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Hello, I have pulled out my hair over this one for so long, couldn`t find the answer. Practically i have good experience with disassembling laptops, soldering, changing parts and so on. But this one is over my head! So, a friend of mine gave me his AMILO L7310GW notebook with …

My son dropped my laptop today. I have an Inspiron 1545 which, now will POST and I can get through BIOS setup with no problems. But, all it will do when trying to boot id give me the microsoft screen with the sliding bar. I'm running Vista Premium (well, was …

Hello, When i go to boot my laptop, it wont boot correctly. what happens is that when i turn it on, the fan whurrles and the pwr light and the hdd light are on. i left it like that for a long time, and it does the same thing. Also, …

Hi everyone, I have experience about this problem about my printer and my palm. everytime I hotsync, I received the that says "USB does not recognize the device". and also my printer if I tried to turned on my printer same problem came out. I tried using my palm to …

Hey guys, parse here, im actually over there in c++ forums, I got a question. I was told by one of my fellow coworkers at the computer shop that some guy a while back made a utility in DOS that controls or manipulates the Heads or arm on the HDD, …

I've posted this over in the vista thread as well, hopefully it won't be considered spamming, but I really need some ideas on this... I'm desperate..... I have a Vaio laptop running vista, it started having problems starting up, so I diagnosed it as a faulty HD and replaced it. …

I have an 80GB iPod Classic (the one where the first screen is split with left half menu and right half cover artwork). I started having this problem after I resetted to factory settings from iTunes. It seems like the screen is zoomed in or something, like instead of seeing …

I tried to burn a CD this morning, and it got all the way to the "finishing" part, and then it wouldn't stop spinning, then it said that the CD could not be completed and that the disc may or may not be usable again. Of course the disc is …

After noon, This computer I am working on for a person, and I cant get it to boot. I have tried: Different Monitors, cables, using hd drive in another comp. MS-DOS boot disk. When you turn on the lights on the cd drives flash, and the power on is solid …

i use my laptop to go on xbox live with my xbox through ethernet, it was working well until one time i took off the ethernet cable and put it back in a while later. Since then, whenever i try connecting my laptop to my xbox it just wouldnt show …

It has been suggested that I flash my BIOS in an attempt to correct a problem, I have also been warned that this could leave me with more problems than I started with, so how can I avoid this other than the obvious not doing it? And How is flashing …

the motherboard on my compaq presario sr1950nx has died, HP not longer stocks or sells this motherboard, had it in to a shop and they say the power suplly is good but the board is dead, just baffles me that hp has discontinued the board on a 3 1/2 year …

hi there, I have an old cpu with a mda video card, now the monitor doesnt work.... I need to build a converter to use any kind of newer generation monitor (cga, vga, svga etc...) can somebody help me??

The HP printer that is having difficulty connecting to a HP Desktop works fine when paring with any other computer, also the thumbnails on Google searches don't work. Change the desktop and they work fine. I eliminated the printing issue due to it works fine with other computers. On startup …

Hi, I'm new to this forum, and had already run Belarc Advisor to get info on my computer before coming here. Now I just wish I could read it. I think it's the same info I'd get with cpu-z too though. Dell Inspiron 1100 running Windows XP SP3 2.4 Ghz …

Hey So about 4 years ago, I bought this HP computer and modified it a bit (new sound card, video card, power supply) and has been working very well ever since. But all of a sudden, all my PCI slots decided not to work. My sound card (Sound Blaster Audigy …

HI I HAVE a sony vaio with 5400rpm sata and im a gamer i play games like crysis need for speed shift etc and the loading time is very very slow ...even though i am using game booster and diskeeper pro premium 2010 defragmenter i even close 'explorer exe' before …

