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hey i've got the same problem but i cannot see any of my two hard drives in computer managment ): has anybody got ideas? thx

2000-0142 0f00:075D These are the errors I get in relation to the HDD when I boot, and when I run a diagnostics test respectively. Do I need to replace it or is there any hope for it?

I’m not sure whether this is the right forum. But my wife’s laptop opens with the message “operating system not found.” If left off for a while I can sometimes get it to boot to Windows 2000 Professional. But then, unexpectedly, it will blue screen with “physical memory being dumped” …

I put my laptop on standby. Later when opening it says: We apologize for the inconvience, but Windows didn't start sucessfully. A recent hardware or software chage may have caused this. (other than putting it on standby nothing has been changed) It carries on and says to try and start …

I have a problem at my home PC, i just started to have this problem 2 days ago, when I turn on the power button on the PC, the orange light turns on and off on the power button but the PC doesnot start. When I opened the casing, the …

These devices are not detected in the BIOS & actually do not work (cannot open cd writer tray). But when i remove the IDE cables from these devices leaving only the power cable connected then they work. Any solutions?

I have had the Hp Pavilion Entertainment PC laptop for a year or a little over a year just about now. Recently its been starting to bail on me. Last week I was using my laptop and I closed the screen but when I opened it again the screen was …

I have a problem with my printer, I have a deskjet hp printer which is attached to my computer . Just yesterday I started to have problem with it, when I tried to print any msword document,it wasn't printing and the print job was not appearing in the print window …

Hi all. I have read the previous post but mine seems slightly different? I have a fairly old Advent laptop that starts fine, everything loads clearly etc but when I go to move the screen ( back or forward ) the light will go out & I can barely see …

hi there.. i have a few question about my pc.. ..i have bought a AMD athlon processor and SMI motherboard K9N6PGM2..RAM 2gig.. (sata system), ..i bought this item to replace it to my older pc which is IDE system, ..i replace the older processor,motherboard, and ram with the new, .. …

i cleaned up my motherboard and i get the processor for cleaning and put it back again.. after my cleaning.. i run my computer and there's a blue screen errors that will appear and it has a problem like this "Driver_irql_not_less_or_equal".. i just want to ask, what is the problem …

Can't print to laserjet 4050 - "bad serial transmission" - how do I configure this? The baud for the printer is 9600 but must be some other configuration - installed the software and it is in device manager (Prolific usb to serial comm port [com5]) and it sees the printer …

This information applies directly to my CPU/System,but will work on any ATX set up in a tower case.It all began with my Raidmax mid-tower case,Gigabyte MOBO,& 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Prescott Cpu.If your a hardware junkie like me,I'm sure you know the reputation(well deserved) of a Prescott P4-you could cook …

Hi all, sorry if not posted in the right place, I was using my PC over the weekend, shut it down like I always do and went out. When I came back I turned it on and it started to boot up. BUT instead of going to the normal Windows …

hello all, i'm new to the site and looking to find a little help with a hand-me-down logitech keyboard/mouse combo. it's one of the older ones that has a wireless connection between the keyboard/mouse, and a port that connects to a USB port and the Mouse port on my computer. …

Hi everyone just a wee problem I'm having with a lcd screen if anyone could help it would be much appreciated. When I log into my desktop I find tiny red horizontal lines that form into a small square, or oblong, but after about ten minutes they usually disappear. I …

Hi, Received new RAM today. My dad's PC now has 2 sticks of 512 in one bay and 2 sticks of 512 in another for a total of 2GB, however its only showing 1.7GB and says 'Memory runs in Single Channel' or something similar when it boots. Also, now my …

I have a Seagate Internal HD where i have "windows xp" installed that isn't working properly due to shock however i can still turn it on but it only shows up a blank black screen and doesn't go no where. So i had to put it in an external enclosure …

hi, MyPC not detect hard disk . but it detect CD /DVD Rom . so why this problem arise give me the solution. i have interchange the data cable also in motherboard . pl. give the solution

can't get my linksys wireless router working weith my new telecom speed touch modem... any ideas?

Hello Friends. Can we add an extra ethernet port to mac mini?

hi. does anyone can give a link to download XP drivers for this desktop pc SG3570d? thanks...

hello there this is my first posting on this place so I hope you can help. I bought about 6 months ago a dell inspiron 5100 and up until a week ago I hadnt noticed anything but then every now again in system properties it says that its a pentium4 …

hi guys, does anyone knows a good link for net2phone MAX IP10 and MAX 430 products on how to install and configure this things? I downloaded the user guide that can be found here on the web but it's really not detailed... does anyone around here use this products before, …

I'm not sure if this sort of thread is appropriate here, and if it isn't I apologise in advance :) I'm hoping someone can advise me about this case before I buy it, because I can't find adequate answers elsewhere. 1. Does this case include the required fan bracket on …

I have a prob with a puter that is actually my mom's and I've been tryin to fix it for her if it would ever boot up without problems.The puter is only 3-1/2yrs old now but started after 2yrs.(OS is XP) It started going straight into the power save mode …

a quick question (i think i know the answer just want to confirm befor i go ahead) in my pc ive got 3x 500gb hdds ive got 3x 1tb external hdds doing nothing so i am going to install them into the pc insted ive done two disks, all apart …

