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i dont know if its weird but here it goes: my computer seems to be fine last night. just right now, im so surprised that its not working anymore. as soon as i turned on the AVR, the LEDs(red and green) in front kept blinking. The funny thing is that …

I have an interesting dead laptop. This Gateway MX-6931 overheated on a bed, did not shut off (possibly because the CPU wasn't doing much, so the motherboard was hotter), and now refuses to boot. The interesting part about it is, unlike other dead laptops, this one will POST [I]and find …

hi guys i have an ecs ez tv tuner... picture is coming in great, but the sound it produces is horrible... the card is a pci card...it has an audio out , you have to connect a wire that came with it from the audio out into the mobos audio …

Hi everyone I'm new today and have a problem with my antiquated computer that usually works very well, but unfortunately I left a CD in the drive when I last closed down the computer and it went straight to the CD to try and start up the computer. I have …

Hi, I connect external monitor to laptop and set it to Extend my Desk Top mode. To bad, my laptop LCD screen is Dead. Only the External monitor show the extended desk top. How can I reset this external monitor to Mirror so it shows the main desk top. Now …

Well yesterday i was happily typing away on my normally well behaved xp computer when in a google search, the typing stopped and i could not get any response from the computer - tried the task manager but couldnt get anything at all!! last resort was i thought to switch …

First of all, hello. my main problem is its seems my Toshiba Satellite U405-S2846 downloaded automatically some kind of software... i thought it was a Windows Vista Update, when it asked me to reboot i did so, but since then it doesn't start up... i push the power button, and …

I am using intel D845GVSR chipset family motherboard, from last 1 week i am facing a problem related to sound issue. My sound got disabled, no sound is coming from speaker. I reinstall whole window XP, then after installing board drivers sound comes. then after restart it again got disabled. …

Hello everyone. I'm having trouble with a TS-L632D DVD+-RW drive installed on a Dell XPS M1210 notebook with Windows XP Media Center Edition. The drive reads CDs and DVDs, but cannot write/burn on any blank disk... nor a data CD with free space available. Whenever I try to burn data …

Hi all, I was using my Toshiba laptop, and all of a sudden, the screen went black, the power light went out, and it died. I have tried turning it back on, and the blue power light comes on for a second or two, and then goes back out and …

I have an Alienware Aurora laptop. The machine is powered (LEDs lit, drive spinning) but no POST. None of the 4 fans spin at all. The screen doesn't show anything and the computer reboots. Upon internal inspection I saw the fan above the RAM has a wire that is no …

My voltage readings from my power supply seem to be off and it is starting to worry me, especially my 5V rail. PC Wizard 2009: +3.3V : 3.47 V +5V : 6.91 V +12V : 12.40 Everest Ultimate Edition +3.3V : 3.47 V +5V : No reading +12V : 12.35 …

Hi there, I am attempting to setup 4 port USB hubs on several Compaq Evo D510EC desktops Running Win XP SP3. Every time I leave the hub connected and boot the machine, the boot up is extremely delayed (as long as 10 mins or more) and it appears ths system …

Currently, I have a notebook which is using a Core Duo T2250 (1.73Ghz, 533 Mhz FSB) on the chipset 945GM and an integrated Intel VGA 950. I want to upgrade the current CPU to a higher CPU and I want it to be a Core 2 Duo. What CPUs can …

i have a dell pc that im trying to revive. everytime i switch it on the power supply fan starts spinning then it stops. the LED on the board indicated that the power is coming through but the machine just refuses to start. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanx

I have a Fuji Plus 20' LCD monitor. When I turn it on, the backlight comes on (at half brightness) for a mere second, a very faint buzz sound then it goes blank BUT the green light on the power switch remains on. Now, if I continue to turn it …

I recently started using my old hard drive as a slave and would like to get all the data off so i can format it. The user data and compaq owner data folders give me access denied even though i am logged in as system administrator. Any suggestions how to …

Hey all - i am currently running two of the following cards in SLI: BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320MB PCIe I can run the most basic games nice with them without a problem. But for whatever reason most games still have a big problem with lines across the …

hi 1 year back i purchased one computer(assembled) i put LG dvd writer for that & my dealer gave me 1 year warrenty on that. now that dvd writer is giving problem it is reading only DVDs & not CD. when i show that to my dealer he said your …

here goes, i have a computer that is home built by a friend of mine..everything has been going good for a long time now..but now for some reason i am running into a bit of a problem with my dvd drives.. issue: when i try to put any type of …

hi I am much interested to learn MotherBoard Repairing, CD Drive repairing, UPS repairing & SMPS Repairing. Does anyone know is there any institute or training center in India(preferably in maharastra/GOA) which runs this kind of programes? please reply Thank you

Hi, I'm just wondering if anybody can help me with my dillema. I recently bought a Gateway LT3103u after reading reviews that it is the fastest netbook available in the Philippine market. Having AMD Athlon 64bit processor and 2 gig ram. With Vista Home Basic To my dismay, found the …

I was working with a computer that is rarely used but for a type of server. I use it as part of my whole house audio and to store some videos and music plus some other things. I was working with it a little when it just slowed down to …

My Dell pc stopped powering on and I've tried everything I can think of to correct it. The LED on the motherboard works but get no power. :evil: 1. I tested the power supply with an ATX tester...tested OK :( 2. I put a new power supply in...no luck (but …

