook screen. I …

what is the difference between desktop computer and personal computer?

Hi there, I wonder if you can help me at all. My lappy's network port is broken, I dropped it with the network cable in and as a result it pushed the pin back so that the network cable's connector is really loose when inserted and it won't connect to …

I'm ready to pick motherboard for my custom-build. Problem is I cannot find any having both floppy drive connector [B]and[/B] NVIDIA SLI for any Phenom II X6 processor...boards either have one or the other, but none have both. I want the SLI, but been told on many forums now that …

Hi, I am building a new server for home and business use that I would like to be future proof. I have already bought the case which is a Corsair 800D (please check specification at http://www.corsair.com/pc-cases/obsidian-series-pc-case/obsidian-series-800d.html My next purchase will be the mother board for the server for which I …

My friend spilled milk on my acer aspire and messed up my keyoard I got a new keyboard but now it starts up and runs great for a bit and then shuts down at random times. I tried changing the hard drive and it still shuts down. I think it …

Hi. My laptop is going through a crisis. Is 1 year old and I'm really worried. When I press the power button the lights blink and then they turn off. And it's really hard to turn on. But sometimes, I plug the power cord and it starts blinking and it …

hii guys, my brother is having some problem with his pc when we start the pc then the monitor doesn,t start but the cpu starts very well i checked the connections then i attached my monitor to it but then same shit happened the pc was working well few days …

I've searched for other threads on this issue, but haven't been able to solve my problem. Not sure this belongs in monitors, displays but here goes anyway. A bit of history. I've been getting BSOD crash dump recently. I've had windows recovery start up and have been able to use …

My pc was working fine. Today I purchased two items. 1. more memory went from 512 to 1gig. The motherboard supports it. I installed the memory and we're still good. The other item purchased was an audio card. My son installed that for me. Now here's the problem. My pc …

hello everyone, I own one laptop repair shop in Brugnera and recently I got many dead hard drives from Italy, especially Seagate and Western Digital, none of them are detected in the PC. I have over 200 hard disks each month asking for repair and data recovery. I am therefore …

I'm currently doing some research for a project about mobile devices and could only find apps that perform instant messaging, but not how they do it. So I'd like to know what are the technologies/methods behind instant communication between mobile devices? e.g. facebook messenger app. Do the messages go from …

Hello, My acer ZG5 is not working, when i press the power button the light (on the button) comes on for 2 seconds and then it turns off, there is nothing on the screen or any sound, i had the same problem yesterday but somehow it worked yesterday but today …

Well actually my friends 3yr old son dropped my external hard drive. Now it will power on and everything, but it makes this noise as it sits there and tries to get loaded by windows like a clicking noise, or if you put a scratched up CD in a drive …

hi I am asking this question as I have been totally baffled all day on this and have been looking for a fix now for quite a while. My friend presented me with this board after he had attempted to flash its BIOS using the @bios utility on the supplied …

Ok, I have an ASUS m4a7bt-e motherboard that had been working fine. One day it powered on but didn't boot. The configuration of my pc is as follows: 8 gb ram AMD six core cpu blue-ray burner/player 1 tb HD I'm using the onboard video All cables are connected properly, …

Hi All I just acquired at Dell Dimension 8200 XP (2.0 Ghz, 256 RAM) from a friend who said it was broken. Turned it on noticed a clunking from his hard drive and the machine not booting up at all. Figured his drive was dead and I purchased a new …

Lately my work machine has been giving me hell with a variety of stop codes and occasionally won't boot giving me a 1 long, 1 short beep code. I scoured the internet and couldn't find the cause of this beep code. My warranty is up but I managed to wiggle …

Hello , I think this is my first post on this web site. I have Pentium Dual Core 2.66 Ghz processor and 1 GB ddr1 533mhz Ram, So I purchased intel D102GGC2 board and assemble everything. I don't know why but after everything completed, Processor is going very high temp. …

I have forgotten my bios password on my dell latitude c600. how can i retrieve it or reset it?

my roommate just got a new rig and he is having trouble getting it to work the problem is the monitor is not receiving a signal from the computer. His specs are CPU- INTEL I7 Graphics card-XFX Radeon 7970 motherboard- asus extreme-z Ram- 16 G sound- x-Fi 7.1 he tried …

Hey all, I've been trying to troubleshoot my (what I believe to be a) dead machine. I get a black screen on boot however when I put in a Windows boot cd, I can hear the drive spinning. Also, I can't hold the power button to turn it off. The …

hi guys, i just wanna ask if you had known a link for free download for an anti virus that protects your usb i mean the anti virus that recides on your flash drives

hello, i have a compaq laptop it was working fine the other day, i just tried to go on it today and the screen is really black i can just about see what the screen says but it is working fine, i have tried going onto the brightness and that …

I recently purchased a headset to talk with my boyfriend online. We use the program Skype rather frequently and find it works alright. However, if I want to play a game or listen to music, or whatever while I am talking on my headset the noise from my game/music blares …

I have a question for you. I have a Sony Vaio Laptop and I am inquiring about connecting an Audio cord to my Yamaha Receiver (RX-V471BL AV RECEIVER W/USB), for streaming Netflix. How do I do this? I Connected a HDMI cord from the laptop to the receiver, but it …

Bios update it is important?

I plugged in a usb cord, my macbook pro switched off itself, it was then connected to the adapter.After that the adapter also gives dim green light( not the usual one, but dimmer).Since then macbook has not switched on.No light , no fan noise.Please help.Have tried ctrl+command+power button , but …

i have a netbook .an hp mini 110-3713tu i've try to update the bios.the result was failed.now my netbook won't have a power due to the bios update failed.how to recover it?pls help me...

Have the 8330 'Curve' and the cellular contract is not in service. Seeking to use my home DSL account and another computer with bluetooth so that the blackberry can navigate the internet. Seeking configuration guidance or better, if there is an app to navigate the net through bluetooth.