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| | Hello! My issue is that I have to disc readers. One DVD RW and the other a CD RW. I have to slots for them, I plugged them both in, power cables and connector cables. Howeverm the computer only reads that there is a CD RW drive in it. I … Hardware pc-peripheral  |
| | Hey. I've been having this problem for about a month now, my PC will shut down after about 5 minutes without any warning. I've dust it often so dust can't be the problem and the fan seems to work fine. Sometimes after this happens the power supply will be really … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello, I am having troubles with my PC. I connected it via an ethernet cable to my PS3 for online play. When I test the connection on the PS3, the PC reboots and reports the shutdown as a blue screen error. After 2 more attempts it finally worked but as … Hardware |
 | Hi, I have just bought a sandisk memory stick - 16gb - and I noticed that there is sth installed on it, clucbsandisk or something like that. I wonder, what is it, do I have to keep it, can I get rid of it without compromising my memory stick? thanks Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | Hello i have a vaio vpcz1 and the connection on the motherboard which leads to the wireless switch board is damaged and i can't afford a motherboard replacement for that reason only. is there any way to enable wireless capabilities on my vaio without the switch board attached?? i have … Hardware  |
| | My mouse mostly has the little blue circle spinning, like when the computer is loading a program. I've noticed this the past couple of weeks. It will stop for a few seconds and start again. I've run a virus scan and nothing shows up. Does anyone have any thoughts on … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | Hi, I am using Z611 for past one year. All of a sudden this week printer has started a problem of printing only blank pages. I re-installed the printer with no luck. Any suggestions as what could go wrong? Thanks. Hardware pc-peripheral printer |
| | Hi! I just built my costom build about a month ago and, like and idiot, uploaded windows XP to it. Now i just bought Windows 7 and was trying to do a USB boot with the software and do a costum configuration. But once i set the BIOS to boot … Hardware |
| | ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series I wanted to turn off Vertical Sync a 3D setting for my video card for improved FPS in a video game. I found that I couldn't find a control center of any kind. When I right click on my desktop, it's not there. I go … Hardware display video video-card |
| | so i'm buying a new PC and i'm asking what you guys think about it, is it worth the money? stats: * power supply: 600 watt coolermaster * processor: intel core i5-3450 3.10 GHz * motherboard: MSI H77MA-G43 * memory: 8GB DDR3 Crosair * Hard disk: 1000GB satall hard disk … Hardware operating-system  |
| | im not sure if this is the right place to ask but since i dont know any person who is expert on computers personally, i went here. My mom bought me an ideapad LENOVO laptop with Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU m 370 @4.20GHz and ram= 2.00GB i didnt ask for … Hardware laptop |
| | I'm amateur repairman in our household but I can't seem to google what this problem is. My roommate used her laptop last night -- the battery ran low so she plugged it in, used it for a few minutes, shut the lid (so it hibernated) and then unplugged it, took … Hardware |
| | Hi. About a year ago, a friend helped build me a new PC using some old PC parts he had. It worked great up until now, though. So today, I leave the computer to grab something to eat from the fridge, but when I come back, I find my monitor … Hardware display video-card |
 | Hey, I'm just wondering as to what everyones avg battery life is for their notebooks, and what their specs are. Personally, my battery life sucks...I unplug it and walk upstairs, and its down about 3-4%...its almost pointless as a notebook...so is there any way to improve battery life? Any tips/suggestions … Hardware pc-peripheral  |
| | My Vaio laptop (model VGN-FS742/W) will not power up and does not show that the battery is charging. I was using it and the battery was getting low (but not too low that it was going to shut down). I pluged in the AC power cable and the laptop just … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
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| | Hi Guys and girls.. I have an ongoing problem with my main monitor in that it has a green hue in the background, it is quite noticable and is flickering and sparkling. seems to be only where the black should be. Can anyone help with this problem please..? Cheers for … Hardware display |
 | I have recently been accepted to software engineering at the university of waterloo, and as such my parents have agreed to go 50/50 on a nice computer to bring to waterloo. At first I was looking at a laptop, but then some IT friends of mine suggested that I could … Hardware engineering hard-drive operating-system |
| | I have an old heavy analog tube TV that we can't watch TV on but I would like to be able to connect my laptop to it to watch internet LoveFilm movies. The TV only has scart sockets. Is this possible please? Hardware |
| | Here's what I'm trying to accomplish: Two computers - the first is a home desktop that has USB and PS2 hook-ups. The second is a laptop with a docking station that only has usb hook ups. I'd like to have share the same mouse, keyboard, two monitors, printer and speakers … Hardware display pc-peripheral printer |
| | hi there, I recently bought a new graphics card for my computer but the problem im having is that i cant use the screen with the new gfx untill its installed but i dont know how to install it without a screen... :/ please help Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | Hello, My graphics card - Gigabyte GT630 - wont send a signal to the monitor. Could someone please explain how to get it to work? thanks Hardware display  |
| | I have a motherboard K7AMA2 with Socker 462, my problem is, when i plugged the cable to the power supply, my computer start automatically, the cpu fan also running but nothing can view in screen, there's also no beeps. I tried to pulled out all IDE cables power, and jumper … Hardware ide motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | my pc usb mouse stops and when i disable and re-enable "USB ROOT HUB" under USB CONTROLLERS IN DEVICE MANAGER, my usb mouse starts working....after sometime it gives same problem....i use same solution but its getting cured....its been a cycle like thing....suggest me the best solution... Hardware pc-peripheral  |
| | Hello.I have a problem which is about CMOS battery on my pc,which is when i on my pc,it does not update my time and date automatically.So,I've bought a new battery and have replaced the one that i use now with the new battery,but my pc wont be able to start … Hardware |
