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I bought an open box Hp computer from circuit city before they went bankrupt, and I didn't know that the bios had been password protected. Now I need to access it, does anyone know if they used a standard password for all of their stuff, and what it might be?

i have a prblem and please help me identify what is the problem. while i open games like cabal online, warcraft III, or even 3d live pool, also when watching video, browsing pictures, and worst is even when i'm just browsing the net., my screen flash and the graphics will …

I have a Sony VAIO PCG-8P1L laptop that only says "OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND" on boot. BIOS still tells the correct time so I don't think its the CMOS battery. I tried to boot to CD (Windows, Ubuntu and diagnostics cd), but I don't get an option for boot order …

My epson stylus TX110 printer doesn't show ink levels anymore. It was fine when I bought it but after my black ink ran out I changed the cartridge and the ink levels won't show anymore. All of the ink levels are gray, gray as in disabled gray. All I did …

Hello. I'm in possesion of this laptop with an old Pentium Dual-Core T2080, of socket type PPGA478 (says Intel web). I wanted to upgrade it, and found a lot of processors called PGA478. So now comes the billion dollar question: Is there any difference? Can I use the PGA processor …

Hi, I was getting an intermittent high pitch hum from my PC as though something decided to kick in (fan?) with more revs. After replacing my 17 inch monitor (burnt out) with a new 19 inch widescreen, I now get the noise continually, and the text appears to be a …

I have files and data backed up on a Maxtor external drive from my Windows XP computer. Can I copy this data straight onto a new PC running Windows 7?

I am at a loss. I have a self build system that starts for 2 sec and shutsdown. 3 years old Here is what i have done, started testing by removing parts and thought it was the harddrive (system ran for a bit without dive -- i shut it down …

I have a new XCLIO A830 case and I'm trying to put in all my internals from my dell dimension 4500. I'm good so far, but I'm having problems trying to take the power button out of the dell to the xclio. I don't know how i'm going to start …

For some unknown reason my DVD-RW drive is now invisible in My Computer, and the Device Manager tells me that the drivers are either corrupted or damaged. I have searched for about the last 30 minutes looking for the drivers I need, but I can't frickin' find 'em! lol Here …

I have a Dell Dimension 4500, and I'm trying to take out the motherboard. Its a quick release board and I tried pulling up the tab and removing the system board. No luck. I went to [url]http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8300/sm/sysboard.htm?dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643&acd=10550055-3463938-[/url] and tried to follow those steps, but no luck. The internals are the …

I am using a DUAL CORE INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8400, 3000ghz. So I would like to know what type of Windows should i use: on 32/64 bits Ty for your answer!

Hi All, Currently i have one Nvidia GTS250 & one Nvidia GTX 285 can this two do SLI ?? If can how to do it ?? If can not want the reason ??

I built this computer earlier this year (early spring), and it has been running fine since (i had absolutely no problems with the initial build). Now, however, it has started having trouble staying on. It will randomly turn off, often quickly after i turn it on (before boot or even …

emachine no signal on, turn on shows no sig and goes straight to sleep. computer type emachine T3304 desk top pc AMD sempron 3300+, optic drive DVD/cd-rw, Hard drive 100gb ata, 256mb ddr sdram modem 56k, video nVIDIA Geforce 6100 pci express slot available. this originaly had windows xp. upgraded …

Hi all, I have a PC (E-Machines T3065) to be exact. Running WinXP I upgraded the mem to 2 GB. It has an AMD Athlon processor. My problem is I fire up the puter and it runs and loads OS, sometimes I have to restart many times to get it …

Hi, I spent a lot of time searching for a solution to a problem I was having getting into CMOS with my USB keyboard, which is connected to a KVM switch. All of the USB options were enabled in Integrated Perpherals, but the keyboard wasn't functional until after the boot …

I have a 360G ext hard drive which I formatted, partitioned and used to backup both my laptop and desktop aabout a week ago. Now when I plug it in to my same laptop or desktop, neither of them seem to see the drive--tho the laptop makes a sound when …

I have a Intel Core 2 Duo E 8400 cpu, and one day ago i installed a new fan that pumps air through a pipe to the cpu (almost directly, because the pipe is slightly moved to right than the proc and i couldn't fix that). After this i saw …

I have a dell Inspiron 8000 that is dead. Was working fine last time used. After pressing the power button The Hd light will flash a few times. There is a few sounds, And you can see a quick bleep in the screen and then nothing. I have tried a …

This is a custom machine that had been working for years for my friend. He said it froze and he unplugged and replugged it into the wall outlet a few times. After that he called me. The machine has no PCI, Video or any other cards in it. Just the …

Hi Guys, I have a 775 Motherboard and Intel 3.00 Duel processor. As many of you are aware, the processor heatsink has four legs which you have to press into the four holes in the motheboard. I have tried this with two heatsinks and the blooming legs just keep popping …

A gateway computer P4 1.3 ghz, 400mb ram, windows xp pro sp2. A wd1600BB hard drive that has been working fine for over a year. Turned it on today and had a message saying: drive read error, press ctrl + alt + del to reboot. Downloaded and booted from floppy, …

would like to see, disassembly and reassembly instructions for replacing the motherboard in a toshiba a215 s5822 laptop

Hello, I' ve bought 2x 2GB of DDR2 at 800mhz for my [URL="http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K9N4_Ultra-F&class=mb"]MS-7310[/URL]. The problem is that it will work in any combination with my old 1GB modules running at 667mhz, but both 2 gigabyte modules together won' t work. The bios version is 1.7 (not the latest). Does anyone …

