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My work has a bunch of dell optiplex gx520s. they are micro computers and I have no place in my heart for them. Since we have got them, they have had random problems with the keyboard not working anymore. I work at a library, by the way, and I had …

Do you have service pack 2 and all those good updates?

[QUOTE=hamada_1990;405413]it can't be my fluoro backlight i bought the damn screen like 1 month only and no it doesn't respond to my manipulation but problem solved it seems that its all cause of the svchost takes lots of memory and so fixed it[/QUOTE] Could I have more details on this? …

So the machine starts up but you have no video output? no beeps or anything, I'm assuming... Perhaps you should try reseating the memory to try fixing the video output. Otherwise, try to find a video card, as I'm guessing you're still using the integrated video that came with the …

If the computer runs and has no display try the reseating the memory modules, as usually the video does not work if there's a problem with the memory. First, try plugging in an auxiliary monitor into the VGA port if this laptop has one, and see if you get a …

Try connecting this monitor to a different pc to make sure the monitor is working, if so, you might have a bad video adapter. When you press power, the pc turns on? you get fans spinning, etc? What about beep codes, are there any beeps that would indicate bad hardware? …

No suggestions; if the fan doesn't work I'd replace it. It IS a laptop, so the fan is almost essential for that thing to survive. And yeah, blow out the dust; is it possible you were getting blue screens with memory problems because the memory was getting too warm?

So you can get into setup where you change the boot order? Have you tried the +/- keys on the keypad to change the order of the devices or has it just not let you even get into the boot order menu?

Loading up graphics intensive games will cause the gpu to need more power. When it tries to draw this power from the PSU it might overwhelm it and cause it to power off. If you have another powersupply handy to test this theory I would recommend giving it a go …

I've got ADSL through Qwest and the supplied modem's been getting pretty finicky dropping connections and needing frequent reboots. I'm going to buy a new modem (the actiontec m1000): [url]http://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-EUADSL23C-08-Qwest-DSL-Modem/dp/B001A4H9CW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1260462711&sr=8-1[/url] I've never setup a new ADSL modem, but I do have experience networking. I was just hoping someone has had …

Was doing a minor wireless network for a boarding house... there is one cable modem (a motorolla surfboard) for broadband cable internet access... the ethernet cable goes from there to a Netgear dual band wireless router. Then, another ethernet cable goes upstairs to another wireless router (the first router's range …

[QUOTE=lstjean;817284]My Dell inspiron 8200 does not recognize the new 160 gig HD I installed. All I can do is access the BIOS. I have tried to reboot from the cd but no luck. I have also changed the reboot sequence in the BIOS. Coule this be the motherboard? Thanks Leo[/QUOTE] …

I believe it is actually called the ccnp... not exactly sure. You're ahead of me there, anyway. If you could find a little tech college somewhere you could get some nice coursework. Either that or go to cisco.com and look up the ccnp there. They've got everything you need, I'm …

You could always just replace the PSU and run the system bare minimum (cpu, ram, video) and see if it all works. Then add the other add-on cards, drives, etc and see if it all works. It sounds like you'll have to replace the PSU anyway, so this would probably …

When you say you checked to see if the power button was connected, do you mean you checked the motherboard itself? or did you check the button assembly in the front panel? when you press the power button, it touches those two wires together, which shorts and causes the psu …

You could probably reinstall steam on the portable hard drive and install all the local content for the games there as well. Try that. As for a hard drive, I would suggest upgrading to a SATA drive if your motherboard has SATA ports. But if not, [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136112[/url] That would be …

Assuming your DSL comes in to a modem, you can get a Linksys WRT54G (the base model by Linksys) and that should give you decent wireless. [url]www.newegg.com[/url] They have all kinds of wireless routers if you want to go take a gander.

What kind of card is it? You should try to test it in a different machine to make sure it's not bad.

