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My iPhone is always with me, and I will admit to having mild panic attacks if I misplace it around the office or house. Only once have I had cause to go into major panic mode though, and that was when I managed to leave my iPhone and my car …

i was planing to buy a lenovo laptop Processor Intel® Core™ i5-2410M Dual Core (2.3GHz) Screen 17.3" (Lenovo, LED Backlit, 1600 x 900 Resolution) Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit RAM 8GB (DDR3 1333MHZ) Hard Drive 750GB Optical Drive DVD Rewriter Graphics Dedicated (AMD Radeon HD 6650M with …

My computer was working fine until tonight. I was sitting watching a movie on TV, and all of a sudden my computer just shut off. I tried to turn it back on, but I got nothing except that my optical USB mouse was still on. None of the fans in …

i have installed new motherboard last year of mercury brand,but i am noticing that from the begining,there is no beep in pc while booting up,is any hardware failure causing this or something else,reply.

Hi guys, have been following the forum for a while. I just received the above monitor from Amazon and the picture just doesn't seem sharp at all and I've tried messing with the Catalyst Control Panel settings, win7 settings and ClearType settings and nothing seems to help the issue. The …

As the title says, my motherboard won't boot up but randomly boots up by itself! Now a detailed explanation. Firstly my motherboard is [Asus P5GC-MX/1333](http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5GCMX1333/). When I first got it, I had a 20-Pin PSU of 300W and I've used it for about 2 weeks. Then one day, when I …

looked around a lot online and never really found my specific problem. I contracted one of the many fake antivirus trojans on my computer. I restarted so that i could boot in safe mode, use rkill and then run my antivirus to clean. when restarting, my toshiba screen comes up, …

how to explain CPU with more detail in computer science ???????

I have a lenovo z460 laptop. Recently i have been facing problems with my display. My (LED) display is flickering excessively right from the first boot screen. I recently updated my bios from v2.08 to v2.15. The problem started a few days after that. Is that causing the problem.

This is the second time my hp g71 358NR laptop screen has broken. The first time I had it repaired at a computer repair shop it cost me too much. This time around I thought I would take a crack at trying to repair it myself. After purchasing a replacement …

Hello everyone.. i think that my Lenovo laptop 32 bit 2GB ram i3 intel processor is working fine but im not satisfied with its graphics specially when i turns it on and shuts it off.. the welcome thing on my windows 7 starter is kind of not playing smoothly same …

When i switch on my CPU and Monitor, the green light of monitor come normally then on screen it come "No signal Input or Cable Disconnected or Power Saving". And then orange light come. And monitor turns black.

hi, I was given an ipod touch which didn't tuen on or charge up or anything. I plugged it into my pc and it installed the drivers for it. I then tried to restore it using itunes and it didn't work. the first time i got an error code and …

It's ugly: https://www.sugarsync.com/piv/D435904_81_8707554623 My guess is the monitor cable. But help is welcome: I don't wana take it apart. This is my first mac, never fixed any before. So I would thankful for a software problem. ps.: Due to dammed design "flaws", I cannot just take the monitor and plug …

HI All G3 original iMac w 500Mb Ram/ OS 9.2 Thinking of upgrade to Tiger. Advisable? Too slow? Will my old Pre OS 9 Legacy stuff still work? Is there a site or archive about doing this upgrade? regards Stu Aull

Installing a PowerPC G3 with OS 9.2.2 (6GB hardrive) for someone less-advantaged, but realize that the browser, in particular, presents a problem just in rendering. I've installed iCab 3, but not sure she can keep up with the updates. Question: Can this hardware run OS X (Tiger) smoothly? anybody have …

what are some reasons why the operating system might require accurate information on how blocks are stored on a disk? How could the operating system improve file system performance with this knowledge?

how do you delete a hard drive completely so that no data can be obtained? ive heard of drilling holes in them, then starting it up.is it true and is there any other way to do it

i has 500gb hitachi external drive...i have divide to 4 partition...Whenever i plug in my external hard drive in computer, it detect but when i open "my computer", the window explorer just freezes and the green ribbon shows up, moves very slowly, and eventually stops at some point. i can …

1. Stop writing any data to memory card anymore 2. Recover lost data in time 3. Choose data recovery software with pertinence. Watch out when performing memory card data recovery operations 4. Back up original data in advance if it is allowed. These four points are good for guaranteeing perfect …

Hi I have, almost in a panic, realised that I have some hard drives that need to be replaced as they are 6 years old. Although I have had no issues with them I thought replace them before they fail. It still seems a shame that a working hard drive …

DaniWeb recently reported [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/netbooks-tablets-and-mobile-devices/news/376700/1621471"]how Apple had won a ban on the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Europe [/URL] and even [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/netbooks-tablets-and-mobile-devices/news/376718"]published the rather generic-looking design drawings[/URL] at the heart of the case. Now a Düsseldorf regional court judge, Johanna Brueckner-Hoffmann, has heard the Samsung appeal against …

[URL="http://www.yandex.ru/"]Yandex[/URL] is one of the leading Internet portals in Russia, and yes they do still use that terminology instead of search engine. The name itself, apparently, stands for Yet Another Indexer which is kind of apt as the company has just published the results of Yet Another iPad Survey. However, …

I am planning to buy a new laptop within a budget of 700 $. I am going to use it for mainly programming purposes so I don't really care for graphic card etc. I am looking for the following features:- i5 processor 200 GB + HD 4GB + RAM I …

**How to set up your Wireless Command Center** Setting up your own personal wireless command center isn’t difficult; it will only take up a couple of minutes. But why would anyone want to setup a remote desktop connection? The answer is so that you can access and control your personal …

I'm wondering if anybody has extensive knowledge about graphics cards. I basically need to find a laptop that can support all these softwares: AutoCAD 3D Max Maya Mud Box Adobe After Effects Adobe Photoshop From my research I've been running into the NVIDIA Quadro 1000M but there are only a …

How dows a CPU know what to run at startup? Like running the boot in the first sector? It must be programmed but in what language and where are the programs data held then?

