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Hi all I need help, I replaced the motherboard on the computer. I stared the system back but does no show data on the two mirrored harddrives. I have two questions. Can I get the dat off there? How is this done? Many thanks to all Jeividi

I have a sony vgn s-260 that i replaced the hard drive. It will power up, the cd drive turns but then everything stops. I get no start up of the screen. For a while it seemed if i pressed f8 while it was starting i could get it going …

It's always exciting to hear about new technology like the tablet, and the idea of a new Apple tablet is one that sets us all aglow. But while we wait seemingly endlessly for Apple to come through (or not) with its long-rumored product, other manufacturers are flirting with the same …

Title. We boot it up with the video card in, it beeps once like it should, but there's no display. Remove it and run off the motherboard's onboard, runs and displays with same number of beeps.. defective video card? if so I'll get something faster. I'm trying to get it …

I am having problem with my audio driver, lan port and usb port. My pc was working smoothly but yesterday when i turn on my pc windows did not start and an msg was shown saying that i have to change my time and dates. I have to move the …

ok so for awhile now, whenever i try to print something... the print job either freezes and i have to restart my computer, or the computer just automatically restarts once the print job starts to print. on occasion the printer will print one page, and then when the another page …

I purchased a new Acer Aspire One D250 netbook a few days ago and am interested adding RAM. My old notebook, an HP Pavilion dv6810us, appears to use the same 200 pin SODIMMs that the netbook uses. My question is whether or not it is a good idea to put …

I'm not sure if anyone can help with this one, but I'll give it a try. I took my cpu in for service about five weeks ago. The optical drive had gone out, and I had warranty left to replace it. The shop I took it to did a diagnostic …

My SmartDisk FireLite 60 GB Hard drive works with my mac laptop but is read-only on other mac computers. Is there any way to change to allow all computers to read/write?

Hello, I am having a problem burning a cd using the built in drive in my laptop. I am receiving the following error message. "Cd copier could not detect any supported cd recorders. Please ensure your cd-recorder is properly connected. If the problem persists, please re-install Easy Cd Creator". I …

Ok guys so i bought this new 9800 i put it on my mobo, Turn the pc on, but i have no display and the only thing i have are some beeps( 1 long beep and 3 short beeps) i have the extra power conector on the vcard my Mobo …

I have an Acer Slim Desktop Machine - AX1200. I have a Brother 2040 Laser that I am trying to print to as well as an HP Oficejet 6110xi. I have been able to load the software onto the desktop and it installed the printers in the printer window - …

i just purchased 2 1gb ddr pc2700 for my dell d600 it says its can use up to 2 gigs and when i pu both sticks in it says memory failure and says decreasing memory....... so i look at my system specs and its only reading 1gb why?

I have a Dell Dimension 2400 and I installed the hard drive put the pin in the master slot and everything. But when I go to setup it says the master drive isn't recognized. What can I do to fix it, or can I fix it at all

I have an Acer aspire5100 laptop. I have been unable to use it going on 8 months now, because the mouse and keyboard stopped working. I have tried numorous things from resetting the BIOS from the motherboard (J2 switch) to loading with just the battery or just the AC power. …

I have a new Toshiba Satellite 350 laptop that was working fine. For no apparent reason it shut down and I can't get it to start again. I've checked the obvious things like battery & and power supply and they check out ok. Any ideas on what to do? I …

Trying to find the location of the cmos battery. I have found a "dime sized" battery, but it is soldered to the motherboard.

I am a little confused with the type of Inkjet Cartridges that are available in the market. They are Remanufactured Inkjet Cartridges and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Inkjet Cartridges, and if you compare the prices you will find that remanufactured ink cartridges are much cheaper than OEM ink cartridges, but …

Flash drive will not allow me to access, reformat, or label it. When I plugged it into my XP machine it tried to format it with windows media player and now on my Vista machine it won't allow me to do anything. Will I have to go back onto my …

hello guys, i am having a problem with my thinkpad, it always auto reset my bios setting when i boot it up therefore making my comp can't start normally , so i have to change the IRQ numbers and date everytime i start up comp! any help on this? Spec: …

I was just wondering which laptop is the best for: speed,memory, wieght, and dependable.

any body have the WIFI WEP cracker, or how to crack WIFI WEP security.

I have a Compaq Armada M700 laptop (Windows XP) with one usb port in the back of the computer. If I plug my external HDD (Toshiba 160 gig) into it directly, it will work perfectly fine, no problems. However, I also have a Wacom tablet which I'd like to be …

I have a sony vaio laptop and i want to disable S.M.A.R.T. the only problem is it wont let me disable it through BIOS. there is no option. Do i have any other possible solutions? Thanks.

Hey everyone, so the big question: AMD or Intel? I'm building a new PC and was wondering which would be better. Everyone for some reason or another says Intel, but they are people that aren't very computer literate, so I thought I'd ask some experts. I've found a nice AMD …

Hi i am unable to install visual studio 2008 from a DVD. If i put in the DVD my computer hangs and when i check the CPU usage it goes up to 50% and stays there and i cant even eject the DVD. my only option is to restart the …

Can I run 16GB RAM on a motherboard that contains a single cpu (with vista ultimate x64 installed)?

