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Hello hope you can help!, Well i have a SD card (sandisk SDHC card 4GBs ) and i use it to take phots with my digital camera. The SD card worked fine on both pc and camera in the past But yesterday when i took it out of the camera …

Sony Vaio VGN B100B Intel Centrino 1.6 GHz Pentium M 725 855GME chipset 1GB + 512MB RAM DDR333 Some days back, my Sony Vaio laptop (model VGN B100B) screen blanked out all of a sudden. Now the laptop does not boot though it gets power. On power up, the DVD …

I've decided to build a new PC, instead of just buying a pre-built. I'm in the process of doing some research to make sure I do it right...the first time. From what I've read so far, it seems to be that the motherboard is the most important decision to make...and …

i have intel pentium4 3.0 ghz processor and motherboard d8945gccr my processor temp goes to 102c is it wrong for my machine whats is the problem is my processor fan goes wrong or my biose goes wrong tell me plz

I realize this sounds like a repeated question, but so far 2 days of searching the web has gotten me no solutions to my problem. First, the equipment I do and do not have. NEW WD SATA-II HDD to replace a dead IDE drive. Asus P4s800d-e deluxe mobo DVD/CD burner …

If you're yearning to break free from Apple-sanctioned iPhone carrier AT&T (and you don't mind trading your warranty for the privilege), then reach out and touch George Hotz. The iPhone hacker yesterday posted a [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g23e9e9zOVI&feature=player_embedded]video showing an iPhone call on T-Mobile[/url], and Wednesday is expected to post the code that …

hi, i just got a dell d600, the thing is that there is a bios configuration password on it . it can bootup to windows alright but i cant change any thing in the bios setup. it is really anonying as it is making the system perform very poorly. i …

hey guys i have a problem with a game of mine...farcry....the problem is that whenever i play the game the graphics gets messed up and the screen goes white though im still playing the game....ie, the game doesnt hang at all. i am currently using a dell computer: intel core2 …

I do not know what to say but I bought a HP laptop some years ago that is accompanied with HP (Hewlett-Packard) recovery DVDs which is for Vista recovery. However, I am moving away from vista and no longer needs the recovery DVD. I am thinking of formatting the write-protected …

I have a Dell Latitude D600 I have green horizontal checkering. As I scroll on a page it goes completely green. While still being readable. At start up a bunch of unreadable gibberish comes up in black & white. When I try Safe mode the screen is unreadable. This problem …

Hello All, I’ve got a new Samsung NP-NC10 with NoteBook that had XP installed. I replaced it with Vista Ultimate, only to crash it as won’t accept Vista. So, I reinstalled XP and system drivers from the Reload discs. The NoteBook then functioned correctly. However, the C: Drive was renamed …

hi some one help me my flash drive (usb) is formated with most important data i want to recover that data i have also download a software which is recovering those file but not recovering that folders which were hidden plz any one help me how to recover hidden folders.

Strange.. I installed everything on my motherboard, everything is perfectly set up and when I turn the power switch the fans and everything starts moving for a split second and then turns off.. 3 seconds go by and the fans start moving again, then it stops... and on it goes. …

hello peoples. i am new around these parts. i recently had some malware issues on my computer and in the process of ridding myself of it my soundcard somehow broke. i am almost positive i deleted some sort of windows driver for it, but it's showing up in my control …

I am having huge problems with my laptop charger - the connection has gotten very loose, but I am not sure if the problem is with the cord or the laptop pin that the cord connects with. I need to jiggle the charging cord around to find a spot where …

I have a dell 8300, XP, and i tried to install a new 120gb hard drive as my master and make my original 60gb as a slave. I wanted to image my original, put it on my new one so I can format my original and start adding stuff i …

Can anyone help me to choose graphic card for my motherboard? I have Dell 0FM586 motherboard and poor 128MB Ati Radeon HD 2400 Pro graphic card.

One of my friend's pc has got the prob. His mouse does not work after the pc restarts. And when the pc is restarting the bios sometimes boot lately and then the problem occurs. That is, when the bios screen appears lately the mouse does not work. Windows starts normally …

Short story, glass of beam & coke was dropped on my hp 2500. dried for a week. Just get the blue light. Any thoughts would be grateful!

Hi Everyone, I hope someone can help me with my issue. I recently built a core 2 extreme machine with a Gigabyte 965P-D23 mobo. When I turn on the computer, all the fans turn on but nothing appears on the monitor. Nothing beeps either. My RAM, graphics card, psu, and …

I've got an IBM Thinkpad T22 but impossible to close it because the closing accessories are broken. Any suggestions where to get these parts? Any comment will be greatly apppreciated

I changed my laptop battery , it is unable to show correct time and every 1 hour the time is reducing by 1 hour . How do I fix it ?

