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I have a Dell Inspiron N5010 with Windows 7 When I am running on battery power, I used to get a warning at 10% in the lower right of the screen telling me to plug in. I no longer receive this message. Instead, I receive a more serious warning at …

Hi there My computers PSU recently died. So I replaced it and all seemed ok. My computer has now started to randomly freeze,hang or run really slow. I figured this may be a HDD problem, I used the chkdsk and it found 4KB in bad sectors. I tried to clean …

HI there, my gf needs to buy a battery for her dell studio 1535 laptop, but we are kind of unsure where and what to get. Obviously dell's batteries are really really expensive as you would expect (I checked on the dell's website) so I wonder if you think it …

hi, i m having a problem with my computer. I m using windows 7 professional with sp1 (64-bit). here is my pc configuration: [COLOR="Green"]intel core-i5 (2.8 GHz) (LGA 1155) Gigabyte H67-D2H 2GB RAM 1TB HDD No ext. Graphics Card.[/COLOR] my problem is very weird. Every time i install a new …

Hello, I am not sure if anyone could help with this...I am not sure if it overheating or theres a memory problem...It will lockup when it is idle for a hour or more. It is a 2.66 GHZ intel CPU 1 gig memory 400 gig sata harddrive gigbyte GA-8VM800PMD-775-RH Motherboard …

Hi, My name is mark and I recently bought a pc (Windows XP) from a friend and I checked for space etc and thought instead of just clicking on each program and uninstalling them one by one I thought I should try to restore the whole pc and start as …

I have a iBook G4 14" Processor: 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 running mac OS X version 10.4.10 My iBook has been randomly freezing sometimes with a grey message box saying i need to restart my computer (I forget if it says error) other times a wall of text with black …

What is the task of Motherboard in Processor.Please explain. Thanks.

Can any one say what is the perpous of Fn key. I use sony viao. How the Fn is related to the F1,f2,.....F12 and Numlk key.

i have problem with my laptop, my laptop has 1 and half years old. my laptop problem is....cannot turn ON even using the battery... the indicator of battery charging still ON. but two the others is OFF. what the actual problem? please help me...cause many important document in my laptop.....

hey guys, we have a very unique problem going on on my husbands computer. Before I post this problem- i do want to say that he is a technician of many years and knows his way around a box quite well.. however, in all his years- he has never seen …

When I open my PC it needs much time to open it like 7 to 10 mins. Where is the problem?

I replaced the LCD screen on my Dell Inspiron laptop and all worked fine at first. Later the screen bezel melted in the lower left corner (hole right through) after taking the laptop apart I found that the LVDS cable had melted/burnt through. I am just wondering what could have …

Hi, I recently build a desktop computer. As soon as I switch it on, it switches itself off for 3 seconds and after, switches itself on!!! Nothing has been installed yet. No Windows or nothing. What could it be the case? Also, the graphics card is as hot as fire …

I just got a 500GB 7200RPM G-Drive mini external hard drive, to use with Time Machine on my home iMac. I was wondering if I should keep the drive on at all times or should only start it up when I am going to manually backup my data. What are …

All the USB ports of my computer are not functioning not unless i use a USB cable to connect a particular usb device. what could be the problem with my computer.

OK I posted a similar question in macrumors, usually they help me out of jams but not this time. So I downloaded Windows 7 on bootcamp something or other I think 3.9. I have 10.5 on a macbook. So a few drivers didn't install properly. I think. So I don't …

Hi I have IBM lenovo thinkpad edge 15.My webcam donot works well.When I restart the computer again then it starts working.But otherwise it wont work

okay guys, I'm very unlucky here. This problem has been for a while now, but now is the only time I could ask for help. I recently built a new rig, only HDD and Power Supply were recycled, but I don't know myself how reliable my PSU is. First things …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]18689[/ATTACH]DisplayLink is a combination hardware/software technology that enables users to connect almost any kind of monitor to a PC via USB. It is designed to make adding additional monitors very easy as well. You can add up to 6 displays without installing another video card. Simply install the DisplayLink software, …

I know ive seen similar posts on here, but none of them seem to apply. I just assembled this computer with the help of my friend, who knows what he's doing with computers. After we put everything together, pushed the power button, nothing. he checked the connections, changed the power …

Dear Saravanan Babu & Gnair, I need a help regarding fn key. I have vaio-pcgfx390k and installed XP pro on that. I don't have HKServ.exe app installed (i didn't use sony's disks). Hence i am not able to use the Fn key facility. I searched sony support etc. but of …

PLEASE HELP ME! I have this really ennoying problem: every now and then (almost every 30 secs) my computer display is getting light green (well not the whole display but it is blurred green if you know what i mean) I don't know what to do! :cry: I don't really …

I was using an acer laptop and it had had some fan problems with parts getting stuck in it but everything was working fine. I had droped it a couple of time accidetnly and nothing happened. Then today, I dropped it and everything was working except I heard a ticking …

This computer belongs to a friend from church. It is an HP ZE 4145 laptop computer. There are problems with the off- on button and, when pushed, the power led on the front only winked a few times. I found out on the web that the buttons along the top …

