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I have submitted the below to HP but as yet they haven't been too helpful. Hope someone can help! Whilst using my HP Compaq nx9010 today the machine cluescreened whilst it was running several applications, one (WinAmp) which had crashed and I was attempting to close. The bluescreen said KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR …

Hi My system has a display problem i think coz system processor fan runs currectly front pannel led glows but monitor stays blank as if there in no signal i tried using different monitor different RAM but the problem remains same......

Last Night (12-30-09) My PC got a Blue Screen of Death and restarted. I got the First Blue Screen of death while watching Adultswim Video. When the Computer Restarted It got to the Windows Vista log-in screen and then Blue Screened a second time, but froze before it restarted. I …

the keyboard is not recognised either in the ps/2 port or the USB! HELP ASAP!

hi all due to a problem with my BIOS on my p4 sadly iam going to have to format my harddrive but before i do i want to transfer data from my xp pro hard drive on to my 2000 pro hard drive , they are both NTFS file system. …

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I assembled a PC from scratch about 3 year ago. It has worked well for all these years other than a slight heat problem that I solved by adding an extra fan. I used a ASUS P4P800 SSE mobo P4 CPU, nvida FX5200, 2GB ram. All of a suden it …

Hi all, OK, I'm using Acer Aspire 1705SMi laptop that is supposed to be able to take up to 2gb of ddr333 sdram 184 pin dimm. The is a DIMM based model with a sis650 chipset. it also takes 3.5 ide hard drives. I've tried about 4 brands of ram …

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does not recognize usb mouse in toshiba satellite 1200 but other device work Properly

I purchased a new computer and was using it for two days when I started to experience problems. The first day I used it I had an enjoyable trouble free day. The following day I noticed it started to show a red warning "NO RGB SIGNAL" and then turn off …

Hello! I have an old PC, usually it works just fine. No problem at all. But today I wanted to set in some new harddisks, it had a capacity of 60GB before and now it has ~ 400GB space. But when I boot my PC I get 3 beeps with …

I've moved from one apartment to another...Before the computer was working fine...after I moved it won't start...no beep...it is completely dead... I've checked the connections...everything OK... I've checked the power supply...OK... I've checked the ON/OFF buton...OK... I have 2x512 RAM and 2x1048 RAM... Does somebody have any ideea what else …

I need help deciding between two 13-in laptops to buy: - HP Pavilion - Toshiba Satellite Laptop price and warranty are about the same ($650 Ca). The Toshiba has more L2 Cache, but the HP seems to beat it in everything else (CPU Speed, RAM, Hardrive size and speed, etc...). …

Well, I just retrived my old pc from my parent's house, it's a hp pavilion 5210la, the deal is that I can't remember the password of the bios setup, it's a phoenix - award I think, so if someone can help me reset password or remove it would be very …

Hello fellow dani webers, I have a old system at my house: Dell dimension 5000. it has been running for 5 years without any problems. I wanted to buy a new motherboard for this computer which is 64-bit enabled. It got to be at least a core 2 Duo. Any …

I have a Toshiba Satellite A55 laptop, which I used for 2 years without any problems. Last month the system began slowing to a crawl and then either freezing up or crashing completely. Hard drive was making all sorts of scratching noises, and one time I got the error message …

Hey everyone, I am having issues with my laptop computer. The problem is that it is dead sans the blinking yellow power cord looking light in the front the machine. I tried unplugging, replugging, taking out the battery, etc. etc. Well, when I took out the battery and unplugged it, …

I have an emachine T5234 that I brought from Circuit City just over a year ago. The warranty recently expired, less than 2 weeks. I have a blue screen, no error message, no activity at all. The fan in the hard drive is running, but that is it. I am …

Hello, Just found this forum, very useful info. I'm not a huge tech guy, but I can follow instructions quite well. I'm just trying to get my wife's computer to behave. 2 things, It is getting dog slow and it occasionally turns itself off with a black screen stating that …

I have to buy a laptop for my friend. She's going to Cambridge university for some graphic designing course. Obviously, the university has asked for a high end laptop and 1.5 TB portable HDD. firstly, would it be better to buy from here itself or buy from UK?? one of …

Hello, my wife turn on her labtop and it went to a screen that say ENTER PASSWORD!!!! We tried to reboot, that did not work. We can not go to Safe Mode. It will not let us go any further. I have Mcfee but they will or cant help, without …

I have a E machines W2040 AMD xp, when it was given to me it wouldn't power up at all. After cleaning and replacing the power supply i had high hopes. now it powers up but no video, i installing a video card and even tried a driffent screen, still …

Hi, please answer this quistion its urgant :), i have a msi nf980-G65 nforce 980a SLI DDR3 Motherboard and it says, supports Dual DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1800/2133 (OC) i have got Corsair 4GB 2x 2GB 1600MHz BEMP Dominator DDR3 Memory - Intel Core i5 & AMD AM3 - CMD4GX3M2B1600C8 CAN I JUST …

Howdy, I'm running two hard drives on my PC and i"m trying to re-install XP pro to both drives due to some nasties I can't rid myself. I'm installing with a XP pro [I][U]upgrade[/U][/I] CD. (My upgrade CD wont allow me to boot from the CD drive and install so …