I put my computer into a closed cabinet with holes and it heated up during operation for a few minutes but when i went to restart computer the monitor did nothing. The light stayed orange. I turned monitor off and back on and the light turned green for a few …

First off, I'm terribly sorry if there's another of these threads. I always seem to miss them, even if I check. So, I need a bit of help. My LifeCam arrived today, all nice and funky-looking. But, the setup won't work. I'll go through the motions, and then when it's …

Google announced the long awaited [URL="http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2010/01/google_releases_its_nexus_one.html"]Nexus One[/URL] today, but the phone itself was only part of the story. Google has decided to distribute the phone exclusively through its own [URL="http://www.google.com/phone"]web store[/URL], a misguided strategy I think will ultimately backfire on them. Frankly, I think it's a mistake for the company …

Hi all, can any one help, I've sort have lost touch with the world of computers but I am looking to upgrade my system. I am giving my daughter my old computer, because hers has so many problems with drivers, old drivers and new don't work properly and just grinds …

is it safe to put the foam pad(the on tht comes with the mobo) under the motherboard in a case and screw it up(tighten it)? because when ever my mobo touches the case it doesnt boot up but whent i put the pad under it it boots up. srrry if …

I just got this today. This is what its got Manufacture: Dell Model: OptiPlex GX150 933 Standard Memory: 128 MB (removable) Maximum Memory: 512 MB CPU: 933MHz Intel Pentium III No. Of Memory Socket: 2 Memory Type: PC133 SDRAM 168-Pin Memory I can go more in depth if needed. My …

what is sata pipeline? is it a new technology or jus a series and is it from seagate only or from other manufacturer as well? if its a new tech what is the different between it and the normal one?

Some 22,000 Acer Aspire Notebooks are being recalled because, according to the [URL="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10103.html"]U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission[/URL], they represent a burn hazard. Mainly because they have the potential to melt. Hot laptops are nothing new, of course, but generally speaking the seat of the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry929.html"]fire risk is often to be …

I deleted this {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} I saw that it was in my reg. many times and it all looked like the one I needed to fix my CD-ROM Now my mouse wont work! I hate this regestry thing!!!! I have tried safe mode. I am going to run over my $1500 …

Hello, Which motherboard is recommended for nvidia gForce 9500GT and a Intel Core 2 duo E7500 processor?? Thanks

Hey Guys This was not me, actually happened to my work colleague. SHe has a Nokia 8910i which was dropped in hot tea and was left on radiator to dry off. WHat are the chances of that phone coming back to life ever again? I was thinking that damage would …

It's a compaq thing. M700 PIII - 650, Just installed new processor fan. Restarted laptop everything is great. Loaded Windows Service Pac 2. Laptop went to "Sleep Mode" and will not wake up. Removed power supply - Removed Battery (actually I don't have the battery) - Unpluged the BIOS battery …

Hi Everyone - I am Semi PC literate but have recently experienced problems with my laptop which have confused the life out of me. My Dell Latitude D531 Laptop allows me to Power on but after running through the Dell welcome screen it goes Blank & does not shift from …

my printer does well when it comes to black printing but colour printing is fake am stranded coz i don't know what to do .pliiz if someone knows the problem and the solution to the problem am willing to be helped.

Hey everyone, So I am doing this computer engineering class project where we have to use a parallel port of a computer to read inputs and make a program that acts according to that input. The project is to make a high rise building(or a mini city in my case) …

A friend just gave me an Apple 17" LCD Studio Display. It doesn't have any controls on it, no buttons except power. It was bought with new with a Dual Core 1000MHz G4. I don't have any software disks that may have come with it. I use OSX 10.4.11 almost …

I am getting repeated HDD error reported by the RAID systems. I am getting the HDDs replaced via warranty but this is happening too frequently tht I am thinking that something else is wrong. I have had about 5 HHDs failures in the last 4 weeks. As soon as I …

HI, I`m looking to buy a laptop, I currently found two different brand laptops that I`m interested in. One is a sony, the other one is dell, I`m not too concerned about the brand, but since they have different processors I need a suggestion to which one is better. The …

hi, i have the MSI NF980-G65 with a AMD phenom ii 965 3.4ghz can i use corsair Corsair 4GB 2 x 2GB PC3 10666 Dual Channel DDR3 1.5v or corsair dominator ram at 1600mhz 1.85v or if theres any other recomended ram for this motherboard please say i need to …

My Mom's Compaq Presario V6000 is showing no picture on the screen and continuously power cycles about every 30 seconds unless you hold the power button down to turn it off. All of the lights are working and you can hear the disk drive working when it first comes on. …

My HP Pavilion Desktop started acting weird. The screen started distorting ( like bad tv reception). And then started to freeze up and completely crash down. Upon reboot an error message popped up saying "hard-drive failure is imminent, please back up blah blah blah...." Later, the hard-drive just didn't boot …

Intel tomorrow will officially unveil a pair of dual-core mobile processors with its [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper_threading]Hyper threading[/url] technology, adding to its x86 line a low cost chip with performance akin to that of the company's i7, Pentium 4 and Xeon parts. The Core i3 and Core i5 processors, [url=http://www.techshout.com/laptops/2010/05/leaked-hp-laptop-and-desktop-portfolio-for-ces-2010/]demonstrated by Hewlett-Packard[/url] and …

Hello, I'm new. I came across this site while searching for solutions to my problem. You guys seem to know your stuff so I'm hoping you can help me as no one else can. I bought a Fujitsu Siemens L7320 from eBay. It had a smashed screen and no hard …