I am on an Acer running XP Pro and keep getting reboots. I can get in safe mode ok. I have done the following: I first eliminated any virus or malware possibilities. I reseated as well as eliminated each mem stick ..same result sometime, it takes about 5 tries to …

Hello Everyone, I bought a new 19' widescreen lcd monitor a few days ago. the problem is that since the day i bought it , it gives a distinct horizontal flicker (horizontal lines moving from top to bottom) in certain colors and a subtle one in others. It is especially …

After dis/reconnecting my HP Pavilion T490 from the mains, the power supply makes a rapid ticking sound (several times a second) and the light on the back of the power supply flashes. It happened a few months back too, after a vacation, but then, after a few tries, the PSU …

my desktop is suffering from blue screen error and when i attempt to reinstall windows i dont get any message that contains "press any key to boot from cd." i change my 1st boot to cd then my second is hard disk but when i restart its just a black …

Hi, First of all, I apologize for any mistake in English, as my native language is French. I have been using a Dimension 2400 for years without any problem Now, I am facing the following trouble : When I press the power button, the front green light is not as …

I have Gateway 600ygr and a week ago when I tried to turn the power button on, nothing happened. But, when I unplugged the power cord and then pluged it back in, the lights and fan sarted blinking. Unfortunately only for 2 seconds and then the laptop died. Eventually I …

Hi mates.. My professor asked to do research on the internet for this "ARM, Advanced RISC Machine" writing about its Addressing modes, Class type, instruction set, operands size...etc. Can anyone help me please to get the right site that will provide me with all information needed? Thanks

during starting computer smps sounds more .after starting windows it automatically stops sound. what is the reason behind it?

Hey guys, I bought a new ipod touch the other day and im loving it. I noticed today while i was in my car that in a certain light there appears to be a hiddent dot under the glass at the top of the ipod. It looks to me like …

I have a Dell OptiPlex GX110 and when I start it up it keeps telling me this warning. I want to stop it from saying that until the cover is actually removed. Thanks again!

I have a problem with my hotmail account. Whenever I try to write to someone on hotmail, it keeps on saying Done with the black and yellow error mark. When I push send, it seems to send but everything turns into a simple "<html><div style='background-color:'></div></html>" Also, when I push reply, …

I want to know that does motherboards are designed for any particular processor. Actually I have an AMD Athlon processor and I am searching for motherboard but in the market it is not available. I want to know that, can Intel processor and AMD processor has same pin configuration.

My Dell Inspron 1501 wont start. It was working fine until one morning I tried to insert my wifi divice(USB) the wrong way. No it did not go in all the way but did insert particially; enough to kill the power and it has NOT powered up since. I thought …

Hello. I have an E-Machine computer. Running Windows XP with SP 3. What is happening is the computer starts up as soon as I plug it in, the splash screen comes up then it shuts down and restarts. I don't have time to do anything, not even start it in …

good day.! I am having problem with my Hitachi HDD..Every time i format it, the format session will not complete because of bad sectors on it.Is there any other way to bypass/repair this bad sectors via a bootable dos base software or in any other way.? Thank you for giving …

In no way am I new at all of this, but I recently drug my dad's old laptop out of storage about a week ago, and I wiped the hard drive and installed Ubuntu on it so I could try it out, but I looked at all his stuff on …

Hi there, i need help here, cuz my pc wont start anymore and i tried all the things that i know to fix it but still nothing. i did change the PSU, memory, processor and HD drive and still its dead, anyone can give some suggestion? i really appreciate it, …

Hi ive been given a friends hard drive to recover some data from as his machine recently died! i said id have a look but it seems as though the drive is completely dead. Ive plugged it in as a slave on my machine and it powers up (loudly) and …

I have an Fujitsu amilo L7300 on windows xp which is running very slowly. My thoughts are to return it to as it was when purchased by performing a recovery. I do not have any recovery or installation discs as none came with it. Can ayone tell me how I …

my rabbit recently ate my keyboard wire, so i bought a new keyboard. btw, this is in regards to my desktop dell dimension 5150, running on windows xp os. anyways, here's the problem: i cannot type anything at the log in screen and i can't move my mouse. i CAN …

My slave 200G HDD changed from NTFS into RAW after restart, and I seem to have lost everything that was on it! Is there any way it can be changed back to NTFS without losing any data?

This laptop (purchased 9/2006 - Windows XP OS)worked fine last night, went to shut it down for the night, had Windows updates to download - closed it up... This morning I'm getting odd error messages and the system won't boot. It is under warranty so I will call DELL support …

ok, i recieved this computer from a friend that said his computer just wouldn't turn on one day. he said it was probably the monitor so i took the cpu and the monitor to test it. the monitor works fine on my computer so i tried his computer on my …

Sometimes my Mac Snow Leopard (version 10.6.1) randomly freezes up, and I can move my mouse, but I have the spinning beach ball of death. I can also move windows, but nothing is responding. This happens for several seconds, and then everything returns to normal. I use Firefox, which I …

Dear Gurus I was running on 80 GB Samsung (SATA 2) HDD on my PC P4(3GHZ) with Intel MOBO 915 GAV with XP sp2 1GB RAM on it till yesterday perfectly I got a new 160 GB WD (SATA 2) HDD for Upgradation when I installed the nu HDD to …

I have an LCD monitor here that just stopped working the other day. Anytime you turn it on, it flashes a left to right gradiant of black to red, green, or blue. The power light also shows orange, so it doesn't seem to be getting a signal from the pc. …

Now, I have checked to make sure that the RAM did not come out accidentaly. I also made sure that the video card did not become dislodged. I'm guessing its a problem resulting from the motherboard. because i unplug the rest of the hardware and it still beeps. It won't …

A couple of weeks ago my computer began to either freeze or reboot several times a day. I noticed that it occured especially during some tasks, such as moving large files from one partition to another. I opened my case to observe if anything was wrong. I played around in …