Hello, I'm looking to buy a new harddrive. I was considering [URL="http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/productmodel.do?type=61&subtype=63&model_cd=249"]this[/URL] one. What do you think of it, or do you have any other reccomendations for a fast, silent 1TB drive? Pim

currently i am using [B]( ASUS- P5KPL-AM/PS )[/B] with [B] Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8200S (4M Cache, 2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) [/B] but i am not satisfied with this Motherboard some times my system will slightly hang for a second rapidly and i want to change my motherboard with …

Hi. I am having problems with the screen of my Dell D400 laptop. Part of it was grayed out (about 1/3 part of the screen horizontally, upper portion). It happened last Monday night. I just finished watching a movie on my laptop then I turned it off, put it on …

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I am losing my mind. We had a storm last night that knocked out our power. Upon restarting my systems to check everything I noticed hat my mouse and keyboard shuts off before the windows and icons finish loading. What the heck!?!

Hi can someone help with this laptop please, it boots to the first screen where it says F10=rom based setup then stops there. Is there a quick way to reset CMos or any other help appreciated Wayne

Alright, I'm not new to computer hardware upgrades but this one i haven't come across yet so I'll start from the beginning. back in feb i finally decided to start upgrading my computer. i have a COMPAQ Presario SR1650NX that i bought back in 2006. so i figured i'd order …

Hi guys i use the core i7 920 almost one month already all the things looking so good but one day i check the Temperature of my cpu using the core temp 0.99 it found out the Temperature of my cpu is idle 55°C load 95°C The Temperature is so …

I connect my laptop with a LCD display Samsung T240. My laptop HP 8510p has ATI mobility 2600HD graphic card. Connection between both is established with HDMI. OS is WinVista 32, SP2. The problem is my monitor often blinks (picture becomes black for a second, also sound is interupted). Before …

My Gateway laptop that is... Worked fine yesterday. Powered it down and unplugged it from the wall. Tried to turn it on this morning and nothing. No lights, no power-up, complete silence. Tried pulling the battery, holding power button for 1 min, plugging in ac and powering up.... nothing. The …

I have an HP Compaq nx9030 that wont power up at all. At first i thought it was a battery issue, so i charged it the entire night. The light in the front went from yellow to green so i thought i had finally solved it. However, when i pressed …

We have a HP ML350 G4 (actually 2) with a Smart Array 641 controller and drive bay which currently has 2 72GB drives configured as 1 logical drive under the HP Array Config Utility. There are 4 slots still open in the drive bay and I need to add more …

Hi everyone, If anyone knows that how we can find that when was the first job done by our processor. Actually I want to find that my laptop is used or brand new, because I pay for brand new, but I have doubt on the dealer and some guesses that …

Anyone have a problem with there scanner, when they try to scan at [I]400 dpi the scanner stops[/I], scanning half way through ? I don't understand why this is happening, I also don't understand why the scanner sometimes just doesn't scan and I get an error in XP mentioning it …

Nothing displayed on the monitor when PC is Started All wire connections are correct. I have removed monitor and Hard disk and checked on other CPU and its perfectly working fine. If anyone can help me to troubleshot this issue. Samtron 56v, windows xp, drivers installed. Thanks in Advance

I am a proud owner of a hp laptop for the last 9 months. It has 160gb hard drive. Unfortunately, it's storage capacity is coming to an end. What external hard-drive should I get? I prefer non AC power ones, but I also like 1 TB ones. Which should I …

This should be pretty simple, but I'm hardware illiterate! I moved our OLD Dell GX1 and went to turn it on, and now the light on the main switch comes on, but it won't fire up the monitor. I pulled the cover and found that the long, black/red wire from …

I have had a PC fail to boot with some pretty scary messages. Apparently (I didn't see it) there was a BSOD with the classic DOS type messages in a white courier typeface. I'm told that there was mention of missing or corrupt system files. Then it refused to boot …

I have an HP laptop that recently died, and actually this site really helped me out with that which is why i'm back. Since i can't boot my laptop to backup my files, is there any way that i can take the HDDs out, stick them in an enclosure and …

My hp compaq 6720s trackpad stops working almost, after lots of tapping it just moves a little and then again stops. And this happened when I browse the internet with 2 chrome windows and each window have at most 7 tabs open. And when I put mouse with my laptop …

OK, I read the pinned post and that didn't help so, here goes: I acquired a CPU from a local retailer, it was the display model and had been placed into the back room after they changed their setup. While it was in the back room, someone had removed the …

Hi there, hope someone can help, I was just wondering WHERE it is possible to get such an adapter (i think they are VGA adapters) as I have mentioned above, one that will at least connect ur monitor to your PS2 so that you can use it as TV. I …

ok, so i started up mah acer aspire 5100 laptop one morning and low and behold: all the colors on the screen are inverted. like open up mspaint and invert the colors and it looks like that. its not acessability options high contrast, i changed my inverter, and my ati …

Lats night i replace my heatsink with a bigger one because my cpu was running a little warmer than i liked. This is something i have done many times but obviously there is a [I]chance[/I] that i may have damaged something although i doubt it..... It booted up fine first …

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hey guys, this isn't actually my all-in-one, its my dads but i am trying to help him fix it. First i will give you my dads computer information. - HP Desktop Jet F4280 -Windows Vista (not sure if its home or whatever) -Norton 2009 - He uses HP solution Center …