My pc restart when i reached win xp screen. This problem starts when i perform the disk check operation.During this it delete some files.plz help me out

Hey guys :-) I need a little bit of help I deleated all my music of my laptop. I Have been trying to reset it back to a couple of days ago that way i can get my music back. But it keeps saying factorey settings and if i go …

Hi, My Sony Vaio is dead, it doesn´t start anymore. I surfed on internet last night and today in the morning it doesn´t start up. Nothing on screen, no led, no sound, no..nothing. I tried everything, plugged with battery, unplugged with battery, plugged without battery, removed and reinserted the ram …

In this article, we're going to focus on inkless printers - it might sound like black magic, but it's actually quite simple once I explain a few basics. Let's jump in! ## Inkless printers ## You've probably handled something printed by an inkless printer today - they're used in cash …

So last night I talked with my friends on skype, when suddenly my internet connection felt out. After restoring it and logging back in to skype. My mic didn´t work. I tried other programs, like Steam mic test and the recorder. But I couldn´t hear anything. And I hate it …

Hello everyone ! My problem is that the onboard LAN (marvel jukon) stopped working suddenly when I turned on the PC. The LAN has only an orange led on, and the green led is off... the cable is ok. I open the case and looked inside but everything is okey... …

Hi everyone... I have this computer which turns on but has no display on the monitor... -CPU fan does not spin -Does beep when intially powered on -Have tried 2 different moniters but still nothing Thanks in adavnce for any help

Can someone tell me what's the difference between Instruction Cycle and Fetch&Execute Cycle? Thanks

i have bought a msi mainbord 64 -bit with amd athelon 3.2 ghz processor is this combination is better than any other ? If there exist other combinations in the budget of 8000 Rs. Pls suggest .

I'm running on a Windows7 operating system with Intel E7500. But it has only 1GB of RAM of 800MHz. Now due to heavy work I need some additional memorey. So which one should I go for, I'll get a 2GB if its ok with current 1GB otherwise a 1GB. I'm …

I recently built my first computer from the ground up. Spent quite a bit of time on newegg picking all the parts i wanted and if they are compatible. After i got everything put together and booted it up, everything seems to power up = all the fans are turning …

I currently have 8GB installed (2x4GB) and am wanting to add another single 8GB stick to give me 16GB but the CAS timing on my RAM is 9-9-9-24 and the new one is 10-10-10-27 the make is the same would this be possible to add the single 8GB stick or …

type msinfo32 at the run option & press enter then watch carefully system type if it is written "X86-based PC" your processor is 32 bit & if "X64- then 64 bit processor

I have an M2n-SLI Deluxe motherboard w/ AMD 64 X2 +6000 processors. I updated my bios from the suggestions of ASUS and AMD technical, all went fine except when I run my "Ableton Live" recording program, in the preferences tab, there is an option for "Support Dual Core Processors", and …

(My apologies if this is the wrong forum section) Hello everyone, I have recently been confronted by two problems with my computer, which I purchased two years ago. These are my specs Quadcore Intel i7 860 @ 2.80Ghz ATi Radeon HD 5770 1GB 4GB of DDR-3 RAM 500 GB SATA …

yesterday I press the power button 6/7 times. then the pc start. it occurred many time. but now this time it not start. I check all connection and all parts. all things are ok. So what I need to do now?

[[COLOR="Red"]B]I am thinking of making my own computer. I have a budget of around £350, what parts should i buy? I have never made a computer before and i'm planning on using it for music, writing documents ect[/B][/COLOR]

I cannot boot from my CD ROM, i have changed the CD ROM SEVERAL TIMES BUT IT WILL NOT BOOT FOM IT. i have also changed the bootable cd severla times but to nom aveil. please help

Being on a core i5 sandybridge mobile processor, I have the option to have dual core, hyperthreading, or both enabled. Which should be disabled to lengthen the battery life and still have decent performance?

Hey, I have a Sony Vaio Laptop Model: NW-240F. I want to replace/upgrade its graphics card. Can I do it? Plz help

My laptop will no longer connect to my wireles which it did 2 days ago--I have not downloaded anything but the wire less says that the signal is strong but it doesnt recognize the wireless. I ran spybot--and it found 21 problems but said that I was not the administrator …

I've had a HP pavillion dv6000 laptop for a while but with a newborn and moving never got the chance to turn it on. When I finally got the chance I realized I misplaced the power adapter. So I ordered a new one and it outputs 18.5v. What's happening now …

I've been having this problem for a while now. Basically what happens is at random times my computer will lock up for about 2 seconds and then just turn itself off. If I try to turn it back on it will start up for about 3 seconds and then just …