| | I have a Dell Dimensions 2400 which I can't get to power up. There was a lightning hit relatively near where I live and a small crack came from my computer when it did. Does this mean that it is knacked? Also would this wipe the 2 hard drives I … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hey guys, so I was wondering if something is wrong with my PCI Express Card. I did the CPU-Z scan or whatever, and it says I have a PCI Express Card, but it also says the Link Width is x0 and the Max. Supported is x0. Is there something wrong … |
| | Once, i loaded the the default settings in my bios menu and after that my pc went off and when i tried to turn it on, it just showed the light and went off.. its happenning repeatedly... what do i do ? can any1 tell me what could be the … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi, After a several month hiatus, I downloaded the latest version of Filezilla, with plans to use it for FTP. I got an error, and when I run the network connection test, I get the results shown at the bottom of this post. I have disabled my Windows 7 firewall, … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | It's my first post on this forum so pleasre bare with me. Yesterday i tried fitting a new RAM card on my motherboard, and it took me a while to see that it wouldn't fit (though it was a DDR2 and should have). I thought it was in , but … Hardware hard-drive motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a inspiron 2200 i'm not sure what happen I had been online and went out of the room and went i came back in to get back on it i was off and wouldn't come on. i have other inspiron 2200 i have try its battary and hard … Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Greetings all, I've recently come upon a problem with my 18 month old hp pavilion ze5400 laptop. A few weeks ago, the display would suddenly go very wonky and the entire screen would be flickering green. At first I thought it was linked to Mozilla, as it seemed to only … Hardware display laptop video video-card |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite A135-S4467 that I upgraded to 2x2 gig of ram (paired set). Have run the laptop several days and now suddenly won't boot up. I've reseated the ram and removed battery, and it booted right up and worked fine. Shut it down, left it for an … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Just bought computer at store and it was working.Then I turned it off and put more memory in it.When I tried to turn the computer on it worked,but it wouldn't display on the monitor.How do I fix this? Hardware display motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a Toshiba Satellite A135-s2256 that is really being bizarre. The problem is intermittent. When I turn it on the hard drive clicks and the hard drive light goes on for about a second and then off. The dvd drive spins up and tries to read but wont boot … Hardware hard-drive |
| | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67MA-D2H. Processor: intel Core i5 2.8GHz Power supply: Maximum 400Watt. no external graphics card. my pc hangs after 10-15 mins after boot up. after i cut down power i touched the north bridge and it's too hot. i have no experience with hardware, so i dont know what … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi there, sometime ago I enquired about hdmi cable, but never got around buying it. The moment has come now, but I have realized that the HDMI port on my laptop and on the TV are the same, in that it looks like I need a hdmi cable with 2 … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | Hi there, I was wondering if you can give me an advice at all. I need to get a HDMI cable to connect my laptop to my LED tv, mainly to watch movies. Now, I don't know much about hdmi cables so I wonder if there is anything you can … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | hi i took my gpu out of my pc to check it because i was gettin driver not responding pop ups, and when ive put it back in my pc comes on for 10 seconds then the power cuts, ive even tried without the graphic card an it still cuts … Hardware |
| | I have an older desktop that I installed Xubuntu on and had it running smooth. The other day I turned on the computer to a screeching noise from the hardware and the monitor would not recognize that the computer was on. I turned the computer off then checked all cables … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I am sure that all my ports are working, i tried to use other flash disk to check if the port is working. It's an 8Gb pqi flash disk. Its working last day but now even the device manager cannot detect it. Please help. Hardware flash pc-peripheral |
| | hi! guys.. i need some help here.... u know what.. my laptop is beeping while loading windows files.. but unfortunately after the loading is done it will goes through and the beeps is gone too... i couldn't diagnose it whether its the memory or the video... cause everything is fine... … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I just made a virtual machine with windows 7 64-bit on my windows 7 desktop that is connected by LAN. I am trying to access the internet and after playing with the settings enough I am able to be connected to my internet but when I go to open a … Hardware microsoft  |
 | My mother always said that precious things are often small, and after using this product I couldn’t agree more! Installed, the Power2U USB  outlet looks just like a normal outlet but don’t let that fool you. This small gem is quite big in its infinite uses; whether its … Hardware android ios motherboards-cpu-ram pc-peripheral tablet |
| | Hello Everyone- My question is about my laptop that I use with a wireless router. The laptop has Vista 32 and service pack 1--I am currently still trying to get service pack 2 to download but that is a work in progress. The problem is any music that i download, … Hardware |
| | When i try to do a scan it gets to about 67% then crashes im using bt net protect plus whicj is basically mcaffe and i am on windows 7 i have tried scanning the computer with some software called trojan killer and something called spy hunter and they dont … Hardware pci-card |
 | Hello, am currently facing an issue with my computer. As soon as I switch on, my fans (CPU and Chassis) go into "overdrive", and there is no hard disk light except that it lights up for about 1 second and then goes blank. My power light remains on thou, but … Hardware |
| | OK, so I've got a Gateway FX P-7805u laptop with power up issues. Here's the whole story: One day, even though the laptop itself was plugged into the wall, when I hovered on the battery indicator, the windows 7 notification said "plugged in, not charging" and the battery was stuck … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a LG M2780D LED monitor that is supposed to be able to display 1920x1080. I have a Radeon Saphhire 6950 in my custom built PC and whenever I try to set the resolution at 1920x1080 the screen downsizes (doesn't fill up the entire screen). I tried going into … |
| | Hi so my girlfriend's mom has a Dell Dimension B110 and the HDD may be fried, and i want to take my Toshiba mk8034gsk HDD and boot up the desktop to see if i can teel if the Dell HDD is fried or has a virus. I need any help … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
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