Hello all, I'm currently troubleshooting my father's old garage PC, which should just be replaced to begin with, because it is not booting up properly. When I start the computer it will reach the desktop and then restart continuously. However, when I start it up under Safe Mode, it does …

My brother who lives in France and I are trying to communicate by webcam. We both have MSN messenger. We both use the built in mikes on our cameras. The problem is that I can always hear him but he can't always hear me. We started doing this about a …

Hi, guys! I'm trying to get a little more from my laptop. Here is the current configuration: Intel T2410, 2GHz, 3GB ram (cheap, slow, i suppose), Radeon HD3470, 250GB Toshiba 5400 rpm, 17", Vista Ultimate. So my question is: what to buy, a 4GB kit of low latency memory, from …

Hisun 8GB USB 2.0 Flash drive on Windows XP SP3 computer. The drive works well with any other type of file, except a video file. .AVI .WMV etc... I have 4 Flash drives two out of the four will not play video files and if you just use them to …

Trying to format a Samsung 120 GB IDE hard drive FAT32. Want one partition of 120GB. All utilities, even Swissknife will only format to 31.4 GB leaving the other 90 GB unformatted. How format beyond the famous 32 GB barrier??? Drive must be formatted FAT32 since it will then be …

Please can someone advise me if my second storage SATA 320 Gbt HD should be set to have a primary or logical partition as I am somewhat confused about this. My main bootable HD is a SATA 1.5 Tbt which already has 3 partitions. I am using XP SP3. P4 …

Greetings, I've just bought a GeForce GTX 260, which is apparently being bottlenecked by my old CPU (an amd athlon x2 3800+). I'm looking for a cheap "solution" (a CPU that'd make a noticable difference but not necessarily 100% without bottlenecking). So I'm wondering if an AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core …

A customer brought a Dell Latitude C840 to me saying he could not get into it. I booted it up only to come across a screen that said that hard drive had a password on it. When I told him about it he said he had gotten it used. The …

[COLOR="Green"][/COLOR] Even after shutting down the system ,how the System manages the CORRECT time. How the clock "ticks" in the computer even there is no power supply.

I have a Compaq Presario-SR2173WM that a customer brought in, and said that when you plug it in and power it up you get nothing on the monitor. I switched monitors, and tried different video cards, and still get nothing. Me and my boss concluded that the motherboard was bad, …

So I dropped my DSC-T1 camera on the way to Brazil :(, how crappy can a situation get. When I turned on the camera, the LCD display was inverted. However, the pictures would register on the memory card fine, so it has to be only the display. Can anyone suggest …

hi all, any help would be great, my mp3 player only playes 10 seconds of a song then jumps on to the next song then another 10 secs and so on, was working fine this morning for about 1 hour then it started jumping :cry:

Hi everyone at Daniweb !! I have an Emachine W3611, Windows Vista Basic, 2GB of RAM and a 3.0GHz processor. I believe it took a lightning stike, not too long ago. It doen't want to boot up. Sometimes it would start running but then shut off after a few seconds. …

Hello, I have an old IBM Netfinity 5500 M20 server that i want to use as a server for backups and other stuff The server works but i do not have the driver for the ServeRAID-II controller i need it during the installation of Windows Home Server / Windows Server …

I have a Dell Laptop running Windows XP and a pretty standard Dell 101 keyboard plugged straight into a USB port. I'm running MS Office version 2007. Sometimes when I start an application (any of the office programmes, including outlook, Windows explorer, Oracle) and sometimes when I've been typing for …

Hello everyone, Firstly I must apologise for my stupidity as I spilled an entire glass of wine onto my macbook pro. ( I wasnt drunk I wish I was as the glass would have been empty) Anyway my machine wouldnt turn on for a couple of weeks, and on the …

Just Curious (dumb question but I have my Reasons! ) But what happens when you try turn your Macbook pro on without a hardrive installed? What should happen? Mine makes the apple sound then its just a black screen.

hello everyone!! about two days ago i was on my laptop and i had gotten into a big argument with my brother so i set my laptop on the sofa and continued the argument a bit physically...now, none of us remember touching the laptop. but one moment i turn to …

As the subject line says, I am playing with old tech. I want to use my palm as an mp3 player and am looking for a program that works on it. So far the only one that works on it is Real Player but I refuse to allow that spyware …

Have a IBM M 8143-28U only have 2 sticks of 256MB of RAM, bought some comparable 1G or thought I had, but when I put it in it recogonizes it in BIOS but will not boot? Any suggestions?

Hi all; I have a machine that will sometimes fail to boot after a restart. If it gets shut down and restarted, the PSU & CPU fans start, but nothing else. No POST beeps, no lights come on, nada. If I unplug it & wait 15 mins or so, it …

My PC problem is similar to the one another member had 3 months ago in that if left without input for about 2 mins, it shuts down then restarts automatically. My Power Options Properties are currently set as follows: [U]In Power Scheme[/U]: Turn off Monitor after 20mins Turn off Hard …

I have a dell vostro 1500, i dropped and the lcd screen broke. i plugged it in to an external monitor and it works fine. i went to purchase an lcd screen and have now gone through four of them, one had a black line through center and three of …