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I Have tried some of the staff But my computer just switches on and then Nothing, thinking i should try replacing the processor, do you think this is a good Idea.. help please before i losse my money

My pc has been assembled and flying for a year or two now but when i went to turn it on today it just won't start windows. I did shut it down using the start menu. When it starts up it appears to run the POST correctly except that it …

Ok, I have now come across something that is really hacking me off. I am not a newbie with computer stuff, I have built many computers but have never come across this problem. About a week ago I turned on my computer and it start up fine, but froze about …

Not a problem I have had before. When booting up, I get two short beeps and the computer asks I either check RAM F5 (did full tests and all tests come up fine), continue with F1 or do F12 for set up. I have tried all and am unable to …

I have a Dell D620 which has a particular problem. When the PSU is plugged in there is no indication of charging or any other electrical activity. I have used 3 different PSU's from D620's and the result is the same. The failure was very sudden and as such I …

I have a Toshiba P100 with a faded LCD screen, I can connect it to an external monitor and everything works fine on the external monitor, but I can barely see anything on the laptop screen. I replaced the inverter first but that didnt help, so I replaced the LCD …

Hi, I'm trying to repair an HP S3100n here with an integrated graphics card and I wanted to know.. are there any "testers" to test if the problem comes from the graphics card or the motherboard itself?? Reason being there's a pci-e low-profile slot open.. and i don't wanna go …

hi everyone,my friend had a intel celeron,3.06gz and i was wanting to get a p4 on the same 478skt,but i noticed that its different,the celeron cpu had all pins covering it,as the one im thinking about geting for him,only had the pins in a sort of square rim around the …

I bought 2 drives, both the same, both from ncix.com, both 1 terabyte WDs. I've tried them in 2 computers with known working sata hard drives. I can't believe that I would've received 2 faulty Western Digital drives. All the settings are correct in the bios as far as I …

I have a older version Sony Vaio PCG K315b. This is currently not working due to a failed hard drive. This has been established since I have attempted to complete system recovery and the error message 'Failed to read the image file' is displayed. I have a few quotes for …

Hi I have been helping a friend out with his HP laptop. The laptop was used at a house party and the day after wouldn't start it requested the system recovery disks and he lost everything through recovering the system. It's worked ok since for about 2 weeks but he …

Hi. About 4-6 months ago, I lost my internet connectivity while playing SWBF2 online. I wiggled the wires from the router to the networking cable, and I got it back for about 5 minutes. It went again, so I did the same thing. I have recently established that the cable …

PLZ HLP Sons notebook starting acting up when being charged - now has lost all charge and is, well, how should I put it, DEAD!!! No charge, no power to find what the original fault was AND using my charger (same) does NOT work. His machine won't take a charge …

I installed a XFX nforce 780i 3-way SLI Motherboard with a intel core 2 Duo E8400 Processor 3.0 GHz. when I power up the machine, nothing happens except for a blue light on the motherboard lights up. The power supply does not come on at all, no fan or anything …

So my girlfriends laptop is really messed up right now. First of all the thing screams a high pitch noise the second you turn it on. And the tone changes throughout the time its on. Specially if you unplug or plug it in. When its unplugged its louder. Its unbearable …

My mecer 255ii3 does not power on when pressing the power button,when i do press it then the lights just go on then off agen.i tried startin it up without the battery in but still nothing.i even charged it for a couple of hours to see if it'l work but …

The unit shut down on it's own during boot up, likely because it reached an over-temperature limit condition. I've tried booting the machine from AC and from battery after the unit cooled. I've also tried holding the on switch for 5 seconds, but there is no indication of power getting …

I have 2 2GB sticks of patriot ram that are DDR2 1066. I have been trying for a while now to have them run at 1066, but have failed. My MB automatically sets them at 800 whether its dual or single channel, ganged or unganged. When i attempt to manually …

my hp dv2000 won't turn on, when i press the on button, all the led lights come on and so does the power led. the hard drive led flashes for 3 times..and then there is no response...just a blank screen. however, the laptop does turn on at times..runs smoothly..i mean …

I have a problem with my CD-ROM, I have a system with WinXP but the icon of CD-ROM is not showing in the My Computer window. I have checked in the BIOS and it is detected as Slave under IDE Configuration,although the CD-ROM is not connected to the slave part …

Hello! I have a system that powers itself off within minutes of powering on and it doesn't seem to log the event. It hasn’t yet crashed in safe mode, but it crashed when running a memory test from the windows boot screen (it made it through the first pass and …

my hp pavillion dv 2119tx is not booting after the hp logo i;ve run the hard disk test and it has passed it. i just get a blinking cursor on a black screen after the hp logo screen

I have a Gateway Laptop MT3423 (I have had nothing but trouble since I bought it 2+ years ago). It shut down on me and then I was not able to turn it back on. I have tried the trick where you remove the battery and unplug, hold the power …

Hi all, This is my first post on Daniweb. Can anyone tell me any site or blog where i can find a complete comparison of Intel processor. I am confused about Atom, Dual core, Core 2 Duo etc.etc.. I want to learn which processor is the least powerful and which …

HI guys ...my pc spec is as follows AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ 1.81GHz ASUS A8NV My probelm started when i started the computer... it shows a warning CMOS checksum bad error;CMOS time/date not set i got information that its the problem of CMOS battery...i replaced the battery.. even then …