How many people enjoy their service with AT&T? <Peers out into audience holding hand over his eyes> Not many, not many. And AT&T just seems to keep getting more unfriendly all the time. Recently they announced data caps just before the release of iPhone 4 (see [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story287711.html"]New AT&T Data Plans …

ive got a foxconn internal speaker that im trying to hook up to a foxconn motherboard, and no matter how hard i try i cant get it to work. i live in the middle of nowhere, with not even a store to buy a patch cord from to hook into …

I seriously dont get it ..what is best ?...a ps3 graphics card ...(which i heard was like 8800gt) or the xbox 360 custom ati card which is equivelent to the (4870) i think ...........or custom built pc i have both xbox360 a and pc with crossfire sli (ati 4870 ) …

So I am using a big screen Astar tv for a computer screen. The problem is, on the right side there is about 1 inch of space where it is unaligned and thus there is an inch on the left side that isn't on screen at all. I wouldn't mind …

hi, i recently had the motherboard and processor replaced in my computer due to the previous components burning out, i took it to the computer shop where they installed a new processor and a new motherboard of good quality, i have kept the same graphics card even though it is …

I put my (2 year old P34xx?) laptop into sleep mode as I normally do. The next day I powered it up, it started to boot and then froze before getting to windows. I shut it off and it hasn't booted up since. The blue power light on the button …

Hi all, Am currently using a Asus mobo and a seagate 7200.12 1TB (that the mobo detects correctly). However when I try to add a new sata hard drive, the bios detect only the new drives and not the original seagate drive. And it can only detect one sata drive …

Recently I purchased a 750a sli xfx motherboard. Also purchased a 125 TDP x4 3.2 ghz phenom processor to go in it. My question is that it stated that it would run this processor and I have checked several sites stating that it would. I have tired the easy overclock …

Hey guys, I have a whole host of issues to ask about - pretty bad for a new poster. :) Thanks in advance for your help. I have a 3-year-old Pavilion dv6000 with Vista. Yesterday morning, when I tried to start it up, it never reached the login screen - …

To get down and dirty in mobile phone competition, [URL="http://www.nokia.com"]Nokia[/URL] [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65N20Y20100624"]decides[/URL] to take on Apple and Google by adopting the Linux [URL="http://meego.org"]MeeGo[/URL] platform for its new N-Series phones. Back in February of this year, [URL="http://www.intel.com"]Intel[/URL] and Nokia [URL="http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1384419"]teamed up[/URL] to create the MeeGo mobile phone platform. This bold move allows …

I have had this problem for a while now. It started when my "I" storage drive (which holds all my music and photos) was there one day and gone the next. It sometimes re appeared but now has gone and i can not access it. I checked the Bios and …

[COLOR=#444444]Hey there! [/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444]I have been using speakers with my PC(Windows Xp) which works fine. Now I wanted to talk to my friends online so I tried to plug in my headset with attached microphone. I can hear fine on the headset(listen to music hear sounds on theweb etc.) but …

Hello everyone, My son was playing Maplestory on my laptop and the screen suddenly started displaying jarbled colors, verticle and horizontal color stripes and blocks, sometimes flashing blocks mixed in. It had done this a couple times prior, but a simple restart would fix it. Now, it won't display correctly …

I have a Inspiron 8600 that will only power up when I put it some where cold. When it does power up everything appears to work normal but it only runs for 5-10 minutes then shuts off. It does this on or off the power cord, with or with out …

Questions: 1.) PC wont boot into BIOS stage, CPU light on, fans running, monitor light blinking green/yellow (not orange) - RAM problem? or something else? 2.) Is a DDR2-400 RAM module compatible with a board that supports DDR2-667 and DDR2-800? Details: I have a friend who unknowingly fried his motherboard. …

Would like to install xp on latitude c400 but cannot change the boot order. Up and down work, enable and disable work, there is no primary password, no admin password, no hdd password. Setup is accessed with FN-F1 and appears normal. The boot order will not respond. There is external …

The scanner on my 2575 has recently developed a thck black vertical line down the centre of the page. It's not due to anything on the glass. I'm running it on a Vista PC. Otherwise it works (prints) well. Thanks in advance for any advice. Steve

