Posts by SnowDog

Usually when a computer turns off and has to be left for a while before it will turn on again it is because it is overheating.

Does your BIOS have an option to let you check the CPU temperature?

Does the machine switch off after a while if you leave it in just BIOS with no peripherals attached? If it does, there's definitely a hardware or overheating problem. If it doesn't, it doesn't really prove anything and could still be due to overheating.

From what I've seen, laptops can suck in a lot of dust because of where they are often used (laps and bedrooms, on top of duvets) and this leads to the problems you described as the fan and ducts get clogged up. Sometimes, just a good clean out is needed, but other times the CPU has to be reseated.

Hold in the reset button on the back for 15 seconds, let it reboot, and check that all the correct lights are on and are steady (as per the manual). That will make sure the router is set the best it is going to be.

Question: has it ever worked on the machine you are using with your existing wireless adapter?

Is the wireless adapter built-in, or is it one of those USB dongles?

Can you either get the router tested at a store or test it with a laptop you KNOW works on other available networks?

Does your laptop find the router at all?

Can your laptop find other routers?

Once you can safely say "my laptop definitely works and the Netgear definitely doesn't" you've got a case :)

Just a passing thought: you aren't using Norton GoBack, are you?

Is it s USB or PS/2 keyboard?

Does it shut off in BIOS?

Does your BIOS have a facility where you can check the CPU temp?

Is the cpu and hard drive actually 'shutting off' or is it just the display which is disappearing?

Assuming that the machine IS shutting down but the fans are staying on, that would point to possible mobo or PSU problems.

I think your mobo has an Award BIOS and one long beep means there is a memory problem.

Assuming that you took all the necessary precautions handling the sticks and whilst inside the machine, have you tried removing and reseating the RAM? You didn't change slots or anything (you said you'd looked at that)? Have you tried the new stick on its own with the old one removed?

I don't think there is an internal fuse (could be wrong, but out of literally thousands of laptop uplifts for no power, I've never seen one returned with 'replaced fuse' on the workshop docket - it's nearly always the mobo or the power socket).

Just check that power socket. Is it loose at all? Is the centre pin still there? Obvious, I know, but best to be sure.

If you can't see anything you could try and fix yourself (I'm assuming this isn't under Sony warranty any more), it is quite likely the mobo.

Well, I assume that each incarnation of 'title' will have a different target url, so what do you think you will have to do for that...?

If we assume that 'title' is also the actual url as well as the link text, then:

echo("<a href=\"$title\">$title</a>");

If the url and the link text are different then you'll need to provide another variable or string of text for each iteration.

Something like:

echo("<a href=\"mylink.htm\">$title</a>");

(I haven't tested that so I can't guarantee it being typo-free. PHP is unforgiving ;))

I replied to another thread about this - there IS a known issue with eMachines and dodgy PSU/mobo combinations.

You quite possibly need both replacing, and the keyboard may also be damaged.

When we get one of these at our call centre, we do two things.

1. Check the fuse - it's surprising how often people think they're running on mains when they're actually on battery and the battery has gone flat. It could even be a loose mains cord into the PSU box (had those before, too).

2. Exactly what you did - remove the mains, remove the battery, try powering from mains only having checked the fuse and connections.

If it won't power then we either refer to Sony in first year, or uplift to the workshop if under extended warranty.

Potential problems can be a loose or broken socket on the laptop itself or a dead charger. If in doubt, we take the charger as suspect with the laptop.

If it's any help, I work in tech support for a company which sells a lot of these machines and there is a known issue involving the mobo and PSU (the 'Bestec PSU issue' it is called in the UK). We get hundreds of them a week (typically, I book a dozen myself, and we have around a 1,000 call handlers). We're gradually replacing faulty parts with alternative mobos and PSUs as faults occur.

It seems to be mostly with machines with model numbers ending in '20' but any eMachine is game where I am.

If we get anyone with power problems like these we send out an engineer with a PSU and mobo automatically. Most times people just turn their machines on and nothing happens, but I had one last week where there was a rapid progression from crashing, blue screens, not booting to Windows, just a green LED, then nothing at all.

There's also the possibility it has taken your keyboard out as well (usually the PS/2 ones).

It's a textarea field I think you're referring to, unless I've misunderstood e.g.:

<div style="position:absolute; left:10px; top:10px" 
CLASS="somediv"><textarea name="msg" style="border:1px; 
border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000" rows="4" 
cols="50"></textarea></div>

Obviously, you include this within your form tags.

The way I do it is as follows (for example):

<div style="position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px; border-color:#FFFFFF;
border-style:solid" CLASS="divname" 
onmouseover="style.backgroundColor='#FFFFFF';
this.style.cursor='pointer'" onmouseout="style.backgroundColor=''" 
onmouseup="somepage.htm"></div>