I would remove the old PSU as soon as possible. Having a damaged power supply can lead to other components getting damaged as well. The PSU in my mind is the most important part of the computer. 165 watts would barely cut it in any situation for me. I would …

I have an Epson receipt printer which Windows detects as an Epson TM-P2.01. It has worked fairly well, but it is suddenly not working anymore. Every time a print job is sent to the device, it either spools it, or if spooling is disabled it tries to print it. But …

My card is a Sapphire HD3850 and in overdrive it says the same thing. I think with mine it cuts the core speed in half down there. I do not think it is a problem.

When you opened the case to clean the heatsink did you remove the heatsink to clean it? If not, I would reseat the heatsink to be sure.

I had a computer that kept getting BSODs which ended up being because of a bad memory slot. I had run a memtest earlier which hadn't picked up anything wrong with the memory. I ended up taking the memory out and switching it to a different slot and the computer …

Hey everyone. I work at a library and I have some public access computers for searching our catalog with internet explorer. I want the user to not be able to close this internet explorer window, and I believe the setting for that is in the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in …

May be power. That is a big card.

Did you install this driver after you plugged in the new monitor or before?

Might wanna run a memory test. What messages do you get when these blue screens pop up...?

Well if reinstalling doesn't work come back and I'm sure we can troubleshoot a little bit.

No beeps on startup? I was going to point a finger at your memory but... I'd still take out your memory and put it back in and try again.

There should be a function key combination to press (Fn key with some F key.) that should turn on an LCD that has been deactivated. Try that and see what happens.

I have this old Hewlett Packard 830C inkjet and lately it's been printing gibberish... that is to say, it will print a page with a few lines of something that looks like wingdings (the weird font on windows) with all the little symbols and that's about it. I thought it …

[url]www.newegg.com[/url] Assuming you live in the united states, this website will be your best friend. I would recommend going with AMD processors (so an AMD compatible motherboard would be in order. The only reason I'd recommend AMD over Intel is the price. Intel has some cheaper CPUs these days but …

Sounds like hard drive or memory problem... Probable hard drive... if you can boot from a cd still try getting some hard drive testing software and making either a bootable floppy or a bootable cd UBCD would be a good choice. (Ultimate Boot CD)

When you say you downloaded all the recent drivers for you computer/motherboard does that include the windows updates? Curious... what is the wattage of your power supply?

If it is the video card I believe you will not be able to replace it (I think these things are attached to the motherboard, but I'm no expert). Get these a lot on daniweb, and this is usually one of the solutions... Video cards will not display at all …

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since it doesn't seem like you're in the market to upgrading your mobo for something like PCIE, I suppose the 6200 will work. It won't run everything full blast!

You said that when you plug the power into the psu it just automatically starts up? did you try taking the PSU out and just plugging it in and seeing if it turned on while not giving any power to the mobo?

What program are you using for burning? It's not nero, is it?

overclocking anything like a gpu or memory or a cpu is bound to make it unstable at some point. have you checked the heat or run any stability tests? what is the standard core clock of the gpu without an overclock, is it 600 mhz or is that what you …

To what extent did you disassemble the laptop... did you have the memory out and all that? or did you just have the case opened.

after you've run it for a while can you feel heat radiating off of the card itself? does the card have a heatsink and a fan? sounds like heat but it could just be a general hardware failure. If you can borrow a card from someone and see if it …

assuming you have your heatsink seated on the processor correctly, I'd say you're fine. that temperature isn't necessarily going to end your processor or anything, and the fact that a new fan dropped your temp 10/12 degrees is actually quite good. try another program to check your temp and see …

take out memory and put it back in and try it then; you may not be getting video because of you memory If you have another system with an AGP slot you could go and try your graphics card in that.

There is a company called HT Omega, check out their stuff. I have the Striker, but they make a Claro and a Claro + which are supposed to be amazing. Striker is around 60 bucks, Claro and Claro+ are 100+ range. [url]www.newegg.com[/url] Creative is hit or miss.

is Tvision the brand an 95109 the model? I googled and was able to find none! How old is his, and did it not come with a cd?

Have you gone into disk management in windows and checked if there is more space that is 'unallocated'? What is the brand of your hard drive?

It certainly sounds like a video failure to me. Has it been running under stress at high temperatures?

[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182069[/url] dunno about quiet but it's supposed to be a great psu. good luck.

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