Got a laptop here with the blue screen of death upon start up (can't do anything but turn it back off, useless) I advised a reformat but my friend said she wants to get some stuff back (i guess it's important) is it true that some places can extract data …

I have been having trouble with my Compaq Desktop lately. I can start it up normally and have it running for around 30 minutes and then it just shuts down. I have cleaned it thoroughly inside. I must admit, it was dusty. After the clean it still runs for about …

Hi there, My computer has been working fine until this morning when it froze shortly after logging into Windows (mouse/keyboard unresponsive and frozen display etc). I switched the computer off and on again, and from this point my monitor has been displaying a 'no signal' message when the machine is …

Hi, I just installed a new game called "TOCA Race Driver 2" on my pc (with Windows XP Professional edition and SP2) the hardware requirements for the game are too low (32 mb graphics, 800 mhz cpu, 1.2 gb space etc) and my pc is fast enough with 1 gb …

i'm have sony vaio pcg-z1va ,but ram on board dead. i add new ram 512 but bios show 1GB then runing 15 minutes it reset.Anybody help remove old ram on board,thanks:eek:

I have this laptop, and whenever I press the power button it lights up. Then when the windows loading screen would pop up, it is just a pure black screen (no line for the bios boot up). And then it freezes there. I managed to turn it on today, and …

Hello there! I was a computer Engineering student form Philippines and probably in our subject Computer Architecture, i was having a difficult time in dealing with SAP 1 Architecture. Can anyone explain me the functions of every module in this SAP 1? or give some links or lecture videos where …

Hello all, I am new here but looked like a lot of knowledgeable folks here. I have a problem finding an answer/solution for an SD card copy protect problem. I have information that I am going to sell on SD cards but need to find out how to be able …

Hi, I am having a problem with my Toshiba X205-SLI3. Ive had it for about 1 1/2 years so far and upgraded the ram to 4g DDR2 667, 2x Scorpio black 320g 7200rpm HD's and thats it. I have researched the web for countless of hours and even sent it …

Not sure what the problem is...I turned on my computer & it sounded like it was starting up normally (no beeps; prior to Windows startup). The monitor however only displayed the error message "vga--no input signal". I turned off everything, made sure there were no disconnected wires, & unplugged the …

Hello people, Fist of all, forgive me if this is the wrong part of the forum. I thought this would be the most appropriate place to place a BIOS related question. My problem is this: We (as in me and the company i'm working for) have 2 AOpen DE7000's touch …

When booting the computer turns itself off a few times before giving a message saying the sysytem failed booting at checkpoint [EMem]. If i persist in turning it on and off it will boot up Windows but it can just turn off at any time. I've checked that there is …

Does anyone know anything about the OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)? I can get it for a real good price but some of the reviews on newegg are pretty bad because once you get it you need to do a firmware …

The computer is a toshiba tecra 8100, with windows xp installed. it has been running fine until one time when i tried to turn it on, it completely stopped working, and i got a blinking orange pattern on an led near the power button. after doing numerous troubleshooting tests, like …

The type of computer or motherboard where the following RAM ;EDO-RAM,FPM-RAM,SD-RAM,DDR-RAM and RIMM-RAM can be installed?

I wanted to copy some projects from a SATA harddrive to my PC, so I attached the the harddrive to the SATA1 connector on the drive. When I power the PC, I got an information talking about NVRAM and was asked to press F1 to load the default settings or …

Okay, I'm sorry if this question has already been answered before. I looked and only found one question similar to this one but it was never answered. After I turn on my computer/monitor or "wake" the screen from the power saving mode, my monitor will go blank and the orange …

Well, i bought a new set of computer nvidia geforce9500 1000mb 2gig of RAM 500gb hdd emaxx motherboard. i cloned it from the other computer with same specs (all is the same except the casing which doesn't matter). now my problem is, when i tried playing games in this new …

A friend gave me this computer. The problem was there when I got it. He had tried to put Win 2K on it along with DOS and Win 98. I have tried to just install Win 2K and it did not work. When computer goes to reboot computer into W2K, …

hi! yesterday night, i tried setting my computer on hybernate so i pressed the power button. when i pressed the button again, this morning, it turned green (which is normal) but the computer didnt start. (??) I have a Sony Vaio VPCEE25f X/BI My OS is Windows 7 what i …

I just built a new system with a Radeon 9600xt graphics card and everything was working great until I started trying to play certain games. The computer crashes when I play Max Payne2 and other games with similar system requirements. I tried installing updated drivers but that didnt help. The …

Hi, Sorry if this is a much asked question, but I've come to a spot of trouble with 2 year old Laptop. Basically, I was clicking away in Photoshop last night, just finishing off some editing, and without warning, my laptop powered off. The only way I can describe the …

Everest says my mother board support DDR2/DDR3.I currently have DDR2.Can I remove that and install DDR3?How to know for sure?

Hi, I'm interested in buying a netbook, and I was searching, but I didn't find any information, on which models had integrated 3G modems in them? Is there any list of netbooks models which have integrated 3G modem? I need web ubiquitously :) Thank you

Dear friends, today morning when i try to copy a file into my Cgate external harddisk folder"A" it got failed and that particular folder "A" already has 200 GB of Data. When i am trying to access that folder it says the folder is corrupted or unreadable. Other files in …