About a month ago, when I turn on the computer the screen was like a broken old TV screen. Broken lines were going all over the screen. I could barely read anything or do any work. Less than an year ago I brought a Nvidia graphic card and it was …

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my computer shut down for an unknown reason. i've checked all of my power connections, which are good. i know power is being received by the machine because the stand by and memory power LEDs are lit on the motherboard . however, the main power LED is not lit. so …

Hi members........................................................................................................................ my processor is core 2 duo 3ghz, and my processor fan makes noises hissing many times and i fear that processor will go out. any help to avoid these. wires are aligned well for air flow already 3 cooling fans in cpu how do i exchange my processor …

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Hi All, I have a Gateway Portable SOLO 5300. I need to get the case off and I am having problems with one spot. Right above the phone modem port I can't seem to get it loose. I can't see any clip right around that area. Does anyone know what …

I've got a SyncMaster 932BW that is jittery, and then blinks to black, and then back on. This saga started when all of a sudden, horizontal squiggly lines appeared on my display. I rebooted, and then I came up with a few sets of 5, or so, red vertical lines. …

daniweb, I have an acer travelmate 2480, 256mb ram, 60hdd. I want to expand my ram to 1gb because it's too slow, is it okay to do so? cian

Hi! I have a Gigabyte G31M ES2C motherboard(2xddr2 slot). I had a Kingston 1 GB ddr2 800 RAM than i bought an Elixir 1GB ddr2 667 RAM. I would like to use them both. After the start the computer write: Dual Channel Interleaved. But in the XP the programs have …

Sometimes when I am using my ~5 year old Compaq laptop, the parts of the screen that are supposed to be white turn purple. But I can touch the laprop screen frame and it will go away. Then if I nudge the computer or move it, the white parts will …

Offices 2007 update started installing on my PC then I had notice cleanup desk the storage size was 1.8 gig the installation could not finish, I have cleanup my desk I can not achieve the normal size yet I can not find the file, I tried antivirus the cleanup desk …

hello, i have a dell inspiron 1000 running xp. the problem is that my laptop keeps randomly shutting off while on battery power.when i plug it back in i get this message "battery recalibration warning,your battery needs to be re-calibrated press f1 to boot to os or press f6 to …

hard disk has crashed already now i want to installed new hardisk i dont know how install and o the partioning so advice me how to fix this issue

I have a Gateway MT6706 laptop that will not power up. I was using a replacement Targus AC adapter because the original one shorted out. The new AC adapter seemed to start shorting out as well, but if I held the cord just right, then it'd charge the battery. The …

I have a Intel D946GZIS motherboard i have recently bought a new chassis and i put everything to the new chassis from then the motherboard does not switch on the Power LED on the motherboard is lit up but when i switch it on nothing happens no fans no nothing …

Hello, I'm new to this forum and am looking for any suggestions troubleshooting my dead Sony Vaio laptop model #: VGN-FS742/W. It was left turned on the other night on my couch and when I woke up the next morning it was dead (no lights/power indicator/screen/nothing). The fact it was …

I have a six year old Compaq laptop with Windows XP and suddenly the screen blacks out and I have to reboot. It is clear the rest of the computer continues to work normally. I've reloaded everything but the problem continues. It happens if I move the computer or perhaps …

Details 1 PATA Hard Drive: Western Digital 1 SATA Hard Drive: Western Digital Gigabyte Motherboard (AMD2 Socket) SATA DVD Drive. Problem: When I boot up the computer, it takes forever to detect IDE devices. Then when it finally does, it sucessfully detects the DVD drive. But gives an IDE Channel …

how do you replace a noisy fan and know which fan to purchase my computer model is not listed on any of the sites that sell replacement fans thank you

hp pavilion xl753 Mainboard Model HAWK Intel Celeron Coppermine 668.3 MHz Socket 370 FC-PGA (0x4) Chipset Northbridge Intel i810E rev. A3 Southbridge Intel 82801AA (ICH) rev. 02 Memory Type SDRAM Memory Size 320 MBytes DIMM # 1 = 256 MBytes PC133 (133 MHz) DIMM # 2 = 64 MBytes PC100 …

Hello Sir/madem, I have three Motherboard and i want to sell one of them but how we find which one is latest and which one is oldest like 810C, 810E, 810ET(red), 845, 915 and 945 is oldest but G31 is latest but how we know which one is latest and …

After flashing bios,my HP is dead...did some have idea how to get old bios (think...Phoenix KE.MI 1.60 or something like that.Model is Pavillion 4200ze. Any help well be usefull.Thank`s !!!

I tried adding a new hard drive to my desktop pc, and now when I try to boot it says "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" I tried unplugging it and just rebooting, and it worked fine. I …

As stated in the title, when switching on my desktop, the usual thing that happens is that the fan for the graphics card(Nvidia Geforce PX8800GT 512MB) to turn for a while before booting normally. Occasionally the fan for the graphics card just starts spinning and the whole comp does not …

hi can anyone help me with my pc problem? when i open my pc it always shows press F1 thing even if i press it over and over. it wont reach the desktop. how can i fix that?. my brother own a computer shop, funny thing about it is that …