I put together a Core2Duo system about two months ago. It's been a great machine, but about a week or two ago I started to have issues with it. The system currently will not boot. If I tinker with it for a bit, I can sometimes get it to work …

Please could anyone advice or help me : My Laptop : HP Pavilion TX 2530EA . the lattop starts up showing all the lights on but nothing displayed on the screen. I tried to connect to external monitor but no solution. Please need a quick help, have all my project …

I just started to have a problem with my IBM laptop. Following are the configuration of my laptop: 1) WinXP with SP2 2) RAM 512MB 3) CPU around 1 Ghz, Yesterday ,I started to have a new problem with my laptop,when I powered on my laptop, IBM welcome screen appears …

Dear friends. Please help. The computer time in my machine periodically goes back to January 1, 2003. I don't know why? Sometimes, after 4 or 5 or 3 days, it goes back to that time or it resets time on a past date/time. Is this symptomatic of something? How can …

I have an Averatec 3200 series. I had just started to wipe the drive and reinstall Windows when the drive stopped reading the disc. I have an external dvd drive but I don't know how to get it to work as I have no OS. I've read other threads that …

a year ago i built my own computer, it failed to start up after a power surge so i replaced the mother board thinking the the north bridge was fried. now the computer when i start it up runs for a couple seconds before turning off and failing to show …

Topic pretty much describes the problem the best I can. The side edges of the windows in vista appear to almost be vibrating or shaking when I have it in a 1440x900 resolution, but the problem does not exist on 800x600. Anybody have any ideas as to what could be …

I'm buying a new 64 bit system and am nervous about the availability of drivers for new printers (also buying that) and will all new monitors work with the 64 bit system. In reading the forums, it seems as if there are significant problems if the peripherals are older. Any …

I have been a PC user for years but just got a laptop. So forgive a dumb question. I couldn't find a general intro to this. I would appreciate being steered in the right direction. I have a HP Pavilion a2103 desktop with WinXpPro 1.67 GHz and 992 MB Ram. …

I currently have a Logitech EX110 Wireless Keyboard and mouse, but the range on it isn't that great (2-6ft) from the receiver. Is there any way that i can safely extend this range to about 20ft? I mostly use it for Power Point Presentations during Training Sessions. Don't worry about …

From last few days my desktop PC is working very slowly. What I have to do to speed up my PC? Basic configuration is as below. Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.5 GHz Processor Ram: 2GB HD: 350 GB Mother Board: Giga Byte OS: windows XP

I have one HD of data with 120GB and I have another HD thats completely clean with 20GB. I want to merge both of them into one single Unit. Can Windows do it? How? I want to do this the easiest way. Thanks in advance.

I need to access the BIOS on my Dell Dimension 8400 to try solve a wireless keyboard problem, but, of course, the keyboard isn't working. How do I access BIOS with just the mouse? Thanks. Bob

This is kind of strange, but can anyone concur? When booting up my Windows XP SP2 system I started getting a BSD after the Windows login screen loads - however, this is not the issue. The issue is when I try to get in to Safe Mode I cannot arrow …

I have Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family video card ... I want to run the game Driving Speed 2 but it says graphic requirements not met. So can I play the game by using 3D Analyzer or Pixel Shader?

I get the feeling DDR is newer and faster. I have a KM2M motherboard that will take 2 sticks of either DDR or SDR; cannot use both at same time. I currently have the 2 slots of SDR filled with 256 and I'm planning on upping that to at least …

I have a HP Pavilion dv5-1235 dx laptop. Two days ago I had my laptop LCD screen replaced. The replacement screen was used, seemed in good condition. When the repair guy was replacing it though, he cracked the exterior plastic frame. He assured me it wasn't a big deal; it's …

Guys, I'm in a really sticky situation here. I was supposed to be done with this custom computer by tonight, but everything has gone wrong. Yesterday, when the parts came for a new computer from newegg, I began piecing them together right away. As I put all the parts together, …

dear sir. My system is very slow. i have lot of emty space in c drive. i have 1gb ram, i used windows XP professnal. how to resolved this problem pls help me thanks and regatds Balaji.M

yes i have a desktop pc that has windows xp on the computer and both dvd drives that i have are being picked up by the computer but will not read anything.. at first i thought maybe the dvd drives went bad so i had took my friends computer and …

I donot understand this problem, I use internet on my IBM laptop, I browse many websites but when I access [url]www.hotmail.com[/url]. my CPU usage reaches 100%. I go to Task Manager and forcefully close this hotmail.com site and then CPU usage drops down. Is their something wrong with this CPU?

Issue # 1, I travel fulltime and had issues with my laptop hard drive not booting up, so I bought a new one and exchanged them out because I could not be shut down while at a clients site. now months later I bought a hard drive case and put …

will the core i7 chipset spoil if continue using for one days?

I have had an HP laptop for almost two years. Last night it was working fine, i put it to sleep, and fell asleep myself. This morning it never came back. The battery charging light comes on and when i hit power all the lights go on but the screen …

My house has two computers both networked together. The one upstairs runs vista, and the one in the basement runs XP. Recently the printer we had hooked up to the XP computer broke, and I am trying to network the printer upstairs (Lexmark Z611) to the one downstairs. I am …