Hi, a few days ago my wife's computer stopped at the black boot screen where it shows processor ram hd and so forth and stopped. I went in, turned it off, waited 10 seconds, then turned it back on and it was fine. Now last night she turned it on …

There is absolutely no doubt that mobile broadband has been one of those recession bucking sectors which has enjoyed something of a boom in recent years. However, according to new figures from [URL="http://www.Broadband-Expert.co.uk"]Broadband Expert[/URL] that boom would appear to be over. Working on the basis that the number of people …

[URL="http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/23/hp-goes-nutsie-for-melodeo-pays-30-million-for-music-streaming-service/?utm_source=SNSanalytics&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=Tech+News"]HP purchased streaming music service Melodeo[/URL] today for $30M. Big whoop you might say, but if you look at this purchase in the context of other recent purchases including [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/hp-buys-palm/"]Palm[/URL] earlier this year, it shows a clear pattern. HP wants to be a playah in the mobile market and they …

The attempt to burn a disc failed.. An unknown error occured. (4450)

Hey everyone, This is my first post so please bear with me. I've had my own build desktop for some years, but last week the CPU died, it would start up, only to fail. So I'm thinking of getting a new motherboard and CPU, and was hoping for some recommendations. …

When i wanna reformat my friend PC i enter the BIOS to set the boot sequence but just enter the BIOS and just want to set the system reboot. I keep on trying but still cannot. WAITING FOR REPLY THX

Hi all, I have a TOSHIBA Satellite 2805 - S401 and I can't go to BIOS screen (Esc + F1) to change the Boot priority. The hard disk was wipped out by somebody else and I try to reinstall an OS on that, but can't boot from a CD. I …

Hello All, I am in a bit of a computer crisis right now... I am quite knowledgeable when it comes to fixing computers however I am currently having a hard disk issue that I've never experienced before. I was reformatting my Uncle's Computer (XP Pro, P4, 2.4Ghz, 2.5Gb Ram, 80Gb …

Apple has apparently shipped 3 million iPads. You'll be aware of that because you read the papers, the blogs, the press releases - and Apple is brilliant at telling everyone when it has a hit (I don't remember getting so much information when it was pushing the Newton). No doubt …

Hi Even though I signed up here 4 years ago I know squat about tech stuff, so Please: speak slowly...lol My computer old, ancient really, a Heinz-ish, but we've gotten along with each other fine until: -scan on Primary drive C: first took 3 hours, then 3 days even after: …

About 2 months ago my printer, a Hp Photosmart C6380, out of the blue turned itself off and tried to re-boot. When it tried to re-boot the little screen on the left went blue flashed an error for a couple seconds, then went white and all the buttons began flashing. …

Last night I turned my laptop back on after it was off for approximately 2 hours. It started, loaded up to the desktop screen and then stopped. It showed the desktop design but none of the icons, start menu, toolbars...nothing. It worked fine the 2 hours before. I contacted Dell …

Not really sure if this is the appropriate area but I just couldn't put it on windows... ^^'' Anyway, is there anyone willing to give me a hand as to restore a register I accidentally deleted? Specifically for the HDD Protection by Toshiba for an M900-00R006 laptop. Before anyone else …

Hey guys, I have had a problem with my laptop where when started up the screen remained blank however i fixed this problem via a post on the forum so thanx for that.... ....but now when the laptop is booted up it goes to the Toshiba screen where you can …

I also posted this thread in the Windows NT/2000/XP forum, but I just wanted to post it here as well since it may very well be a hardware issue. Hello all. I've been having sound trouble with a newly built computer. About 2 weeks after it was built, the sound …

i have Toshiba NB 205 netbook. It is pre installed with license windows xp. The problem occurred when i tried to install windows 7 to the unit using pendrive. After formating the main partition leaving the recovery partition, the laptop does not boot anymore. I tried to use the recovery …