Hey everyone Just last night i went to install the new DDR2 ram that i have just purchased. Corsair xms2 4gb kits. Upon copmpletion I found that my monitor would not turn on, so i systematically removed the sticks to see what the problem was. Turns out that I am …

the laptop i got from my friend is very slow. from the boot until i click the start button. he is using windows 7, laptop model acer 4810TZ i tried to detect any virus onboard. i have run MBAM. but sadly his laptop is clean. i suspect that there is …

hi can anyone help me, i am new to modifing computers and i wish to add a hdmi port so i can use my t.v as my monitor i have a hp pavillion p6205uk, it has a g41 express chipset can i add a graphics card as i was told …

Hi, I've got an old white box with an EliteGroup (ECS) K7S5A (Rev 3.X) motherboard, which has 4 memory banks: 2 for SDR SDRAM modules (168-pin) and 2 for DDR SDRAM modules (184-pin). It supports non-ECC, unbuffered modules only, up to a total of 1GB. Currently has one 256MB SDRAM …

hi can anyone help me i have recently brought a new computer (hp pavillion p6205uk) with windows 7, i wanted if for my dv camcorder but it had no fire wire ports so i brought a dynamode card (pci-3pfw) but i cannot get it to work it just say device …

How can i repair a motherboard

i replaced the sata hd in my gateway, vista laptop with a new one - all i did was install it. i need to install windows on the new hard drive, obviously. but when i start up the laptop, i get a blank black screen with the words 'operating system …

I currently am using a dual screen monitor setup of two 19 inch monitors. They are both the same monitor. The model is one of these, I'm not sure which. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009211&cm_re=acer-_-24-009-211-_-Product[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009210&cm_re=acer-_-24-009-210-_-Product[/url] So anyway, I recently changed my desktop wallpaper and I noticed that there are streaks going down both …

Hi Peeps, I have an Acer 8920g which has a VGA out and a HDMI output. Does anyone know if it is possible to attach 2 monitors simultaneously using some free software or is it not possible from a hardware standpoint. The graphics card is a GeForce 9500m GS 512MB. …

Hello, I am looking for an adapter that converts a parallel port on the computer to a USB port. I see plenty of the ones that work the other way around, e.g. convert a USB port into parallel for use with printers. A serial port to USB port is an …

I keep getting "not communicating with printer message". Lexmark support hasn't been helpful. I do not have the initial disk. I've unplugged, disconnected, uninstalled, etc, and nothing seems to be helping. Any suggestions? Rikker

I have an Acer 5920 laptop that recently had a bug in the boot sector. I wound up reinstalling Vista on another partition to be able to get back to the original installation that came with it. Now that it is back working I noticed that only 2G of the …

I bought a Sony VGN-NW25m Notebook about 10 days ago and it has developed a keyboard problem in that the character that is displayed is not the one I key in - I press 'p' and a * appears. Two questions:- 1) Should I just take the laptop back to …

I am working on a GT5656. The system was downgraded from Vist to xp. When the tech performed th downgrade, he first deleted all partitions. Now the owner wants to restore Vista, so I ordered the disks from Gateway. During the restore I get Gateway Error 0x2001100200001005. I assume that …

Hi any help with the following problem would be greatly appreciated as I have a deadline with my work!! (argh!), OK - I have an Advent laptop that has a dead screen, on starting it appears to start fine - I get the windows starting sounds all the right lights …

Hi, I am hoping that one of you experts will get me out of the mire. My old Dell CPx laptop XP disk got corrupted and would not boot. I booted from a floppy disk and used FDISK to format the internal HDD. Now I need to re-install XP on …

Heya All [B]Back Ground[/B] I have a Toshiba P100 Laptop, that also has a few other things wrong with it including sporadic green and red pixels that are not screen or graphics card related. *as both have been tested/replaced* Included inase it was relavent Now this has been going on …

I am having problem with my audio driver, lan port and usb port. My pc was working smoothly but yesterday when i turn on my pc windows did not start and an msg was shown saying that i have to change my time and dates. I have to move the …

I purchased a new Acer Aspire One D250 netbook a few days ago and am interested adding RAM. My old notebook, an HP Pavilion dv6810us, appears to use the same 200 pin SODIMMs that the netbook uses. My question is whether or not it is a good idea to put …

I have a new Toshiba Satellite 350 laptop that was working fine. For no apparent reason it shut down and I can't get it to start again. I've checked the obvious things like battery & and power supply and they check out ok. Any ideas on what to do? I …

Trying to find the location of the cmos battery. I have found a "dime sized" battery, but it is soldered to the motherboard.

Hey everyone, so the big question: AMD or Intel? I'm building a new PC and was wondering which would be better. Everyone for some reason or another says Intel, but they are people that aren't very computer literate, so I thought I'd ask some experts. I've found a nice AMD …

Hi all, can any one help, I've sort have lost touch with the world of computers but I am looking to upgrade my system. I am giving my daughter my old computer, because hers has so many problems with drivers, old drivers and new don't work properly and just grinds …

is it safe to put the foam pad(the on tht comes with the mobo) under the motherboard in a case and screw it up(tighten it)? because when ever my mobo touches the case it doesnt boot up but whent i put the pad under it it boots up. srrry if …

Hey everyone, So I am doing this computer engineering class project where we have to use a parallel port of a computer to read inputs and make a program that acts according to that input. The project is to make a high rise building(or a mini city in my case) …